Lexmark Jet Z52 InkJet Printer

Pros: price, top feed system
Cons: dark, blury digital image prints

Over the past decade, technology has advanced exponentially. Since my printing needs have changed, I decided to take advantage of the newer technology by upgrading my inkjet printer. I few years ago I bought the top of the line HP 855C, but its 600 x...

Pros: Deep, rich color when printing photos
Cons: Very, Very slow

This review of the Lexmark Z52 accomplishes two things. First, it provides a basic review of the Z52 printer. Second, it compares the performance of the Lexmark Z52 to one of its competitors, the Epson Stylus Color 880. After reading...

Pros: Quiet, fast, high quality
Cons: Shakes a bit when printing

When I first received my computer, it came with a cheap BJC 1000 Canon printer. I dealt with it for a year, but finally got sick of low quality prints and extremely high ink prices. So I began to research printers for quality, price, long term, and type....

Pros: Great Quality, Cheap, Easy Installation, Speedy, Top Loading, Good Interface
Cons: Expensive Ink, High Cost Per Page

Imagine the Scenario..

You've been working your tush off for the past 6 hours on a extremely large school project that's not only due the next day, but work 5 points on your average. This project consists of at least 20 pages of...

Pros: Superior Print Quality; Low Printer Purchase Price; Ease of Installation
Cons: Somewhat Bulky; Lexmark Printer Ink Cartridges are expensive

This review does not dwell on specifications: there are resources available to compare side-by-side printer specs if that is what you are after. This printer review focuses on the real-life stuff that actually matters.

For the most part, the...

Pros: Compatible with Apple's USB Printer Sharing, inexpensive
Cons: Mediocre plain-paper printouts, consumables expensive, water soluble ink

The most annoying trait about this printer is that the ink is water-soluble, so unless you're printing on glossy paper, you will smear your printouts. HP solved this problem a long time ago, so I'm very surprised that anyone ships a printer with this...

Pros: fast, highest resolution printer available, only 180 dollars, supports thicker-than-normal paper
Cons: expensive (but not more than other brands) ink cartridges

Working at a computer store, I have had many opportunities to mess around with various printers and get a feel for their strengths and weaknesses. No printer has impressed me so thoroughly as the Lexmark Z52 has. Its fast, accurate (no more text with...

Pros: easy to use
Cons: uses combination color cartridges

Compare this to the Epson Stylus Color 880 for speed and print quality and it is definitely not a match. However, it has a simple interface, dual USB and parallel connections and audio feedback systems which make it very easy to use.

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Pros: price, speed, quality
Cons: ink cost

This printer is great. I saw one opinion that was critical of it, but for reasons that 'seem' to be linked to user error.

This printer is fast, reliable, and produces great pictures on any kind of paper...just make sure you set the paper...

Pros: size, quality
Cons: no serious

If it’s time to break down and get a new color printer, then consider the Lexmark Z52. I decided to try it out, since it touts that it’s faster than other color inkjet printers and provides better DPI capabilities, primarily due to its using thermal...

Pros: true USB connection
Cons: no print preview built into the driver/print quality greatly deteriorates over time

I gave this printer high marks in the beginning - read what I have to say about Lexmark NOW.

UPDATE ON 12/30/2001: After a year of use, I am almost ready to trash this Lexmark printer and buy another HP. While I initially gave this printer a...

Pros: Fast and Clear Printing
Cons: Two Cartridge system makes buying color cartridges expensive

When looking for a new printer there are certain things you need to consider. Quality is the biggest. The Lexmarx Z52 is one of the highest quality printers on the market for the price, which is another one of the things to consider. Speed of printing is...

Pros: Great quality, easy to use, good price
Cons: high cost of ink, slower than advertised.

I bought this printer after finally deciding to upgrade from a very cheap and poor quality HP. Like most shoppers, I did the comparison thing, looking at CNet, ZDnet and a range of other hardware review sites. Every site I went to included strong praise...

Pros: Easy install, reliable, acceptable quality
Cons: Text not perfect, speed not fast

Having just bought a brand new state of the art PC (well, midrange family PC) we needed to have a reliable printer. With our previous PC we had used a Panasonic laser printer, which had been great for text but poor on graphics, so we decided that we...

Pros: Text and image quality, simplicity in use, easy refillable cartridges.
Cons: A bit pricey for small budgets, otherwise, no cons.

Lexmark Z-52 printer review (12-24-2000)

For the last couple of months, I had been researching several printers since I needed a new one to replace my nice but old and limited Epson LQ-570+ dot matrix. After reading a number of product reviews...