With up to 2.88 million dots placed accurately per square inch, you can rely on perfect output every time. The Z53 is the ideal machine for printing everything from... more
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Advantages: Great little printer from a trusted Brand Name Disadvantages: The usual one for printers - cheap printer - expensive ink!
...owned my trusty little color Lexmark Z53 for several years. It was cheap when I bought it at about £60 so you should be able to pick one up for peanuts now.
OK it's not up to the "as true as life" digital printing that todays top-end models are but I have used it quite satisfactorily for photo reproduction without problem.
Easy to use, easy to change cartridges, cheap as chips, reliable, good printing speed. Good for colour or general text work.
... ...never cheap. Lexmark ones are around £22 for Black, £25 for Colour. But they do last a good while for general use and many third parties make perfectly good cartridges suitable for this machine at around £17 for Black £20 for colour.
You can also of course use a refill kit if you wish but seeing the mess I made when I last tried to use one I'd rather buy cartridges :)
All in all a good little printer giving good value for money over the years. ...
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04.01.2005
Good budget buy! Review ofLexmark Z 53 Color Jetprinterby
ashtonluke
Advantages: High Quality prints, speedy Disadvantages: Has developed a fault
...needed a printer. The lexmark did not let me down. It seemed economical enough with its' ink consumption and importantly it was very fast, particularly when printing black text. It was much slower however with colour, albeit a mixture with text or pictures in their entirety.
I have to say it was probably a little unfair putting one of the disadvantages down as being 'developing a fault'. It indeed did but that was only after a good few years of ...
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Up to 8 ppm - colour, Up to 16 ppm - B/W - ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm)
Up to 8 ppm - colour - ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm)
Connectivity Technology: Wired
Interface: Parallel, USB
Max Resolution ( B&W ): 2400 dpi x 1200 dpi
Max Resolution ( Colour ): 2400 dpi x 1200 dpi
PostScript Support: Not available
Media handling
Media Path Type: Straight
Max Media Size (Custom): 216 mm x 356 mm
Media Sizes: Legal (216 x 356 mm), A4 (210 x 297 mm), A5 (148 x 210 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), C5 (162 x 229 mm), 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), 216 x 297 mm, C5 (162 x 229 mm)
Envelope Sizes: US No 10 (104.7 x 241.3 mm), International DL (110 x 220 mm), International C5 (162 x 229 mm), US No 9 (98.6 x 225.6 mm), International DL (110 x 220 mm), Com-10 (105 x 241 mm), Monarch (98.4 x 190.5 mm), US No 9 (98.6 x 225.6 mm)
Card / Label Sizes: Hagaki Card (100 x 148 mm)
Total Media Capacity: 100 sheets
Media Feeder(s): 1 x autoload - 100 sheets - Legal (216 x 356 mm), 1 x autoload - 100 pages - Legal (216 x 356 mm)
1 x USB - 4 PIN USB Type A, 1 x parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 36 PIN Centronics
1 x USB - 4 PIN USB Type B
Manufacturer's product description
With up to 2.88 million dots placed accurately per square inch, you can rely on perfect output every time. The Z53 is the ideal machine for printing everything from computer-generated images, to high-quality digital or analog photos. All your output will benefit from ultra-fine detail, flawless transitions, rich depth of colors and lifelike skin tones. With the highest resolution and Lexmark's exclusive new generation of infrared-readable, pigmented black ink, text documents are crisper, denser and sharper than ever before, even on plain paper. Furthermore, because the ink is pigmented, output is both fade resistant and waterproof, ensuring outstanding achievability for all your text documents. The Lexmark Z53 delivers the ultimate in high resolution printing, in both speed and professional photo quality output. Designed to boost business performance from day one, the Z53 will rival many laser printers with speed in black. And even in color, the Z53 keeps pace with your busy workplace with an impressive speed and a quality of output that is simply unrivaled in its class.
Miscellaneous
Compliant Standards: Plug and Play
Consumables Included:
1 x ink cartridge ( colour )
1 x ink cartridge ( black )
Power
Power Device: Power adapter - external, Power supply - external
Voltage Required: AC 110/220 V ± 20%, AC 110/240 V ± 10%
Frequency Required: 50/60 Hz
Power Consumption Operational: 17.6 Watt
Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep: 7.9 Watt
Compliant Standards: EPA Energy Star
Software / system requirements
Software Included: Drivers & Utilities
OS Required: Microsoft Windows 95/98, Apple MacOS 8.6, Linux, Microsoft Windows 2000 / NT4.0, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Apple MacOS 9.1, Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Microsoft Windows 95 OSR 2, Apple MacOS 8.6, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Red Hat Linux 6.0, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Apple MacOS 9.x, Red Hat Linux 7.0, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Apple MacOS 8.6, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Red Hat Linux 6.1, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Red Hat Linux 6.2, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Apple MacOS 9.x, Red Hat Linux 7.0, Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Peripheral / Interface Devices: CD-ROM, Mouse or compatible device, CD-ROM
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support: 1 year warranty
Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - replacement - 1 year - carry-in, Limited warranty - express exchange - 1 year - carry-in
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