Lexmark B3442dw Black and White Laser Printer, Wireless with Ethernet, Mobile-Friendly and Cloud Connection with Automatic Two-Sided Printing CarbonNeutral Certified Office Printer (4-Series)

If you are looking for a nice printer for your home office, this one may be a good choice. First of all, this was simple to set up, even for someone who is still running Windows 7 Pro. I did use the disk to get rolling on the drivers - and it seemed to be updated drivers. The printer runs pretty quiet and quick. The biggest concern you may have is replacement toner cartridges, which similar printers at Lexmark are well over $100, although I havent seen any for sale anywhere as of yet - but since this is a new product, Im pretty sure they will roll out when the printer goes public. Im not sure if this cartridge can be refilled - some offices Ive worked in have had refillable cartridges, but Id have to investigate more to see if that is possible for this one.

The printer is fast, quiet, simple to use, and does a great job of double sided printing. Print quality is fantastic and for the price you cant beat it. HOWEVER, read on to save yourself a headache when setting it up. The printer does not come with any software or configuration instructions. I turned on the printer and followed the prompts on the printer screen. When it showed Use mobile device to configure, I didnt realize that it was a QUESTION and not a direction. So I wasted half an hour installing the mobile device on my phone and then tearing my hair out trying to figure out how the $#@#!! its supposed to configure the device if it cant see it on the network (because the printer isnt setup or on the network yet...it was like the chicken or the egg riddle). Finally, I hit the arrow key on the printer and saw that the next option was Configure Printer through Display (or something like that). Ohhhhhhhhhh, now I get it. It would have helped to know that these were options and not directions. I selected OK and was able to add the printer to my network and add my WiFi password all through the printer display. Once I got over that hurdle, everything was fine. There is a mobile app to allow you to print from your iPhone or Android, and for the most part it works. However, one app on my Android will send the print job to the printer, but it never makes it. Very odd...some items print from my phone, some dont. I dont really care being I have never needed to print anything from my phone.

The Lexmark printer is a good solid made printer and has a nice small footprint. It does two-sided printing, and the monochrome laser printer is light, compact, and prints fast. Wireless set up was fairly easy. With the Wi-Fi makes one can print from mobile devices, as well as laptops or desktops. It also has USB and Ethernet connectivity available. It is capable of printing up to 42 pages per minute, I never printed that many pages at one time so I cannot validate that fact. It comes with a 1-GHz multi-core processor, 256 MB of memory, and 100-sheet multipurpose feeder, which is very convenient. I like this printer and can easily recommend it and give it a 5 stars rating.

Purchase a pair of these for my woodworking shop, and just was amazed at the difference. Purchased a pair for my brother and son after installing these in my shop.

I’ve owned two other Lexmark printers which I really liked, so bought this printer for our second home. The hardware is great but as others have pointed out installation can be a nightmare. No manual comes with the printer and trust me you need one! There is a tiny two-line display that is extremely non-intuitive, although if you mess around with it long enough you can sort of figure it out. The app they tell you to download is very basic and does get you connected to Wi-Fi, although you need to go into settings on your iPhone and connect your phone to the printers Wi-Fi first...which isn’t obvious. Then when I tried to print it kept saying I needed to put paper in the tray, which was already full of paper. We tried everything and finally sent it back for exchange. The new one had the same problem! Arghhhhhh!!! After much more messing around with it I believe this is a driver issue. The printer is trying to print from the multi-purpose tray on the front rather than Tray 1 at the bottom. I’ve set the default tray to Tray 1 yet the problem persists. On my Mac I was able to change the tray setting to Auto and it works fine now; on my iPhone my son discovered that if you change the paper from “letter” to “letter, plain paper” it’ll work! You have to do that every time you print though. I can live with this, at least the printer is way better than the HP it replaces, which would never print wirelessly like it was supposed to. Hopefully a future iOS update will fix this! Be forewarned!!!

