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More…If nothing else, Lexmark's Z1300 inkjet printer is extremely inexpensive. On the other hand, it's minimally equipped and pretty slow, and its inks are among the most expensive available. Because its photo quality on special paper is so good, however, it could be an affordable way to print photos (but only at low volume).
Lexmark Lexmark Z1300
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Media Handling
| Manual Feed Slot | No |
| Maximum Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum paper size, height | 14.0 inches |
| Maximum Sheets With All Paper Trays | 100 |
| Output Tray Capacity | 25 |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum paper size, width | 8.5 inches |
| Standard input sheet capacity | 100 |
| Duplex printing | No |
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Pros
Extremely inexpensive; good photo output
Cons
Very slow printing graphics; pricey inks
Bottom Line
The Z1300's photo printing is its best attribute, but the ink is too pricey for high-volume users.
Lexmark Z1300 Inkjet Printer
Lexmark Z1300 Review, by Melissa Riofrio November 28, 2007
The Z1300 is as simple as its plain, white shell indicates. Its input tray unfolds from the top, its output tray slides out from the bottom, and its included tricolor cartridge lodges into a bay underneath its front panel. It also has a bay for a black-ink cartridge, but that ink will cost you extra. Though it has no control panel, you'll find plenty of help in Lexmark's bundled software, including an attractively designed driver and a centralized interface for documentation, troubleshooting, and how-to information. Lexmark's Imaging Studio software lets you view and edit photos.
Photos are, in fact, this printer's strong point. They came out very slowly in PC World tests--ranging from 0.5 pages per minute (ppm) to 1.1 ppm, depending on the document type--but they looked bright, natural, and only slightly rough on photo paper. Photos appeared grainy and faded on plain paper, however. Plain text printed at a good, 8.4-ppm clip and looked sufficiently black but a little fuzzy. Scroll down to the Printers section of our How We Test primer for more information on these tests.
The money you save on the Z1300 will eventually go to Lexmark anyway, because ink costs are very high: You pay 4 cents for a half-page of black text, and 13 cents for a page covered lightly with cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. At press time, the color cartridge cost as much as the printer itself. A full-page photo will use a lot more ink, of course, and the special paper this printer needs for the best output will also cost you dearly. Users who print just a few photos at a time might not feel the pinch for a little while, and might not mind waiting extra time for a print or two to come out. Anyone who prints a lot, however, should find a faster printer with more economical inks--for example, the Canon Pixma iP3500.
--Melissa Riofrio
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Performance
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 21.05 |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 45.87 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 47.13 |
| Color Output Quality | Fair |
| Color Photo Quality | Very Good |
| Grayscale Output Quality | Very Good |
| Line Art Output Quality | Fair |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 59.66 |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 124.99 |
| Ten-Page Word Document | 92.76 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 92.76 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 1.1 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 0.5 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 1.3 |
| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 2.9 |
| Tested Text Speed (ppm) | 8.4 |
| Text Output Quality | Good |
| Three-Page Word Document | 101.97 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 101.97 |
| Two-Page Excel Document | 119.43 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 119.43 |
Text Printing
| Text output quality | Good |
User Reviews
Average User Reviews for Lexmark Lexmark Z1300
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- Latest User Reviews 3 reviews
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Reviewed by: DanRoberts
Duration of ownership: 1 Month
Strengths: price alone
Weaknesses: not compatible with windows 98 or 2000. mine was delivered without usb cable or ink cartridge. problem installing to windows xp. no drivers for windows 98 or 2000.
Overall: worthless to myself and 2 friends, will avoid lexmark from now on.
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Reviewed by: historyhouse
Duration of ownership: 1 Day
Strengths: Inexpensive
Weaknesses: High ink costs. Lower price black ink cartridge 28 is non-refillable, making this printer an expensive proposition for anyone printing more than one or two pages at a time.
Overall: The inexpensive Z1300 may have a niche among those who print a couple of pages a month, but it's high ink costs rule this printer out for just about anything else.
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Reviewed by: mdembski
Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks
Strengths: price
Weaknesses: paper jams.
Overall: Both the original printer and a replacement jammed with paper that could not be removed. Avoid Lexmark, paper feed is very poor.
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