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Lexmark C540n

Part no.: 26A0030

Features

  • Colour Laser
  • Duplex (2-sided) Printing: Not Available
  • Print Speed: Up to 20 ppm
  • Recommended Monthly Page Volume: 500 - 1500 pages

Product Description

Extremely compact and quiet, the Lexmark C540n offers outstanding colour quality to liven up your documents, plus rapid printing up to 20 ppm in black and colour.

Instant warm-up fuser saves energy


Ultra-compact and exceptionally quiet, the Lexmark C540n offers you true 1200 x 1200 dpi colour printing to liven up your business documents, plus rapid print speeds as fast as 20 ppm in both black and colour.


Lexmark Cartridge Collection Programme for leading-edge recycling


Convenience by your side

Make a big impact on your business with a genuine desktop-friendly colour printer. With their small, attractive new design and quiet noise level, Lexmark’s new colour lasers will be welcome additions to your desktop or small workgroup.


Lexmark Rewards Add life to your printer

The Lexmark Rewards programme extends the life of your printer – it also reduces operating costs and helps the environment. As a member, you’ll receive a free imaging kit when your printer next needs one. We’ll also send you a free Lexmark High Yield Toner Cartridge of your choice for every 10 empty Lexmark cartridges you return to us. It’s our way of saying thank you for using original Lexmark cartridges with your Lexmark C540 Series colour laser. Learn more: www.LexmarkRewards.com


Exceptionally tiny footprint and low profile


Lexmark’s guarantee to you

At Lexmark, we’re always working hard to ensure you achieve maximum productivity and minimum downtime. For greater level of peace of mind, you can opt for one of our Lexmark service offerings detailed on www.lexmark.com/services.


As quiet as 47 dBA while printing; reduce sound even more with Quiet Mode


Sleek, innovative desktop-friendly design


Cost saving and environmental features

Duplex models are fully compliant with Energy Star and Blue Angel (RAL-UZ-122)


Integrated duplex printing helps to reduce paper consumption (C543dn, C544dn/dw/dtn)


Built-in networking on all models to share the benefits of colour


Eco-Mode reduces power consumption and Quiet Mode reduces noise emission


Brighten up your business and your image

Add professional colour to your documents. Lexmark gives you the tools to control colour output and puts its colour expertise to work for you, so all your brochures, reports and graphics come out vivid and accurate to the finest details.


Instant warm-up fuser saves energy


Vibrant print quality: true 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution


High Yield and Extra High Yield Cartridges, Lexmark Cartridge Collection Programme and end-of-life product management help reduce landfill.


New generation Lexmark toner for colour quality and consistency


Consistent colour tones with professional Pantone calibration


Colour-control tools: coverage estimator and ColorSaver™ mode


Lexmark High Yield and Extra High Yield Toner Cartridges cut printing costs to a minimum


Reap the benefits of productivity

Lexmark’s C540 Series gives you a rapid first-page-out and races through your print runs at blazing speeds. What’s more, these printers offer you the versatility you need to keep up with your demanding office printing needs.


First page out as fast as 12 seconds with instant warm-up fuser


PCL 6 and PostScript 3 emulations ensure compatibility with your application software


Duplex printing models, now available at an attractive price


100-sheet multipurpose feeder and 550-sheet main tray are combined in one unique Duo Drawer option


Eco-responsible printing

Printing responsibly means everyone wins – your business, your budget and the environment! Lexmark’s C540 Series is eco-designed and comes with a vast range of features to help you print greener at every level.


Paper-saving built-in duplex-printing models available


Eco-Mode reduces power consumption


Lets you print multiple pages per sheet

In the Box

  • Photoconductor unit
  • Software and Documentation CD
  • 1,000*-page Black Starter Toner Cartridge
  • 4 Developer units (K, C MY)
  • Lexmark C540n color laser printer
  • 1,000*-page color (CMY) Starter Toner Cartridges
  • Operator panel language overlays
  • Cartridge Return Program Information
  • Setup Guides (network and local attachment)
  • Statement of limited warranty / guarantee
  • Power Cord(s)

Box contents may vary by country and/or reseller. Subject to change without notice.

*Average continuous black or continuous composite CMY declared cartridge yield up to this number of standard pages in accordance with ISO/IEC 19798.

Ethernet, USB or parallel cable not included.


General Specs

Part no. 26A0030
Print Technology
  • Colour Laser
Workgroup Size
  • Small Workgroup
Display
  • 16 character, 2-line backlit LCD Display
Media Sizes Supported
  • A4, Legal, A5, Letter, A6, Executive, Universal, Folio, Oficio, JIS-B5
Standard Connectivity
  • USB 2.0 Specification Hi-Speed Certified (Type B), Fast Ethernet
Size (mm - H x W x D)
  • 292 x 424 x 400 mm
Weight
  • 21 kg
Packaged Size (mm - H x W x D)
  • 402 x 595 x 495 mm
Packaged Weight, kg
  • 24.5 kg

Printing

Print Speed
  • Up to:
  • Black: 20 ppm (A4)
  • Colour: 20 ppm (A4)
Time to First Page
  • As fast as:
  • Black: 12 seconds
  • Colour: 13 seconds
Print Resolution
  • Black: 4800 Colour Quality (1200 x 600 dpi), 1200 x 1200 dpi
  • Colour: 4800 Colour Quality (1200 x 600 dpi), 1200 x 1200 dpi
Duplex
  • 2-sided:
  • Not Available
Printable Area
  • metric: 4.2 mm of the top, bottom, right and left edges (within)

