Lexmark Z2420 Inkjet Review

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Ever heard of a good printer priced below $100? Well the search ends here. Lexmark Z2420 InkJet printer is currently sold at prices ranging from $ $70 – $93. The printer offers a quality output and high energy saving through its technology with special feature like the Wi-Fi capability mostly seen on expensive printers. Let’s kick of our review by starting at the design of the printer. An update to its older brother the Z1420, the new Lexmark Z2420 comes in a white and black combination, the head part in black while the bottom and sides are white. This lightweight 5.95 lbs buddy measuring 4.9 in X 18.0 in X 9 in is so to carry making it very convenient to transfer from one location to another. The printer tray can hold up to 100 pages compared to 30 pages from most InkJet printers available in the market today.

The printer is shipped with two cartridges include, one black cartridge and one tricolor cartridge capable of producing 175 pages as estimated by Lexmark. An XL cartridge offered by Lexmark as an additional can produce an estimated 500 pages of prints. Lexmark Z2420 prints fast enough while product good quality prints. It can produce 25 pages per minute (ppm) for black prints and 18 pages per minute (ppm) for color prints. Maximum resolution can reach 1200 x 1200 dpi for black prints. Maximum resolution for color prints can reach 4800 x 200 dpi. On the other hand, low-cost InkJet printer’s output differ from those remarkably high priced printers. Print results are superb when using plain papers.

The main attraction of the printer is the availability of Wi-Fi compatible with the 802.11 b and 802.11 g data link protocols. Capable of connecting to the printer through a wireless network makes it very flexible. With this special feature, you can print almost anywhere around the office or your home. Setting up the wireless connection is made easy with the driver and other applications that are shipped with in the box. A standard USB 2.0 port can be used to connect the printer to the computer.

The Lexmark Z2420 InkJet Printer is totally a good alternative for high priced printers. Compatible with most operating systems including Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple MacOS X 10.3.9, and Apple MacOS X 10.5. A one year warranty is included with the package and an extended 3 years warranty for warranty upgrades.