Lexmark Z25 Color Inkjet Printer

List Price: $109.99

Features:

• Desktop-sized color thermal inkjet printer
• 1,200 x 1,200 resolution
• Supports standard media types and sizes, plus Japanese envelopes
• Standard USB interface, optional Ethernet
• PC and Mac compatible

Accessories:
NETGEAR FWG114P ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 4-Port 10/100 Switch with USB Server	NETGEAR PS121 USB 2.0 Mini Print Server	Lexmark #16 Black Ink Cartridge (10N0016)	Spikemaster SM-BG8 8 Outlet Block, Standard Protection Surge Protector (White)	Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 [OLD VERSION]

Customer Reviews:

Good quality for the price [Posted on 2003-03-20]
This is a good quality printer for a very good price.
Printing is not too fast, but I never had a problem. The software is good and runs great with Xp. Ideal for home use.

Cheapest thing in the world [Posted on 2004-08-03]
I must say I'm not a stickler for print quality and print speed, so I didn't notice that the blacks came out dark brown, or that printing a full-page photograph took more time than it should. What I have noticed is that this printer will never feed more than one sheet of paper without jamming. That is to say, it might get the first page through alright, but when it goes for the second sheet, it feeds the right side of the sheet too quickly, starts printing at an angle, which crumples the paper, and jams the machine. In, fact, I wouldn't even reccommend leaving paper in the tray. Feed it manually, always.
I also have to say that the software (at least that which came with the Brazilian installation package) is irritating to the point of never wanting to print again. "Printing is starting" "Please feed paper" Blablabla, I'm not blind, you don't have to speak to me, just beep and that's enough. I take it back. No stars! This printer is going to printer hell when it dies, along with all its Z25 brethren. Avoid it like the plague.

A classic razor and razor blade situation - Don't buy this [Posted on 2004-11-11]
I was sucked in by the low price of the printer but the ink cartridges will have you paying through the nose (the editorial review already mentioned this). The low productivity per ink cartridge will have you buying cartridges very often, for me it was every three or four months and with the total cost for two cartridges being around $90 without no generic cartridges available the printer was definitely not worth it.
Actually, the cartridges can be refilled but there are other problems with that.

The printing quality is okay but with the market for printers so large there is no reason to settle for this. Now I'm looking for a new printer and I am definitely not buying a Lexmark again.

Print Quality Very Poor [Posted on 2005-02-09]
Prints well for the first couple of runs. Cartridge runs out quickly. Cartridge build is nothing more than a foam sponge inside - very poor design.

You get what you pay for.

Big Pain [Posted on 2006-08-22]
I concur with the previous complaints with efficiency and cost of cartridges. However, my dislike for this printer is associated with the jamming that occurs when printing a larger print file. As a previous evaluation noted, the printer jams and you end up wasting lots of paper and ink re-printing. The printer worked fine for the first few months. As the usage increases the paper feed begins to have problems with feeding paper that is aligned properly, and jams when the paper is eskew because the feeder mechanism pulls paper faster on the right than on the left, leaving a printed page crooked, if not jammed before completion.

I would not recommend this printer unless you are into frustrating yourself. So long, Lexmark.

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