Lexmark C736dn - Printer - color - duplex - laser - Legal, A4 - 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi - up to 35 ppm (mono) / up to 35 ppm (color) - capacity: 650 sheets - USB, 10/100Base-TX, direct print USB - government - for State of Texas

Endeavouring to address all these needs, while also offering colour, duplex and walk-up direct print, is Lexmark’s C736dn...For a large workgroup laser, Lexmark's C736dn is surprisingly discreet...The control panel is functional and well laid out, with a four-line by 16-character, backlit LCD display also capable of full bitmap display, which is used to good effect by Lexmark in displaying help messages diagrammatically, for tasks such as correcting paper jams...You can send a job to the C736dn, but delay print until a PIN has been entered from the pad, or control use of the front panel USB port with a passcode...

The C736dn is what a workgroup colour laser printer should be...Lexmark's C736dn is a high capacity, duplex colour laser, intended for a busy group of people with a lot to print...Housed in cream and mid-grey, the design follows Lexmark's current simple lines...Fortunately, software setup is much more straightforward and the drivers for PCL 6 and Postscript Level 3, both in emulation, together with a monitoring applet, install easily...

Has it succeeded with the Lexmark C736dn...Colour laser printing is increasingly a requirement in all kinds of offices, and bright and solid colour at speed - at reasonable cost - is an essential for many medium to large workgroups...Although at first sight the C736dn looks big, this is largely only in height...Expandability, on the paper-handling side, is pretty good, and you can fit up to three extra, 550-sheet paper trays, as well as a powered, 2,000-sheet bin, giving a maximum capacity of 4,300 sheets...