Lexmark's new multifunction solutions anchor company's vision for office of the future.LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 1999-- -- Distributed document capability puts control into hands of users; centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. management and installation tools help administrators lower costs and improve end user satisfaction -- Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LXK) today announced significant enhancements to its OptraImage line of multifunction solutions, including new built-in fax capabilities, three new value-priced digital multifunction solutions and three new OptraImage features. "The very affordable OptraImage solutions announced today give business customers the opportunity to place reliable and flexible document capabilities anywhere on the network, closer to the users who need them," said Lee Neyland, Lexmark's general manager for US Product Marketing. "When printing, copying and faxing is nearby, worker productivity goes up." OptraImage capitalizes on the award-winning strengths of Lexmark printing technology, including the powerful management features of MarkVision and other software tools. OptraImage provides affordable, centrally managed and distributed hard copy output solutions across the line of Lexmark printers. OptraImage has a simple user interface that is the same no matter which speed point the customer chooses. OptraImage provides an easy-to-use customer solution wherever color and monochrome Also called "mono." Refers to display screens that use one foreground and one background color; for example, black on white, white on black or green on black. The first terminals connected to mainframes and minicomputers were monochrome, and monochrome screens were widely used on early multifunction features are desired. The New Products Value-Priced OptraImage Solutions -- OptraImage SC 1275m ($3,299 US(a)) - a complete modular color multifunction solution based on the award-winning Lexmark Optra SC 1275 color laser printer A laser printer that prints in color using four toner cartridges (CMYK) of cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The colors are applied one at a time to the drum and are then adhered to the paper. See printer. -- OptraImage Color 1200m ($7,099 US(a)) - a complete modular color multifunction solution based on the award-winning Lexmark Optra Color 1200 page printer -- OptraImage S 2455m ($4,799 US(a)) - a complete modular multifunction solution based on the award-winning Lexmark Optra S 2455 monochrome laser printer OptraImage Features -- OptraImage 10m ($1,299) - an option to add copy and fax capabilities to the Lexmark Optra S or SC printers -- OptraImage 15m ($1,799) - an option to add copy and fax capabilities to the Lexmark Optra S and Optra Color 1200 laser printers -- OptraImage 24m ($2,899) - an option to add copy and fax capabilities to the Lexmark Optra S and Optra Se laser printers Fax Enhancements Convenience faxing is easier than ever with the send/receive capabilities of the new integrated modem on OptraImage's print server. Lexmark provides user flexibility by offering fax-from-glass and fax-from-driver capabilities. Walk-up faxing is easy with OptraImage; just place pages in the auto document feeder feeder abbreviation for self-feeders. Used in feeding groups of animals at intervals of several days. Feed has to be dry and comminuted so that it will run down the spouts from the hopper into the troughs. , enter the receiver's fax number and press the big green "Go" button. Customers purchasing the new OptraImage multifunction solutions can utilize the new fax support feature found in Lexmark's printer driver. With an option called the Optra S/Se Plus SIMM installed on the printer,(b) customers can send faxes directly from their workstation via the printer driver. This fax-from-driver capability transforms the OptraImage multifunction solution into a fax server for any workstation on the network. Print & Copy Enhancements Book-copy mode and separator sheet support The original OptraImage products offered features such as electronic collation COLLATION, descents. A term used in the laws of Louisiana. Collation -of goods is the supposed or real return to the mass of the succession, which an heir makes of the property he received in advance of his share or otherwise, in order that such property may be divided, together with the and multi-up printing to lower costs and increase productivity. New convenience features in this series of OptraImage products include a "book-copy" mode and transparency (1) The quality of being able to see through a material. The terms transparency and translucency are often used synonymously; however, transparent would technically mean "seeing through clear glass," while translucent would mean "seeing through frosted glass." See alpha blending. separator sheet capability. Book-copy mode copies two pages of a book, electronically splits them and then prints two pages at full size. Separator sheets interspersed between pages of a transparency copy job adds usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. to printed output by organizing the material more effectively. Print-and-Hold Features Lexmark printer drivers offer custom capabilities to access customer-defined features