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Lexmark T420d Reviewer's Manual

Duplexing monochrome laser printer
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Lexmark T420d
Duplexing Monochrome Laser Printer

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  • Page 1 Reviewer’s Guide Lexmark T420d Duplexing Monochrome Laser Printer...
  • Page 2 © 2003 Lexmark International Inc. Lexmark, the Lexmark with diamond design, Prebate, and MarkVision are trademarks of Lexmark International Inc. and are registered in the United States of America and/or other countries. LexOnSite and LexExpress are service marks of Lexmark International Inc.
  • Page 3 Reviewer’s Guide: Lexmark T420d Contact references Refer your readers to: 1-800-LEXMARK Press relations contacts: Jeanne Talbot Manager, Press and Analyst Relations (859) 232-7569 jtalbot@lexmark.com Emily Strickland Press Relations Manager (859) 232-7818 estrickl@lexmark.com Product support contact: Jeff Roberts Product Marketing Manager (859) 232-2345 robertsj@lexmark.com...
  • Page 4 A Note to Reviewers from Lexmark This brief guide provides information to help you publish a review of Lexmark’s T420d monochrome laser printer. We hope you’ll find it useful. We’d like your feedback and look forward to your published review.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    What’s the Big Deal about Duplex Printing?......1 Who Is the T420d for?............1 Top Features: Bullet Point Chart ........2 Overview of the T420d and T420dn ........2 Beating the Competition: HP, Xerox Can’t Keep Up ..3 Positioning the Printers in Lexmark’s Product Line ...4 Reader Info Box ..............5...

  • Page 6: Part I: About The T420D

    In addition, with the ability to print on both sides, the T420d is a great way to cut costs, a fact of life that every company is facing, regardless of size.

  • Page 7: Top Features: Bullet Point Chart

    Source: Lexmark Overview of the T420d and T420dn As you’ve seen, the T420 is actually a family of two printers. The base T420d model is complemented by its twin, the Ethernet-ready T420dn. Both models offer duplex-printing capability. This chart differentiates the two models.

  • Page 8: Beating The Competition: Hp, Xerox Can't Keep Up

    Lexmark’s T420d is faster, smaller and offers more standard features than Hewlett-Packard Co.’s identically priced hp LaserJet 2200. The T420d also beats Xerox, Kyocera, and Brother. Here are the facts to back up Lexmark’s position: Lexmark vs. HP T420d vs. LaserJet 2200...

  • Page 9: Positioning The Printers In Lexmark's Product Line

    The letter/legal-size T420 printers target small to medium businesses, especially those users need of a small footprint. The T420d fits several vertical industries’ needs where desk or store space is at a premium, such as retail, healthcare and financial services The following bullets and chart identifies Lexmark’s entire...

  • Page 10: Reader Info Box

    Web site The Bottom Line If the question is “why pay more and get less?” then the answer is the Lexmark T420d and T420dn duplexing monochrome laser printers. For an estimated street price of $649, the T420d is smaller, faster, and has a five percent lower cost per page than the identically priced Hp LaserJet 2200.

  • Page 11: Part Ii: Conducting Your Review

    Getting the T420d out of the box and ready to print couldn’t be simpler. The printed Setup Guide includes many drawings that will guide your readers through the process.

  • Page 12: What Should You Test

    Installation and configuration of the printer is now complete. What Should You Test? Duplex printing is what sets the T420d and T420dn apart from all other printers in its price class, so you’ll almost certainly want to concentrate your testing efforts on the printer’s duplexing capabilities.
  • Page 13 T420d printer. Since the T420d and T420dn offer duplex printing as a standard feature, it is important that users understand the process for creating duplex print jobs. To reach your own independent conclusion about ease of use, you may want to have a non- expert user create a duplex print job.
  • Page 14 Reviewer’s Guide: Lexmark T420d Here is the same driver dialog as in the previous example, but with the 500-sheet input now installed. Note that this optional paper tray is shown in the photo of the printer. Lexmark research has shown that an...

  • Page 15: Printer Speed Tests

    TTFP measured in seconds. Sustained print speed The T420d rates at 22 ppm (at five percent page coverage). This is the first tome that Lexmark has broken the $800 barrier for performance exceeding 20 ppm. The competing hp LaserJet 2200 rates at 19 ppm. As you saw in the earlier comparison chart, the Lexmark employs a 200MHz processor, whereas the hp LaserJet 2200 uses a 133MHz processor.

  • Page 16: Documentation

    “TTFP”. Clearly, the shorter this interval is, the better. The Lexmark T420d printer is rated at a TTFP of 10 seconds; the competing hp LaserJet 2200 has a TTFP of “<10 seconds,” according to the manufacturer’s own Web site.

  • Page 17: Part Iii: Additional Resources

    Reviewer’s Guide: Lexmark T420d Part III: Additional Resources...
  • Page 18 Reviewer’s Guide: Lexmark T420d Product Photos http://www.lexmark.com/US/virtual_press_room/t420d_image_bank.html Lexmark marketing presentation (PDF download) http://www.lexmark.com/US/virtual_press_room/pdf/T420dpresentation.pdf Product specification sheet (PDF download) http://www.lexmark.com/US/virtual_press_room/pdf/T420_spec.pdf Third-party testing report from Quality Logic Inc. (PDF download) http://www.lexmark.com/US/pdf/labreports/t420dn_qualitylogic.pdf...

  • Page 19: Returning The Printer To Lexmark

    Reviewer’s Guide: Lexmark T420d Returning the Printer to Lexmark Lexmark is pleased that you have chosen to review the model T420d printer. Please note that this product is furnished on loan and should be returned to Lexmark following the completion of your review.

  • Page 20: Product Specifications

    Time to First Page (black) 10 seconds Processor 200 MHz Memory, standard / maximum T420d: 16 MB / 272 MB; T40dn: 32 MB / 288 MB Apple Macintosh Operating Apple Mac OS 8.6 - 9.x; Apple Mac OS X Systems Supported Microsoft Windows Operating Windows 2000 (Professional/Server/Advanced Server);...
  • Page 21 PPDS fonts; 5 PPDS bitmap fonts; 89 scalable PostScript fonts; OCR-A, OCR-B scalable PCL 5e fonts; Chinese and Japanese Font DIMMs; Fonts and Symbols Sets for Lexmark T52x, T62x, W812 and W820 Bar Code Fonts 3 of 9 scalable PCL 5e fonts in Narrow, Regular and Wide Printable Area To within 0.157 inches of the top, bottom, right and left...

  • Page 22: Press Release

    Lexmark. “The Lexmark T420d is a remarkable printer because of its universal appeal, combining network performance and high reliability in a very compact design,”...

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