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Lexmark C534N Color Laser Printer Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Horrible Printer LEXMARK C534DTN
Comment: ONE STAR BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CHOOSE ZERO. I would strongly recommend against purchasing this printer. I purchased a c534dtn December, 2006. I understood the unit would have a 5 year warranty. 1 year plus 4 years for registering. After less than two years of use, the unit is showing a "950.40 NVRAM Mismatch" error and is not useable. I contacted Lexmark and they said the unit is out of warranty - that the warranty is only a year (i plan to continue following up on this) and referred me to a service technician. The service technician told me that to fix the unit, the whole system board would have to be replaced. The system board is $699 (and no stock of the system board shows available). Additional labor costs for installation of the system board (minimum $300) would drive the repair cost above the total cost of the printer. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PRINTER -

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Lexmark c534n - My worst nightmare
Comment: I bought 3 of these printers a little over 1 year ago, and they started out printing very well. By the end of their 2nd week in service, one had already run out all 4 cartridges out of toner. This printer eats supplies and parts much faster than Lexmark had led me to believe. Today 1 year later, 1 unit is out of service and totaled, and the other 2 are not far behind. They cost too much to supply and they have not held up well at all. We will not purchase another Lexmark product again.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Lexmark C534N color laser printer
Comment: This printer is exceptionally fast in both B/W and color and the quality of the color printing is outstanding. I just finished a church photo membership directory on this printer and I got a standing ovation, countless emails, etc. about the photos (both photography and printing). Because this printer is so inexpensive to operate, the directories cost about 25% less than I initially estimated. Replacement cartridges are very expensive and refilling them yourself is not a walk in the park. I would recommend most people NOT do it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Grump Old Man
Comment: FYI - I purchased a new Lexmark C524 Laser Printer from this website several months ago. The shipping box did not contain an Operator's Manual or setup instructions. The setup instructions contained in the printer's memory couldn't be pulled up. Lexmark's website does offer Operator Manuals for downloading. However, for several weeks the manuals wouldn't download. After two months of calls/e-mails/letters to Lexmark, an off-shore/contract customer service person phoned ... only to inform me they didn't know how to set-up a C524 printer. Two weeks & 2-3 phone calls later, I finally found someone at Lexmark who knew how to setup this piece of equipment. Approximately 100-150 printed sheets later, the black ink ran out. I was informed that the toner cartridges included as part of a Lexmark printers initial cost are only partially filled. To refill all 4 ink cartridges cost almost double the printer's purchase price.

The color/print quality is good. However, print time is extremely slow.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good purchase
Comment: Our office uses this printer, and also the similar Lexmark C530.
We have been very satisfied. Reliable, and VERY good print quality.
It has the occasional jam, like all printers, but it's generally pretty reliable.

Quirks:
-no third-party toners available, must buy Lexmark brand.
-Toner "Low" trigger is too soon (turns on when there's still hundreds of pages left)
-printer part "Waste Toner Bin" expired, and nobody had it in stock, INCLUDING LEXMARK, for 2 months. It's $20, so better to have one on hand instead of waiting!
-Paper tray should really hold more paper.

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