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ordering information
number description
C9656A HP Color LaserJet 5500 printer
C7131A HP Color LaserJet 5500n printer
C9657A HP Color LaserJet 5500dn printer
C9658A HP Color LaserJet 5500dtn printer
C9659A HP Color LaserJet 5500hdn printer
service and support
H5549A/E Next Day on-site three year
H2691A/E Same-day on-site four hour, three year
H2044A/E 24 x 7 Same-day four hour, three year
H4515A/E Installation service
H2872A/E Standard and network installation
accessories
C7130A 500-sheet input tray
C9669A Printer stand
J6054B Printer hard disk
C9734A Image transfer kit (120K page life)*
C9735A Image fuser kit, 110v (150K page life)*
C9736A Image fuser kit, 220v (150K page life)*
supplies
print cartridges
C9730A HP Black print cartridge (13K yield)**
C9731A HP Cyan print cartridge (12K yield)**
C9732A HP Yellow print cartridge (12K yield)**
C9733A HP Magenta print cartridge (12K yield)**
media
C4179A HP Soft gloss Laser paper, 200 sheets, 32 lb, letter
Q2415A HP Soft gloss Laser paper, 500 sheets, 28 lb, letter
Q2416A HP Soft gloss Laser paper, 500 sheets, 28 lb, 11 X 17 inch
Q2419A HP High gloss Laser paper, 200 sheets, 32 lb, letter
Q2420A HP High gloss Laser paper, 200 sheets, 32 lb, 11 X 17 inch
Q1298A HP LaserJet tough paper, 50 sheets, letter
HPU1120 HP Premium choice LaserJet paper, 500 sheets, 32 lb, letter
HPU115R HP Premium choice LaserJet paper, 250 sheets, 200 gsm, 11 X 17 inch
Q2413A HP Premium cover paper, 100 sheets, 75 lb, letter
C2934A HP Color LaserJet transparencies, 50 sheets, letter
HPJ1124 HP LaserJet paper, 500 sheets, 24 lb, letter
HPJ1424 HP LaserJet paper, 500 sheets, 24 lb, legal
HPJ1724 HP LaserJet paper, 500 sheets, 24 lb, 11 X 17 inch
HPL245R HP Color Laser paper, 500 sheets, 24 lb, letter
HPL2417 HP Color Laser paper, 500 sheets, 24 lb, 11 X 17 inch
HPL285R, HP Color Laser paper, 500 sheets, 28 lb, letter
HPJ113H HP LaserJet paper, 3 hole, 500 sheets, 24 lb, letter
memory
C7848A 64 MB SDRAM DIMM
C7850A 128 MB SDRAM DIMM
C9653A 256 MB SDRAM DIMM
C4287A 4 MB Flash DIMM
interface and cables
C2946A Parallel cable, 3-meter IEEE 1284 cable with c type connector
92215S Macintosh DIN-8 printer cable
92215N HP Localtalk cable kit
C4103A HP Fast infrared receiver
network
J6058A HP Jetdirect 680n 802.11b wireless internal print server
J6057A HP Jetdirect 615n Fast Ethernet (10/100Base-TX) internal print server
J4167A HP Jetdirect 610 Token Ring print server
J4135A HP Jetdirect connectivity card for USB, Serial, and LocalTalk connections
* Estimated life will depend on job parameters. (IE: coverage, type and length)
