New Lexmark Printer Also Burns Photo CDs

By Digital Trends Staff September 12, 2005

Lexmark, a manufacturer of printing and imaging solutions, today unveiled what they are saying is the industry’s first inkjet photo printer with a built-in CD burner. The new P450 is projected for release in October with a street price of $199.

The P450, Lexmark said, prints up to 4×6 borderless photos and features a 2.4â€ flip up color screen for photo preview and selection. The printer’s built-in CD burner can be used to save digital photos to a CD without the need for a computer. Photos can be transferred from a variety of sources such as a USB flash drive, a digital camera which supports PictBridge, a variety of memory cards and wireless Bluetooth from a cell phone when equipped with an optional adapter.

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Photos can also be viewed on a television by connecting a standard video cable between it and the printer.

“The Lexmark P450 brings more photo processing functions to the home, â€˜said Najib Bahous, Lexmark vice president and president of its Consumer Printer Division. â€œPeople can now save and organize their digital photos on CD, print from a cell phone, view their photos on a television and much more.â€

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