Lexmark Colour Laser Printer 4 Series (C3426dw)
Just Starting with Laser…
27/06/2023 23:25
I wasnt exactly sure at how heavy this was, until it arrived! nearly 20Kgs in weight and is really heavy lifting, thankfully a handled box pack which had to be lifted up a set of stairs, but unpackackaged and setup withing minutes.
The printer needs layed and slid out the box (upright) whilst the box is on its side, the packaged printer needs some housekeeping first such as removing transport tabs and stickers, and cable (choice of UK Mains or a European kettle plug is included, approx 2metre length.)
The toners are already installed but dont need touched or pulled out as they are already installed.
The Setup was via WIFI on the touch panel and the setup was easy to do so - need to know your WIFI login details and its all down. Set data and time, very easy touch panel controls.
The User Interface is easy to read and can tell at a glance how much toner is left and how full the 'Toner Waste Bottle' is.
However being a Laser 'newbie' i was shocked at the replacement costs of toners, and the fact that the toner waste bottle isn't emptiable, but needs replaced at a cost of around £20 - However this shouldn't be anytime soon as apparently it holds something like 15000 pages worth, according to the Lexmark site.
I always like to check the value of replacement consumables when buying a printer, and was shocked that toner is (for a new complete set of 1500 pages each colour BCMY, e.g., is priced at more than the price of the actual new printer!)
However its early days, as yet, so maybe compatible toners will be available in the near future, or that the asking price will be reduced somewhat ( i do prefer original replacements but if they are really expensive, its hardly worth it.
However so far the printer is printing really well, and really enjoying it so far in this trial.
(wish i had requested the Colour series 4, All in One Printer instead (miss the scanner and copier functions though)
JRSC01
Larkhall , Spojené království
Age: 40
Gender: Female