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BUYERS LABORATORY INC.

Lab Test Report

A Comprehensive BLI Laboratory Evaluation

Lexmark T430dn

32 PPM

Manufacturer: Lexmark International, Inc.; Lexington, KY; made in China.
Test period duration: Two months, including a 32,500-impression durability test.
Manufacturer’s recommended monthly volume: Up to 65,000 impressions.
BLI’s recommended monthly volume for optimum performance: Up to 18,000 impressions.
Type: Desktop, laser printing, cut-sheet bond paper, dry toner, monocomponent developing

system, heat and pressure fusing.
Controller: Lexmark controller based on a 366-MHz processor.

PERFORMANCE RATINGS

Overall Rating ......................................................... Recommended

Reliability ...................................................................................... Excellent

Misfeeds ................................................................................................0

Service Calls .........................................................................................0

Print Quality

Text ................................................................................................. Good

Line Art ...........................................................................................Good

Halftone Range .............................................................................. Good

Halftone Fill .................................................................................... Good

Solids .............................................................................................. Good

Pricing Analysis ............................................................................ Excellent

Supplies Cost Per Page ...................................................................1.563¢

Ease of Use .................................................................................. Excellent

Status Information .................................................................... Excellent

Administrative Utilities .............................................................. Excellent

Productivity ......................................................................................... Good

Suggested retail price: $849.

LAB
REPORT

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General Appraisal

The Lexmark T430dn provided a solid performance in BLI’s two-month evaluation, completing its
32,500-impression test without experiencing even a single misfeed and requiring no service of any
kind. Along with its flawless reliability performance, another strength of the T430dn demonstrated in
BLI testing was its ability to efficiently process files. It excelled at producing BLI’s job stream, a 19­page test suite consisting of five different file formats that simulates the type of traffic a device might
experience in a typical real-world multi-user environment, completing the job stream faster than any
other monochrome printer tested. Based on a 366-MHz processor, the T430dn produced competitive to
faster-than-average first-page times for all five tested file formats. In addition, the T430dn demonstrated
competitive overall simplex efficiency rates from both the PCL and PostScript drivers.

With a maximum true resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi, the T430dn earned BLI’s highest rating for all types
of print jobs. BLI test technicians noted that little, if any, toner spray was evident around characters,
the edges of circles were smooth and displayed no stair-stepping, and grayscale transitions were clearly
visible across a wider range than that produced by most tested 600-dpi print engines. (It should be noted
that when printing at true 1200 x 1200 dpi, the Lexmark T430dn outputs print jobs at about half of its
rated speed.)

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Connectivity

While parallel and USB ports are standard and a wide range of network interfaces are available as
options, the Lexmark T430dn was connected to BLI’s test network via its standard 10/100BaseTX
Ethernet interface. Bundled with the unit is Lexmark’s Web-based print management utility, MarkVision
Professional. MarkVision Professional is a very flexible and powerful network management tool.
Capable of identifying all Lexmark and even non-Lexmark printers on a network, the utility makes
setup on the network easy.

MarkVision Professional provides extensive device status and print job status monitoring capabilities,
including real-time feedback when a client module is installed at the workstation or limited real-time
feedback when accessing the utility via a Web browser. In addition, MarkVision Professional 10.2
includes enhanced user authentication and security features to limit unauthorized access, such as
print server password conformance for supported devices, LDAP user authentication utilizing SSL or
Kerberos and Print Permissions Technology that allows the administrator to restrict access to certain
printer functions.

Administrators may limit access to the MarkVision Professional Web server by assigning privileges to
individual users and/or groups. Administrators can use MarkVision Professional to create sub-folders
with filters attached, such as low on toner, so that any device reporting low toner will appear in that
folder. And, with MarkVision Messenger, a component of MarkVision Professional, administrators
can receive e-mail alert messages based on errors or alerts, such as low on toner, as well as take an
inventory of all printers on the network, record all printing data and export that data to a database or
spreadsheet.

