If you look at the Kodak site at the moment, you'll see that the ESP 5 and the 5300 sell for the same price. If we were buying an all-in-one and had earmarked Kodak for our money, we'd go for the 5300; it has all the features of the ESP 5 and a better paper-handling system. On the older machine there are separate feed trays for photo blanks and A4 paper and they're covered, to keep the dust off.
The 5300 also has individual buttons for printing photo proof sheets and for starting Print, Scan and Copy jobs. None of these are present on the ESP 5, making it harder to use, standalone. The new machine is no doubt easier and cheaper to manufacture, but that's no particular advantage to you or me.Read full review
Overall
7/10
By Simon Williams
Reviewed 08 July 2008
Updated 05 February 2011