HP Officejet Pro K550DTN Printer. Single Function Printer. Up To 37PPM Black & 3

HP Officejet Pro K550DTN Printer. Single Function Printer. Up To 37PPM Black & 3
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Delivering the world's fastest speeds for a desktop color business printer, the HP Officejet Pro K550 Color Printers produce laser-quality black text documents and professional color documents with laser quality speeds up to twice the speed of color laser printers at up to 30 percent lower color cost per page. Offering an affordable, reliable, high-performance color printer for producing high-impact color marketing materials, the HP Officejet Pro K550 allows small businesses and home offices to make a professional impression.

Average customer rating:

HP K550 in Service Review
Excellent Value, Quality, and sidekick
Quality Black print, average color, poor duplexing
Buyer be ware!
Just what I wanted

HP Officejet Pro K550DTN Printer. Single Function Printer. Up To 37PPM Black & 3

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Product Features:

This model upgrades the Officejet Pro K550 with wired networking, automatic two-sided printing, and an extra 350-sheet input tray. Plus, you of course get super-speedy, fantastic color printing.
Text and business color documents with graphics.
HP Officejet Pro K550dtn color printer
250-sheet input tray and 350-sheet input tray for a total input capacity of up to 600 sheets
Automatic two-sided printing

ASIN: B000BK75LQ

Amazon.com Product Description

This model upgrades the Officejet Pro K550 with wired networking, automatic two-sided printing, and an extra 350-sheet input tray. Plus, you of course get super-speedy, fantastic color printing.

World's fastest business color printer for the desktop

Print up to 37 pages per minute in black and up to 33 in color (draft mode); get laser-quality speeds up to twice as fast as those of color laser printers ¹: up to 12 ppm in black, 10 in color
Save money with a cost per color page as low as 7.7 cents, which is up to 30% lower than from color laser printers ²; and with a printing cost per black page up to 25% lower than from monochrome laser printers (as low as 1.5 cents per page2)
Enhance productivity with the built-in wired Ethernet networking, 350-sheet second input tray (for total capacity of 600 sheets)
Save paper by automatically printing on both sides of each page with the built-in duplexer
Print large quantities at the right price with the individually replaceable, high-capacity cartridges, which produce up to 2,350 pages before you need to replace the black and 1,200 pages before you need to replace a color ³

Professional-looking, long-lasting color

Get brilliant photo quality and exceptional fade resistance with HP's Vivera inks, which ensure that documents last for decades ⁴
Get professional-quality prints with output resolutions of up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi color on premium photo papers
Produce especially vibrant photos when using HP Advanced Paper, which features patented color-locking technology that makes printed documents water resistant, allows ink to dry more quickly, and produces deeper blacks and more vivid colors

Easy to use, easy to maintain

Simplify operation with the one-touch print cancel button and flip-open top cover for easy troubleshooting and maintenance
Conserve space with the compact, low-profile design
Easily replace ink cartridges via front side slots
Set up fast with easy software, a control panel with graphical icons on buttons
Stay on top of ink replacement with HP SureSupply ⁵: receive alerts when a cartridge is low, monitor its remaining life, and enjoy easy online ordering or check stock and prices at nearby stores <

^{1. Compared with color laser printers under $500. Laser-quality speed is an HP measurement method representing the print speed of typical office documents in default mode, compared with published color speeds by laser manufacturers as of 5/05.

2. HP OJP K550 series CPP based on HP 88 Large Ink Cartridges'est. street price, published yields. Results may vary.

3. Estimated pages based on HP 88 Large Ink Cartridges from internal test results; high-capacity cartridges not included. Actual results may vary.

4. Based on paper industry predictions for acid-free papers; colorant stability data at room temperature based on similar systems tested as per ISO 11798 and ISO 18909

5. Available only with original HP supplies; Internet access required.}

What's in the box?
HP Officejet Pro K550dtn color printer incl. built-in 802.3 wired Ethernet, Automatic two-sided printing accessory, 350-sheet paper tray, HP 88 Black Ink Cartridge (19.5ml), HP 88 Cyan Ink Cartridge (9ml), HP 88 Magenta Ink Cartridge (9ml), HP 88 Yellow Ink Cartridge; (9ml), HP 88 Black and Yellow printhead, HP 88 Magenta and Cyan printhead, Starter CD with printer drivers, User documentation, Power cord, AC power adapter

Product Description

Delivering the world's fastest speeds for a desktop color business printer, the HP Officejet Pro K550 Color Printers produce laser-quality black text documents and professional color documents with laser quality speeds up to twice the speed of color laser printers at up to 30 percent lower color cost per page. Offering an affordable, reliable, high-performance color printer for producing high-impact color marketing materials, the HP Officejet Pro K550 allows small businesses and home offices to make a professional impression.