The Lexmark T430dn can also be managed via its embedded Web page. By accessing the page via a Web
browser, the user or administrator can view printer status, the amount of consumables (such as toner
and the maintenance kit) remaining, view and modify printer settings, generate usage and configuration
reports and view basic printer information (such as memory and options installed). In addition, users
and administrators can also obtain feedback via a status window that may be accessed from either print
driver. The status window provides real-time pop-up messages regarding status information and may be
configured by the end user to open whenever a print job is sent, only when an error occurs at the device,
only when a warning is sent regarding the device or print job, or to remain minimized on the taskbar
where the icon will flash until the window is opened by the user.

BLI technicians also found the T430dn’s PCL and PostScript print drivers well-laid-out and easy to
use. Lexmark provides PCL 6 and PostScript 3 drivers for Windows 95, 98, NT 40, 2000, Me and
XP, Macintosh, UNIX, Linux and IBM iSeries. Further enhancing ease of use are the unit’s simple
procedures for loading paper, adjusting paper drawers and clearing paper jams. The unit also employs
a user-replaceable all-in-one print cartridge (containing both the toner and the drum), which BLI
technicians found easy to replace, and a fuser kit, which did not require replacement during the test
period.

Other noteworthy features include the T430dn’s standard and maximum memory capacities of 64
MB and 320 MB, respectively, both of which are competitive. Lexmark also offers its optional Optra
Forms software, a printer-based batch document formatting and electronic forms printing solution that
allows forms, fonts, and formatting information to be stored in the printer. Data sent to the printer is
reformatted, positioned on the page, converted to bar codes if required, and merged with the encoded
form or page as it prints. The addition of the optional Optra Forms 16- or 32-MB Flash Card allows
users to store many commonly used documents and forms (designed with Optra Forms software) in
flash memory inside the printer. Another option, Lexmark’s ImageQuick Card, allows users to store

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forms or documents on a Web site or central server and print the latest version from the printer control
panel. The ImageQuick allows for the direct printing of HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PCX, DCX, Windows
BMP, TIFF, PostScript, PCL and Text files without using an application or a printer driver. A component
of the ImageQuick Card, the Drag’N’Print Utility, allows users to print multiple Web pages, documents
or image files simply by dragging and dropping them on to the printer icon for any printer on a LAN
using TCP/IP.

Pricing Analysis And Summary

The Lexmark T430dn is priced more than $800 less than the average for legal-size monochrome printers
in its speed range with similar standard features, including duplex and network connectivity, though
the unit’s standard paper capacity is less than half that of competitive units. In addition, the T430dn’s
supplies cost per page is competitive with that of other tested monochrome printers in the same speed
range tested by BLI to date.

Summary

Based on its outstanding reliability, excellent ease of use, good print quality, thorough network
management utilities and good economy, BLI recommends the Lexmark T430dn for small to mid-size
workgroups, provided it is configured with additional paper drawers, in need of a monochrome laser
printer with monthly print volumes of up to 18,000 impressions.

Advantages

• With an estimated street price of $849, the T430dn is priced 49% less than the average ($1,673) for competitive
monochrome laser printers. In addition, cost per page is competitive with tested printers in this speed range.

• Text, line art, halftones and solids produced by the T430dn received BLI’s highest image quality rating.

• First-print times for all file types used in testing (Word, PageMaker, TIFF, PDF and JPEG) are competitive to
above average from both print drivers. In fact, when printing from the PCL driver, the T430dn demonstrated first
print times for the TIFF, PDF and JPEG files that are the fastest of competitive laser printers tested to date.

• One of the most thorough and flexible utilities BLI has evaluated to date, MarkVision Professional makes setup
on the network easy, and can identify all Lexmark printers, as well as non-Lexmark printers, on a network.

• MarkVision Professional also provides extensive device status and print job status monitoring capabilities,
including real-time feedback when a client module is installed at the workstation or limited real-time feedback
when accessing the utility via a Web browser.

• The T430dn demonstrated the fastest first page time out of energy save mode, which, at only 10.39 seconds, is
only two seconds more than when the printer is in a ready state.

Shortcomings

• The T430dn demonstrated below average overall duplex efficiency rates from both drivers.

• The standard and maximum paper capacity, at 350 and 1,100 sheets, respectively, are below average.

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FEATURES

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Automatic features:

Auto tray switching, auto paper-size detection.

Energy-save mode:

Reduces power consumption from a maximum of
530 watts to 13 watts after a default 60 minutes
of non-use (user-selectable in one-minute incre­ments from one minute to 240 minutes).

