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The Lexmark X832e monochrome multifunction laser printer recently received a Spring Pick of the Year award from Buyers Laboratory (BLI). The multifunction device features Lexmark’s eTask interface and offers users extensive solutions that can be customized to meet their individual workflow needs.

“We reserve our Pick of the Year award for the best of the best, and the Lexmark X832e definitely falls into that category” said Marlene Glazer Orr, printer industry analyst with BLI. “We were greatly impressed with the ease of use and image quality of this unit.” The Lexmark X832e also received a perfect rating for reliability, completing BLI’s rigorous 125,000 impression durability test without a single misfeed or service call.

"We are very proud of the functionality this machine brings to our customers through the eTask interface and are excited by the praise and recognition it has received from leading industry publications like Buyers Laboratory," said Paul Rooke, Lexmark executive vice president and president of its Printing Solutions and Services Division. “At 45 ppm, the X832e can easily meet the demands of large enterprise workgroups and is a great option for customers looking to improve their workflow and output environments.”

For additional information about the X832e and other Lexmark offerings for enterprise customers, please visit www.lexmark.com or call 1-800-LEXMARK.

About Lexmark
Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) makes it easier for businesses and consumers to move information between the digital and paper worlds. Since its inception in 1991, Lexmark has become a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of printing and imaging solutions for customers in more than 150 countries. Lexmark reported $5.3 billion in revenue in 2004, and can be found on the Internet at www.lexmark.com.

About Buyers Laboratory
For over 40 years, Buyers Laboratory has been the leading independent office equipment test lab and business consumer advocate. In addition to publishing the industry’s most comprehensive and accurate test reports on office document imaging devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing in the company’s 10,000-square-foot lab, BLI has been the leading source for extensive databases of specifications and pricing on copiers, printers, fax machines and multifunctional products. The company’s databases, which cover more than 6,000 products and have a long-standing reputation for being the most reliable and complete, are available to subscribers in the form of printed specification guides, as well as CD-based and online product comparison software programs.

With its Buyers Alliance program, Buyers Lab also provides comprehensive purchasing support services to business consumers in the process of acquiring office equipment, which includes creating customized RFPs and conducting on-site document imaging device usage assessments. In addition, Buyers Laboratory provides a vast array of confidential for-hire custom testing services, including document imaging device beta testing, print controller testing, and the testing of consumables, such as paper, toner, ink, transparencies and photoconductors.
For more information on Buyers Laboratory, please visit www.buyerslab.com, call (201) 488-0404 or e-mail info@buyerslab.com.

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