Customer Reviews:

HP K550 in Service Review.......2007-05-12

I've had this a month or so now, to replace an ailing HP 970cse.
I particularly like the Separate individual color and black ink cartridges, the Duplexing (which I liked with the 970) it's speed and paper capacity. Projected cost-per-page appears to be very good.
It showed up on the network no-problem, it's FAST, and the quality even on bottom of the heap copy paper is quite good, much better than the 970 and certainly excellent Business Quality in any case. While I would not charactirize it as a full blown Photo Printer, for casual stuff it really does surprisingly well.

Bottom Line: As a highly capable Business Level High Speed Ink Jet it fully fills the requirements. I've separated my printer requirements between Business / Standard level and Photo Level now, and that really works out much better. I have an HP B9180 on order for my Photo Grade Work. It also filled in all my "check boxes" for a photo printer.

Excellent Value, Quality, and sidekick.......2007-04-07

K550dtn
I researched color printers, and wanted to find something that met these criteria:
1) Under $500
2) High quality photo printing (good inks)
3) Photos that do not fade once printed
4) Fast times for 'first page out'
5) Inks drain efficiently and can print more than 200 per cartridge

It turns out that Epson, Canon and hp were all worthy of researching. Those that speak highly of Epson and Canon have admitted that the newer hp printers; with the vivera inks and higher quality papers, fix the quality issues that they had seen with hp inkjet printers in the past.

I decided to buy the K550dtn and try it out. It prints quickly, and with the larger yield black cartridges, they can print up to 2500 pages of 5% black sheets. Compared to previous versions of hp printers, offering up to 200-300 pages of 5% black per cartridge, this was a great improvement.

Out of the box, one has to configure the ink heads and the cartridges, and priming took a little time to get right. Probably took about 30 minutes for this part, alone, but the drivers loaded once I put the entire CD contents on the computer and ran setup from that new directory. I have not done a side by side comparison, but for the average user, and part time photo enthusiast who wants to print quality 8" x 10" photos - as well as everything below this sizing - this is an excellent machine for this time period (beginning of 2007). The future holds more improvements, but for now, I am very very happy after printing over 1500 sheets of both photos and basic text.

Again, I am not a professional photographer (but I print their images!!) and I am only a novice photo person at best (more technical). Still, I am impressed with quality of output for daily prints, family gifts, and basic b&w printing. The initial mechanical set up (inks carts and priming) is for the patient person, not the plug and play person. Warranty support is a big help if you want to follow that path, but I did not.

I dropped it one star since it gave driver install issues with the CD, and the inital priming process was temperamental. Still, it is worth every penny.

Quality Black print, average color, poor duplexing.......2007-03-11

This model does a good job on single-sided black documents. Period. Duplexing is problematic. Paper jams should be expected and are routine. Complex two-sided jobs such as booklets should be left to the more competent laser printer. It is admitedly not a photo printer, so don't waste your time or photo paper printing your snapshots. Spot color and an occasional photo on a brochure are about all this printer is capable of. Ink cartridges are expensive if you use the high-yield versions. Only buy this printer if it is heavily discounted. Not quite a piece of junk but not one of HPs best efforts either.

Buyer be ware!.......2007-02-07

Never have I had printer that was such a pile of junk. Constant paper jams and paper pickup failers. Yes, get use to the "Out of Paper" waring popping up. I bought the 3 year warrenty on this as well, big goof. Plan on a minamum of two hours with HP before gaining ground.

Good Luck fuyure buyers!

Just what I wanted.......2007-01-31

I was trying to find a better printer than our old inkjets (812 and 842C) with duplexing and cost-effective printing. I seriously looked at a couple of laser printers (HP 2605dn and 3600dn) but I spoke with the person who refills our inkjet cartridges and he recommended this one instead (I thought he might be just trying to keep the business, but it is what he said it is). The print heads and ink cartridges are separate, so they can be replaced individually. It is less expensive, has a lower cost per page, and is actually way faster than the others I looked at.

It was very easy to set up, it is very fast, and the duplexer works great. Worth every penny. It is a little larger than I thought, and it has some pretty serious side motion because of the print heads sliding back and forth, so it needs to be on a firm surface (I have a high printer stand that moves a little). Most people probably wouldn't even notice. The duplexer sticks out the back so it needs about 4 or 5 inches or so extra behind it. A little noisy when printing, but typical for inkjets.

I like it!

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