Interface(s):

Standard USB, parallel and 10/100BaseT.

Tested memory:

64 MB of RAM.

Client operating system support:

Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, Me and XP; Ma­cintosh; UNIX; Linux; and IBM iSeries.

Network operating system support:

NetWare, Windows, UNIX, Linux, IBM iSeries
and AppleTalk.

Print drivers:

The Lexmark T430dn includes two print drivers:
PCL 6 and PostScript 3.

Fonts:

91 PCL, 91 PostScript and 44 PPDS.

Resolution modes:

600 x 600 dpi, 1200 x 1200 dpi and two interpo­lated resolution modes (1200 IQ, offering 1200­x-600-dpi resolution, and 2400 IQ offering 2400­x-600-dpi resolution).

Bypass:

The 100-sheet bypass accommodates sheets
ranging in size from 3" x 5" to 8.5" x 14" and in
weight from 16 to 43 lbs.

Control Panel

Type:

Lexmark T430dn control panel consists of a
two-line, 32-character LCD display and five hard
keys (Menu, Select, Return, Go and Stop), and
one LED indicator.

Languages:

The Lexmark T430dn’s control panel has 15

different languages available (English, French,
German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian,
Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish,
Hungarian, Turkish and Czech).

Lexmark T430dn Control Panel

Lexmark T430dn Accessories

250-sheet drawer: $163
500-sheet drawer: $216
250-sheet tray: $87
External serial adapter: $102.06
N4000e Ethernet: $129
MarkNet X2031e 10/100BaseTX: $350
MarkNet X2030t Token Ring: $563
MarkNet X2012e 10/100/10Base2: $265

802.11g Wireless Print Server: $149
Parallel Cable (10 ft.): $24.99
USB Cable (2 Meter): $18.90
16-MB Optra FormsFlash Card: $529
32-MB Optra FormsFlash Card: $724
16-MB Flash Card: $217
32-MB Flash Card: $411
16-MB RAM: $150
32-MB RAM: $289
64-MB RAM: $549
128-MB RAM: $879
85-envelope feeder: $276
ImageQuick Card: $251
Optra Forms 3-Key Security: $478.80
Japanese Font Card: $224
Korean Font Card: $224

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TEST RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS

Test equipment:

BLI’s dedicated test network, consisting of Windows 2000 servers, Windows 98, 2000 and XP worksta­tions, 10/100BaseTX network switches and CAT5 cabling.

Reliability

PMs/Malfunctions Service Required (Impressions) Service

Meter count (beginning of test) 0

End of test period 32,000

Total misfeeds/misfeed rate 0 / Not applicable

Total Service Calls 0

Meter Count Impressions Between

Maintenance

Lexmark does not schedule PMs; instead, the user
performs preventive maintenance when changing
user-replaceable consumables.

Guarantee/Warranty:

The Lexmark T430dn is backed by a one-year
LexExpress warranty.

Service pricing:

Lexmark offers different types of extended war­ranties for the T430dn, including a one-year
LexExpress extended warranty ($79), a two-year
LexExpress extended warranty ($149), a three­year LexExpress extended warranty ($249), a
LexOnSite Exchange first-year upgrade ($89), a
one-year LexOnSite Exchange extended warran­ty ($149), a two-year LexOnSite Exchange ex­tended warranty ($279), a three-year LexOnSite
Exchange extended warranty ($449), a LexOn­Site Repair first-year upgrade ($49), a one-year
LexOnSite Repair extended warranty ($139), a
two-year LexOnSite Repair extended warranty
($269), and a three-year LexOnSite Repair ex­tended warranty ($419).

LexExpress, Lexmark’s overnight-exchange ser­vice, includes free telephone support, air express
delivery of an exchange printer the next business
day and a prepaid shipping label for the defec­tive printer (or Lexmark will provide shipping

costs for the printer to be repaired and returned,
rather than exchanged, at the user’s discretion).
LexOnSite Exchange, Lexmark’s next-day on­site exchange service, includes free telephone
support, a prepaid shipping label for the defec­tive printer, air express delivery of an exchange
printer the next business day and dispatch of a
Lexmark-trained technician to install the re­placement printer. LexOnSite Repair, Lexmark’s
next-day on-site repair service, includes free tele­phone support and dispatch of a Lexmark-trained
technician (usually the next business day) for on­site printer repair.

