Lexmark X85 All-in-One with USB Cable

Lexmark X85 All-in-One with USB Cable

Lexmark X85 All-in-One with USB Cable
Manufacturer: Lexmark
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review
A smart, high-resolution multifunction machine, ideal for the home or small office, the Lexmark X85 is a capable printer, scanner, and standalone copier. In a smart black-and-silver livery, it looks like a desktop photocopier, and can easily perform this function in both black and white and color. To make copies, there's no need to connect the machine to a computer, as the two-line LCD and panel of 15 buttons provide all the control you need.

Indeed, one can do a lot from the control panel, including checking ink levels, enlarging up to poster size, and adjusting the machine's settings. The LCD is not easy to read and has no backlight, however, so you'll need a good room light source.

Paper feeds from a bin at the back of the machine through to an output tray that slides out from the front. Place your original on the glass covering the X85's flatbed scanning engine. There's no multisheet feeder, so you'll have to copy page by page, but copy times are quite reasonable, even in color.

In our tests, print quality was generally very good, with precise, dense black text and well-reproduced colours. There are two photo print modes, photo and max photo, but for most purposes the much quicker photo mode will be sufficient. There was little obvious difference in the printed output, although dithered sections of fine tone were marginally improved. Print times varied between good, for straight text prints (a five-page text document finished in just over 1.25 minutes) and extremely sluggish (a 3-by-5-inch photo in max photo mode, which took just under 8 minutes).

Despite the low-contrast LCD and slow photo printing time, the X85 is a good general-purpose multifunction device, offering strong software support, and is ideal when space is at a premium. --Simon Williams

Lexmark X85 All-in-One with USB Cable
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • Piece of Junk
  • Reboot before printing
  • Run The Other Way!
  • Very Disappointing
  • No Worries
Lexmark X85 All-in-One with USB Cable

Manufacturer: Lexmark
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:
  1. Belkin Components F2A046-06GLD Gold Series IEEE 1284 A-B Printer Cable; DB25M/Cent36M (6 Feet)
  2. Canon 1029A004 Photo Paper Pro for BJC-8200 (8.5"x11", 15 Sheets )
  3. Fellowes 24400 Printer Workstation Stand with 4 Drawers
  4. Acoustic Research AR-10S 10-Outlet, 2163 Joule, $100,000 CEW Surge Protector
  5. HP(R) Multipurpose Paper, 8 1/2in. x 11in., 20 Lb., 92 Brightness, Ream Of 500 Sheets, Case Of 10 Reams

Product Features:
  • Prints, copies, scans, and scan-to-PC faxes
  • Up to 4,800 dpi print quality
  • Copies up to 12 ppm black, up to 10 ppm color
  • 1,200 x 600 dpi flatbed scanning with 48-bit color
  • USB 2.0 interface, cable included

ASIN: B00006SKKY
Release Date: 2002-10-15

Amazon.com Review

A smart, high-resolution multifunction machine, ideal for the home or small office, the Lexmark X85 is a capable printer, scanner, and standalone copier. In a smart black-and-silver livery, it looks like a desktop photocopier, and can easily perform this function in both black and white and color. To make copies, there's no need to connect the machine to a computer, as the two-line LCD and panel of 15 buttons provide all the control you need.

Indeed, one can do a lot from the control panel, including checking ink levels, enlarging up to poster size, and adjusting the machine's settings. The LCD is not easy to read and has no backlight, however, so you'll need a good room light source.

Paper feeds from a bin at the back of the machine through to an output tray that slides out from the front. Place your original on the glass covering the X85's flatbed scanning engine. There's no multisheet feeder, so you'll have to copy page by page, but copy times are quite reasonable, even in color.

In our tests, print quality was generally very good, with precise, dense black text and well-reproduced colours. There are two photo print modes, photo and max photo, but for most purposes the much quicker photo mode will be sufficient. There was little obvious difference in the printed output, although dithered sections of fine tone were marginally improved. Print times varied between good, for straight text prints (a five-page text document finished in just over 1.25 minutes) and extremely sluggish (a 3-by-5-inch photo in max photo mode, which took just under 8 minutes).

Despite the low-contrast LCD and slow photo printing time, the X85 is a good general-purpose multifunction device, offering strong software support, and is ideal when space is at a premium. --Simon Williams

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Piece of Junk.......2007-02-07

I know now why Dell put it in their package and Lexmark no longer supports it. Forget trying to send a fax with it if you ever hook up to cable or DSL modem. They are all right about having to reboot to get the junk to ever work.

3 out of 5 stars Reboot before printing.......2006-09-01

I bought this printer with my Dell computer. I am satisified with the print quality. I just hate the fact that I often have to reboot my computer in order to print.

1 out of 5 stars Run The Other Way!.......2006-03-26

Lexmark's television adds state they 'help you to print less.' I have found this to be true because I can seldom get their product to print at all!

My X85 worked OK for about the first year: there were some issues, but I could usually get it to print. One of Lexmark's suggested fixes for when I couldn't coax anything from my X85 was to unplug all the cables and let it sit overnight -- mixed results. Reliability has become more erratic with time. It may be that I have updated my operating system, and although I have downloaded new drivers that are supposed to work for my new OS from Lexmark's website, the software is very buggy. Also worth considering is the X85 really doesn't seem to like you to refill your own cartridges -- too bad because the cartridges are very expensive and it is a nasty waste of materials to throw these things away.

Perhaps this product works OK in the Windows world -- I don't know. If you have a Mac you should run the other way -- fast!

1 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing.......2004-11-03

This was purchased with our Dell computer and wish we'd purchased another brand. The paper jams a lot, you receive messages of problems communicating and now it's seized up. It's only about a year old. The printing quality is adequate for printing paperwork, but if you're looking to print quality pictures, I'd look elsewhere. Pictures come out very grainy with lines across them most of the time and it uses way too much ink. The instruction booklet isn't very helpful either. I like the 3-in-one idea, but I'd look for it in another brand.

4 out of 5 stars No Worries.......2004-06-30

I too got this printer with a new Dell computer, but I have had NO PROBLEMS!!! The software install is flawless and the printer itself is so user friendly. I have NEVER HAD any paper jams or problems with ink or scanning. What more could you want from a print/scanner combination, this printer is a piece-of-cake.

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