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Evernote and Lexmark SmartSolution Printers

Partners | By Andrew Sinkov
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As a person that lives and breathes tech, it’s not often that I get surprised by a device—certainly, not by an all-in-one printer. But then, the Lexmark SmartSolution printers are different from any that I’ve encountered. Just as Eye-Fi elevated SD cards and changed digital cameras, Lexmark is changing the way we interact with our printers by making them more versatile, smarter, and easier to use. Plus, they now work amazingly well with Evernote.


A printer with Wi-Fi, touch screen, and apps?

The Lexmark SmartSolution All-in-One printers combine a bunch of great innovations. For one, these printers can cut the cord, bypassing your computer entirely and sending scans directly to web over WiFi. What’s more, these savvy machines can be loaded with apps. So, with one tap of the touch screen, you can send those documents, papers and receipts to that big shiny elephant in the cloud.

Evernote SmartSolution

Lexmark developed the Scan to Evernote SmartSolution to let you easily send those scans right into your Evernote accounts over WiFi with a single tap. Installation is as simple as getting an app on your phone; you just choose Evernote from the Lexmark SmartSolutions site, go through a quick setup, and within seconds your printer has it. That’s it. Then, as with everything you put into Evernote, those scans will instantly become accessible from any phone or computer you use.

As a special bonus, if you happen to live or work with other Evernote users, you can load separate Evernote SmartSolutions for each person. This way, everyone has their own app for their own account.

Or, you can keep it old school

We really like this new web-enabled Evernote SmartSolution, but you can always choose to scan to your computer instead, and then bring the files into Evernote manually.

Learn more

The Evernote SmartSolution is available for the Lexmark Interact S605, Prestige Pro805 and Platinum Pro905 printers. Check out Lexmark’s SmartSolution blog for more information on the integration and these new devices. While you’re at it, why not order one for yourself.

Update: Giveaway time! (Closed)

This giveaway has ended. We will post the winner announcement video shortly.
The generous folks at Lexmark have given us 10 Lexmark Platinum SmartSolution All-in-One Printers to give away. Here’s how to enter:

  • Follow @evernote and @LexmarkNews on Twitter
  • Send a public tweet containing the hashtag #evernotelexmark

That’s all. We will check to make sure that you have followed both companies. The winner will be randomly selected on Monday, March 1st and contacted via Direct Message on Twitter. All entries must be received by 8:59am PT on March 1st. This giveaway is open to residents of the US, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, UK, South Africa, Brazil, and Australia!

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  • http://tonsoftime.com Ton

    Do these Lexmark printers / scanners also have a sheet feeder? I noticed that the person on the demo-video opened a lid, and then manualy put a paper on the glass plate.

    • Andrew Sinkov

      They do have multi-sheet feeders.

  • WRast

    What about the newer Lexmark models “Pinnacle Pro901″ and the “Platinum Pro905″? These both seem to have the touchscreen UI, and I would think they are generational refreshes of the models discussed here. I’m very interested in getting an all-in-one solution to ease the scanning of a couple hundred sheets of old bills and such. Can anyone shed some light on whether these new models are integrated with Evernote?

  • Sharif

    What is the SMTP server address in order to get the “Scan to Evernote” function to work? I’ve successfully added it to my S605 MFP but when I push the button, the screen says that my email has not been set up yet. When I enter my evernote account email address, the printer then asks for the SMTP server name?

    • Mac

      Hey guys, I am having the same problem. Scan to evernote in lexmark printer is asking for email address, server, smtp, wharever, but I just mentioned it before in the smartsolutions app in the smartsolutions web. Can anyone help-me? thanks in advance for your help.

      • http://www.gregschwartz.net Greg Schwartz

        Mac and Sharif, you need to set the printer up to send the emails *using your own email account*. The printer itself doesn’t have an email account built in.

        If you have a gmail account, or a Google Apps account, follow these instructions. https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13287 Otherwise, ask your ISP for instructions.

  • http://www.ihollywoodforum.com Michael Stroud

    I also have exactly the same “email transmission error”problem. It happened only sometimes on a previous 905 printer (this is my second because the first one just fell apart) but this printer suddenly stopped sending emails at all. If anyone has figured out how to solve it, I’d be grateful. I think this is the last straw.

    Since the printer has a five-year warranty, I’m told they will simply give you a store credit after your third issue. This is now my third issue, as tech support sent me an 805 by mistake. I must say, this has been a really frustrating experience. I’m ready to switch to a ScanSnap.

  • http://www.ConverseDigital.com tom martin

    Sounds like I’m having the same “not so easy” problem.

    I’ve synced the evernote with my online Lexmark account, and it successfully added the Evernote icon to my printer.

    But when I click it, I’m asked to set up an email account. I’ve tried twice to set up my email account, using the settings I have from my email client to no avail.

    Is there help anywhere here?
    @TomMartin

  • http://www.bybe.net/index.php Website Design Bournemouth

    Evernote looks really Cool, I hate resolving our office printer due to the poor design of inbuilt software, I like the sound of one tap going to read more. Thx

  • Nathan

    I had the same “email transmission error” on my pro 901. Worked fine for a year and then got the error. I use a gmail account to send from on the printer. I went into the smtp settings and changed my user name from xxxxxx to xxxxxx@gmail.com and changed the security to plain from nothing. Not sure which change fixed it. I use port 587 as outgoing. Works fine now.

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