Ease of Operation

Documentation:

Good. The Lexmark T430dn is bundled with a
printed setup guide, quick-reference sheet and
two CD-ROMs. The first CD-ROM contains the
drivers and utilities (MarkVision, IP Setup utility,
Status Window); the second CD-ROM contains
the user’s guide, setup guide and quick-reference
sheet in PDF format.

Ease of use:

Good. The Lexmark T430dn is easy to use from
the desktop via the well-laid-out PCL 6 and Post­Script 3 print drivers. The auto-install feature

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made setup and installation of the driver easy.

Feedback to PC workstations:

Good. A “Status” window is accessible through
either the PCL or PostScript print driver. Users
may choose from four selections to determine
when the Status window will open: Always dis­play makes the minimized Status window pop up
whenever a print job is sent, regardless of wheth­er or not a problem occurs; Display on Errors
makes the window pop up only when a device
or print job error occurs; Display on Warning
makes the window pop up only when a warning
is sent regarding device and/or print job status;
and Run Minimized prevents the window from
popping up by keeping it minimized on the task­bar, where the icon will flash until the window is
opened by the user.

In addition, with MarkVision Professional, Lex­mark’s Web-based network management utility
(see “Connectivity”), the administrator can cre­ate e-mail alert messages for specific events to be
sent to designated individuals. It should be noted
that each user must have MarkVision Profes­sional Client installed at his or her workstation in
order to access detailed status information. Re­gardless of whether or not MarkVision Profes­sional Client is installed at the workstation, us­ers can access information through the T430dn’s
Web page, although the Web page offers only
limited real-time feedback through a Java applet
(loaded when the Web page is launched). Real­time feedback is limited to the error messages
that that occur on the T430dn.

Device status:

Yes. Information on device status is available
when using the MarkVision Professional network
management utility (when the administrator has
given privileges to the user), by accessing the
T430dn’s print server via a Web browser, or by
selecting the “Status” window check box in the
print driver. See “Feedback to PC workstations.”

Print job status:

No.

Paper status:

Yes. Information on paper size, but not the
amount of remaining paper, is available using
the MarkVision Professional utility, the Status
window and/or the Web page.

Ease of removing misfeeds:

Good. Five access points for removing mis­feeds.

Ease of loading paper:

Good.

Auto paper-size detection:

Yes.

Auto tray switching:

Yes. If the T430dn is configured with another
drawer that contains the same size paper, the
printer will switch drawers and continue printing.

Ease of adjusting paper drawers:

Good. The paper drawers have two separate slide
guides—one for length and one for width—to ac­commodate sheets ranging in size from 5.5" x 8.5"
to 8.5" x 14" and in weight from 16 to 28 lbs.

Operator error:

None.

User Replaceable Consumables

High-yield (return) print cartridge:

Price, $206. Manufacturer’s declared yield (in
accordance with ISO/IEC 19752 standards),
12,000 pages. The ISO Standard Test Page has
roughly 5% page coverage.

High-yield (non-return) print cartridge:

Price, $237. Manufacturer’s declared yield (in
accordance with ISO/IEC 19752 standards),
12,000. The ISO Standard Test Page has roughly
5% page coverage.

Standard-yield (return) print cartridge:

Price, $131. Manufacturer’s declared yield (in
accordance with ISO/IEC 19752 standards),
6,000. The ISO Standard Test Page has roughly
5% page coverage.

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Standard-yield (non-return) print cartridge:

Price, $154. Manufacturer’s declared yield (in ac­cordance with ISO/IEC 19752 standards), 6,000
pages. The ISO Standard Test Page has roughly
5% page coverage.

Lexmark T430dn Toner Cartridge

TESTED TONER YIELD / SUPPLIES COST PER PAGE

Ease of replacing toner cartridge:

Good. The process for replacing the print car­tridge, which includes the drum and toner in a
single assembly, was clean and straightforward.

Net Weight
(In Grams)

Black

1

Toner cost per page is based on Lexmark’s Web pricing for the high-yield return print cartridge

and BLI’s tested toner yield based on an original with 5% page coverage.

