Will I ever find a Lexmark printer I like?
Sunday, June 13th, 2010I I must say before I start that I am not a fan in general of Lexmark’s printers, lots of features cheap to buy, but below average print quality and horendously priced ink cartridges. Can the S605 break the mould ? The lexmark Interact S605 inkjet printer is a all-in-one scanner/printer duplicator. It has a touchscreen and although initially priced at about £199, They can be found for around £100 at the time of writing.
Features
For general home/ home office use this printer has everything you should need . The color copier can be used without turning on your computer , and the machine can be connected via usb or the ever popular (if you have a small desk) wireless function, allowing you to place the printer away from the main pc. You can control the printer with the touchscreen and this is very easy to use .
How does it perform
Now the performance (the bit that generally makes me dislike Lexmark printers). The scanner is average for the price of a £39 machine , however this machine is around £99, with photo scanning a particular dissapointment. It is fairly easy to use, but I didn’t want to! . Printing wise (shock horror), things are better ! The machine gave much better results than I expected from a Lexmark printer . Text was dark and sharp but photos also were darker than they should have been .
Ease of use
Can’f fault this part (darn), the screen does make ease of use a sinch .
Worth the dosh?
Features and the screen are the good points for this Lexmark printer and it is competitively priced compared to its competitors . But ( there had to be a but ) the Lexmark Interact S605 Is still poor (according to me) in terms of quality compared to the Canon, HP’s and Epson’s of this world.
To sum up
A fair priced machine with good features, but print quality is still poor , and I guess that’s what it’s all about .
