Media specifications – Lexmark C520 User Manual

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Identifying media sources and specifications

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Media specifications

Card stock—maximum
(grain long)

3

Index Bristol

163 g/m

2

(90 lb)

Not recommended

163 g/m

2

(90 lb)

Tag

163 g/m

2

(100 lb)

Not recommended

163 g/m

2

(100 lb)

Cover

176 g/m

2

(65 lb)

Not recommended

176 g/m

2

(65 lb)

Card stock—maximum
(grain short)

3

Index Bristol

199 g/m

2

(110 lb)

Not recommended

199 g/m

2

(110 lb)

Tag

203 g/m

2

(125 lb)

Inapplicable

203 g/m

2

(125 lb)

Cover

216 g/m

2

(80 lb)

Inapplicable

216 g/m

2

(80 lb)

Transparencies

Laser printer

0.12 mm – 0.14 mm
(4.8 – 5.4 mil) in thickness

161 – 179 g/m

2

in weight

Inapplicable

0.12 mm – 0.14 mm
(4.8 – 5.4 mil) in thickness

161 – 179 g/m

2

in weight

Labels—maximum

4

Paper

180 g/m

2

(48 lb bond)

Inapplicable

199 g/m

2

(53 lb bond)

Envelopes

Sulfite, wood-
free or up to
100% cotton
bonds

Inapplicable

Inapplicable

60 to 105 g/m

2

(16 to 28 lb
bond)

5, 6

Media capacities

Legend

— supported

— unsupported

Media type

Standard 250-sheet tray
(Tray 1)

Optional
500-sheet drawer
(Tray 2)

Paper

250 sheets

1

500 sheets

1

Card stock

30 sheets

2

Labels

3

80

Transparencies

50

Envelopes

1

Based on 75 g/m

2

(20 lb) paper.

2

30 sheets of 163 g/m

2

(90 lb) card stock or 25 sheets of 199 g/m

2

(110 lb) card stock.

3

Vinyl labels are not supported.

Media types and weights (continued)

Media

Type

Media weight

Standard 250-sheet tray
(Tray 1)

Optional
500-sheet drawer
(Tray 2)

Multipurpose feeder or
manual feed slot

1

Paper weighing less than 75 g/m

2

(20 lb bond) is limited to simplex printing only at less than 60% relative humidity.

2

This paper weight in any source is not supported for duplex (two-sided) printing.

3

For 60 to 176 g/m

2

(16 to 47 lb bond) paper, grain long fibers are recommended. For papers heavier than 176 g/m

2

(47

lb bond), grain short is recommended.

4

Pressure sensitive area must enter the printer first.

5

100% cotton content maximum weight is 90 g/m

2

(24 lb bond).

6

105 g/m

2

(28 lb bond) envelopes are limited to 25% cotton content.

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