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Lexmark Recalls 40,000 Laser Printers

Posted by timothy on from the save-your-toner dept.

ack154 writes "An electrical shock hazard has caused Lexmark to recall about 39,400 laser printers. The printers were sold under the nameplates of Lexmark, IBM, and Dell. From the article: "The recalled printers include Lexmark E232, E232t, E330, E332n, E332tn; IBM Infoprint 1412, 1412n; Dell 1700 and 1700n." Contact information is provided in the article in order to get your free replacement."

2 of 114 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Is that just electrical shock... by berkut7 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Take off your tin foil hat for a second? DO you even understand the difference between inkjet and laser?

  2. Re:Lexmark missed its Mark by EtherMonkey · · Score: 2, Informative

    I havent been to a bank yet that doesn't use Lexmark Printers. That may just be because banks are cheap.

    No, its because banks are traditionally die-hard IBM customers, and Lexmark is a spin-off of IBM's printer division. Price is usually at the bottom of the list for Banks.

    I'm not a fan of Lexmark either, but HP seems to be doing all it can to match Lexmark in the crappy printer and software arena. Fortunately, at least the higher-end HP lasers are still decent, provided you can find a compatible driver built-in to your Operating System; using HP's printer drivers is like playing Russian roulette with 5 out of 6 chambers loaded.
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