Lexmark Z1300 Ink Cartridges

Lexmark Z1300 Printer Review

The most notable aspect of the Lexmark Z1300 is its astonishingly low price tag, which marks it as one of the least expensive personal color inkjet printers on the market. One of its best attributes is its surprisingly quick maximum print speeds of up to 22 pages per minute for monochrome documents and 16 pages per minute for color. Other than offering some of the quickest print speeds of comparable models the Z1300 has very few noteworthy features, but it's an affordable solution for personal color and monochrome printing.

As expected, this single-function printer's package of features is small, and it includes only a single USB port as the connection option to a user's PC, leaving out any opportunity for wireless or network printing. The unit can also support only 100 pages of media at once, making it suitable for light-duty printing. Supported media includes index cards, coated paper and labels among others, as well as sizes ranging from a minimum of 4x6 inches to a maximum of 8.5x17 inches.

With a weight of only 5 pounds and small size of 16x8x5 inches, the Z1300 is portable enough for users to use it as a personal desktop printer in their home or small office. Output quality tested well enough to suit internal projects, printing photos and graphics with decent color detail and a resolution of 4800x1200 dpi using Lexmark Z1300 printer ink. Text documents tested slightly below par, but should be good enough for school and home projects.

With such a low asking price, users will eventually end up spending more on replacement color and black Lexmark Z1300 ink cartridges than the actual printer. Standard replacement supplies have a maximum yield of around 150 pages for the color printer ink and 175 pages for the black supply. Optional high-capacity supplies can expand yields to a maximum of 450 pages for the color replacement and 475 pages for the black Lexmark Z1300 ink cartridge.

The main selling point for the Z1300 is the fact that there are nearly no single-function color inkjet printers available for such an affordable price. Users only interested in a low-cost device with a decent output and quick speeds will benefit greatly from this machine.