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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.

Fast, Professional and Budget-Conscious

Offers built-in duplex printing to drive down paper waste and costs. A Lexmark bonus: ships with up to 2,000*-page color 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 color printer that is genuinely desktop-friendly. With its small, attractive new design and quiet operation, the Lexmark C543dn color laser printer 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 C543dn 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 your C543dn, 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 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.

Print Technology
Color Laser

Print Resolution, Black
1200 x 1200 dpi
4800 Color Quality (1200 x 600 dpi)

Print Resolution, Color
1200 x 1200 dpi
4800 Color Quality (1200 x 600 dpi)

Print Speed (Letter, Black): Up to
21 ppm

Print Speed (A4, Black): Up to
20 ppm

Print Speed (Letter, Color): Up to
21 ppm

Print Speed (A4, Color): Up to
20 ppm

Print Speed (Letter, Black) Duplex: Up to
10 spm

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Print Technology
Color Laser

Print Resolution, Black
1200 x 1200 dpi
4800 Color Quality (1200 x 600 dpi)

Print Resolution, Color
1200 x 1200 dpi
4800 Color Quality (1200 x 600 dpi)

Print Speed (Letter, Black): Up to
21 ppm

Print Speed (A4, Black): Up to
20 ppm

Print Speed (Letter, Color): Up to
21 ppm

Print Speed (A4, Color): Up to
20 ppm

Print Speed (Letter, Black) Duplex: Up to
10 spm

Print Speed (A4, Black) Duplex: Up to
10 spm

Time to First Page (Black) As fast as
12 seconds

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)

Noise Level, Idle
inaudible dBA

Print Noise Level, Operating
47 dBA

Time to First Page (Color) As fast as
13 seconds

Duplex Print Noise Level, Operating
50 dBA

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

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 color Toner Cartridges (CMY)
2,000*-page color High Yield Toner Cartridges (CMY)
2,500*-page Black High Yield Toner Cartridge
1,000*-page Black Toner Cartridge

Cartridge(s) Shipping with Product
2,500*-page Black Return Program Toner Cartridge
2,000*-page color (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.

Photoconductor Estimated Yield: Up to
30,000 pages, based on 3 average letter/A4-size pages per print job

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 Multipurpose Feeder

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

Media Sizes Supported
A4
A5
Executive
Folio
JIS-B5
Legal
Letter
Universal
Oficio
A6

Media Types Supported
Card Stock
Paper Labels
Plain Paper
Transparencies
Refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide

Number of Paper Inputs, Standard
2

Number of Paper Inputs, Maximum
4

Duplex (2-sided) Printing
Integrated Duplex

Apple Macintosh Operating Systems Supported
Apple Mac OS X
Apple Mac OS 9.2

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

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)

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

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

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

Standard Ports
Ethernet 10/100BaseTX (RJ-45)
USB 2.0 Specification Hi-Speed Certified (Type B)

Optional Network Ports
Lexmark N4050e 802.11g Wireless Print Server (Print Only)
External MarkNet™ N7020e Gigabit Ethernet

Printer Languages (Standard)
PCL 5c Emulation
PCL 6 Emulation
PostScript 3 Emulation

Fonts and Symbol Sets
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

Network Protocol Support
TCP/IP IPv4
TCP/IP IPv6
TCP
UDP

Network Printing Methods
LPR/LPD
Direct IP (Port 9100)
Enhanced IP (Port 9400)
FTP, TFTP
IPP 1.1 (Internet Printing Protocol)

Network Management Protocols
HTTP
WINS
IGMP
APIPA (AutoIP)
DHCP
ICMP
DNS
SNMPv2c
Bonjour
DDNS
mDNS
ARP
NTP
Telnet
Finger

Size (in. - H x W x D)
11.5 x 16.7 x 15.7 in.

Packaged Size (in. - H x W x D)
15.8 x 23.4 x 19.4 in.

Weight (lb.)
46.2 lb.

Size (mm - H x W x D)
292 x 424 x 400 mm

Packaged Size (mm - H x W x D)
402 x 595 x 495 mm

Weight (kg)
21 kg

Product Warranty
1-Year Exchange Service, Next Business Day

Packaged Weight (lb.)
54 lb.

Packaged Weight (kg)
24.5 kg

UNSPSC Code
43212105

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

Country of Origin
China (PR)

Display
16 character, 2-line backlit LCD Display

Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)
3.92 kilowatt-hours per week

License/Agreement Terms
Printers are sold subject to certain license/agreement conditions. See www.lexmark.com/printerlicense for details.

Energy Star
Yes

Ethernet Network
Yes

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