HP's latest A3 colour lasers aim to satisfy workgroups with a hunger for colour, as well as businesses looking for a single, affordable solution for in-house printing. The CP5220 family comprises three versions, with the base model offering a USB port, the CP5225n adding a network port, and the CP5225dn a duplex unit.

The printer's web interface offers plenty of information about the status of consumables, and we also like the colour usage reports, which show all jobs printed, the number of mono and colour pages in each one and their owner. The Easy Printer Care tool comes in handy if you have multiple HP printers, since it shows instant readouts of toner capacities, gives advice on detected problems and provides quick access to HP's website for ordering new cartridges.

HP COLOUR LASERJET CP5225 DN PRINTER Up to 20 ppm, First page out color (A4, ready) As fast as 17 sec, 192 MB (expandable to 448 MB) Networking & Duplex, A3 printing PRODUCT : HP Color LaserJet Professional CP5225dn Printer SPEED : Up to 20 ppm (Black ) , Up to 20 ppm (colour) normal, A4 FIRST PAGE OUT COLOR (A4, ready) : As fast as 17 sec PRINT QUALITY BLACK (best) : Up to 600 x 600 dpi PRINT QUALITY COLOUR (best): Up to 600 x 600 dpi DUTY CYCLE (monthly, A4) : Up to 75,000 pagesRECOMMENDED MONTHLY PAGE VOLUME: 1500 to 5000 MEMORY : 192 MB (expandable to 448 MB) PROCESSOR : 540 MHz STANDARD PRINTER LANGUAGES: HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5c, HP Postscript level 3 emulation INTERFACE : Hi-Speed USB 2.0, built-in Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-TX PAPER TRAYS : 2 ( Standard ) ; 3 ( Maximum paper trays) PAPER INPUT: 100-sheet Multipurpose tray, 250-sheet input tray PAPER OUTPUT: 250-sheet face-down output bin DUPLEX PRINT OPTIONS : Automatic (standard) MEDIA SIZES SUPP : Tray 1: A3, A4, A5, A6, RA3, SRA3, B4, B5, 10x15 cm; envelopes (DL, C5, B5); Tray 2: A3, A4, A5, B4, B5; MEDIA TYPES SUPP : Paper (bond, brochure, coloured, glossy, letterhead, photo, plain, preprinted, prepunched, recycled, rough), cardstock, glossy film, transparencies, labels, envelopes.

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