By Ben Pate

The Lexmark Optra T610 is a printer from a number of years ago that provided an excellent balance between power and ease of use. While, currently, most printers are suitable for either office or home use, the user-friendly and versatile Lexmark Optra T610 was built to accommodate both. This is a rarity these days, which is why the Lexmark Optra T610 paired with the Lexmark Optra t610 toner is such a gem. If you're lucky enough to find one online or for sale second hand, it is a terrific investment.

Need to fit a printer in a small space - or just optimize the space you have? The Lexmark Optra T610 answers that need as well. It has a unique distinctive boxy design, which allows it to fit easily in small spaces, as well as provide ease in carrying it. Setting up this model for use takes only about five minutes; this includes installing the software. And don't forget about the toner cartridge, it also installs quickly and easily.

As for power, the Lexmark Optra T610 featured a paper tray with capacity for 350 sheets. The printer could also accept three more paper trays, upping the paper capacity to as much as 2,000 sheets. For use at home or at the office, the Lexmark Optra T610 could adapt to any setting without being too complicated or high tech. This also meant it worked well for those whose printers served dual purpose, for home use and home-office use.

Let's look again at printing speed. This printer typically prints 12 pages per minute, though it can potentially print as many as 15 pages a minute. And the printing is done with few delays. Of course, every printer is going to have the occasional paper jam. However, with this model, it is easy to extract the offending paper, due to the printer's simple front-opening design.

With a sharp 1200 by 1200 dpi print resolution, the Lexmark Optra T610 was able to print on all different kinds of paper and card stock, even transparencies and envelopes. The print quality made it excellent for office documents and also sufficient for printing graphics and some photos.

The Lexmark Optra T610 was compatible with Macintosh, UniX, oS/2, and Windows 95/98 and Windows NT operating systems, among others. As we move away from these systems and Windows 7 takes over, unfortunately, use for the Lexmark Optra T610 will dwindle. But it will still remain worthwhile and relevant for users with older operating systems.

The power behind the Lexmark Optra T610 happened to be in its Lexmark Optra t610 toner. It used a standard toner cartridge which, on average, produced about 10,000 pages with a life cycle of about 65,000 pages per month.

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