HP Color LaserJet 3550n Toner Cartridge Is The Best Printer Cartridge For Your Budget And The Earth

Jul.13, 2010 in Computers

The versatile and capable HP Color LaserJet 3550n printer comes to its user at a very affordable price and with typical HP reliability and dependability. It features good printing speed capability and nice durability, all at a price that is sure to put a smile on most any IT specialist or small business owner’s face. It isn’t the fastest printer in the world, but in this segment its speed will be more than enough and there will be no questioning the quality of the prints with HP Color LaserJet 3550n toner.

As far as print speed, the 3550n features decent performance at around 16 ppm. Hewlett-Packard has a number of printers like this one sprinkled throughout its lineup and all seem to be nearly the same in terms of this performance characteristic. It puts out this many pages per minute whether it is doing so in black-and-white or color, which many of its competitors cannot seem to pull off most of the time.

In general, this device is connected to any network through means of a USB port, which is traditional in terms of wired connectivity technologies. At the price this printer is going for (somewhere between $250 and $550), chances are this interface capability will be more than acceptable even if there isn’t a way to connect it to a network via wireless technology. That’s probably because this printer is meant for relatively small networks.

When it comes to how many sheets of paper this Hewlett-Packard can hold, standard storage capacity comes in at about 350 sheets. When optional paper trays are purchased and then used, the printer can hold up to 850 sheets and will be able to print out on a wide number of paper sizes as well as media types that include labels, transparencies and envelopes. This gives a versatility to this printer that might be surprising, considering its price tag.

The quality of the print job that emerges from the Hewlett-Packard printer will be acceptable by almost every criteria. It prints out at 600 dots per inch resolution, which is enough to make sure that any print job will be crisp and clear and free of blurring and smudging. Hewlett-Packard has included its proprietary ImageREt 2400 technology in order to ensure good-looking print jobs emerge every time.

As far as the memory that the printer comes with, it is an acceptable 64 MB of RAM, though it cannot be upgraded. Still, for the jobs this printer will most likely be handling, that seems to be more than enough to process what will be thrown its way. It will also take on these jobs through use of a 266 MHz microprocessor which should also be enough to accommodate just about any sort of print job.

Monthly duty cycle for the 3550n is rated at 45,000 pages before needing any normal maintenance. It also is able to handle most any Windows-based operating system, including Vista and NT. In terms of durability and versatility, the 3550n will prove to be very good at meeting any criteria related to both those conditions.

Taken in its entirety, the HP Color LaserJet 3550n printer does well enough at everything it’s asked to do and comes at a price sure to be welcome in this economically challenging environment. It can be joined to a network through a USB port and it features decent print speeds. In all, there is more than enough to like about the printer and very little to dislike.

No matter the price, if the results are great most aren’t going to be happy. Fortunately, HP Color LaserJet 3550n toner cartridge ensures the end product doesn’t require a second look, a prominent feature of HP ink and toner. Splotchy results mean reprints and reprints mean extra money, something no ink and toner should cause.