Lexmark T640 Monochrome Laser Printer

• Altitude: 10000 ft Operating, Dimensions: 13.6" Height x 16.6" Width x 19.6" Depth, Duplex Printing: Manual Duplexing, Expansion Slots: 1 x Internal Card Slot, First Print Speed: 6 Second Monochrome , Fonts: 5 x PPDS Bitmap Fonts, Fonts: OCR-A/B Fonts - Scalable PCL 5e, Fonts: 158 x Scalable PostScript Fonts, Fonts: 2 x PCL Bitmap Fonts, Fonts: 39 x Scalable PPDS Fonts, Fonts: Scalable Fonts - 3 of 9 PCL 5e fonts in Narrow, Regular and Wide, Fonts: 84 x Scalable PCL Fonts
• Frequency: 60 Hz , Humidity: 8 to 80% Relative Humidity Operating, Input Voltage: 110V AC, Interfaces/Ports: IEEE 1284 - Parallel, Interfaces/Ports: USB 2.0 - USB, Language Emulation: PDF v1.5, Language Emulation: PCL 6, Language Emulation: Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS), Language Emulation: PostScript 3, Maximum Memory: 576MB, Maximum Mono Print Speed: 35 ppm, Maximum Print Resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi, Media Handling: 1 x Input Tray 250 Sheet, Media Size: Custom Size
• Media Handling: 1 x Multipurpose Feeder 100 Sheet, Media Size: Envelope No. 10 - 4.12" x 9.5" - , Media Size: Letter - 8.5" x 11" - , Media Size: Statement - 5.5" x 8.5" - , Media Size: A4 - 8.27" x 11.7" - , Media Size: B5 - 7.17" x 10.12" - , Media Size: B5 Envelope - 6.93" x 9.84" - , Media Size: DL Envelope - 4.33" x 8.66" - , Media Size: Executive - 7.25" x 10.5" - , Media Size: A5 - 5.83" x 8.27" - , Media Size: C5 Envelope - 6.38" x 9.02" - , Media Type: Envelope
• Media Size: Envelope No. 7 3/4 - 3.88" x 7.5" - , Media Size: Envelope No. 9 - 3.88" x 8.9" - , Media Size: Folio - 8.5" x 13" - , Media Size: Legal - 8.5" x 14" - , Media Type: Card Stock, Media Type: Label, Media Type: Dual Web Label, Media Type: Plain Paper, Media Type: Transparency, Media Weight: Card Stock - Up to 110 lb , Media Weight: Plain Paper - 16 lb to 47 lb , Pages Per Month: 200000, Platform Support: Mac, Platform Support: PC, Platform Support: SPARC
• Print Color: Monochrome, Print Resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi Monochrome , Print Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi Monochrome , Print Speed: 33 ppm Maximum Monochrome A4, Print Speed: 35 ppm Maximum Monochrome Letter, Print Technology: Laser, Print Yield: 6000 PageBlack Toner Cartridge, Processor: 400MHz , Product Series: T, Shipping Dimensions: 17.75" Height x 20.38" Width x 23.25" Depth, Sound Emission: 30 dB(A) Idle Mode , Sound Emission: 53 dB(A) Operating Mode , Standard Memory: 64MB

I have purchased two Lexmark T640s from ceigreen. Both have been in excellent condition, and priced great. Our business owns about 12-15 over these printers; our software supplier demands we use them. Great printer, good print speed. Only problems arise when refilled toners are used. Recommend using only new Lexmark supplies. (No, this is not a paid sales pitch; just experience.)

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I installed this printer a year ago at a non-profit I work for. It has a couple of gotchas, which caused us massive grief for a few months.

If you print via the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), the printer will crash periodically on seemingly random jobs. When it crashes, it doesn''t automatically reboot. Reconfiguring your print server or desktops to use the LPD (or other protocols) will fix the problem. Lexmark has all but forgotten about this printer, and hasn''t offered a software update since May of ''07, and the frequent crashes are not addressed on their support site, but *are* mentioned all over the internet. :-)

We are a PostScript based shop (but really just print Word and Excel documents), and this printer''s emulation software is adequate, but unbelievably slow. I wrote some simple PostScript test pages which fly out of our other printers, but not the T640. When warmed up, time to first page varies from 5 to 60 seconds.

The printer is *very* eager to print. The moment a print job starts downloading, the fans, rollers and drum fire up in anticipation. Then they shut off twenty seconds later because the PostScript interpreter hasn''t finished rasterizing the page. It makes you get up from your chair ("It''s printing!") only to fake you out. :-)

Generally, PostScript benefits from having more available memory, so I added 512MB to the thing, and it really didn''t make much difference.

So yeah, the printer does what it''s supposed to. Just slowly.

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I have had this printer installed at my place of business for about 1 year. I have constant paper jams from the add-on tray 2 that I purchased with the machine. This I believe is due to a design flaw which puts the pick up roller on a swing arm above a non spring loaded sloped bottom tray. The roller comes down to pick up the paper and it''s not precise enough so paper jam occurs. I have improved the performance somewhat by adding a 1/2" block to the tray to raise the paper some more.

Bad design as well if you are using the multi use tray (for checks, etc). Pickup roller is at the left end of the tray (instead of in the middle like the HP), so the paper goes in crooked and sometimes jams.

The add on tray is also huge leading you to believe you can fill it right up (like with the HP), but you can only fill it half way, and the tray that comes with the printer only holds about 100 sheets.

Another minor annoyance is that when you want to use the multi use tray, instead of defaulting to that tray when there is paper in it, you have to select it every time.

Bottom line: spend the extra money and get the HP. I wish I did.

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Works great. Had to replace current T640 (it is 6 and 1/2 years old) so I was able to find this one refurbished for a decent price and it is working great.

I''m in accountant and print multiple huge daily reports. I have had this printer since 2008 and I love it! It prints fast and I change the toner once a year! I don''t know why the other 2 reviewers have had problems, but I''m even considering buying this model for my personal home use.