Print 35mm photo quality resolution! Up to 4800 x 1200 dpi on photo paper in best mode, up to 2400 x 1200 dpi on all other paper types. PRODUCT FEATURES: Print Fast! Up to 14... more
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A review by crazymotorbiker on Lexmark Z 615 February 8th, 2005
Author's product rating:
Picture quality
Good
Printing speed
Average
Colour sensitivity
Satisfactory
Ease of use
Easy
Value For Money
Good
Advantages:
Looks Great, Small foot area, Price, Print Quality
Disadvantages:
Bit flimsy, Speed, No USB cable
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
After my decrepit old Epson decided not to print one day i decided it was time i go look for a new printer. Being a student, which means being on a budget, i had to find something with fair printing at a good price.
After scouring the web for reviews, and finding a ton of bad ones but not very many good ones, i was undecided if i should buy this printer. But after a trip to comet to find there cheapest printer at £50 i was soon persuaded to go to Argos and get the Lexmark, especially when it came with the offer of a free USB cable!!
On opening the box i found that there was only a few parts, which meant one thing, less time putting the thing together and more printing time. The one thing i was disappointed about, but not bothered about, was the lack of USB cable. I don't know why printers don't come with them. Just seems a rip off when you've just bought a printer that should work straight out of the box.
The printer does come with instructions but, they are, to say the least, a bit rubbish. Having alot of computer knowledge i knew exactly how the printer went together, but i can see how a novice user would find it very difficult.
After slotting the power supply into the printer, putting the cartridges in, and follow the very easy printer driver setup guide on the CD provided, i was ready to print my first page with my new printer.
With a few clicks and after a kind American voice told me my document was printing, the printer whirled into life and printed my first page.
The text was sharp and crisp and the graphics where adequate for the money i had paid. No photo quality graphics here, but the colours where close to good and there was very little banding.
The only gripes i have with this printer, and all other printers for that matter, is the price of the cartridges. Although they are cheaper than most at £13.99 for a black and £13.99 for a colour, the cartridges alone nearly cost the same price as the printer. So i think when i come to buy mine they will be non branded. But you must remember that using these cartridges does void the waranty of the printer so becareful.
Overall i would definetley recommend this little printer. If, like me, your on a bit of a budget then you can't go wrong with this Lexmark.
Advantages: Good Quality Word Processing, Light, Easy to Use Disadvantages: Poor picture quality, Expensive Ink, Uses a lot of ink.
I got the printer with my laptop when I bought it. In my experience it uses a lot of ink. I have bought ink for it on average every 2 months and I don't even print a lot from it. The printer ink for it is usually around £35 for black and £30 for colour, if you get them re-filled it is only £19 but it is still a lot of ink considering I am a student. I have had to buy more ink than my friend who is doing English and prints off everyday. Also I have ... ...print, I don't move my printer around so I can't understand why this is. In turn with me having to do printer aligning, it wastes even more ink. I have also found that if you use the printer for printing photos, the quality isn't really that good. The quality is faded and sometimes turns up "spotty" white. On the other hand, if word processing is your main use for the printer, it is very good word printing. It is fairly fast, and good quality. The ...
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Advantages: Prints quickly; Prints clearly Disadvantages: No USB cable; Need to buy to separate ink cartridges
...I recently bought a new home computer, which unlike my previous one, did not come complete with a printer. This is probably just as well, though, as you rarely get a decent printer when you buy a computer as part of a special deal package anyway, as I found out to my dismay. You see, my previous printer was an Epson Stylus Color printer. It came with my old computer but never worked properly from day one. My biggest gripe with it was that it printed so slowly - 1 page every two or three minutes, which is terrible by today's standards! So in choosing a new printer I wanted one that had a good all round printing speed and which wouldn't cost the earth either! After a bit of searching on the Currys website, I found one which fitted the bill perfectly: the LexmarkZ615 Color Jetprinter. Costing a mere £29.36 if you buy online (£59.99 if you...
