HP Color LaserJet Pro M252dw Personal Color Laser Printers

In today’s fast-paced business environment, you need technology that can hit the ground running. This compact printer, combined with Original HP Toner with JetIntelligence, helps meet the needs of your business—and is ready to work when you are.

Features

Accomplish more with your time

Create professional-quality color documents, and speed through tasks with fast, automatic two-sided printing.

Access time-saving, built-in business apps—just tap and swipe the 3-inch (7.6 cm) touchscreen.

Print quickly—this printer wakes up from sleep mode and prints faster than any other printer in its class.

Easily print Microsoft® Word and PowerPoint® documents—now directly from your USB drive.

Easy mobile printing options

Print with just a touch of your NFC-enabled mobile device—no network needed.

Count on wireless direct printing in the office—from mobile devices—without accessing the company network.

Easily print from a variety of smartphones and tablets—generally no setup or apps required.

More. Pages, Performance, and Protection.

Get more pages than ever before—using Original HP High-Yield Color Toner cartridges with JetIntelligence.

Count on professional quality at high speeds—HP ColorSphere 3 toner works best with your HP printer.

Get the authentic HP quality you paid for with anti-fraud technology.

Print right away with preinstalled toner cartridges. Replace them with optional high-yield cartridges.

Meet everyday IT challenges head-on

Safeguard data and easily manage devices with a suite of essential security and management features.

Easily access, print, and share resources with Ethernet and wireless networking.

Increase security, restore control, and help avoid additional expenses—with HP JetAdvantage Private Print.

Protect your investment with HP Care Pack. Let our HP certified engineers resolve all your technical issues.

Specifications

Print speed black:

Normal: Up to 18 ppm 1
(Measured using ISO/IEC 24734, excludes first set of test documents. For more information see http://www.hp.com/go/printerclaims. Exact speed varies depending on the system configuration, software application, driver, and document complexity.)

Print speed color:

Normal:Up to 18 ppm 1
(Measured using ISO/IEC 24734, excludes first set of test documents. For more information see http://www.hp.com/go/printerclaims. Exact speed varies depending on the system configuration, software application, driver, and document complexity.)

First page out (ready)

Black: As fast as 11.5 sec
Color: As fast as 13 sec 6
(Measured using ISO/IEC 17629. For more information see http://www.hp.com/go/printerclaims. Exact speed varies depending on the system configuration, software application, driver, and document complexity.)

Print quality black (best)

Up to 600 x 600 dpi

Print quality color (best)

Up to 600 x 600 dpi

Resolution technology
ImageRET 3600

Duty cycle (monthly, A4)
Up to 30,000 pages 7
(Duty cycle is defined as the maximum number of pages per month of imaged output. This value provides a comparison of product robustness in relation to other HP LaserJet or HP Color LaserJet devices, and enables appropriate deployment of printers and MFPs to satisfy the demands of connected individuals or groups.)

Recommended monthly page volume
250 to 2500 3
(HP recommends that the number of printed pages per month be within the stated range for optimum device performance, based on factors including supplies replacement intervals and device life over an extended warranty period.)

Print technology

Laser

Processor speed

800 MHz

Print languages

HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5c, HP postscript level 3 emulation, PCLm, PDF, URF

Display

3.0-in intuitive touchscreen control panel with color graphic display

Connectivity

HP ePrint capability

Yes

Mobile printing capability
HP ePrint, WiFi Direct printing, Apple AirPrint™, Mopria-certified, Mobile Apps 2
(May require a firmware upgrade to be compatible, download at hp.com/go/support.)

Wireless capability

Yes, 802.11 b/g/n. Authentication via WEP, WPA, or 802.11x. Encryption via AES or TKIP. NFC

Connectivity, standard

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port
built-in Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-TX network port
Host USB

Network ready

Standard (built-in Ethernet 802.11 b/g/n. WiFi operates as both an AP and STA)

Minimum system requirements

Windows: Windows XP (SP3) 32-bit and 64-bit, Windows Win7 (Including Starter Edition 32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Vista Including Starter Edition 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows Win8 Basic 32-bit, Windows Win8 Pro 32-bit, Windows Win8 Enterprise 32-bit, Windows Win8 Enterprise N 32-bit, Windows Win8 Basic 64-bit, Windows Win8 Pro 64-bit, Windows Win8 Enterprise 64-bit, Windows Win8 Enterprise N 64-bit, Windows Win8.1 64-bit
Mobile Operating Systems: Android, Windows 8 RT
Other: Debian (5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3) (supported by the automatic installer), Fedora (9, 9.0, 10, 10.0, 11.0, 11, 12, 12.0), HPUX 11 and Solaris 8/9, Linux (9.4, 9.5), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (supported with a pre-built package), SUSE Linux (10.3, 11.0, 11, 11.1, 11.2), Ubuntu (8.04, 8.04.1, 8.04.2, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04)
CD-ROM or DVD drive, or Internet connection
Dedicated USB or network or Wireless connection
200 MB available hard disk space
compatible hardware (For operating system hardware requirements see http://www.microsoft.com)

