Lexmark C522n Color Laser

Lexmark C522n

Big colour for small business

Impressive Print Quality

4800 Color Quality or true 1200 x 1200 dpi from chemically processed toners provides excellent color images and business graphics.

Extreme Performance

Up to 20 ppm in black and color (up to 19 A4) via a 312.5 MHz processor with 128MB of standard RAM (maximum of 640MB) and a time to first page as fast as 13 seconds in black or color to quickly handle jobs of any size.

Ease of Use

Front access for easy replacement of toner cartridges and paper. Intuitive operator panel with graphical 'Show Me' to assist in keeping your printer up and running.

ColorCare Technology

ColorSaver™, 3 levels of color and monochrome toner saver, Mono Only Driver, Black and White Lock, Color Print Permissions and Proof then Print

Protect your investment with Lexmark Services

From customer support with technical support, extended warranty options and Lexmark parts to fleet management and professional services, Lexmark offers flexible and scalable services to make your life easier.

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Laser Toner/Print Cartridge

C522, C524, C53x Black Return Program Toner Cartridge
C522, C524, C53x Black Return Program Toner Cartridge (C5220KS)
n/a  
C522, C524, C53x Cyan Return Program Toner Cartridge
C522, C524, C53x Cyan Return Program Toner Cartridge (C5220CS)
n/a  
C522, C524, C53x Magenta Return Program Toner Cartridge
C522, C524, C53x Magenta Return Program Toner Cartridge (C5220MS)
n/a  
C522, C524, C53x Yellow Return Program Toner Cartridge
C522, C524, C53x Yellow Return Program Toner Cartridge (C5220YS)
n/a  
C522, C524, C53x Black Toner Cartridge
C522, C524, C53x Black Toner Cartridge (C5222KS)
n/a  
C522, C524, C53x Cyan Toner Cartridge
C522, C524, C53x Cyan Toner Cartridge (C5222CS)
n/a  
C522, C524, C53x Magenta Toner Cartridge
C522, C524, C53x Magenta Toner Cartridge (C5222MS)
n/a  
C522, C524, C53x Yellow Toner Cartridge
C522, C524, C53x Yellow Toner Cartridge (C5222YS)
n/a  
C52x, C53x Waste Toner Box
C52x, C53x Waste Toner Box (C52025X)
n/a  
C52x, C53x Photoconductor Unit 1-Pack
C52x, C53x Photoconductor Unit 1-Pack (C53030X)
n/a  
C52x, C53x Photoconductor Unit 4-Pack
C52x, C53x Photoconductor Unit 4-Pack (C53034X)
n/a  

Connectivity

USB (2 Meter) Cable
USB (2 Meter) Cable (1021294)
n/a  
802.11g Wireless Print Adapter
802.11g Wireless Print Adapter (1010042)
Lexmark N4050e 802.11g Wireless Print Server
Lexmark N4050e 802.11g Wireless Print Server (14T0145)
n/a  
MarkNet™ N7020e Gigabit Ethernet Print Server
MarkNet™ N7020e Gigabit Ethernet Print Server (14T0220)
n/a  

Extended Warranties

1 Year Renewal Onsite Repair Warranty
1 Year Renewal Onsite Repair Warranty (2348160)

Memory Options

128MB DDR-DRAM
128MB DDR-DRAM (13N1523)
n/a  
256MB DDR-DRAM
256MB DDR-DRAM (13N1524)
n/a  
512MB DDR-DRAM
512MB DDR-DRAM (13N1526)
n/a  
32MB Flash Card
32MB Flash Card (1021208)
n/a  
64MB Flash Card
64MB Flash Card (1021209)
n/a  
Japanese Font Card
Japanese Font Card (1021243)
n/a  
Korean Font Card
Korean Font Card (1021240)
n/a  
Simplified Chinese Font Card
Simplified Chinese Font Card (1021241)
n/a  
Traditional Chinese Font Card
Traditional Chinese Font Card (1021242)
n/a  

Paper & Transparencies

Professional Colour Laser Transparencies, Letter (50)
Professional Colour Laser Transparencies, Letter (50) (12A8240)
n/a  

