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Personal Printer - Inkjet - Black: 1200 dpi - x 1200 dpi - Colour: 1200 dpi - x 1200 dpi - Parallel more

Are you looking for a reliable, easy-to-use inkjet printer? Do you need an affordable option for school or home? Try the Lexmark Z11 Color Jetprinter. Lexmark's reputation for...
more...quality products ensures that your Lexmark Z11 will serve you well. With a 1200x1200 dpi resolution in both color and black, text and images are clear and sharp, and color is brilliant. The Z11 prints at speeds up to a steady 4 pages per minute in monochrome, and up to 2.5 pages per minute in color. There is even a cartridge ink gauge to show you when to change the cartridge. Accu-Feed paper handling system accepts paperweights from 16 to 150 lbs. And with one-click printer driver software installation, set-up is easy, and your Z11 will be set to use in no time.

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A review by Marechal_Grouchy on Lexmark Z 11 Color Jetprinter
January 16th, 2001

Author's product rating: Lexmark Z 11 Color Jetprinter - rated by Marechal_Grouchy

Picture quality	Good
Printing speed	Fast
Colour sensitivity	Satisfactory
Ease of use	Satisfactory
Value For Money	Good

Advantages:	Cheap, all the usual features, good quality prints
Disadvantages:	Pricey ink cartridges, slightly dodgy paper feed

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I got this printer bundled with my PC system. Along with a Mustek scanner, it cost £100, so the price I paid for it was probably around £50. I didn't expect miracles; all I wanted was a printer that would do the job on both color and black text prints.

My first impressions were good. The manual was well-written, and I soon had the printer up and running on my desktop. The printer duly printed out Word documents, at unremarkable speed, and did very well on graphics as well. The printer software includes a nifty indicator showing how much ink is left in the cartridge, as well as job progress, whenever you decide to print out a document. The printer also performed extremely well on transparencies.

Unfortunately, after having used it for over a month, certain disadvantages came to light. First off, color printer cartridges are £25, and judging from the rate I am going, don't last all that long. Black and white cartridges are slightly cheaper, I'm told, but it is impossible to use a color and a black and white cartridge simultaneously. This additional cost is something one must bear in mind when considering the Z11's highly competitive base price.

Another thing which irks me is the dodgy paper feed. It is often quite a task to align the paper feed so that the paper goes in straight. This is okay for users like myself, but those who need the printer for more pressing duties should not need to bother with such a quirk. And no, I'm not the only one who has reported this problem either.

Aside from these issues, the printer is more than adequate for all my daily needs, incorporating all the features one could reasonably expect of a modern color printer. At £50, it represents good value for money, but this is unfortunately somewhat dented by the pricey ink cartridges.