The cheap Lexmark P6250 aims to take photo printing to new heights of user-friendliness. The intuitive design of this printer makes it a snap to print straight from digital-media cards or a PictBridge camera, and its software drivers provide printing and photo-manipulation options. The Lexmark P6250 ranks among the best for printing only one type of document most of the time. Lexmark P6250 weighs about 10.6-pound. Printer has the low-slung shape of a flatbed scanner and a footprint that measures a modest 7 by 17.14 by 13.15 inches (HWD). Lexmark P6250 accepts an assortment of media cards: Compact Flash Type I and II, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo with adapter, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital, Smart Media, Micro drive and XD. With a USB cable, you can also hook up the machine to your Mac or PC to back up digital camera images on the hard drive or explore Lexmark’s imaging software.
The cheap Lexmark P6250 consist of two ink tanks: one with color for graphics and one containing color and black ink for photos. Another feature new to this generation of multifunction, which includes the HP Photosmart 2710, is software intelligent enough to automatically fit multiple photos onto a large piece of paper.
The quality of text printed from cheap P6250 is fairly good. Text printed at the default setting looked dark and sharp upon first glance. Graphics printed on inkjet paper looked smooth, with dithering and slight horizontal banding visible only up close. The shaded elements progressed evenly and smoothly from dark to light, and color matching was very good.