TV with DVR & Internet: $84.90/moKodak EasyShare 5300 All-in-One printer
Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak Co. Part number: 8804056
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- The EasyShare 5300 printer is Kodak's attempt at creating an easy-to-use, inexpensive all-in-one machine, but we think the company went too far and dumbed it down to where it lacks many of the features that the competition offers.
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CNET editors' review
Kodak EasyShare 5300 All-in-One printer price range: $356.99
- Reviewed by: Felisa Yang
- Edited by: Matthew Elliott
- Reviewed on: 04/29/2007
- Released on: 02/06/2007
The good: The Kodak EasyShare 5300 All-in-One printer has decent-quality prints and scans, a dedicated photo paper tray, two USB ports, a large preview LCD, and inexpensive ink tanks.
The bad: There are big limitations on features: You can't edit or crop photos from this all-in-one's control panel; project software boots you over to Kodak's online site instead of helping you create projects to print at home; photo printing is four-ink, not six-ink.
The bottom line: The EasyShare 5300 printer is Kodak's attempt at creating an easy-to-use, inexpensive all-in-one machine, but we think the company went too far and dumbed it down to where it lacks many of the features that the competition offers.
Kodak has sat out the desktop printer space for some time now, but it's returned with three photo all-in-one models. The middle child of three, the $200 EasyShare 5300 All-in-One printer offers print, scan, copy, and photo print functions in an easy-to-use device. While it offers the basics, it lacks a lot of the features found on other $200 all-in-ones, such as individual ink tanks, the capability to make copies of photos on photo paper in standalone mode, and the capability to edit and improve photos in standalone mode. Its print speed and quality are decent, but for our $200, we prefer the Canon Pixma MP600 for its better print quality and larger set of standalone features.
Design
The Kodak EasyShare 5300's design is basic and looks prim. The white-and-brushed-silver body stands 18.8 inches wide, 14.7 inches deep, and 8.8 inches tall, and it weighs more than 21 pounds. The scanner lid reveals a flatbed scanner that can hold up to A4-size originals, and the lid's hinges lift about an inch to accommodate thick originals. Two front-mounted memory card slots take most common cards, though some will require an adapter. Also mounted on the front are two USB ports, which can be used to connect a PictBridge-enabled camera, a USB storage device such as a flash thumbdrive, or a Bluetooth adapter (optional) for wireless printing from Bluetooth devices. Having two USB ports (as opposed to the usual one) is great for having a Bluetooth adapter plugged in constantly and still being able to print from a camera or a storage device. We haven't seen this on any other printer.
The paper-handling system is similar to that of some of HP's Photosmart printers. The cassette comprises the input tray on the bottom, which holds as many as 100 sheets of plain paper, and the output tray/photo paper tray above it. The input tray has guides and an extender to conform to different sizes of media. The photo paper tray takes only 4x6 paper (as many as 20 sheets), and you'll need to manually push in the tray to engage it. If you want to print from the regular paper tray, disengage the photo paper tray. It's topped with a clear cover that lets you see if you need to refill it. The output tray includes an extender flap that pulls out and folds open, with a paper stop at the end. There's no duplexer for automatic double-sided printing, but Kodak offers a duplexer as an add-on.
The EasyShare 5300's control panel is simple and uncluttered. It includes the usual buttons for navigating menus; task buttons to switch between copy, photo, and scan; and several photo-oriented buttons including rotate, zoom in/out, print proofsheet, and a button to initiate file transfers between cards or storage devices plugged into the printer and your PC. The menu is easy to navigate and organized well. The 3-inch LCD is colorful and bright, and best of all, it's mounted on a swivel and moves through a range of 90 degrees, so you can optimize your viewing angle.
