New Lexmark Technology

Last month, Lexmark announced their latest innovation in the printing industy, web-connected touch screen printers to be released around September 1st of this year. They are designed with the small or medium sized business in mind, and there will be eight separate all-in-one (AIO) machines total. Three of these printers will offer a very large, myTouch 4.3" touch screens and will be priced between $199 and $399.

This new effort will utilize SmartSolutions technology which uses intuitive graphical icons for basic AIO functions and offers navigation through menus as a user needs it, creating an easier experience for users. Lexmark historically has had more expensive solutions for larger businesses, but this line of products is designed to make small or medium sized business more efficient and keep their costs down. Some examples of this are:

• Workflow shortcuts - customizable functions like scanning to email and group faxing
• ID card copy - This allows a user to quickly copy both sides of an ID onto one sheet of paper.
• RSS feeds - Use the touch screen of your AIO to view RSS news feeds and send stories via email right from the AIO

This line of printers also features some new technologies developed by Lexmark to improve efficiency and eliminate redundancy. These features are:

• Vizix print technology - This is a system comprised of separate ink tanks for the necessary cartridges and an improvement in speed and quality of each job.
• Wireless technology - Each of the new AIOs is wireless ready, and uses Wireless-N for companies where a larger range of signal strength and greater signal reliability are necessary
• EcoMode - Companies can now save paper and energy by pressing one button. Using EcoMode also automates two-sided printing and copying, which takes the burden off the user and saves money
• Business card scan - Automatically take data from a business card and upload the information to a variety of address book software programs

These new AIOs will be on display for the first time on September 8, 2009 in New York. Read the full release here