General Information

Manufacturer

HP 

Manufacturer Part Number

C9919A

Product Name

Scanner

Scanners aren't all created equal, and many excel more than others. The HP Scanjet 5550C digital flatbed scanner is a standout, providing professional-quality results for text, graphics, photos, negatives and slides (using a lighted adapter, sold separately), and even 3-D objects.

Specifications

 Flatbed

 PC, Mac

 8.5 x 11.7 inches

 2400 x 2400 dpi hardware, 2400 dpi optical

 48-bit

 256

 Charge Coupled Device (CCD)

 4 x 6-inch color photo into MS Word in less than 28 seconds; full page of text into MS Word (using OCR) in less than 48 seconds; black and white drawing into MS Word in less than 31 seconds

 7 seconds

 Front-panel "scan," "copy," "e-mail," "share-to-web"; "save document to disc"; HP photo & imaging software; user application via TWAIN 1.8; automatic document feeder; optional transparent materials adapter for scanning 35 mm negatives/slides (not included, purchase separately)

 7 one-touch buttons = "scan", "copy", "e-mail", "share-to-web", "save document to disc", "copy quantity", "print color/black and white"; plus "power save" and "cancel" buttons; 2-character LCD

 10 to 2000% in 1% increments

 Microsoft Windows 98, 2000 Professional, Me, XP Professional or XP Home Edition, Macintosh OS 9.1 and higher, OS X 10.1 and higher

 USB 2.0

 HP Photo & Imaging, HP Memories Disc Creator, HP ScanJet copy utility, HP Share-to-Web, suite of electronic help tools, ScanSoft PaperPort LE and IRIS CardIRIS; Macintosh HP Photo & Imaging, HP Memories Disc Creator, HP ScanJet copy utility, HP Share-to-Web, suite of electronic help tools, ScanSoft PaperPort, IRIS ReadIRIS with CardIRIS plug-in

 Yes, 35-sheet capacity

 Paper (plain, inkjet, photo), envelopes, labels, cards (index, greeting), 3D objects, 35 mm slides and negatives (using optional Transparent Materials Adapter, not included, purchase separately)

 PC with Pentium II processor, Celeron or compatible; Microsoft Windows 98, 2000 Professional, Me, XP Professional or XP XP Home Edition; 300 MB available disk space; Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or or higher; CD-ROM drive, 64 MB RAM, SVGA monitor (800 x 600, 16-bit color), USB port. HP memories disc creator software requires CD writer and 700 MB additional additional hard disk space.

 Power PC processor (includes iMac); Mac OS 9.1 and higher, higher, OS X 10.1 and higher; 150 MB available disk space; CD-ROM drive, 64 MB RAM, SVGA monitor (800 x 600, 16-bit color), USB port. HP memories disc creator software requires CD writer and 700 MB additional additional hard disk space.

 TIFF (.tif), TIFF compressed (.tif), Bitmap (.bmp), DCX file (.dcx), PCS file (.pcx0, JPEG (.jpg), GIF file (.gif), FlashPix (.fpx), Plain Text (.txt), PDF file (.pdf), HTML file (.htm), Rich Text (.rtf)

 TIFF (.tif), TIFF compressed (.tif), PICT, JPEG (.jpg), GIF file (.gif), FlashPix (.fpx), PDF file (.pdf), Plain Text (.txt), HTML file (.htm), Rich Text (.rtf)

 Temperature  41 to 104 F (5 to 40 C), Humidity 15 to 85% RH

 EU DofC (EMC Directive), USA FCC DofC, Australia (ACA), Canada (DoC), Korea (RRL certified), Taiwan (BSMI certified). Tested to Class B limits.

 Compliant to IEC 60950, EN 60950 and UL 60950/CSA C22.2 No. 60950, Mexico NOM-1-NYCE, Russia GOST, Poland PCBC, and CE mark for for European LVD

 100-240 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 3%)

 36 watts maximum U.S, EPA Energy Star compliant

 19.21 inches

 6.25 inches

 13.39 inches

• Scan multiple pages unattended with the included 35-page automatic document feeder 
• Get professional-quality images with up to 2400 dpi and 48-bit color for printing, e-mailing, and posting to the Web 
• Streamline electronic storage using the included ScanSoft® PaperPort software 
• Preview scans in about 7 seconds, then quickly send them to your computer 
• Use one-touch buttons to scan to web sites, CDs, printers, email, and more 
• Archive information and preserve disk space using scan-to-CD feature 
• Scan, copy, print, and e-mail images to family and friends with HP Instant Share 
• Convert documents to electronic text with included OCR software 
• Scan and post photos to the Web using the included share-to-Web software 
• Save paper by arranging a photo in many sizes on a single sheet