 [Larger view] | HP Color LaserJet 2550L Printer
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| Poor design | |
| There is no paper tray on the 2550L, and when I went to purchase a paper tray (an expensive accessory) directly from HP, they were "out of stock". Also, the printer oftern makes loud noises when performing internal maintenance (not good to suddenly wake up to in the middle of the night). I've sent the printer back and bought a printer from another company.
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 Loud, No Paper Tray, Mediocre print quality | |
| This is a NOISY printer. It clicks, bangs and cycles all the drums on EVERY print!!!
There is NO PAPER TRAY. This is an expensive extra add-on. The print quality is no bad but no great either. All in all, I would NOT recommend this printer. There are other printers in this price range (Like the OkiData) that are FAR superior. I bought HP thinking it would be great like the ones in the office. I now have both an HP 2550Ln and the Okidata C5150n. The Oki is a far superior product across the board. Think twice before buying this product for your home or small office. The noise alone will drive you insane. | |
 Very nice color laser printer at a reasonable price. | |
| It's October 2004 and I've had my 2550L for 3 months now. Overall I'm very satisfied with the product. I have it plugged into my USB 2.0 port and it prints quickly. Also the quality of the text and pictures are good. I selected it because of it's size, USB 2.0 compatible and price. It was one of the least expensive color laser printers on the market and one of the smallest. It really is quite amazing how HP has figured out how to put all four color cartridges in such a compact package.
I print mostly black and white but wanted the option of color without the smearing ink of an ink jet printer. (I also don't like ink jets because you have to clean the heads and replace the cartridges too often.) This printer prints black and white faster and color a little slower and that was just right for my needs. I've owned Epson, Brother, and Panasonic printers before. This is my first HP and I really do notice a difference in the quality of the build. I would definitely buy a HP printer again. Why 4 stars instead of 5? Well this model doesn't come with the paper tray that mounts to the bottom. I didn't think it would bother me but it did. So I wound up buying the paper tray seperate. I should have bought one of the other 2550s that included it to start with because it was tough to locate the paper tray option and buy it on its own. It also cost me more all together vs buying a higher end 2550 that came with it already. One thing that I didn't read in the other reviews that I would have liked to have known is that the printer cycles periodically. It intially scared my wife and I in the middle of the night because we heard noises in our home that we had never heard before. It was the printer cycling. While it is relatively noisy I don't think it would have stopped me from buying it, but I would have liked to have known in advance. |
