HP Color Laser MFP 178nw Printer

Overview

Get productive MFP performance – world's smallest colour laser in it's class. Print, scan, and copy, produce high-quality colour results, and print and scan from your phone.

Functions: Print, copy, scan
Print speed: Print speed up to 19 ppm (black) and 4 ppm (colour)
Print quality black (best): Up to 600 x 600 dpi 4 bits

Legendary quality at an affordable price
Get the quality you trust – sharp, black text and crisp colour graphics – with this affordable MFP.

Designed to fit your space
Quickly and easily print with an MFP that's designed to fit into your workspace like a glove.

Easy mobile printing and scanning with HP Smart app
Print, scan, and copy from virtually anywhere, and get simple setup on your phone.

Uncompromising laser quality
This surprisingly small laser delivers exceptional quality, page after page.

Sharp black text, high-quality colour
Produce sharp text, bold blacks, and crisp colour graphics.

The right price
Rely on a high-performance laser printer at an affordable price.

The power of your printer in the palm of your hand
Get simple setup, and print and scan from your phone, with the HP Smart app.

Specification

Functions
Print, copy, scan

Print speed black (ISO, A4)
Up to 18 ppm 1

Print Speed Color (ISO)
Up to 4 ppm 1

First page out black (letter, ready)
2 (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.)

First page out black (A4, ready)
As fast as 12.4 sec 2 (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.)

First page out color (letter, ready)
2 (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.)

First page out color (A4, ready)
As fast as 25.3 sec 2 (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.)

Duplex printing
Manual (driver support provided)

Duty cycle (monthly, letter)
Up to 20,000 pages (Duty cycle is defined as the maximum number of pages per month of imaged output.)

Duty cycle (monthly, A4)
Up to 20,000 pages (Duty cycle is defined as the maximum number of pages per month of imaged output.)

Recommended monthly page volume
100 to 500 3 (HP recommends that the number of pages per month of imaged output 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 quality black (best)
Up to 600 x 600 dpi 4 bits

Print quality color (best)
Up to 600 x 600 dpi 4 bits

Print languages
SPL

Print technology
Laser

Connectivity, standard
Hi-speed USB 2.0 port; Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-Tx network port; Wireless 802.11 b/g/n

Mobile printing capability
HP Smart App; Apple AirPrint™; Mobile Apps; Mopria™ Certified; Wi-Fi® Direct Printing; Google Cloud Print™ 4 May require a firmware upgrade to be compatible, download at http://www.hp.com/go/support

Network capabilities
Via built-in 10/100 Base-TX networking

Wireless capability
Yes, built-in Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

Minimum System Requirements for Macintosh
OS X v10.11 or newer, 1.5 GB available hard disk space, Internet, USB

Minimum System Requirements
Windows 7 or newer, Intel® Pentium® IV 1 GHz 32/64-bit processor or higher, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB available hard disk space

Digital sending standard features
Scan to WSD; PC Scan

Display
2-Line LCD

Processor speed
800 MHz

Maximum Memory
128 MB

Memory
128 MB

Compatible Operating Systems
Windows 11; Windows 8; Windows 7; macOS 10.11 El Capitan; macOS 10.12 Sierra; macOS 10.13 High Sierra; macOS 10.14 Mojave 5 (Windows 7 or higher)

Paper handling input, standard
150 sheet input tray

Paper handling output, standard
50 sheet output bin

Finished output handling
Sheetfed

Media types
Plain, Light, Heavy, Extra Heavy, Coloured, Preprinted, Recycle, Labels, Bond, Glossy

Media sizes supported
Tray1: A4; A5; A6; B5 (JIS); Oficio 216 x 340. Tray2: Not supported; Optional Automatic duplexer: Not supported

Media sizes, custom
76 x 148.5 to 216 x 356 mm

Scanner type
Flatbed

Scan file format
PDF, JPG, TIFF

Enhanced scanning resolution
Up to 19,200 dpi

Scan resolution, optical
Up to 600 × 600 dpi (300 dpi for Mac OS)

Scan resolution, hardware
Up to 4,800 x 4,800 dpi

Scan size, maximum
216 x 297 mm

Scan technology
Contact Image Sensor (CIS)

Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)
Up to 14 cpm 6

Copy speed (color, normal quality, A4)
Up to 4 cpm 6

Copy resolution (black text)
Up to 600 x 600 dpi (flatbed); Up to 600 x 600 dpi

Copy resolution (color text and graphics)
Up to 600 x 600 dpi (flatbed); Up to 600 x 600 dpi

Copies, maximum
Up to 999 copies

Copy reduce / enlarge settings
25 to 400%

Copier settings
Copies; Original Size; Reduce/Enlarge; Darkness; Original Type; Collation; 2-Up; 4-Up; ID Copy; Adjust Background; Auto Fit Copy; Colour Mode

Faxing
No

Power consumption
300 watts (active printing), 38 watts (ready), 1.9 watts (sleep), 0.2 watts (manual off), 0.2 watts (auto off/manual on) 7


Power
220-volt input voltage: 220 to 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz

Operating humidity range
10 to 80% RH (non-condensing)

Recommended operating humidity range
20 to 70% RH (non-condensing)

Operating temperature range
10 to 30°C

Typical electricity consumption (TEC) number
0.876 kWh/Week (Blue Angel); 1.093 kWh/Week (Energy Star) 8 (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 Star value typically based on measurement of 115V device and 230V for Blue Angel.)

Energy savings feature technology
HP Auto-Off Technology

Ecolabel
CECP

Energy star certified
No

Safety
IEC 60950-1:2005+A1:2009+A2 2013 (International); EN 60950-1:2006+A11:2009+A1:2010+A12:2011+A2:2013 (EU); IEC/EN 60825-1:2014 (Class 1 Laser Product); EN 62479:2010 /IEC 62749:2010; Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC with CE Mark (Europe); GS Certificate (Germany, Europe); Compliance with Laser safety standards 21 CFR 1002.10 and 1002.11 except for deviations pursuant to Laser notice No. 50, dated June 24, 2007; Other safety approvals as required by individual countries

Security management
Password-protected network embedded Web server; Enable/disable Network ports; SNMPv1 community password change; SNMPV2&V3; IPSec; Filtering : MAC, IPv4, IPv6

Minimum dimensions (W x D x H)
406 x 363 x 288.7 mm 9 (Dimensions vary as per configuration)

Maximum dimensions (W x D x H)
406 x 422.9 x 288.7 mm 9 (Dimensions vary as per configuration)

Weight
12.94 kg 10 (Weight varies as per configuration)

Number of print cartridges
4 (1 each black, cyan, magenta, yellow)

Replacement cartridges
HP 117A Black Original Laser Toner Cartridge (1,000 pages) W2070A; HP 117A Cyan Original Laser Toner Cartridge (700 pages) W2071A; HP 117A Yellow Original Laser Toner Cartridge (700 pages) W2072A; HP 117A Magenta Original Laser Toner Cartridge (700 pages) W2073A (Average colour composite (C/M/Y) and black declared yields based on ISO/IEC 19798 and continuous printing. Actual yields vary considerably based on images printed and other factors. For details see http://www.hp.com/go/learnaboutsupplies.)

Manufacturer Warranty
One-year limited hardware warranty; 

Specification