Lexmark MS812dn Reference

Printer Control Language (PCL) page formatting
For more information on PCL, see the Printer Languages and Interfaces Technical Reference. It contains a complete listing with
descriptions of PCL commands.
To determine which PCL commands your printer supports, see
“Appendix A: PCL support” on page 22.
Printable areas
The printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation (both portrait and landscape orientation) are illustrated below. See
the legend that follows for definitions of areas A through I.
Legend:
A Portrait physical page width and landscape physical page length
B Portrait physical page length and landscape physical page width
C Portrait logical page width
D Landscape logical page width
E Distance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in portrait
F Distance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in landscape
G Distance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and logical page
H Distance between the left and right edge of the physical page and the printable area in portrait, or distance between the top
and bottom edge of the physical page and printable area in landscape
I Distance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and the printable area in portrait, or distance between the left
and right edge of the physical page and the printable area in landscape
Note: The tables that follow in this chapter list the page sizes and dimensions of each area labeled on the preceding
diagram for all paper and envelope sizes your printer supports.
Supported paper and envelope dimensions
The following table lists the page sizes and print area dimensions for all supported paper and envelope sizes. For more
information about the printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation, see
“Printable areas” on page 8.
Printer Control Language (PCL) page formatting 8

Lexmark MS812dn Specifications

General

Color	No
Duplex printing	Yes
Print technology	Laser
Maximum resolution	1200 x 1200 DPI
Time to first page (black, normal)	4 s
Print margins (top, bottom, right, left)	4.2 mm
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	66 ppm
Duplex print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	40 ppm
Security algorithms	802.1x RADIUS, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, LEAP, MD5, PEAP
Supported network protocols (IPv4)	TCP, UDP, AppleTalk, LPR/LPD, Direct IP, FTP, TFTP, ThinPrint, IPP
Printing colors	Black
Country of origin	China
Maximum duty cycle	300000 pages per month
Recommended duty cycle	5000 - 50000 pages per month
Number of print cartridges	1
Page description languages	Microsoft XPS, PCL 5e, PCL 6, PDF 1.7, PostScript 3, PPDS, XHTML
Maximum internal memory	2560 MB
Sound power level (standby)	32 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)	58 dB
Sound pressure level (quiet mode)	53 dB
Total input capacity	550 sheets
Maximum input capacity	4400 sheets
Total number of input trays	2
Maximum number of input trays	6
Multi-Purpose tray input capacity	100 sheets
Envelopes sizes	7 3/4, 9, 10, B5, C5, DL
Maximum print size	216 x 356 mm
Paper tray media types	Card stock, Envelopes, Labels, Plain paper
Paper tray media weight	60 - 176 g/m²
Non-ISO print media sizes	Executive (184 x 267mm), Folio (media size), Letter (media size), Oficio (media size), Statement (140 x 216mm), Legal (media size)
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6
JIS B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Standard interfaces	USB 2.0
Optional connectivity	Parallel, Serial (RS-232), Wireless LAN
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Other operating systems supported	Novell NetWare 5.x, Novell NetWare 6.x, Novell Open Enterprise Server
Server operating systems supported	Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 x64
Power consumption (off)	0.5 W
Power consumption (standby)	4.1 W
Power consumption (printing)	830 W
Package weight	27430 g
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet
Networking standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3u
Compatible operating systems	Windows XP (32/64bit)\\r Windows Vista (32/64bit)\\r Windows 7 (32/64bit)\\r Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8\\r SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 11\\r SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, 11\\r Red Flag Linux Desktop 6.0\\r Linpus Linux Desktop 9.6\\r Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, 6.0\\r Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4.0, 5.0, 6.0\\r Ubuntu Linux 11.04, 11.10, 12.04\\r openSUSE Linux 11.3, 11.4, 12.1\\r PCLinuxOS 2011.9\\r Mint Linux 9, 10, 11, 12\\r Fedora Linux 14, 15\\r Unix Sun Solaris SPARC 9, 10\\r Unix HP-UX 11.11, 11.23, 11.31\\r Unix Sun Solaris x86 10, 11\\r Unix IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
Compliance industry standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR
Display	LCD
Certification	RAL-UZ, CAN/CSA, ICES, BSMI, CNS, VCCI, FCC, UL, IEC, CE, CB, GS (TÜV), SEMKO, C-tick, CCC, CISPIR, EK, ECMA, TED
Product color	Grey, White
Operating altitude	0 - 2896 m
Operating temperature (T-T)	16 - 32 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	8 - 80 %

Weight and Dimensions

Dimensions (WxDxH)	425 x 510 x 419 mm