HP Color LaserJet Professional CP5225n Color Laser Printer

This is HP’s A3-capable color laser printer built for offices that need large-format prints and everyday color documents without jumping to production-class hardware. It’s a print-only workhorse with a 75,000-page monthly duty cycle, but the trade-off is manual duplexing and a hefty 40.9 kg footprint. If you need reliable A3 color output and don’t mind flipping pages yourself, it’s a solid investment.

Print

• Up to 20 ppm (ISO A4) for both black and color — consistent speed across all document types

• First page out in 16 seconds black (A4, ready) and 17 seconds color (A4, ready)

• Up to 600 × 600 dpi for sharp text and clean color graphics

• Manual duplex only — driver support provided, but you’ll physically flip pages

• Monthly duty cycle up to 75,000 pages; recommended volume 1,500–5,000 pages

Paper Handling

• 100-sheet multipurpose Tray 1 and 250-sheet input Tray 2

• Optional 500-sheet input Tray 3 available for higher volume

• 250-sheet face-down output bin

• Tray 1 supports A3, A4, A5, A6, RA3, SRA3, B4, B5, 10×15 cm, and envelopes (DL, C5, B5)

• Tray 2 supports A3, A4, A5, B4, B5; Tray 3 supports A3, A4, B4, B5

• Custom sizes: Tray 1 from 76 × 127 mm to 320 × 457 mm; Tray 2 from 148 × 182 mm to 297 × 432 mm

• Media types: paper (bond, brochure, colored, glossy, letterhead, photo, plain, preprinted, prepunched, recycled, rough), cardstock, glossy film, transparencies, labels, envelopes

• Recommended media weight: 60 to 220 g/m²

Connectivity

• Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and built-in Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-TX

• No Wi-Fi or Bluetooth — wired network or USB only

• Network-ready out of the box with built-in Ethernet

• Mobile printing via HP ePrint and Mopria

Toner

• Four-cartridge CMYK design — separate black, cyan, magenta, and yellow

• Uses HP 307A series cartridges: CE740A (black), CE741A (cyan), CE742A (yellow), CE743A (magenta)

• Black cartridge yields approximately 7,000 pages; each color cartridge yields approximately 7,300 pages

Design & Power

• Dimensions: 545 × 599 × 338 mm (standard); expands to 862 × 1066 × 370 mm with trays extended

• Weight: 40.9 kg — this is a substantial machine that needs a sturdy surface

• 540 MHz processor and 192 MB memory (expandable to 448 MB)

• 2-line, 16-character backlit display

• Power consumption: 440 W active, 30 W standby, 4.4 W powersave, 0.5 W off

• Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC): 1.787 kWh/week

Operating Systems

• Windows 10, Windows 8 (via HP Universal Print Driver), Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003

• macOS X v10.3 and higher

• Linux (via HPLIP)

In the Box

• Printer, preinstalled starter toner cartridges (CMYK), power cord, Getting Started Guide, software/documentation CD