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If I recall correctly, Xerox printers are rebadged Lexmark printers, with the exception of the highest end models.
by ryao 2y ago
If I recall correctly, Xerox printers are rebadged Lexmark printers, with the exception of the highest end models.
- mastax 2y agoDell printers are also rebadged Lexmark’s. Or at least they were 20 years ago.
- lanstin 2y agoYeah, both Xerox and Lexmark are such blasts from the past for me. Surprised they still exist in any form.
- shiroiushi 2y agoYeah, this article was a bit of a surprise to me. I would have assumed Xerox at least had been out of business for ages.
- nimajneb 2y agoI saw an ad for Packard Bell on Instagram yesterday. I looked it up quickly, apparently they've been selling computers this whole time, owned by different parent companies though.
- stavros 2y agoWow, I've always thought that company merged into half of Hewlett-Packard. I'm very surprised to learn just now, after all these years, that they're completely separate.
- martinsnow 2y agoWhat a trip. I remember playing with them in stores as a kid.
- xhkkffbf 2y agoI'm surprised that anyone prints anything any more. Such a waste of paper, toner and ink (the most expensive liquids on earth).
- bayindirh 2y agoNope, at least some of them are built in collaboration with Samsung. I remember using the same Samsung 1710 drivers to drive similar looking Xerox models. Information pages and everything are similar too. Only the logos differ. It's also same for Samsung MD2825 series. Xerox builds the exact same network enabled printers, but also they add WiFi on top of it. They're very reliable too. I have one and it's working without any problems for a decade. OTOH, Xerox's high end printers and "digital presses" are a different beast altogether.
- mrighele 2y agoI think Samsung sold it printer business to HP a few years ago. If you search for a driver you will most probably find a page on HP website.
- bayindirh 2y agoYes, they sold it to HP. The latest toners I got for my MD2825 have HP hologram stickers on them. However, both MD282x series, and ML1710 are designed and produced way before the transfer. I remember seeing the Xerox printers first, thinking "Sweet", then finding the same device with a different color scheme, only under Samsung brand, and just buying it, because an extra Ethernet cable was not a problem at that time (Plus Xerox's one was unobtanium). For the ML1710, I remember seeing the Xerox one at the university, taking an "info" page from it and saying "this looks similar to my 1710, what happens if I just use with 1710 driver?", and I was printing 35 seconds later. Now my parents are using the 2825, and I have enough spares to let them use it for another decade at their usage volume. For the driver thing, it's good that the 2825 supports both AirPrint and Google Cloud Print (while it lasted), and is just an IPP printer with an open PPD file. So it can be used with toaster or a server or a phone, as long as it talks AirPrint or IPP.
- ryao 2y agoIf you disassemble their C series printers, you should find Lexmark parts. Even the plastic enclosures are the same shape as Lexmark printers.