Paper Handling

Media Types Supported
  • Paper Labels, Card Stock, Plain Paper, Transparencies, Refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide.
Finishing Option
  • No
Number of Paper Inputs
  • Standard: 2
  • Maximum: 4
Paper Input Capacity
  • Standard: 250 + 1 pages 75 gsm bond
  • Maximum: 900 + 1 pages 75 gsm bond
  • 250 + 1 pages 75 gsm bond
Paper Output Capacity
  • Up to:
  • Standard: 100 pages 75 gsm bond
  • Maximum: 100 pages 75 gsm bond
Paper Weight Range Supported
  • gsm:
  • 60 - 176 gsm (Standard Tray)
Paper Handling Standard
  • 250-Sheet Input Tray, Single Sheet Manual Feed, 100-Sheet Output Bin
Paper Handling Optional
  • 550-Sheet Duo Drawer with 100-Sheet Feeder
Recommended Monthly Page Volume
  • 500 - 1500 pages1
Maximum Monthly Duty Cycle
  • Up to:
  • 35000 pages per month2

Cartridges & Imaging

Supplies Yield
  • 1,0003-page Black Toner Cartridge3, 2,5003-page Black High Yield Toner Cartridge3, 2,0003-page Colour High Yield Toner Cartridges (CMY)3, 1,0003-page Colour Toner Cartridges (CMY)3
Cartridge(s) Shipping with Product
  • 1,000*-page Black Return Program Toner Cartridge, 1,000*-page Colour (CMY) Return Program Toner Cartridges

Hardware

Processor
  • 417 MHz
Memory
  • Standard: 128 MB
  • Maximum: 640 MB
Printer Languages
  • Standard:
  • PCL 5c Emulation, PCL 6 Emulation, PostScript 3 Emulation
Fonts and Symbol Sets
  • 2 PCL bitmap fonts, OCR-A, OCR-B scalable PCL 5e fonts, For more information, refer to the Technical Reference., 84 scalable PCL fonts, 91 scalable PostScript fonts, 3 of 9 scalable PCL 5e fonts in Narrow, Regular and Wide

Connectivity

Ethernet Network
  • Yes
Network Protocol Support
  • TCP/IP IPv6, TCP/IP IPv4, TCP, UDP
Network Printing Methods
  • LPR/LPD, Direct IP (Port 9100), IPP 1.1 (Internet Printing Protocol), FTP, TFTP, Enhanced IP (Port 9400)
Network Management Protocols
  • DHCP, APIPA (AutoIP), mDNS, IGMP, Bonjour, WINS, DDNS, SNMPv2c, Telnet, NTP, ICMP, HTTP, DNS, ARP, Finger
Optional Network Ports
  • External MarkNet™ N7020e Gigabit Ethernet, Lexmark N4050e 802.11g Wireless Print Server (Print Only)

Supported Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Supported
  • Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8 x64, Windows 7 x64, Windows Server 2012, Windows RT 8.1, Windows XP x64, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows RT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows XP, Windows 8.1 x64, Windows Vista x64, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Apple Operating Systems Supported
  • Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS 9.2
Linux Operating Systems Supported
  • Red Flag Linux Desktop 5.0, 6.0, PCLinuxOS 2010, Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, Linspire Linux 6.0, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, openSUSE 10.2, 10.3, 11.0, 11.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0, 9.0, 10, 11, Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, 6.0, PCLinuxOS 2011, openSUSE 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, Mint 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, Fedora 12, 13, Fedora 14, 15, 16, 17, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, 11, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, Ubuntu 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, Linpus Linux Desktop 9.2, 9.3
Citrix MetaFrame
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 running Terminal Services with Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 x64, 4.5 x64, 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
Novell Operating Systems Supported
  • Novell NetWare 5.x, 6.x with iPrint or Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS), Novell® Open Enterprise Server for Netware with NDS, iPrint or Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS)
UNIX Operating Systems Supported
  • Sun Solaris SPARC 8, 9, 10, IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, Sun Solaris x86 10, HP-UX 11.11, 11.23, 11.31

Electrical & Operation

ENERGY STAR
  • No
ENERGY STAR Typical Electricity Consumption
  • TEC:
  • 3.92 kilowatt-hours per week
Noise level / Noise Level
  • Operating:
  • inaudible dBA (Idle mode)
  • 47 dBA (Print)
Average Power
  • 480 watts (Printing)
Average Power in Standby with Power Saver On / Average Power in Standby with Power Saver Off
  • 18 watts
  • 34 watts
Specified Operating Environment
  • Humidity: 8 to 80% Relative Humidity
  • Temperature: 16 to 32°C (60 to 90°F)
  • Altitude: 0 - 3048 Meters (10,000 Feet)
Product Certifications
  • 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
UNSPSC Code
  • 43212105
Country of Origin
  • China (PRC)
License/Agreement Terms
  • Printers are sold subject to certain license/agreement conditions. See www.lexmark.com/printerlicense for details.

Warranties

Product Guarantee
  • 1 Year Onsite, Next Business Day

1"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.
2"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.
3Average continuous black or continuous composite CMY declared cartridge yield up to this number of standard pages in accordance with ISO/IEC 19798.

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Return Programme supplies

  • Supplies sold at a discount versus the prices of regular cartridges
  • Customer agrees to use cartridges once and return to Lexmark for remanufacturing or recycling.
  • Note: Not all supplies are available through the Return Programme

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Regular supplies

  • Supplies sold at regular prices
  • Cartridges are still recyclable at no cost to you through the Lexmark Cartridge Collection Programme. Learn more.

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Other supplies

  • Imaging kits
  • Developer units
  • Waste toner bottles, etc.

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