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without trapping
with trapping
trapping=overprint along edges of knock-out
• eliminates color plane
misregistration
• eliminates transitions
between halftones
ground toner
chemically
grown toner
no edge
enhancement
smart edge
enhancement
(adaptive halftoning)
high-performance color printing
Whether printing brochures or spreadsheets, newsletters or
business presentations, with the HP Color LaserJet 5500 series
printers you are guaranteed high-quality documents while
meeting all your time-critical deadlines through in-house
printing. Featuring inline printing technology—using a
“direct to page process”—the HP Color LaserJet 5500
transfers toner directly to your media ensuring exceptional
print quality and color printing at the same speed as black.
And with best-in-class HP Jetdirect wired and wireless
print servers, the printers can be placed anywhere in
networked offices so that entire workgroups can access fast,
wide-format color printing.
exceptional color output quality
HP has designed the HP Color LaserJet 5500 and HP smart
printing supplies so that whether you are sending RGB or
CMYK files, the printer is automated and configured to supply:
• image detail
- 8 bit vs. 1–2 bit contone
- hp’s technology—four times the data delivers superior
detail
• color mapping
- family similarity
• print consistency
- by product design, closed loop controls, and hp smart
printing supplies
• sharp color transitions
- trapping
• sharp text and lines
- adaptive halftoning
advanced toner technology
• all-in-one print cartridge
• chemically grown toner
• uniform and small toner particles that enable the best
print quality
• integrated release agent to enable “oil-less” fusing
• cost efficient
precise adjacent colors—trapping
• eliminates color plane misregistration
• eliminates transitions between halftones
• automatic color plane registration
• automatic corrections built-in
smart edge enhancement (adaptive halftoning)
• extends beyond solids to light colored text
• dynamic algorithm identifies edges and applies special
halftoning to sharpen edges
smart operation made easy
The HP Color LaserJet 5500 series printers are designed
to operate both efficiently and intuitively.
• control panel displays text and animated graphics
simultaneously with an intuitive user interface
• front panel provides convenient access to the end
user-replaceable supplies
• virtually eliminates printer downtime with genuine
HP smart printing supplies that enable status monitoring,
proactive alert messages, Internet-enabled supplies
ordering, and convenient remote troubleshooting