With the return to inkjet printers, Kodak has touted its cost-cutting inks. The printer uses a two-cartridge system and what Kodak calls "six-ink" printing. Actually, it's a four-ink color photo printer, because the black-only cartridge is for nonphoto text printing, and one of the five colors on the second tank is actually a clear coating that is deposited on all photos for finish and protection. The black-only tank costs $10 to replace and the color tank costs $15; those prices are a fraction of what other vendors charge. One reason for the low price is that Kodak's ink tanks don't include a printhead; it's permanently mounted into the printer itself. It's worth noting that both HP and Brother do something similar on some of their printers, including the HP Officejet Pro L7680 All-in-One and the Brother MFC-440cn. Kodak estimates that a page of black text costs 3 cents and a page of color graphics costs 7 cents. Both numbers are great for a $200 all-in-one inkjet, though it's difficult to verify the numbers, as Kodak's site doesn't offer information on how much ink each tank actually holds. In addition, we generally prefer individual ink tanks, as they result in less wasted ink.
The subject of Kodak's color-photo print costs is somewhat contentious. Kodak maintains that by using its Photo Value Pack, which includes a color tank and 180 sheets of 4x6 Kodak Photo Paper ($18), people can get 10-cent 4x6 prints, a rather huge savings over the competition. Using the Premium Photo Value Pack, which includes 135 sheets of higher-quality paper and a color cartridge, 4x6 prints come out to a low 15 cents each. However, testing done by Popular Photography magazine disputes this, saying that in order to get these low numbers, the quality of the print must suffer. Pop Photo says these prints are of no better than "draft quality" and to achieve lab quality prints, the cost goes up to about 37 cents per print. When we talked to Kodak about this discrepancy, its representative said that the company had issues with Pop Photo's methodology and the issue is still being worked out.
Features
Although the Kodak EasyShare 5300 offers many of the same features as its all-in-one competition, it leaves some out. When copying a document, you can choose black-and-white or color prints, change output quality, scale by preset values or custom values, and adjust brightness. However, you can't copy a photo to be reproduced on photo paper as you can with most photo-oriented all-in-ones such as the Canon Pixma MP600 previously mentioned. If you want to reproduce a print, you need to scan to file and, when the Kodak All-in-One Home Center window pops up, select Printer under Destination (or scan to your PC or memory card and print from there). While this obviously accomplishes the task, it's not as elegant as being able to complete the job in standalone mode.
We also found some shortcomings in the scan feature. When scanning you can designate the original as a document or a photo but your target options are limited to application, memory card, and file. Despite having USB ports for storage devices, you can't save scans to them. The built-in scan-to applications are limited to Kodak AiO Home Center, Microsoft Paint, and Kodak EasyShare, though you can add applications to the list in the Home Center. Most of the all-in-ones we've reviewed, such as the Canon Pixma MP600 and the HP Photosmart C6180, build in the ability to let you scan to programs such as Microsoft Word or Adobe Photoshop. And when scanning to a file, your options are TIFF, JPEG, bitmap, and PNG; unfortunately, you can't scan to PDF, which is a very useful option.
When printing photos without your PC, you have the choice of printing from a memory card, a storage device, or a PictBridge camera. For the first two, insert the device and step through to select the photos you want printed. Alternatively, hold down the OK button for two seconds to select all (and again to deselect all). If you're satisfied at this point, press Start. If you'd like to specify some options, press the Photo button. Here, you can adjust the number of prints, set the layout, choose between color and black-and-white prints, and designate print quality (draft, normal, best). You can't make tweaks to the photos such as cropping, red-eye removal, or adjusting contrast and brightness as you can on most of Canon and HP's photo-centric all-in-ones.
Alternatively, you can make an index print on either 8.5x11 or 4x6 paper or a proof sheet on 8.5x11 paper. The index print serves as a reference and includes file names and image numbers, while the proof sheet is a scannable document on which you can designate which photos you want printed and select the layout.
Finally, you can transfer files from a memory card or flash drive to your PC. When you initiate the transfer on the printer, it causes the Kodak EasyShare window to pop up on your PC. Here you can choose where you want the photos saved and their naming convention.