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The supplies cost per page is based on Lexmark’s Web pricing and BLI’s tested toner yields for

the high-yield return print cartridge.

282.3 13,177 46.68 1.563¢ 1.563¢

Toner Yield

(Impressions)

Print Quality

Text: Good
Line art: Good
Halftone range: Good
Halftone fill: Good
Solids: Good

Comments:

Output produced by the Lexmark’s PCL 6 print
driver at 600 x 600 dpi was good overall. There
was little if any toner spray, which gave the text a

Impressions

Per Gram

Toner

CPP

3

Supplies

4

CPP

clean appearance. Although the lines forming the
circumference of the circle appeared somewhat
thin and weak, line art was good overall, with
thin lines on dark backgrounds clearly defined.
Grayscale showed consistent toner coverage
within fill levels over a much broader range than
would be expected from a 600-dpi engine.

Halftone range:

Clearly visible from 1% to 93% dot-fill levels,
with distinct transitions between levels.

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Density of solid black printed image (based on four
readings corresponding to four different locations
on the original):

Print Productivity

600 x 600 dpi

1200 x 1200 dpi

Typical halftone range for 600-dpi engines:

4% to 84%.

Range, 1.36 to 1.44 (on a scale of 0 to 2.5, with

2.5 being as dark as would be possible under
most circumstances).

Average Speed
(including first page)

30.32

15.05

Density range for products in this class tested to
date:

0.98 to 1.74.

Throughput Capabilities/
Materials

Ability to process self-adhesive address labels: Yes.

Ability to process transparencies: Yes.

Ability to process envelopes: Yes.

BLI’S TESTED PRINT SPEEDS

Print speed is tested using BLI’s Test
Original (with 5% page coverage). The test
page is printed in a quantity equal to dou­ble the vendor’s rated print speed for the
device in each mode tested (e.g., if the
vendor’s rated print speed is 20 ppm, 40
pages are printed). The Lexmark T430dn’s
print speeds were tested at 600 x 600 dpi
and 1200 x 1200 dpi using the PostScript
3 driver.

0 10

5 15 20

25 30

Pages Per Minute

TESTED FIRST-PRINT TIMES (POSTSCRIPT)

First-print time out of energy-save mode: 10.39 seconds.

Windows 2000 Word PageMaker Photoshop Acrobat Photoshop

File Type

File Extension

Pre-Raster File Size

Post-Raster File Size

First-Print Time
(seconds)

All files are printed in a quantity equal to twice the manufacturer’s rated speed for the device. The ras­ter times/print speeds were tested at 600 dpi using the PostScript 3 driver.

First-print time indicates the time it took to RIP, image and deliver the first page of the test document
set to the output tray.

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Text Graphic/Text Graphic Graphic/Text Graphic

DOC PM TIF PDF JPG

114 KB 116 KB 20 MB 426 KB 248 KB

104 KB 71.8 KB 28.9 MB 771 KB 1.34 MB

8.48 8.52 33.55 10.64 9.72

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TESTED FIRST-PRINT TIMES (PCL)

First-print time out of energy-save mode: 10.39 seconds.

Windows 2000 Word PageMaker Photoshop Acrobat Photoshop

File Type

File Extension

Pre-Raster File Size

Post-Raster File Size

First-Print Time
(seconds)

All files are printed in a quantity equal to twice the manufacturer’s rated speed for the device. The raster
times/print speeds were tested at 600 dpi using the PCL 6 driver.

First-print time indicates the time it took to RIP, image and deliver the first page of the test document set
to the output tray.

Text Graphic/Text Graphic Graphic/Text Graphic

DOC PM TIF PDF JPG

114 KB 116 KB 20 MB 426 KB 248 KB

79.3 KB 10.6 KB 592 MB 415 KB 902 KB

8.58 8.34 11.12 10.27 8.55

OVERALL PRINT EFFICIENCY

SIMPLEX

20 40 60 80 100%0

SETS

64.22%

1

68.75%

90.31%

5

92.13%

95.00%

10

95.84%

97.13%

20

97.47%

86.67%

Overall

88.55%

DUPLEX

20 40 60 80 100%0

41.06%

43.00%

50.19%

50.69%

51.34%

51.59%

52.09%

52.25%

48.67%

49.4%

PCL

PostScript

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BLI obtains the overall efficiency percentage by dividing the tested speed of
the device by the rated speed and then multiplying by 100 for each run length.
All jobs are based on a 10-page document printed at 600 dpi using the PCL 6
and PostScript 3 drivers.

