123 of 132 people found the following review helpful
BUYER BEWARE : UPDATE AT BOTTOM 9/29/09,
June 23, 2008 J. Velasquez (usa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kodak ESP-3 Easyshare All In One Printer (1629054) (Office Product)
I previously owned a HP500 all in one printer before choosing the Kodak Easyshare ESP3. One reason was because the ink was too expensive and the Kodak seemed like a bargain because of the cheaper ink it offered. The black cartridge will run you $[...] and the color $[...]. I was paying around $[...] prior on ink. Making the total cost for the printer and ink around $165.00. BUT WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU is that this printer will only print those superior pictures on Kodak paper. It has a built in scanner that scans the back of the photo paper and automatically sets the image quality. The photo paper will run you around $9.00 bucks for regular glossy (4x6 @ 100 sheets)or the premium quality runs around the same price but you only get 60 4x6 sheets. (premium is better as it is heavier paper and doesn't fold as badly as the regular ones) Forget about using cheaper or other brands of photo paper, Kodak makes it so that they come out horrible. NOT ONLY is that a way to corner the market and...Read more
53 of 54 people found the following review helpful
Worst Printer Experience in Over 20 Years...,
December 23, 2008 The Rhino "The Rhino" (Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kodak ESP-3 Easyshare All In One Printer (1629054) (Office Product)
My first printer was the FIRST color inkjet made by HP, I think it was the 750C or something... Anyway, I have used A LOT of inkjet printers at work & at home in the last 20 years and can sort-out the riff-raff from the keepers pretty quickly.
This printer was definitely near the bottom of my printer experiences...
THE BAD:
1) I could tell right-away by the flimsy paper tray, cheap removable printhead design & generic software interface that this purchase was a mistake. But I gave it a whirl, hoping to save &&& on ink, installed the ink cartridges & turned it on...
2) After 10 cleaning cycles that left my ink levels at half-full we were finally printing Yellow & Cyan, but Magenta and Black were hit and miss and never did flow steady... Part-way through the picture a color would "go missing" only to return momentarily at some point later.
3) You can only put about 10 photo-sheets in the paper tray reliably, and the last...Read more
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
is there a negative 5 star option?,
November 11, 2008 WWMD (coastal new england) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kodak ESP-3 Easyshare All In One Printer (1629054) (Office Product)
One star is too many.
My kodak esp 3 printer never worked. Kodak's lack of tech support is absoloutely horrible. This printer ended up being thrown away and I got a lexmark all in one that I am THRILLED WITH.
My brand new printer had a hardware error. The seller offered to accept it back with a 20.00 restocking fee. So after all the shipping charges I would have gotten back around 10.00. Not worth it. When I called "tech support" the woman from a million miles away read me the online website inistructions. I had been there followed those instructions to the letter. I told her that. She said that was all she could do. She offered to let me send back this printer, Kodak would send me a refurbished one. No thanks after the "support" I had received I could only imagine if I had trouble with the next. So it was thrown in the trash and I got a lexmark.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PRINTER!!!!
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