If you do a full install when setting up the printer, you'll get both the Kodak EasyShare software and the Kodak AiO Home Center. The AiO Home Center is a central location from which you can initiate scan, copy, and print tasks from your PC. You can also configure printer settings and order supplies. The EasyShare software itemizes all the photos on your PC and lets you view your collection. You can initiate photo prints, order prints online, and share photos (via e-mail or the Kodak Gallery). There's also a tab for creating projects, but oddly, you have to select the photos before selecting your project. The program then uploads them to the Kodak Gallery (online), where you create your project and place your order with Kodak. While this feature can be useful, we find it odd that it pushes you back to online printing instead of helping you create and print calendars, cards, and collages at home...on your Kodak printer.
The Canon Pixma iP1800 that we recently reviewed includes bundled software you can use to create projects on your PC and then print them on your home printer. Granted, products printed and bound by Kodak are likely to be of higher quality, but we think the software should at least give you the option of choosing between printing at home or ordering from Kodak. The EasyShare software lets you edit photos, however, and one nice touch we found was that some of the effects (such as color balance) were only applied to half the photo first, so you can see the before and after side-by-side before committing.
Overall, the Kodak EasyShare 5300 offers an oddly unbalanced feature set. The basics are there, but a lot of the features that make printing photos at home compelling are absent. It may be a fine product for those with the most basic photo-printing needs, but anyone who desires more advanced features will be disappointed.
Performance
When compared to comparably priced photo all-in-ones from other vendors, the Kodak EasyShare 5300's task speeds were all over the map. It was the slowest of four printers at text prints, producing 4.34 pages per minute. The Dell Photo 966, the HP Photosmart C5180, and the Canon Pixma MP600 were all faster, the Canon by a huge margin. With color graphics prints, however, the Kodak beat the pack, just edging out the HP printer. It was also fairly quick with 4x6 photo prints: when printing a single photo, it was nearly twice as fast as the print speeds of the Dell and the HP, though it's twice as slow as the Canon. Its photo print speed did improve to an average of 1.55 ppm when we did a 10-print job. The Kodak was fastest with scans, scoring 6.36ppm for grayscale and 6.3ppm for color.
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The black text print showed mostly well-formed characters, though we saw some blips and fuzzy edges. The color graphics prints displayed smooth color gradients and detailed photo elements. Curved lines revealed some minor jagginess and though color blocks show nice saturation, they were also slightly grainy. The 4x6 color photo quality shows it to be serviceable enough for casual snapshots. Details were sharp and colors looked true, though they didn't pop. Close inspection showed some minor graininess in flesh tones, though.
The grayscale scan was a bit soft, and it had problems distinguishing some patterns. There was also some compression in the dark end of the grayscale, resulting in lost details in shadow areas. The color scan was better, displaying bright colors and sharp detail.
Overall, the speed and quality of the Kodak EasyShare 5300 peg it as a printer for casual users. For the same $200, you can get a better printer in the Canon Pixma MP600, though we did like the Kodak's scans better.
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Service and support
Kodak backs the EasyShare 5300 All-in-One with a one-year warranty. Toll-free phone support is available every day from 9 a.m. to midnight, ET. Online chat with tech support is available Saturday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., ET. You can also fill out an online form for e-mail support (the site says you will get a response within 24 hours). Kodak's site also has manuals, software downloads, an interactive troubleshooter and interactive tutorials, and FAQs.
User reviews
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Major disappointment in photo printing function
by frustrated bigtime on July 12, 2007
Pros: Does a fantastic job on text documents, extremely economical ink usage
Cons: Faulty photo print program
Summary: Just bought this printer 3 days ago after 3 weeks of research on ink usage and user opinions of about every printer out there. Kodak seemed to be the best ...
