Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a director or an
officer, or both, of Lexmark International, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Lexmark"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Paul J. Curlander, Gary E.
Morin and Vincent J. Cole, the address of each of which is in care of Lexmark,
One Lexmark Centre Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40550, and each of them, the true
and lawful attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and
revocation to each for the undersigned, and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned, to sign in any and all capacities and to file or cause to be filed,
an annual report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any and all
amendments to such Form 10-K, hereby giving to each of such attorneys full power
to do everything whatsoever required or necessary to be accomplished in and
about the premises as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys or substitutes or any of
them shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his hand this 9th day of
February, 2005.

/s/  B. C. Ames                               /s/  Teresa Beck
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B. Charles Ames                               Teresa Beck

/s/  Frank T. Cary                            /s/  W. R. Fields
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Frank T. Cary                                 William R. Fields

/s/  Ralph E. Gomory                          /s/  Stephen R. Hardis
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Ralph E. Gomory                               Stephen R. Hardis

/s/  James F. Hardymon                        /s/  Robert Holland, Jr.
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James F. Hardymon                             Robert Holland, Jr.

/s/  Marvin L. Mann                           /s/  Michael J. Maples
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Marvin L. Mann                                Michael J. Maples

/s/  Martin D. Walker
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Martin D. Walker