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Despite the relatively low price, the Impact S305 still has wireless connection and also a USB port at the rear. Wireless set-up is pretty straightforward and the machine supports WEP, WPA and WPA2 security. It comes with a good bundle of support software, including a copy of Abbyy Finereader OCR.As expected from a machine with similar print engines as the others that we have previously tested, speed test results are like wise virtually identical. Our five-page, black text print took 54 seconds to complete, which is a speed of 5.55ppm, but this increased to 6.86ppm when we printed the longer, 20-page document. It took 1:21 to finish our five-page text and colour graphics test with a speed of 3.70ppm. These results aren’t impressive whatsoever, nevertheless it does sit in the middle of field for Inkjet MFP’s in this cost range.Lexmarks inkjets are not really recognized for their print quality, yet the development of the new individual-ink Vizix engine has produced a dramatic improvement. Black text prints are now generally clean and sharp and colour business graphics include some arresting colours, even on plain paper. The colour copies almost looks precisely the same to the original document.Photo prints are also improved, a lot less dotty because of the improved dither patterns and with good amounts of detail in light and dark areas of each image. Colours are realistic and also pure, without veering towards the bland.Lexmark S305 cartridges are available in two capacities and as return programme or non-return programme versions. Making use of the higher yield, 100 XL ink cartridge return programme variants gives a cost per ISO black page of 4.13p, with 10.13p for an ISO colour page. While these are lesser than before, there’s still about a penny higher per black page as well as a couple of pence greater per colour from their several competitors. These cartridges are cheaper than previous Lexmark ink cartridges and give this printer a huge advantage over previous models.The Impact S305 is a surprisingly capable all-in-one at under £100. It uses exactly the same core print technology as Lexmark machines costing three times the price and the new Vizix print engine shows its paces just as well in this cheaper model, producing better than average plain paper print as well as a more improved photo print. With a fantastic set of data ports as well as wireless connection as standard, this machine is not to be out done with its main rivals.