Lexmark X73

Ink Dries up and scanner has XP problems

I've had this printer for about 10 years. The color scans are great, but there is a problem with the printing. The ink dries up.

The ink that came with the printer worked well, but all replacement ink cartridges dried up after the first print. I wasted almost $100 on ink before I bought a color laser printer.

The scanner also has compatibilty problems with Windows XP.

It comes up and gives an error message every time the scanner is turned on. You just have to click OK and try it again. If you reboot the computer, you will get the message again.

It scans, faxes, it prints it copys after a while. Good once its working, but then (well for me) it breaks...

I hope theres a lot better out there on the market for the money. I Don't recommend Lexmark printers.

I have had no trouble with my Lexmark X73 Multifunction printer until just recently. I agree, the ink cartridges are very expensive, but I have only had to buy them once.

My pictures that I have printed have always turned out great. I never have smudges or anything like that.

The only problem I am having, is my printer recently had a paper jam, and I did what it said to do in the book to fix it, but it continues to jam up. What do I do?

I print a lot of work on mine, and so far the ink has lasted me for a while.

Like the rest of the Lemark range the Lexmark X73 follows suit in disfunction. How Lexmark are in existence today is truly baffling. The scanner doesn't scan - it'll make you deaf after several attempts to get it working, the printer cannot print and the software drivers do not reslove any conflicts. What's more is the annoying American voice that tells you when a 'job is done'. Take a look at this (me placing the A4 sheet of digital nonsense to the computer monitor). Do you call this finished?

I have used my Lexmark X73 for over a year. I agree that the cartridges are expensive. Printing of photos has worked out ok for me and I love the fact that one can specify "print in black or color". That saves my colors for "good stuff". I have had to play with settings to make copies. My one big complaint is finding out how to print the web page reference along with a web page. It has me baffled and I just wrote to Lexmark for help. Anyone here have any information?

The Lexmark X73 is my worst-ever purchase of an electronic item. Ever since I bought it, problems with the usb connection and complaints that the printer can't be enabled. I did probably more than 50 install and uninstalls. Then download new XP driver and clean software from tech site. Nothing helps.

Ever since i got this Lexmark X73 printer, I've had problems printing and copying.

The tech support site is of no help.

I will junk it and get an HP.

Specifically relating to installation problems: I've had my Lexmark X73 working fine for a couple of months on a relativly new machine (Win 2000) but moving it onto an old PC (also Win 2000) resulted in the grief which everyone else seems to be suffering from. Dead as a Dodo.

But I have managed a work around solution. Read on.

Don't follow the lexmark installation instructions which say unplug the printer beforehand, but uninstall all your previous efforts, reboot your PC and just plug the USB lead in without any of the Lexmark software installed.

Win 2K should see the USB hub inside the machine and install a generic driver. Then my machine spotted that there was a printer hanging off the hub and the "add new hardware" wizard prompts for drivers.

Stick your Lexmark CD into your drive and let it search for the drivers.

This much got the printer going but not the scanner.

So then I ran the Lexmark installation from scratch which installs scanner driver as well as all the other software.

So far so good. I just hope it stays that way!

Thought I had myself a great product, however, while installing my Lexmark X73, a box appears onscreen telling me to connect the "USB" to the printer (which I did) then to click "ok". After doing so, the little box will not go away as if I did not complete the step of connecting the USB to the printer. What am I doing wrong? I need help. Please.... Thanks, angie

I've had to reinstall drivers any time I've changed cartridges, unplugged USB port...and get this...every time I turn the computer off. It has been nothing but trouble, and it doesn't even photocopy or scan properly only a year after it was bought. Everything goes into the printer queue and you cannot get it to print, to pause, or even to delete the queue'd items. I wish I had read this site before buying it! One troubleshooting guide recently said "troubleshooting for Lexmark X73: unplug X73, throw in trash, go buy a good printer" not kidding, I agree!