Summary: Just bought this printer 3 days ago after 3 weeks of research on ink usage and user opinions of about every printer out there. Kodak seemed to be the best of all so I made the 80 mile trip to buy the 5300. I refuse to pay HP's extortion ink prices now even if I have to upgrade to a laser. The 5300 did a fantastic job of scanning documents, also printed a couple hundred pages of text on draft which still made clear copies and hardly made a dent in the black ink supply. Tried the stand-alone photo printing for the first time tonight, it has taken over 2 hours to print 8 photos because of constant errors, only two are usable. Went through the entire sample pack plus 3 more. First photo took 5 tries, sent it through after printing about 1-4 inch on one end then said the printhead was loose and to remove it. This is impossible to do and no instructions anywhere on their website how to do it. Mashed on it, put the cartridges back in, shut the top and it was ready. Used the same paper, sent it through and got another 1-4 inch of print on the edge and gave the error message again. Printed 8x11 sheet of text, went through fine. Tried photo again, loose printhead message. I had the cartridges out at least 5 times, jiggling the printhead each time since it's impossible to remove. Next 5 attempts it would spit out the Kodak paper and say wrong paper size, to load A4 (it was A4). Had to cancel print and start over finding the photo I wanted to print, to get rid of that message. Very first photo looks like it's covered with sand although best was chosen. 2nd photo printed two-thirds of the way through and spit it out, no error message, just didn't go to the end. Same thing happened on the 3rd photo, got a partial. 4th printed perfect, wasn't doing anything different. 5th and 6th prints - got partials. 7th print - perfect. 8th print - got about 1 inch of print then it spit it out. Put the same paper back in, chose the same photo again, it reprinted the one inch same as the first time and spit it out. no error message saying why it doesn't complete. I think I got a lemon! Another 80 mile trip to return it. Back to Walmart for photo printing for 15c a copy. LOL
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First time it printed 1-4" on the end and spit out and gave the 'missing printhead message' so I removed the cartridges and mashed on the printhead again, put the cartridges back in and it appeared ready to go. had to wait til the memory card loaded again, found my photo and cropped it (for the 4th time), turned the paper around and put the same one back in since only 1-4 inch was ruined. This time it started printing, but only got half-way through the 4x6 before it stopped and spit it out, again with no error message. I'm not wasting another single sheet of 4x6 photo paper on it. Nine sheets now,two good photos. What WERE they thinking when they designed this!!! Their heart is in the right place trying to bring some sanity back to the ink prices, but they've got to have a dependable printer or they will fall flat on their faces.Updated
I only gave it a 2 the other night when I was trying for the first time to print photos and kept getting error messages and was very frustrated. Once Kodak explained how to reinstall the printhead, it prints photos like a dream, along with scanning and text documents. I would change my rating to a 10 if I could :o)15 out of 15 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Good TCO, good printer
by sgrmba on July 22, 2007
Pros: Ease of use, ink cost, good support
Cons: Normal First model 'blues'
Summary: Bought printer - developed problem which was diagnosed as print head issue. Called Kodak, which has setup a dedicated toll-free number for supporting this printer. They sent me a new ...
Summary: Bought printer - developed problem which was diagnosed as print head issue. Called Kodak, which has setup a dedicated toll-free number for supporting this printer. They sent me a new print head and everything has been great since and that was 4 months ago. No longer hesitate to print things. I have printed the normal home items from internet site to cards. I have made copies and scanned in items - very good outcomes for everything. Experimented with printing photos on several different qualities of paper and got excellent results with the better quality paper. Photos come out dry immediately. Agree that the software is average but have never expected stellar photo editing software to be packaged with any printer. If you want really good photo software, spring for Adobe Photoshop Editor, the recognized standard for this area. My Epson printers, the photo printer and their all-in-one, were atrocious. They ate me alive in ink costs. Constantly dried out requiring multiple cleanings which eat ink. My HP's did a great job of printing but again, too high on ink costs. The HP photo printer always produced excellent but very wet prints. I had to spread everything out on the table and allow to dry for hours. Plus - don't let them get near any water in any way. You think that can't happen but imagine looking through your photos and enjoying a cool soda on a warm day. That's right - combine condensation on your drinking glass with photo and guess what happens? I hope this isn't a temporary foray but the beginning of great all-in-ones from Kodak. Overall, I have been most satisfied with this printer (my 12th).
