Lexmark X9350 Wireless All-in-One

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By Alex Kidman, CNET.com.au
Feb 20, 2007

Lexmark's designers have obviously decided on a basic design motif for their recent printers. In trying to describe the X9350, we could think of no words more suitable than: "It looks like the X5470 with bits bolted on". And that's basically true; while the X9350 is less fussed about smooth white lines, and won't quite mesh with your iPod the way the X5470 does, they've both obviously fallen out of the same designer's grab-bag of tricks.

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Design
Lexmark positions the X9350 as a SOHO multi-function device (MFD), so its design incorporates more business-centric features, such as a document feeder and inbuilt duplexing. The front panel has fax controls, basic copying buttons and a flip-up LCD screen for picture preview and menu selections, which sits above the main paper tray. And it's the paper tray that's the X9350's Achilles' heel. More on that shortly.

Features
The X9350 is an inkjet MFD with either 4 (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) or 6 color printing (via an optional photo printing cartridge) with integrated 4800dpi scanner and fax capabilities. Media slots on the front of the printer accommodate all the standard media card types--CF, MMC/SD, MemoryStick and xD for direct photo printing--as well as PictBridge support. The supplied paper tray can accommodate up to 150 sheets of standard paper, as well as a wide variety of other printable media, although it can't handle direct CD/DVD printing.

The X9350 can be connected via a standard USB cable--Lexmark even provides one in the box--or via Ethernet. As well, it supports wireless printing from Windows and Mac platforms, and it's this feature that Lexmark promotes heavily with this particular model. It even sports a natty little green display light to indicate that it's a wireless printer.

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