cheap and cheerful (Lexmark Z42)

Member Name: thehulk

Product:	Lexmark Z42
Date:	05/10/01 (82 review reads)
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Advantages: price

Disadvantages: brand

The Z42 is one of the latest Lexmark printers to arrive. and is perhaps the cheapest model in its range. In the past these printers have struggled to match the quality of other such as HP, Epson or Cannon's. it is a great little printer for this amount of money. It is a pound under £100.

Traditionally though, Lexmark printers have struggled to match the printing quality of other like Epson and HP and the Z42 is no exception. It managesgood printouts but are a long way from the quality of dedicated photo printers. They have only one advantage over these printers and it's price - £99 compared with more than £200 for a quality photo printer. This is a bargain!!
The setting up installing the software is very simple.

It weighs in at a hefty 4.7Kg. when i found out that many lexmark models use the same cartridges I felt this was rather cheapof the compant These cartridges aren't cheap either at £30 for a colour cartridge and £25 for black.
All in all, the Z43 has a small improvement over the Z42, the main point being that it's a bit faster, particularly when printing photos. It's a decent all-rounder, producing up to five pages per minute and offers excellent text quality.

The Z42's baby sister, the Z33, performs nearly as well as the Z43, costs £20 less and looks cuter. The Z33 is the wise man's Lexmark purchase as the Z42 simply isn't that much better.
The instruction mannual is in colour with nice easy to follow diagrames.
I hope I have convinced you that you are in need of a hardware update. Go on treat your self.

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