Lexmark Z 54se Color Jetprinter

Advantages: Small, fast and cheap
Disadvantages: Doesn't come with a USB cable

....00. Wandering through PC World though, I came across the Lexmark Z25L. A cheap colour printer, small, lightweight and fairly fast. The printer itself is connected to the PC via a USB cable, which is perhaps the only downfall of the whole purchase, insomuch that the cable is not supplied, adding an extra £15 to the cost of purchase if you don’t have a spare one indoors. The printer itself comes in a pack that contains a colour cartridge, though the printer can actually hold both a colour and a black and white cartridge, so you have the choice of buying another cartridge when you buy the printer (which retail for £28.00 for a colour cartridge and £24.00 for black and white), though the printer works just as well with the single cartridge provided. Printing 6 colour pages per minute and 9 black and white pages per minute, which is an ok speed... Read review

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Advantages: Small size, cheap
Disadvantages: Not the best printing quality, ink cartridge runs out too quickly.

...I bought this printer as a replacement for my fairly old HP 960. I have never owned a Lexmark printer before but decided to try it this time. Not a wise decision as it turned out. I chose the Z515 for two reasons. Its small size and its low price. However it seems that the “You only get what you pay for” saying is 100% true in this case… The package includes only a color ink cartridge so if you want to print normal documents or emails you need to purchase a black one which adds an extra £15 to the price of the printer (aprox £30) The installation is very easy with the enclosed CDROM which installs the drivers and a number of maintenance applications. The printing quality is not great, certainly well below the quality if my old HP printer but for standard home use its probably OK. Surprisingly enough the quality is better... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, easy to use and reliable.
Disadvantages: Ink cartridges can be costly at times; USB cable has to be purchased seperately (usually)

...the Quick print option and am very satisfied as the quality is very acceptable. The printer specifications display the following: 2400 x 1200 dpi 10 pages per minute in black 8 pages per minute in colour It should be noted that these speeds are only achieved if you print using the Normal print mode. It also depends on the detail level of your document. If your document has a lot of detail (like graphics, graphs, tables etc), it will require more of your computer’s memory (RAM) and if your computer doesn’t have the extra resources, printing will be a long process. The following is a guide to your minimum system requirements for using the Lexmark Z601 printer: - Windows 98/Me, P II 233 MHz, 64MB(RAM), 250MB (disk space) Windows 2000, P II 233 MHz,128MB(RAM), 286MB (disk space) Windows XP, Pentium 300MHz, 128MB(RAM), 300MB... Read review

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