The printer was also immediately available for IPP service, which we accessed via Windows 2000 client machines using standard procedures. The administrative software is robust in both standalone and Web-page versions. You can use these utilities for everything from accessing front-panel controls to updating your printer s ROMs. Depending on the printer model, you can configure from 70 to more than 80 different events that can produce sound or visual warnings for administrators or users. There is also a job logging feature that can track print jobs in a database file, making handling charge-backs and other accounting tasks easier.
Lexmark printers are some of the best from a management perspective.
There is even a print security feature for confidential documents. Print quality was good. Solid areas of black had good coverage, and photographic images were well rendered. Text was sharp. The only output flaws we noticed were that some pages showed faint signs of ghosting when dark images were printed above a large area of light gray.