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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
2.5 stars
"3rd times the charm"
Pros: prints well, colors are fairly accurate, prints quickly, sharp, clear display
Cons: LOUD!
Summary: I don't know what the deal is with Kodak's quality control, but i went through 2 of these printers before i got a working one. I bought the printer from Best Buy. Brought it home, started it up, but it would only print black. It appeared as though the colored ink was not coming out of the printer head. After googling the problem, I cleaned it, but was only successful in printing in blue and black. I decided to exchange it for another ESP 5. The new one would not print at all, again the printer head would not release the ink. The employees tested it at the store, verified that it did not work. Finally, we tested the remaining ESP5 they had at the store. Luckily this last one worked, and is printing fine so far. I was determined to get a working printer, as Kodak?s line of printers have the cheapest ink by far. If you are patient like me, and want cheap ink, the ESP5 is the one to get.
takes quite a while to "warm up."
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.Yep! On my third one, only with same jamming problem due to the tilted feeder. Second one was due to faulty printer head and Kodak replaced it by mail the next day! Best Buy seems to have this one returned a lot. The cheap ink is a faulty plus, as I have had to replace it within a few weeks~and only used it 4 times! Thanks for your post
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Yep! On my third one, only with same jamming problem due to the tilted feeder. Best Buy seems to have this one returned a lot. The cheap ink is a faulty plus, as I have had to replace it within a few weeks~and only used it 4 times! Thanks for your post.
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that would more than likely of been a printhead problem which Kodak will send you a new one for free, I have been through 3 in 4 months. it seems to be an ongoing problem.
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Kodak ESP 5:
$92.00 - $159.99
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