HP Color LaserJet CP2025dn Cartridges

The £500 HP Color LaserJet CP2025dn printer3,500 sheets and each of the colours (CC531A,
has been designed with small work-groups in mindCC532A and CC533A) will print 2,800 sheets. You
and it has network capability, can print on bothcan save money when using the printer by using
sides of paper automatically, and is rated at 20non-HP cartridges which are far less expensive.
pages per minute (ppm).Print speeds for the HP Color LaserJet CP2025dn
There are two paper trays at the front of thewere more than acceptable at 20 pages per
CP2025dn. One is a 250 page drawer and theminute (ppm) for mono and colour.
other opens above it and can be used forPrints proved to be, on the whole, excellent. Black
different purposes. The front also houses theand white prints were easy to read and well
control panel which you can use to input print jobsdefined. Colour prints were also of a high standard
and other commands.and were sharp and vibrant.
USB and Ethernet leads can be connected at theThe quality of photos produced varied with the
rear of the HP Color LaserJet CP2025dn. Exceptquality of paper. When printing photos it quickly
for its relatively hefty weight (nearly 53 pounds)became apparent that it was necessary to use
the CP2025dn was easy to get going. You gethigh quality paper to get good results. If 80gm
four small capacity cartridges with the machine.paper was used the prints were often dull and the
These are already in place and all you need to docolours inaccurate but with better quality paper
to get the printer ready is take away somethe results were very satisfactory. Prints were
protective tape from each cartridge. Configuringsharp and detailed with vibrant and accurate
the printer was straightforward and there werecolouring.
no problems with the network connection.The HP Color LaserJet CP2025dn produced good
Installing the software for the HP Color LaserJetquality mono and colour prints, was quick to do
CP2025dn was just as easy. You just follow theso, is networkable and has a built in duplex unit.
instructions given on the included CD. The printerUnfortunately photo prints varied depending on
will work with Windows, Mac and Linux. Driversthe quality of paper used and it is not the
are provided for the first two and Linux userscheapest printer to run but at a cost of about
can get drivers from HPs website.£500 it is more good than bad and is certainly
Four cartridges are used for printing and theseworth considering.
are housed in a tray that is accessed from thePrinter cartridges for the HP Color LaserJet
front of the printer. Based on 5% coverage theCP2025dn are available here.
black (CC530A) cartridge will print as many as