Comments on: Lexmark Does Touchscreen Printing

By: Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:41:04 +0000

Touchscreen on printers isn’t new, but these consumer-level inkjets with big iPhone-like touchscreens are new. And yes, Lexmark has been selling enterprise laser devices with even larger, fancier touchscreens for quite awhile. It’s nice to see them bring the same basic idea to a $199 printer…

–Harry

By: jaypee

jaypee — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:23:45 +0000

fd is correct, Lexmark has been producing high-quality touchscreen business-class devices for a few years now. Personally, I think Lexmark’s implementation seems more useful for being on a printer. The HP tries to do too much, when in the end, it’s just a printer. I don’t need crap I can already get on my computer sitting right next to the printer. It’s highly doubtful many (if any) people will buy this printer without using it as a companion to a PC.

By: fd

fd — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:27:00 +0000

@hpgeek, obviously you never heard of business printers from lexmark. they have a lot of touchscreens and putting them to consumer printers was ‘probably’ not a good time yet until today.

By: hpgeek

hpgeek — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:32:49 +0000

actually HP has had touchscreen on its printers for at least 3 years now, and i’m pretty sure they have several models at different prices with it, not just the $399 one. lexmark, therefore, is about 3 years behind (which, to be honest, is much better than what they normally do)

By: wiseguy

wiseguy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:34:12 +0000

didn’t I read about this a month ago?

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By: sfmitch

sfmitch — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:32:28 +0000

2 Thoughts:

1. I think adding screens and other functionality that bypasses the computer just a plain old bad idea. It is a solution in search of a problem. I know why printer manufacturers want this – higher printer prices w/ higher margins. I don’t know why 99.99% would consider this. I want printers that have really good print quality, are reliable, have reasonably priced ink and have wired & wireless network connectivity.

2. All the Lexmark printers I have seen have been lame. Granted it is a small sample but I totally can’t recommend Lexmark over any of the other printer manufacturers (HP, Brother, Epson, etc.)