trustedreviews have a review of the Lexmark X4550 “The X4550 is styled in ice-white, brushed aluminium and light grey and follows Lexmark’s usual, rounded-slab design. The top, white section holds an A4 flatbed scanner, which can be used for scanning and standalone copying. Just beneath this is a control panel with a well laid out set of easy-to-use controls. This includes a two-line, backlit LCD display, which is particularly well used by Lexmark to provide copious status and instruction messages.”

The X4550 allows users to work seamlessly from any location in their home or office, delivering professional quality text and photos.

Specifications:

Print Technology : Thermal Inkjet
Colour Technology : 4 Colour Inkjet - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black (Optional 6 Colour Photo Printing)
UNSPSC Code : 43.21.21.10
Scan Technology : CIS with 48 bit depth
Function : Colour Copying, Colour Printing, Colour Scanning
Maximum Print Speed (Draft, Colour): Up to : 18 ppm
Maximum Print Speed (Draft, Black): Up to : 26 ppm
Maximum Print Speed (Normal, Black): Up to : 15 ppm
Maximum Print Speed (Normal, Colour): Up to : 6 ppm
Maximum Copy Speed (Draft, Black): Up to : 17 cpm
Maximum Copy Speed (Draft, Colour): Up to : 11 cpm
Maximum Copy Speed (Normal, Black): Up to : 3.5 cpm
Maximum Copy Speed (Normal, Colour): Up to : 2 cpm
Print Resolution, Black : Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi
Print Resolution, Colour : Up to 4800 x 1200 dpi
Scan Resolution, Enhanced : Up to 19200 x 19200 dpi
Scan Resolution, Optical : 600 x 1200 dpi
Operating Systems Supported : Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64
Microsoft Windows Vista
Apple Mac OS X (10.4.4-10.4.x Intel)
Apple Mac OS X (10.3.x-10.4.x Power PC)
Microsoft Windows 2000 5.00.2195 or later
Print (ASF) Paper Input Capacity (Maximum) : 100 pages 75 gsm bond
Standard Ports : USB 2.0 Specification Hi-Speed Certified, USB pass-through via PictBridge port, 802.11g Wireless.
PictBridge Certified USB Port : Yes.

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pcmag.com have a review of the Lexmark C770n, in this they find if you have medium-size office with light printing needs, the C770n would be overkill. This printer is for high-volume printing, the C770n’s standard input capacity is 600 sheets, divided into a 500-sheet tray and a 100-sheet multipurpose feeder.

Setting up the C770n on a network is typical simply connect a network cable and power cord and run the fully automated installation program.

Lexmark rates the C770n at 25 pages per minute for both monochrome and color output, text and graphics quality are far more important than photos for business use, and the C770n does well on both.

Overall - Fast. Excellent paper-handling options. High-capacity toner cartridges. Prints PDF and other files from USB keys.

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The Lexmark E352dn has a built-in duplexer which delivers very fast prints, great print quality, expandable paper handling and memory. It’s a mono laser printer and ideal when most of the output will be text.

If you looking for something for a high-end personal or small workgroup laser printer the e352dn is ideal when most of the output will be text only.

The E350d is very compact printer, measuring 14 inches wide by 15.6 inches deep by 10.2 inches tall. It’s not really a heavy printer and comes in at 25 pounds so if you need to move it you wont kill yourself. On the front of the printer you’ll fine the control panel which simple, with just a two-line text LCD, a Cancel button, and five buttons to navigate the onscreen Menu. The Menu is quit basic with no frills but it’s easy to use.

The built-in duplexer lets you make automatic double-sided prints, which can help if your on a paper budget.

Overall the E352dn is reasonably inexpensive to run and prints more quickly than many other printers in its category. The built-in duplex facility is a useful extra and the printer is quiet and unobtrusive in use. A good partner in a busy office.

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The Lexmark X3480 is another all-in-one device, it has three memory card slots provide for all the major types, including xD and Microdrive. It has a single-line, 16-character backlit LCD panel that is designed to be used away from a PC.

Using a single ink cartridge makes the X3480 easy to set up and operate - an advantage that Lexmark is quick to emphasise. While it does make things simpler it can also cause you to waste a lot of unused ink when one colour runs out before the rest.

Printing from a memory card can be a bit tricky without an LCD monitor. But, Lexmark makes the best of it by printing a proof sheet, where you select your images, number and size of prints and the type of paper, by filling in little circles and scanning. Instructions appear on the LCD strip and the process is pretty straightforward, if a bit wasteful of ink.

The X3480 is a fairly ok printer, but there are some visible compromises in quality because the three-colour ink cartridge contains no black ink. You also lose quality when printing any black text because they use a technology to combine colour ink rather than using deep, pure black.