Specifications
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• Any user logs off of Windows
• The data added to a drive exceeds a
specified number of megabytes This
option is unavailable for file and
folder backups.
• The Maxtor OneTouch external hard
drive button is pushed
Note: This feature only appears if you have
a Maxtor OneTouch drive installed, and
you are running a Windows XP 32-bit plat-
form.
Symantec Recovery Disk
As mentioned earlier, when all else fails
and you can’t boot into Windows because
of some catastrophic failure, Symantec has
the tool to recover your computer to an
earlier working state in that the Install disk
acts as a recovery disk. Set your BIOS with
your CD drive as the first bootable drive,
insert the Symantec disk and boot from
this. This loads a cut down Windows inter-
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face with a Ghost recovery application,
from which you choose your preferred
recovery point. See screen shot above.
Conclusions
Ghost 12 works only with Vista or Win-
dows XP. If you’ve an earlier Windows OS
you’ll need to use Ghost 10. Ghost 12 can
back up to CDR/RW and DVD+-R/RW
drives, USB and FireWire (IEEE 1394)
devices and Iomega Zip and Jazz drives, and
of course if you’ve a spare IDE or SATA HD
hanging about why not install that in your
computer and keep it solely as the drive to
which you direct your back-ups?
Overall Ghost 12 works well, the main con-
trols are intuitive and easy to understand, even
a beginner will find it simple and straightfor-
ward.
As I said at the beginning Sod’s Law will
strike your computer at some stage, so like the
Boy Scout be prepared — Ghost 12 is an easy
to use solution should disaster strike and
should be part of your protection armoury.
The install CD which doubles up as a recov-
ery disk is a vital tool allowing you to access
your data or recover your whole disk when
disaster strikes and all else fails.
Pricing and Availability
Full version £39.99 and upgrade version for
£28.99 from Amazon.co.uk. Both prices in-
clude VAT free delivery.
I attended a Lexmark Press Event in Lon-
don recently where Lexmark had on show
some of their latest printers and scanners.
On show were devices for the busiest com-
mercial offices costing thousands of pounds
to humble inkjet printers at well under £30.
One particular product caught my eye
their new Wireless All-In-One (AIO) Scan-
ner & Printer, model X4550. When demoed
the results of scanning, printing wirelessly
and connected directly to the camera
through the printer’s built-in PictBridge
port were impressive, colour photos just
seemed to have that extra gloss. Scanning
using the standard 600 dpi scanner with the
48-bit colour scan depth was equally im-
pressive.
With luck I hope to have a review sample
to show at our next meeting, but meanwhile
here’s what I managed to find out about it
at the briefing.
Overview
In today’s business climate where time is
of the essence, the need for fast printing
speeds and wireless capabilities has never
been greater. Lexmark understands this
need and strives to provide accessible busi-
ness solutions to meet the productivity
demands of today’s busy professionals
reliant on an all-in-one to maximize daily
output. This is why Lexmark has intro-
duced the new X4550 Wireless All-in-One
(AIO).
According to a recent survey , the biggest
impact of technology in the workplace
today is connectivity. Professionals rely on
having information at their fingertips
whether they are working in the office or
from home. The same survey found that
respondents want wireless printing capa-
bilities in their workplace office, home and
outdoors, among other locations. Users can
now have that flexibility with the new Lex-
mark’s new X4550 Wireless All-in-One
(AIO). The printer features built-in wireless
allowing users to work seamlessly from any
location in their home or office.
The Lexmark X4550 offers fast printing
speeds, affordable pricing, as well as a
broad range of functions including copying,
scanning and printing. The multi-
functioning capabilities make the X4550
the perfect inkjet printer choice for the
productivity-minded SOHO professional
and users that often travel or work from
home
Features
• Built-in wireless capabilities to enable
printing from virtually any location in
the home or office
• Fast print speeds to meet rising produc-
tivity demands – yielding up to 26
black pages per minute (ppm) and 18
colour ppm
• Sleek, compact design for easy storage
and placement in a small office or
home office
• Standalone one-touch colour copier that
delivers quick, top-quality copies at 17
ppm black and 11 ppm colour
X4550 Highlights
• Lexmark Productivity Suite allows
users to print and manage documents
• 48-bit flatbed colour scanner easily
scans documents or photos, scan to
email, USB Flash drive or print
• 150-page extra output with optional sec-
ond paper tray
• PC-free printing from memory cards,
PictBridge direct connection to cameras or
USB Flash drive
• Create brilliant, 6-colour borderless photos
at resolutions up to 4800 dpi on photo
paper
• Lexmark Web Toolbar optimizes the
printing of Web content
• Sleek, stylish design
Copy and Scan Specifications
One-touch copy: For copying photos, graph-
ics and text documents at the touch of a but-
ton, without a PC
• Copy speeds: 17 ppm in black, 11 ppm in
colour
• Optical scan resolution: 600 dpi
• Scan depth: 48-bit colour
• Technology type: CIS
Technical Specifications
• Inkjet technology
• Up to 4800 x 1200 dpi on photo paper
• Prints up to 26 ppm in black, up to 18 ppm
in colour
• Borderless prints/photos: Hagaki, Letter,
A4, 3.5”x5”, 4”x6”, 4”x8”, 10x20 cm,
10x15 cm, 5”x7”, 13x18 cm, L and 2L
• Paper types: Plain, envelopes, banners,
heavyweight matte, photo/glossy, trans-
parencies, iron-on transfers, card stocks
and labels
• Paper sizes: Letter, legal, A4, A5, A6, B5,
executive, statement, index, photo, Ha-
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