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Job Stream Evaluation

A job stream consisting of nine files (a mix of Word,
Excel, HTML, PowerPoint and e-mail) is sent to a
paused print queue. All files are monochrome or
mixed color and monochrome and consist of five
or fewer pages (total of 19 pages). Timing begins
when the queue is released and ends when the last
page of the job stream exits the device.

Time to completion of all print jobs:

42.22 seconds.

Range for printers tested to date:

42.22 seconds to 15 minutes, 1.88 seconds.

Problems encountered: None.

Applications compatibility (units are tested for
compatibility with Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft
PowerPoint 2000, Microsoft Publisher, Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 and Adobe Acrobat 5.0 using 25
application test files, which contain text, graphics,
halftone images, tables, etc. enabling BLI technicians
to evaluate memory usage, file processing, font­rendering and grayscale capability): Good.

Send once/print many:

Yes. The file sent to the printer from the PC was
the same size regardless of whether or not col­late was selected from the Windows print screen
within an application or from the driver. Output
was properly collated.

Connectivity

General:

The Lexmark T430dn was connected to BLI’s
test network/PC via its standard 10/100BaseTX
Ethernet/USB interface.

Embedded Web page:

Yes. The Lexmark T430dn’s embedded Web page
allows the user or administrator to view printer
status and remaining life of consumables (such
as toner and the maintenance kit); view/modify
printer settings; print usage and configuration re­ports; and view basic printer information (such
as memory and options installed).

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Lexmark T430dn PostScript 3 Driver

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Lexmark T430dn Embedded Web Page

Included software:

The T430dn ships with PCL 6 and PostScript 3
print drivers, as well as the MarkVision Profes­sional management utility.

Administrative Utilities

MarkVision Professional is a very flexible and
powerful network management tool, which can
identify Lexmark and non-Lexmark printers
on a network; documentation on MarkVision
Professional lists other printers with which the
utility is compatible. Like other Lexmark printers,
the T430dn is designed to be alert-based, allowing
the printer to report errors to the management
utility when they occur so that users do not have to
proactively request status information (this should
help reduce network traffic).

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At the workstation, end users may access
MarkVision simply by using their Web browser
or they may install a client module of MarkVision
Professional. Capabilities of the powerful
utility include the ability to limit access to the
MarkVision Professional Web server by assigning
privileges to individual users and/or groups, and
to create sub-folders of the “All Devices” folder
with filters attached (such as low on toner, so
that any device reporting low toner will appear
in that folder). MarkVision Professional 10.2 also
includes enhanced user authentication and security
features to limit unauthorized access, such as
print server password conformance for supported
devices, LDAP user authentication utilizing SSL
or Kerberos and Print Permissions Technology that
allows the administrator to restrict access to certain
printer functions.

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The MarkVision server software also includes the
MarkVision Messenger program, which allows the
MarkVision server to run another application or send
an e-mail message based on an event occurrence
of a printer or group of printers. MarkVision
Professional also has the ability to take an inventory
of all printers on the network and record the data

(the data may be customized by using filters), as
well as export the data to a database or spreadsheet.
The feature of exporting data may also be used in
conjunction with MarkVision Professional’s job
accounting feature, which requires the installation
of the optional hard disk.

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MarkVision Professional Device Discovery

Feedback is also available via a status window
that may be accessed from either print driver.
The status window provides real-time pop-up
messages regarding status information and may be
configured by the end user to open either whenever

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a print job is sent, only when an error occurs at the
device, only when a warning is sent regarding the
device or print job, or instead of opening, to remain
minimized on the taskbar where the icon will flash
until the window is opened by the user.

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Consumables monitoring:

Yes, via the embedded Web page or via the Sta­tus window. Users can access the embedded Web
page to obtain information on remaining life of
consumables, such as toner and the maintenance
kit; information regarding the amount of toner
remaining is also available from the Status win­dow.

