Review Roundup: Lexmark P6250

Reviewers had both praise and criticism about the Lexmark P6250. They complimented the device's ease-of-use and suitability for home use, and its several slots for different memory cards. However, most agreed that its print quality was only mediocre-to-good. Interestingly, opinion on performance varied widely; for example, while the PC Magazine reviewer said it had "reasonably fast performance," CNET complained about "glacial print speeds."

Price: $199.99
Type: Thermal Inkjet all-in-one
Max. Print Speed: Black: 22ppm. Color: 15ppm
Max. Print Resolution: 2400 x 1200 dpi (black), 4800 x 1200 dpi (color)
Special Feature(s): Six-color inkjet, optional black cartridge

PC Magazine Review

Rating: 3 out of 5

Liked: Reasonably fast performance for business applications and photos. Direct printing from cameras and memory cards. Includes a utility to scan and fax using your PC's modem

Disliked: No built-in fax modem. The good rating for photo output is below expectations for an ink jet-based photo printer.

In Short: The Lexmark P6250 is easy to use, with a color LCD that offers such features as ink-cartridge loading instructions. It also offers significantly better speed than most ink jet AIOs, particularly for business applications. However, photo-output quality is in the middle to low range for a model with "Photo" in its name.

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CNET Review

Rating: 6.9 out of 10

Liked: Easy to use and beginner-friendly; compact; stylish; good print quality; useful and uncomplicated software; inexpensive; Windows and Mac compatible.

Disliked: Glacial print speeds; mediocre scans; no standalone fax; must swap cartridges for volume text printing.

In Short: Lexmark simplifies this easy-on-the-eyes multifunction so that it won't confuse you, but can you trade ease of use for quality?

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Computer Buyer Review

Rating: 3 out of 6

Liked: It has an attractive menu system that most users will find easy to grasp. There are memory card slots for the seven most common formats.

Disliked: Although the print had accurate colors it wasn't the sharpest we've seen. With its photo cartridge left in place the Lexmark took nearly five minutes to print our five-page text document, and text wasn't quite solid black.

In Short: The P6250 looks stylish and different, but delivers mediocre print quality and suffers from high running costs.

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