Lexmark X83 Multifunction with USB Cable (10K0000)

by Lexmark

Product Details

Product Manual [3.37mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 14 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000063UWR
• Item model number: 10K0000
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 21, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Lexmark X83 is a thermal inkjet scanner-printer-copier with a fax machine, providing a complete business solution in a compact package. Enjoy photo-quality black and color printing and 48-bit color flatbed scanning. Make copies in black and color with 2,400 x 1,200 dpi, at the touch of a button, with or without a PC.

The Lexmark X83 multifunction center is designed with a 100-sheet paper tray, capable of printing 12 pages per minute (6 ppm in color) on a variety of media including envelopes, transparencies, label sheets, letter, and legal. The unit makes up to 10 copies per minute in black and 3 cpm in color, with reduction/enlargement from 25 percent to 400 percent. You can also print up to 99 copies at one time. The flatbed scanner accommodates books and magazines.

With a substantial maximum monthly cycle of 3,000 pages, the X83 is also supported by a one-year print engine warranty.

From the Manufacturer

The Lexmark X83 offers photo-quality printing, 48-bit color scanning, PC-free black and color copying, PC fax capability, and 2,400 x 1,200 dpi resolution (black and color) on all paper types. It prints up to 12 pages per minute in black and 6 ppm in color. The flatbed scanner easily handles books, reports, and more. Enjoy PC-free copies up to 10 copies per minute black and 3 cpm color.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Copier-Printer-Scanner Combination, June 13, 2002

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Rafael Viaud (San José, Costa Rica) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark X83 Multifunction with USB Cable (10K0000) (Office Product)

This Multi Function gives great functionality, but is bigger than what I had imagined , it does not offer standalone fax option, and USB only.

Right out of the box it can be used as a color or black and white copier, without needing to be hooked to a computer. It has a nice regular Copier Control Panel where you can set the printing quality, enlargement/shrinking, and other settings for your copies. Its flat bed scanner lets even open books to be scanned/copied. Copies' quality is very nice, even on the normal setting and using regular paper.

Once hooked to the computer there are drivers for Win98/ME/2K/XP that let you control scanning, copying and printing from your PC. I really liked the control panel window, and you may use it to check the MF instead of using the real panel. I was not able to find Linux drivers for it, though.

PROS:
One box for printing, scanning, and casual copying.
Good printing/copying quality (better than some Color Laser Printers I have tried).
Power Saver Mode.
Good Windows printer drivers.
Flash upgradeable firmware (downloadable updates).

CONS:
No standalone FAX option.
No Linux driver.
Relatively big footprint.
USB only, no optional parallel port for printing.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Works for printing/... but has limitations, August 21, 2002

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J. Ellis - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexmark X83 Multifunction with USB Cable (10K0000) (Office Product)

...P>First, color is okay but requires such manual calibration that it will drive you nuts. You manually align the heads, which isn't a big deal until you have to keep popping out/inserting the cartridges.

Color saturation is descent, but contrast is rather dull. Copying actually looks better than printing - most 1600x1200 digital photos of mine came out looking bland.

My biggest problem is the driver - IMHO, a printer driver should just hang out with the Windows spooler and not have anything spurious. Not so with the Lexmark. You have extra software that must spawn each time a job is launched, which means that you have extra apps eating memory and you must be logged on to a machine for the printer to be networked.

Mine was defective - it kept saying "cartridge short" and I had to restart the printer each time. Sometimes the printer firmware itself would die requiring me to unplug/replug the machine. I returned it and got an Epson Stylus C80 - much better.

If you want good quality & scanning, get a seperate scanner and printer. Much less headache.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great printer/scanner/copier choice for the money, June 14, 2002

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Sheldon Aubut "Biker451" (Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexmark X83 Multifunction with USB Cable (10K0000) (Office Product)

My small business depends on dependability and veristility of our equipment. We are quite limited in space so when I was looking for a multi-function printer the X83 looked like a good bet. It turned out to be an incredible machine for the money. We love it and it does everything we need it to. Print quality isn't the best that I've seen but it is very good. It is very easy to use. I can't imagine a better bargain.