Lexmark E321, E323, E323n

A4 mono laser printer with a 16 page per minute. Small footprint with a print-speed aimed at the home and small office.

The printer design puts the main 150 sheet paper tray at the rear with an extendable paper support to hold pages up. There is also a single sheet manual feed. Paper passes through an L or C shaped path to emerge at the front output door or the top output bin.

The E321 is a second-generation version of the 4500 engine (the E320 is a slightly older, slower implementation). Its a low-cost non-network home-user oriented machine. See the E323 to get a fuller PostScript 3 emulation, more memory and the option of an embedded network port.

Unusually in a low cost printer the E321 and other members of the series can take an optional 250 sheet paper drawer underneath the machine.

Part of the E320 series: Models are:

  • E220, 4500-101 16ppm A4 600dpi "1200 Image Quality"
  • E320, 4500-001 16ppm A4 600dpi. 67MHz proc 4MB RAM (Max 68MB) . PCL5e, MAC compat. 1500 page starter.
  • E321, 4500-201 19ppm A4 600dpi. 8MB RAM (Mac 72MB)PCL5e.
  • E322, 4500-002 16ppm A4 600dpi. 133MHz proc 8MB RAM (Max 72MB) . PCL6, PostScript. 3000 page standard cartridge. Linux support.
  • E322n, 4500-003 16ppm A4 600dpi. 133MHz proc 16MB RAM (Max 80MB) . PCL6, PostScript. 3000 page standard cartridge. Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX. Linux support.
  • E323, 4500-202 20ppm A4 600dpi. 200MHz proc 12/ 16 MB RAM Max 144.MB PCL Linux support.
  • E323n, 4500-213 16MB 16ppm A4 600dpi. 12 / 16 MB PCL Linux support.

The E321 and E323 are October 2002 successors to the E320 and E322 which date from April 2001. they are recogniseable because they have a dark casing.

Part numbers for the US/Canada 21S0200 (E323), 21S0300 (E323n). These are sometimes helpful for research.

Control:

A set of six lights and two buttons. As usual most of the control features are given by the Windows driver. Job cancel button on operator panel saves time (the E320 series didn't have this).

Duty Cycle:

Up to 10,000 pages per month

Print Speed (A4, Black): Upto 19 ppm

Print Speed (Letter, Black): Upto 20 ppm

Time to First Page (Black) As fast as 9.5 seconds

1200 Image Quality, 300 x 300 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi

Paper Handling:

Paper Handling - Standard:

  • 100-Sheet Output Bin
  • 150-Sheet Input Tray
  • Single Sheet Exit
  • Single Sheet Manual Feed Slot

Letter, legal, A4, A5, B5, executive and folio.

Plain paper: 16 to 43 lb (60 to 163 g/m2)

Card stock: up to 90 lb Index (163 g/m2)

Plain paper, envelopes, card stock, paper labels and transparencies

Tray 1:150-Sheet Input tray at the top rear of the printer.

Optional Tray:A 250 sheet optional tray mounts under the printer.

Face Down:

At the top front of the printer.

Face Up:

At the lower front of the printer

Duplex:

No auto-duplex mechanism is available.

Processor:

100 MHz - An improvement on the 67 MHz processor used in the bottom of the range versions of the printer but not the 133MHz device unit in the E322.

Memory:

Memory, Standard 8 MB

Memory, Maximum 72 MB

Interface:

Standard: Bidirectional parallel port and USB port, supports the MarkNetTM X2000 series of external print servers.

Optional: External serial adapter.

Network:

The E321 can work with Lexmark MarkNet and other print servers.

The E322n and E3232n have built in network ports.

PCL 5e Emulation

PostScript 3 emulation (suited to the Mac only on the E321)

The E323 and E323n have Lexmarks full PostScript 3 emulation and additional PCL 5e scalable fonts include: Bar Code 3 of 9, OCR-A, OCR-B

System Compatability:

Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, Me, 98, 95, and NT 4.0, Novell, IBM iSeries, UNIX, Linux and Mac OS

For a complete list, visit www.lexmark.com

Dimensions:

Size (mm - H x W x D) 221 x 391 x 361 mm

Size (" - H x W x D) 8.7 x 15.4 x 14.2 "

Weight:

Weight (kg) 8.95 kg

Weight (lbs) 19.75 lbs

Acoustic Noise:

49 dBA printing; 30 dBA idle

Consumables:

Single piece cartridge for convenience.

Ships with:1,500-page Starter Return Program Print Cartridge.

Optional supplies:

  • 3,000-page Return Program Print Cartridge
  • 3,000-page Print Cartridge
  • 6,000-page High Yield Return Program Print Cartridge
  • 6,000-page High Yield Print Cartridge

12A7305 Toner Cartridge (6K Yield)

Fuser:

56P1053 110V Fuser

56P1054 220V Fuser Unit

Spares:

12G4481 Pickup Assembly - 12G4481

12G4483 Pickup Roller - 12G4483

12G4491 Fuser Hot Roller - 12G4491

12G4494 Fuser Lower Roller - 12G4494

56P0690 D Roller ASM - 56P0690

12G4493 Redrive Assembly - 12G4493

12G4532 Optional Tray Pickup Roller - 12G4532

56P0691 Separation Pad - 56P0691

12G4470 Transfer Roller - 12G4470

12G4465 Charge Roller Assembly - 12G4465

56P0685 Charge Roller Assembly - 56P0685

12G4541 Feed Clutch - 12G4541

12G4460 Cooling Fan - 12G4460

56P1097 Power Supply - 56P1097

56P1071 Main Board / Card Controller RIP - 56P1071

12G4487 E321 Halogen 220V lamp - 12G4487

12G4509 HV Power Supply - 12G4509

56P1098 LV Power Supply for E322 - 56P1098

12G4496 Roller Assy Idler - 12G4496