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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / May 2008All in one Printer - Lexmark
I am looking at purchasing an all in one printer. A buddy of mine suggested a Lexmark. Does anyone have experience with the Lexmark all in one's? Thanks >I am looking at purchasing an all in one printer. A buddy of mine > suggested a Lexmark. Does anyone have experience with the Lexmark all > in one's? > > Thanks Not sure about their current crop of products--- but they used to have among the worst frequency of repair ratings... > >I am looking at purchasing an all in one printer. A buddy of mine > > suggested a Lexmark. Does anyone have experience with the Lexmark all [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Not sure about their current crop of products--- but they used to have among > the worst frequency of repair ratings... Lexmark (Fujitsu) are known for making cheap and cheerful printers. I used the Z11 for a number of years before moving on to a Canon (for colour) and a Brother Laser for monochrome. You can usually get good deals on the machines but you need to bear in mind Lexmark brand carts are difficult to buy and other makers (HP etc) produce carts for the machines. The bug with many Lexmarks is inly one cart can be used - either black ink or a tri-colour cart, but not both. >> >I am looking at purchasing an all in one printer. A buddy of mine >> > suggested a Lexmark. Does anyone have experience with the Lexmark all [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > produce carts for the machines. The bug with many Lexmarks is inly one > cart can be used - either black ink or a tri-colour cart, but not both. I have never had much luck with Lexmark and consider them to be utter crap, maybe cheap, but not cheerful. My sister bought a new computer a while ago and it came with a free Lexmark all in one that she used once then threw it in the bin because it looked and sounded like it was about to fall to bits any minute.  Signature"Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color." Don Hirschberg Price out your cartridges carefully. Try to find out how much in is in the cartridges. Generally the most expensive ink is Lexmark, then HP, Epson and Canon ink is least expensive. Epson and Canon cartridges can be refilled the easiest if you get the refillable cartridges. Also you can get a CIS (Continuous Ink System) for most models of those printers. Epson and Canon printers tend to be the most expensive printers for what you get. I currently use and Epson RX620 for most of my photo printing. Hope this helps. William > I am looking at purchasing an all in one printer. A buddy of mine > suggested a Lexmark. Does anyone have experience with the Lexmark all > in one's? > > Thanks Of the big 4 (HP, Canon, Epson & Lexmark), Lexmark are way behind the 8 ball for print quality. Go into a computer store that has print samples on display, and you'll see that the lexmark is not in the game for photo print quality. Even in their entry level units, the other 3 are capable of near lab-quality prints, while the lexmark prints are soft & fuzzy, have washed out colours, and banding - even on their top-level units. Not sure about the USA, but in Australia their ink prices make them the most expensive to print with as well. To top it off, their reliability is rather poor. Personally I'd stick with Epson or Canon - excellent print quality, low running cost, & reasonably reliable. >I am looking at purchasing an all in one printer. A buddy of mine > suggested a Lexmark. Does anyone have experience with the Lexmark all > in one's? I have the Lexmark F4270 which I was coerced to buy by our local electrician's union, paid by my annual loyalties, 100 euros. It's quite good, a moderate scanner, a moderate printer and a moderate fax. If I were to choose I'd probably buy a separate fax, a separate scanner, and use my main printer (Canon Pixma iP4300) for everything else. The Lexmark cart dries out even after 10 days of non usage, I have changed it a numerous times. The colour cart is dried up for years. The Canon is excellent, 5 ink tanks, very good quality, a separate paper tray, and auto printing on both sides, but you have to use the original ink and original canon paper to print good photos. The only good thing about the Lexmark is I can have the carts refilled in one of the mumerous ink stations, if I manage to rescue them before they clog up. I also can refill myself with generic ink the previous generation of Lexmark z605s of the family, we have 3 pieces of the stuff. HTH, SignatureTzortzakakis Dimitrios major in electrical engineering mechanized infantry reservist hordad AT otenet DOT gr |
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