July 16, 2010
Kodak ESP 5250 All-in-One Printer
Posted by: kk : Category: Printers & Ink
- Text documents: up to 30 pages per minute in black; up to 29 pages per minute color
- Photos: 4″ x 6″ prints in approximately 29 seconds
- Automatic image quality optimization for Kodak photo papers with barcode
- Optical resolution: 1200 ppi (pixels per inch)
- Built-in card reader accepts most types of memory cards
Product Description
Wireless printing in seconds – it’s simple!
With the KODAK ESP 5250 All-in-One Printer you can print vivid color documents and lab-quality photos at home for much less than what you’re paying now thanks to our low-cost, high-quality pigment ink cartridges. And with the convenience of Wi-Fi built-in, we’ve made printing as easy as it is affordable. Say goodbye to overpriced ink for good. Print, copy, scan, and save every day with Kodak.
Easy to Use
- Convenient 2-cartridge, 6-ink system
- 2.4 in. LCD and memory card slot makes it easy to print with or without a computer
- Paper saving software features such as manual two-sided printing and multiple pages per sheet printing
Advanced Productivity
- In as little as 29 seconds you can print KODAK Lab Quality 4 × 6 in. borderless photos that last a lifetime
- Print crisp, sharp documents fast-up to 30 pages per minute in black and 29 pages per minute in color
- One-touch color copying without a computer
- Scan documents and photos up to 8.5 × 11.7 in.
- Scan multiple pictures simultaneously; software creates separate image files automatically
- Scan and edit your documents with optical character recognition
- Reduce appearance of blemishes and enhance facial features with software
Energy Saving Functionality
- Low Power Stand By mode conserves energy by allowing you to manually set the time it takes for the printer to go into stand by mode (Low Power Stand By mode uses less than 1 watt of power)
- ENERGY STAR certified
KODACOLOR Technology
- 100+ years of KODAK Image Science and a combination of our exclusive pigmented ink, instant-dry papers, and a high-speed printing system that generates brilliant, crisp documents and photos that last a lifetime.
- KODAK Lab Quality photos are just 29 seconds away
- Crisp, sharp black text documents
Kodak ESP 5250 All-in-One Printer
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July 16th, 2010 at 5:28 am
In my home network I have 3 pc’s (wired) and 2 laptops (wireless) all connected by a Linksys router. Two of the pc’s are for my kids who print out stuff for school and work. Before I bought this printer I had an older HP inkjet connected to my primary desktop (mine). Whenever someone needed to print anything my computer had to be turned on first. Rather annoying.
Not anymore! This Kodak printer so far has been fantastic. The full size instruction manual (no cheap photocopied sheet of paper) explained the whole process from opening the box to connecting it to your network wirelessly. With step by step illustrations that were easy to follow. Within minutes it was up and running perfectly having automatically detected my network SSID and connecting when I typed in my security passphrase on its built in keypad.
What I like:
Easy installation. Nice print results. I haven’t printed any photos yet so I don’t know how they look. Included in the box are 3 sample sheets of 4×6 photo paper so I’ll have to try it. It’s totally wireless, so I placed in in an armoire centrally located in my home so it is accessible to everyone. The unit can be left on and after a selectable period of inactivity it powers down in energy saving mode. You don’t need to turn it back on at all or wake it up. It automatically connects and prints when when a request is sent. Very nice feature. Also, it uses a separate printhead independent of the ink cartridges. I guess this way it ends up cheaper to buy ink because the printhead is not part of the cartridge itself. It comes with a nice comprehensive software package which completed the installation process flawlessly.
What I didn’t like: It is a tad loud but nothing I can’t deal with. When inputing a passphrase via the keypad it defaults to uppercase. After a few minutes of trying unsuccesfully at first to connect to my network I realized that I needed to switch to lowercase. A press of a button switched me to lowercase and bingo! passphrase accepted. When you first open the box it appears that part of the AC adapter is missing. It is actually packed underneath the printer where you can’t see it.
All in all I’m very pleased with this printer and highly recommend it. Ink cartridges seem to be a lot cheaper that most others too.
Time will tell but I’m very satisifed so far.
Rating: 4 / 5
July 16th, 2010 at 7:06 am
I will be fair and post positives too….prints nice photos, wireless setup worked no problem, easy to figure out.
Negatives. I printed one photo and nothing but black and white thereafter, black ink ran out and printer refused to print ANYTHING at that point. No problem, whatever, I bought more. A day later color empty notice pops up. What??? No problem, I’m only printing black anyway. Set for black only, no go. The printer will NOT print at all unless you refill the color cartridge as well. Don’t tell me, Kodak, that you do not possess the technology to print black ink out of a solo black ink cartridge. THe first one I purchased had pieces falling out of it and had to take back.
1. First issue is the color cart is being used to print black at all
2. Second issue is color cart is being used WAY too much to print black/white docs.
3. Third issue is I cannot print black/white docs without a filled color cartridge, once color runs out, time to buy more ink.
