Customer Rating: 
Summary: Fast but noisy
Comment: Bought the printer from Staples for $149 in 2005. Bought it because of Lexmark's reputation and my previous laser was a Lexmark.
It is fast -- greasy fast -- however it sounds like a tank. Initial powerup takes about 30 seconds. Average time to print for text is about 7-10 seconds. Graphics take much, much longer. It seems like Lexmark, to make the printer cheaper, made it dumber. Printing a document with complex graphics (a picture, PDFs, etc.) takes forever -- it seems.
A positive is the 250sheet paper tray. However, when the printer runs out, it keeps spinning a paper grab wheel until paper is loaded. The printer looks nice with a black shell and grey top. . The output bin is poorly designed and printing big documents will result in pages that have to be shuffled and aligned.
Oh, the initial toner cartridge is only good for about 2000 pages.
Overall, I was disappointed and will probably replace the printer within a year -- and not with another Lexmark.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolute Garbage
Comment: I support computers for a living and I cant see how anyone can say this printer is good for anything but problems. I have had 4 of these now, after buying the original one BRAND NEW, all it did was paper jam. I was sent 3 more REFURBISHED printers by Lexmark (They seem to think I want a refurb. printer), and ALL PAPER JAM. I went down to circuit city the other day and there was one on display--WITH A PAPER JAM. In the end I have a laser printer that doesnt do anything but jam. And I will NEVER buy a Lexmark anything as long as I live.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent performance for a small office
Comment: We have more than gotten our money's worth from this machine--print quality has been as expected, and it runs flawlessly on our 3 Mac network. Print speed is very good, and it has way more RAM than some comparable models from other makers. This leads to one of my two complaints--it actually queues print jobs so fast that you have absolutely no time to cancel a job, a bit of a drag when you forgot to specify printing only page 1 instead of all 40! My only real point of dissatisfaction is that it does not do a good job picking card stock out of the feed tray (jams), but it does just fine pulling card stock through the manual feed one sheet at a time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: An excelent monotone laser printer
Comment: I purchased my Lexmark E232 printer several months ago and I have been very happy with this printer. I used to have Ink jet printers and I was forever having to clean the nozzles of dried ink as I don't use a printer every day. This printer has razor sharp text and not so bad black and white pictures after sitting for a week. I noticed in the reviews of others, complaints about a noise of something running for a split second while the printer sits idle. Well, this noise is actually the paper roller resetting itself so it doesn't end up with a flat spot when not in use. So don't freak out and send it back, because it is supposed to move the roller every so often. You get very nice prints of anything you would want to print in black & white. I recommend the Lexmark E232 laser printer for the person who prints a lot of text, or someone who doesn't print very much like Me.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Odd Reoccuring Noise
Comment: I purchased this printer in April (2005) and soon noticed that it made a loud noise that lasted a few seconds, every few hours. The Tech Support team kept saying it was a faulty clutch and would sent me a new refurished) printer within a few days. They did send another printer but within minutes the noise began again and did so with the next FOUR printers they sent me. After a time I found it was the top paper roller moving every two hours (to the minute) even when the printer had never been connected to a computer! I have spent hours on the phone trying to resolve the issue and a lot of time repacking and mailing back the old printers. I thought I was getting a good deal but I guess not. I guess have to learn to live with the noise or just unplug it.
Update- To be fair, this printer is still working well a full two years later (I don't print a lot) without me having to replace anything. I connected it to a power strip so I can flick a switch to shut it off (and avoid the noise.)
Summary: Fast but noisy
Comment: Bought the printer from Staples for $149 in 2005. Bought it because of Lexmark's reputation and my previous laser was a Lexmark.
It is fast -- greasy fast -- however it sounds like a tank. Initial powerup takes about 30 seconds. Average time to print for text is about 7-10 seconds. Graphics take much, much longer. It seems like Lexmark, to make the printer cheaper, made it dumber. Printing a document with complex graphics (a picture, PDFs, etc.) takes forever -- it seems.
A positive is the 250sheet paper tray. However, when the printer runs out, it keeps spinning a paper grab wheel until paper is loaded. The printer looks nice with a black shell and grey top. . The output bin is poorly designed and printing big documents will result in pages that have to be shuffled and aligned.
Oh, the initial toner cartridge is only good for about 2000 pages.
Overall, I was disappointed and will probably replace the printer within a year -- and not with another Lexmark.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolute Garbage
Comment: I support computers for a living and I cant see how anyone can say this printer is good for anything but problems. I have had 4 of these now, after buying the original one BRAND NEW, all it did was paper jam. I was sent 3 more REFURBISHED printers by Lexmark (They seem to think I want a refurb. printer), and ALL PAPER JAM. I went down to circuit city the other day and there was one on display--WITH A PAPER JAM. In the end I have a laser printer that doesnt do anything but jam. And I will NEVER buy a Lexmark anything as long as I live.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent performance for a small office
Comment: We have more than gotten our money's worth from this machine--print quality has been as expected, and it runs flawlessly on our 3 Mac network. Print speed is very good, and it has way more RAM than some comparable models from other makers. This leads to one of my two complaints--it actually queues print jobs so fast that you have absolutely no time to cancel a job, a bit of a drag when you forgot to specify printing only page 1 instead of all 40! My only real point of dissatisfaction is that it does not do a good job picking card stock out of the feed tray (jams), but it does just fine pulling card stock through the manual feed one sheet at a time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: An excelent monotone laser printer
Comment: I purchased my Lexmark E232 printer several months ago and I have been very happy with this printer. I used to have Ink jet printers and I was forever having to clean the nozzles of dried ink as I don't use a printer every day. This printer has razor sharp text and not so bad black and white pictures after sitting for a week. I noticed in the reviews of others, complaints about a noise of something running for a split second while the printer sits idle. Well, this noise is actually the paper roller resetting itself so it doesn't end up with a flat spot when not in use. So don't freak out and send it back, because it is supposed to move the roller every so often. You get very nice prints of anything you would want to print in black & white. I recommend the Lexmark E232 laser printer for the person who prints a lot of text, or someone who doesn't print very much like Me.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Odd Reoccuring Noise
Comment: I purchased this printer in April (2005) and soon noticed that it made a loud noise that lasted a few seconds, every few hours. The Tech Support team kept saying it was a faulty clutch and would sent me a new refurished) printer within a few days. They did send another printer but within minutes the noise began again and did so with the next FOUR printers they sent me. After a time I found it was the top paper roller moving every two hours (to the minute) even when the printer had never been connected to a computer! I have spent hours on the phone trying to resolve the issue and a lot of time repacking and mailing back the old printers. I thought I was getting a good deal but I guess not. I guess have to learn to live with the noise or just unplug it.
Update- To be fair, this printer is still working well a full two years later (I don't print a lot) without me having to replace anything. I connected it to a power strip so I can flick a switch to shut it off (and avoid the noise.)