Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:51:32 -0400 From: "Mark Dodel" Subject: [VOICENWS] HW: Lexmark E322 OS/2-supported laser printer Forwarded message from Alex Taylor on Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:34:14 UTC Posted on comp.os.os2.misc In case anybody's interested, Lexmark Canada has recently cut the MSRP on the E322 laser printer by nearly a third. It _was_ about CDN $650; now it's CDN $462.50 (around USD $330). http://www.lexmark.com/Canada/printers/laser/E322/index.html This is the successor product to the E312 (which was reviewed as a good OS/2 mono laser in VOICE a few years ago ). The noteworthy thing about this printer is that it's PostScript capable. (Supported languages are PCL6 and PostScript level 2). It's very unusual to find a PostScript printer in this price range. Since the printer supports both PCL6 and PostScript, there is a choice of two OS/2 drivers. Both may be downloaded from the Lexmark Canada website. There is a modified IBMPCL5 driver supporting this printer as a PCL printer. There is also the latest PSCRIPT.DRV (also available from the IBM DDPak) which supports it as a PostScript printer. I found a supply at this online retailer: http://www.directdial.com/ca/shop/item/prod.asp?item_num=08A0200 selling for at CDN $416 (just under USD $300). Interestingly, although the retailer has both US and Cdn sites, only the Canadian side seems to carry this item. Anyway, I bought one and it arrived yesterday. So far, it seems good. I'm using the latest PSCRIPT.DRV and the printer works under both Warp Server Advanced (which is serving it) and eCS 1.1. The only issue I see is that the 'manual duplex' option (i.e. the feature where you print one side of each page, then feed the paper in backwards and print the other sides) doesn't seem to be supported by the OS/2 driver. At least, I haven't found a way to support it. I've only printed a few sheets so far but the quality seems good. The printer is spec'd at 16 PPM and definitely seems fast (although the warm-up time takes several moments if nothing has been printed in about 5 minutes). The package included a power cable, several CDs which I haven't explored at length, a special 'prebate' toner cartridge, and the manuals. It does not include a parallel printer cable. I suspect Lexmark cut the price on this printer because they're about to discontinue the model (probably in favour of the E323). I notice the Lexmark US site already lists it as unavailable, although the price was never reduced. I can only assume the Canadian company has a surplus they need to sell off. In any case, anyone who's looking for a decent mono laser printer with OS/2 support might want to consider it. (DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated with Lexmark or DirectDial in any way.) -- Alex Taylor http://www.cs-club.org/~alex ---END FORWARDED MESSAGE--- -- Warpstock 2003 - San Francisco, California, October 18-19 http://www.warpstock.org [Moderator's note: Because of the incredible increase in SPAM lately I will now endeavor to add DESPAM to email addresses in all posts to the News list. Yes I know that the ReplyTo and From addresses are not modified. This action is to protect email addresses that will appear in HTML pages. If you wish to send a response to someone listed in the post be sure to remove the "DESPAM" from any email address in the body of the post.] -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajor at os2voice.org unsubscribe news end If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedback at os2voice.org