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HP LaserJet Pro MFP M521dn

HP LaserJet Pro MFP M521dn

ENERGY STAR | Business

DiscontinuedThis printer has been discontinued. Please shop for associated supplies.

  • Print, copy, scan, fax
  • Print speed letter: Up to 42 ppm (black)
  • Auto duplex printing; 50-sheet ADF; 2 paper trays (standard)
  • FCC Class A emissions - for use in commercial environments, not residential environmentsSee all Specs
Product # A8P79A#BGJ
Engineered for Sustainability
3% back in HP Rewards
FCC Class A emissions device for use in commercial environments, not residential environments[13]
Finish jobs faster, produce high-quality documents, and make scanning and sharing simple. Get set up and connected quickly.[3,7] Send quick commands from an intuitive color touchscreen. Easily conserve resources and recycle used cartridges.[11]
Improving your efficiency; printing sharp documents quickly; completing fax, copy, and scan tasks easily; and enabling mobile printing.[8]

Quickly create, capture, and deliver documents

Finish faster—with less standing around—using single-pass, dual-head scanning. Stay on schedule—print up to 42 pages per minute.[4] Handle high-volume printing without worries. Scan documents and send digital files in one easy step—to email, the cloud, network folders, or a USB drive. Efficiently handle large jobs, with an input capacity up to 1,100 sheets and automatic two-sided printing.

Increase efficiency with an easy-to-manage MFP

Work smarter—access, store, and print business content quickly from the 3.5-inch color touchscreen.[5] Control access to walkup features and easily look up network email addresses, using LDAP connectivity.[2] Save time with an easy-to-install Original HP cartridge. Save more, using a high-capacity cartridge.[6] Efficiently manage this MFP, using HP Web Jetadmin to remotely monitor office printing and device status.[12]

Set up fast and stay connected

Set up and share wirelessly throughout the office.[3] Easily print from your smartphone, tablet, or notebook at home, work, or on the go.[8] Use resources more efficiently with 100/1000 Base –TX Ethernet networking—easily print and share. Pull print jobs from your pocket—walk up and print right from a memory device via the USB port.

Improve your energy costs and save resources

Help save energy with HP Auto-On/Auto-Off Technology, Instant-on Copy, and Instant-on Technology.[10] Conserve resources and save paper—use automatic two-sided printing. Get centralized, easy access to custom energy-saving options and printer settings with HP EcoSMART Console. Reduce your impact—easily recycle Original HP LaserJet toner cartridges through HP Planet Partners.[11]

2-sided printing

Allows you to print on both sides of the page, cutting your paper use by up to 50%.

Prints in a flash, savings that last

Print right away with Instant-on Technology.[14]

On-the-go printing with HP ePrint

Print photos, documents, and more when you're on the go, using HP ePrint.[15]

Automatic document feeder

Allows multiple pages to be copied or scanned at one time

Scan in Color

Scan to email

Save time by sending scanned documents or photos directly from your printer to email recipients.

Scan to network

Have an instant digital copy of anything you scan stored on your network server.

Scan to cloud

Ethernet (printer)

Add this device to your office Ethernet network to share with your workgroup.

Color touchscreen (printer)

Manage jobs directly at the MFP, using the HP color touchscreen.

Technical details

Functions

Print, copy, scan, fax

Print Speed - Black (normal)

Up to 42 ppm

Printer page yield

Approximate average yield based on ISO/IEC 19752. Actual yield varies considerably based on printer platform, content of printed pages and other factors. For details see http://www.hp.com/go/learnaboutsupplies

First page out (ready) black

As fast as 8.0 sec

Resolution (black)

Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi

Resolution technology

HP FastRes 1200 (600 x 600 dpi), HP ProRes 1200 (1200 x 1200 dpi), 600 x 600 dpi

Monthly duty cycle

75000

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

2000 to 6000

Print Technology

Laser

Display

3.5" (8.89 cm) touchscreen, LCD (color graphics)

Number of print cartridges

1 (black)

Replacement cartridges

HP LaserJet Black Cartridge CE255A (~6000 pages based on ISO/IEC 19752); HP LaserJet Black Cartridge CE255X (~12,500 pages based on ISO/IEC 19752)[3]

Print languages

HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5, HP postscript level 3 emulation, PCLm

Automatic paper sensor

No

Paper trays, standard

2

Paper trays, maximum

3

Mobile Printing Capability

HP ePrint; Apple AirPrint™; Mopria™-certified; Mobile Apps

Connectivity, standard

1 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Device; 1 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Host; 1 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-TX; 1 Telecom; 1 Phone

Connectivity, optional

HP Jetdirect ew2500 802.11b/g Wireless Print Server J8021A

Network ready

Standard (built-in Gigabit Ethernet)

Ports

1 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Device; 1 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Host; 1 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-TX; 1 Telecom; 1 Phone

Security management

Embedded Web Server: password-protection, secure browsing via SSL/TLS; Network: enable/disable network ports and features, SNMPv1 community password change, SNMPv3, 802.1x, Firewall, Access Control List; HP ePrint: HTTPS with certificate validation, HTTP Basic Access authentication, SASL authentication

Minimum system requirements

Mac OSX v 10.6; PowerPC G4, G5, or Intel® Core™ Processor; 500 MB hard disk; CD-ROM/DVD-ROM or Internet; USB or Network port

