Color LaserJet CP1217

The Color LaserJet CP1217 closed out the CP1210/1215 generation — the last word in HP's late-2000s compact color printers for single desks. It kept the family's consumable: HP 125A toner, black CB540A, cyan CB541A, yellow CB542A and magenta CB543A, in compatible or genuine OEM form. End of the generation, same simple toner story.

A final model in a line has a practical virtue: everything about its supplies is settled. The CP1217 brought no new cartridge, no revised bay, no surprise — the 125A family that served the first CP1210 serves this last one, and the accumulated shelf of sets and singles behind it is the deepest of any model in the range. Owners are not hunting an obscure part number; they are picking a pack size.

Toner Cartridges for Color LaserJet CP1217

Which cartridge should you buy?

This page is unusually complete: all four colors are stocked as single cartridges, including magenta, which on some sister models comes only inside sets. The default routine is therefore one-at-a-time replacement — pull the empty color, fit its single, keep printing. Sets earn their place when the printer is being recommissioned after long storage or when three warnings land in the same month; the four-color set then resets the bay in one purchase. Black also comes as a 2-pack for text-heavy desks. Every compatible option here is covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Because the CP1217 is often a long-serving machine, its cartridges may sit in the bay for a year or more; toner tolerates that well, but give a cartridge a gentle rock before fitting if it has waited in a drawer. The printer reads each cartridge's chip on insertion and reports levels by color, so a mixed bay of old and new units is tracked accurately. If print quality dips on one color only, suspect that cartridge first — a fault that follows a single color almost always lives in that unit, not the printer.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I know which toner to order for my Color LaserJet CP1217?

Order by the codes of the 125A family: CB540A, CB541A, CB542A and CB543A. They are printed on the cartridges in the machine now, and compatible replacements must carry the same codes to fit.

Is the CP1217 toner the same as the CP1215 toner?

Identical. The whole CP1210/1215/1217 line shares the 125A family, so a cartridge bought for one of these models fits the others — handy if the office runs more than one of them.

All four cartridges are reporting low at once. Singles or a set?

A set. When the whole bay is aging together, the four-color set replaces everything in one order and one session, and it is the cleaner value against four separate singles bought in a rush.

• HP 125A Black CB540A LaserJet Toner Cartridge 2 Pack
• HP 125A ( CB540A CB541A CB542A CB543A) Toner Cartridges 4 Color Set
• HP 125A ( CB540A CB541A CB542A CB543A) Toner Cartridges 8 Color Set
• HP 125A (CB541A, CB542A, CB543A) Toner Cartridge 3 Color Set
• HP CP1217 (CB540A) Toner Cartridge Black

More printers that use the same cartridges

The complete family of printers on the 125A standard: Color LaserJet 1600, Color LaserJet 2600, Color LaserJet 2600DN, Color LaserJet 2600N, Color LaserJet 2605, Color LaserJet 2605DN, Color LaserJet 2605DTN, Color LaserJet CM1015, Color LaserJet CM1015MFP, Color LaserJet CM1017, Color LaserJet CM1017MFP, Color LaserJet CM1300, Color LaserJet CM1312, Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP, Color LaserJet CM1312NFI, Color LaserJet CP1210, Color LaserJet CP1215, Color LaserJet CP1215N, Color LaserJet CP1312, Color LaserJet CP1312MFP, Color LaserJet CP1510, Color LaserJet CP1512, Color LaserJet CP1512MFP, Color LaserJet CP1515, Color LaserJet CP1515N, Color LaserJet CP1515NI, Color LaserJet CP1518, Color LaserJet CP1518NI, HP 124A, HP 125A.