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(13 customer reviews) 25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Great Printer Scanner,
April 19, 2009 R. Winchester "Rick From IL" (Central Illinois) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP Photosmart C5550 All In One Pritner (Office Product)
I picked the c5550 up at Sam's Club. I needed an all in one that would print on Cd/DVDs. I was replacing an Epson r200 printer that handled CD printing but ate ink and had constant head clogging issues.
So far, the C5550 has exceeded my expectations. Having separate paper and photo paper trays is great. It makes printing trouble free.
Print quality is excellent. Text is very sharp and dark black. Much blacker than the Epson I had been using.
Photos are truly beautiful. I was a bit concerned about this as the c5550 is a 4 color printer, while my old Epson was 6 color. I read that when printing photos on the HP that the three colors in the color cartridge are the only inks used. This means that I was going from 6 colors in the Epson to 3 in the HP.
No need to worry as photo printing is at least as good as the Epsonon photo paper, much better on regular paper. The Epson was very good on photo paper, but did not do well on regular paper...Read more
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Not the wireless I was expecting,
January 28, 2009 Sarah E. Homrig (Corpus Christi, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP Photosmart C5550 All In One Pritner (Office Product)
I bought this printer to use with my iMac, thinking that it was wireless as advertised. After setting up everything I got the bluetooth to interact with the computer, but after several calls to HP, found out that only the printer is wireless, not the scanner. So I have an all-in-one printer that is wireless but still needs a USB connection to make everything work. How pointless is that? Even the HP rep said they no longer make that model and to steer clear from bluetooth, go for wireless 802.11 technology instead. I just hope Sam's will take the thing back. I did try the print/scan features - text is sharp and fast; the photos are 4 out of 5 for quality, but they take longer than expected to print and dry (on HP paper). Other cons - printer is noisy, shakes, and has nothing but a pull out bar to hold printed pages, so they keep falling on the floor.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Not Compatible With Latest Mac OS,
May 25, 2009 Amazon Woman (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP Photosmart C5550 All In One Pritner (Office Product)
Don't buy this unit if you want to print on CD/DVD from any Mac. HP tech support confirmed the latest Mac OS is not compatible with the Photosmart software and the paper source "CD/DVD" is greyed out when you want to print to a disc and they cannot fix it.
Skip this unit if you have a Mac.
