Lexmark Z55 Color Inkjet Printer

by Lexmark

Product Details

Product Manual [775kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007FKBI
• Item model number: 16M0289
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 2, 2002

Customer Reviews

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars it rocks, March 30, 2003

By 

Todd (Crystal Lake, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexmark Z55 Color Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I bought this printer because I thought I wanted a direct printer cable and not USB. So I installed the driver (easy) and waited while the thing paused several seconds between every line. The thing was going right back to the store on the printer cable. For kicks I tried the USB cable and zoom! Boy did that make a difference! The draft printing is so good I use that as my default, switching to a finer mode for presentations, legal documents, pictures. It actually shoots out so fast I nearly need to catch them. Maybe a better out tray is in order.

I have been a Lexmark fan for many years. What really drives my purchase is ease of refills for the ink. I love to print lots for home and office and don't want to moan about expensive cartrides.

The thing no one talks about in these reviews is ease of refills. You cannot easily refill Canon or Epson cartridges. I was sad about switching to new inkjet cartridges "8" and "9" instead of 15M0120 etc but now I'm grateful to move up to the new technology with the printer costing less than two cartridge refills!! The cartridges are smaller so they can zip along printing faster. The quality is much improved. I don't print photos on photo paper so don't ask me the picky un stuff.

So Atlascopy dot com gets you a nice refill kit and anyone with a tiny bit of dexterity will refill cartidges for about $5 a shot. Every 8th or 10th refill you will replace the cartridge. Do the math. I'm cheap and I am used to filling Lexmark cartridges. Lexmark has a sponge inside and it's fast, no special hot glue or tools and you can use the cartridge right away. I liked the HP black cartridges which a ton of ink went into but you had to set the cartridge unused overnight. Yuk! Usually in the middle of printing Christmas cards. And color looked too complicated.

So despite some reviews that made me worry I was screwing up I find myself printing up a storm! Be a refill convert! You will never regret it!