Lexmark Interact S605 Prons and Cons

Lexmark Interact S605 is an all-in-one unit with superb document-printing speeds. Its $199 price is an ideal printer for small-business and home-office.



Prons

Minimalist Design
The Interact S605 have minimalist design with matte-black plastic. The body is nice and sturdy. The size is small at 7x20x14 inches.

Touch-Screen LCD
The touch-screen LCD is recessed into the body when you set up the printer for the first time. But once it's swiveled out, the 4.3 inches will not swivel back into the body.

Card Reader
It has card-reader slot that supports SD, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick and xD-PictureCard. There's also an USB 2.0 PictBridge port and an standard USB port.

Paper Tray
The paper tray can hold up to 100 sheets of plain paper. It doesn't have an automatic document feeder but it have an automatic duplexer for double-sided printing.

Easy Setup
Setup is easy. Insert the setup CD and everything will be guided.

Web Application
The printer can use 12 web-enabled applications for use on the printer. So you can access RSS feeds, Google Calendar, and photo-sharing sites like Picasa or Photobucket. You don't neet the computer to download the applications, just use the printer itself.

Speed
The printing speed are fast on all levels compared to the competitors. The 20-page text document printed in 8 minutes and 20 seconds (Best mode). It prints the same document in 1 minutes and 25 seconds in draft mode.
It can scan 1-page text document in 6.5 seconds.



Cons

Less Printing quality
It prints less printing quality on pictures larger than 4x6-inch. The photocopy text result is looks like the original but the picture result is muted than the original's.


Expensive Inks
The Black ink is more expensive than the AIO competitors.


Specification
Print Technology: Inkjet
Interface: USB 2.0, memory-card reader, USB/PictBridge port
Maximum Paper Size: 8.5x17 inches
Maximum Resolution (Color): 4,800x1,200dpi
Maximum Resolution (Monochrome): 2,400x1,200dpi
Scan Resolution: 1,200x2,400dpi
Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) Included: No
LCD Size (Diagonal): 4.3 inches
Dimensions (HWD): 7x20x14 inches
Weight: 16.5 pounds