# HP 2550 Laser Jet Error

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-2550-laser-jet-error/400852>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 19, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-2550-laser-jet-error/400852 "2007-04-19T22:23:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-2550-laser-jet-error/400852/1 "2007-04-19T22:23:28Z")

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The HP laser jet 2550 PCL 6 in our office has stopped printing anything except the following error message:

PCL XL error

Subsystem: STATE  
Error: ColorSpaceMismatch  
Operator: SetBrushSource  
Position: 19  
I’m getting this message when I’m trying to print from Word & Excel.

It prints jpegs and PDF files, but only prints them in black & white.

I couldn’t find anything addressing this at the troublshooting section of the HP printers web page.

Anyone out there know what might be going on?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-2550-laser-jet-error/400852/2 "2007-04-19T23:00:31Z")

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I’ve had to deal with cryptic “PCL XL” errors at work and they have been a bugger to track down - intermittent, non-duplicable, etc.

That said, try a PostScript driver for your LJ2550, that will probably fix it (download from HPs website). It’s also much better at handling PDFs which depending on your line of work can be a large chunk of the print jobs.

Oh, and how old is the PCL6 driver that you are using? If it’s getting long in the tooth, download the latest from HP.

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**Author:** ![bkoochin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@bkoochin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bkoochin)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-2550-laser-jet-error/400852/3 "2007-04-20T17:44:17Z")

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Updating the driver would probably do it as has already been said. If all else fails you can also try the Universal Print Driver from HP that I wouldn’t normally recommend, but it would be worth a shot if you’re getting desperate.