Lexmark XC2342

About the Lexmark XC2342

The Lexmark XC2342 sits in Lexmark's Colour 2025 business range and is built for busy workgroups. It prints, copies, scans and faxes at speeds of up to 40 pages per minute, with a recommended monthly page volume of 1,500 – 10,000 pages.

Speed and volume

Rated at up to 40 ppm, the XC2342 is designed to run comfortably at 1,500 to 10,000 pages a month. Automatic two-sided printing is standard across the Lexmark business range, so duplex output costs no extra time or configuration. Lexmark rates its maximum monthly duty cycle at 125,000 pages — that is the ceiling the hardware can survive under multi-shift use, not a target. The recommended volume above is the band to size against; buying a device whose recommended volume matches your real monthly output is what keeps service calls down.

Scanning and document handling

A duplex ADF captures both sides of a page in a single pass, so double-sided originals scan without re-loading the stack. Jobs are driven from the 17.8 cm colour touchscreen, keeping copy, scan-to-email and scan-to-folder workflows a couple of taps away, and OCR is included as standard so scanned documents come back searchable.

Connectivity and storage

Wi-Fi is standard, so the device can be sited away from a network point; analogue fax is fitted as standard; an Intelligent Storage Drive (ISD) is included for held jobs and on-device workflows; it carries 2,048 MB of memory.

Finishing

A finishing unit is available as an option, so stapling and higher-capacity output can be added when the workflow needs it rather than paid for up front.

Running costs

Cartridge yields are up to 20,000 mono / 11,700 colour pages (Unison toner). Yield is the number that actually drives cost per page: a higher-yield cartridge costs more up front but is replaced less often, so on a managed print agreement the meaningful comparison between devices is pence per page, not the price of a toner.

Security and solutions

The XC2342 is solutions-enabled: Lexmark embedded (eSF) applications run on the device itself, which is what makes secure print release, department accounting and scan workflows possible without a separate server for every job. That matters most where documents sit in an output tray in a shared area — held-and-released printing means a job only prints once the person who sent it is standing at the device.

Specifications taken from the Lexmark Colour 2025 range brochure. ppm = pages per minute; RMPV = recommended monthly page volume; ADF = automatic document feeder; OCR = optical character recognition; ISD = intelligent storage drive.