Lexmark X75 All-in-One Multifunction

Taking paper from a feed tray which folds up from the top surface of the machine to a near vertical position at the back, the X75 feeds to a pullout tray at the front, or directly onto the desktop. It uses the same print mechanism as the Z25 and Z34 printers, with the same diminutive color and black ink cartridges. For replacement, the top section of the all-in-one hinges up, and a red plastic stay springs out to support it, like the hood of an old sports car.

The lid of the machine lifts up to reveal an A4-size flatbed scanner, which can scan at up to 600 x 1,200 dpi resolution. A small control section at the front right of the top panel offers power, page feed, scan, black copy, and color copy buttons, plus two status lights. The real power of the machine rests in its software control, however. As well as the driver for the X75, the accompanying CD-ROMs provide OCR software, a photo editor, and fax software.

Print quality from the X75 is pretty good, with dense black text and bright, reasonably precise colors. Color print, as indicated by a 5-by-3-inch test photo, showed up well, with little noticeable banding. We noticed minor dithering, but the dither dots were so small that they were hard to see. Print times were also good for a machine at this price, though it's never going to break any speed records.

Copying was not as successful. The printed copy lost sharpness and color depth--blacks came through grey and colours looked muddy. We compensated for this, to an extent, through software manipulation, but black-and-white copies are, in general, much more successful than colour ones.

All in all, the X75 is an ideal multifunction device for home or small office use that takes up little space but delivers big results. --Simon Williams

Product Description
Featuring Lexmark's core inkjet print technology, the PrinTrio X75 offers 2400 x 1200 dots per inch (dpi) resolution in black and color on all paper types, allowing consumers to produce photo-quality pictures and crisp text. As with all of Lexmark's inkjet printers, achieving high-quality output is effortless as special paper and photo ink cartridges are not required. Integrated Photo Editing Software enables users to do simple image editing, such as cropping and resizing, as well as more sophisticated jobs including 'red-eye' removal and color manipulation - without any additional software. Photo Sizing - automatically adjusts images to print out in popular picture sizes: wallet, 3" x 5", 4" x 6", 5" x 7" and 8" x 10". Photo Display - stores and retrieves images, helping users organize their digital worlds.The flexible flatbed scanner is designed to handle books, reports and photographs. Offering up to 600 x 1200 dpi scan resolution (up to 9600 dpi enhanced) and 48-bit color scan depth, you will be amazed at the precision and detail you can achieve. With the PrinTrio X75, simply scan traditional photographs to e-mail friends and family or incorporate into creative projects such as personalized greeting cards. Capable of copying documents and images in both black and color via the host PC, the PrinTrio X75 offers great convenience for those with light copying needs. The PrinTrio X75 gives customers the ability to reduce or enlarge images between 25 and 400 percent, and can produce up to nine copies per minute (cpm) in black and up to four cpm in color. The included BVRP FaxTools software provides users with a message center mailbox that can create, modify, send, receive and store e-mail and fax messages.