Wait a minute, I'll finish the review when it finishes printing. (Kodak ESP 5 All-in-One)

Member Name: rogerhs

Product:	Kodak ESP 5 All-in-One
Date:	04/10/09 (38 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Cheap ink, Lasts a long time, Good quality Prints

Disadvantages: SLLOOOOWW, loud noises, not wireless

I bought this printer from a local pc store after seeing the ad campaign about the amazing price of the Inks.
However it was nowhere near as good in my opinion as advertised.
From the minute I set it up, I experienced very slow prints, nowhere near the 29ppm as advertised.
The scanner is useful for the printer, for photocopying and putting photos on pc, however, it was again very slow scanning in a photo.

The inks in the printer were the great attraction to buy this. Advertised as lasting 5 times longer than some other brands, yet being much cheaper, it was a no brainer.
The only downside to this was that there was 2 cartridges, 1 black, 1 colour. This was annoying because when one colour runs out, you have to replace the full colour cartridge, not just the one that ran out.
However for the price of the ink this wasnt a problem.

The quality of photos printed was good, and this was expected as its kodak.

The size was a bit large for a printer, and it didnt have wireless capability.
One more annoyance with the printer was the loud noises it made for what seemed like no reason, which was annoying to listen to when you wanted to print.
I ended up taking this printer back, because of the abysmal speeds and the fact I could buy a wireless printer for the same price, which was much faster.

Summary: Could have been a good printer, if it could print at a good speed. and was quieter