The Lexmark S 1650 Printer - A Fantastic Good Buy

The Lexmark S 1650 is a printer that is part of Lexmark's Optra series. This series has been discontinued for active sales, but it can be found online as refurbished models. If you think that buying refurbished equipment is right for you - look into the risks and benefits of doing this before you buy - then you may save some money with this printer and the compatible Lexmark S 1650 Toner.

The Lexmark company is a respected provider of computer accessories. Since it split from IBM in 1991, it has grown to where it now makes about five billion dollars in revenue every year. It has been listed as #5 in most admired companies of computer peripherals by Fortune magazine, and it has been given an A rating by the Better Business Bureau.

This Lexmark S 1650 is a monochrome printer with a capacity of 16 pages per minute using Lexmark compatible toner cartridges. Now, most small business operations will be fine with such a speed, but this may tax companies that have an extremely high volume (or if they print higher volumes periodically on bigger projects). If you don't think this will work for you, you will want to find another (hopefully affordable) option that better suits your needs.

Unlike its speed, it has a remarkable duty cycle. This Lexmark's duty cycle is rated at sixty-five thousand pages per month, which is sizable compared to the needs of most small offices. It is also upgradeable to a three thousand-plus tray (although it comes with a three hundred page tray standard).

It has good printing quality for the needs of small business. The S 1650 will print at resolutions as high as 1200 DPI (dots per inch), which is higher than most offices will use for standard printing-even professional printing. It does offer the crisp resolution of 1200 DPI, however, when image quality is especially important. This is good when you are printing some pictures of business graphics like charts and graphs, and you need the output to be great. Reviewers have found that it prints clean, smooth lines and that it completely fills sections of charts and graphs with no gaps. It also is reported to be great and feeding paper so there will be little paper jams.

This printer can be found at some online retailers for fewer than three hundred dollars. In its day the printer went on sale for much more, but it is now an older model and is usually only available as a refurbished or used printer. This might be a great price for you if you don't mind buying refurbished and you want a near professional-level laser printer designed for small business needs.

The Lexmark S 1650 toner is still being sold at conventional prices, however. In fact, the toner now comes close to costing as much as the printer itself does (this is fairly usual as toner can be expensive). There are two types of toner available: the standard and the high-capacity cartridge. The standard cartridge will print up to seven thousand and five hundred pages. The high-capacity cartridge will print seventeen thousand and five hundred pages for much less than twice the cost.

If you are looking for a bargain, the S 1650 with S 1650 Printer Cartridge is still available online, if you look hard enough. If the specs above meet what you need, the Lexmark toner cartridges and printer are a great deal. Quality printer toner always makes the best printers better.

- Ben Pate