Pros
- Low purchase price
- Includes autoduplexer
Cons
- Very expensive toner
- Scanner output looks cartoonish
At A Glance
This MFP performs decently for the most part, but its toner costs will hit you on the back end.
Manufacturer’s Description
The Lexmark X543DN offers built-in duplex printing to save paper and costs, and it gives you quality copying and scanning, plus output speeds up to 21 ppm in black and color.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 3001385 |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Memory | |
| Memory size | 128.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.64 GB |
| Display | |
| Display type | Monochrome |
| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | No |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 480 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 45 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 19.37 inches |
| Depth | 22.48 inches |
| Height | 20.59 inches |
| Weight | 72.0 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 250 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 1 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Standard |
| Max Input Trays | 2 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 1200 x 1200 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 1200 x 1200 dpi |
| Scanning | |
| Scanner Type | Flatbed |
| Maximum External Bit Depth |
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| Maximum Scan Resolution | 600 x 600 |
| Optical Scanning Resolution | 600-by-600 |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | PCL6 |
| Postcript Type | Standard |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Very Good |
| Print quality: Color photo | Good |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Good |
| Copy quality | Very Good |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 19.4 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Overall Scan Quality | Poor |
| Color Output Quality | Very Good |
| Final Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 15.55 |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 50.54 |
| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 3.1 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 2 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Good |
| One-Page Line Art, Maximum Resolution | Fair |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 22.83 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 19.56 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 40.25 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1.2 |
| Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 18.07 |
| Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 18.59 |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 17.58 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 19.74 |
| Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 18.88 |
| Final Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 15.47 |
| One-Page Copy (secs) | 18.31 |
| Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 18.53 |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 50.79 |
| One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | Poor |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 29.62 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 2.7 |
