Customer Reviews

Lexmark X4270 Color All-in-One Inkjet Printer

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

Oh, how I wish I could give this terrible product 0 stars! One star is one too many!
I didn't expect great prints from a printer with this low of a cost but the initial print quality was only barely acceptable. After just 3 prints, the grays in my pictures started printing as light blue. After 6 prints, the black started printing in streaks and the pink stopped working. Cleaning the cartridges' print heads fixed the problem for the pink but not the black. If I print out a letter, it is so streaked that it is unreadable. If I print a picture, it is washed-out, blurry AND streaked. After going through all the offical help steps, the official recomemdation is to replace the black cartridge - after less than 10 prints! At this rate, it will cost me $3 per page to use this printer!
I needed something that would print at least decent quality pictures and text - this was not it!
Be warned - YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR! Spend little - get VERY little in return! If you want a decent ink jet printer - stick with HP, or possibly Epson or Canon. Do NOT waste your money on a Lexmark product.

WHERE DO I BEGIN?? The ink catridges dried up after a few weeks of not using it and now it also says the device is not recognized by windows, so it is now offically inoperative. From a scale of 1-10 (10 being an expert) I am like 9.5 when it comes to computers. So I've done everything possible to reinstall this printer and fix its issues to make it functional again and have made no progress. Windows recognizes the device being connected but is useless because it doesn't have a driver; when I try to install the driver, the setup program says the device is not connected. What is its recommendations?? (This is the best part) Check to make sure the cable is plugged in and the power light is on. TERRIBLE!!!!!!! I contacted their Tech. support and their response had nothing to do with my problem I inquired about. PATHETIC!! I'm also considering developing a website just to demote anything with the name LEXMARK on it. I hope this review saves a lot of people...

As a multi-page scanner, it works pretty well. It often makes 1 out of 30 pages crooked, but otherwise is really speedy and the software interface is pretty good. It whines if you don't install printer cartridges, but will still function w/o them installed if you ignore the nags, unlike some other brands that will stop dead in their tracks. Haven't had a good record w/their flatbed scanners, but this seemed better constructed.

I OWNED A X4270 AND AFTER A MONTH OF USE STARTED GIVING ME PROBLEMS
IT'S NOT WORTH A PENNY.

Given the relatively low price of this machine, you need to temper your expectations for this. As a previous Lexmark owner, I wanted to get another Lexmark that used the same size 70/71 cartridges because I found this size to be readily available at places like Costco, Walmart, and Target.
This machine does an adequate job for light usage. Since I only use this for copying, printing, and faxing documents, I changed the print settings to black & white only. I find that this increases print speed and reduces overall printing costs. It clearly is not the best all-in-one out there, but, for the price, it does a satisfactory job.

IF I could give this machine negative stars I would. The fax machine can't tell when there is a fax coming in, so someone has to know that a fax is coming to turn the machine on, or everyone who calls gets a shrieking fax tone in their ear. The printer quit working after a couple of weeks. Tip- if your printer starts to fade to gray, clean the strip and the bottom of the cartridge off with alcohol. My printer problem is that the printer hangs. At that point, I have to unplug the USB, power down the printer, and uninstall and reinstall the drivers. This happens about every 3rd print. The Indian support desk is well trained about answers, but if the answer they learned doesnt' work, they don't troubleshoot. There is no on in email, online or phone support who is interested in solving your problem; they just want to say they provided an answer and get you out of their queue. I've spent *hours* trying to keep this thing up and running (I've owned it since Memorial Day weekend 2006). Lexmark support refuses to acknowledge that this piece of equipment has a material defect. The warranty isn't worth the paper it is printed on. My advice to you is get something else. The $20 you save on this, you'll spend in your time.

I bought this **** out of desperation as my girlfriend needed a "do everything" printer to apply for a job. I never liked Lexmark and now doubly so. The print quality went down fast, in just weeks. Buy new cartriges? Didn't help and now it won't print anything. The only thing this piece of **** will do now is SEND a fax. That's it. Stay away from Lexmark.

I happened to consult the Amazon reviews on this product only after I had purchased it in a store. I was rather dismayed to see the reviews, but I was hopeful that mine would be ok. For 4 months it worked great, though even when working it has a couple annoying features: the ink level monitors in no way reflect the actual amount of ink in the tanks, and it prints papers face-up starting with page one, so your document is completely backwards when you are done printing. Nevertheless it was working.

But in the end my hopes were dashed. After 4 months, the black ink prints with large streaks through it, even with a brand new ink cartridge. The ink cartridge head-cleaning exercise does nothing. Argh!

I only hope that you are reading this *before* buying this product!

Ok I bought this when my Brother All-in-one had to go to the repair shop for the 3rd time to have the printer head cleaned... for another $80..
Anyway, for the same amount of money (about $80) I bought this Lexmark. I've been happy with it so far. I haven't had any significant printing problems - other than running out of ink from use! The phone is bad, I'll agree there.. I don't use the phone handset, but I do use the fax and copier. Even the scanner does pretty well! I had no problems connecting with my PC (running Win XP Pro) - and I leave things on 24/7 and don't lose connectivity. I have shared it on my internal network so my son and husband use it too.
The ink is a little pricey, espcially when my kids like to print color photos of all their favorite cartoon characters over and over.
Otherwise a good $80 investment. I'd buy another if this one breaks.. I've already gotten my money's worth over the last year.

I don't know how many times I had to turn this machine off and on just to clear it. Would constantly get "hung up" when using ANY of the functions: faxing, receiving, scanning, printing, copying. Ink ran out without warning and WAY before it should have. Spend so much time re-doing everything.