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HP Designjet 5500 Series

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Overview

The HP Designjet 5500 series printers turn around ready-to-sell-and-distribute prints at some of the fastest speeds available -- without compromising image quality. With HP's intelligent printing solutions, print service providers, GIS professionals, and graphics designers will benefit from a simplified workflow, unattended operation, and flexible options that serve a variety of customers or departments.

Specifications

Media / ink

• Media sizes, std.
  5500ps (42 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500 (42 in): 8.3- to 42-in wide sheets; 24-, 36-, 42-in rolls
  5500 (60 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): 8.3- to 60-in wide sheets; 24-, 36-, 42-, 60-in rolls
• Maximum print length - 300 ft
• Media types - Compatible with both Dye and UV Ink systems: HP Colorfast Adhesive Vinyl, Plain Paper, HP Studio Canvas, compatible with Dye based inks: Matte, Inkjet Paper, Canvas, HP Plain Paper, HP Fine Paper Art Vanilla, Film, Photo Paper, HP Vellum, compatible with UV inks: Banner, Plain Paper, HP Canvas Matte UV, HP Durable Image Gloss UV, HP Polypropylene, HP Colorlucent Backlit UV
• Media handling - 5500ps (42 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500 (42 in): Roll feed, sheetfed, automatic cutter, optional take-up reel
  5500 (60 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): Roll feed, sheetfed, automatic cutter, take-up reel
• Print cartridges - 1 each (black, cyan, magenta, yellow, light cyan, light magenta)
• Ink types
  5500 (42 in): Dye-based imaging included (UV available with upgrade kit
  5500ps (42 in) / 5500 (60 in) / 5500ps (60 in): Dye-based imaging included (UV available with upgrade kit)
  5500 uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): UV included (dye-based imaging available with upgrade kit)

Print quality / technology

• Prints colors - Yes
• Print technology - HP Thermal Inkjet
• Print quality, black - 1200 x 600 dpi (on glossy media)
• Print quality, color - 1200 x 600 dpi (on glossy media)

Print languages / typefaces / memory

• Print languages, std.
  5500ps (42 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): Adobe PostScript 3, Adobe PDF 1.3, HP-GL/2, HP RTL, TIFF 6.0, JPEG, CALS/G4
  5500 (60 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500 (42 in): HP-GL/2, HP RTL, TIFF 6.0, JPEG, CALS/G4
• Typefaces
  5500ps (42 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): 136 PostScript® Roman fonts built-in, Asian PostScript fonts in the box, PostScript Morisawa fonts for Japan, support for Yoon, Sandoll and Hancom for Korea, Arphic for Taiwan
  5500 (60 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500 (42 in): None
• Memory, std.
  5500 (60 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500 (42 in): 128 MB, 40 GB hard disk
  5500ps (42 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): 256 MB, 40 GB hard disk
• Memory, max. - 256 MB, 40 GB hard drive
• Hard disk - 40 GB

Connectivity

• Connectivity, std.
  HP Jetdirect 620n 10/100 Base-TX print server, supporting TCP/IP (including LPR and IPP), AppleTalk, IPX/SPX protocols, Centronics parallel port, IEEE 1284-compliant
• Connectivity, opt.
  HP Jetdirect 610n, 620n, 680n print servers
• Print drivers, std.
  5500 (60 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500 (42 in): Microsoft® Windows: 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, Me, XP with HP Drivers, UNIX®, LINUX: with HP embedded webserver file submitter, AutoCAD: 2000, 2002, R 14 for Windows
  5500ps (42 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): Microsoft® Windows: 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, Me, XP with HP Drivers, UNIX®, LINUX: with HP embedded webserver file submitter, AutoCAD: 2000, 2002, R 14 for Windows, Adobe® PostScript®: Microsoft Windows: 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, Me, XP; MAC, OS 8.5 to 9.2.2, X.1 and X.2

