LEXMARK NOW SELLS BLACK OEM INK
CARTRIDGES FOR $5.00 !!!
With the
shear number of vendors that show up at the Consumer Electronics Show in
Las Vegas, a company usually has to do something pretty flashy in order
to get attention. However, Lexmark has won a CES Innovations award (in
Computer Peripherals category) for a product, the Platinum Pro905 Inkjet
All-in-One, whose best feature is that it can save businesses a nice
chunk of change by lowering the standard cost of ink cartridges.
For
its top-of-the-line Platinum Pro905, Lexmark cartridges now cost $4.99
for black ink, which equates to about $0.01 per page. The three color
cartridges cost $9.99 each, so a replacement for all four cartridges
will cost about $35. That’s a nice savings over most color inkjets in
which four replacement cartridges can typically add up to between
$75-$125.
Lexmark said that it heard loud-and-clear from its
small business customers that they were tired of paying so much for
inkjet cartridges and that they resented the “razor blade scheme” of
buying cheap printers and then having to overpay for cartridges.
The
cost of the Pro905 itself is $399 retail. The other value proposition
is that it comes with a five-year limited warranty.
The device
functions as a printer, copier, scanner, and fax machine. In addition to
Ethernet, it has 802.11n wireless built-in. Lexmark also recently
launched an iPhone app called LexPrint that allows iPhone users to print
photos directly from their smartphones.
The Pro905 has a 4.3?
color touchscreen that includes functionality for Web-connected printer
apps, which Lexmark calls SmartSolutions. I’ve never really gotten the
concept of wanting to have apps on a printer (HP has been touting this
recently, too). However, in the demo that I got at CES the Lexmark
people did a nice of job of explaining that these apps are like macros
for common tasks. For example, if you regularly scan documents and then
email them to your lawyer or accountant, you can use an app to automate
it for you. Just put the document in the Pro905, activate the app, and
press a button.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfNCF2mkWLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5T7rnc92vk
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=29164