Lexmark International on Tuesday took the wraps off new additions to its color laser family: the C782n XL color laser printer and the X782e XL color laser multifunction printer. The C782n XL joins the vendor's established C782 line, and the X782e XL is set to replace the X782e. Both are designed with high-volume color printing in mind, the goal being to allow businesses to keep professional quality printing costs cheap and in-house.
"The timing is right," said Mark Barnett, Lexmark's director of Strategic Products -- Color. "This product offering is going to allow [customers] to leverage color and drive their business, but very cost competitively."
Both the C782n XL and X782e XL models will be made available through Lexmark's channel partners. The XLs begin shipping on Nov. 22 in North America, and an announcement about other geographies, Barnett said, is forthcoming. While Barnett did not definitively say when the current X782e printers would stop shipping, he suggested December as the likely time frame.
