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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RIGHTS This software and any accompanying documentation provided under this agreement are commercial computer software and documentation developed exclusively at private expense. 2 Contents Overview ............................................................................................................................... 5 General information ............................................................................................................. 6 Paper and label Industry .................................................................................................................................. 6 Print volumes ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Print material testing ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Card stock .......................................................................................................................... 10 Weight ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 Grain orientation ............................................................................................................................................ 11 Coatings ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Offset powders ............................................................................................................................................... 13 Labels .................................................................................................................................. 14 Label characteristics ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Printing on labels ........................................................................................................................................... 14 Duplexing paper labels .................................................................................................................................. 15 Label components ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Label design guidelines ................................................................................................................................. 18 Printer specifications ........................................................................................................ 23 Lexmark E238, E240, E240n, E340, E342n .................................................................................................. 25 Lexmark C760, C762 ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Lexmark X644e, X646e ................................................................................................................................. 30 Lexmark X850, X852e, X854e ....................................................................................................................... 34 Lexmark C520, C522, C524 .......................................................................................................................... 36 Lexmark C920 ............................................................................................................................................... 39 Lexmark T640, T642, T644 ........................................................................................................................... 41 Lexmark W840 ............................................................................................................................................... 45 Lexmark C912 ............................................................................................................................................... 46 Lexmark C510 ............................................................................................................................................... 48 Lexmark X422 ................................................................................................................................................ 50 Lexmark X215 ................................................................................................................................................ 52 Lexmark C720 ............................................................................................................................................... 54 Lexmark C750 ............................................................................................................................................... 56 Lexmark C752 ............................................................................................................................................... 60 Lexmark C910 ............................................................................................................................................... 64 Lexmark E220 ................................................................................................................................................ 66 Lexmark E320, E322 ..................................................................................................................................... 67 Contents 3 Contents Lexmark E321, E323 ..................................................................................................................................... 68 Lexmark E230, E232, E234(n), E330, and E332n ......................................................................................... 69 Lexmark E120 ................................................................................................................................................ 70 Lexmark T430 ................................................................................................................................................ 71 Lexmark T420 ................................................................................................................................................ 73 Lexmark T520, T522 ...................................................................................................................................... 76 Lexmark T620, T622 ...................................................................................................................................... 81 Lexmark T630, T632, T634 ........................................................................................................................... 86 Lexmark W812 ............................................................................................................................................... 91 Lexmark W820 ............................................................................................................................................... 92 Optra C .......................................................................................................................................................... 94 Optra C710 .................................................................................................................................................... 95 Optra Color 1200 ........................................................................................................................................... 97 Optra E310, E312 .......................................................................................................................................... 98 Optra E, Ep .................................................................................................................................................... 99 Optra Es special media printer .................................................................................................................... 100 Optra K 1220 ............................................................................................................................................... 102 Optra M410, M412 ....................................................................................................................................... 103 Optra N ........................................................................................................................................................ 105 Optra plus, 4039, 4029, 4019, WinWriter 600 printers ................................................................................. 106 Optra S ........................................................................................................................................................ 110 Optra SC 1275 ............................................................................................................................................. 116 Optra T ......................................................................................................................................................... 117 Optra W810 ................................................................................................................................................. 122 Glossary ............................................................................................................................ 123 Index .................................................................................................................................. 127 Contents 4 Overview Lexmark has many years of experience in successful card stock and label testing and cross education programs with print material vendors and converters. This document provides guidelines to help you select appropriate print materials for the following Lexmark laser printers. Model series 4019 models 4029 models 4039 10 plus 4039 12C C series E series OptraTM models T series W series WinWriterTM 600 X series Models All All All All C510, C520, C522, C524, C720, C750, C752, C760, C762, C910, C912, C920 E220, E230, E232, E234(n), E2 ...