5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Excellent value, excellent service.
by rreeds on September 25, 2007
Pros: Affordable ink, outstanding customer service.
Cons: Wish it had two paper trays, one for photo, one for plain paper.
Summary: After a rocky start I am delighted with this printer. First one worked for one day and developed a problem at turn on the next day. Tech support was helpful, ...
Summary: After a rocky start I am delighted with this printer. First one worked for one day and developed a problem at turn on the next day. Tech support was helpful, promised a new printhead ASAP. New printhead didn't solve problem but Kodak went the extra mile to make a happy customer. New printer, extra ink and paper for my trouble, even a follow up phone call to insure I am happy with the printer and the support.
Printer gives excellent quality on both plain paper (generic), and photo paper (Costco's brand). Kudos Kodak!
Ralph Reed4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great All Around Printer! I'm Loving this thing!
by scott007holcomb on May 30, 2007
Pros: Prints everything I need it to- photos look great. My biggest praise is the cost of the ink- no matter what anyone says- in the real world it comes down to cost per page!!!!
Cons: Too big, too bulky- but all that is nothing compared to being able to afford the ink cartridges!!!
Summary: I was skeptical at first, but after having used it as much as I have- I love this thing! On average I print at least 50 4x6 prints a week (...
Summary: I was skeptical at first, but after having used it as much as I have- I love this thing! On average I print at least 50 4x6 prints a week (I'm a teacher and trainer)and at least 20 larger size and I have no issues with ink lasting or problems with the print head, I'm amazed and skeptical at some of the low ratings I've read (are the folks reviewing working for HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark...hmmmm). For me, in the real world- it's all about one thing, cost per page and right now Kodak's printer is the winning me over with each print! All printers print, but which company will save me money per print, for now it's Kodak- step up to the plate HP, Canon, Epson and Lexmark!! You can do it!
4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Hugh disappointment
by mixed56 on December 5, 2007
Pros: Print quality is very good for my needs
Cons: Isn't working when I need it most ... tonight!
Summary: In July 07, my printer died when I was at deadline for a final research paper and my professor allowed me to e-mail my paper instead of turning in the ...
Summary: In July 07, my printer died when I was at deadline for a final research paper and my professor allowed me to e-mail my paper instead of turning in the required hard copy. Anyway, one paper down and two more to finish I shopped on the spur of the moment for a new printer. The sales rep at Best Buy highly recommended the Kodak EasyShare 5300 and I was sold quickly on the low cost for ink refills, as well as the Kodak reputation. Since July I have printed about 1,000 pages and maybe ten 4x6 pictures. Last night, while printing a research paper I replaced my black ink cartridge ... it has been downhill since and I am not happy. Even with the new print cartridge I have no black ink. I went to the support website to troubleshoot the problem and downloaded the firmware version that was recommended to take care of the problem. Of course, this didn't fix my no black ink problem. Therefore, I was back to trouble shooting and tried cleaning the print head and carriage with a damp cloth as they suggested ... and now I have a printer error 3802. I sent an e-mail to support services and they will get back to me within 24 hours. My paper is due tomorrow morning and now I have to be inconvenienced by finding somewhere to print before 7:45 am ...gurr! Honestly, I had planned on purchasing this printer for my daughter for Christmas ... however, at the moment that is not going to happen. Is there anything I may have missed in the self repair area?
2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Cheap ink when it works?
by FREDTH on May 9, 2007
Pros: Prints reasonable photos
Cons: Bought new when they were first release have one major problem.
Summary: I have used this printer very little. I printed around 10 photos and a few documents before the trouble started. It will print photos,but no documents with the black ...
Summary: I have used this printer very little. I printed around 10 photos and a few documents before the trouble started. It will print photos,but no documents with the black ink. Kodak sent me a new print head and it lasted around two photos and 6 documents before the same thing happen.Now they tell me I need a new print head and will send one. This printer is a real pain and I wished I had never bought it. I think there is a problem with more than the print head. Maybe the ink they use. So much for cheap ink,I'm on my second ink refill from deep cleaning the print head and still have no way to print a document.
