Lexmark International SA today announced eight new monochrome laser and multifunction (MFP) solutions that will redefine the way people manage, share and print information in businesses everywhere.
"`The management of hardcopy and electronic documents impacts every worker and business process in the corporate world today,`` said Mark Hiller, Managing Director of Lexmark International SA.
"By managing information effectively and efficiently with advanced hardware and software products from Lexmark, companies can speed up the pace of their business, serve customers better, reduce costs and increase profits."
Lexmark`s new printing and MFP solutions establish a new industry standard for price performance, distributed finishing and multifunction capabilities in monochrome lasers and MFPs and are designed to optimise printing in Internet environments.
* Breakthrough performance: Lexmark`s new T series of network laser printers offer significantly better performance at the same or lower prices than comparable competitive offerings. The new X520 and X522 MFP solutions are based on these same Lexmark T printers. The new Lexmark W820 printer sets a new, lower price point for wide format printers over 40 pages per minute (ppm). All new models offer fast print speeds for their class, whether printing on one or both sides of a piece of paper, and swift first page printing to get documents into users` hands quickly.
* Affordable distributed finishing: Introducing yet another industry first, Lexmark brings stapling and offset stacking to letter and legal size workgroup printing. Placing these capabilities closer to the user also saves time and handles many functions that would have otherwise been completed manually or by larger, more costly devices.
* Innovative Internet-ready printing: Lexmark`s new T620in and T622in models allow printing of pre-programmed, book-marked Web pages, bringing the power of the Internet directly to the printer. These models incorporate Lexmark`s ImageQuick technology as a standard feature or it can be easily added as an optional feature to all other models.
* Unique multifunction modularity: All of Lexmark`s new models can easily and affordably be upgraded with multifunction capabilities (copy, scan, fax and print), helping information move throughout organisations at electronic speeds rather than at the pace of paper transactions. In addition, Lexmark`s new X520 MFP, X522 MFP and X720 MFP models include robust printing, copying, faxing and scanning multifunction capabilities in their base configurations. All of Lexmark`s multifunction printers and options, including the new X6100 MFP Option for adding copying, faxing and scanning capabilities to the W820, ship with Lexmark`s Document Distributor software to help efficiently route information and streamline business processes.
* Easy installation and management: All of Lexmark`s models ship with an enhanced version of Lexmark`s MarkVision Professional software at no additional cost, easing device installation, configuration and management from the desktop, server or remotely from a Web site.
* Powerful solutions: Lexmark`s new models support a wide range of Lexmark-developed options that can ease the development and use of e-forms and bar codes and emulate printing in Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) or Prescribe environments. These options allow users to reduce costs and standardise on a common printer platform for all their printing needs, instead of purchasing multiple printers for each individual application.
With speeds from 20 to 45ppm, the new family of Lexmark T, W and X printing and MFP solutions offers customers dramatically improved performance, print quality, versatility and value. Additionally, Lexmark`s printers support a wide range of operating systems and ship with Universal Serial Bus (USB) connections.
The new models include:
Lexmark W820
The Lexmark W820 is a 45ppm, high-volume, wide format, large workgroup or departmental monochrome laser printer with advanced paper handling and finishing capabilities. When combined with Lexmark`s new X6100 MFP Option, the W820 becomes an easy to use digital printer, copier, fax and scanner that can effectively manage the volumes of digital to paper and paper to digital conversions that occur in workgroups everyday. Its vast paper handling capabilities accommodate more than 3 500 sheets of input and a maximum of 3 550 sheets of output capacity.
Lexmark T622 and T620
The Lexmark T622 and T620 offer print speeds of 40 and 30ppm respectively. Designed for large and medium workgroups with complex output demands, the two monochrome laser printers offer Lexmark`s unique, optional StapleSmart finisher which automatically staples and offset stacks print jobs, speeding up these processes and separating print jobs.
New Web-ready models, the T620in and T622in, allow users to pull and print information from Internet and Intranet sites directly from the printer. This capability helps eliminate costly pre-printed forms and eases information management when both Internet-based and hardcopy elements are required. In addition, these printers have the flexibility to easily accommodate the new StapleSmart finisher and a five-bin mailbox or another output option, while competitive printer models make the user choose one option over another.
Lexmark T522 and T520
The Lexmark T522 and T520 models, with print speeds of 25ppm and 20ppm respectively, offer new levels of price performance for smaller workgroups. These two printers share many common design characteristics and paper input options with the T620 and T622, making it easy for IT managers to incorporate a variety of models throughout an organisation without requiring extensive user training.
Lexmark X522 MFP, X520 MFP and X720 MFP Series Multifunction Solutions Based on the T522 and T520 network laser printers, Lexmark also offers the X522 MFP and X520 MFP for those offices looking to incorporate workgroup copying, faxing, scanning and printing into their network environments. The Lexmark X720 MFP, which is based on Lexmark`s recently announced C720 colour laser printer, provides colour printing, copying, network scanning and faxing capabilities.
For further information, please contact Mark Hiller or the relevant product manager at tel (011) 329-0999; fax (011) 792-7449; e-mail mhiller@venture.co.za
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Lexmark International SA is a subsidiary of Lexmark International, one of the world`s leading providers of printing solutions. Lexmark International SA has offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth.
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