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Kodak ESP 7 in Printers

Verdict

Plenty of features and simple to use, but the speed isn't matched by the print quality.

Review Date: 23 Jan 2009

Price when reviewed: £126 (£145 inc VAT)

Buy it now for: £141.33

Overall Rating
4 stars out of 6

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
4 stars out of 6

Performance
4 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code ESP 7
Review Date 23 Jan 2009
Price ex VAT £126
Price inc VAT £145
Performance 4 stars out of 6
Features & Design 5 stars out of 6
Value for Money 4 stars out of 6
Basic Specifications
Colour? yes
Resolution printer final 2400 x 9600dpi
Integrated TFT screen? yes
Maximum paper size A4
Duplex function yes
Running costs
Cost per A4 mono page 2.0p
Cost per A4 colour page 5.0p
Power and noise
Dimensions 446 x 432 x 188mm (WDH)
Copier Specification
Fax? no
Fax speed N/A
Fax page memory N/A
Performance tests
6x4in photo print time 47s
A4 photo print time 2min 0s
Mono print speed (measured) 6ppm
Colour print speed 6ppm
Connectivity
USB connection? yes
Ethernet connection? yes
Bluetooth connection? no
WiFi connection? yes
PictBridge port? yes
Flash media
SD card reader yes
Compact Flash reader yes
OS Support
Operating system Windows Vista supported? yes
Operating system Windows XP supported? yes
User comments

Ink usage

This product is sold as the least expensive ink user on the market. I've managed about a dozen b&w sheets and a couple of colour images from £16 of cartridges. It appears to use ink everytime I switch on my PC, which automatically switches on the printer. Is this normal? If start up uses ink, do I really have to unplug the machine after every use to conserve ink? Comments appreciated.

By poppysmate on 6 Oct 2009

Ink usage and colour

I have recently bought this all in one printer, I like poppysmate, am disappointed with the small amount of sheets I get from my ink cartridges. I bought this printer as had a HP previously and the price of the inks was ridiculous, but now I am finding that I am buying inks for this Kodak more often than I did for the HP. Also the colour quality is awful, I am with Virgin for my phone and broadband, and when I print my bill, the Virgin logo comes out pink or lilac and not red. All in all I am very disappointed with this printer, I paid £175 for it 3 months ago from Comet. Can I just ask why Kodak decided not to include an instruction manual with it, they expect you to go on line and print it off (more ink used).

Catwoman.

By catwoman on 7 Oct 2009

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