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Printheads:
(15.0 kHz)
Cyan, light cyan, magenta, light magenta, yellow and black.
Printhead cleaners: Cyan, light cyan, magenta, light magenta, yellow and black.
Ink cartridges: Cyan, light cyan, magenta, light magenta, yellow and black, each containing 680 cc of ink.

paper sizes

  Width (carriage axis) Length (paper axis)
Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum
Roll 610 mm 60 inch=
1.52 m
42 inch=
1.07 m
  300 ft=91 m with Coated or Bright White Inkjet paper
225 ft=68.6 m with Heavyweight Coated paper
Sheet 210 mm E/A0 22 in=
594 mm
63 in=1.6 m

hp supported printing materials

See supported printing materials.

print resolution

Print mode Default Enhanced IQ
Max Speed 300 × 300 dpi (Production)
Production 300 × 300 dpi  
Productivity 300 × 300 dpi 600 × 600 dpi
Max Quality 600 × 600 dpi 1200 × 600 dpi
(glossy paper only)

margins

Description Side Leading edge Trailing edge
Roll (normal) 7 mm 35 mm 7 mm
Roll (extended) 15 mm 35 mm 15 mm
Roll (smaller) 5 mm 5 mm 5 mm
Sheet (normal) 7 mm 35 mm 17 mm
Sheet (extended) 15 mm 35 mm 17 mm

accuracy

±0.2% of the specified vector length at 23°C (73°F), 50-60% relative humidity, on A0 printing material in Max Quality or Productivity mode with HP special polyester film.

programming languages supported

Designjet 5500 and 5500ps:

  • HP-GL/2 (with kanji level 1 and 2 character sets)
  • HP-RTL
  • PJL, PML
  • JPEG
  • TIFF
  • CALS CCITT Group 4 Type I Raster

Designjet 5500ps only:

  • Adobe PostScript 3 (supports Asian fonts)
  • PDF 1.3
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