Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY


		The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Paul J. Curlander and Joseph
M. Kamer, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to:

	(1)	execute and deliver for and on behalf of the undersigned, any and all Forms
  3, 4, and 5 relating to Lexmark International, Inc. (the "Company") required
to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder (the "Forms"),
in the undersigned's capacity as a deemed beneficial owner of the securities of
the Company, and in any and all other capacities pursuant to which such Forms
may be required to be filed by the undersigned;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely
file such Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
  undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
  contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
  attorney-in-fact's discretion.

		The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact and agents, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

		This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file the Forms with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact and agents.


		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the 31st day of October, 2008.


								/s/Robert J. Patton
								Robert J. Patton