News - Lexmark to jettison inkjet printer business

[HEXUS]

And will cut 13 per cent of the company workforce to save $95 million p.a.

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[Shad]

In one way it's a shame to lose Lexmark from this market since for as long as I've had a PC they've been there. However, even now, printing something is the most stressful, irritating and unreliable thing I do with a PC, although thankfully I only need to print something every few months or so these days.

I'll be happy to see printers go the same way as the floppy disk, dial-up modem and CRT monitor.

[directhex]

Not to mention Lexmark printers are consistently some of the worst available

[TheAnimus]

Not to mention Lexmark printers are consistently some of the worst available

Amen! Anyone ever owned a good one?

[AGTDenton]

It seems clear that inkjet is starting to fall by the way side as more and more low price laserjets appear on the market.
Problem I've had for years is that I print about a dozen sheets a year. Inkjets dry up or go out of date quickly.
The ink is becomming ever more expensive and smaller.
Thankfully I can print things at work when required so have no need at the moment to own a printer, but im sure the time will come when I need to own one and dread the cost of ownership.

I wonder if Dell will get a replacement

[cheesemp]

I always remember Lexmark printers as being cheaper to buy than replace the ink! In fact they used to almost give the printers away. Awful things.

[wasabi]

Good riddance. To show my impartiality, I hope the entire inkjet business dries up like their crappy overpriced unreliable cartridges.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It seems clear that inkjet is starting to fall by the way side as more and more low price laserjets appear on the market.
Problem I've had for years is that I print about a dozen sheets a year. Inkjets dry up or go out of date quickly.
The ink is becomming ever more expensive and smaller.
Thankfully I can print things at work when required so have no need at the moment to own a printer, but im sure the time will come when I need to own one and dread the cost of ownership.

I wonder if Dell will get a replacement

Dell uses Xerox too,AFAIK.

However,when it comes to home photo printing,the higher end ink jet printers are simply better.

[Funkstar]

Nothing wrong with inkjet printers. My Brother has done me proud and I can't see that changing any time soon.

Third party ink is about £1 a cartridge, never had an issue with quality, even photo printing is acceptable.

[HalloweenJack]

I'll be happy to see printers go the same way as the floppy disk, dial-up modem and CRT monitor.

my business wouldnt survive without the ability to print some 200+ envelopes a day , every day....


also the busniess has a dial-up 56k modem as emergency backup in case anything goes wrong with the broadband

[crossy]

Not to mention Lexmark printers are consistently some of the worst available

Funnily enough that seems to be the reputation they have amongst people I've spoken to as well. I had one, and I'm happy to say that I managed to give it away to someone else. It seemed to be a collection of all the worst features of every other brand - and I fail to see the sense in a printer where it's actually far cheaper to ditch the printer when the ink runs out and buy a new one. And don't get me started on the drivers ....

If anyone asks me for a recommendation then it's Canon, Epson or HP - and I've positive experiences of all of these (although my current HP does seem to get through a lot of inks carts).

Good riddance to Lexmark says I - they are to printers what RyanAir is to air travel.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I'll be happy to see printers go the same way as the floppy disk, dial-up modem and CRT monitor.

What?? What a selfish thing to say - what about the loads of people who are photographers like me then??

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Double post.

[Shad]

Really?

High-end inkjet printers for photo prints are already a niche area, in much the same way that legacy floppy disk drives, dial-up modems and CRT monitors still perform legacy roles in niche areas. I'm simply looking forward to ropey inkjet printers not being mainstream anymore - moving with the times really.

That's no more selfish than wanting them to stick around for your own hobby

[marshalex]

Good riddance! Had 2 lexmarks, 4 HPs a canon and an epson over the years and I can safely say the lexmarks were the worst. Carts were poor, printing awful and reliability non existent. Glad to see the back of them

[GeorgeStorm]

You said printers in general, so you want everything to be digital? I would hate that.