Kodak ESP 3 All-in-One Inkjet Printer Review

This printer is horrible. I use it to print black text ONLY. I wanted an all-in-one unit so I thought I would try it. The print speed is at best 3ppm nowhere near their claim. It uses all the color ink and very little black even when printing only black text. The scanner is good. it does make nice copies. BUT, the printing is very slow and NOT true black for text, only a shade of gray.

I have had a Kodak ESP3 Printer for about 3 months and use it mainly for printing easjet online check in pages, so not a very big demand one the printer as I hardly ever use it to print photos, a maximum of 10 prints in those 3 months.
I am not at all happy with it. It needs the print head cleaned just about every time I use it , and it takes many attempts of the head cleaner to get even a half resonable print, Also the cleaning process uses a vast amount of ink . getting it up and running has cost me about 20 pc of the colour and black Ink each time, well that is according to the on screen level indicator and once it shows zero colour ink
you can I believe not continue to use what Ink you have left in the cartridge, or if you can then I cant find a way !!.

If the printer does use this amount of Ink to clean the print head then where on earth does it all end up ?? this process does not use any paper !. it certainly knocks it down on the indicator and when it shows zero I am not sure that it really is empty , so I think I am having to throw away a lot of Ink that it wont let me use,
I could be wrong but I dont think I am .
The few colour photos that I have printed have been only average in quality.
I would not recommend this printer to anyone. In its favour it does look nice and seems to be quite well built. but dont let that fool you , its not cheap to run.

I now have the answer from Kodak regarding being able , or not to use, your black ink if the colour is empty , as follows.
Customer Reference Number: 60578944

Dear Mr.Christopher,

Thank you for your e-mail regarding your Kodak All in One printer and the problem you are experiencing.

Your question about if you can use your remaining black ink if the colour is empty, the answer is no,the printer has recorded in its memory that the black is empty, you must first clear that error before using any other function of your printer.which mean you must replace the ink that is low or finished.

Your question regarding if the colour is low or out of one colour if you can continue to print and use up the Ink that you have left,the answer is no.

Kodak printers are designed is such a way that if there is one error message with the printer to enable you to continue using the printer you must first clear the error message.

I hope this is of use to anyone thinking of buying one of these printers

If we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact us. If applicable, please quote your printer service number or your customer reference number.

Yours Sincerely,

Etienne

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