Lexmark 12A1980 Color Inkjet Print Cartridge

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 2.1 x 1.9 inches ; 2.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JD5T
• Item model number: 12A1980
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 7, 2008

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This high-quality replacement cartridge is compatible with popular Lexmark printers, including Lexmark 3200 Color Jetprinter, Lexmark 5700 Color Jetprinter, Lexmark 7000 Color Jetprinter, Lexmark 7200 Color Jetprinter, Lexmark OPTRA Color 40, Lexmark OPTRA Color 45, Lexmark Z11, and Lexmark Z31.

Product Description

The ink cartridge is the most important element of the Lexmark printing process, so Lexmark carefully engineers its cartridges for optimum performance. Installing a new Lexmark print cartridge is almost like getting a brand new printer. Lexmark develops and manufactures its cartridges using a full range of inkjet technologies, from precision printheads to specially formulated inks. In fact, Lexmark's printhead technology has important advantages over that of competing brands, including a higher ejection pressure and greater packing density, resulting in a smaller cartridge that makes great-looking prints. Lexmark takes inkjet quality to unprecedented levels with deep, rich black inks and the brightest and widest color ink spectrum to produce spectacular output.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice color cartridge, September 7, 2000

By	"mili777" (New York City, NY) - See all my reviews

This is a nice color ink jet cartridge (it's the only one I can use for my Lexmark Z11). It has nice color and performs well for the average home / light business user.

However, it doesn't last very long and sometimes it doesn't even use all of the ink before the printer begins sending out error messages about the ink being low. That's why I gave it 3 stars, otherwise I would have been satisfied with it enough to rate it 4 stars.

There is a higher yield cartridge (12A1985 for color, 12A1975 for black) that Lexmark has available for the Z11s and others. But these cartridges are also more expensive.

It also tends to get a bit crumbly with time. But then again, so does some laser inks.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars COLOR IN, COLOR OUT, June 14, 2000

By	"mel87avak" (Racine, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

The Lexmark color cartridge is a good product. It serves the purpose, does the job and provides good color quality. I have been very pleased with the work I have put out when using this cartridge.

First on my wish list, however, would be a longer lasting cartridge. I print for pleasure, not business and the amount of printing I do is minimal. The cartridge, however, seems to run low every other month. This is much faster than other printers and cartridges I have had in the past. I would like to see a cartridge that lasts longer so that I can change the title of my review from "Color in, Color out" to "Color in and stays in"!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Expensive but worth it, October 5, 2001

By A Customer

I now have the Z53 which is totally awesome, but when all I had was my FREE little Z11 I bought a few of these and the output was amazing for such a cheapie printer.

I couldn't get TRUE black but I suspect that was mainly due to the fact that the Z11 is a single cartridge printer.

I did a tremendous amount of printing including a lot of graphics and these cartridges lasted far longer than the specs indicate.

One note: I tried a refill kit and it failed miserably.