Lexmark Z515 COLOR JETPRINTER W/O CABLE ( 18K5000 )

Rating:
Summary: Great product!
Review: At first I was apprehensive to buy this printer because it is only in the $30-$40 price range. I thought it'd be cheap and fall apart. When I set it up, I was pleasantly surprised by its performance and quality. Sure, its not the most durable printer, but for the price there is no way you can beat it. The quality of the finished paper is excellent. I have no complaints whatsoever!

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Summary: Cheap Ink
Review: Don't even own the item, but if you need ink for a Z series printer or any that use Lexmark 10N0016 or 10N0026 (retail is about $30 each), this seems like the cheapest way to get it. According to the description, both cartridges are included in the box. So you save plenty by buying this item and disposing of the printer, what a shame.

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Summary: Decent enought printer, but ships with old software!
Review: I bought this Z515 printer from one of the big retail superchain stores in Sept. of 2004, at a great price. It is not a bad little printer--ESPECIALLY considering the price-- and fired right up with its installation CD (after a false start--may have been a problem with my CD-ROM drive or USB port.)

Prints nice color photos when using glossy paper, and, in draft mode, literally spits out printed text on plain paper in no time flat! And the results look MUCH better than one might expect from draft quality. Haven't experienced any paper jamming yet, either. The printer doesn't waste ink by going through a head-cleaning process each time it comes on; in fact, you have to instruct it to clean the heads if and when necessary. (I haven't even found a need to do that yet.) Has a nice auto-off feature when you shut your computer down...haven't experienced that before!

The problem with this printer is that it ships with a PREVIOUS version of Lexmark software-- the 510-series software. What this means is that, CONTRARY to what the box and this website say, it does NOT print color photos at up to 4800 dpi. In fact, there are only two dpi settings that I can find, 600 and 2400. Not that 2400 dpi resolution looks bad--it doesn't. But why claim a feature when the printer doesn't have it?? I'm assuming that Lexmark's website MAY have a newer version of the software available for download (an irritating idea in and of itself, having to download appropriate software)...but so far, I haven't been able to access their site without my internet browser program crashing!

Again, not a bad printer, and I'll hang onto mine -- but beware that what you get isn't what is being advertised. I give the printer itself 4 to 5 stars, but the software issue brings it down to 3.

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Summary: Poor Technical Support
Review: Just bought the product today and had a horrible time installing, I called tech support and was told it was a puter issue...so I spent $39.99 on the printer, then $75 for a service call - only to find out it was the CD that came with the printer. Worst customer service from a company! Good Luck. I haven't even printed anything out and already know I will never buy another Lexmark product again.