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1991Lexmark formed as spin-out from IBM. Launches dot matrix
and laser printers under IBM brand. Sets up Operation
ReSource cartridge recycling scheme in North America.
1992 Launches frst Lexmark/IBM co-branded printers. Introduces
frst inkjet printer, the IBM Color Jetprinter PS4079.
1993Introduces frst Lexmark-developed mono inkjet engine.
1994 Introduces frst Lexmark-developed colour inkjet engine.
Launches frst 1200 x 1200dpi laser printers – the Optra
series.
1995Lexmark goes live on the web. Becomes a public company
listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Launches its frst
colour laser printer (the Optra C) and the industry’s frst
colour inkjet multifunction printer/copier/scanner/fax.
1997 Announces industry’s frst
1200 x 1200 dpi inkjet
printer (the Lexmark 7000
Color Jetprinter).
1998Sets up Lexmark Solution
Services for customised
printing applications.
1999 Takes frst steps
in Managed Print
Services with asset and
consumables management, maintenance services and
consulting. Introduces frst Lexmark laser MFPs.
2001 Unveils frst Lexmark-developed
colour laser printer, the single-pass
Lexmark C750. Launches frst printer
with an e-Task touch-screen interface
(the Lexmark X820e).
2002 Strategic alliance to produce Dell
inkjet and laser printers.
2003 Launches Lexmark Document
Solutions Suite. Announces Lexmark
equipment recycling service.
2004 Extends ReSource recycling to inkjet cartridges and renames
it Lexmark Cartridge Collection Programme.
2005Introduces frst all-in-one inkjet printer with a colour LCD
screen (the Lexmark P4350).
2006 Introduces Lexmark Embedded Solutions Framework open
architecture solutions platform.
2007Wireless printing included on 8 out of 12 new inkjet devices.
2009 Introduces world’s frst web-
connected inkjet all-in-ones.
Launches world’s frst single
function mono A4 laser printer with
colour touchscreen display (the
Lexmark T656dne).
2010Acquires Perceptive Software
workfow and document
management company. Introduces
Genesis all-in-one with Flash Scan
technology for 3-second scans.
Bulletin
Canon has extended its
uniFLOW print management
solution to mobile devices,
such as tablets and
smartphones, enabling
customers to offer employees
and visitors a driverless
printing solution governed by
the same security and cost
control features as network
printing activities, with the
ability to measure, track and
charge back mobile printing
costs.
UniFLOW version 5.1 allows
smartphone or tablet users to
send jobs to a uniFLOW-enabled
printer as easily as they can
from their normal PC simply by
sending an e-mail. As well as
removing the need to download
a new application or drivers, this
system means that users don’t
even need to be connected to
the corporate network to print.
Alternatively, they can send
jobs to a printer via a web
browser or, for mobile workers
with laptops, via NT-ware’s
internet printer driver.
uniFLOW v5.1 can create
a print job from the body text
of an email as well as from
attachments, including PDFs,
Microsoft Offce fles and more
than 300 other formats. It
can also be used to download
and print documents from
GoogleDocs, SharePoint Online
and any FTP site via a link.
Organisations retain full
control of printing, as even
mobile users have to enter
a PIN code or use a printer’s
card authentication system
to output a print. Moreover,
IT administrators can modify
functionality by user group
to prevent visitors, part-time
employees or consultants from
scanning to email, for example.
www.canon.co.uk
Canon brings mobile printing to unifow Lexmark: 1991-2011
Highlights from the Kentucky printer
company’s frst 20 years.
Toshiba joins cloud printing
alliance
Toshiba has become the latest
company to join Cortado’s
Cloud Printing Alliance. Cortado
Workplace app, the world’s No. 1
cloud printing solution with more
than 150,000 users worldwide,
gives users 2GB of free storage
space and the ability to print to
devices connected by WiFi or
Bluetooth. The Cortado Hosting
Center has drivers for thousands
of printer models, removing the
need for users to install them.
www.cloud-printing-alliance.
com
Wireless Direct Printing
HP has added HP ePrint Wireless
Direct to its mobile printing
offering. Included on HP’s latest
printers, this new feature allows
users to connect to a device
without the need for a network
or internet connection. Instead
users create a peer-to-peer
connection between a WiFi-
enabled mobile device and the
printer.
www.hp.com/go/mobile-
printing-solutions.
Epson
Epson Connect brings wireless,
driverless printing to the
company’s latest printers
including the newly launched
Epson Stylus Offce BX305FW
Plus, BX630FW and BX935FWD.
Customers can either email a
document to a printer’s unique
email address using Email Print
or communicate directly with a
WiFi-enabled device via the new
Epson iPrint app for iOS and
Android.
www.epson.com/connect
in brief...
Web-connected:
The Platinum Pro
3-second scan:
Lexmark Genesis
Single function,
colour screen:
Lexmark T656dne
Canon’s frst MEAP-enabled single
function printer, the LBP7680Cx, can be
integrated with Canon’s uniFLOW print
management solution. The printer
features Adobe PostScript Level
3 support and print speeds of
20ppm in B&W and colour.
Prices start at £399.