Lexmark Optra M410 Laser Printer (Pc/Mac 4K00252)

by Lexmark

Product Details

Product Manual [4.02mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 32.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 39 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: B00002JV5M
• Item model number: M410
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

A fine laser printer, the Lexmark Optra M410 is a bit taller than some other laser printers, but not quite as deep, which can be a real plus in a cramped workstation. The printer weighs over 40 pounds but is not difficult or unwieldy to move around. Even getting it out of the box was a breeze--the styrofoam packing blocks are sensibly designed and allow the printer to slide easily out of the carton without needing an extra set of hands.

Setup, including the installation of the software, took less than 10 minutes. We easily loaded the toner cartridge without having to refer to instructions; the loading is so simple that it would be hard to insert the cartridge into the printer incorrectly.

The printer's operator panel displays a summary of the printer's current status, whether it is simply ready to print or is out of paper. The paper drawer can hold up to 350 sheets. (An optional adapter increases the capacity to 850 sheets.) In our tests, the M410 effortlessly printed the promised 12 pages per minute. To test the M410's paper handling abilities, we purposely fed it folded, wrinkled, and torn sheets. We succeeded in creating a paper jam (as intended) and found that it was a cinch to rectify. Thanks to the well-designed front-opening doors, we were easily able to remove the jammed paper and were back underway in less than a minute. Should anything more serious occur, you'll benefit from the generous Lexmark warranty, in which they'll replace your printer the next day if it's defective.

In addition to printing sharp text, the Optra M410 delivers consistently good saturation of blacks and presents nice, clean, and even distribution on full-page photos. This printer is a good, dependable workhorse. --David Greenberger

Pros:

• Solid and durable
• Well-written user's guide

Product Description

Cables included and 90 Day warranty

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Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Workhorse that delivers superior results for Mac, PC, February 4, 2001

By 

Glenn Fleishman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark Optra M410 Laser Printer (Pc/Mac 4K00252) (Office Product)

I have an office full of Macs, and PCs running Windows and Linux. I asked a colleague what to buy, and Lexmark was the first name off his list. Why? Because they really do Mac printing right, which was of paramount concern.

This printer delivers out of the box with great software for all platforms for configuring it. The front panel display is quite well designed for programming directly, but, even, better you can configure its Web-based interface to enter the most complex settings.

The print quality is very high, and its processing speed for complex, multi-page documents, including large images and PostScript surpasses expectations. By the time I walk to the printer down the hall from my office, it's already started spewing pages.

Recovering from jams has been a breeze as well compared to previous printers.

Another reason I chose this model: its envelope handling feature that doesn't require a separate, expensive tray. Coupled with Stamps.com's Internet postage system, my printer is a regular production machine.

As a computer book author (see Real World Adobe GoLive 5, for instance), I often have to print out hundreds of pages of previews. We ran through 10 reams of paper (over 5,000 sheets) in the space of two months when proofing our latest book, and the Lexmark never disappointed: no errors, no jams, no bad pages.

(We shredded the proofs when finished and fed it as bedding for worms - see Worms Eat My Garbage, a book on home vermicomposting. I get to eat my words, indirectly but literally. Not the worms, but via the vegetables grown in the soil the worms produce.)

The model I purchased is the M412n, which is virtually identical to this machine except that it has an Ethernet module for networking, including the AppleTalk support required to handle Apple-style printing.

I used to wrestle with printers before getting this Lexmark model, and my only two complaints are this: 1. It sometimes falls off the AppleTalk network, requiring a minimal amount of tweaking via its Web interface to reset the AppleTalk port; 2. the toner cartridge stopped producing good prints after several thousand copies, but a simple shake added hundreds of new, perfect sheets. 3. Feeding envelopes in batches requires a small amount of care. Although you can stack, for instance, ten #10 style envelopes, if they are at all sticky, the printer can feed multiples and result in one or more being poorly printed.

Hardly anything to carp about, and I highly recommend it for an office that needs to produce even several hundred pages a day of output.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sharp, Speedy, Reliable, December 21, 2001

By 

Jason I. Ekeroth (Fort Worth, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark Optra M410 Laser Printer (Pc/Mac 4K00252) (Office Product)

Never have I had a problem while continuously printing enourmous amounts of paper: it just goes and goes and goes. It has a 4 MB memory that can handle all texts documents without a pause and speedily prints up graphics and web material as well. I have a 500 page paper tray that comes in very handy, especially when printing three different worksheets for each of my students. I have printed thousands of pages with the Lexmark Optra M Print Cartridge that came with the printer and it shows no sign of giving out. Highly recommended.