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An easy colour printer

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4 Apr 15th, 2007 

9 Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful

Advantages:
reasonable price

Disadvantages:
photo printing quality isn't good

Recommendable Yes:

Detailed rating:

Picture quality

Printing speed

Colour sensitivity

Ease of use

Value For Money

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simple_1

About me:

Female, 25, postgraduate student in Manchester, UK.

Member since:05.04.2007

Reviews:12

It's called easy colour printer. I have to say, it is really easy. It is easy to install, easy to use. There is basically no need to read manual at all. I so far have no problem using it.

Quality
Its print resolution is up to 4800 dpi. However the photo printing quality isn't good. So, I mostly use it to print documents (texts files), which is in normal black and white. The quality for black and well is alright. It is good enough for home printing. The papers load well. So far, no paper has every get stucked.

Speed
It is fast enough for me. I usually need to print in bulk and it could be up to 100 pages each times. It can prints up to 14 pages per minute.

Price
I bought this printer from Argos for £19.99. I think the price is ok. However, it does not include the USB cable. I need to get my own cable. Anyway, with its quality, the price is considered as reasonable.

Cartridge
Initially, I thought the price for the cartridge is quite expensive. It costs at least £13.59 each, even on special price and I need to buy a new cartridge every 2-3 months. However, I had recently realized that I can get it cheaper from lexmark website itself. It is cheaper because they are doing promotion. It is now cost £19.18 for two (including VAT at 17.5%). In other words, it comes in a twin pack. The normal price is £22.56 (Including VAT). However the promotion of 15% off will be due on 24th April 2007.

Design
I will not say it is the nicest one. It is not ugly, very plain, not too big (although it could be smaller). It fits well with that price.

Conclusion
I will say it is a printer for home using. It works well on text documents. Basically, it has no other special functions. So, if you just need a printer to print off your text documents, it is good enough and the price is reasonable.  

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Comments about this review »

Newboy3 15.05.2007 14:46

A good review. I'm amazed how cheaply it's possible to buy a basic printer now.

HotBabes 18.04.2007 14:22

Nice review and this sounds an ideal basic printer. x

TheHairyGodmother 16.04.2007 17:21

Great review! I hate lexmarks with a passion, im an epson man myself :o)

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