DPNow have an exclusive first look at the Lexmark P6520 All-in-One printer/scanner/copier, which is aimed at digital photographers rather than business users.

“Once again the good news is that, so far, the photo print quality from our sample P6250 has impressed us. We took an image from an Olympus C-60Z and printed it directly from a memory card onto an A4 sheet of Lexmark’s own premium quality glossy photo paper, using borderless printing mode.

The print had to be cropped a fair bit, but you can choose the area to be printed, both zooming and panning, using the printer’s preview screen. Printing time was just over seven minutes from the moment the paper was moved into position by the printer. That’s not fast - the fastest Canons can cover the same page in under two minutes and between four and six minutes is the norm for other printers, but the P6250’s performance is a huge leap forward compared to other Lexmarks I’ve tested. Lexmark claims a 6x4 photo can be printed in under 40 seconds.”

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