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Average Customer Review
(39 customer reviews) 71 of 75 people found the following review helpful
Scan technology that was $30,000 a decade ago. Great for scanning, not for printing,
August 21, 2011 David Parenteau "Geek" (Westminster, CO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lexmark Genesis S815 All in One Printer with Flash Scan Technology (Office Product)
UPDATED October 8th 2011 - Rating dropped by one star and pending potential further reduction. Summary: Works great. If it works. Initial unit began to fail. Warranty replacement was DOA. See the end of the review for more information.
UPDATED February 25th, 2012 - See Mid-Term Update at the bottom.
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Exceptional scanning; Sub-par printing.
The praise (good stuff)...
- Narrower than average operational footprint
- Exceptionally fast scan speeds
- Excellent scan color reproduction
- Absolutely no chromatic aberration on scans - This is huge
- Wired USB and/or Ethernet/Wireless B/G/N (2.4GHz)
- True square-pixel PPI scanning
The raze (not-so-good stuff)...
- Loud printing
- Paper tray access is limited
- Single paper tray without manual bypass feed
The haze (things to keep in mind and clarify)...
- Near-vertical scanning surface may require some...Read more
53 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Mixed bag--Misadvertised for Mobile Printing,
March 18, 2011 Telstar - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Lexmark Genesis S815 All in One Printer with Flash Scan Technology (Office Product)
Update September 2011:
After replacing the print head and ink (see Auguest below)Magenta failed to print after 39 pages. Cleaning seems to fix it, at the expense of a good 10% of the ink of ALL cartridges per cleaning. Untenable.
Update August 2011:
The printing just failed (streaks with the XL carts 2/3 full). They sent me a new print head and cartridges.
Streaks continued until I replaced BOTH the carts and the print head. All after 220 pages printed.
I conclude that the cartridges themselves can become clogged and fail.
The cleaning cycle drinks 10% of the ink.
This is the WORST experience I have ever had with a printer.
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There is a lot to like here:
Pros
Setup is super easy for all the things this can do.
Nice applets
Fast for an ink jet
Easy paper handling
Wireless is...Read more
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
AMAZING AND CRAZY FAST SCAN,
July 7, 2011 MAyor - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Lexmark Genesis S815 All in One Printer with Flash Scan Technology (Office Product)
After 2 days of thinking, I finally gave in and bought this printer thru one of the sellers on Amazon (because it can arrive to my house in 1 day with Amazon Prime). There is only 1 seller qualified for prime shipping and sell at $200s. It is not a bad deal as I can use Prime shipping + extra fee for 1 day delivery. And now I have the printer seating next to me!!!
Experience:
*** AFTER I USED THIS PRINTER, I HAVE JUST INCREASED THIS FROM a 4 stars to a 5 stars !! ***
SETUP - VERY EASY! Insert the setup disc > set up Wifi > disconnect USB cable > you are good to GO!
PRINT - have no problem printing from my network computers. However, I learned that you have to put it in the same room with your network computer. I have tried to put my printer in other room, and its Wifi connection was being blocked by the wall.
SCAN - I am telling you. This scanning is the FASTEST I have EVER EXPERIENCED!! First time I have enjoyed scanning so...Read more
