Lexmark C500n - Media Capacities; Loading the Trays

Identifying media sources and specifications
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Media specifications
Media support for models and sources
Legend
✓ — supported
✘— unsupported
Media
Standard tray
250-sheet letter size tray
(Tray 1)
Optional tray
250-sheet legal size tray
(Tray 1)
Optional 530-
sheet drawer
(Tray 2)
Paper ✓✓✓
Card stock ✓✓✘
Transparencies ✓✓✘
Paper labels ✓✓✘
Envelopes ✓✓✘
Glossy paper ✓✓✘
Media types and weights
Legend
✓ — supported
✘— unsupported
Media Type
Media weight
Standard tray
250-sheet letter size
tray
(Tray 1)
Optional tray
250-sheet legal size
tray
(Tray 1)
Optional
530-sheet drawer
(Tray 2)
Paper Xerographic or
business paper
60 to 90 g/m
2
grain
long
(16 to 24 lb bond)
60 to 90 g/m
2
grain
long
(16 to 24 lb bond)
60 to 90 g/m
2
grain
long
(16 to 24 lb bond)
Card stock—maximum
(grain long)
*
Index Bristol 90 to 210 g/m
2
(24 to 55 lb)
90 to 210 g/m
2
(24 to 55 lb)
✘
Transparencies Laser printer 138 to 146 g/m
2
(37 to 39 lb bond)
138 to 146 g/m
2
(37 to 39 lb bond)
✘
Labels Paper 180 g/m
2
(48 lb bond)
180 g/m
2
(48 lb bond)
✘
Envelopes
100% cotton content
maximum weight—
20 lb
Sulfite, wood-
free or up to
100% cotton
bonds
75 to 90 g/m
2
(20 to 24 lb
bond)**
75 to 90 g/m
2
(20 to 24 lb
bond)**
✘
*
Grain short is preferred for papers over 135 g/m
2
.
**
28 lb bond envelopes are limited to 25% cotton content.