available in Lexmark printing solutions. Drivers for the Windows 95/98/NT Refers to all 32-bit versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000. It implies Windows ME and Windows 2000. It specifically excludes Windows 3.x. See Windows. environments now include multiple convenience features that give users more control over their print jobs, when used with the Optra S/Se Plus SIMM: -- Confidential Print - Lets users assign a personal identification number when sending a document to the printer. The job is printed when the user enters the PIN number at the printer control panel. This feature provides protection for confidential documents -- Reserve Print - Allows the user to store a print job at the printer and print it directly from the control panel of the printer. This feature is helpful for print jobs that are typically pre-printed (such as forms or letterhead) or for document-on-demand printing (policy manuals, user guides) -- Repeat Print - A quick way to get copies of the last print job, right from the printer control panel. This feature lets users print without returning to the application if they decide more copies are needed -- Verify Print - Prints only the first copy of a document and waits for an "OK" to proceed with additional requested copies. This feature is helpful for proofing the first copy of a document and helps to reduce wasted supplies Upgradeability The firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. in Lexmark's OptraImage products is upgradeable to allow for compatibility with future enhancements. Lexmark plans to offer additional scanning capabilities later this year, with OptraImage as the input device, for moving hardcopy information to the network. OptraImage can also scan information to a personal computer with optional hardware and software. Upgrade kits providing fax capability for current OptraImage customers are available for an estimated street price of $615 (US).(a) These upgrade kits include the new OptraImage user interface and internal print server with integrated fax/modem. Manageability Web OptraImage Solutions, when attached to the network, include a resident web page with a remote operator panel to view and change printer settings from a browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used without additional software. This feature puts additional management control at the hands of the LAN administrator See network administrator. (job) LAN administrator - A person who installs and maintains LAN hardware and software. A LAN administrator troubleshoots network usage and computer peripherals. who can see printer status or modify settings without a trip to the printer. MarkVision Reducing costs and improving the effectiveness of end-user support are challenges facing LAN administrators and IS/IT professionals. Lexmark's MarkVision software helps to manage hardcopy output devices. Customers can view printer status, collect, view and analyze printing, copying and faxing statistics, check the OptraImage firmware version, download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. new firmware from the Lexmark website and perform a host of other useful management functions. MarkTrack OptraImage multifunction solutions are supported in MarkTrack, Lexmark's sophisticated software for creating financial and administrative reports from a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. with data collected from SNMP-compliant hardcopy output devices. With MarkTrack, companies can efficiently balance output volumes, workloads and allocate To reserve a resource such as memory or disk. See memory allocation. costs by department. MarkTrack can also help to plan for future purchases for multifunction devices and supplies by analyzing actual output volumes segmented by users, departments or printers. MarkTrack catalogues usage and inventory information for printers from most manufacturers, including Lexmark, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Tektronix, Xerox and others. Availability The new OptraImage solutions and features will be available July 30 from Lexmark authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: resellers and Partners. For more information about Lexmark products or services, call 1-800-LEXMARK (1-800-539-6275). Lexmark International, Inc. is a global developer, manufacturer and supplier of printing solutions and products, including laser, inkjet and dot matrix printers A printer that uses hammers and a ribbon to form images out of dots. It is widely used to print multipart forms and address labels. Also known as a "serial dot matrix printer," the tractor and sprocket mechanism in these devices handles thicker media better than laser and inkjet printers. and associated consumable A material that is used up and needs continuous replenishment, such as paper and toner. "The low-tech end of the high-tech field!" supplies for the office and home markets. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Lexmark International Group, Inc. (NYSE: LXK). Lexmark is on the internet at www.lexmark.com. (a) Street prices are estimates; actual prices may vary. (b) Current Optra S and Optra Se printers only. Lexmark is a trademark of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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