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Printer drivers

Printer drivers access the printer features and allow the computer to communicate with the printer. The following printer drivers are included with the printer on a CD-ROM.

NOTE

The HP Color LaserJet 3550 does not include PCL and PostScript Page Description Languages (PDL). The HP Color LaserJet 3550 uses the HP JetReady 4.1 PDL, which is a host-based printer language. HP JetReady 4.1 uses the combined power of the computer and the printer to render the printed page in a Windows or Macintosh system environment. HP JetReady 4.1 transfers the pre-rendered pages from the host computer to the printer and communicates instructions to the printer on how to convert the pages to printable data.

Printer drivers for the HP Color LaserJet 3550 series printer
Operating system1 JetReady 4.1
Windows 98, Me HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows NT 4.0 HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows 2000 HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows XP (32-bit) HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows XP (64-bit) HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows Server 2003 (64-bit) HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Macintosh OS HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers

1 Not all printer features are available from all drivers or operating systems. See the online Help in your driver for availability of features.

Printer drivers for the HP Color LaserJet 3700 series printer
Operating system1 PCL 6 PS Emulation
Windows 98, Me HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows NT 4.0
NOTE

Windows NT does not support USB

HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows 20002 HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows XP (32-bit)2 HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows XP (64-bit)2, 3   HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Windows Server 2003 (64-bit) HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers
Macintosh OS   HP 3550 3700 checkmark Printer drivers

1 Not all printer features are available from all drivers or operating systems. See the online Help in your driver for availability of features.

2 For Windows 2000 and Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit), download the PCL 5 driver from http://www.hp.com/go/clj3700software.

3 For Windows XP (64 bit), download the PCL 6 driver from http://www.hp.com/go/clj3700software.

NOTE

If your system did not automatically check the Internet for the latest drivers during software installation, download them for the HP Color LaserJet 3550 series printer from http://www.hp.com/go/clj3550_software. For the HP Color LaserJet 3700 series printer, go to http://www.hp.com/go/clj3700_software.

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HP 3550 3700 Printer drivers