Lexmark T420d Reviewer's Manual

Reviewer’s Guide

Lexmark T420d

Duplexing Monochrome Laser Printer

Reviewer’s Guide: Lexmark T420d

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Contact references

Refer your readers to:

1-800-LEXMARK

Press relations contacts:

Jeanne Talbot
Manager, Press and Analyst Relations
[phone]
[e-mail]

Emily Strickland
Press Relations Manager
[phone]
[e-mail]

Product support contact:

Jeff Roberts
Product Marketing Manager
[phone]
[e-mail]

Return your evaluation unit to:

Lexmark International
740 New Circle Road
Lexington, Ky. 40550
Bldg. 200
Attn: Roger Coots, 859-232-2066
Airborne Express: Account # 39719901

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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.

For your convenience, this guide is divided into three parts:

• Part I: Information for your readers

• Part II: Testing the printer

• Part III: Additional resources

Photos: High-resolution product photographs are available at

http://www.lexmark.com/US/virtual_press_room/t420d_image_bank.html.

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Table of Contents

Part I: About the T420d.........................................................1

Key Editorial Statement.....................................................1

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

The Bottom Line................................................................5

Part II: Conducting Your Review...........................................6

Setting-Up the Printer........................................................6

What Should You Test? .....................................................7

Printer Speed Tests.........................................................10

Documentation ................................................................11

Part III: Additional Resources .............................................12

Returning the Printer to Lexmark ....................................14

Product Specifications.....................................................15

Press Release.................................................................17

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Part I: About the T420d

This section contains materials that you may find of interest when researching
your review story.

Key Editorial Statement

Fast. Small. Versatile. Affordable. Breakthrough. These words describe the
Lexmark T420d laser printer. Rated at 22 pages per minute (ppm), the T420
models offer standard duplex printing, time to first page (TTFP) output in 10
seconds, and a 50,000 paper per month duty cycle in a small desktop package—
all for just $6491.

Lexmark T420d: A World’s First

The Lexmark T420d is the world’s first sub-$650 laser
printer that includes automatic both-sides-of-the-paper
duplex printing as a standard, no-extra-cost feature.

Source: Lexmark

What’s the Big Deal about Duplex Printing?

How about cutting your paper cost by half? That’s what printing on both sides
does. Duplex printing is a trees best friend, utilizing the front and back of each
page for printing output.

Most users don’t think much about duplex printing. That’s because this capability
has never been widely available—and certainly never available at such a low
price.

Who Is the T420d for?

The T420d printer is designed to meet the needs of departmental and small­business users who demand the crisp output that only a laser printer can provide,
but who want it in an easy-to-use, high-quality printer. 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.

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Estimated U.S. street price; actual prices may vary.

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Top Features: Bullet Point Chart

Many reviews include a chart identifying a product’s top features. Here are the
top cool things you may want to include about the Lexmark T420d and T420dn
printers.

Lexmark T420d, T420dn Features

• Automatic both-sides duplex printing at no extra cost

• Smaller, faster, and more feature rich than hp LaserJet 2200

• 22 ppm output; 10 seconds to first page

• Overlay support eliminates need for pre-printed forms

• USB and parallel ports; T420dn adds Ethernet connection

• Up to 50,000 page-per-month duty cycle

• Works with Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Unix

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.

T420 Model Highlights

Model

T420d $649

T420dn $1,039

Source: Lexmark

Est. street
Price

Ports

USB,
parallel 16MB 272MB 200MHz

USB,
parallel,
Ethernet

Std.
RAM

32MB 288MB 200MHz

Max.
RAM

CPU

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