Lexmark X5470

Low price, built-in fax and automatic document feed

Slow photo printing, mediocre overall print quality

Clever paper auto-sensing ; It is cheap

Wonky printing ; Smudging ; Poor photo quality prints ; Slow print speeds

Its features are the selling point but the overall quality lets it down

Price, range of features, design, good photo output with additional six-ink cartridge, an attractive design and excellent sub £100 make this great value for money

Photo printing is slow and very mediocre with “basic” four-ink print cartridge, ADF jams too easily

With or without the optional Ethernet networking solution (available for another £50) the X5470 is certainly worth a look. There are a few faster – or better quality output-producing machines – on the market but they are pricier (just). This is a...

Inexpensive; nice range of features; built-in memory card slots and PictBridge port; fast text prints; decent scan quality; built-in ADF.

Poor to mediocre print quality; slow copy speed; very limited paper handling options.

The Lexmark X5470 offers loads of features and respectable print speeds at a low price, but its print quality leaves a lot to be desired. You can find a similarly priced all-in-one that offers better print quality.

As for using Photo mode for photos: An 8 by 10-inch print on inkjet paper took 92 seconds and looked fair. The same print on glossy photo paper took 5 minutes and 7 seconds with four-color and 5 minutes and 40 seconds with six-color printing. The...

The camera and memory card inputs are cool. (However, you will not use them after you discover how annoying the printer is with ink).

It doesn't work most of the time, the ink is extremely expensive compared to other brands, it is very annoying.