8550, 8550N, 8550DN, 8550GN, 8550MFP Printer

Paper Handling
Note: See “Printer Information” for printer configurations.
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Prints on up to 12-by-18.50 inch
(304.80-by-469.90 mm) sized media
Printing on heavy media up to 58 lb (216 g/m 2 ) bond
A 500-sheet input tray (tray 3) that supports letter-,
legal-, A4-, 11-by-17 inch and A3-sized media
A 500-sheet input tray (tray 2) that supports letter-,
legal-, and A4-sized media; standard on some printer
models
2,000-sheet input tray (tray 4); standard on some
printer models
Optional duplexer, which provides two-sided printing;
standard on some printer models
A 100-sheet multipurpose tray that supports letter-,
legal-, executive-, A3-, A4-, B4-, 11-by-17 inch, B5-,
and custom-sized media, as well as envelopes, labels,
and card stock
Face-down (top) output bin
Printer driver selectable face-up (left) output bin with
straight-through paper path
Font and Memory z 32 MB minimum DIMM (dual inline memory module)
memory, expandable to 512 MB
z HP LaserJet 45 TrueType font set and 65 additional
TrueType fonts for Microsoft ® Windows 3.1,
Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and
Macintosh
z Supports forms and fonts on the disk using
HP Resource Manager
Printer Personality
Support
User Interface and
EIO
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PCL 5 color extension support in the printer
PostScript 3 support (includes PDF)
Automatic printer personality switching
Standard ECP or bidirectional parallel cable interface
(IEEE-1284 compliant)
2 enhanced input/output (EIO) slots
Automatic I/O (input/output) switching
HP Web JetAdmin software
HP LaserJet Utility (Macintosh only)
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