Faster, quieter than ever before! Wide variety of connectivity options, including USB standard, 9-wire, wide carriage printer
Model Performance, Extremely Versatile, Easy to Use, Wide Range of Connectivity Options
Prints media of varying thickness: 9-wire: Up to 0.020". Noise level: a quiet 53 dBA (front microphone NLQ mode). New ergonomic design with intuitive operator panel. Easy paper handling assured by single sheets and continuous forms loaded simultaneously. The Lexmark Forms Printer 2400 series has a long printhead life for minimal user intervention. Six languages are supported in the setup menu: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. The 2481 has a wide range of connectivity options including IBM PPDS emulation with euro support, EPSON emulation, and optional Okidata MICROLINE® emulation available for 9-wire only.
Features of the
2481 Forms Printer
Print Technology 9-Pin Dot Matrix
Memory 96 (Receive Buffer) KB
Linux Operating Systems Supported
Caldera eDesktop 2.4
Red Hat Linux 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
TurboLinux Workstation 6.0, 6.1
Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Supported
Microsoft Windows 2000 (Professional/Server/Advanced Server)
Microsoft Windows 98, 2nd Edition
Microsoft Windows NT (4.00/4.00 Server)
Microsoft Windows 95 4.00.950 or later
Microsoft Windows Me
Microsoft Windows XP (Home, Professional)
UNIX Operating Systems Supported
Compaq (Digital) UNIX 4.0D
Compaq Tru64 UNIX 4.0F, 5.1
HP-UX 10.20, 11.00
IBM AIX 4.2.1, 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2
SCO OpenServer 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.6
SGI IRIX 6.5.x
Sun Solaris 7, 8, 9
Sun Solaris x86 7, 8, 9
Paper Handling Standard Front Tractor Feeder
Paper Handling Optional
Automatic Sheet Feeder (wide)
Tractor 2 (wide)
Media Sizes Supported
Multi-part Continuous Forms (16.5" or 420mm maximum page width, 3.0" or 76mm minimum page width, 22.0" or 559mm maximum page length, 3.0" or 76mm minimum page length)
Wide Sheet Fed Paper (14.33" or 364mm maximum page width, 4.13" or 105mm minimum page width, 22.0" or 559mm maximum page length, 5.5" or 139mm minimum page length)
Single-part Continuous Forms(16.5" or 420mm maximum page width, 3.0" or 76mm minimum page width, 22.0" or 559mm maximum page length, 3.0" or 76mm minimum page length)
Media Types Supported
Multi-part forms - Up to 1+5 Parts (up to 0.020" or 0.51 mm paper thickness)
Single-part forms - 16 to 24 lbs, 60 to 90 gsm (0.0045" or 0.11 mm paper thickness)
Forms or Paper - 16 to 24 lbs, 60 to 90 gsm (0.0045" or 0.11mm maximum paper thickness)
Supplies Yield
Optional 8 million characters (draft mode at 10 cpi)- Re-Inking Ribbon
Standard 4 million characters (draft mode at 10 cpi) - Re-Inking Ribbon