Ok I decided to do a re-write on this review so here goes:
Low printer prices have made the Lexmark X75 PrinTrio unit a bargain well what I class as a bargain, it cost me around £50inc delivery and 2 cartridges which cost about the same as this. It copies, scans, and prints, hence the name PrinTrio. This Lexmark does what it says on the tin lol. Including printing at 2,400 by 1,200 dpi resolution at speeds up to 11 PPM in black, and 6 PPM in colour, one-touch 48 bit scanning and one-touch colour copying. Note, the printer needs to be attached to the computer and the computer needs to be on for it to work as a copier.
A good thing about this "printer" is the design of the product. It is compact. At about 18 x 13 x 6" don't ask what it is in cm the ruler I had only had inches lol. to be honest it isn't that much larger than a single printer and takes the same area up as a scanner The power on/off button has a silver finish which I actually think is rather tacky the paper feed is standard grey and so is the scan button, colour copy is green and black copy is surprise surprise black. The scanner is bilt into what I would call the lid of the printer, so this avoids it blocking up the in and out trays, also the scanner lid is removable, which makes it easy to scan in books, newspapers etc.
The scanner part of the printer can reduce or enlarge from I believe 20% of the original size up to 400% I'm not 100% at the minute, I will update if I find out for certain. it also comes with an OCR (optical character recognition) program it also comes with fax software, it doesn't have fax function on its own, thou I can say I'm yet to work out how to use it as a fax, not that I really need to.
The setup of the Printer is simpler for pretty much anyone. Remove the printer from the packing. plug in the power box and the power cable then the USB cable, insert your software disk and install, if you run a Mac os it also comes with a Mac install disk, I've only used the windows one, but I can say that it is extremely user friendly and even my mum could install it :)
Now, print quality, well if you use official Lexmark cartridges it is pretty good, thou I wouldn't recommend it as a photo printer, if u are using refills or compatibles then the quality is slightly worse but not that noticeable.
Now cost of cartridges :/ this is where for me the printer has its major downfall. Colour Lexmark are around £30 and black are not much cheaper at around £25. Compatibles are only about £5 cheaper, so it is worth spending that extra £5 for the better print quality.
Overall I would recommend this printer, thou if you are a heavy printer or print a lot of graphics then this printer isn't for you. I shall later review my other printer which is a HP 1100 summit or the other lol this is more the type of printer u want for photo quality.
Thanks for reading :)
Mem
Fixed typos :)
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This is a well written read, I understood it and learned ... thanks Lois
jesi 05.09.2005 21:13
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MilkyMalky 09.08.2005 13:28
A very nice re-write, and a good example of a decent review. Good stuff! Milky :)
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