HP (Hewlett-Packard) B8550 Series Photo Printer User Manual


 
4 Technical information
The technical specifications and international regulatory information for the HP Photosmart are provided in this
section.
For additional regulatory and environmental information, including the Declaration of Conformity statement, see the
onscreen Help.
System requirements
The table below lists the minimum requirements the computer must have to work with the printer.
Component Windows Mac
Operating
system
Microsoft® Windows XP or Vista (32-bit or 64-bit)
NOTE: Limited printer software functionality,
consisting of a print driver and the printer Toolbox
application only, is available for Windows XP x64
Edition.
Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5
Processor A modern 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor (2 GHz or
higher recommended)
PowerPC with G3, G4, G5, or Intel Core-based
processors
RAM For Windows XP and Windows Vista Home edition:
512 MB (1GB or higher recommended)
All other versions of Windows Vista: 1 GB (2 GB or
higher recommended)
256 MB (512 MB recommended)
Free disk
space
For Windows XP: 800 MB
For Windows Vista: 1.5 GB
500 MB
Video
display
SVGA 800 x 600 monitor with 16-bit color (SVGA 1024
x 768 monitor with 32-bit color recommended)
1024 x 720 monitor
CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM
drive
Required Required
USB USB port and USB cable (cable not included) USB port and USB cable (cable not included)
Internet
access
Recommended Recommended
Software Required: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher
Recommended: Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 or higher
Any browser
Product specifications
For product specifications, go to the HP Web site at www.hp.com/support.
Paper specifications
Main input tray capacity: Plain paper sheets: Up to 125, Photo paper sheets: Up to 40
Output tray capacity: Plain paper sheets: Up to 50, Photo paper sheets: Up to 25
Photo tray capacity: Photo paper sheets: Up to 20
NOTE: For a complete list of supported media sizes, see the printer software.
Physical specifications
Height: 184 mm (7.25 inches)
Width: 578 mm (22.75 inches)
Depth: 394 mm (15.5 inches)
Weight: 7.5 kg (16.6 lbs)
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