2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Never Again
by JimRobbins on July 30, 2009
Pros: The people at Kodak technical service are knowledgeable and helpful. Good thing, too, because you will be talking with them a lot if you buy this product.
Cons: Empty ink cartridge disables ALL functions including scanner and fax. Print-heads separate from ink cartridges fail regularly needing replaced. Software often fails needing to be re-installed. Not enough space here for all "Cons" see Bottom-line
Summary: Worst printer I've ever owned. In three years I've replaced the print heads (separate from the ink cartridges) twice. This is one reason their ink cartridges are cheaper ...
Summary: Worst printer I've ever owned. In three years I've replaced the print heads (separate from the ink cartridges) twice. This is one reason their ink cartridges are cheaper than other printer cartridges which include the print head. Print cartridges are impossible to refill. They contain a computer chip which counts the prints to determine when they are out of ink. They never actually run out of ink. They just reach the pre-set limit on the computer chip and the printer is disabled. ALL functions including the scanner and the outgoing fax which have nothing to do with ink are disabled when either ink cartridge is "empty". The printer software often fails so that it needs to be re-installed. In three years I've re-installed the printer drivers at least 6 times (twice in the last 3 months) The Kodak printer drivers cannot be downloaded from their website. You can only download a small executable file. Each time you need to re-install the drivers you have to run the execute file that both downloads and installs the drivers. But it also installs junk software to your operating system. One such program is called Bonjour. It only works with Kodak printers with a wireless connection so it is useless with the 5300. And then there is "Easyshare" software which is installed and loaded to run in the background eating RAM every time you use your computer. It is for "managing" picture files and is completely worthless if you know how to use Photoshop or even Microsoft Photo Editor. If you are sstuck with one of these printers I feel bad for you. If you have not bought one yet consider yourself lucky and look elsewhere. I will never buy another Kodak product because of my experience with this printer. Can you give it a lower rating than one half star? This one deserves negative stars!
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great Bang for the Buck
by thknpos1 on July 27, 2008
Pros: Easy to use, nice prints, cheap ink
Cons: Limited editing capabilities, big and noisey
Summary: I was skeptical at first. How could an established name like Kadak sell anything this great so cheap. I never trust celebrity Hawkers!!! But I must say the Kodak 5300 ...
Summary: I was skeptical at first. How could an established name like Kadak sell anything this great so cheap. I never trust celebrity Hawkers!!! But I must say the Kodak 5300 all-in-one printer is everything they say it is. Easy to set up, easy to use and the ink is dirt cheap. I couldn't be happier with this purchase. I take massive aamounts of pictures both scenery and portrait, and this little baby does a superb job. I have since shelved my very expensive Dell all-in-one printer. Great job Kodak!!!.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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One dimensional
by cashtonh on February 11, 2008
Pros: Decent Photo Prints
Cons: Only photo prints acceptable
Summary: I recently called Kodak's tech support to report very poor quality prints on every media except glossy photo paper. Even printed text is faded and ill defined. I was ...
Summary: I recently called Kodak's tech support to report very poor quality prints on every media except glossy photo paper. Even printed text is faded and ill defined. I was informed by one of Kodak's techs that this was normal since the 5000 series printers were primarily for glossy photos; consequently, it is not intended to have the quality of other printers in all the other medias. I am disgusted with Kodak because it keeps this secret from its potential customers. Bottom Line: Kodak's first attempt in the printer business has failed miserably. Also support is practically non-existent. I have sent three emails asking a simple question and to date have received nothing past the auto reply messages acknowledging receipt. Advice of an experienced printer user: DON'T BUY KODAK OR LEXMARK!!
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Worth the $$$ in INK alone! Great quality prints!
by regularguy on October 7, 2007
Pros: Simple to use, good quality prints and great ink savings!
