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"Good value for money. Easy set-up and use" on by hedgehog437
Pros: Super easy to set up. I bought one for our house, and was so happy with it, that I bought one for my mom and set it up for her in just minutes.
Cons: Don't like the paper tray; flimsy, and if you don't pull out the extension, it will shoot your documents all over the floor.
Summary: We were looking for a printer with reasonable replacement costs for the ink cartridges, and had read about the Kodak series, so decided to give it a try. Thusfar, we have been very happy with the quality of the printed documents. I havent' printed photos yet, but frankly, if I'm going to print professional quality prints I'll have it done at a store anyway. The wireless set-up was so easy that I was up and running on both our home laptops in just minutes. No fluke, apparently; I bought one for my mom and had her laptop connected and printing quickly as well. Let's face it, it probably won't last 10 years but technology changes so quickly that anything you buy is obsolete by the time you unpack it anyway. Keeping that perspective, it performs as advertised, has reasonable printed costs, is a breeze to set-up. I emphasize the set-up because older folks are sometimes a little intimidated by all the wireless tech; this type of product takes the fear out of "upgrading" technology.
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"Piece of "BLEEP"" on by krockney
Pros: There are NO pros
Cons: couldn't even get it to print!!!!!!!
Summary: After spending an hour trying to hook it up to WIFI, We had a hard time trying to get it to print. The paper tray will not come down without a fight and the front cover brakes off. We finally decided to look at the reviews and seen that this is not the printer we are willing to spend a 100$ on. We couldn't even print a picture with the free picture paper that came with it because it kept saying PAPER JAM!!!!! Don't waste your patients time or money on this crap! Kodak needs to man up and fix their problems!!!!!!
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"Horrible! Will never buy another Kodak!" on by Scooby575
Pros: Inexpensive ink
Cons: I have never seen a printer jam as often as this piece of garbage. For the price Kodak charges you would think they could put in a reliable paper feed
Summary: While Kodak may promote this as being a less expensive printer with low-cost ink, the shear amount of paper wasted (and frustration)due to jamming outweighs ink savings. My old Lexmark Z11 outperforms the printing functions of this any day, and was a LOT less expensive.
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"Would not buy again!" on by JamnB
Pros: Easy to use.
Cons: Pictures had vertical lines through them. Kodak sent a new print head. No more lines now, but pictures are too dark, colors inaccurate (green comes out brownish), and lack of detail (images not sharp). Have replaced ink cartridges; colors no better.
Summary: We are going to buy another printer (a different brand) for printing pictures. We got this printer on sale, so we'll keep it for printing written pages. But not for our pictures. It is very disappointing for that. There is no way this printer allows you to adjust the color or contrast. Unless the pictures are overexposed, the pictures are way too dark. In a group photo, the faces of the people in the back are dark and difficult to see. The details on objects, like our stone fence, are not sharp. And the bright green of trees came out a muddied brown. Changing ink cartridges did not help. I hate to give this poor review, as I come from a "Kodak family". My grandfather worked there, both my parents worked there, and my sister and I worked there. I grew up in Rochester, NY.
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"The Most FRUSTRATING excuse for a printer **POS**" on by cshell22
Pros: The printer does not cost much money. And the ink cartridges are cheaper than HP. The button layout is clear and easy to use and the screen is eay to read. It has a scanner.
Cons: The WiFi is difficult to set up. The ink cartridges last as long as your patience while setting up the WiFi. The print speed is slow. The software freezes. The printer refuses to print b&w if the color cartridge is empty. POS
Summary: Ive had this printer for about a year. I thought I could save money through buying cheaper ink. You get what you pay for. I cant tell any difference in quality but I know the ink goes quicker. YOU CANNOT PRINT B&W WITHOUT HAVING A COLOR CARTRIDGE THAT HAS INK!!!!! &^%$&^%#$%$@%^$&^ Kodak great racket now that no one buys film. I will start using and developing film if you buy me an HP. Oh yeah I bought it at Walmart from a sales rep for kodak.
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