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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  • 6 Posted by jmspearman on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:37PM EDT Report Abuse

    I've had good luck with my 5500. My printhead went bad after I let it sit for a couple of months, but Kodak replaced it and sent me two new ink cartridges. Prints lovely photos.

  • 7 Posted by ktsai2003 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:54PM EDT Report Abuse

    So? I have a Brother 685CW inkjet printer and is WiFi capable. Use the third party cartridge and cost only 1/10 of the orginal Brother ink (6$ for a set of 4) and frankly, I cannot tell the quality difference in printing. Why bother with ink refill? Go figure.

  • 8 Posted by nanotyper on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:33PM EDT Report Abuse

    Kodak does not make high quality things anymore. I bought a camera/dock system 3 years ago and was never happy with the quality of either nor the output. They are struggling to survive and although this is an innovative approach to add value, it is flawed by their inability to execute.

  • 9 Posted by trstick on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:22PM EDT Report Abuse

    I have heard from Kodak printer owners that they have to manually push in and pull out the photo tray to switch between types of paper. HP, Canon and others printers handles this switch without any pushing or pulling of the photo tray. Also the kodak printers looks less well made with plastic. I have a Canon printer and like it better than the HP and Kodak because Canon's print head nozzles are more finer. (more nozzles for better photo printing)

  • 10 Posted by justamailn on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:44PM EDT Report Abuse

    They do hold a good amount of ink and after owning a cannon, and several epson's and others this Kodak is a great deal. I bought it because I have a color laser, and monochrome laser and I wanted something just for photos and this printer is fantastic. I know it wounds to good to be true but t really is. I bought the ep9 I believe is the model and it has a scanner and document feeder built in and its a dream. I use a Nikon D300 and cannon G10 cameras and the quality of prints are as good as any printer I have owned or seen which is quite a few, What do you have to loose you can keeep spending your hard earned money on fancy inks or do it right and get the kodak ep5, ep7, or ep 9. I believe those model numbers are close but you can find out just by typing in Kodak printers into a search. This lady's review is off by about 405 I WOULD SAY.

  • 11 Posted by azace42 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:00PM EDT Report Abuse

    I appreciate the brand name reputation of Kodak - and while I have never used a Kodak printer, Kodak is not doing anything I have not already experienced with the Canon Pixma series of printers. My first one was $140, four years ago, and even then black was $10-$12 and color was $12-$15 per cartridge for OEM ink - no off-brand. Uses archive quality photo inks, and could enlarge a 4x6 to 8x11 with no loss of print quality. I now have the Pixma 960 and the all-in-one Pixma MP850, and they both still use inexpensive cartridges, great quality, and absolutely no problems in the four years experience. So, while I would expect Kodak to have a quality product, they have nothing to make me want to switch from my Canons.

  • 12 Posted by ysanson2 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:58PM EDT Report Abuse

    Call me when the ink replacement costs less than $10.

  • 13 Posted by twomaps on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:25PM EDT Report Abuse

    Worst printer I have ever had! Noisy, doesn't take the paper well, so I get jams often. I haven't used my printer much, but it is already half out of ink. When I try to copy a picture the color is so far off, no mater how I try to adjust it. I don't know if this is just a lousy printer or I am just not smart enough to use it. Think I will hook my HP back up. I will pay the higher price for the ink just to get quality prints and not have to change my cartridges so often.

  • 14 Posted by pepsipepsi01 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:06PM EDT Report Abuse

    i had the same problem with my kodak printer.. wouldnt print or would print with lines in the picture. if you go to the website and do the problem solve.. kodak will send you another print head for free.. takes 5 - 10 days to get the print head.. but it fixed my problem.. hope this helps you

  • 15 Posted by caraway_cool on Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:33AM EDT Report Abuse

    I have one, it is great but I have not found a place to recycle the cartridges.

  • 16 Posted by cindeelou50 on Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:40AM EDT Report Abuse

    Bought an all in one printer last year Jan,2008, Used it twice called Kodak, walked me through the same as in the manual, never has worked. The yellow ink head doesn't give out color at all, be sure to save your receipt, I didn't and I don't think it was just a lemon after reading other comments. Very sad seeing how you could always trust Kodak. I could buy alot of ink for what I've spent.

  • 17 Posted by markphillipscpa on Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:43PM EDT Report Abuse

    I had many problems and eventualy put mine out on the curb after one year.

  • 18 Posted by igh49 on Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:33AM EDT Report Abuse

    I bought a series 5300 I think, (you can't even look easily on their printer and find the model number)and while the ink cartridges are cheaper to purchase, they do NOT last nearly as long as other brands. Kodak ink cartridges do not have a print head on them, instead it is in the printer itself. I have replaced 2 of the printer heads so far, I never had this problem with other printers since their printer heads are on the ink cartridges. I will not be purchasing another Kodak brand.

  • 19 Posted by bill_elward on Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:55AM EDT Report Abuse

    Kodak printers are definitely a good option. I personally prefer HP though because those ink cartridges are easy to refill at home. There was a good article located here http://www.prweb.com/releases/ink/inkjet-cartridges/prweb3051794.htm that talks about how much you can save by refilling your own cartridges. The difference in price is really astonishing: new cartridges cost about $50 each time you need to replace them, while refill kits will run you $7.

  • 20 Posted by r-foley@att.net on Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:55AM EST Report Abuse

    My kodak 5300 seems to print ok but the software is the worst that I have ever worked with. Ink usage seems to be about the same as others.

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