Kodak Printer Cuts Printing Costs in Half?

Wed Nov 7, 2007 6:36PM EST

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Whenever you talk about print costs, you always use the razor and razorblade analogy. The manufacturers practically give the razors away because they make their money on the razorblades. The same is true of printers: The real money is spent replacing ink-jet cartridges.

But Kodak wants to change that.

They have introduced a printer that claims to cut printing costs by 50%. They plan to sell black ink-jet cartridges for $10 and color cartridges for $15. Take a look at the video to see how those claims pan out.


Yahoo! Tech articles on the Kodak Printer
Kodak's New Printers Cut Ink Costs by 50 Percent
Kodak's Bold Move into Home Printers
Does Kodak's All-in-One Printer Really Save On Ink?
Popular Photography's review of the printer

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  • 1 Posted by ralsu2000 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:27PM EDT Report Abuse

    Find a Cartridge World store and buy their refills. 10 bucks for B/W and 15 for color. I've never had any trouble with them.

  • 3 Posted by merrygrigsby on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:16PM EDT Report Abuse

    I seem to have a problem with the ink heads needing to be frequently cleaned to keep it working.

  • 4 Posted by islandinkjetkansas@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:25PM EDT Report Abuse

    That's cool how much ink do they hold? I bet not much. Try Canon, they are cheap to fill. Cost me $6 at laser toner and ink resources.

  • 5 Posted by bswoodar on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:14PM EDT Report Abuse

    Less expensive ink is not so great when the printer doesn't work very well. I bought a Kodak all-in-one for my parents and the print quality was terrible from the start. Called Kodak and they walked me through the same steps I'd already taken, as shown in the manual. That was basically taking out the print head and putting it back in. It printed a few things ok, color documents, but with a basic text document it was terrible. After sitting a while it doesn't print at all. Could just be a lemon but be prepared to take yours back, save your receipt.

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