Lexmark X1150

For a device that offers print, scanning, copying and fax functions, the Lexmark X1150 is a pretty compact unit and surprisingly light, weighing in at just 4.5kg.

A flap on the top surface of the unit folds up to act as a 100-sheet capacity paper input tray and has a pinch-and-slide paper size guide to help align blank pages as they are fed into the printer. Meanwhile, at the end of the print process, pages appear in the exit tray that slides out of the front of the unit and can hold just 25 sheets at a time.

The X1150 crawled through our tests, churning out a 10-page mono-text test document at a rate of just four and a half pages per minute (ppm) and our 10-page pdf at just over 1ppm. It reproduced 10 pages of mixed content at 1.9ppm but, while it took a total of eight minutes and 18 seconds to print our test photo, output quality was impressive given the price of the unit.

Text was fairly crisp and clearly legible down to 4pt, and areas of shading in our mixed content document and test pdf were evenly rendered with only some very slight banding.

The entire top surface of the X1150 opens to reveal the flatbed scanner employing CIS technology rather than a CCD sensor. No doubt this helps keep down the size of the X1150.

There are just five buttons on the printer body - one for power, and four keys to control paper feed and one-touch colour or mono-copy and scan functions. The Lexmark software offers a good range of features and is extremely easy to use. The most interesting features can be found in the 'Creative Tasks' menu, which has a basic OCR package to turn printed text documents into editable text format. There is also a proprietary Lexmark photo editor, featuring basic image editing tools.

Contact:Lexmark 0870 727 2100
www.lexmark.co.uk

Specifications:

• 4,800 x 1,200dpi print
• 600 x 1,200dpi, 48bit scanning (optical)
• Thermal inkjet printing/CIS scanning
• 4.5kg
• 445 x 308 x 163mm (w x d x h)
• Compatible with Windows 98/Mac OS 9.2.2 or higher
• USB2
• Optional wireless/Ethernet print ports

See also:

HP Deskjet 3650

Ideal for notebook or hot-desking users.  14 Oct 2003

Samsung ML-1510

Want to trade in your inkjet? Check this out.  12 Sep 2003

Epson Stylus Photo 830U

You'll be surprised at the great-looking photo prints this £100 printer can produce.  10 Sep 2003

Samsung SCX-4016

Well-performing, speedy mono all-in-one  09 Sep 2003

HP PSC 2175

If photography is your game, this is for you.  28 Aug 2003

Lexmark E321

Monochrome laser printer offering quality and speed.  12 Aug 2003

HP LaserJet 1150

A low-res alternative for text-heavy printing.  16 Jul 2003

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