If you are mainly using printer to print black and white pass on this printer.
Rating: 2 / 5
July 16th, 2010 at 7:42 am
I love this product. Lower ink consumable cost by itself is the main reason I bought it. I think this 3rd generations got the initial bugs fixed and Kodak has a great product now.
I copied various challenging documents (pictures, print books, ..) and it makes great copies, very close in image quality to the original thus speaking to combined quality of scanner and printer.
Wireless is a must in a household with lot’s of computers, some wired, most wireless to the router. After installing the AIO software on all PC’s, any PC on the home network can use the Kodak All In One print/scan on the network.
The local control panel with LCD is great for making copies, Scan-To jobs or print photos from SD slot, but I mostly use the AIO software.
Note that one can’t just install a driver on the PC’s, you need to install the full ~60MB Kodak AIO Home Center application in order to see the device in your printer driver list (I wished there was an option just to install the printer driver on some of my less used, older PC’s).
The AOI software includes handy image clean up software. easy to use for printing pictures and such.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 16th, 2010 at 8:47 am
The more experience a person has, the better he or she knows there are trade offs in most everything. You want it less expensive you give up some features or service. You want it faster you pay a little more. You want it cutting edge you deal with the problems and cost premium of being the 1st to have it. With this printer (Kodak 5250) I have been thoroughly impressed. It is a tremendous value and has made printing much less stressful. Stressful sounds a little funny when speaking of something that should be simple- like printing a document or photo. I mean here we are in 2010. Surely something as simple as printing should be mastered by now. Unfortunately for those who print frequently- you know we’re far from that euphoric day. Between printer set up, connecting for network users, ink cost, paper cost, consistent results, handling different paper types and sizes, etc. printing can be a horrible experience to get right. My experience with the 5250 was easy set up, easy connection to my wireless network, outstanding print quality for text and photos, AWESOME print cost with long life cartridges at half the cost of competitors, and great features. I’ve read several reviews here on amazon, and with any product you’ll have different experience levels, and different conflicts given a persons computer set up (old, new, loaded with software and peripheral devices with who knows what drivers, etc)- so I can’t speak to another persons success or struggles, but to quote our friends over at Apple- mine “just worked”- and continues to do so about 5 months in service. I did heavy heavy printing over the holidays- letters, envelopes, photos, various paper types, craft projects for my wife, family memory projects for my mom, you name it- I used every feature of the device. It worked flawlessly. Thanks to Kodak for a solid performing, reasonably priced, excellent value product. Hopefully the rest of you have a similar experience. This one is a winner in my book.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 16th, 2010 at 9:32 am
From unpacking the printer to actually printing took approximately fifteen minutes. The hardest part of the installation of the Kodak ESP 5250 Wi-Fi Printer for me was inserting the print head and the ink cartridges. They have to be snapped in so firmly that I was afraid I would break them. Consequently, I did not snap in the print head firmly enough and it wasn’t recognized when I tried to print. No harm done, however, as I applied gradual firm pressure and it finally snapped into place.
This printer will use a wireless connection if you have a router or if a router is built in to your high speed Internet connection modem. If you do not have either of those you can still wirelessly connect it to your laptop or desktop PC if they support Wi-Fii. I have a router and connecting the printer to the wireless network was simple. After plugging the printer into the wall, the LCD screen lit up and I selected “Network Settings” then “Wireless Setup Wizard” on the printer menu. Then it displayed, “WPS Setup”, the names of any wireless networks detected, and “unidentified network” in case you have wisely turned off the name broadcast on your wireless router so other people in range can’t see it from their devices.
Using WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) was a snap; I activated the virtual button on my wireless router and selected “Push Button Connection” under “WPS Setup” on the printer menu. It connected in seconds, as indicated by the steady blue light on the front of the printer. Later, I connected it to another router manually, by clicking on the network name displayed on the printer LCD and then entering the password as prompted on the printer screen.
The software installed smoothly on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows7 notebook computers, as well as my Windows Server 2008 R2 Desktop. The printing is fast, with multiple page jobs usually finishing before I can walk to the printer (which is in another room) to pick them up.
Basic color copying is fast and high quality. The color was pretty washed out on the first few pages, but quickly improved to an excellent and accurate representation of the screen version. The photo printing option is excellent. Included with the printer is a sample pack of photo paper. I iprinted a photo to check the quality and was impressed. The photograph printed in about five seconds on glossy paper and looks just like a professionally developed picture.
I’ve been using the printer for about a month. Today, the printer was unresponsive, but when I unplugged the power cord and plugged it back in, it worked right away. I’ve had similar problems with other wireless devices, so I’m not concerned. One small complaint – the printer does not have a “black and white copy” button or selection on the menu, which would be convenient when color printing isn’t necessary. I’m very pleased with this printer and since it is wireless, I can now easily print from any computer in the house. The inexpensive ink cartridges are a big added plus.
Rating: 5 / 5