User Replaceable Parts

C52x Fuser Maintenance Kit LV
C52x Fuser Maintenance Kit LV (40X1400)
C52x Transfer Belt Maintenance Kit
C52x Transfer Belt Maintenance Kit (40X1401)
C52x, C53x Fuser Maintenance Kit LV
C52x, C53x Fuser Maintenance Kit LV (40X3569)
UNSPSC Code 43212105 
Display 4-line 160 x 64 pixel All Points Addressable (APA) backlit gray-scale display 
Print Speed (Letter, Black): Up to 20 ppm
Print Speed (Letter, Colour): Up to 20 ppm
Print Speed (A4, Black): Up to 19 ppm
Print Speed (A4, Colour): Up to 19 ppm
Time to First Page (Black) As fast as 13 seconds
Time to First Page (Colour) as fast as 13 seconds
Print Resolution, Black 1200 x 1200 dpi 
4800 Colour Quality (2400 x 600 dpi) 
Print Resolution, Colour 1200 x 1200 dpi 
4800 Colour Quality (2400 x 600 dpi) 
Processor 312.5 MHz
Memory, Standard 128 MB
Memory, Maximum 640 MB
Expandable Memory Options Yes 
Apple Macintosh Operating Systems Supported Apple Mac OS X  
Apple Mac OS 9.2 
Citrix MetaFrame Citrix, MetaFrame and MetaFrame XP are registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. 
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services with Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server or Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0.  
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Services with Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server or Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0  
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services with Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Services with Citrix Presentation Server 4.0  
Linux Operating Systems Supported Red Flag Linux Desktop 4.0, 5.0 
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 Professional 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1, 4.0 
Linspire Linux 5.0 
Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Supported Microsoft Windows 2000 
Microsoft Windows NT (4.00/4.00 Server) 
Microsoft Windows Me 
Microsoft Windows XP 
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 
Microsoft Windows 98 2nd Edition  
Microsoft Windows XP x64 
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Services 
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 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) 
Other Operating Systems Supported IBM iSeries or IBM AS/400® Systems with TCP/IP with OS/400® V3R1 or later using OS/400 Host Print Transform 
Virtually any platform supporting TCP/IP 
UNIX Operating Systems Supported Sun Solaris SPARC 8, 9, 10 
HP-UX 11.00, 11.1 
IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 
Web Browsers for Embedded Web Server Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x, 6.x 
Netscape Navigator 6.x, 7.x 
Apple Mac OS X Safari 1.0 
Mozilla FireFox 1.0  
Paper Handling Standard 250-Sheet Output Bin 
Single Sheet Manual Feed 
250-Sheet Input Tray  
Paper Handling Optional 500-Sheet Drawer 
Paper Input Capacity, Standard: Up to 250  pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
Paper Input Capacity, Maximum: Up to 750  pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
Paper Output Capacity, Standard: Up to 250  pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
Paper Output Capacity, Maximum: Up to 250  pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
Envelope Capacity 1  
Finishing Option? No 
Number of Paper Inputs, Standard
Number of Paper Inputs, Maximum
Duplex (2-sided) Printing Not Available 
Media Types Supported Card Stock 
Envelopes 
Labels 
Plain Paper 
Transparencies 
Refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide  
Media Sizes Supported 10 Envelope 
7 3/4 Envelope 
9 Envelope 
A4 
A5 
B5 Envelope 
C5 Envelope 
DL Envelope 
Executive 
Folio 
JIS-B5 
Legal 
Letter 
Statement 
Universal 
Paper Weight Range Supported - Standard Tray (gsm) 60 - 177 gsm
Paper Weight Range Supported - Standard Tray (lb.) 16 - 47 lb.
Supplies Yield *Yield at approximately 5% coverage per colour 
3,000*-page Colour Toner Cartridges (CMY) 
Ships with 1,500*-page Black and Colour Starter Toner Cartridges 
4,000*-page Black Toner Cartridge 
Standard Ports Ethernet 10/100BaseTX (RJ-45)  
USB Compatible with USB 2.0 Specification (Type B) 
Optional Network Ports Lexmark N4050e 802.11g Wireless Print Server (Print Only) 
External MarkNet™ N7020e Gigabit Ethernet 
Network Printing Methods LPR/LPD 
Direct IP (Port 9100) 
Socket (Raw TCP/IP) 
IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) 
HTTP 
Enhanced IP (Port 9400) 
Network Protocol Support TCP/IP IPv4 
AppleTalk™ 
TCP/IP Set of Application Services Zero configuration 
DDNS, mDNS 
NTP: Network Time Protocol 
ping, finger, telnet 
TFTP 
Network Management Protocols HTTP 
SNMPv1, SNMPv2c 
WINS 
IGMP 
APIPA (AutoIP) 
DHCP 
Printer Languages (Standard) PCL 5c Emulation 
PCL 6 Emulation 
PostScript 3 Emulation 
PDF 1.5 
xHTML 
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 
Size (mm - H x W x D) 484 x 440 x 512 mm
Size (in. - H x W x D) 19 x 17.3 x 20.2 in.
Weight (lb.) 57.0 lb.
Weight (kg) 25.9 kg
Packaged Size (mm - H x W x D) 565 x 565 x 644 mm
Packaged Size (in. - H x W x D) 22.24 x 22.24 x 25.35 in.
Packaged Weight (kg) 30.4 kg
Packaged Weight (lb.) 67 lb.
Noise Level, Idle 32 dBA
Print Noise Level, Operating 51 dBA
Product Warranty One Year Onsite Repair 
Product Certifications Energy Star, CSA, ICES Class B, BSMI Class B, VCCI Class B, FCC Class B, UL 60950 3rd Edition, IEC 320-1, CE Class B, CB IEC 60950, IEC 60825-1, GS (TÜV), SEMKO, UL AR, CS, TÜV Rh, C-tick mark Class B, CCC Class B, CISPIR 22 Class B, MIC Mark  
Specified Operating Environment Temperature: 16 to 32°C (60 to 90°F) 
Humidity: 8 to 80% Relative Humidity 
Altitude: 0 - 3048 Meters (10,000 Feet) 

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