Lexmark Z611 Color Inkjet Printer

by Lexmark

Product Details

• Item Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 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: B000AAZPPU
• Item model number: 18K6572
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 18, 2005

Product Description

LEXMARK (18K6572) Lexmark Z611 Color Jetprinter

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome $30 Printer, February 16, 2006

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Stephen Becker (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexmark Z611 Color Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I don't have many printing needs, just the occasional Yahoo map from time to time. I bought this low-end printer without really looking into it at all. I expected a newer version of the Z13, but was really impressed with what I got.

I like how solid it is, it feels a little cheap, but better then I expected from a $30 printer. The fact that allows you to have color and b&w installed together was a big shock; I never expected that from a $30 printer!

For those complaining about it not coming with a black cartridge or USB cable, get over it! Its $30! The cartridges are about $20 each and cheap USB cable is about $4. Do the math, if they included those things then Lexmark would be paying you to take their printer.

If you plan on buying a black cartridge or don't already have a USB cable then check-out the Z615. It is probably a better value because it comes with those things (it seems to otherwise be the same printer).

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Cheap Printer, But...Caveat Emptor, October 8, 2005

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Sean Prpick "SeanP" (Regina, SK Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexmark Z611 Color Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

Yes, let the buyer beware on this one. As far as I can tell (by putting the specifications and photos side-by-side) the Z611 is is identical to its "big brother" the Z615 (available for about $20 more) with these important exceptions: the Z611 comes with no black ink cartridge or USB cable...and the Z615 does. Saving a few backs by excluding a USB cable I get...but deleting the black ink cartridge? Come on, Lexmark!...I guess the printer business is a cuthroat one. Apart from that, it's a fine little printer for the price and performs well...but only makes sense if you happen to have a USB printer cable and a Lexmark #16 or #17 black ink cartridge already lying around. Otherwise, save a few dollars by buying the Z615.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great basic printer, July 23, 2006

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Gail Strumberger "Author, "Shock Therapy:... (Pewaukee, Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexmark Z611 Color Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

OK. So no USB cable is included. I bought this as a backup printer so I just used the USB from the unit that's in the shop. If I hadn't had one, I may have just purchased the Z615 to save myself a trip to the store.

As for there not being a black ink cartridge, this doesn't mean the color cartidge doesn't print black. It does. The purpose of the separate black ink cartridge, according to the manual, is to have the option of printing entirely in gray scale, thereby saving your color ink. I find that a refreshing way of thinking, rather than annoying. Since the color cartridge runs about $18, this is also one of the most economical I've come across.

The printer was ridiculously easy to set up. Plug the power cord into your power strip, the USB cable into the printer, then into the computer, install the cartridge, load the paper, install the driver software and you're off to the races. You don't even have to reboot your computer after the software's installed.

You also get a rather neat pop up box during the printing process that "speaks" to you ("printing has started", "printing has ended", etc), shows you what percentage of your print job is completed as you go along, plus gives you an ink level read out. With my Canon S9000 (which I also love, by the way), I had to go into a separate maintenance window to see how my ink levels were doing.

The Z611 isn't particularly fast but it's pretty quiet and gets the job done in a reasonable amount of time. I haven't tried printing photo-quality items yet so am curious how the quality will be.

In all, I'm pleased with it.