Speed

• Print speed, fast mode
  5500ps (42 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500 (42 in): 499 sq ft/hr (maximum speed)
  Note: Speed indicated is the maximum velocity that the printer may reach in specific cases.
  5500 (60 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): 569 sq ft/hr (maximum speed)
  Note: Speed indicated is the maximum velocity that the printer may reach in specific cases.
• Print speed, normal mode
  5500ps (42 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500 (42 in): 170 sq ft/hr (production mode); 89 sq ft/hr (productivity mode)
  5500 (60 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): 189 sq ft/hr (production mode); 100 sq ft/hr (productivity mode)
• Color print speed, best
  5500ps (42 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500 (42 in): 68 sq ft/hr (maximum quality)
  5500 (60 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): 76 sq ft/hr (maximum quality)

warranty / dimensions / weight

• Warranty, std.
  One-year warranty with free, on-site, next-business-day service. HP Supportpacks and service agreements allow you to extend your warranty to up to five years, and can provide around the clock service with a response time of within five hours, every day of the year (depending on the country). Installation Supportpacks are also available. The printer advises you whenever preventive maintenance is recommended to minimize downtime.
• Dimensions (w x d x h)
  5500ps (42 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500 (42 in): 78 x 27 x 50 in
  5500 (60 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): 96 x 27 x 50 in
• Weight, U.S.
  5500ps (42 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500ps uv (42 in) / 5500 (42 in): 220 lb
  5500 (60 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): 264 lb

What's in the box

• 5500ps (42 in) / 5500ps (60 in) / 5500ps uv (60 in): HP Designjet Printer, printer stand, media bin, two spindles, power cord, ink cartridges, print heads, two rolls of media, Adobe® PostScript® driver, AutoCAD driver, Microsoft® Windows driver, user documentation, user maintenance kit (interface cables must be ordered separately), parallel cable (AP only)
• 5500ps uv (42 in): HP Designjet Printer, printer stand, media bin, two spindles, power cord, ink cartridges, print heads, two rolls of media, Adobe® PostScript® driver, AutoCAD driver, Microsoft®Windows driver, user documentation, user maintenance kit (interface cables must be ordered separately), parallel cable (AP only)
• 5500 (60 in) / 5500 uv (42 in) / 5500 uv (60 in) / 5500 (42 in): HP Designjet Printer, printer stand, media bin, two spindles, power cord, ink cartridges, printheads, two rolls of media, AutoCAD driver, Microsoft® Windows driver, user documentation, user maintenance kit (interface cables must be ordered separately), parallel cable (AP only)

Model Model differences

• HP Designjet 5500PS Printer (42 in) (Q1252A)
  Base model (42 in) with indoor (dye-based) inks for photo realistic image quality plus Adobe® PDF 1.3 and Adobe Postscript® 3 and 256 MB memory (instead of 128 MB)
• HP Designjet 5500 Printer (60 in) (Q1253A)
  Base model (60 in) with indoor (dye-based) inks for photo realistic image quality
• HP Designjet 5500PS Printer (60 in) (Q1254A)
  Base model (60 in) with indoor (dye-based) inks for photo realistic image quality plus Adobe® PDF 1.3 and Adobe Postscript® 3 and 256 MB memory (instead of 128 MB)
• HP Designjet 5500UV Printer (42 in) (Q1251V)
  Base model (42 in) with outdoor UV (pigment-based) inks for enhanced lightfastness
• HP Designjet 5500UVPS Printer (42 in) (Q1252V)
  Base model (42 in) with outdoor UV (pigment-based) inks for enhanced lightfastness plus Adobe® PDF 1.3 and Adobe Postscript® 3 and 256 MB memory (instead of 128 MB)
• HP Designjet 5500UV Printer (60 in) (Q1253V)
  Base model (60 in) with outdoor UV (pigment-based) inks for enhanced lightfastness
• HP Designjet 5500UVPS Printer (60 in) (Q1254V)
  Base model (60 in) with outdoor UV (pigment-based) inks for enhanced lightfastness plus Adobe® PDF 1.3 and Adobe Postscript® 3 and 256 MB memory (instead of 128 MB)
• HP Designjet 5500 Printer (42 in) (Q1251A)
  Base model (42 in) with indoor (dye-based) inks for photo realistic image quality

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