LEXMARK INTRODUCES FIRST PRINTER-FAX-COPIER-SCANNER WITH COLOR PRINTING
CAPABILITY

Greenwich, CT, April 24, 1995 . . .Lexmark International Inc. today
announced an expansion of its product line with the introduction of
Medley, the market's first printer-fax-copier-scanner combination product
with color printing capability.

The company announced three models of the multifunction product (MFP)
targeted for the burgeoning small office-home office (SOHO) and home user
market. With an estimated street price of $849-$899, Medley is expected to
set a new standard for price performance and printing capability in the
MFP market.

Medley's announcement expands Lexmark's product line beyond desktop
printers, typewriters, related supplies and keyboards, which it has
developed and manufactured since becoming independent of IBM four years
ago.

In addition to providing color-capable printing, Medley offers several
other significant advantages over the competition:

* 14.4 Kbps fax speed versus 9.6 Kbps for competitive products -- the
  fastest fax speed in this segment of the market
* PC image scanning standard at 300 dpi quality -- no other MFP in
  this price range provides 300 dpi scanning standard
* PC fax software standard -- not available with some competitive
  products
* Convenience copy quality -- true 300 dpi resolution with 64 levels
  of grayscale
* Paper capacity of 150 sheets versus 100 sheets for leading
  competitors
* Small, light footprint -- 15 x 15.4 x 12 inches and 17 pounds

The product is available now through selected retail outlets and the
Lexmark Authorized MFP Dealer Channel.

Printer Function

Based on Lexmark's successful ExecJet IIc color inkjet print engine,
Medley's printer function delivers sharp, crisp "laser-like" monochrome
printing and vibrant color printing right out of the box to Windows and
DOS software users. Printing at 3 pages-per-minute (ppm) in monochrome
draft mode and 2.5 to 7 minutes per page in quality color mode, Medley
provides excellent performance. High-quality graphics are reproduced
through over 16 million colors in color mode and 256 levels of grayscale
in monochrome.

Medley includes a self-loading ColorFine Windows driver, which offers fast
printing, enhanced What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) capability,
quick return to application and multiple printing modes to enhance print
quality. With the ColorFine driver, a user can easily fine-tune the colors
that are printed.

The printer function, with a 150-sheet input capacity, can handle paper
sizes from 3" x 5" cards to 8.5" x 14" legal and prints on media many
other printers cannot, including envelopes, index cards, transparencies,
labels and card stock. Medley's printer is PCL 3 compatible and comes
standard with 12 TrueType scaleable and 2 DOS fonts. Print jobs are
processed quickly through the use of Medley's Centronics compatible
parallel interface.

Fax Function

With its 14.4 Kbps transmission speed, Medley's plain-paper fax function is
the fastest in its class at six seconds per page, saving time and long
distance charges. It sends and receives high quality documents via
standard, fine and super fine modes, and its 64 levels of gray in fax mode
give photos depth and clarity. Medley's fax function is CCITT Group 3
compatible.

Medley's fax function can be programmed to store up to 64 speed dial
numbers, including 14 one-touch selections. Its 60-page memory,
upgradeable to 258 pages, stores incoming faxes if the unit runs out of
paper or ink or while the user prints, copies or scans a document during
fax reception. Medley can broadcast a fax document to up to 50 different
locations immediately or delayed. It comes standard with an easy-load
20-page automatic document feeder.

Users can also connect Medley's fax to their telephone in a shared
telephone line environment, and the unit is equipped with an auto
fax/telephone switch. Medley 4x and 4sx models also come standard with a
telephone handset that allows the unit to serve as a phone out of the
box.

Medley's FAXsynergy software, which ships with the product, allows users to
transmit/receive faxes from their PCs. Medley's FAXsynergy software and
multitasking operating system firmware were developed for Lexmark by
Omnifax, a division of Danka Industries.

Scanning Function

Personal computer users will benefit from Medley's scanning function, which
converts hard-copy graphics into soft-copy .TIF, .PCX and .BMP files that
can be manipulated in popular desktop publishing software applications.
Medley scans at true 300 x 300 dpi resolution with 256 levels of grayscale
for high-quality reproduction of photos, charts and other graphics. The
scanning function is TWAIN compliant and Windows 3.1 compatible.

Convenience Copying Function

Medley saves users time and money by providing a convenience copy function.
Its true 300 x 300 dpi resolution with 64 levels of gray provides superior
reproductions of halftones and photos and outperforms other MFP
convenience copiers in its class. Users can make up to 99 copies from an
original, and Medley will also collate output from multiple originals.

Medley's three models differ in ship-with supplies, telephone handset and
battery back-up capability. Medley 4sx is packaged standard with both
color and monochrome ink cartridges, a handset, and a battery backup
option that saves fax document memory in the event of a power failure. It
will be available through the Lexmark Authorized MFP Dealer channel.
Medley 4c is packaged with both cartridges while Medley 4x is configured
with a handset and is color capable with the addition of an optional color
cartridge, sold separately. Both Medley 4c and 4x will be sold through
retail outlets.

Medley's user-friendly operator panel features a 2-line by 20-character LCD
display and the most commonly used fax command buttons such as a numeric
pad, speed dialing, redial and resolution/contrast control adjustment.
Medley complies with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy
Star Printers program.

Medley's snap-in color and black print cartridges are easy to install and a
convenient "garage" underneath the unit's cover stores whichever cartridge
is not in use. The black cartridge prints approximately 1000 pages at 5
percent coverage and the color cartridge prints approximately 200 pages at
15 percent coverage, averaging approximately 3 cents per page printing
black and approximately 19 cents per page printing color.

Medley is backed by Lexmark's standard one-year Express Warranty, through
which Lexmark will send a replacement unit by the next business day. Also,
Medley is supported by a toll-free technical support and set-up line. Once
a Medley is purchased, the user can call the number for assistance in
setting it up. Lexmark has also set up a toll-free fax exchange process so
that the customer can confirm the unit is working properly.

Lexmark International, a former division of IBM, is an independent
worldwide company that develops, manufactures and markets network and
personal printers, typewriters, information processing supplies and
keyboards.

For more information, call 1-800-358-5835.

Lexmark International Inc
55 Railroad Ave
Greenwich, CT 06836

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