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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). > > -- Oscar Castaneda Michigan State University