Lexmark

Lexmark (NYSE: [LXK])) is an American corporation. The company is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of printing and imaging solutions, including laser and inkjet printers, multifunction products and associated supplies and services for business and individual consumers worldwide.

Contents

1 History
2 Operations
3 Products

3.1 Hardware
3.2 Software

4 ACRA v. Lexmark
5 Lexmark v. Static Control Components Inc.
6 External links

History

Lexmark was founded in 1991 as a spin-off of technology corporation IBM's printer-manufacturing division. Lexmark became publicly held and traded in 1995.

Operations

The firm's corporate and research and development offices are located at the company’s headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, and has offices throughout North and South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. The company has more than 13,000 employees worldwide. Lexmark is a Fortune 500 company and had $5.22 billion in revenues in 2005.

Products

Lexmark X1150 inkjet multifunction printer

Hardware

Lexmark's Optra series laser printers are widely used in business applications, and its all-in-one models are extremely popular.

A list of Optra and other Lexmark products:

Lexmark 2380 proprinter
Lexmark 2480 proprinter
Lexmark Optra Lxn laser printer

Lexmark took over production of the IBM Model M Keyboard in the mid 1990s. The patent was sold several years later to Unicomp.

Lexmark's newest offerings include the following:

Lexmark C500n Color Laser
Lexmark C522n/C524n Color Laser
Lexmark T640 series (including the T642 and T644) work group mono laser printers
Lexmark X340n/X342n laser All-In-Ones
Lexmark X1270 All-In-One
Lexmark X2470
Lexmark X3470 All-In-One
Lexmark X642e, X644e and X646e/f work group All-In-Ones
Lexmark W840 hi-capacity mono laser printer
Lexmark X850e series (including the X852e and X854e) hi-capacity mono MFPs

Software

The company also offers an award-winning workflow and electronic forms software package called the Lexmark Document Solutions Suite (LDSS). The software features ten customizable solutions designed to streamline, optimize, and transform business processes:

Lexmark Document Distributor
Lexmark Document Producer
Lexmark Document Portal
Lexmark Data Transformer
Lexmark Document Solutions Desktop
Lexmark Document Portal Desktop
Lexmark Workflow Composer
Lexmark Forms Composer
Lexmark Forms Cards
Lexmark Workgroup OCR

LDSS is designed to fax, scan and archive documents to selected databases or electronic document management systems. The intent is to save processing time and labor costs, as well as reduce mailing and overnight charges and human error. The software can customize the eTask touch-screen interface on Lexmark's MFP and laser AIO product line.

ACRA v. Lexmark

A court victory in 2005 was handed to Lexmark in the case of ACRA v. Lexmark. This case states that Lexmark can enforce the “single use only” policy written on the side of Lexmark printer cartridge boxes sold to certain large customers at a discount, with the understanding that the customers will return the cartridges to Lexmark after using them. This means that these customers can face lawsuits if they breach the agreements, and do not return the cartridges.

Lexmark v. Static Control Components Inc.

Also in 2005, the US Supreme Court rejected Lexmark's petition for a writ of certiorari, thereby rejecting their attempt to have the Court hear their DMCA case.

External links

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