Lexmark C540N Compact Color Laser Printer

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Great Color Value for Your Desktop

Experience the perfect fit from a compact design and sharp, fast laser color.

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Desktop Friendly Color

Extremely compact and quiet, with true 1200 x 1200 dpi color plus rapid printing up to 21 ppm in black and color. Built-in networking for easy setup. Opt for a Duo Drawer for extra input capacity and a multipurpose feeder to print on various media types.

Convenience By Your Side

Make a big impact on your business with a color printer that's sure to be a perfect fit. With its small, attractive design and quiet operation, the Lexmark C540n will be a welcome addition to your desktop or small workgroup.

Trust Lexmark Color Expertise

Studies show that color can significantly increase brand recognition and reader retention. The C540n brings out the finest details with vivid 1200 x 1200 dpi color and helps you keep color costs in check with Lexmark ColorSaver™ technology.

Lifetime Pricing Guarantee

For as long as you own yourC540n, Lexmark guarantees never to increase the U.S. toner cartridge price found on Lexmark.com.

Eco-Responsible

Saving resources means everyone wins—your business, your budget and the environment! Eco-features include energy-saving Eco-Mode and an instant warm-up fuser to help you print greener at every level. And toner cartridges for Lexmark C540 Series printers never require shaking to deliver their full declared yield.

Features

	Up to 21 ppm printing in black and color
	Rapid first-page-out
	High-speed USB 2.0 and Fast Ethernet
	PCL 6 and PostScript 3 emulations
	True 1200 x 1200 dpi color print quality
	Optional Duo Drawer expands input capacity and includes a multipurpose feeder
	Lexmark High Yield Toner Cartridges available
	Recommended monthly volume: 500 to 1,500 pages

