HP DeskJet 5550 Color Printer Electronics

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Average Rating: Rating: - Comparing is Believing Originally I was set to buy a Canon S750. I read very good reviews on the Canon S750 but have always owned a HP inkjet (694C for 7 years). When the 5550 hit the market at 149.00 (20.00 less then the Canon) I actually purchased both the hp 5550 and the canon S750 to make my own side by side comparisons. I could not resist comparing the two. The ease of set up on both was comparable, extremely easy. Both offer a USB and a parallel connection. The HP offers a add-on duplexer for front and back printing (at an additional cost). Print speeds I would have to give the edge to the Canon. The Canon is also remarkably economical due to the separate ink cartridges which really impressed me. Now to the real test. Text is remarkably sharp and dark on the HP, almost laser like, while the Canon was okay, text was not as dark and appeared to be a little soft. On graphics the canon does not do a good job, especially on plain paper when compared the HP 5550 which is outstanding. On photos there is no comparison. The HP (which offers 4800 x 1200 color dpi and 1200x1200 dpi black text compared to 2400 x 1200 color and 600x600 black text on the S750) is by far the winner here. The HP photos came out considerably brighter and truer to color than the S750. Colors were smoother and pictures were sharper. The S750 does an okay job if you do not regularly print photos (especially on their 4x6 completely borderless paper, which I also liked) but pictures came out dull and cloudy compared the HP 5550 (which also does borderless prints on their 4x6 paper with a bottom tear off tab). The Canon S750 has a quiet mode which is very nice. The HP is a bit noisy in comparison. Both have an auto on and off features that initializes when you call up a print job. The Canon can be set to auto off after as little as 10 mins. of no use where the HP will shut off after 30 mins. After all is said and done, I returned the Canon S750 and am happily keeping the HP 5550. The quality out ways by far any ink savings and all other features are very close. I also found out through the HP Rep at a local retail store, that the new HP 7150 photo is no different in photo quality than the 5550 and the only difference is the 7150 offers a dedicated feed on the paper tray for 4x6 photo paper and on the 5550 you have to remove the out tray to slide the 4x6 paper all the way to the back of the feeder tray (no big deal though) The 7150 also offers a USB connection on the front of the printer to connect your digital camera to and print your pictures directly from your camera however it is a proprietary port (only excepts HP cameras). Print speeds are a little slower than the 5550 and the price is 30.00 higher. 7150 does not offer a parallel connection, only USB. I would recommend the HP 5550 to anyone who wants a reasonalby priced fast, excellent text and photo quality printer that is very easy to use. The out the door cost is very reasonable and is very sleek looking. HP has done an good job with this one. Rating: - Stunning photo quality prints for pocket change price If you are looking to print your digital photographs this is the printer for you! Online photo printing sites can't hold a candle to the quality this printer produces, both in price and in consistent results. As an amateur professional who works with real photographic prints I can tell you I was amazed at the level of detail this printer was able to reproduce. My limitation is my digital camera not this printer. Rating: - They forgot to include a "Dear Schmuck" letter.... Ok, great. I just received my new printer. It's 10 pm. A perfect time to try it out. But, what's this? NO CONNECTION CABLE INCLUDED! I can't believe out of the 50+ reviews I read about this printer, not one customer mentioned this cruical, purposefully missing part. You'd think they could at least mention it on the Amazon.com website; a simple statement "(USB connection cable is required, but not included except for Japan customers)". ... Guess I'll have to wait another day to try out the printer. Again, this is totally ridiculous. I'll repeat it once more for those scanning these reviews...NO USB CONNECTION CABLE INCLUDED. Steve

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