Lexmark Forms Printer 2491

 
 
 
 


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Lexmark 2491 Printer
Lexmark 2491 Printer
Lexmark 2491-100 Forms Printer
Fully refurbished with 90-day warranty
2491-100 12T0400


Lexmark 2491-200 Forms Printer
New
2491-200 12T0046 (New)

Retired, no longer available: Contact for alternatives


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12t0151
12T0151 2481 2491 4227 Automatic Sheet Feed (Wide)
Fully refurbished with 90-day warranty
12T0151



12t0154
12T0154 24XX 25XX Serial interface
Fully refurbished with 90-day warranty
12T0154
$69.71



12T0154 24XX 25XX Serial interface
New
12T0154 (New)
$73.13



12t0153
12T0153 2481/2491 Tractor 2 (Wide)
New
12T0153 (New)

Retired, no longer available: Contact for alternatives



12t0240
12T0240 Coax Adapter for SCS (24xx)
New
12T0240 12T0048 (New)
$87.46



12t0241
12T0241 Twinax Adapter for SCS (24xx)
Fully refurbished with 90-day warranty
12T0241 12T0091



Ribbons

3070166 Standard Yield Black Re-inking Ribbon
New
3070166 Compatible Minimum Qty= 6 (New)



3070169 High Yield Black Re-Inking Ribbon
New
3070169 Minimum Qty = 6 (New)
$35.00



Model Performance

Speed: 24 wire, fast draft: 465 characters per second (cps) at 12 cpi. Paper feed speed: Up to 7 inches per second (ips) Prints a wide range of media: 1+3 multi-part forms for 24-wire, plain paper and envelopes. Prints media of numerous sizes: 3" to 11.7" x 5.5" to 22". Prints media of varying thickness: 24-wire: Up to 0.014". 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 Printer 2400 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.



Lexmark Forms Printer 2491
Resolution, Black:360 x 360 dpi ; 24pin dot matrix
Speed (Draft):274 chars per second @ 10 cpi
Speed (Fast Draft):409 chars per second @ 10 cpi
Speed (Near Letter Quality):91 chars per second @ 10 cpi
Expandable Memory Options:No
Memory, Receive Buffer:75.9 KB
Operating Systems Supported:Microsoft Windows Me
Microsoft Windows 95 4.00.950 or higher
Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows NT/2000
MS-DOS or IBM DOS 5.0 or higher
Microsoft Windows NT 4.00 or higher
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+3 Part Forms
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:Novell NetWare 3.x, 4.x, 5.x (including full NDS and NDPS support)
HP-UX 10.x, 11.x
Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 or later
Compaq Tru64 UNIX (Digital UNIX)
Microsoft Windows 2000
IBM AIX 4.x
SCO OpenServer 5.x
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
IBM OS/2 LAN Server 3.0 and 4.0
Red Hat Linux 5.2, 6.x or later
TurboLinux Workstation 3.6 or later
Virtually any platform supporting TCP/IP
Microsoft Windows NT Server v3.1, 3.5, 3.51 and 4.0
Microsoft Windows 95/98 (peer-to-peer) Networking, Windows Me
IBM OS/2 Warp Server
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:13.6 inches
Size(base model):7.7"H x 25.0"W x 11.4"D
195mmH x 633.5mmW x 290mmD
Weight (base model):21 lbs.
Power and Electrical Specifications :Nominal Input Voltage: 110V
Noise Level, Operating Front Mic Average, NLQ:53 dBA
Duty Cycle, Average:4 million characters per month
Duty Cycle, Maximum:8 million characters per month
MTBF:12,500 POH @ 25% duty cycle
Environmental Features:Energy Star Compliant
CSA Compliant
UL Compliant
FCC Compliant
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