Lexmark X2600 All -In-One Printer (12L1685)

I purchased the Lexmark X2600 primarily because, out of all the printers on the shelves, this was the cheapest. I wasn't looking for quality--I just needed something that could print and scan. It came without a USB cable or black ink. The cable I could understand--it's pretty much a given for any printer--but the ink was a little odd. Why include color but not black?

I picked up some black ink along with the printer since I only intended to print text files. The print quality is mediocre, but you get what you pay for. I'd be willing to let this slide and would probably never write this review if not for what happened next.

Only a couple weeks after purchasing the printer, having printed, at most, about fifty or so black and white pages, I was informed that the included color ink cartridge was about to run out. I had no idea why it was using color ink to print black, but I didn't really care. Finally, after sending it a print job one day, a warning popped up...Read more

We bought this printer at a local store just for a cheap printer for shipping labels, some documents, and scanning ability. Nothing had to be super high quality. So for $40 I thought it was a good buy...well now I know better.

1) The prices for replacement ink is outrageous. I could buy a new printer for the price of the ink.
2) Apparently within a few weeks of buying this they stopped stocking ink at every store close to me. And I have had a very hard time finding it online for less than $50! Which to me is just totally insane!!!
3) The printer guzzles gas worse than a Hummer H-2 guzzles gas driving in town. I printed less than 50 pages of text only pages before needing more ink.
4) The printer comes on all by itself at the oddest times. Which is a waste of energy, and kind of eerie. Especially when I am sitting at my desk in an empty house and the printer starts making noises! Then turns on without me touching it and being across the room from it...Read more

The speed of this printer is awesome. However, it wasn't clear ordering it online, that it did not come with the necessary cable to connect it to the computer. Nor did it come with ink, and the ink cannot be found at Office Depot, Staples, etc. The only source has been directly thru Lexmark. The print quality is just okay... we had awesome print quality with our HP, but it was slow; we got speed with the Lexmark, so it's a trade-off I guess. I would recommend shopping around a bit more, and maybe paying just a bit more to get speed AND better print quality.