Lexmark C544 Toner Cartridges

Lexmark C544 Printer Review

The Lexmark C544 is a color laser printer built with small to midsized offices in mind. It comes standard with 128 MB of memory, but that can be upgraded to a maximum of 640 MB. Novell, Linux, Windows and Mac operating systems are all compatible with the C544, but duplex printing is not offered. Up to 55,000 pages can be printed each month; however, Lexmark recommends that you only use the unit up to 800-3,000 pages for optimal usage and longevity. It is very versatile, and it can print on card stock paper, label paper, plain paper and transparencies. Sizes such as A4, A5, executive, legal, letter, universal, folio and letter all fit inside this compact machine. It has low operating costs using Lexmark C544 toner cartridges.

The C544 won't take up too much space with its 11.5x16.7x15.7 inch size. Its weight, on the other hand, could be a little bit of a burden—this laser printer weighs a heavy 46.2 pounds. Connective options include ethernet, USB and PictBridge cables. Networking is optional. In order to maintain this unit, you are going to need four Lexmark C544 toner cartridges filled with black, cyan, yellow and magenta printer toner.

Each of these toners yield 1,000 pages, and high capacity versions of the Lexmark C544 toner are available that yield 2,000 pages. For color prints and black-and-white prints, resolutions of 1200x1200 dpi are possible. This will leave documents looking high quality and professional. It also won't leave you waiting in the sidelines for prints, because this machine is very fast. Up to 25 pages per minute can be printed using the black printer toner, and up to 23 pages per minute are possible for color prints. First page out time is as fast as 11 seconds. Like many other types of printer toner on the market, remanufactured versions of the Lexmark C544 toner cartridges are available from third party vendors.