Lexmark X125 All-in-One Office Center with USB Cable (13H0384, Dark Gray)

by Lexmark

Product Details

Product Manual [1.92mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 17 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AI0NA
• Item model number: 13H0384
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 3, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Lexmark's X125 is a compact, self-contained multifunction device for your printing, scanning, and faxing needs, and most of your copying needs as well. The scanner uses a feed-through device instead of a flat bed, so pages pass through one-by-one. You can scan them into your PC or make copies in black-and-white or color without a PC. The X125 looks much like an enlarged fax machine, and indeed provides full fax facilities, including speed dial and memory storage for up to 70 numbers.

Paper feeds from a near-vertical tray at the rear to a long pullout tray at the front. Above this is a second (clip-on) tray that catches pages as they exit the scanning mechanism. The machine uses old-style, high-capacity cartridges, which are easy to fit and clip into place.

A two-line LCD eases setup by directing you to, for example, align the machine's print heads before installing the driver software. The bundle includes photo editing and OCR software as well as facilities for faxing. These utilities install easily, but the driver isn't as user-friendly as those typically supplied with the more consumer-oriented printers, lower in Lexmark's price range.

In our tests, printed output was generally good, with sharp black text and finely detailed color prints. Resolution is high at 2,400 dpi, but we could still see fine dots in areas of variable shading. The print times, particularly for text, were low, with a five-page text document printing in just over a minute. Photo printing, at the best quality, took nearly 3 minutes.

Color copies weren't that effective, losing definition and bleaching some colors, particularly magenta tones. While they would be okay for quick copies intended for personal use, they would probably not be appropriate for giving to customers.

As a multifunction device, the X125 is functional and well-designed. It has some restrictions, most noticeably an inability to scan from books or magazines because it is sheet-fed, but still provides printing, scanning, copying, and faxing in one compact device at a good price. --Simon Williams, Amazon.co.uk

What's in the Box
X125 All-in-One Office Center, ViewAhead Photo Center software, ABBYY FineReader Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, #20/15M0120 high-resolution color print cartridge, #70/12A1970 high-resolution black print cartridge, installation software CD-ROM (drivers and utilities), phone cord, power cord, quick reference guide, setup sheet, scan/fax exit tray, USB cable

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Turn the other way and run!!!, December 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Lexmark X125 All-in-One Office Center with USB Cable (13H0384, Dark Gray) (Office Product)

I have dealt with a lot of poor products in my lifetime, and poor customer service but Lexmark's X125 is the worst. I purchased it off of Dell's website with my new computer and have never been able to get it to work (even with customer support on the phone) They have sent me 2 new printers (Along with the new one 1 bought) and each one has a different fatal problem. Lexmark makes it nearly impossible to get in touch with customer support and when they do finally diagnose your problem (If you can understand your customer support person) as a faulty printer they send you a RE-FURBISHED printer (1 printer had crumbs in the display)
Pathetic!
Read the other reviews for the Lexmark X125, this is a lousy product!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Why isn't 0 stars an option? This product is THAT BAD!, January 2, 2004

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me "none of yo bidness" (Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark X125 All-in-One Office Center with USB Cable (13H0384, Dark Gray) (Office Product)

Do not even think of buying this product. It is just no good. The driver supplied with it does not work very well with windows 2000. The driver software crashes at least once a day, and if you want to print again, you need to reboot your computer. The copier/scanner mechanism does not feed narrow items/small items very well. If you ever hope to scan something other than 8x11 plain paper, you're in for a surprise. This thing is junk, and the Lexmark support team is of no help whatsoever. The "driver" software problem noted above was mentioned to them, and they claim it is not a "known issue" nor will they assign it "known issue" status - yet many other folks are having the same problem. Just search the web for "lexmark red diamond red x" as the symptom is that the driver's "red diamond" symbol turns into a "red x" when the driver software has crashed. Goodbye Lexmark, hello HP.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars You're asking for trouble if you buy this POS; Look at eBay!, May 1, 2005

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SOHO Denver (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark X125 All-in-One Office Center with USB Cable (13H0384, Dark Gray) (Office Product)

I bought my X125 on the clearance table at CompUSA about two years ago. I should have known better. It was brand new and I got it at a great price -- but when will I ever learn that YOU REALLY DO GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. The driver software quits unexpectedly, forcing me to reboot if I want to print anything. I've written to Lexmark twice about this problem, once online and once via snail mail. I received the same BS answer from them both times. It was obvious they were giving me a boilerplate answer because the text of both replies was identical. They answered as if I was running Windows XP. The trouble is, I had clearly stated I was running Windows 2000, so their so-called "answer" was totally useless.

If you really want to know what people think of this unit, search the COMPLETED LISTINGS for "Lexmark X125" on eBay. Most of the time the item doesn't sell at all. When it does sell, it sells for less than TEN CENTS.

Since donating mine to Goodwill wouldn't be worth the gas money to drive it there, mine's going in the trash and I'll sell my leftover cartridges to the local ink refill store for a buck apiece. Stay away from this thing!