Like I suspect many other people, I have had one Lexmark printer, realised my mistake and will never again buy anything bearing the name, however cheap it is or how good it looks.
Perfectly happy with Canon, HP, Epson or Samsung (for cheap lasers) but the Lexmark badge will never cross my threshold again.
Oh hell yeah, I completely agree. I had a Lexmark that would just fall off the USB bus at random times and require a power toggle to appear again. How can you screw up something that standard?
Plus I'm no longer dicking around with drivers or that CUPS nightmare. If it doesn't do postscript, it ain't a printer as far as I'm concerned, especially for a laser. My US$150 Brother does PS just fine.
I once made the mistake to buy a Lexmark C520N Color Laser printer. That thing literally eats the ink in the toner cartridges or the firmware is rigged to report near empty toner cartridges after about 20-50 pages. NEVER EVER will I buy Lexmark again. I almost printed 1000 pages on my HP LaserJet 3015 multi function printer before I had to replace the ink cartridge. At least as far as printer goes, HP does it for me.
Take me to the landfill, just like the year before, sha la la #
Posted Wednesday 7th January 2009 20:29 GMT
Hmmmm, 2500 prints? Seeing that your super low cost korean contender for what, €120?, will only get you some 1000 pages, with the refill clocking in at €130, spending 300 on something with likely better built quality seems almost logical *haaahahahahahahaha*
No. Fuck this shit. Sell me something proper you dumbshits!
I will never again allow anything with the word "Lexmark" written on it in my house. My dad asked me to check whether one he had worked, so I stupidly connected it to my PC and installed the drivers. I uninstalled them afterwards.
Nine months later, my Samsung printer starts playing up. Had various rows with Samsung, messed about no end, and in the end, it turned out that the crappy Lexmark thing hadn't entirely uninstalled. I had to fanny about in the registry, actually delete a service dependancy and delete some stuff in Safe Mode. And I'd been unfairly blaming Samsung all along.
...since by default, all inkjet printers are shite.
@Sam: I've seen nothing but problems with HP printers since the demise of the LJ4 (the proper big one) line, they jam, they break, the output sucks and the toner is priced like it's made from cocaine. My friend's experience with samsung printers hasn't been good either - stripped gears and worn out feed rollers at a dismal 40k pages? That's only 8 months for a printer designed for 5k pages a month! When you can find a workgroup('cube') style printer with 600k+ clicks on 120gsm *cardstock*, with no servicing beyond the toner/drum, then you have found a quality printer. I de-installed some lexmark lasers in just this situation, although one of em only had 520k clicks.
When I buy a printer, I do the smart thing, and buy a lightly used older model - my T520 may be a bit venerable, but at a mere 69k 'clicks', it's not even broken in. Best part is, I can buy new 20k page toner carts on ebay for $20 each - WITH shipping.
HP (Hewlett-Packard) Officejet Pro 8500 All-In-One Printer (35 PPM, 4800x1200 DPI, Color, 128MB, PC/Mac)
Epson Artisan 810 All-in-One Inkjet Printer (38 PPM, 5760x1440 DPI, Color, PC/Mac)
HP (Hewlett-Packard) Officejet 6500 All-In-One Printer (32 PPM, 4800x1200 DPI, Color, 32MB, PC/Mac)
Brother TN360 Toner Cartridge (1 Cartridge, Black, 2,600 Pages)
HP (Hewlett-Packard) Officejet J4580 All-In-One Printer (28 PPM, 4800x1200 DPI, Color, PC/Mac)
Lexmark C543DN colour laser
Sam York
Lexmark has a solid technological base?! #
Posted Wednesday 7th January 2009 13:36 GMT
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Like I suspect many other people, I have had one Lexmark printer, realised my mistake and will never again buy anything bearing the name, however cheap it is or how good it looks.
Perfectly happy with Canon, HP, Epson or Samsung (for cheap lasers) but the Lexmark badge will never cross my threshold again.
Gene Cash
@Sam York #
Posted Wednesday 7th January 2009 16:22 GMT
Oh hell yeah, I completely agree. I had a Lexmark that would just fall off the USB bus at random times and require a power toggle to appear again. How can you screw up something that standard?
Plus I'm no longer dicking around with drivers or that CUPS nightmare. If it doesn't do postscript, it ain't a printer as far as I'm concerned, especially for a laser. My US$150 Brother does PS just fine.
Brian
@Sam #
Posted Wednesday 7th January 2009 17:21 GMT
Yeah cos no one has ever had any hassle with Canon, HP, Epson or Samsung have they ?? Get a life m8.
Gaetan
Lexmark on my "do not buy again" list #
Posted Wednesday 7th January 2009 20:29 GMT
I once made the mistake to buy a Lexmark C520N Color Laser printer. That thing literally eats the ink in the toner cartridges or the firmware is rigged to report near empty toner cartridges after about 20-50 pages. NEVER EVER will I buy Lexmark again. I almost printed 1000 pages on my HP LaserJet 3015 multi function printer before I had to replace the ink cartridge. At least as far as printer goes, HP does it for me.
WonkoTheSane
You lost me at "Lexmark" #
Posted Wednesday 7th January 2009 20:29 GMT
They are widely reported as stating that they have no intention of EVER producing Linux drivers.
Bad Beaver
Take me to the landfill, just like the year before, sha la la #
Posted Wednesday 7th January 2009 20:29 GMT
Hmmmm, 2500 prints? Seeing that your super low cost korean contender for what, €120?, will only get you some 1000 pages, with the refill clocking in at €130, spending 300 on something with likely better built quality seems almost logical *haaahahahahahahaha*
No. Fuck this shit. Sell me something proper you dumbshits!
Anonymous Coward
Ha #
Posted Wednesday 7th January 2009 20:43 GMT
I will never again allow anything with the word "Lexmark" written on it in my house. My dad asked me to check whether one he had worked, so I stupidly connected it to my PC and installed the drivers. I uninstalled them afterwards.
Nine months later, my Samsung printer starts playing up. Had various rows with Samsung, messed about no end, and in the end, it turned out that the crappy Lexmark thing hadn't entirely uninstalled. I had to fanny about in the registry, actually delete a service dependancy and delete some stuff in Safe Mode. And I'd been unfairly blaming Samsung all along.
Has worked perfectly ever since.
Rno
Duplex reduces paper costs by half #
Posted Thursday 8th January 2009 00:02 GMT
What about a 3 page job?
Brian
Funny to see all the whinging about inkjets... #
Posted Thursday 8th January 2009 00:22 GMT
...since by default, all inkjet printers are shite.
@Sam: I've seen nothing but problems with HP printers since the demise of the LJ4 (the proper big one) line, they jam, they break, the output sucks and the toner is priced like it's made from cocaine. My friend's experience with samsung printers hasn't been good either - stripped gears and worn out feed rollers at a dismal 40k pages? That's only 8 months for a printer designed for 5k pages a month! When you can find a workgroup('cube') style printer with 600k+ clicks on 120gsm *cardstock*, with no servicing beyond the toner/drum, then you have found a quality printer. I de-installed some lexmark lasers in just this situation, although one of em only had 520k clicks.
When I buy a printer, I do the smart thing, and buy a lightly used older model - my T520 may be a bit venerable, but at a mere 69k 'clicks', it's not even broken in. Best part is, I can buy new 20k page toner carts on ebay for $20 each - WITH shipping.
Gerard Krupa
Lexmark aren't a printer company #
Posted Thursday 8th January 2009 14:17 GMT
Clearly they're an ink company who sell printers as loss leaders