Producing an incredible 2400 x 1200 dpi resolution, the Z23e is by far the highest-quality printer in its class! With 2.88 million microscopic dots per square inch, output looks... more
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A review by water-witch on Lexmark Color JetPrinter Z23e April 16th, 2002
Author's product rating:
Picture quality
Good
Printing speed
Average
Colour sensitivity
Excellent
Ease of use
Very easy
Value For Money
Excellent
Advantages:
Extremely good printer for the price
Disadvantages:
none really
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Yesterday I found myself in the unfortunate position of having a thirteen month old printer which sounded like a tractor and gave out stripey colours!
I had only recently been given five special photo quality ink cartridges. Obviously I don't want to waste them, so the printer has gone off to my son who assures me it can be fixed. He can't do it for a couple of weeks, so I decided I had better get a cheap and cheerful printer to tide us over. Actually, if you use your printer a lot a spare is a good idea!
So, off I went to PCWorld. I had heard they were doing some amazing deals. Obviously I did not want to spend much, as hopefully my really decent printer will, like the prodigal son, eventually return home.I don't think we will be killing the fatted calf however!
I steeled myself against the excellent Epson printers on special offer- no need for anything that good for a spare!
Then I saw just what I was looking for. It was a Lexmark Z23e priced at £28.99.I thought it would probably be a heap of rubbish, but on inspecting the spec I was somewhat surprised. It has 2400x1200 dpi and is supposedly photo quality. I tucked the box under my arm, without further ado and set off to put it through its paces!
The printer has a USB interface and this is supposed to make it really easy to install. It was a pain in the b**!I had to un-install and re-install the software three times before it married up with the hardware. Perhaps it was me- I often seem to have problems installing USB devices. Perhaps I should have stuck to a serial connection!
That apart, things began to look up. The printer is very neat and fairly small.I will give you the dimensions without the paper extension trays out:
Height: 5.1" Depth: 8.1" Width: 17.5"
You do need to allow room to use the paper guides though. Here are the dimensions with them extended:
Height: 12.3" Depth: 18.0" The width is obviously the same for both.
I am rather taken with the look of the printer. It is very smart and I must admit looks a lot tidier than my big photo printer, which is also a Lexmark.
The first thing I noticed was how quiet it was. Even when my other one wasn't doing it's agricultural impersonations it was not as quiet. You can hardly hear it, well, until it speaks to you! Yes, it is a talking printer. It can be irritating, but I was used to having audio prompt on my other printer and it does come in handy to be told when your paper has jammed or your colour ink is running low.The noise level of this printer is 44dB. Not bad at all! We all have to watch our noise levels now, with the silly new noise directive from the EU! Here is a distracting silly but true fact for you: according to the new EU directive on noise, not only are our lawn mowers breaking the law, but it will be an offence for a full size symphony orchestra to play the last movement of Beethoven's ninth symphony. This is the movement with "Ode to Joy" in it. Ode to Joy is the anthem of the European union!! Have you ever heard such nonsense? I assume it will not be enforced?! Anyway, I have digressed- back to the point!
Now, about the ink; this printer has slots for two ink cartridges but can run with only the coloured cartridge attached to the left slot. You are only supplied with the colour cartridge but Lexmark say that you get a higher quality reproduction if you use the black as well. I had bought ink for my other printer earlier in the day and was amazed when I realised that one ink cartridge had only been £2 cheaper than this new printer!
The paper carrier takes 100 sheets of A4 ,10 envelopes,25 sheets of labels and a 20 sheet banner.It doesn't say whether all these sheets are for double or single bed!Whatever, it ouputs up to 50 sheets at a time. It will take any paper or card up to 150g in weight.
This isn't the fastest printer. Obviously it varies according to which of the four print qualities you pick, but the average is 9 pages per minute for black and white, and 5 pages for colour.
We tried an assortment of print jobs to test the printer and we were very impressed.The photos were very good and text was really crisp and clean. I was truly amazed at the quality in such an inexpensive machine.
The software is excellent and there is an ink level indicator which pops up while you are printing. Whenever you change a cartridge you "tell" the computer and it then keeps an accurate record of how much ink you have left. There is also a solution centre. In here you can find instructions on several topics:
How to use less ink How to print a photo How to do an envelope How to print a banner How to print an iron-on transfer
It also has all the paper and quality settings. This printer is simplicity itself to use.It is compatible with Mac,Linux and all Windows platforms and takes up approximately 20mb of disk space.
