A color laser multifunction aimed squarely at small offices and work groups. Lexmark X500n prints, scans, copies, and faxes, and does it all quickly and well. It’s one of the fastest lasers multifunctional printers and its excellent speed doesn’t come at the expense of print quality. It’s also one of the more affordable lasers to maintain.
The Lexmark X500n measures 21 inches tall, 19 inches wide, and 17.2 inches deep, and weighs a hefty 77 pounds. The multifunction unit of the printer sits atop the printer comprises a flatbed scanner, an automatic document feeder, and the control panel. The control panel is basic and well-organized.
The X500n uses four toner cartridges: black, cyan, magenta, and yellow. Each cartridge is offered in regular- and high-capacity versions. The regular black costs $90 and yields about 2,500 prints, while the high-capacity version costs $134.70 and yields about 5,000 pages. Each regular color cartridge costs $98.45 and produces about 1,500 pages, while the high-capacity versions cost $119.70 apiece and yield about 3,000 pages.
The cheap Lexmark X500n features a 366MHz processor and 128MB of memory. It offers both USB and Ethernet connectors, so it can be connected directly to a PC or on a network for a multi-user environment and also provides faxing for $500.
At scanning, the Lexmark X500n cheap printer is the fastest printer compared to other same price printers. Printer prints 6.30ppm for grayscale and 6.23ppm for color. Finally, for copying using the automatic document feeder, it is a speed demon: 14.65ppm. This machine is a workhorse! Its black text prints is basically perfect. Black graphics were also very good.
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