Free printers! Free printers!

Now, here’s a deal. Sage Software and Lexmark International have announced a joint marketing program for small- and medium-sized businesses in which a purchase of Sage’s ACT! contact and customer management solution scores the customer a free Lexmark X7350 Office All-in-One printer or X8350 Office All-in-One Plus Photo printer.

(In the voice of a properly cheesy infomercial plugger: “That’s right, up to a $150 value absolutely free!”)

The offer runs through December 2, 2006. Retailers participating in the promo deal are Buy.com, CDW, CompUSA, Insight, Microcenter, Office Depot, PC Connection, Staples and Zones. Would-be purchasers can also go through the ACT! website itself.

Sage Software is a provider to more than 2.6 million small- and mid-sized business customers in North America. Sage products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of accounting practices and the construction, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now has 5.0 million customers served by 10,500 employees worldwide.