I have been very impressed with this printer. I was already impressed by Lexmark, but this is exceptional value. If you don't want to spend a lot, then here is your man!
...and the printer was a Lexmark it was a fantastic printer. Then last year it started playing up and not printing correctly but as we never used the printer all that much at that time we really never bothered and it done the trick for my son printing out some of his pictures. One day we were in ASDA and we noticed they had the Lexmark Z23e on sale at £29.99, I had to look twice, as I didn't realise this item could be so cheap I think it was mainly ... ...Like my previous Lexmark printer it can take two cartridges one colour and one black and white but if you don't want to have two then it will still work with just one. The printer came with a colour cartridge which I must warn you are more expensive than the printers which makes me wonder why as it is far much cheaper to keep buying a new printer each time you run out of ink, I was fortunate enough to have some cartridges left over from my previous ...
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Advantages: Eas of use, good quality, value for money Disadvantages: Cost of cartridges
I was on the look recently for a cheap, working printer for my siblings and found this little beauty. Now dont get me wrong, this isnt the best printer on the market but for the miserly some of around 30 quid, you cant much complain! I found this printer very easy to setup and get going with pretty good results. I just took it out of the box, plugged it into a spare USB port, used the CD it came with and got it up and running within about 10 minutes. ... ...blurb you'd expect. If you've set up printers before, you can set this one up blindfolded.
You'll be lucky to get 8ppm (pages per minute) black despite what the box says but the printer is quiet which is a plus point. I found that you're more likely to get a steady 6 to 7 pages a minute black and around 3 to 4 in colour which compares quite favourably to others in it league...just so long as your not doing anything too demanding. It comes with a ...
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Advantages: only one i can think of is it is quiet Disadvantages: 15 words max is not enough to describe them
Its definateley true the old saying of you get what you pay for and this product is a good example of this.I bought it for less than £30 because at the time i wasnt feeling very flushed but needed a printer for my work as my old one had broke.
I have had nothing but trouble with it since buying it and even though it was inexpensive the ink cartridges are nearly the same price as the printer and forget using copy cartridges because they dont do them ... ...printer uses a usb connection and it as taken me numerous times to install it and then when i try to print something it says it cant find the connection and either starts printing and stops halfway through or doesnt print at all and then wont cancel the print job so the only way i can get it to cancel is to shut down the pc and then everytime without fail it takes out my dial-up connection its just a nightmare!!!!!!
I definateley wouldnt recommend ...
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Media Sizes: 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)
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Media handling
Envelope Sizes: Com-10 (105 x 241 mm)
Total Media Capacity: 100 sheets
Media Feeder(s): 1 x autoload - 100 sheets - A4 (210 x 297 mm)
Duty cycle
Monthly Duty Cycle: 2000 pages
Cartridge / Printhead Included Qty: 2
Expansion / connectivity
Connections: 1 x USB - 4 PIN USB Type B
Manufacturer's product description
Producing an incredible 2400 x 1200 dpi resolution, the Z23e is by far the highest-quality printer in its class! With 2.88 million microscopic dots per square inch, output looks stunning with incredibly fine detail, breathtaking colors and true-to-life skin tones every time you print. Documents you compose, and images you create will look superb, and what's more, a special integrated color-matching system ensures that what you see on the screen will be exactly what your printer delivers. The Z23e is dual cartridge capable. That means you can upgrade it easily by adding a black cartridge alongside the color cartridge. The benefits for you? By using the two cartridges simultaneously, you can print higher quality, true black text much faster - and without having to swap cartridges as with a single-printhead printer. Discover easy, flexible printing with the Z23e! Quality printing has never been so simple. It's a fun printer that lets you print every type of image, photo or drawing, as well as school reports and all sorts of other documents. Want to reproduce your family photos? Print pages or images from the net? Create your own greeting cards, bookmarks, calendars, invitations and more? The Z23e makes it possible for everyone in your family to put their creativity on paper.
Miscellaneous
Consumables Included:
1 x ink cartridge ( colour )
1 x ink cartridge ( black )
Compliant Standards: Plug and Play
Power
Power Device: Power adapter - external
Compliant Standards: EPA Energy Star
Software / system requirements
Software Included: Drivers & Utilities
OS Required: Microsoft Windows 2000, Apple MacOS 8.6 or later, Red Hat Linux 7.0, Linux Mandrake 7.2, Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows 98/ME, Microsoft Windows XP, SuSE Linux 7.0
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