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Advantages: Cheap to buy Disadvantages: expensive to run
...I bought a lexmarkZ615 about 6 months ago and was reasonably pleased with it to start off with, its a tidy little printer ideal for home use, its about 400mm in width by 210mm in depth and stands about 100mm in height.
It prints around 8 pages per minute in colour format which means it is not the quickest printer around although the quality of printing is very high and it prints pictures and photos very well which is one of reasons I bought it.
When I purchased this printer I asked roughly how long the printer cartridges would last, and was told that on average they should see you clear of around 2000 sheets of paper, unfortunatley if you do alot of printing you can over half this as mine averages around 600 sheets which makes this quite expensive as cartridges cost around £35 a time for colour and £25 for black and white although...
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Up to 14 ppm - black draft - ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm)
Up to 8 ppm - colour draft - ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm)
Connectivity Technology: Wired
Interface: USB
Max Resolution ( B&W ): 2400 dpi x 1200 dpi
Max Resolution ( Colour ): 4800 dpi x 1200 dpi
Media handling
Media Type: Envelopes, transparencies, labels, plain paper, glossy paper, iron-on transfers, coated paper, photo paper, banners, index cards, cards, photo postcard paper
Max Media Size (Custom): 216 mm x 432 mm
Media Sizes: ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm), Legal (216 x 356 mm), Executive (184 x 267 mm), A4 (210 x 297 mm), A5 (148 x 210 mm), B5 (176 x 250 mm), Statement (139.7 x 215.9 mm)
Envelope Sizes: US No 10 (104.7 x 241.3 mm), US A2 (111 x 146 mm), International DL (110 x 220 mm), International C6 (114 x 162 mm), International C5 (162 x 229 mm), International B5 (176 x 250 mm), Monarch (98.4 x 190.5 mm), US No 9 (98.6 x 225.6 mm), US No 6 (92 x 165 mm), Japanese No 40 (90 x 225 mm), Japanese Chou No 3 (120 x 235 mm), Japanese Chou No 4 (90 x 205 mm), Japanese Kaku No 4 (197 x 267 mm), Japanese Kaku No 3 (216 x 277 mm), Japanese Kaku No 5 (190 x 240 mm), Japanese Kaku No 6 (162 x 229 mm)
Card / Label Sizes: US 4 x 6 Card (10 x 15 cm), A6 Card (105 x 148.5 mm), Hagaki Card (100 x 148 mm), US 3 x 5 Card (76 x 127 mm), L (89 x 127 mm), 2L (127 x 178 mm)
Total Media Capacity: 100 pages
Media Feeder(s): 1 x autoload - 100 pages - 216 x 432 mm
Manufacturer's product description
Print 35mm photo quality resolution! Up to 4800 x 1200 dpi on photo paper in best mode, up to 2400 x 1200 dpi on all other paper types. PRODUCT FEATURES: Print Fast! Up to 14 ppm black; up to 8 ppm color; Accu-Feed Paper Handling - virtually eliminates paper jams; Quick Pick Paper Feed System prints multiple page jobs faster; Convenient on-screen ink level indicators.
Duty cycle
Monthly Duty Cycle: 2000 pages
Cartridge / Printhead Included Qty: 2
Expansion / connectivity
Connections: 1 x USB - 4 PIN USB Type B
Miscellaneous
Consumables Included:
1 x ink cartridge ( colour )
1 x ink cartridge ( black )
Power
Power Device: Power adapter - external
Software / system requirements
Software Included: Drivers & Utilities
OS Required: Apple MacOS 9.0.4 or later, Apple MacOS 9.2.2, Apple MacOS X 10.1.5, Apple MacOS X 10.2.3, Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Apple MacOS X 10.3, Apple MacOS X 10.2.8, Apple MacOS X 10.3.2
I have nothing but good things to say about this particular printer. Every function is simple to use and it comes with a great utilities software to enhance its performance. The printing quality is very nice for the amount of money spent. Ink cartridges more
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