LEXMARK E330 TONER CARTRIDGE

Lexmark E330 Review

Overview:

The Lexmark E330 is a sleek high-performance desktop laser printer with fast printing speeds and reliable quality results, which is perfect for both home and business needs of the consummate user. With its sleek design and comely external features, the Lexmark E330 is perfect for small to medium size offices that rely on effective and efficient printing performance.

Pros:

The Lexmark E330 is a desktop laser printer capable of printing fast and clear monochrome print outs, with speeds of up to 27 pages per minute. This speed is up to par with most monochrome laser printers and also some top color laser printers that are able to print monochrome pages. The Lexmark E330 also has an incredibly fast first page print results, which takes less than 8 seconds. For its resolution, the Lexmark E330 packs a maximum 1,200 x 1,200 dots per inch quality, with up to 2,400 dpi for image quality. Standard resolution is set at 600 x 600 dpi with 1,200 for image quality. The Lexmark E330 has a 200 MHz processor, capable enough to handle monochrome print tasks. The Lexmark E330 is also laced with a standard 32 MB memory that can be upgraded up to 160 MB. This memory upgrade allows the Lexmark E330 to handle more complex and multiple print jobs.

For its connectivity, the Lexmark E330 features a standard bidirectional parallel port plus a USB port. The Lexmark E330 also has optional connectivity features, such as MarkNet 2000 series of external print servers that are supported to its parallel port; N4000e Ethernet print server supported through its USB port and an external serial adapter. For supported operating systems, the Lexmark E330 is compatible with Microsoft Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, NT 4.0, XP and server 2003; Linux; UNIX; Novell and MAC OS. For emulations, the Lexmark E330 supports PostScript 3 and PCL 6, plus PPDS Migration Tool. For fonts, the Lexmark E330 has 89 scalable fonts for PostScript 3 emulations, 84 + 5 scalable fonts for PCL 6, including OCR-A, OCR-B and 3 of 9 barcode. The Lexmark E330 also has bitmapped fonts up to 2 for PCL 6. For PPDS Migration Tool, the Lexmark E330 supports up to 39 scalable and 5 bitmapped fonts.

The Lexmark E330 has a standard input paper capacity of 250 sheets, with an additional capacity of 550 sheets, which makes the Lexmark E330's maximum capacity at 800 sheets. For its output paper capacity, the Lexmark E330 has up to 500 sheets, with a standard capacity of 250. For its paper trays, the Lexmark E330 has a 250-sheet tray, a 550-sheet drawer and a 550-sheet tray. For supported media types, the Lexmark E330 supports plain paper, card stock, envelopes, transparencies and paper labels. Acceptable media sizes include letter, legal, A4, A5, B5, executive, universal, statement and folio. For plain paper, the Lexmark E330 supports weight of up to 16-24 lbs. (60-90 g/m2). For card stock, the Lexmark E330 supports up to 9 lbs. Index (163 g/m2).

For its size, the Lexmark E330 has dimensions of 15.6 x 13.9 x 9.8 inches, making the Lexmark E330 small enough to fit in even small office spaces. The Lexmark E330 weighs around 22 lbs., which makes it pretty lightweight and flexible to be moved around in any office. Acoustic levels for the Lexmark E330 are at 52 dBA when in printing mode and at 30 dBA when the printer is in idle mode.

Cons:

For its speed in printing and its ergonomic and stylish design, the Lexmark E330's only flaw maybe its lack of color printing, as a lot of businesses have a significant need of color printing nowadays. Also, other printers that have color printing can rival Lexmark E330's speed in monochrome printing and its design, so the lack of color printing is a big letdown for users who do not wish to have two printers for monochrome and color print outs.