Tech Specs

	Processor 417 MHz
	Expandable Memory Options Yes
	Media Sizes Supported A4
	Apple Macintosh Operating Systems Supported Apple Mac OS X
	Supplies Yield *Average continuous black or continuous composite CMY declared cartridge yield up to this number of standard pages in accordance with ISO/IEC 19798.
	Fonts and Symbol Sets 3 of 9 scalable PCL 5e fonts in Narrow, Regular and Wide
	Noise Level, Idle inaudible dBA
	Media Sizes Supported A5
	Apple Macintosh Operating Systems Supported Apple Mac OS 9.2
	Supplies Yield 1,000*-page color Toner Cartridges (CMY)
	Fonts and Symbol Sets 2 PCL bitmap fonts
	Media Sizes Supported Executive
	Supplies Yield 2,000*-page color High Yield Toner Cartridges (CMY)
	Fonts and Symbol Sets 84 scalable PCL fonts
	Media Sizes Supported Folio
	Supplies Yield 2,500*-page Black High Yield Toner Cartridge
	Fonts and Symbol Sets OCR-A, OCR-B scalable PCL 5e fonts
	Media Sizes Supported JIS-B5
	Supplies Yield 1,000*-page Black Toner Cartridge
	Fonts and Symbol Sets For more information, refer to the Technical Reference.
	Media Sizes Supported Legal
	Fonts and Symbol Sets 91 scalable PostScript fonts
	Media Sizes Supported Letter
	Universal
	Oficio
	A6
	Print Technology Color Laser
	Media Types Supported Card Stock
	Citrix MetaFrame Microsoft Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services with Citrix Presentation Server 3.0, 4.0
	Optional Network Ports Lexmark N4050e 802.11g Wireless Print Server (Print Only)
	Printable Area 0.167 inches of the top, bottom, right and left edges (within)
	Print Noise Level, Operating 47 dBA
	Media Types Supported Paper Labels
	Citrix MetaFrame Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Services with Citrix Presentation Server 3.0, 4.0, 4.5
	Optional Network Ports External MarkNet™ N7020e Gigabit Ethernet
	Media Types Supported Plain Paper
	Citrix MetaFrame Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 running Terminal Services with Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 x64, 4.5 x64
	Media Types Supported Transparencies
	Refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide
	Print Resolution, Black 1200 x 1200 dpi
	Memory, Maximum 640 MB
	Envelope Capacity 1
	Linux Operating Systems Supported Linpus Linux Desktop 9.2, 9.3
	Standard Ports Ethernet 10/100BaseTX (RJ-45)
	Printable Area (metric) 4.2 mm of the top, bottom, right and left edges (within)
	Print Resolution, Black 4800 Color Quality (1200 x 600 dpi)
	Linux Operating Systems Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
	Standard Ports USB 2.0 Specification Hi-Speed Certified (Type B)
	Linux Operating Systems Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0, 9.0, 10, 11
	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
	openSUSE 10.2, 10.3, 11.0, 11.1
	Linspire Linux 6.0
	Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
	Red Flag Linux Desktop 5.0, 6.0
	Ubuntu 7.10
	Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
	Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
	Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04
	Print Resolution, Color 1200 x 1200 dpi
	Memory, Standard 128 MB
	Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Supported Microsoft Windows 2000
	Printer Languages (Standard) PCL 5c Emulation
	Print Resolution, Color 4800 Color Quality (1200 x 600 dpi)
	Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Supported Microsoft Windows XP
	Printer Languages (Standard) PCL 6 Emulation
	Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Supported Microsoft Windows Server 2003
	Printer Languages (Standard) PostScript 3 Emulation
	Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Supported Microsoft Windows XP x64
	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Services
	Microsoft Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services
	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64
	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 running Terminal Services
	Microsoft Windows Vista
	Microsoft Windows Vista x64
	Microsoft Windows Server 2008
	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64
	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 running Terminal Services
	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 running Terminal Services
	Microsoft Windows 7
	Packaged Size (mm - H x W x D) 402 x 595 x 495 mm
	Novell Operating Systems Supported Novell® Open Enterprise Server for Netware with NDS, iPrint or Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS)
	Novell NetWare 5.x, 6.x with iPrint or Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS)
	Pallet quantity 12
	Finishing Option No
	Product Warranty 1-Year Exchange Service, Next Business Day
	Print Speed (A4, Color): Up to 20 ppm
	Paper Handling Standard 100-Sheet Output Bin
	Single Sheet Manual Feed
	250-Sheet Input Tray
	Paper Handling Optional 550-Sheet Duo Drawer with 100-Sheet Multipurpose Feeder
	UNIX Operating Systems Supported Sun Solaris SPARC 8, 9, 10
	Sun Solaris x86 10
	HP-UX 11.11, 11.23, 11.31
	IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1
	Print Speed (A4, Black): Up to 20 ppm
	Paper Input Capacity, Maximum: Up to 900 +1 pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
	Size (mm - H x W x D) 292 x 424 x 400 mm
	Paper Input Capacity, Standard: Up to 250+1 pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
	Weight (kg) 21 kg
	Paper Output Capacity, Maximum: Up to 100 pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
	Paper Output Capacity, Standard: Up to 100 pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
	Time to First Page (Black) As fast as 12 seconds
	Maximum Monthly Duty Cycle: Up to 35,000 pages per month
	Recommended Monthly Page Volume 500 - 1,500 pages
	Duty Cycle Notes "Recommended Monthly Page Volume" is a range of pages that helps customers evaluate Lexmark’s product offerings based on the average number of pages customers plan to print on the device each month. Lexmark recommends that the number of pages per month be within the stated range for optimum device performance, based on factors including: supplies replacement intervals, paper loading intervals, speed, and typical customer usage.
	"Maximum Monthly Duty Cycle" is defined as the maximum number of pages a device could deliver in a month using a multishift operation. This metric provides a comparison of robustness in relation to other Lexmark printers and MFPs.
	Quiet Mode 46 dBA
	Cartridge(s) Shipping with Product 1,000*-page Black Return Program Toner Cartridge
	1,000*-page color (CMY) Return Program Toner Cartridges
	License/Agreement Terms Printers are sold subject to certain license/agreement conditions. See www.lexmark.com/printerlicense for details.
	Energy Star No
	Photoconductor Notes Actual Yield may vary based on other factors such as device speed, paper size and feed orientation, toner coverage, tray source, percentage of black-only printing and average print job complexity.
	Photoconductor Estimated Yield: Up to 30,000 pages, based on 3 average letter/A4-size pages per print job
	Ethernet Network Yes
	Workgroup Size Small Workgroup
	Harmonized Tariff Code 8443.32.1010