T430 Status Window Toner Information

T430dn Status Window

ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS

Electrical system:

110-127V, 50/60 Hz, 6.9 amps. The unit tested
has a three-wire cord (grounded) and carried UL
approval for the United States and Canada.

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Paper fault:

None. (Georgia-Pacific Spectrum Xerographic
Bond and Georgia-Pacific recycle paper con­taining 30% post-consumer fiber were used in
this test unit.

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

SRP/Street Price (USA): None/ $849
SRP (Canada): INA
Manufacturing Status: Current
Domestic Intro Date: October 2004
Engine Mfr/Model/Ctry: Lexmark/ T420/ China
Rated Engine Life: INA
Monthly Duty Cycle: 65,000 pages

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS PAPER HANDLING

Configuration: Desktop Std/Max Paper Source(s): 2/3
Technology: Laser Std/Max Paper Capacity: 350 sheets/1,100 sheets
Controller (Mfr/Model): Lexmark Max Paper Size (W x L): 8.5" x 14"
Processor/Bits/MHz: INA/INA/366 Max Print Area (W x L): INA
Memory (Std/Max): 64 MB/320 MB Paper Weights (Drawer): 16-lb to 24-lb bond
Hard-Disk Drive: None Std Output Capacity: 150 sheets
PDLs/Emulations: PostScript 3 Other Output: None
PCL 6* MP Tray Capacity/Weights: 100 sheets/16-lb bond to 90-lb index
PPDS Automatic Duplexing: Standard

INTERFACE/CONNECTIVITY FEATURES

Client OS Support: Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/2000/Me/XP Resident Fonts: 91 PCL
Macintosh, UNIX, Linux, IBM iSeries 91 PostScript
Network Support: NetWare, Windows, UNIX, Linux 44 PPDS
IBM iSeries, AppleTalk RIP Once/Print Many: Standard
Standard Interface: USB, Parallel, Secure Print: Standard
10/100BaseTX IPP (Web) Support: Optional
Optional Interface: 10Base2 Ethernet Collation: Standard
Token Ring, Serial Auto Int/Emul Switching: Yes/Yes
Print Mgmt Software: MarkVision Professional Other: Print and hold

SPEED AND RESOLUTION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Speed (Mono/Color): 32 ppm Display Type/Characters: LCD/32
Unenhanced Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi, 1200 x 1200 dpi Noise Level (Printing/Idle): 55 dB/0 dB
Enhanced Resolution: 2400 Image Quality Dimensions (H x W x D): 10" x 16" x 16.7"
Weight (Base Unit): 31.5 lbs

COLOR Power Reqs (V/Hz/Amps): 110/60/INA

Type: Not applicable Max Power Consumption: 530W
Color Management: Not applicable Energy Star Compliance: Yes
Color Depth (Bits): Not applicable Warranty: One-year LexExpress

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COMMENTS

First-page time: 8 seconds; 9.8 seconds from power-save mode.*Also Code 3 of 9, OCR-A, OCR-B.
Secure print and hold functions from operator panel

SUPPLIES OPTIONS

Toner: High-yield (return) 250-sheet/500-sheet drawer: $163/$216
Yield: 12,000 pages 250-sheet/500-sheet tray: $87/$103
Coverage: ISO/IEC 19752 (~5%) External serial adapter: $102.06
Price: $206 N4000e Ethernet/802.11b Wireless: $129/$199
Toner: High-yield cartridge MarkNet X2031e 10/100BaseTX: $350
Yield: 12,000 pages MarkNet X2030t Token Ring: $530
Coverage: ISO/IEC 19752 (~5%) MarkNet X2012e 10/100/10Base2: $265
Price: $237 16-MB/32-MB Optra FormsFlash DIMM: $529/$724
Other: Return/Non-return cartridge 8-MB/16-MB Flash DIMM: $415/$541
Yield: 6,000 pages each 16-MB/32-MB RAM: $150/$289
Coverage: ISO/IEC 19752 (~5%) 64-MB/128-MB RAM: $549/$879
Price: $131/$154 85-envelope feeder: $276

Not available = Info not provided by MFR. Specs were obtained from manufacturer/distributor and not confirmed by BLI testing.

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