Cons: Not feature rich, decent auto scan features and slighly confusing print head install.
Summary: Good printer for the money and an AWESOME printer when you consider the incredible ink savings! So far the family has printed 85 - 8.5x11 pages and 27 - ...
Summary: Good printer for the money and an AWESOME printer when you consider the incredible ink savings! So far the family has printed 85 - 8.5x11 pages and 27 - 4x6 photos and we have 2/3 ink left. If I keep this up I can afford to buy a new printer every year.
Calibrating the printer and printing photos is a breeze. Push in the paper tray, press calibrate printer on the monitor, scan the printed sheet and now you're calibrated. After that all you need to do is slide in the photo paper tray and select it in page set up. The printer is intelligent enough to know what paper is loaded and out comes a very nice photo. Four star paper is good, five star is great.
My old printer drank ink like a 5 year old drinks Kool Aid so I didn't allow my kids to print photos of their friends, etc... Now with this printer I'm allowing them to print away!! Not only is the ink comsumption minimal, but replacement ink is cheap. My old printer cost me over a $100 to fill up.
If you are looking for a printer that's simple to use and brings afforable prints to the average families desktop, look no further. A recommended buy!1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak Co.
- Part number: 8804056
- Description: The Kodak EasyShare 5300 All-in-One (AiO) Printer allows you to print, copy, and scan photos or documents. Many functions can be operated directly from the Control Panel.
General
- Copier Type Digital
- Printing Technology Ink-jet - Color - Photo printer
- Display Diagonal Size 3"
- Width 18.8 in
- Depth 14.7 in
- Height 8.8 in
- Weight 21.4 lbs
Copying
- Max Document Enlargement 500 %
- Max Document Reduction 10 %
- Maximum Copies 99
- Copying Features 2 on 1, 4 on 1, Fit to page, Mirror Copy
Printing
- Max Printing Speed up to 32 pages/min (mono) / up to 30 pages/min (color)
- Color 6-ink
Scanning
- Scan Element CCD
Document & Media Handling
- Max Original Size A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in)
- Original Type Sheets
- Max Copy Size Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
- Supported Media Type Film, Labels, Photo paper, Plain paper, Coated paper, Greeting cards, Iron-on transfers
- Borderless Photo Sizes 3.9 in x 7.9 in, 3.9 in x 11.8 in, 3.95 in x 5.9 in, 5.12 in x 7.1 in, 7.87 in x 9.84 in, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in)
- Standard Media Capacity 100 sheets
- Output Trays Capacity 50 sheets
- Document & Media Handling Details Input tray - 100 sheets - Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Output tray - 50 sheets - Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
PC Connectivity
- PC Connection Availability Yes
- PC Connection USB host, Bluetooth, Hi-Speed USB
- Operating System Support MS Windows XP, MS Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later
- Software Included Drivers & utilities
Power
- Power AC 110/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
- Power Consumption Operational 120 Watt
Miscellaneous
- Direct Printing Specifications DPOF, PictBridge
- Included Accessories Black ink cartridge, Color ink cartridge, Paper sample pack, Adapter cord
- Consumables Included 1 x Ink tank ( Black ), 1 x Ink tank ( Color )
- Microsoft Certifications Works with Windows Vista
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year
CNET Labs' Benchmarks
- CNET Labs Color Scanning Speed Test (pages per minute) 6.36
- CNET Labs Gray Scale Scanning Speed Test (pages per minute) 6.3
- CNET Labs Photo Speed Test (pages per minute) 1.08
- CNET Labs Presentation Speed Test (pages per minute) 2.45
- CNET Labs Printer Graphics Speed Test (pages per minute) 2.59
- CNET Labs Text Speed Test (pages per minute) 4.34
Accessories
Manufacturer info
- Eastman Kodak Co.
- Manufacturer profile
- Browse Eastman Kodak Co. products on Shopper.com
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- Website: http://www.kodak.com/
- Address:
343 State St.
Rochester, NY 14650 - Phone: 800/521-0788
