Lexmark Forms Printer 2481
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Sale3070169 High Yield Black Re-Inking Ribbon New 3070169 Minimum Qty = 6 (New) Retired, no longer available: Contact for alternatives |
Model Performance, Extremely Versatile
Speed: 9-wire fast draft: 510 characters per second (cps) in Fast Draft mode at12 characters per inch (cpi). Paper feed speed: Up to 7 inches per second (ips). Prints a wide range of media: 1+5 multi-part forms for 9-wire, plain paper and envelopes. Prints media of varying thickness: 9-wire: Up to 0.020". Noise level: a quiet 53 dBA (front microphone NLQ mode).
Easy to Use
New ergonomic design with intuitive operator panel. Easy paper handling assured by single sheets and continuous forms loaded simultaneously. Fewer user interventions, thanks to standard-yield re-inking ribbon -- prints up to 4 million characters (in Draft mode at 10 cpi). Optional high-yield re-inking ribbon -- prints up to 8 million characters (in Draft mode at 10 cpi). The Lexmark Forms Printer2400 series has a long printhead life for minimal user intervention. Six languages are supported in the setup menu: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.
Wide Range of Connectivity Options
Supports IBM PPDS emulation with euro support, EPSON emulation, optional Okidata MICROLINE emulation available for 9-wire only. Bidirectional parallel IEEE-1284 standard, USB standard, internal RS-232 serial option External Twinax and Coax Adapters for SCS , MarkNet X2000 Token-Ring and Ethernet print servers.
2481 Features:
| Resolution, Black: | 9-pin dot matrix 240 x 144 dpi |
| Speed (Draft): | 309 chars per second @ 10 cpi |
| Speed (Fast Draft): | 438 chars per second @ 10 cpi |
| Speed (Near Letter Quality): | 77 chars per second @ 10 cpi |
| Expandable Memory Options: | No |
| Memory, Receive Buffer: | 96 KB |
| Operating Systems Supported: | Microsoft Windows Me MS-DOS or IBM DOS 5.0 or higher Microsoft Windows NT 4.00 or higher Microsoft Windows 98 SE Microsoft Windows 95 4.00.950 or higher Microsoft Windows NT/2000 Microsoft Windows 2000 |
| Paper Handling Configuration (Standard): | Single sheet manual feed slot Bottom Tractor Feeder Front Tractor Feeder |
| Paper Handling Configuration (Optional): | Tractor 2 Feeder Automatic Sheet Feeder |
| Paper Sizes, Supported: | Wide Continuous Multiple Part Cut Forms - 9W(16.5" or 420.0 mm max page width, 3.0" or 76.2 mm min page width, 22.0" or 558.8 mm max page length, 3.0" or 76.2 mm min page length, 0.020" or 0.51 mm paper thickness) Wide Continuous Single Part Cut Forms(16.5" or 420.0 mm max page width, 3.0" or 76.2 mm min page width, 22.0" or 558.8 mm max page length, 3.0" or 76.2 mm min page length, 24 lbs max paper weight, 16 lbs min paper weight, 0.0035" or 0.11 mm paper thickness) Wide Sheet Fed Paper(14.33" or 364.0 mm max page width, 4.13" or 105.1 mm min page width, 22.0" or 558.8 mm max page length, 5.5" or 139.0 mm min page length, 24 lbs max paper weight, 16 lbs min paper weight) |
| Media Types, Supported: | Up to 1+5 Part Forms (up to 0.020" or 0.51 mm paper thickness) |
| Supplies Yields: | 4 million characters (draft mode at 10 cpi) - Re-Inking ribbon 8 million characters (draft mode at 10 cpi)- Re-Inking ribbon |
| Ports Supported: | USB - Lexmark recommends a V1.0 Compliant Cable PC Serial - Internal Serial option for RS-232 support Bidirectional parallel - Lexmark recommends an IEEE-1284 Compliant Parallel Cable |
| Network Operating Systems, Supported: | Microsoft Windows NT Server v3.1, 3.5, 3.51 and 4.0 SCO OpenServer 5.x Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 or later Red Hat Linux 5.2, 6.x or later Microsoft Windows 2000 IBM AIX 4.x Compaq Tru64 UNIX (Digital UNIX) UnixWare 2.1.x, 7 SGI IRIX 6.x Sun Solaris x86 2.5, 2.6, 7, 8 Sun Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7, 8 SuSE 6.1 Linux or later TurboLinux Workstation 3.6 or later HP-UX 10.x, 11.x Microsoft Windows 95/98 (peer-to-peer) Networking, Windows Me IBM OS/2 Warp Server IBM OS/2 LAN Server 3.0 and 4.0 |
| Network Connectivity: | MarkNet X2000 Series external Ethernet and Token-Ring print servers. |
| Printer Languages: | Epson Emulation IBM Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS) with Euro Support Okidata Microline Emulation Option |
| Font Selection: | Text: Fast Draft, Draft, Courier, Gothic |
| Pitches, Supported: | 10,12,15,17.1,20,PS |
| Maximum Print Line (inches): | 13.6 inches |
| Maximum Print Line (metric): | 345.4 mm |
| Size (base model): | 7.7"H x 25.0"W x 11.4"D 195mmH x 633.5mmW x 290mmD |
| Weight (base model): | 21.6 lbs. |
| Weight (base model), metric: | 9.8 kg. |
| Power and Electrical Specifications: | Nominal Input Voltage: 110V |
| Noise Level, Operating Front Mic Average, NLQ: | 53 dBA |
| Duty Cycle, Average: | 4 million pages per month |
| Duty Cycle, Maximum: | 8 million pages per month |
| MTBF: | 12,500 POH @ 25% duty cycle |
| Environmental Features: | Energy Star Compliant CSA Compliant UL Compliant FCC Compliant |