Lexmark Forms Printer 2491 Dot Matrix

Lexmark Forms Printer 2491

High-speed forms handling and exceptional reliability for business printing

Model Performance, Extremely Versatile

Speed: 24 wire, fast draft: 465 characters per second (cps) at 12 cpi. Paper feed speed: Up to 7 inches per second (ips) Prints a wide range of media: 1+3 multi-part forms for 24-wire, plain paper and envelopes. Prints media of numerous sizes: 3" to 11.7" x 5.5" to 22". Prints media of varying thickness: 24-wire: Up to 0.014". Noise level: a quiet 53 dBA (front microphone NLQ mode).

Easy to Use

New ergonomic design with intuitive operator panel. Easy paper handling assured by single sheets and continuous forms loaded simultaneously. Fewer user interventions, thanks to standard-yield re-inking ribbon -- prints up to 4 million characters (in Draft mode at 10 cpi). Optional high-yield re-inking ribbon -- prints up to 8 million characters (in Draft mode at 10 cpi). Long printhead life for minimal user intervention Six languages supported in the setup menu: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

Wide Range of Connectivity Options

Supports IBM PPDS emulation with euro support, EPSON emulation. Bidirectional parallel IEEE-1284 standard, USB standard, internal RS-232 serial option External Twinax and Coax Adapters for SCS, MarkNet X2000 Token-Ring and Ethernet print servers.

Connectivity

External Serial Adapter
External Serial Adapter (1368705)
Lexmark N4000e for Ethernet 10/100BaseTX
Lexmark N4000e for Ethernet 10/100BaseTX (14T0030)
MarkNet™ N7000e Fast Ethernet Print Server - USB
MarkNet™ N7000e Fast Ethernet Print Server - USB (14T0230)
MarkNet™ N7002e Fast Ethernet Print Server - Parallel
MarkNet™ N7002e Fast Ethernet Print Server - Parallel (14T0240)
MarkNet™ N7020e Gigabit Ethernet Print Server
MarkNet™ N7020e Gigabit Ethernet Print Server (14T0220)
2500 Series Serial Interface Option
2500 Series Serial Interface Option (12T0698)

Ribbons

24xx High Yield Black Re-Inking Ribbon
24xx High Yield Black Re-Inking Ribbon (11A3550)
Lexmark 24XX Standard Yield Black Re-inking Ribbon
Lexmark 24XX Standard Yield Black Re-inking Ribbon (11A3540)
Print Technology 24-Pin Dot Matrix 
UNSPSC Code 43212102 
Print Speeds Up to 465 cps Fast Draft @ 12 cpi 
Up to 109 cps Near Letter Quality @ 12 cpi 
Up to 328 cps Draft @12 cpi  
Resolution 360 x 360 dots per inch 
Memory 79.5 (Receive Buffer) KB
Linux Operating Systems Supported Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0  
SUSE Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0  
Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Supported Microsoft Windows 2000 
Microsoft Windows 98, 2nd Edition 
Microsoft Windows NT (4.00/4.00 Server) 
Microsoft Windows 95 4.00.950 or later 
Microsoft Windows Me 
Microsoft Windows XP 
Microsoft Windows 7 
UNIX Operating Systems Supported Compaq (Digital) UNIX 4.0D 
Compaq Tru64 UNIX 4.0F, 5.1 
HP-UX 10.20, 11.00 
IBM AIX 4.2.1, 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2 
SCO OpenServer 5.0.5, 5.0.6 
SGI IRIX 6.5.x 
Sun Solaris x86 7, 8, 9 
Sun Solaris 7, 8, 9 
Paper Handling Standard Front Tractor Feeder  
Paper Handling Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder (wide) 
Tractor 2 (wide) 
Media Sizes Supported Single-part or multi-part Continuous Forms (406mm maximum page width, 76mm minimum page width, 559mm maximum page length, 76mm minimum page length) 
Wide Sheet Fed Paper (364mm maximum page width, 105mm minimum page width, 559mm maximum page length, 139mm minimum page length)  
Single-part or multi-part Cut Forms (420mm maximum page width, 76mm minimum page width, 559mm maximum page length, 76mm minimum page length) 
Media Types Supported Multi-part forms - Up to 1+3 Parts (up to 0.36 mm paper thickness)  
Single-part forms - 60 to 90 gsm (0.11 mm paper thickness)  
Forms or Paper - 60 to 90 gsm (0.11mm maximum paper thickness)  
Supplies Yield Optional 8 million characters (draft mode at 10 cpi)- Re-Inking Ribbon  
Standard 4 million characters (draft mode at 10 cpi) - Re-Inking Ribbon  
Standard Ports Centronics IEEE 1284 Bidirectional Parallel 
USB 
Optional Local Ports External Serial Adapter 
Internal RS-232C serial 
Optional Network Ports External Fast Ethernet (Print Only) 
External Ethernet 10BaseT/2 (Print Only) 
External Token-Ring (Print Only) 
Coax or Twinax Adapter for SCS  
Printer Languages (Standard) Epson Emulation 
Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS) 
Text Fonts Fast Draft, Draft, Courier, Gothic, Orator, Presentor, Prestige, Script  
10, 12, 15, 17.1, 20, 24 cpi  
Packaged Size (in. - H x W x D) 12.8 x 29.6 x 16.1 in.
Packaged Size (mm - H x W x D) 325 x 751 x 408 mm
Pallet Quantity
Size (in. - H x W x D) 7.7 x 24.9 x 11.4 in.
Size (mm - H x W x D) 195 x 634 x 290 mm
Weight (kg) 9.8 kg
Weight (lb.) 21.6 lb.
Packaged Weight (kg) 12.3 kg
Packaged Weight (lb.) 27.1 lb.

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