Hot - $59.90 SHIPPED! Lexmark Z22 1200x1200 USB/PP Printer + Umax Ustra 3400 600x1200 USB Scanner

[kingz]

Buy.com:

Lexmark Z22 Printer + Umax Astra 3400 Bundle - $164.95

$30 off $150 coupon (PM for link)

$80 Mail-In-Rebate

Final Price: $59.90 shipped!

Here are the specs for the Printer:

• 
  1200 x 1200 dpi (black and color) on all paper types. That's 38% higher than 1440 x 720 dpi models!
  Up to 6.5 pages per minute black, up to 3.5 pages per minute color
  PC/Mac Compatible
  Features one-click printer driver software installation, simple cartridge loading and convenient ink level indicators.
  Accu-FeedTM paper handling virtually eliminates jams while handling a wide range of media from envelopes and transparencies to paper stock up to 150 lbs.
  USB or IEEE-1284 Compliant Parallel Port Interface

Here are the specs for the Scanner:

• 
  Color Flatbed
  Single-pass, CCD Sensor
  600 x 1200 dpi Hardware Resolution
  9600 x 9600 dpi Maximum Interpolated Resolution
  42-bit Color Density
  14-bit A/D Converter
  1 dpi to 9600 dpi Scanning Resolution
  8.5" x 11.7" Maximum Scan Size
  USB Hardware Interface

Lexmark Z22 Site
UMAX Astra 3400 Site

Anyone had any experience with either the printer or scanner? Please post. Thank you

 

[Superdoopercooper]

I just read a PC Magazine report from November (I think), stating that the Astra 3400 is the best budget scanner under $100. IT went up against 4 other scanners, and it was the fasted by far out of the group.

PC Magazine Web Page

 

[fouzilogic]

the printer is ok, unless you care about print quality....................leximark printers produce banding on color pic's------------the ink cart's cost more than the other brands, and for some reason their printers are rated decent quality by reviewers.............when in fact their quality sucks...............in my opinion...........

 

[phantasm]

You need to change your thread to "$139.90 before MIR" as it is quite misleading.

 

[rexfalk]

Most of the banding problems are the result of not carefully aligning the print cartridge after installing a new one. At least that has been my experience on a 5700 and 3200 printers but I have not owned any of the Z series.

Rex

 

[Dantzig]

In my experience, Lexmark printers produce fine quality. However, it costs 3-4 times what it should to print with them. I ended up buying an HP because of that. The Lexmark in my price range cost $0.10 to print a B&W page, and with the HP it only costs $0.03 to print the same page!

 

[Fritzo]

If you're getting banding, clean your print heads. We've got 20 of them in our building and they make very clear pictures. Excellent printer, though a bit slow (not as slow as the Epsons, but still slow).

 

[kingz]

anyone have any experience with the scanner?

 

[cheapbastich]

Ordered this one Sunday, here today..........great deal,
anyone know a cheap site to get the b/w cartridge at?

thanks

 

[TuOni]

good deal

 

[dowxp]

Good Lord Kingz... what kind system is that to boast? =P

 

[kingz]

hey, im in the middle of upgrading. That rig below lasted me 4 years. upgraded RAM, video card, and hard drive, thats it. I knew i had to upgrade when quake was running 15fps at 320x280 with everything on low, haha....

I just picked up this deal, looks great to me, much better than my 600x600dpi Deskjet 682C, and i always wanted a scanner

 

[cheapbastich]

I just called buy.com to return this piece of crap, the printer will not work... got a good laugh when the nice lady said 'would you like me to email prepaid postage to you'? What for? Can't print.......never even got to open the scanner... man am I pissed....
wanted to print the Staples coupon, they have the hard drives 5 miles from my house, have no time the next few days to do this........lexmark crap, will never buy their product again.

 

[kingz]

Received mines today. Ill see if it works tomorrow, keep ya posted.

 

[BadMuleS]

not a bad deal though

 

[cheapbastich]

Im seem to be the guy with the worst luck with hardware and software (W98SE has been the most unstable system I've ever run , installed it after all my friends told me that it was 'much more stable).....I no longer troubleshoot or try to fix anything if it takes more than 2 hrs., starting this week... already returning the netgear ethernet card from Circuit City too..........

 

[limsandy]

I hate this forum. Always end up burning my wallet.