Lexmark Z11 Color Jet Printer

by Lexmark

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14.7 x 8.4 x 6.1 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9 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: B00000JBW4
• Item model number: 70D0000
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

The Lexmark Z11 is as small and as easy to set up as most ink-jet printers. This model's super-low price and tiny form make it a great buy for students and small and home office users.

The Z11 weighs in at only 4 pounds and measures a petite 14.25 inches wide and 12.9 inches high (only 6.1 inches high with the paper tray removed). The printer features power and feed buttons, both with companion LEDs.

As with all Lexmark models, the Z11 accepts fully contained cartridges that house both the ink and print heads, making replacements clean and quick. When you lift the front cover, the ink cartridge moves to a convenient loading position. The unit comes standard with a tri-color cartridge, but is unable to use both dedicated black and color cartridges simultaneously. The printer can accept optional high-resolution black cartridges, but does not take the company's photo cartridge.

Our setup of the Z11 took only minutes. Black text quality from the standard tri-color cartridge was not very impressive. However, we also tested the Z11 with the optional high-resolution black cartridge and found that the quality improved significantly. Photographs looked much sharper on coated paper than plain sheets. Although the printer is rated at up to 4 pages per minute (ppm) in black mode, the fastest performance we could get out of the unit was 2.55 ppm with the black cartridge in Quick Print mode.

Instead of offering a software bundle in the box, Lexmark's Quick Pick program lets you pick two free titles from an array of 10 graphics and photo-oriented programs. The flexibility is nice, but it can be inconvenient to have to wait for your software to arrive.

If you're looking for a basic ink-jet printer for casual home use or a budget-conscious dorm companion, the Lexmark Z11 is a perfect pick.

Pros:

• 1,200 x 1,200 dpi printing
• Compact design and easy setup
• Flexible software bundle

Cons:

• Slow text printing
• Doesn't handle black and color cartridges simultaneously
• Software bundle is mailed separately

Product Description

Color Jetprinter 1200X1200 dpi, 4PPM, Accu-Feed paper handling system,

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value for the price, December 1, 1999

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Sammy (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark Z11 Color Jet Printer (Office Product)

Pros: 1200 x 1200 dpi. Easy installation. Great outputs on photo-quality paper for photographs. Inkjet cartridge is easy to replace. Paper feeding is not messy as in some other printers. Excellent lexmark software included.

Cons: Slow in printing. Black & white printing could be better, but is excellent for this price range (The blacks are not totally "black", but I'm nitpicking). Costly cartridges, as compared to other brands (Canon & HP).

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good quality printer, with a few faults, April 20, 2000

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Samuel David (Cheltenham, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark Z11 Color Jet Printer (Office Product)

This printer has outstanding print quality when printing photosand graphics. It's print speed is decent, and it doesn't take up muchroom on your desk. The faults are all print cartridge related. First of all only one cartridge in at a time, so either you have the color cartridge in, or the black cartridge. Lexmark helped this problem by including a cartridge caddy on the back of the printer to store a cartridge that's not being used. The second problem is the cartridges are pretty expensive. For a $90 printer, the black cartridge is $28.99 here, and around $32 retail. Color is about $5 more. Pretty steep for a cheap printer. And unlike Epson or HP printers, you can't get generic Lexmark cartridges, so you can't save any money that way. The software is good, it talks to you and tells you what the printer is doing. 1200dpi photo quality is amazing. Just be ready to shell out the cash when your ink cartridge runs out. END

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good printer, December 25, 1999

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This review is from: Lexmark Z11 Color Jet Printer (Office Product)

I've got this printer as Xmas present. Nice looking thing. Also it says on its box, that is 1200x1200 resolution makes it bigger resolution on the earth, (printers of its class). seems to be good printer. But printing quite slow... I've tried print color photo 600x720 pix with 1200x1200 max resolution, its took about 4,3 min to finish. Finnaly output is Really good. Of course text printing is much faster. So if you need to print text, its a great choise. If you need photo-like output this one is still good. Unless you going to use it for news-paper or magazin printing :). Bottomline: Buy it, for home use.