subject: HP LaserJet P2055dn Cartridge [print this page] The HP LaserJet P2055dn mono laser printer is quiet, plain, fast and produces high quality documents.
The P2055dn can be bought for about 275 and has automatic duplexing included. It has two paper trays, a 150 sheet one at the top and a 250 sheet one at the bottom. 128mb of memory comes as standard, although this can be increase to 384mb, as do USB and ethernet connections.
A black and white LCD is included on the P2055dn and you can alter print density from the printer. Dust can be removed from moving parts of the printer by using the inbuilt cleaning mode and firewall and security settings can be modified to use either HTTP or HTTPS protocols.
A web-based interface allows you to see various statistics and check on the state of the toner cartridges. The P2055dn's default print settings can also be set via the interface and the firewall policy can be set by administrators.
The P2055dn's print modes are 600dpi, 1200dpi FastRes and 1200dpi ProRes. Better quality prints are produced by the ProRes mode even though it has the same dpi as FastRes but it is slower. Using either 600dpi or FastRes 1200dpi the P2055dn can print the first page of a document in about 9.5 secs and subsequent pages at 35 pages per minute.
The P2055dn takes about 14.5 seconds to print its first page using ProRes after which it pauses on every second page so that the overall speed is about 14.5 pages per minute or roughly four seconds per page.
A quiet mode has been built into the P2055dn which reduces noise but also slows print speed considerably.
It is also possible to alter the line density of the P2055dn when using ProRes which is highly unusual in a printer of this price.
Using the highest quality setting the P2055dn produces excellent prints with clean test characters and evenly spread toner.
The HP Laserjet P2055dn toner cartridge fitted to the printer when new is the 05A cartridge (HPCE505A), this is a low capacity cartridge and it is advisable to replace with the 05X cartridge. The higher yield cartridge is more expensive but it will produce nearly three times as many prints making it far more economical in the long run.
More expensive printers offer greater networking and security features but for the money the HP LaserJet P2055dn offers high quality, fast printing and is recommended.
