Lexmark Z 645

Advantages cheap, good for black ink, easy to buy cartridges, "low ink" warning
Disadvantages annoying software, not so good for colour printing or high quality stuff

...This colour inkjet printer came bundled with my boyfriend's PC, but bizarrely it only works with my laptop. This is the sort of peripheral you might buy if you are (a) short of cash or time, (b) buying a cheapo PC bundle like the above, or (c) bored in the post office / Woolies queue. It's low cost, low maintenance and it usually works; ink's easy to get hold of, especially online (Sainsbury's also make a compatible own-brand black ink cartridge). When you install the software and USB connection, your PC will start talking to you. Luckily you can disable this option from within the Lexmark options screen (via Control Panel), unless you like to hear "Printing started!" in chirpy American every time you press print. Usefully, it'll monitor ink levels and warn you when they get low, with a link to the supplier's website. I get good... Read review

Advantages cheap and does all the basics very well.
Disadvantages no frills!

...Being that we have 2 pc`s at home and up till recently only one printer, we thought it time to get another printer for upstairs. as i mainly use the downstairs pc there was no need for anything fancy just something to print of a few pages or documents when required. The epson R300 is the printer i use downsatirs and this lexmark comes no where near being able to compete with it, as i use the epson for disc printing photo printing and all sorts which this lexmark just doesnt do. That aside as i said it was only a second printer fo light work i was looking for and this printer can easily take on that task, its very user friendly and fairly fast. It produces very clear print and images even when the ink is running very low which is one thing the epson wont do! Low ink in the epson leads to inferior printing. not so... Read review