Cheap to buy, easy to install, little or no paper curl
Disadvantages:
Expensive to run, slow
Recommend to potential buyers:
no
Full review
We bought the Z13 some months ago for occasional printing alongside our Samsung laser. We just needed something cheap for colour printing. So along came the Lexmark. Cheap we wanted, cheap we got.
The construction quality is not good, particularly the two buttons on the top of the unit. After only a few days occasional use, the power button failed. However, since it still worked if we just unplugged and then plugged the power cable into the unit, we decided to persevere.
The drivers installed first time and without a hitch (something Samsung's drivers didn't do). The unit comes with only a three colour ink cartridge which looks a little on the teeny side. Sadly, past experience with Lexmark printers have shown them to be ink guzzlers and they are probably the most expensive inkjets on the planet to run.
At its lowest print quality settings, the Lexmark is reasonably quick without overdoing things in the speed stakes. However, it really suffers if you want to print at its highest quality setting - it can take up to 10 minutes to print a page. Also, prospective users should be aware that it's definately not a photo-quality printer. Having said that, photographs do come out quite well on it considering its specifications.
In all, however, I would only use the Z-13 for occasional printing or it would make an ideal printer for students.
More details
Reliability
Poor
Design
Satisfactory
Range of extra features / functions
Very poor
Instruction manual
Good
Manufacturer Support
Satisfactory
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