Lexmark X4550 Wireless All-in-One Photo Printing/Scan/Copy/Print (1410600)
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Customer Review: Could be better
Summary: 3 Stars
Pros:
Stupid simple setup, sees my home network (laptop with Vista, and desktop with XP64) through a wireless router.
Generally many good features for a low price.
Ink is much cheaper than my previous epson printer
Cons:
Scanner and fax cannot be operated through the wifi from your computer. You can send scanned images to the computer using the panel which of course makes some sense, but then you'll have to wait a few seconds every time, to download a list of all the applications that you can send the scanned image to.
Its either wifi or USB connection. You can't have both. If you connect the printer through a USB, wifi is turned off and your other wireless computers won't see the printer anymore.
I printed one 6x4 color photo, and the color ink went down to 94%. I doubt thats efficient color printing.
Scanning and printing quality is not the best I've seen. But thats what you get for an all in one device at that price.
Verdict:
If you want a cheap all in one wireless to do your everyday office work, this device will fit your needs just fine.
If you want quality color printing and scanning, this model is not going to satisfy your needs. Go get a separate scanner and printer instead.
If you want to use the scanner through the computer, you have to connect it through the USB port and by doing so, wifi connection with any other computers will be lost. I think I'll keep it but my feelings are mixed about it. As always, you get what you pay for.
Customer Review: Buy One
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased one of these locally on Sunday, two days ago. I found the setup to be easy and the quality of the print and scanning to be great. The printer is quiet. It does not work with our older desktop running Millinieum Edition operating system (came out before XP and after 2000) but it is not advertised to do so. I bought it to work with our laptops and it does that well.
Wi-Fi printers connect to the computer through the wireless router. The initial setup includes telling the printer (through a hard connected computer) the name of your router and if you have protection on it (and you should) you also need to tell the printer the password. If you set up the router, it should not be an issue. If you did not, you will want to find out this information before attempting setup. I set ours up so other than locating the information it wasn't an issue for me. The instructions assume you know about this stuff, the setup disk does not provide a lot of coaching on this point (or possibly it does and I did not find it because I didn't need it). There is support available from Lexmark too.
If you want to be able to print from several computers, especially if they are connected to the internet with a wireless router already, then I think Wi-Fi printers in general are a great way to go. All that has to be on to use the printer is the router, printer, and computer (no central host computer is necessary). This Lexmark is working well for me and costs no more than other all-in-ones that lack Wi-Fi.
Customer Review: Spend the extra money to get a canon or HP!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
Originally, when I looked at this printer, it had almost everything I was looking for and I was happy when I found it on sale. Initially it performed fine (not the best print, but I expected that from other complaints and reviews). It wasn't until I had to replace the ink the first time that I started encountering problems. I purchased the high density ink at Staples. This ink did not work (even though it said it was for this printer). After calling Staples, they had me return it and purchase the #23 black and #24 color ink (which were quite pricey!!!). I figured that should last me a couple of months since we don't print that much. I was wrong! About 2 weeks later we ran low on black ink again. Now, I'm thinking my wife is printing a dictionary, but she assured me that she only prints a few pages a week. I spoke with a couple of salesman at a few office supply places that sell Lexmark. They mentioned the problems we were having, many of thier other customers were also encountering --( Ink, print quality, availablity of Ink). The cost of ownership was definitely quite high. I eventually decided (after a few more ink cartriges) to purchase an HP C7280 (same features, but more expensive). I will not touch another Lexmark printer! I think they are using the gillette business model -- give away the razor and make money on the razor blades. In this case it's give away the printer and gouge the consumer on the ink.Customer Review: Lexmark WiFi All in one Printer
Summary: 3 Stars
It took me a month to get this thing working fully wireless with my 2 laptops, desktop and iMac at home. Right out of the box it connected to the Wifi network for the PCs but I couldn't get it to work with the Mac(which I use most). I used it for a month connected through the usb to the mac and finally decided to give it one more try. My advice is follow the instructions exactly and connect with your Mac first if you have one. Make sure your printer is on and through the whole warm up setup process before you even try to install it to your computer. Also make sure it's in range of your wireless router. Now that it's connected its great. I just leave it on all the time and it sleeps on it's own. Whenever you print to it, it turns itself back on and get the job done everytime. The only other thing is the color printing takes forever, much slower than whats posted in the overview. I think those speeds are for when the printer is connected via usb cable and not through wifi. In conclusion I love it very convenient if you have a few laptops in your house and don't want to connect to a printer. The connection to PC is quick and foolproof, it's connecting to a mac that has to be done exactly as the instructions say. Almost forgot to mention, you can scan images and load images from a sd card directly from the printer to the computer of your choice wirelessely which is a great feature.Customer Review: Unreliable, unfixable, waste of time and money
Summary: 1 Stars
This printer is, hands down, the worst I've ever had the misfortune of owning. When it works, it's great. For about 2 weeks. Then, for no apparent reason, it stops working. You spend 2 hours on the phone with Lexmark Technical Support, get it working again, only for it to fail *again* several weeks later, for no apparent reason. To date, I have had to re-install this damned printed 8 times on two machines, 3 of those times with the help of technical support because it simply would not work (other times I just gave up and put a flower vase on top of it). There's no rhyme or reason to the failures - it'll work one day, but the next, even if I've changed *nothing* on either computer, it'll refuse to work.
If it would stay working, it'd be fine. Hell, if it would stay broken, I could just return it or throw it out. But instead it keeps limping along between incessant tech support calls. If it were an animal, I would have had it put out of its misery by now.
This is the *second* printer in a row I've had from Lexmark which has been little more than a gigantic headache. Their tech support largely consists of troubleshooting their own badly-mangled installation program, and takes a minimum of 80 minutes. At this point, I can only conclude the company is riddled with systematic incompetence, and I will never buy from them again.