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Mobile: iOS
Internet
Dedicated USB or network or Wireless connection
1 GB available hard disk space

Compatible operating systems
Windows: Windows XP (SP3) 32-bit and 64-bit, Windows Win7 (Including Starter Edition 32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Vista Including Starter Edition 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows Win8 Basic 32-bit, Windows Win8 Pro 32-bit, Windows Win8 Enterprise 32-bit, Windows Win8 Enterprise N 32-bit, Windows Win8 Basic 64-bit, Windows Win8 Pro 64-bit, Windows Win8 Enterprise 64-bit, Windows Win8 Enterprise N 64-bit, Windows Win8.1 64-bit
Mac: OS X 10.7 Lion, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Mobile Operating Systems: iOS, Android, Windows 8 RT
Other: Debian (5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3) (supported by the automatic installer), Fedora (9, 9.0, 10, 10.0, 11.0, 11, 12, 12.0), HPUX 11 and Solaris 8/9, Linux (9.4, 9.5), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (supported with a pre-built package), SUSE Linux (10.3, 11.0, 11, 11.1, 11.2), Ubuntu (8.04, 8.04.1, 8.04.2, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04) 10
(For Windows XP/Vista 32-bit, and for Windows Server 2003 32-bit and 2008 32-bit and 64-bit, only the printer driver and scanner driver are installed.)

Memory specifications

Memory, standard
256 MB

Maximum memory
256 MB

Paper handling

Paper handling input, standard

150-sheet input tray, multipurpose tray

Paper handling output, standard

100-sheet output bin

Maximum output capacity (sheets)

Up to 100 sheets (10 mm stack height)

Duplex printing

Automatic (standard)

Media sizes supported

A4, A5(L), A5(P), A6, B5, B6, 16k, 10 x 15 cm, Post Cards (JIS)
Envelopes (DL, C5, B5)

Media sizes, custom

76.2 x 127 to 215.9 x 355.6 mm

Media types

Paper (bond, brochure, colored, glossy, heavy, letterhead, light, photo, plain, preprinted, prepunched, recycled, rough), transparencies, labels, envelopes, cardstock

Supported media weight

52 to 163 g/m2 (Uncoated/Matte, recommended), up to 175 g/m2 Postcards, 200 g/m2 HP Matte
60 to 163 g/m2 (Coated/Glossy, recommended), up to 175 g/m2 Postcards, 220 g/m2 HP Glossy

Power and operating requirements

Power

110-volt input voltage: 110 to 127 VAC (+/- 10%), 60 Hz (+/- 3 Hz)
220-volt input voltage: 220 to 240 VAC (+/- 10%), 50 Hz (+/- 3 Hz) (Not dual voltage, product varies by part number with # Option code identifier)

Power consumption
375 watts (Active Printing), 8.7 watts (Ready),1.7watts (Sleep), 0.1 watts (Auto-Off), 0.1 watts (Off) 4
(Power requirements are based on the country/region where the printer is sold. Do not convert operating voltages. This will damage the printer and void the product warranty.)

Energy efficiency

ENERGY STAR® certified, Blue Angel Eng, Blue Angel Ger, EPEAT® Silver

Operating temperature range

15 to 30°C

Operating humidity range

10 to 80% RH

Acoustic power emissions (ready)
Inaudible 5
(Acoustic values are subject to change. For current information see http://www.hp.com/support. Configuration tested: base model, simplex printing, A4 paper at an average of 18 ppm.)

Acoustic pressure emissions bystander (active, printing)
48 dB(A) 5
(Acoustic values are subject to change. For current information see http://www.hp.com/support. Configuration tested: base model, simplex printing, A4 paper at an average of 18 ppm.)

Dimensions and weight

Minimum dimensions (W x D x H)
392 x 412 x 236.2 mm

Maximum dimensions (W x D x H)
392 x 1002 x 285 mm

Weight
12.2 kg

Package dimensions (W x D x H)

498 x 298 x 510 mm

Package weight

16.7 kg

Warranty

1 year invoice warranty