Windows 10 (32-bit/64-bit), Windows 8 (32-bit/64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit/64-bit): 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor, 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit), 400 MB free hard disk space, CD/DVD-ROM or Internet, USB or Network port; Windows XP (32-bit) SP2: Pentium® 233 MHz processor, 512 MB RAM 400 MB free hard disk space, CD/DVD-ROM or Internet, USB or Network port

Compatible operating systems

Full software installs supported on: Windows 10 32-bit and 64-bit, Windows 8 32-bit and 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit, Windows XP 32-bit (SP2 or higher); Driver only installs supported on: Windows 2012; Windows Server 2008 32-bit and 64-bit, Windows Server 2003 32-bit (SP3 or higher); Mac OS X v 10.6.8 and later; Linpus 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), Fedora (9, 9.0, 10, 10.0, 11.0, 11, 12, 12.0), Ubuntu (8.04, 8.04.1, 8.04.2, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04), Debian (5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3) (supported by the automatic installer); HPUX 11 and Solaris 8/9

Memory, standard

256 MB

Memory, maximum

256 MB

Printer management

Windows: HP Device Toolbox, Status Alerts (default install), SNP Alerts (minimum network install), HP Web Jetadmin (download); Mac: HP Utility

Supported network protocols

Via built-in networking solution: TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6; Print: TCP-IP port 9100 Direct Mode, LPD (raw queue support only), Web Services Printing, IPP Print, FTP Print; Discovery: SLP, Bonjour, Web Services Discovery; IP Config: IPv4 (BootP, DHCP, AutoIP, Manual), IPv6 (Stateless), SNMPV1/V2/V3; Security: SSL Security and certificate management, 802.1x

Hard disk

None

Paper handling input, standard

100-sheet multipurpose tray, 500-sheet input tray 2, 50-sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)

Paper handling output, standard

250-sheet output bin, 100-sheet rear output bin

Duplex printing

Automatic (standard)

Envelope input capacity

Up to 10 envelopes

Finished output handling

Sheetfed

Media sizes supported

Letter, Legal, Statement, 3 x 5 in, 4 x 6 in, 5 x 7 in , 5 x 8 in , Executive, 8.5 x 13 in, Envelope (#9, #10, Monarch, C5, DL, B5, C6); Discrete Custom Sizes: Minimum size 3 x 5 in, Maximum size 8.5 x 14 in

Media sizes supported

A4, RA4, Oficio 216 x 343 mm, Oficio 216 x 347 mm, 10 x 15 cm, B5(JIS), B6(JIS), Postcard(JIS), Double Postcard(JIS), A5, A6, 16K 195 x 270 mm, 16K 184 x 260 mm, 16K 197 x 273 mm

Media sizes, custom

Tray 1: 3 x 5 to 8.5 x 14 in; tray 2, optional 500-sheet tray (3): 4.1 x 5.8 to 8.5 x 14 in

Media types

Paper (bond, color, letterhead, plain, preprinted, prepunched, recycled, rough); envelopes, labels, cardstock, transparencies, user-defined

Supported media weight

Tray 1: 14 to 53 lb; Tray 2, 3: 14 to 32 lb

Media weights by paper path

Tray 1: 52 to 199 g/m²; Tray 2, 3: 52 to 120 g/m²

Power

Input voltage: 110 to 127 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60Hz (+/- 3 Hz) and 220V-240 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60Hz (+/- 3 Hz)

Power consumption

760 watts (Printing), 520 watts (Copying from ADF), 18.2 watts (Ready), 4.3 watts (Sleep), 0.3 watts (Off)

Energy efficiency

CECP; EPEAT® Silver

Operating temperature range

50 to 90.5ºF

Operating humidity range

30 to 70% RH

Software included

Windows: HP Installer/Uninstaller, HP PCL 6 print driver, HP WIA Scan Driver, HP TWAIN Scan Driver, HP Scan, HP Fax Setup Wizard, HP Send Fax, HP Fax Print Driver, Status Alerts, HP Update, DXP; Mac: HP Installer/Uninstaller, HP Postscript driver, HP Scan, HP Setup Assistant, HP Fax Print Driver, HP Utility, HP Alerts, HP Firmware Updater

FCC

FCC Class A emissions - for use in commercial environments, not residential environments

Warranty

One-year limited hardware warranty; For more info please visit us at http://support.hp.com

Dimensions (W X D X H)

18.3 x 18.3 x 20 in

Dimensions Maximum (W X D X H)

18.3 x 35.4 x 29.5 in

Weight

52.7 lb

Package weight

65.05 lb

What's in the box

HP LaserJet Pro MFP M521dn; HP LaserJet Black cartridge (~6000 pages); Printer documentation and software on CDs (Windows/Mac OS installation CD); Installation guide; Support flyer; warranty card; Power cord; Fax Cable

Cable included

Yes, 1 USB (AP & Brazil only); No, please purchase USB cable separately (EMEA, Americas except Brazil)

Sustainability Impact

Mercury free

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Return and exchange information
HP.com will accept returns or exchanges for this product up to 30 days from the date of delivery. A 15% restocking fee may apply. For details, please visit: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/cv/returnsandexchanges.