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Inventive EXPANDABILITY
Enjoy the possibilities of a flexible and expandable printing solution. HP FutureSmart firmware can help you
streamline the management of your fleet and conserve your IT resources. Integrated support for a variety of
optional solutions let you do more than ever before with your printer. Robust paper handling features mean less
intervention and easy operation.
Protect your investment
HP FutureSmart firmware makes updating, managing, and extending the capabilities of the HP LaserJet
Enterprise 500 color M551 printer series easier and more consistent. HP FutureSmart is HP’s new firmware
platform for enterprise printers, scanners, and MFPs. It is the “brain” that controls the HP LaserJet Enterprise 500
color M551 printer series and enables many of its new and exciting features, such as user authentication and
encrypted data communication. Designed to adapt to evolving technologies, HP FutureSmart ensures that the
device remains viable for years to come—and it provides consistency for IT and end users across all supported
devices. HP FutureSmart delivers value by helping protect your imaging and printing investments and by
enabling easy management.
HP FutureSmart lets you:
Quickly manage firmware updates for this printer because a single firmware codebase simplifies and
reduces time testing and updating firmware across the HP FutureSmart fleet.
Streamline the way your business handles print jobs. An advanced job queue makes it easy to access and
control print jobs in the queue.
Help secure your printer and business processes. Set up user profiles and permissions to control access to
device functions and capabilities.
Reduce the time and cost to train new users. A consistent user interface and menu design across all
HP FutureSmart devices—including the HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 color M551 printer series—makes the
user experience intuitive and familiar.
Add certified solutions
With the HP Solutions Business Partners program, you can tap into HP certified solutions from industry-leading
partners. Monitor and optimize printer capabilities, control access to devices, transform the functionality of your
printer, and much more. HP works with solution partners to address key areas of business concern, so that you
can meet changing business needs.
The Hardware Integration Pocket on your printer makes this all possible.
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Maximize the return on your
hardware investment with optional integrated solutions such as secure authentication via a card reader or a
proximity badge reader.
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To learn more about available infrastructure, management, and workflow solutions,
visit www.hp.com/go/gsc.
Reload less often
Improve productivity with an input capacity of up to 1,100 sheets.
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With the option to load paper in volume or
use each tray for a different paper type, you won’t need to reload paper as frequently. The printer also makes
your life easier by offering automatic two-sided printing for paper up to 163 g/m
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(43 lb bond).
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The multipurpose tray supports heavy custom media up to 220 g/m
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(58 lb bond), offering the utmost in
versatility.
Expand your media options. Get media-handling capabilities ideal for a wide variety of media types,
including envelopes, labels, transparencies, and card stock. Print on a broad range of media sizes,
including A4, letter, legal, 76 x 127 mm (3 x 5 in), and more.