Lexmark Optra t610 – A Quality Machine For The Home Office
Most printers are made for one of two groups: the power user, typically working out of an office, or the home user, who requires ease and only the most basic of features. That’s as true now as it ever was. However, go back several years and you find a printer by Lexmark that struck an excellent balance between power and ease. And if you can find one, perhaps on an online auction or classified-ad site, it still makes a good buy. We’re talking about the Lexmark Optra T610 and Optra t610 toner. With this model, Lexmark proved that a printer can be a powerful printer and yet retain all of the ease of use features that a novice would need.
Need to fit a printer in a small space – or just optimize the space you have? The Lexmark Optra T610 answers that need as well. It has a unique distinctive boxy design, which allows it to fit easily in small spaces, as well as provide ease in carrying it. Setting up this model for use takes only about five minutes; this includes installing the software. And don’t forget about the toner cartridge, it also installs quickly and easily.
So much for the ease of use; now let’s talk about the power features. The Optra T610 had a paper tray which holds a respectable 350 sheets. Even more impressive was that the printer could also accept as many as three extra paper trays, giving you the possibility of 2,000 sheets. This truly was a printer that could serve dual duty, at home and at the office. That means, of course, that it worked well for a home office, too, or for the person at work who never mastered a lot of high-tech accessories.
Let’s look again at printing speed. This printer typically prints 12 pages per minute, though it can potentially print as many as 15 pages a minute. And the printing is done with few delays. Of course, every printer is going to have the occasional paper jam. However, with this model, it is easy to extract the offending paper, due to the printer’s simple front-opening design.
With printing that quick, what type of quality should you expect? The T610 produces a crisp 1200 by 1200 dpi print resolution and also prints well on a variety of paper, including card stock, transparencies and envelopes.
Is the model still useable, or is it obsolete? That depends upon your operating system. The T610 supports Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Macintosh, and UnX, oS/2. Be aware, though, that support for this model might fade away as we enter Windows 7 era. If you are still using one of the mentioned systems, however, this printer will answer your needs.
Incidentally, the Optra t610 printer cartridge is really where the power comes from with the Lexmark Optra T610. The average Lexmark Optra T610 toner cartridge yielded a 10,000 page output. Its overall duty cycle was about 65,000 pages a month.
If you’re still using an older Windows version and need a printer, go ahead and purchase a Lexmark Optra T610. Check out eBay and other online sites and you’ll also find it is as easy to find a Optra t610 printer cartridge as in the past. And you’ll be pleased with the price, too. A typical cartridge costs around $80 to $100. And don’t forget the savings from refilling that empty cartridge. Your local office supply stores should be able to refill the cartridge for a fraction of the purchase price. The Lexmark Optra T610 – an older printer that’ll satisfy!
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