Lexmark E360DN Monochrome Laser Printer

Ok first off I got this printer in just over two days and I chose free shipping option. I don't know what Amazon.com did to get this printer here so fast. This printer must have come to me on Murcury's wings. This Lexmark E360DN printer was delivered so fast it blew my old gray werewolf hair back.

My species of werewolf is obssesive compulsive so when the printer arrived I took it out of its Amazon.com box. Next I took the actual printer out of its inner Lexmark box. I sat the printer on its shelf in my home. I peeled off the packing tape used to hold printer componants in place during shipment. I freed the printer cartridge from its packaing materials and properly reinserted it into its internal bay. I connected one end of a USB cable I had to supply to the printer with the other USB cable end connecting to my new Dell computer running Windows 7. I connected one end of the power cable to the printer and the other into my surge protector. I turned the printer on the...Read more

The standard toner that is supposed to last ~3,500 pages lasts much less than that (about half or less), and the replacement cartridges are ridiculously expensive (well over $200 (!) for the extended-print cartridge). We had this experience with three cartridges, so not just one defective unit. We contacted Lexmark about this problem, but Lexmark did not even bother to answer. If you intent to print more than just a few pages, and care about running costs, opt for another printer.

This printer was purchased largely to print checks, as well as regular tray use. Normally, the manual feeder tray would be used so that prenumbered checks could be printed in correct order, without having to change a printer setting. However, this printer does not have a sensor for paper in the manual feed tray, so it does not work in this fashion. Despite its solid build, we will have to return this item.