HP B8550 Photo Printer Preview

B8550 Color Printer

HP has launched the new B8550 photo printer at Photokina 2008.

The B8550 color printer boasts a five-ink system with an extra large feed tray and printing area as large as 13 inch x 19 inch.

Other features include a 2.4 inch LCD display, USB and multi-format memory card reader, 33ppm (black) and 31ppm (color) printing, a maximum print resolution of 1,200 x 1,200 and a 128MB internal memory.

The B8550 printer will produce 33 black and white pages per minute or 31ppm in color, while a 4x6-inch photo print can be produced in 18 seconds in draft mode, or 60 seconds in the best quality mode.

The maximum print resolution of the B8550 is fixed at 1200x1200 pixels. Thanks to the five-ink system that uses individual cartridges, users can replace each separately, as needed. The B8550 has 128MB of built-in memory for storing jobs.

The HP B8550 photo printer retails for around $300.