The Lexmark E240 monochrome laser printer is aimed at small offices that need a fast and reliable monochrome laser printer that can produce high quality output and offer versatile media handling. The Lexmark E240 desktop printer features expandable options for the growing business, and the small footprint doesn't require much installation space, but it has been phased out by Lexmark and it may not be the best choice for printing graphics.
Design
The Lexmark E240 printer looks stylish with a sleek matte frame with minimal buttons and LED status indicators. It follows a universal build with two default paper trays concealed in front and a 150-sheet output bin on the topmost part. Connectivity options include parallel and USB 2.0 ports. The Lexmark E240 laser printer is fairly compact, measuring 16.7 inches in diameter, 18.1 inches wide, and 14 inches tall. It is easy to move because it only weighs 12.1Kg.
Advantages
Text documents are printed sharply in 600x600dpi, and in reasonably fast speeds of up to 27ppm. It is possible to upgrade the memory on the E240 mono laser printer to 80MB for better performance when shared by a small workgroup. The Lexmark E240 laser printer is also praised for its flexible media support. Installing cheaper "aftermarket" Lexmark E240 compatible toner cartridges can make this machine more affordable to run.
Disadvantages
It can only print in monochrome and colour graphics may appear a little darker than they should when printed in greyscale. Despite manual configuration of the brightness and contrast, graphics printed with the Lexmark E-240 still showed significant banding. Some users think that the Lexmark E240 is noisy when printing. The device could be better with built-in Ethernet.
