Good printer! Cheap ink and a Snazzy lcd screen! (Kodak ESP 5 All-in-One)

Member Name: Lt1989

Product:	Kodak ESP 5 All-in-One
Date:	21/10/09 (38 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lcd screen, Testing the paper before printing, CHEAP INK!

Disadvantages: Can be slow and draft option is just not worth choosing

This all in one printer came to me, from ebay, and came V.cheap, got it for £50.00 when rrp is double that! Anyway...this printer is great! The options to choose on the printers very own lcd screen are very easy to use and understand, after you have printed it will show you how much ink you have left, and will prompt you when you need to order! The scanning and copying option is also of very high quality, with very crisp copying and scanning. The print quality for word docs is also good but select the high quality option if you require something to look very sharp and clear, but the normal quality will do just fine for most things. The print quality in the draft option is the worst i've seen so just don't even bother with it.
The software you have with the printer is also very easy to use, takes abit of loading time though, and you have an annoying kodak icon at the far bottom right of your pc screen, which can slow your pc down as it monitors your printer all the time, even if its off.
As for the ink, you cannot beat it for price, black being £6.99 and colour i think £8.99 at most, if it lasts as long as the more expensive ones i have yet to find out, but if it does run out quite quickly i will defo post something on here, if not it must have been worth it!!
For this printer you dont actually need a pc, you can just use your memory SD disk and slot it in and choose the pictures on the screen you wish to print.
The printer will also take the time before each printer to test the quality of the paper, not by printing, but by using some kind of laser of light, then it will change the way it prints be it a word doc on standard paper or a picture that you want on photographic paper. Simply outstanding, but you can shop around for the best prices.

Summary: Great printer, cheap ink, lcd screen with easy to use options!