This printer is WONDERFUL. I had a 4500 HP Color Laser Jet that I bought in 1999 and it worked great until this year. I kept getting power cycle errors and could not depend on it. This printer is FASTER, the colors are 'true', it is easier to clean/change cartridges. I LOVE it.

Just purchased this printer. It works great, I would recommend it to anyone looking for a color laserjet. The price is a real bargin (see discussion below). However, I'm going to be picky picky. The drivers for the Mac (OX 10.6.x) are wanting.

Fantastic printer. Amazingly fast, does about 18-20ppm in duplex mode which is faster than my canon MFC8380 did in single-sided mode. Immaculate quality text, beautiful quality graphics, very good quality photographs, with hp-eprint you can email jobs to this printer from anywhere in the world and...

The HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 Color Printer M551dn printed out our business applications suite at a near-record clip for a color laser, and its output quality is above average, making it suitable for any standard business need, including printing out basic marketing materials.

Very fast; Above-par graphics; Slightly above-par photos; Reasonably low running costs

Limited paper-handling options

Setup was very easy. Very good looking machine. The quality of color prints is excellent. Color photos, are okay, but not great. We are still working with different settings and papers to try to improve the photo quality. Also noticed some of the prints were not aligned properly.

Compact Design; Easy To Set Up; Easy To Use

Dull tones & colors, Photo Quality

Well, so far, the first two we have are working perfectly. They can handle any printing task you throw at them. They have a 500 Sheet Tray STANDARD (so you can put in the whole ream of paper, smaller trays are so annoying) and they are much quicker than any of the other HP Lasers we have around the...

Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Fast Print Time, Prints Photos Well Too, Sharp tones & colors

No cons so far

Like most color laser printers, the HP M551dn carries a one-year warranty. Running costs are "reasonably low," says Hoffman at PCMag.com: 1.8 cents per page for black and white and 13 cents for color.

Searing speed; Above-average text; graphics and photos; Heavy-duty monthly print max (75,000 pages; Duplexer and 500-sheet paper drawer; Reasonable running costs

No Wi-Fi or Apple AirPrint

This printer was a breeze to set up. We are on a network, so it did require our engineer to poke around a bit, adding it to the log-in script. Once that was done, we have had to problems. Only reason I am not giving it 5 stars is.. the interface is quite limited.

Because it is such an "office workhorse", this printer is ideal for those who want a reliable and cost effective way to make color prints. The office printer is set to at its lowest level thus far and still produces astonishing color pages for our workplace.

The automatic duplexing feature on this printer saves me so much time. We have always purchased HP printers because of their reliability - but the features of the HP Color LaserJet Enterprise 500 (especially the print quality) surpasses all my expectations.