Lexmark CS510dte: touchscreen color with the included duo input review

Choose the package for its included paper sources

The Lexmark CS510dte combines the CS510 color-printing platform with a duo input assembly supplied as part of the package. Its exact US part is 28E0100. The practical attraction is not an increased engine-speed claim, but having a main drawer, another larger drawer and a multipurpose feeder available without treating those sources as later additions.

Lexmark marks the model discontinued. Check the actual offered machine and included equipment against the original package. The in-box list names the CS510de printer engine and separately states that the duo assembly is included; that does not make a bare de machine equivalent to dte. Region, software availability and current machine condition still need checking.

What the 900+1 input headline means

Normal stack-fed input totals 900 sheets: 250 in the main drawer, 550 in the duo drawer and 100 in its integrated multipurpose feeder. A separate one-sheet manual feeder accounts for the plus-one headline. These capacities use the manufacturer's stated 20-pound or 75-gsm paper basis. Letter, Legal and A4 have positive support in the three normal sources and in automatic duplex.

That arrangement can keep different supported stock available, provided the guides and size/type settings match the load. The manual explains that matching trays can link, while different paper types require appropriate settings to remain distinct. Suitable envelopes have their own one-sided manual or multipurpose routine; the duplex capability for ordinary paper should not be extended to envelopes.

The final 550-sheet lower drawer is optional and takes maximum input to 1,450+1. It is not already included simply because the duo assembly is. Check the complete physical stack, appropriate stand or base and installed-options settings before planning expanded input. The 125-sheet output bin is a separate capacity rather than additional input storage.

Speed and workload do not increase with more trays

Maximum one-sided Letter output is declared at 32 pages per minute for black or color. Automatic two-sided output is separately 15 Letter sides per minute. These are manufacturer mode ratings, not measurements from this article. More input can change the timing of reloads, but it does not turn a duplex document into a simplex-speed job or guarantee the completion time of complex submissions.

The ordinary monthly recommendation is 1,500–7,000 pages, distinct from the 85,000-page maximum duty figure. Choose that workload range deliberately. If a workgroup routinely needs more than 7,000 printed pages, the presence of several drawers does not by itself resolve the recommendation mismatch. Color output, black-only job settings and a color control screen also remain different concepts.

A touchscreen, wired sharing and confidential release

The 4.3-inch e-Task touchscreen provides the control interface. The printer includes gigabit Ethernet and USB Type-B for a computer, with Type-A interfaces serving their separately documented purposes. Wireless remains optional MarkNet hardware. AirPrint and Mopria are documented on a suitable shared network with compatible devices; a USB cable to one computer does not itself provide that arrangement.

Compatible Print and Hold submission supports a computer-set four-digit PIN, followed by release through Held Jobs at the printer. Ordinary protected jobs use memory, without an optional hard disk being required for that routine. Check the actual driver and application before relying on confidential release, because generic mobile submission need not create the same protected job.

Consumables and the larger physical package

The US supplied toner is declared at 6,000 black pages and 4,000 for each color. Extra-high US replacements include 70C1XK0 black at 8,000 pages and 70C1XC0, 70C1XM0 and 70C1XY0 colors at 4,000 each. Their ISO/IEC 19798 declarations, regional compatibility and Return Program conditions need to be read together. Imaging and developer components are separate, and no present cost per page or guaranteed service interval follows from a yield alone.

This is print-only hardware without scanning, copying or fax. The included-configuration body is 17.4 inches wide, 16.4 deep and 17.2 high at 55.3 pounds. Do not substitute the smaller base de dimensions when judging a shelf or work area. Allow operating access, inspect the electrical label and correct cord, and verify the actual duo assembly when its included capacity is central to the choice.