Epson Stylus Pro 5500 Inkjet Printer

Product Description:

The Stylus Pro 5500 offers reliable, high speed printing for designers, photographers, fine art printers and other graphics professionals needing extremely high quality prints that last for a lifetime thanks to EPSON's ColorFast pigmented inks.Featuring new printheads that deliver increased speed combined with EPSON's Variable Sized Droplet Technology, dot sizes of 3 picoliters, resolutions up to 2880 dpi and print speeds of up to 2 minutes per A3 print can be realized. The Stylus Pro 5500 has the power to deliver class-leading results.Designed for professionals, this printer uses 6 ink colors for superior reproduction of subtle tones and smooth gradients, and uses 4 separate high capacity ink cartridges for long periods of operation between cartridge replacements, giving low cost per copy and making it suitable for demanding environments.
Product Details
  • Feature:
  • 2,880 x 720 dpi maximum resolution
  • Uses ColorFast pigment-based ink
  • Parallel and USB interfaces
  • Photo reproduction quality
  • Smallest droplet size: 3 picoliters
  • Binding: Electronics
  • Brand: Epson
  • Compatibility: PC Parallel
  • EAN: 0010343836693
  • FormFactor: Desktop
  • HardwarePlatform: PC
  • Label: Epson
  • Manufacturer: Epson
  • MediaType: Envelopes
  • Model: c300011b
  • ModemDescription: None
  • MPN: c300011b
  • PackageQuantity: 1
  • ProductGroup: CE
  • ProductTypeName: PRINTER
  • Publisher: Epson
  • SKU: IESS5500
  • Studio: Epson
  • UPC: 010343836693
  • Warranty: 1 year warranty

Customer Reviews

Professional Photographer2004-07-17
I find this printer to be an excellent well made printer. The perfect printer would be one that could print excellent color and Grey Scale.
I have read the previous reviews about lack of drivers for the Mac's and I do not believe that this is true. The printer came packaged with drivers for PC and Mac. Upgraded drivers for both systems are available at Epson's web site. The only draw back that I see about the printer is that there is no light black ink tank, for really good continuous tone grey scale images. So people that do Grey Scale Photography would not come out with gallery results. Color printing is excellent as long as you use custom profiles out of Photoshop.
OS X drivers2004-05-28
I don't know when the other review was posted but the OS X drivers have been available since 2003. Mine works fine, but a RIP works better.
No OSX Drivers2002-10-09
Great printer, fantastic quality but STILL no OSX drivers. I've spoken to Epson for over a year about this, and they still have no commitment to when they'll get it done. Very dissapointing.

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