Customer Reviews

Lexmark 5700 Color Jetprinter

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I have had my Lexmark 5700 for 2 1/2 years at first it printed OK. I have printed a low to moderate amount with it. As with the other reviews I have had major problems with the black ink. Mine now will not print black unless the heads have been cleaned each use and then only after at least 5 pieces of paper have been run through. Not worth the effort anymore.

My Lexmark 5700 did a fair job printing until the day an envelope got stuck in it. This rather common event has left the printer unable to print with black ink. I won't be buying a Lexmark again, they are far too fragile.

I got my Lexmark 5700 about 2 1/2 years ago. The black and white printing was great to start with, but the color printing never did turn out as good as prints from other printers, including my brother's Canon Bubblejet and my Dad's HP Deskjet.
Color printing is somewhat better with a photo cartridge installed. Like one of the other reviewers, I have also, for the last 6 or 8 months, had significant problems with my black ink cartridges. The print quality is horrid. I just put in a brand new black cartridge, and one day later, the print is awful. There are skips all through my words. I don't know if this is a problem with the printer or the cartridges. If it's the cartridges, it's a big problem considering each black cartridge is about 28 to 30 dollars. Either way, I would not recommend this printer to anyone. I'm about 2 seconds from starting a bonfire with mine. Then I'm going shopping for something other than a Lexmark.

i have had my lexmark 5700 for a little over a year & although it used to be pretty dependable - more recently i have been having issues w/ the unit : i have had to replace the black printer cartridge 3 times now within a 2 month period : my printing activity is normal to below normal : i find support for the lexmark printer is also lacking - if not substandard

I am really satisfied with this printer! The text quality (even in the "normal" mode (600 dpi) beats any other ink-jet of any price range that I've seen. No blurred lines. The color is pretty decent, not the best.

The only major concern you should have when buying this is to make sure you always have an extra cartridge on hand. Every store (real and online) that I've checked has them on back-order. Lexmark is not supplying us with enough cartridges for this model. If the cartridges were available, I'd give 'em four and half stars.

After buying this printer with my IBM Aptiva, I found out they were incompatible. After calling the IBM helpdesk, I was told by the IBM helpdesk that this was a known problem and the 'work-around' was to shut down the system, completely unplug everything but the power cord from the CPU, power it up, shut the system down again, plug in everything BUT the printer, power it up. After it powers up, shut it down one more time, plug in the printer and start it up. Seriously!!!

Note: This doesn't always work. If you have an Aptiva, don't buy this printer. If you have this printer, don't get an Aptiva. It's too bad because when the printer did work it was relatively fast for a home user with nice color contrast.

Very high quality printing, and fast too. ideal for photo printing on most paper types.