HP LaserJet M551DN

HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 Color Printer M551dn

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.

HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 Color Printer M551dn Review

The HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 Color Printer M551dn color laser printer provides a winning mix of high speed, above-par output quality, and reasonably low running costs. The HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 Color Printer M551dn ($1,690.00 at Amazon) 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. This well-rounded printer (which also has a fairly low cost per printed page) is an easy pick as an Editors' Choice workhorse color printer for a smallish business with medium to heavy-duty printing needs. The M551dn  measures 15.8 by 20.2 by 19.8 inches (HWD), larger than you’d want to share a desk with, and weighs 76 pounds, so it is best to use two people to move it. Controls on the front panel next to the small, color LCD are minimal: Buttons for Home, OK, Cancel, and Help. The display’s color is used primarily to show ink cartridge levels. Standard paper capacity is 600 sheets, split between a 500-sheet main tray and a 100-sheet multipurpose feeder. The printer comes with an aut...

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.

" Picky picky "

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.

Great Network Color Printer

Eprint supported.

Makes my life so much easier

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.

So Far So Good

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.

HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 M551dn

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.

great printer!!

Easily the best color laser printer in this price range.

Fantastic printer. Amazingly fast

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...