Lexmark C2535dw Color Laser Printer with Duplex Printing, Wireless Connection, and 35 ppm (42CC160), White/ Gray, Medium
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J. Tant
> 3 dayIts aimed for the office environment, and there it does a good job as a quick and easy printer. Its not something that is intended to print a LOT of things at once, but it does well enough for reports, slide decks, and so on. Setup is, well....fair warning, this printer is a bit on the large side and its heavy for its size. I was a bit surprised because printers of this scale usually have a scanner bed in there, but this one...nope. Part of the size is owing to the laser printing technology along with the need for four toner cartridges, however just know that its not something that will easily fit on a desk next to your laptop. The size issue aside, setup was very easy assuming one uses the Lexmark Mobile Assistant app - basically its straightforward that way. Printer sets up a wifi hotspot, you join it with your phone, and then you proceed with setup from the app. Much easier than the onboard setup which is made more complicated by the lack of a touchscreen on the printer. A serious word of caution for home/AirPrint users: Do NOT use the Lexmark recommended app if you want full iOS integration of AirPrint with this printer. The Lexmark app will override the built in AirPrint functionality of iOS to the point where you have to print anything from an iPhone or iPad through the Lexmark app and NOT through the original application. For instance, say you want to print a photo...instead of clicking Print in Photos, you need to go through the Lexmark app, select the photo through that app, and print it from there. If you do NOT install the app, AirPrint works normally and as expected. To date Ive not seen much that the Lexmark app can do that merits having it hijack AirPrint this way, so I say dont use it. :) Moving on to normal use, its a good and fast printer. It does take about 30-45 seconds to spool up, but printing is fast and clean. Even complex color graphics werent an issue, and certainly exponentially faster than my HP inkjet. Quality is very good as well, with onboard settings that allow one to tailor print quality and media to preference. It did the best job, in my opinion, with business-type graphics on regular paper (think pie charts), and stumbled with photos a bit (though simple photos like headshots against a plain background were just fine if the photo were appropriately sized, meaning no full page printing). Maintenance is very simple, with the toner cartridges on the side and everything is clearly marked and intuitive. Very easy to swap out a toner cartridge, and for that matter quite easy to add paper. The tray does NOT accept a full ream of paper, however...another point that this is more of a quick/easy printer for tasks that dont involve printing 300-page reports. When I get right down to it, I reserve this printer for school or professional use in printing small to medium jobs. A 20 page report, no problem. A copy of a slide deck...again, no problem. For jobs where I need 50 copies of something, well, Im going to the print shop. A good printer when used as designed and I like it!
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Osprey
> 3 dayThis is an excellent printer. It is super fast, relatively quiet, and works with no issues. Wireless set up was super easy - you download an app and are in business in less than a minute. Color prints are not photo quality (at least on regular paper) but still look very good.
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Jake R.
Greater than one weekWhat a horror show this printer is. Constantly losing the network. Drinks ink for fun. Constantly on the fritz, trips my circuit breaker, and now barely two years old and it stops working. Add in the outrageous price of toner and I heartily recommend you never buy a Lexmark product. Just trash.
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Raffi A. Derderian Jr.
> 3 dayThe install requires the disc and a phone app. It isnt too hard, however, I kept getting an annoying pop up window after every print job- SMPT not set up, contact system admin. It would repeat this at the beginning as well. Maddening because I could not find a way to shut it off and online support was useless. Three emails and two phone calls to tech support finally resolved the issue. In the end, it prints fast with a quick start up. Prints look good.
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Wangberg
> 3 dayIts a color laser printer at a great price -- keep this in mind. Overall a great printer. Issues: It pulls multiple blank sheets of paper when it prints. Linux drivers work, but windows drivers will give you a better quality print. Firmware update process is easy.
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Jeff Jones
> 3 dayWorked okay for full size pages - for a while. Awful for anything put into the bottom feeder. Constantly says paper jam issue when there is not. Im going to use up the toner for full size sheets and place it in the trash. I took a chance and lost big time.
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stu
Greater than one weekI just received mine, and my initial impressions are its about the best printer Ive ever owned, HOWEVER, if you run Linux operating systems like I do, you will have to go to the Lexmark Drivers website to download and install the Lexmark C2500 series drivers, and have the printer installer find them locally, otherwise youll get stuck in a Searching for Drivers / installing drivers loop that will have you tearing your hair out. Lexmark requires that you accept their agreement before you can download the required drivers, and the printer installer cant do it for you. Once I figured that out everythings all shiny!
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Joseph C Kowalewski Jr
Greater than one weekNever could get the printer to work. Would not print direct connected or via wifi. Had to return.
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S Thompson
> 3 dayWorks great and is so fast printing. Tricky to setup as the app required Location settings to be active on my Android phone. After enabling Location settings with no joy, I then decided to enable Bluetooth too and then it worked. Also, it was a little confusing as to when you need to switch from the printers own Wifi connection back to your home Wifi connection. The setup took about 30 mins.
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CCSRJ11
> 3 dayI ordered this item. The condition was supposed to be new. The instructions had grease spots all over and they were crumbled. Laser toner was all over the machine. And some of the tape that is applied in the manufacturing process was obviously missing. I sent it back; order another one and hopefully it will arrive in new condition.