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Posted: Sat, June 15, 2002
Miniview: Hewlett Packard Color LaserJet 4550 Printer
Specifications:
600-dpi engine
16 pages per minute black and white; 4 in colour
233MHz processor
64MB Memory
35,000 pages per month duty cycle
1 year on-site warranty
Connectivity: 1 IEEE 1284 parallel, 2 EIO, 1 Infrared
Compatibility: Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP; Macintosh (7.0 or later); IBM OS/2 Warp V2 & V4; Hewlett Packard HP-UX
Price: Approx £1500 (Approx £1750 for Network version)
Plus Points:
Value: you get alot of printer for your money
Print quality: colours are faithful; pictures come out in impressive detail
Speed: pictures are printed far faster than your average inkjet; black and white printing is extremely rapid
Holds plenty of sheets in its 2 feeder trays: 400+ sheets
Very easy to set up: easy to install ink cartridges; straight-forward menu on printer guides you through the installation stage (although
in our trial, the menu did ask for a magenta cartridge whilst the printer offered a slot for the yellow one - so be careful)
Excellent facility that enables you to monitor the amount of toner left in each cartridge
Dependable: no paper jams as yet; consistently good results
Network friendly
Minus Points:
Can be quite expensive to run - consumables reasonably expensive, although toner has decent cartridge lifespan, and it's cheaper to
run than an equivalent inkjet
Takes a long time to power up
Can't compete with inkjet on high-end reproduction
Fairly hefty for the small office
Verdict:
Very good value overall with excellent print results
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