HP Designjet 5500 Series Printers
Fast, large format printer intended for high volume production. Two sizes are available, 42 inch and 60 inch.
Production speeds above 52 m sq per hour - 5 times faster than the CP series.
Thermal inkjet mechanism. JetExpress 25mm wide printheads achieve high speed even at 1200dpi resolution. Print quality meets stringent cartographic and photographic requirements.
6 inks for wide colour gamut with CMYKcm colours. 680cc cartridges for unattended printing. Dye based inks for indoor precision imaging and UV ink for outdoor light-fast use.
The same machines are available pre-fitted with UV inks:
Consistent colour reproduction using closed-loop colour calibration. The 5500PS automatically calibrates to PANTONE colours, is Apple ColorSync compatible and has offset printing press emulation. Advanced features can be added to either model using an external RIP.
The DesignJet 5000 series is similar - same engine, paper handling consumables and speed - but a smaller hard disk and a possibly slower Jetdirect 610.
Large self-explanatory control panel. Remote control using WebAccess for job previewing, queue management, ink and media consumption levels and general accounting information.
Maximum Speed, coated paper: 52.8 sq m /hr (569 sq ft /hr), Maximum Quality, 7 sq m / hr (76 sq ft /hr)
Maximum resolution 1200 x 600 dpi, Minimum line width 0.002 inches. Line accuracy +-0.2% of the page length.
Sheet and Roll Feed with automatic cutter.
IEEE-1284 Centronics parallel port
JetDirect 615N 10/100 Base-TX Print Server (some documents say a 620n)
The basic 5000 model uses HPCL/2, HP RTL, CALS/G4, JPEG and TIFF 6.0, The 5000Ps provides PostScript 3, and Adobe PDF. Automatic language switching.
Microsoft Windows and AutoCAD. Apple Mac drivers. PostScript models support any compatible system.
60 inch model 2433x680x1280 mm