Lexmark International’s Printing Solutions and Services Division (PS&SD) delivers high-powered printing solutions to all types of businesses - from the small office to the large corporate enterprise. Years of printing industry leadership, coupled with a close relationship with its customers, allow Lexmark to develop high quality, easy-to-use business products and services.

When Lexmark was spun-off from IBM in 1991, its business printer line consisted of two laser printers and eight dot-matrix printers. Today, Lexmark is a leader in the development and manufacturing of the world's most innovative and technologically advanced printing solutions, serving customers ranging from the small office/home office (SOHO) user to large, corporate enterprises.

Printing Costs 1-3% of Corporate Revenue
Printing costs 1-3% of corporate revenue. Enterprise printing is costing companies around the globe a small fortune. And, it's only going to get worse unless CIOs, CFOs and CEOs take steps to gain control of a critical business function - and expense - that's rapidly spiraling out of control.

Despite previous predictions that paper would some day magically disappear, today’s businesses are printing more than ever. Xplor, an organisation that tracks the digital hardcopy printing space, estimates that paper use is growing six to eight percent each year and that the number of pages printed between 1995 and 2005 will more than double. The average worker prints 33 Internet pages each day. And, for every US$1 billion of revenue, an average corporation generates 88 million sheets of paper - a pile over seven miles high.

The cost of printing all these pages is hitting the bottom line of corporations virtually without notice. Analysts estimate that hard and soft dollar costs of enterprise printing represent between six and 15 percent of corporate revenue. Breaking it down further, Lexmark estimates that hardcopy output costs alone equal one to three percent of a company's total revenue. At these rates, a US$1 billion company is spending US$10 million to US$30 million on printing without even knowing it.

Companies that evaluate their hardcopy infrastructures can reduce these hard dollar costs by up to 20 percent, meaning that a US$1 billion enterprise can save US$2 - $6 million in output related costs each year. These savings come from optimising output assets, printing more intelligently and streamlining business processes by moving paper-based information back into the electronic realm. These digital conversions, turning paper-based information into electronic information, can help speed up business, which can ultimately mean more revenue.

A Printing Industry Pioneer
Lexmark pioneered laser printer technology in the 1990s. Lexmark was the first printer company to offer 600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) monochrome laser printers, 1200 x 1200 dpi monochrome laser printers and a 12 page per minute (ppm) colour laser printer. The Lexmark T, W, E and X families of printers offer customers compatible features and common user interfaces, supplies and paper-handling capabilities. The modular structure of Lexmark's laser printers allows customers to buy only what their businesses need, with the option of adding on as their business grows. Augmenting this convenient scalability are Lexmark's multifunction solutions, a powerful array of attachments that are designed to affordably consolidate multiple pieces of office equipment into a single unit and provide powerful faxing, copying and network scanning capabilities.

Lexmark owns the primary technology in its network laser printers, from the toner formulation inside the laser cartridge to the print management software loaded on the network server, enabling the company to efficiently develop and manufacture the most innovative and technologically advanced printer products.

Lexmark understands that each business has different colour printing needs. Whether for preparing proposals, presentations, graphic designs or digital imaging, Lexmark's colour printers provide businesses with unmatched print quality and speed. When it comes to colour, Lexmark makes it easy for businesses to achieve professional results at affordable prices.