Kodak ESP 3250 and 5250 All-in-One Printers [Kodacolor Ultra-Cheap Inks, LCD Screens, Wi-Fi, Multi-Function Card Reader]

We all know how the printer companies make their money. It’s all about the refills, right? They lure you in with promises of great print quality, wireless connectivity, little, shiny LCD screens, and super-fast print speeds and the next thing you know you have to take out a second mortgage on your house just to keep the thing loaded with ink cartridges. At least that’s how it used to be before KODAK launched their own line of inkjet printers. They hit the market right where it hurt, in the ink. Their latest AiO printers, the ESP 3250 and 5250, build on this low-cost ink platform while offering up great print quality and a few other tasty morsels.

The new KODAK ESP 3250 and ESP 5250 AiO printers continue to build upon the successful platform of great printing technology with low-cost, high-quality pigment ink cartridges. KODAK claims to have the lowest total ink replacement costs in the industry and for those of us that print large amount of full color documents those costs can be significantly painful. Let’s just hope that KODAK didn’t skimp on the printer to save a few bucks on the ink system.

The KODAK ESP 3250 and 5250 printers are designed to print with a speed of up to 30 pages per minute in black and 29 pages per minute in color. In addition, both feature improved paper handling with intelligent paper tray systems that automatically adjust settings based on paper type and size to reduce printing errors and save time. Both models are also equipped with color LCD display screens and memory card slots.

The KODAK ESP 3250 AiO printer features a 1.5-in color LCD along with memory card compatibility while the KODAK ESP 5250 AiO printer sports a larger 2.4-in LCD along with built-in Wi-Fi so you can send to the printer from anywhere in your house or office without having it hard-wired to your network or computer. A good wireless system on your printer is indispensable for multi-computer households.

KODAK All-in-One printers use Kodak’s proprietary inks that come in a two-cartridge set-up, saving consumers an average of $110 a year on ink (based on KODAK research). The black cartridges retail for $9.99 and a five-ink color cartridge retails for $14.99.

Both KODAK ESP 3250 and ESP 5250 Printers are ENERGY STAR qualified and include features such as manual two-sided printing and multiple-pages-per-sheet printing. In “Standby” mode, both printers use less than one watt of power. Both printers are also compliant with the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, which limits the presence of certain substances in electrical and electronic equipment. You can get the ESP 3250 for $129.99 and the ESP 5250 for $169.99.