The Printer that talks (Lexmark Z52)

Member Name: thepanther

Product:	Lexmark Z52
Date:	15/09/00 (168 review reads)
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Advantages: Crisp print quality, not expensive

Disadvantages: Ink is hard to find and not cheap

A year after the Z51 from Lexmark which was a remarkable printer, comes the Z52. The Z52 is the same series as the Z51 but its slightly larger in size.

Thoughtfull of Lexmark to send one CD for a PC and one for a MAC, I think you will be amazed at how many companies leave out the MAC from the instalation even though the hardware will work on it. The Price is even less than the Z51 was when it came out but you lose the corel software (may have something to do with the rumours of Corel going bust).

The connecters are either USB or Parralell, you can use either one but you are only supplied with a paralell cable. Strange really cause if its a brand new machine then you are likely to use a USB port and if its a rinter upgrade you will allready have a printer cable. So A USB connector would of been a nice extra to the package.

The speed is a bit faster than the Z51 around 6ppm (pages per minute) for draft copies and 4ppm for a normal document. Not bad going but the claim is that it does 7 and 5 respectively. The Z52 can print at an outstanding quality of 2400x1200 but can take upto 2 minutes to do and can also take up alot of ink. But if you really need that sharp document then that option is always handy.

A problem I personally have found with lexmark printers though is getting hold of the cartridges, they seem rather scarce and rather expensive compared with well lets say Epson or HP.

oh yeah and it talks!!!

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