Don't ever buy a Kodak 5300 (Kodak 5300)

Member Name: robin.jj

Product:	Kodak 5300
Date:	16/10/08 (277 review reads)
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Advantages: All-in-one; cheap cartridges.

Disadvantages: Keeps breaking.

I've had a 5300 for about 18 months. Actually I've had two, the first gave up printing black after a few months. After much groaning at PC World they gave me a second - despite the "you have to deal with Kodak line". It was OK then for a while - I don't actually print much, averaging a dozen pages a week, maybe the odd photo; then it stopped printing black again. This time I harangued Kodak and after about six weeks and the statuary "upgrade the firmware" piece, they conceded it might be a printhead problem - so, they said they'd send me a new printhead. It took them another 6 weeks to do that ("Oh! Didn't we say it wasn't in stock?"). Now it's gone belly-up again - blue smudges on the yellow make printing yellow / green and variations impossible. Black's OK though! The cartridges are cheap (well, not if Kodak keep telling you to replace them and try new ones) - otherwise it's not worth the pain. Buy something else.

Summary: Never buy one.

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