HP Laserjet CP4525 toner cartridges

The HP colour laserjet Enterprise CP4525 printer uses four individual toner cartridges, when shipped it has the standard capacity black toner, rated at 8,500 pages. For heavy duty use and to obtain the lowest cost mono prints, we recommend purchasing the CE260X high capacity black cartridge.

HP LaserJet CP4525 Review

Colour printers usually fall into one of two camps. They are either fast, although of very little use for the purpose of anything apart from office documents, or effective at professional quality output, although slowly but surely and also at a price. HP have launched three models with price ranges commencing at £779 + VAT for the basic CP4525n model, but it is well worth spending a little bit more for the CP4525dn we analyzed, because this comes with a built-in duplexer intended for double sided printing, hence the 'd' in the name.

However, for customers searching for additional capacity, the CP4525xh (£1,899 VAT) includes three extra 500-sheet paper trays, plus a stand installed under the sole 500-sheet tray on the less costly designs. The CP4525xh also offers a full 1GB of RAM (the other two possess just 512MB) and also an encrypted hard drive to keep downloaded forms along with other documents, that would otherwise add £499 VAT to the price tag.

A sturdy and well-made machine, the CP4525 can be used to print up to 10,000 pages each month at rates of speed up to 40 pages per minute (ppm) whether or not in colour or black and white. That, needless to say, is really a maximum, and real throughput is determined by the kind of document concerned. With that said, nevertheless, we got fairly near 40ppm whenever printing simple Word documents as well as spreadsheets, and reasonable rates of speed as well when printing more difficult PDFs as well as picture images. Every bit as significantly, page one put in an appearance within 10 seconds on each and every one of the tests. HP's patented Instant-on technology ensured that it happened even though the printer was in fact in low-power standby mode, a feat competing manufacturers find it difficult to emulate.

We were similarly impressed with the standard of the output. The HP laser produced crisp black text and vibrant, professional quality colour images without any visible banding or other common distortions. HP puts this down to the even particle sizing of its newly introduced ColorSphere toner technology, leading to swifter and also more even distribution of toner upon the page, along with a significantly larger array of colours. The most effective outcome was attained utilizing coated paper, however reproduction was outstanding even when we utilized photocopy paper, plus we would be more than content to utilize the CP4525 to create colour flyers, brochures along with other professional documents.

Just like other LaserJets, the cartridges feature toner and also optical components, and you require four altogether: one for black, and also cyan, yellow and magenta. Having said that, whereas the colour cartridges are rated for up to 11,000 pages each, the standard black cartridge is bound to only 8,500 however the high yield version is actually rated at 17,000 pages and is far better value.

Switching the HP LaserJet CP4525 toner cartridges took merely seconds, with no tricky catches or the need to go looking at the manual to learn where to start. Merely pull down the cover at the front, slip out the old cartridges and simply click the fresh ones in position.

Additional pluses comprise support for HP's universal print driver, along with a simple remote set-up by way of the built-in web interface. It was just as well, given the small LCD display that could normally end up being utilized to configure the printer. Simple Network Management Protocol support is built in, and the printer can be managed along with others making use of HP's well known Jetadmin software.

The CP4525 is A4 solely, but a comparable A3 model (the CP5225) is also available. At just 20ppm this is considerably slower, but provides the same high-quality results. Both products are obtainable direct from HP or its resellers, complete with a one-year on-site warranty.