Lexmark E312L Laser Printer

by Lexmark

Product Details

Product Manual [4.83mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 16.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 19 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005A7FH
• Item model number: 13E0000
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Lexmark's E312L laser printer combines professional printing withspace-saving design and an accessible price, making it ideal for homeoffices or small businesses. With 1,200 dpi image quality, the E312Lproduces crisp text and graphics for high-quality output. Print speed isimpressive at 10 ppm, with only a 15-second wait before yourfirst print is in hand.

The E312L can print on a variety of media including paper,envelopes, transparencies, card stock, and labels in letter, legal, A4,executive, A5, and custom paper sizes. The Lexmark E312L features a150-sheet paper input bin and a single-sheet manual feed slot. Withbuilt-in USB and parallel ports for easy connection to your Mac or PC, theprinter comes standard with a 67 MHz processor and 2 MB memory, expandable to66 MB should you need the extra speed.

Lexmark's solid one-year warranty canbe extended by either two or four years for peace of mind.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Day one, and 100 pages printed..., April 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Lexmark E312L Laser Printer (Office Product)

I purchased this product without the benefit of user reviews and must say I am happy with it. Print quality is very clean and crisp - the same quality I have come to expect from a laser printer. Speed is as advertised.

This is a home version of the more robust E312 (I guess L stands for "lite" in this case). The three main differences, as documented in the user manual, are: 2 mb memory vs. 4 mb, 1,500 (est) page starter toner cartridge vs. 6,000 (est) page standard cartridge, and

lacks PostScript Level 2.

Set-up using USB cable was simple, with one exception. My computer wants to recognize it as new hdwre each time I re-start. With Win 2000 Pro as o/s, the new hdwre wizard wants to run each time. I just click cancel and move on without any problems. I suspect this will become annoying after awhile, though.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars PerpLexmark: Quality printing, but quirky paper problems, December 12, 2001

By 

Douglas G Churchill - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark E312L Laser Printer (Office Product)

If it weren't for a few quirks with paper handling, I would love this printer. It's possible that my printer is defective and others won't share the same experiences. The print quality is outstanding, the small footprint is handy and the cost was low, but here are the paper problems I've had...

1) The paper tray sometimes grabs more than one piece of paper, and the odds of this happening increase as the tray nears empty. I've tried the most expensive brand of Xerox laser paper (20 lbs as the Lexmark manual recommends), I fan the pages before loading the paper tray, yet the problem still occurs. It's not a big problem, just slightly annoying.

2) The printout is sometimes crooked, due to the paper not feeding straight. This problem may be related to #1 above. I notice it most when printing checks. Again, this is just mildly annoying.

3) I can't feed any pages from this printer into my fax machine -- they always jam. Fortunately, I have other printers in the office and I can use them for printing pages to be faxed. To be fair, my fax machine (a Panasonic) shouldn't be so picky, but it appears to be related to the way the top edge is slightly curled as it comes out of the Lexmark. Even when using the straight paper path option, the pages still jam.

2.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't last, December 31, 2002

By 

"cynjohn" (Clinton, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark E312L Laser Printer (Office Product)

I have had this printer for less than a year and it is already dying on me. The paper jams about 75% of the time and it pulls more than one sheet of paper almost all the time. I do not recommend this printer to anyone. I will be replacing mine very soon.