Lexmark T420d User manual

Reviewer’s Guide
Lexmark T420d
Duplexing Monochrome Laser Printer

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Contact references
Refer your readers to:
1-800-LEXMARK
Press relations contacts:
Jeanne Talbot
Manager, Press and Analyst Relations
[phone]
[email protected]
Emily Strickland
Press Relations Manager
[phone]
[email protected]
Product support contact:
Jeff Roberts
Product Marketing Manager
[phone]
[email protected]
Return your evaluation unit to:
Lexmark International
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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 small-
business 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.
1Estimated 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 Est. street
Price Ports Std. RAM
Max.
RAM CPU
T420d $649
USB,
parallel 16MB 272MB 200MHz
T420dn $1,039
USB,
parallel,
Ethernet
32MB 288MB 200MHz
Source: Lexmark

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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
T420d LJ 2200
Price2$649 $649
Duplex printing
Standard $100 Option
Speed 22 pgs. / min. 19 pgs. / min.
Size (WxHxD) 16" x 10.2” x 16.7" 16” x 10” x 17.1”
Footprint 267 sq. in. 274 sq. in.
Cost per page $0.0193 $0.0198
Duty cycle 50,000 pgs. / mo. 40,000 pgs. / mo.
Time to first page
10 seconds <15 seconds
Std. memory 16 MB 8 MB
Processor 200MHz 133MHz
Resolution 1200 quality 1200 x 1200
Source: Lexmark for T420d; hp Web site for LaserJet 22203.
Speed comparison. The network models of several comparably priced printers
were given the same files to print. When comparing the total print times of all files
used in the test, the results were as follows:
The Lexmark T420dn performed
•232 percent faster than the Hp LaserJet 2200dn
•145 percent faster than the Brother HL-1870N
•118 percent faster than the Xerox Phaser 3400N
•96 percent faster than the Kyocera Mita FS-1900N
2U.S. street prices are estimates; actual prices may vary.
3http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/un/WF05/18972-236251-236263-14638-28861.html

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Speed test comparisons were performed by QualityLogic Inc., an independent,
third-party testing firm retained by Lexmark to perform an industry-standard suite
of printer performance tests.
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
companies. The following bullets and chart identifies Lexmark’s entire
monochrome laser product line as of February 2002 and let’s you see where the
T420d and T420dn fit.
•The affordable E320 targets home, home-office, and small-business users
with its USB and parallel connectivity while the E322 adds built-in Ethernet
•The look-alike T520, T522, T620, and T622 (the “T” series) are perfect
departmental printers; the four models offer a range of output speed and
options such as stapling, bin sorting, and the ability to connect Lexmark’s
flatbed copier/scanner/fax multifunction unit
•The “W” series offers large-format printing and high monthly duty cycles
Lexmark Monochrome Laser Printers
Model Web
Price
Max.
Media
Speed
(ppm)
Maximum
Resolution
E320 $299 8.5” x 11” 16 600 x 600
E322 $419 8.5” x 11” 16 600 x 600
E322n $619 8.5” x 11” 16 600 x 600
T420d $649*8.5” x 11” 22 600 x 600†
T420dn $1,099*8.5” x 11” 22 600 x 600†
T520 $699 8.5” x 11” 20 1200 x 1200
T522 $899 8.5” x 11” 25 1200 x 1200
W812 $1,499 11” x 17” 26 600 x 600†
T620 $1,159 8.5” x 11” 30 1200 x 1200
T622 $1,489 8.5” x 11” 40 1200 x 1200
W820 $2,099 11” x 17” 45 1200 x 1200
Source: Lexmark *Street price
†1200 IQ print quality

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Reader Info Box
The information in this table may be useful as you compile information for your
review’s reader information box.
Reader Info Box
Lexmark T420d, T420dn
In brief Lexmark’s T420d is the world’s first
laser printer with duplex printing as a
standard feature for less than $650.
With its ultra-compact size, duty
cycle of 50,000 pages per month
and speed of 22 ppm, the T420d is
the only printer that many small
businesses or corporate
departments will ever need.
Price4T420d, $649
T420dn (network-ready), $1,099
Weight 30.3 lbs.
Dimensions 16" x 16.7" x 10.2" (W x D x H)
Speed Up to 22 ppm or up to 12 page sides
per minute when duplexing; TTFP in
less than 10 seconds
Warranty One year limited LexExpress
Vendor Lexmark International Inc.,
Lexington, Ky.
Web site www.lexmark.com
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. However, the T420d
rates at 50,000 pages per month, fully 25 percent more than the 40,000 page
duty cycle of the hp LJ 2200. And, of course, the T420d offers both-sides
automatic duplex printing for the base $649 price. You would have to pay an
extra $100 to get duplexing in the hp LaserJet 2200.
4U.S. street prices are estimates; actual prices may vary.