Offers built-in duplex printing to drive down paper waste and costs. A Lexmark bonus: ships with up to 2,000*-page colour and 2,500*-page black toner cartridges for great value, savings and convenience. (*Average continuous black or continuous composite Cyan, Magenta and Yellow declared cartridge yields in accordance with ISO/IEC 19798)
Convenience By Your Side
Make a big impact on your business with a colour printer that is genuinely desktop-friendly. With its small, attractive new design and quiet operation, the Lexmark C543dn colour laser printer will be a welcome addition to your desktop or small workgroup.
Trust Lexmark Colour Expertise
Studies show that colour can significantly increase brand recognition and reader retention. The C543dn brings out the finest details with vivid 1200 x 1200 dpi colour and helps you keep colour costs in check with Lexmark ColorSaver™ technology.
Lexmark Rewards—Save Money and the Planet
Save up to 20% on supplies and go green with Lexmark Rewards. You'll earn free high-yield toner cartridges and imaging kits simply for using genuine Lexmark toner and returning your empty cartridges to Lexmark for recycling.
Eco-Responsible
Saving resources means everyone wins—your business, your budget and the environment! Eco-features include paper-saving duplex, 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.
Lifetime Pricing Guarantee
For as long as you own your C543dn, Lexmark guarantees never to increase the U.S. toner cartridge price found on Lexmark.com.
Awards
Better Buys for Business 2009 Editor's Choice Award
(USA)
November, 2008
Print Technology
Colour Laser
Print Resolution, Black
1200 x 1200 dpi
4800 Colour Quality (1200 x 600 dpi)
Print Resolution, Colour
1200 x 1200 dpi
4800 Colour Quality (1200 x 600 dpi)
1200 x 1200 dpi
4800 Colour Quality (1200 x 600 dpi)
Print Resolution, Colour
1200 x 1200 dpi
4800 Colour Quality (1200 x 600 dpi)
Time to First Page (Black) As fast as
12
seconds
Time to First Page (Colour) as fast as
13
seconds
Print Speed (Letter, Black): Up to
21
ppm
Print Speed (Letter, Colour): Up to
21
ppm
Print Speed (A4, Colour): Up to
20
ppm
Print Speed (Letter, Black) Duplex: Up to
10
spm
Print Speed (A4, Black) Duplex: Up to
10
spm
Recommended Monthly Page Volume
500 - 1500
pages
Maximum Monthly Duty Cycle: Up to
35000
pages per month
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.
Noise Level, Idle
inaudible
dBA
Print Noise Level, Operating
47
dBA
Duplex Print Noise Level, Operating
50
dBA
Quiet Mode
46
dBA
Processor
417
MHz
Memory, Standard
128
MB
Memory, Maximum
640
MB
Printable Area
0.167
inches of the top, bottom, right and left edges (within)
Printable Area (metric)
4.2
mm of the top, bottom, right and left edges (within)
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.
1,000*-page Colour Toner Cartridges (CMY)
2,000*-page Colour High Yield Toner Cartridges (CMY)
2,500*-page Black High Yield Toner Cartridge
1,000*-page Black Toner Cartridge
Photoconductor Estimated Yield: Up to
30,000
pages, based on 3 average letter/A4-size pages per print job
Cartridge(s) Shipping with Product
2,500*-page Black Return Program Toner Cartridge
2,000*-page Colour (CMY) Return Program Toner Cartridges
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.
Paper Handling Standard
100-Sheet Output Bin
Integrated Duplex
Single Sheet Manual Feed
250-Sheet Input Tray
Paper Handling Optional
550-Sheet Duo Drawer with 100-Sheet Feeder
Number of Paper Inputs, Standard
2
Number of Paper Inputs, Maximum
4
Paper Input Capacity, Standard: Up to
250+1
pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
Paper Input Capacity, Maximum: Up to
900 +1
pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
Paper Output Capacity, Standard: Up to
100
pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
Paper Output Capacity, Maximum: Up to
100
pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
Envelope Capacity
1
Finishing Option
No
Duplex (2-sided) Printing
Integrated Duplex
Media Types Supported
Card Stock
Paper Labels
Plain Paper
Transparencies
Refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide
Media Sizes Supported
A4
A5
Executive
Folio
JIS-B5
Legal
Letter
Universal
Oficio
A6
LPR/LPD
Direct IP (Port 9100)
Enhanced IP (Port 9400)
FTP, TFTP
IPP 1.1 (Internet Printing Protocol)
Network Protocol Support
TCP/IP IPv4
TCP/IP IPv6
TCP
UDP
Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Supported
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
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
Apple Macintosh Operating Systems Supported
Apple Mac OS X
Apple Mac OS 9.2
Citrix MetaFrame
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services with Citrix Presentation Server 3.0, 4.0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Services with Citrix Presentation Server 3.0, 4.0, 4.5
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 running Terminal Services with Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 x64, 4.5 x64
Linux Operating Systems Supported
Linpus Linux Desktop 9.2, 9.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
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
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)
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
Standard Ports
Ethernet 10/100BaseTX (RJ-45)
USB 2.0 Specification Hi-Speed Certified (Type B)
3 of 9 scalable PCL 5e fonts in Narrow, Regular and Wide
2 PCL bitmap fonts
84 scalable PCL fonts
OCR-A, OCR-B scalable PCL 5e fonts
For more information, refer to the Technical Reference.
91 scalable PostScript fonts
Printers are sold subject to certain license/agreement conditions. See www.lexmark.ca/printerlicense for details.
Product Certifications
Energy Star, Blue Angel (RAL-UZ-122), CAN/CSA-C22.2 60950-1, CSA E60825-1, ICES-003 Class B, BSMI Class B, VCCI Class B, US FDA, FCC Class B, UL 60950-1, EN/IEC 60320-1, CE Class B, CB IEC 60950-1, EN 60950-1, EN/IEC 61000-3, EN 55022 Class B, EN 55024, EN/IEC 60825-1, UL/DEMKO GS, AR S, SMA C-tick mark Class B, CCC Class B, CISPIR 22 Class B, MIC Mark, EK Mark