Lexmark Z 42 Color Jetprinter

Advantages: Good printing, Good Customer Service
Disadvantages: Expensive ink catrdige, Not reliable

The Lexmark I bought wasn’t from choice. I had it in my package with Tiny. But, when I heard it was Lexmark we’d had with the computer, I was thrilled and couldn’t be more ecstatic! I had heard of Lexmark, and I knew it was one of the best around. I’d never used it, but I was almost certain it would be good, and provide me with clear and sharp prints off my work. And that’s what it did for almost 2 years. After numerous ...
...that hadn’t worked back to Lexmark for tests. But a month after new Year, the same thing happened again, and by now I knew there was a problem, but still didn’t know what it was. I was printing something one minute, and the next it had ALL gone. I was, and still am, 100% sure I hadn’t used it all up. So, this time, I never e-mailed Lexmark, but when I had to put in an important assignment, I had to print of colour, so I had to ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent print quality, Economical printing
Disadvantages: Expensive cartridges, even though they last forever

I got this printer from an insurance claim after nagging my insurance company, and was treated to a "better" printer than I should have got as a result (I should have got a measly Z12). Blimey was I impressed. I'm a student, and am used to "making do" with manky University printers, and my old one which was pretty naff compared to this one....not to mention the 100 year old one we've got at home...this printer is a dream. Installing it was a dream, ...
...with the program, which talks to you, and allows you to print in pretty much any format you like, in brochure, leaflet, or any form you like. Once you've written your document in Word, say, it's really easy to print double sided for instance, through the printer software. Yes, the american accent is rather irritating, but this really is great. And I haven't mentioned anything about the actual printing yet! I was amazed at the speed at which it fired ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap to buy, simple to run and good quality printing
Disadvantages: Expensive cartridges and full colour printing slow

I've been a fan of Lexmark since I originally bought their 1020 Inkjet printer as a cheap way to buy a printer that is a fraction of costs of it's competitors. When I finally decided my 1020 was past its sell-buy date I had a look at some of the opposition Hewlet Packard, Cannon, Epsom and of course Lexmark. At the time Cannon and Epsom had some interesting deals and so I test drove two printers at a similar price and returned them. Hmm. I saw the ...
...after thought the voice of Lexmark also tells you when the print cartridges are low and you can get a visual by looking in the program where the ink levels in the cartridges are displayed. It's about this time a bloke will think about reading the manual. Surprisingly it's well written and simple to follow with clear instructions and a straight forward troubleshooting section. The calendar software that came with the printer did not get much use ... Read review

Advantages: Nice printer, quick, quality printouts, low purchase price
Disadvantages: Expensive to run (long term)

...eventually decided to buy the Lexmark Z42 from Argos. It cost me £89 (catalogue said £99, so pleasant surprise there). I got it home and set it up. Nice and easy to do. It would have been even nicer if they would have supplied the USB cable to connect it to the computer with. Anyway, with everything installed, I aligned the heads and a test page was printed. Hmm, very nice. I printed a page of my own to see how it would handle text and graphics (in ...
..."lexpps". For some unknown reason, Lexmark have decided that their printer driver has to have a permanent presence in the background. I downloaded the an updated driver in the hope that this would solve things. It didn't. I have e-mailed Lexmark's helpline and am awaiting a reply (other than the automated acknowledgement). This slight problem spoils what would have been a wonderful purchase for me. The printer isn't cheap to run (approx 4p per page ... Read review

Advantages: fast reliable printer
Disadvantages: can print slightly bent, pages may be fed out too fast

This printer by Lexmark is a very good and reliable. It can print 5 pages per minute in colour and 10 pages per minute in black and white. It can be recogined by every Operating System I have tried it on. This includes Windows 98SE and XP. The printer contains two main buttons. these are the on off button and the test button. The on off does exactly that, and the test sends a peice of paper through the printer. The printer wil hold around 30 pages ...
...more that one sheet, although this dosnt happen often, it does happen. It isnt the noisest printer ever but without a door between it and another room you can hear it printing. At the bottom of the printer there is an extendable tray for printer sheets. this is good enough to print maybe 5 pages but if you are doing a lot of printing you may find sheets on the floor after the printer flings them out after printing. The printer will print the pages ... Read review