Lexmark C746dn

 

Printing is an essential part of a workplace, and you should make sure that you get high quality print outs everytime at a cheaper price. This is a specific consideration when you are printing various kinds of graphics which may be necessary for the handouts like graphs, pictures, and charts, especially when trying to give out a pitch. Luckily, the Lexmark C746dn fits perfectly to the description. It is perfect for a medium sized pool of employees. At a cheaper price in comparison to other printers, you will get top notch print quality.

 

Design

The Lexmark C746dn was designed to accommodate a medium sized workforce. At a cheaper price compared to other printers in its class, it comes at a cheaper price tag. However, the price does not speak directly regarding its capacity as a printer. It is capable of handling as much as 85,000 pages per month. Though this might not be as large of a volume compared to other printers, it is still a good performance considering its price.

 

Features

• Weight: 55.56 lbs.

• Dimensions: 17.9 * 17.1 * 15.7 inches

• Product Type: Laser printer

• Maximum Print Speed: 35 pages per minute (Mono and Colored)

• Maximum Print Resolution: 2,400 * 1,200 dpi

• Automatic duplex printing

• Processor speed: 800 MHz

• Standard Memory: 512 MB

• Ethernet Technology: Gigabit Ethernet

• Media type: Paper Label, Card Stock,  Transparency, Plain Paper, Envelope, Vinyl Label,  Specialty paper

• Input Trays: 2 (Installed); 6 (Supported)

• Input Media Capacity: 4,300 (Maximum) ,650 sheets (Standard);

• Duty Cycle: 85,000 pages per month

• Platform Supported: Mac, SPARC, PC

 

Pros

The Lexmark C746dn is the printer that is best suited for a medium sized pool of employees. It is cheaper compared to its competition in the same class; however, it can produce the same high quality print that others do. Therefore, you get the same quality of printed documents and images at a price lower than standard.

 

In addition, its predecessor, the Lexmark CT48dn has been compared to the Lexmark C746dn in print speed and both showed capable of printing 35 pages per minute - colored and monochrome. This is significantly faster compared to other printers in the same class. The advantage of the C746dn over C748dn is that it cost cheaper with virtually the same quality and speed. It is a good bargain to begin with.

 

Cons

Though the Lexmark C746dn provides good quality printing, especially with the images, it does not bode as well with texts. It cannot print fine print as well as the other printers available in the market. Such quality is not suitable for printing a resume where visual presentation is everything. However, this might not be much of a deal to most, and can be considered as a minor drawback. 

 

Conclusion

The Lexmark C746dn is a printer which is capable of handling a decent amount of workload, capable of printing as much as 85,000 pages per month. This makes it perfect for medium sized workload. In addition, its cost is way below those which it is up against, making it a better choice, though it produces the same quality. However, such quality does not apply to texts. It is not a good printer choice when printing a document which requires impressive visual appearance such as a resume, the Lexmark C746dn is not recommended