The printer is a good size for small business; could even be used as a home printer, even though it’s monochrome, for simple print jobs or someone who isnt printing pictures or needs color. It was easy to setup connection to my wifi. I tried installing the software from the disk that was provided on a dell laptop with windows 10, 64 bit, however, it would begin the download process, but wouldn’t actually install on my computer. Once the initial download bar completed, nothing else happened. I looked in my downloads folder and other folders for the download, but nothing was there. I tried this multiple times and it didn’t work. Most companies will put the software on their website as well, but that wasn’t the case here. I was unable to find anything on the website. I couldn’t even find the specific printer/model on the site. So far, I am unable to fully test the product because the software will not install.

Great printer. I read where you needed a cd drive for installation. I went on their web site and installed a driver from there with no problems. Works great as a simple black and white printer. Well worth the price if you do not need color.

Ok, set up was kind of a pain but once I figured it out, everything else went smooth. It comes with a software disk which is useless for me sense my laptop has no disk reader. Basically, you just have to connect it to your internet through the settings on the printer (no apps needed,at least for me) and once it was connected I was able to print thru WiFi from my phone. Havent tried from my laptop yet but Im sure it works the same. The print quality is clean and it prints pretty fast. I printed out a large packet of about 200 pages or so and not one jam. So far, this printer is great and worth the money.

This is my second Lexmark printer, and the company never disappoints. What I like about his model is that is indicates when your toner cartridge is low on toner or the imaging unit needs to be replaced. It prints crisp printing. Easy to set up just setup Wifi on printer the access printer with mobile app. Quick and easy.

Lets be clear, its a good printer. It was easy to set up, has decent features, and the print quality is good. Setup: cabled setup is easy, although if youre not going to go wireless, youll have to supply your own cable, whether USB or Ethernet. I wont dock them for that, although they could have said cable not supplied in their writeups. This just worked out of the box on my Linux system. For Windows, you should probably download drivers from the Lexmark support site. Not sure about Mac. Wireless setup is accomplished from the little display window on the printer. Ive always found this annoying but if you run Windows and want to install their software you can avoid this. But there is nothing hard about it, just a little tedium, and it works as it should, although I always prefer the Ethernet option. (Tip: on your router, assign a fixed IP address to the printer. This makes life easier for non-USB connections.) Okay, how does it work? Just fine. Double sided printing is wonderful, print quality is great, speed is about what youd expect today--- in other words, very good for a home printer used by a few people. (Dont expect to use this in a 20 person office, though.) Its a light-duty printer, very suitable for a home office. Build quality is good. Dont drop it off tall buildings, but dont be afraid to move it around or carry it around. It should stand up just fine. Now, the one gripe. Toner. It comes with the plague of printers in pretty much the last decade, the dreaded starter cartridge. This is a cartridge that is maybe 10% full, meaning you have to buy a real cartridge almost right away. And guess what, the cartridge price is in the same range as the printer price in most cases. Manufacturers dont have to make money on the printer, they make it on the cartridge. The starter is supposed to be good for 500 pages, about one ream. If that holds up, depending on your needs, you might get a week or two in a busy home office, and maybe a month or two of really casual use. So you better order that cartridge. You go to the Lexmark site and ... oh my, they arent selling them. Maybe a little later on? Better hope so, or pretty soon youll have a brick. This is 100% inexcusable. And comparing similar Lexmark printers, the cartridge will be over a hundred dollars. Wow. Usually there are 3rd-party cartridges, often for about 15% of the price. Thats what I always buy for my other printers; I find a reputable vendor and buy from them. But you cannot get the cartridge for this printer anywhere at the time of this writing (late March 2020). Im going to provisionally rate the printer four stars. After all, its a very good product. I would have gone five if the cartridges were available at a fair price. I will revisit this later. If in a month or two you still cant get the cartridge, the rating will be one star. Followup in June 2020: Toner is now available from the manufacturer (pretty expensive) and from at least one third party (a little less expensive but still not cheap).