Troublesome and poor quality prints

On the surface, The Lexmark X5470 looks like a great deal; it is a copier, printer, scanner and fax too. It also has an automatic document feeder and can print pictures directly from the memory card thru the built in PicBridge port and media card slot, however, you need a special photo color cartridge in place of the black ink cartridge. You can copy / scan /fax using the flat bed or the document feeder. All that at around $80. But the good stuff ends there.
Print quality is poor, picture quality is even worse; and it uses ink like there is no tomorrow, expect around 150 pages before the Lexmark starts telling you to order new ink cartridge. If you want to get a generic or refilled ink cartridge, the Lexmark does not like that, and it will keep telling you that it's out of original ink. You may even get an error message to change the cartridge and the machine will stop working until you do so. In short, you will have to use the original Lexmark ink cartridges at around $50 for the pair.
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Do not waste your money

This is a cheap printer. Lexmark is a big name, but their printers do not live up to their name! I have always had back experiences w/Lexmark products, but then again b/c the price was very low I decided to give Lexmark another shot. I was looking for something with fax/scanner. For printing, I have a Samsung ML1740 laser, which as been performing for years now with no issue (even with Windows Vista).

I hardly ever used this Lexmark (no more than 5 times). Today after a long time, I decided to make some copies. Well, the paper kept on jamming (somehow the paper tends to shift to the right, thus losing the proper alignment). I spent nearly 2 hours trying to fix the problem, finally out of frustration, I boxed up the printer, and to the dumpster it went!

Please keep in mind I am a professional computer user. I have several hardware and software credentials, so I am speaking from a position of authority.
Bottom line, do not waste your money on a Lexmark product period (I used their high-end  more

Good home office multi-function machine

If you want a good photo printer look elsewhere. I use a seperate photo printer. However, if you want to copy, scan, print and fax, this inexpensive machine does the trick. I don't know the geek level of the other reviewers but I had no problem installing it OR using it. The stand alone fax machine is a nice option to have. I only give 4 stars because the print quality could be better, especially for images. But the print quality for text is just fine for everyday use. The media card slots and picbridge slot are also convenient. The supplied software and programming provide easy to use instruction. Also, I have not attempted to print photo's from this printer but if you want to, Lexmark sells a seperate photo ink cartridge with 6 colors.