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Text is clean, if grayish.
Unlike on other Z printers, the Z12's paper support folds back to feed banner paper automatically, though it was a bit difficult to reposition. The Z12 holds one ink cartridge at a time, forcing you to change cartridges to switch to all-black printing from color. Since it doesn't use black ink while printing in color, the Z12's cost per page is a modest 13 cents for graphics. Text printing with a black-ink cartridge, however, runs a pricey 7 cents a page. Fits in well as a second printer where middling graphics and deliberate printing speed are acceptable.