Color LaserJet Enterprise CP4525XH

Maximum paper capacity meets fleet management in the Color LaserJet Enterprise CP4525XH, the configuration built for high-volume color departments that run long jobs without stopping to reload trays. A machine fed by the pallet still prints through four familiar cartridges: black CE260A or high-yield CE260X, and cyan CE261A, yellow CE262A and magenta CE263A for color. The XH's appetite is bigger than its siblings'; its cartridge family is identical.

Everything about the XH variant is scaled for endurance — trays that swallow reams, a duty pattern measured in pallets. Toner planning scales with it. A machine like this does not get a cartridge ordered when it complains; it gets a standing shelf, because a stopped XH idles a whole department's queue. The listings below are arranged for that reality, with the high-yield black and the multi-cartridge options a volume site actually consumes.

Toner Cartridges for Color LaserJet Enterprise CP4525XH

The stocked shelf for the XH — colors first in the table, then blacks, sets and the XH-labeled listings:

Color	Cartridge	Page Yield
Cyan	CE261A (648A)	See product page
Yellow	CE262A	See product page
Magenta	CE263A	See product page
Black	CE260A (647A)	See product page
Black	CE260X (649X), high yield	See product page
Black, cyan, yellow, magenta	647A & 648A 4 Color Set	See product page
Black, cyan, yellow, magenta	649X & 648A 4 Color Set	See product page
Black, cyan, yellow, magenta	Enterprise CP4525xh Color LaserJet 4 Color Set	See product page
Cyan	Enterprise CP4525xh (CE261A) Cyan	See product page
Yellow	Enterprise CP4525xh (CE262A) Yellow	See product page
Yellow	Enterprise CP4525xh (CE262A) Yellow	See product page
	CP4525xh (CE260A CE261A CE262A CE263A) 5 Color Set	See product page
Black	649X (CE260X) 2 Black	See product page
Black	649X (CE260X) Black	See product page

Also stocked under sibling model names

The family shelf beyond the XH's own labels — same cartridges, sibling names:

Which cartridge should you buy?

Volume rewrites the arithmetic. On an XH, the standard black is a false economy for the main slot: the high-yield CE260X stretches every interval, and this shelf's two-black high-yield listing stretches it further for sites that order by the quarter. Keep the standard CE260A for the overflow machine down the hall. Colors follow the family's usual discipline — singles as they empty — except at a full refresh, where the five-count set on this shelf restocks every slot in one box and suits a planned maintenance visit.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Long runs heat the paper path and pull toner at rates the panel's percentage only approximates; judge a cartridge by its output, not the gauge alone, and swap when pages fade rather than at a fixed number. Between swaps, a cartridge that sat as a spare for months deserves a gentle rock before installation to loosen toner that settled in storage. Keep the spare shelf at least one full refresh deep — on a machine this central, the cost of an empty slot is measured in other people's waiting time.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the XH use any special high-capacity cartridge of its own?

No. The XH scales paper handling, not toner: it runs the family black CE260A or CE260X and the standard three colors. Its high-volume answer is the high-yield black plus deeper spares, not a different cartridge system.

How far ahead should an XH site plan its toner?

At least one full set beyond the installed cartridges. A machine feeding a department queue should never wait on a delivery, so the spare shelf — not the panel warning — is the reorder trigger for this model.

Can the XH share cartridges with the smaller CP4525 models?

Yes. Every model in the family listed below uses the same four cartridges, so a spare bought for this machine also covers a CP4525dn or CP4025 on the same site — one reason mixed fleets standardize on the family.

Prints are fading on one side only. Is the cartridge empty?

Usually the toner inside has settled unevenly rather than run out. Remove the cartridge for that color, rock it gently side to side to redistribute the toner, and reinstall. Even fading across the page means the cartridge is truly spent.