Lexmark Z515 Color Jetprinter (18K5000)

by Lexmark

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001UEH94
• Item model number: 18K5000
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 9, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Lexmark Z515 Color Jetprinter is designed to provide outstanding performance, quality, and value for home printing. PC compatible, the Lexmark Z515 combines speeds up to 12 ppm black or up to 7 ppm color, 100-sheet paper capacity at an attractive price, and the Lexmark Accu-Feed paper-handling system to achieve effortless quality printing on media types that include plain paper, photo paper, greeting cards, banners, and iron-on transfers. The Lexmark Z515 provides up to 4,800 x 1,200 dpi print resolution on photo paper to deliver brilliant color printing. Ease-of-use features provide quick and easy installation and simplified printing.

What's in the Box
Z515 Color Jetprinter, setup sheet, power supply with cord, online user's guide, installation software CD (drivers and software), black print cartridge, color print cartridge, warranty information; USB cable not included

Product Description

This affordable Lexmark Z515 USB color inkjet printer is simple to set up, easy to use, and delivers great results! Features include a USB interface, up to 4800 x 1200 dpi color resolution, Accu-Feed paper handling and thermal inkjet print technology. Get yours today!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product!, September 8, 2004

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Pedro - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark Z515 Color Jetprinter (18K5000) (Office Product)

At first I was apprehensive to buy this printer because it is only in the $30-$40 price range. I thought it'd be cheap and fall apart. When I set it up, I was pleasantly surprised by its performance and quality. Sure, its not the most durable printer, but for the price there is no way you can beat it. The quality of the finished paper is excellent. I have no complaints whatsoever!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent enought printer, but ships with old software!, October 21, 2004

By 

Kenneth Walker (Virginia Beach, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexmark Z515 Color Jetprinter (18K5000) (Office Product)

I bought this Z515 printer from one of the big retail superchain stores in Sept. of 2004, at a great price. It is not a bad little printer--ESPECIALLY considering the price-- and fired right up with its installation CD (after a false start--may have been a problem with my CD-ROM drive or USB port.)

Prints nice color photos when using glossy paper, and, in draft mode, literally spits out printed text on plain paper in no time flat! And the results look MUCH better than one might expect from draft quality. Haven't experienced any paper jamming yet, either. The printer doesn't waste ink by going through a head-cleaning process each time it comes on; in fact, you have to instruct it to clean the heads if and when necessary. (I haven't even found a need to do that yet.) Has a nice auto-off feature when you shut your computer down...haven't experienced that before!

The problem with this printer is that it ships with a PREVIOUS version of Lexmark software-- the 510-series software. What this means is that, CONTRARY to what the box and this website say, it does NOT print color photos at up to 4800 dpi. In fact, there are only two dpi settings that I can find, 600 and 2400. Not that 2400 dpi resolution looks bad--it doesn't. But why claim a feature when the printer doesn't have it?? I'm assuming that Lexmark's website MAY have a newer version of the software available for download (an irritating idea in and of itself, having to download appropriate software)...but so far, I haven't been able to access their site without my internet browser program crashing!

Again, not a bad printer, and I'll hang onto mine -- but beware that what you get isn't what is being advertised. I give the printer itself 4 to 5 stars, but the software issue brings it down to 3.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice printer if you're on a budget, May 4, 2005

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Jason A. Wyant "looking for a good deal" (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexmark Z515 Color Jetprinter (18K5000) (Office Product)

My old Lexmark died on me after 5 years of good service. I needed a replacement and I needed one for cheap. This printer fits the bill. Set-up was quick and easy, I was up and running within 15 minutes. My only complaint is the lack of a USB cable. Since I rarely use my scanner I just took the one from it, but it would be a pain to keep switching cables if I used my scanner a lot. Still, for 38.99 and free shipping, you could do worse than this little guy.