Lexmark X125 All-in-One Office Center (13H0300, Dark Gray)

by Lexmark

Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 17 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AI0N0
• Item model number: 13H0300
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 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

From the Manufacturer

The X125 All-in-One Office Center features Lexmark's award-winning core inkjet technology. With up to 2,400 x 1,200 dots per inch (dpi) resolution in black and color on all paper types and a 7-picoliter color drop size, text is sharp and photo-quality images are vivid and textured--giving business documents and presentations professional appeal.

The sheet-fed scanner offers up to 600 x 1,200 dpi optical resolution and 36-bit color scan depth. You will find the X125 perfect for scanning color photos and images to incorporate into business documents.

Offering added functionality to a home office, the X125 operates as a standalone color copier capable of generating up to 12 copies per minute (cpm) in black and up to 5 cpm in color. The LCD screen enables users to easily copy up to 99 black or color copies from one original, and to resize photos and documents from 25 to 200 percent.

Boasting standalone black and color fax capabilities, the X125's sheet-fed design and straightforward LCD screen make sending multiple page documents a fast and easy process. With speeds of up to 33.6 Kbps and a fax memory that can store up to 80 pages, the X125 is well suited for efficiently sending and receiving lengthy documents. (Color faxing and receiving is possible only when sent to or received by another fax machine with color capability.)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars driver software doesn't work well, support is pathetic, December 16, 2003

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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 (13H0300, Dark Gray) (Office Product)

I have been using this product for almost 2 weeks now. The main problem that I have is the driver software crashes, usually at least once per day. I reported the problem to Lexmark support and they claim that it is not a known issue. But when I search the web, I find that others are having the same problem (the driver puts a Lexmark "red diamond" in your system tray - when the software crashes, this red diamond turns into a "red X" and a reboot is required before the computer can print again). Also, the scanner/copier doesn't do too well with narrow items. I used to be able to make photocopies of checks for example, with my HP. Making photocopies of anything small is very difficult with the Lexmark x125.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars How hard is it to feed paper, March 23, 2004

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Charlie T (Highlands Ranch, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark X125 All-in-One Office Center (13H0300, Dark Gray) (Office Product)

I've had my Lexmark X125 for almost a year now. I'm now shopping for an HP. At least once every 50-100 sheets, the paper feed mechanizm goofs and I have to open up the printer and pull out scrunched paper. And the lines of text on all pages are slightly slanted due to the paper pulling mechanism being on the paper's left side.
The fax/copy feeder slot tries to feed as many sheets at the same time as it can. So to fax or copy a multi page document, I have to feed the sheets one at a time. What a pain.
Ok, one more complaint. This printer, when it grabs a new sheet of paper makes a startling loud noise that makes some people jump.
Pick another printer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great if you want to fax 10 pages all at once!, November 23, 2004

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Bradley A. Gootee (Plainfield, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexmark X125 All-in-One Office Center (13H0300, Dark Gray) (Office Product)

This is the worst fax/printer I have ever owned. If you are going to fax more than one page it pulls them all through at once so you have to feed it one at a time! Time to look for a new fax.