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Archive for April, 2006

Better than expected! Lexmark announces 6% revenue drop in Q1

Friday, April 28th, 2006 - Posted in Comparisons, Financials, Issues, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0613/1 - Falling revenues and unit sales in crisis characterise Lexmark’s quarterly financial report as the company continues to struggle to keep its head above the water.

What does “better than expected” mean when overall revenue for the quarter is down 6% and operating profit is down 25% year-on-year?

Total Cost of Printing up to 53% increase in two years

Friday, April 28th, 2006 - Posted in Pricing, Supplies, Financials, News, Issues, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0613/2 - Having bought Lexmark hardware two years ago, many customers are now being penalised heavily for that choice as supplies price increases outweigh hardware price cuts.

As Lexmark continues to struggle to balance its books and balance hardware prices with supplies prices, we have seen rollercoaster supplies pricing adjustments on several occasions over the past 18 months or so but with the general trend defying gravity!

High speed A4 mono MFP joins the Lexmark line-up along with A3 MFP range

Friday, April 21st, 2006 - Posted in Supplies, Hardware, New Products, Pricing, Financials, Comparisons, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0612/1 - Two very interesting ranges of MFP from Lexmark demonstrate what the company can achieve without exorbitant running costs.

When and where will it end? Lexmark penalises business laser customers once again

Friday, April 21st, 2006 - Posted in Pricing, Supplies, Comparisons, Financials, Issues, News, Total Cost of Printing | No Comments »

Issue #0612/2 - Yet another round of supplies price increases pushes Lexmark business users further into the cold.

Again this month, Lexmark has raised prices to its customers on a large proportion of laser supplies products. This time, 88% of colour products are affected and 74% of mono laser products.

New Lexmark mono laser printers take running costs to new heights

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 - Posted in New Products, Hardware, Pricing, Comparisons, Financials, Issues | No Comments »

Issue #0611/1 - At 20ppm and 26ppm, the new E120n and E240 would be attractive entry-level mono laser printers if it weren’t for the Cost of Printing with them!