Contact: Emily Rardin

Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI), a leading independent printer testing laboratory, recently honored Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) with several of its most prestigious awards.

Lexmark was recognized as BLI’s Fall Pick of the Year for “Most Outstanding Monochrome Printer Line of the Year” and for “Outstanding Achievement in Control Panel Design.”

Lexmark also received “Outstanding Printer of the Year” awards in the following categories from BLI: Personal Non-networked Monochrome Printer (Lexmark E240), Personal Networked Monochrome Printer (Lexmark E342n), Mid-Size Workgroup Monochrome Printer (Lexmark T640n), Large Workgroup Monochrome Printer – Legal (Lexmark T644dtn), Large Workgroup Monochrome Printer – Tabloid (W840dn), and Monochrome Multifunction Printer (Lexmark X634dte).

Lexmark’s current monochrome laser printer line-up ranges from the E240, which is a 27 pages-per-minute (ppm) device starting at $199, to the W840, which offers 50-ppm performance starting at $2,299.

“Lexmark’s monochrome printers continually perform well in our lab testing,“ said Paul DePaolo, BLI senior test engineer. “From their entry-level personal printers to their large workgroup and departmental models, these printers are solid workhorses that have easily stood up to our rigorous in-house testing.”

Lexmark’s award-winning operator panel was designed to make it easier for customers to use the device. It features graphical help messages, a convenient USB port for the direct printing of files from a flash storage device and a 10-digit number pad for the easy entering of PIN numbers for confidential jobs.

“We have focused our development efforts on customer-driven innovations that uncomplicate printing for our customers,” said Paul Rooke, Lexmark executive vice president and president of its Printing Solutions & Services Division. “The new operator panel is just one example of how our laser printers take ease of use to a whole new level. We are very proud to receive such high recognition from BLI for our accomplishments.”