No one wants to spend too much money, but everyone wants good print quality. In this case, you get an excellent print quality for a medium priced printer. For the price, the print quality of the Z51 is amazing . At 1200x1200 dpi, it offers a better resolution than most printers today.
Text is excellent, sharp and clean.
On glossy paper, the photos, even without the optional photo cartridge, equaled those printed by higher quality photo ink jet printers. Surprisingly, on plain paper, photographs looked better than those printed on printers costing twice as much. That is the beauty of the Lexmark Z51. The output looks good on all the various mediums. This printer also accepts more different kinds of media than most average printers.