** Based upon approximately 5 percent coverage.
operating systems supported
Microsoft
®
Windows 95, 98, NT
®
4.0, 2000, Me, XP; Mac
®
OS 8.6 and later, OS2
network compatibility
(via hp jetdirect print servers) MicrosoftWindows 95, 98, NT, 4.0, 2000 XP, XP 64-bit, Novell
NetWare 3.2, 4.2, 5.x, 6, Red Hat Linux 6.x, and later, SuSE Linux 6.x, and later, HP-UX 10.20,
11.x, Solaris 2.5x, 2.6, 7, 8, (SPARCsystems only), IBM AIX 3.2.5 and later, MPE-iX, Mac OS 8.6
and later
font capabilities
80 TrueType internal scalable in PCL, 80 TrueType internal scalable in PS
environmental ranges
Operating temperature: 50 to 81° F (15 to 27° C)
Storage temperature: 32 to 95° F (0 to 35° C)
Operating humidity: 10 to 70% RH
Storage humidity: 10 to 95% RH
acoustics
Noise level per ISO 9296
Sound power: LWAd 50 dB(A) Powersave, 65 dB(A) printing
Sound pressure: operating position per ISO 7779: LpAm 49 dB(A) printing, 33 dB(A) standby
power requirements
Source: input voltage 100 to 127 VAC (-10%/+6%) 50/60 Hz (±2 Hz); input voltage
220 to 240 VAC (-10%/+6%) 50/60 Hz (±2 Hz)
power consumption
Printing: minimum 556, maximum 592 (110/220 volts)
Standby: minimum 48.5, maximum 54.3 (110/220 volts)
Powersave: 0.15
ENERGY STAR
®
compliant
warranty
One-year on-site warranty
what’s in the box
Printer; four LaserJet print cartridges (1 each: black, cyan, magenta, yellow), software and user guide
and CD ROM, Getting Started Guide, power cord, HP Jetdirect 615n (EIO) 10/100Base-T
internal print server, automatic duplexer printing accessory (CLJ5500dn/dtn/hdn), two 500-sheet
input trays (CLJ5500dtn), stand (CLJ5500dtn/hdn), hard disk (CLJ5500hdn), three 500-sheet input
trays (CLJ5500hdn).
technical specifications
hp color LaserJet 5500 series
100-sheet multipurpose, 500-sheet feeder
100-sheet multipurpose,
500-sheet feeder
automatic two-sided printing
100-sheet multipurpose,
two 500-sheet feeder trays
automatic two-sided printing
100-sheet multipurpose,
three 500-sheet feeder trays
automatic two-sided printing
IEEE1284-compliant
bidirectional parallel port,
Fast Infrared (FIR) port,
3 open EIO slots
IEEE1284-compliant
bidirectional parallel port,
Fast Infrared (FIR) port,
hp jetdirect 615n print server
in EIO slot, hard disk drive in
EIO slot, 1 open EIO slot
IEEE1284-compliant bidirectional parallel port, Fast Infrared (FIR) port,
hp jetdirect 615n print server in EIO slot, 2 open EIO slots
24.8 by 27.7 by 38.8 in
(630 by 704 by 986 mm)
250 lb (113.56 kg)
24.8 by 27.7 by 44 in
(630 by 704 by 1118 mm)
283 lb (128.56 kg)
22.7 by 27.7 by 25.2 in
(577 by 704 by 640 mm)
132 lb (60 kg)
hp color LaserJet 5500 hp color LaserJet 5500n hp color LaserJet 5500dn hp color LaserJet 5500dtn hp color LaserJet 5500hdn
C9656A C7131A C9657A C9658A C9659A
print speed
1
21 pages per minute, letter-size documents
1
exact speed varies depending on the system configuration, software application, driver and document complexity
first page out 18 seconds (Ready state), 45 seconds (powersave), 2 minutes (cold)
processor 400 MHz
memory 96 MB standard, expandable to 416 MB 160 MB standard, expandable to 416 MB
duty cycle, monthly 120,000 pages per month
media handling
paper trays, std
input capacity, max
600 sheets 1,100 sheets 1,600 sheets
output capacity, std
250 sheets
media
sizes
letter, legal, executive, ledger, envelopes (Monarch, Com 10) (A3, A4, JIS, B5, A5, C5/B5/DL envelopes), custom;
Tray 1: custom sizes, 3 by 5 in to 12.3 by 18.5 in; Tray 2, 3, and 4: 5 by 8 in to 11 by 17 in
types paper (plain, glossy, film, recycled), envelopes, transparencies, labels, cardstock, tough paper
print technology 600 dpi resolution with hp ImageREt 2400
connectivity, std
print languages HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5c, PostScript
®
3 emulation
dimensions (w by d by h)
weight