Peter,
I havealso a HP4550 and I am dealing with the same problem of the won't
waking up. Can you give me some history on it? Did you try to make it
work right? I am just dealing with it and feel like I ran out of options.
oscar
Peter J Murray wrote:
> Hello
>
> We are looking to replace an HP4550N with a new network color laser.
> We did order a Dell 5110cn and received it yesterday, however the
> print quality is horrible. Text is not dark, photos and color PDF
> printouts are blurry, the 5 year old HP puts it to shame, and we are
> sending the 5110cn back. I even called Dell and went through the
> diagnostics, and the technician just said, you are exceeding the
> design limits of the printer, or something like that.
> forums.us.dell.com confirms that the 5110cn is no good.
>
> Part of the reason we are replacing the HP is due to age, and another
> annoying problem with it is that when it goes to sleep, printing to it
> won't wake it up, so you have to turn it off and then back on to get
> it to wake, and it takes around 5 minutes to warm up and calibrate. I
> suspect the jet direct card might be bad, so if anyone has a spare
> jetdirect 610N they are no longer using, let me know.
>
> So, I'm looking at another printer or fixing the problem with the
> HP4550N. Any recommendations, either way? (we'd like to spend $1200
> or less, and also we'd like a printer that cheaper to operate per copy).
>
>
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Oscar Castaneda
Michigan State University
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