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Lexmark X5470 All-In-One Printer (25 PPM, 4800x1200 DPI, Color, PC/Mac)

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  • Low price
  • Built-in fax and automatic document feed
  • Cons
  • Slow photo printing
  • Mediocre overall print quality

Lexmark X5470 Review

by Paul Jasper

- The Lexmark X5470 cuts some corners to achieve its exceptionally low $100 price tag (as of 10/25/06), but it still packs a remarkable set of features for the money. It has a 33.6-kilobits-per-second color fax capability and an automatic document feeder that can take ten pages at a time. The glass platen allows flatbed scans up to letter-size, but you can feed legal-size paper through the automatic document feeder.

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User Reviews for Lexmark X5470 All-In-One Printer (25 PPM, 4800x1200 DPI, Color, PC/Mac)

  • Reviewed by: DanFox

    Duration of ownership: 5 Months

    Strengths: Low price, prints OK

    Weaknesses: Document feeder has never worked.

    Overall Evaluation: I am totally turned off with this printer/scanner and Lexmark service. The box promises 24 hour replacement if there is a problem, but the only way I can find to contact Lexmark is via email. I keep getting the same canned email response from them, so I don't think a human is looking at the messages. The document scanner has never worked - jams about half the time, when it doesn't jam the paper feeds at inconsistend speeds so the scan distorts. I'm going to try to take it back to the original retailer, but because I delayed contacting them, I may not get any results.

  • Reviewed by: prdfy

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Cheap, does everything you need for a multifunction printer, fast, quiet

    Weaknesses: Doesn?t work too well with remanufactured ink cartridges. The Lexmark ink is expensive, but that is true for any inkjet printer.

    Overall Evaluation: I bought this last year and have been very satisfied with it. It prints fast and the ink will last a long time if you set the print quality to Quick instead of Normal. In fact, the ink cartridge that came with it lasted me about 6 months. It has a document feeder for scanning, which is really a nice feature considering how cheap the price is. You can make copies or send a fax without having to turn on the computer. The only problem that I ran into is when I tried to use a remanufactured ink cartridge in it. While it did recognize the new cartridge, I never could get decent quality out of it.

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