Kodak 5500, 5300 and 5100 All-in-One Printers

Kodak All-in-One printers promise to save customers up to 50% on everything they print. For every £10 / $15 spent on colour ink and £7 / $10 spent on black ink, you can print the same number of pages at half the cost of other consumer inkjet printers. When the KODAK Photo Value Pack is purchased, a 4 x 6-inch photo costs as little as 7 pence / 10 cents per print. In the UK, the Kodak 5300 AiO will be available in May 2007; the Kodak 5500 is expected to begin shipping in June 2007. In the USA, beginning in March 2007, the Kodak 5100 and Kodak 5300 AiO Printers will retail exclusively at Best Buy, whilst the Kodak 5500 is expected to begin shipping in May 2007.

Update: We now have some photos of pre-production printers taken at the UK press launch in London earlier today. Kodak have spent $500 million and 3.5 years of development time to enter the inkjet market, aiming to provide quality and ease-of-use at up to half the cost of their rivals. Interestingly, Kodak don’t make money on their digital cameras, hence the move into inkjet printing. Expect to see more models in 2007. 

Kodak UK Press Release

Kodak Revolutionises the Inkjet Industry

New Line of All-In-One Inkjet Printers Produces Durable, High-Quality Documents and Photos;

Low-Cost Premium Inks Save Customers up to 50 Percent on Everything They Print

LONDON, Feb. 6, 2007 - Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) today entered the consumer inkjet industry with a revolutionary new product line for the home.

KODAK EASYSHARE All-in-One Printers will enable consumers to affordably print crisp, sharp documents and KODAK lab-quality photos at home using premium, pigment-based inks that will save consumers up to 50 percent on everything they print. The two new printers provide ultimate levels of print quality and ease-of-use, while offering low total cost of ownership compared to other leading consumer inkjet printers on the market.

“After today, the inkjet market will never be the same,” said Antonio M. Perez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eastman Kodak Company. “We are changing the rules in this industry to ensure that consumers can affordably print what they want, when they want, easily and at the high level of Kodak quality they’ve come to expect.”

“For far too long, people have felt restrained from printing due to the high cost of ink,” Perez said. “Our new system gives consumers the freedom to print documents and photos frequently, easily and affordably with exceptional quality that lasts a lifetime under typical home display conditions. Our extensive history in printing, combined with our legendary dedication to the consumer, puts us in a unique position to revolutionise inkjet printing.”

Finally - Inks for People Who Like to Print
The KODAK EASYSHARE AiO Printers use Kodak’s premium, pigment-based ink, priced at £6.99 for a cartridge of black ink and £9.99 for a five-ink colour cartridge (RRP). For every £10 spent on colour ink and £7 spent on black ink, consumers can print the same number of pages at half the cost of other consumer inkjet printers. When the KODAK Photo Value Pack is purchased, a 4 x 6-inch photo costs as little as 7 pence per print.

According to a study by InfoTrends, the greatest obstacle to printing at home is the cost of ink and supplies.

“For years, the high price of inkjet cartridges has kept consumers from freely using their printers,” said Perez.  “With the most affordable premium ink ever, families can now create crisp documents and Kodak lab-quality photos at home.”

All-In-One Printers Available from May - Featuring KODACOLOR Technology
The KODAK EASYSHARE AiO Printers feature exclusive KODACOLOR Technology that enables consumers to cost-effectively print crisp documents and Kodak lab-quality photos.  KODACOLOR Technology is a combination of four key elements - pigment-based inks, micro-porous photo papers, colour and image science, and the Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) print head - that deliver outstanding results for general purpose printing of text and graphics and stunning colour photos that are sharp and vibrant. 

* The KODAK EASYSHARE 5100 All-in-One Printer ($149.99 US MSRP), featuring print, scan and copy capabilities, delivers high-quality documents and photos for users who enjoy printing without limitations. The device can print and copy up to 32 pages per minute in black and 22 pages per minute in color, and print photos from PICTBRIDGE-enabled cameras without involving a PC. (US Only model)
* The KODAK EASYSHARE 5300 All-in-One Printer ($199.99 US MSRP), features print, scan and copy capabilities, delivers high-quality documents and photos for users who enjoy printing without limitations. The device can print and copy up to 32 pages per minute in black and 22 pages per minute in colour.  It also offers a 3-inch colour LCD display that enables photo viewing and cropping directly from the printer. Memory card slots provide an additional quick and simple way to print digital pictures without a PC.
* The KODAK EASYSHARE 5500 All-in-One Printer ($299.99 US MSRP) is the perfect solution for home-office users and connected families who want to do it all with no constraints. In addition to sharing the features of the 5300 printer, the 5500 has fax functionality and includes a 2.4-inch colour LCD display, an automatic document feeder and a duplexer attachment.

The KODAK EASYSHARE 5300 AiO will be available in May 2007; the 5500 is expected to begin shipping in June 2007. Online shoppers will be able to purchase the printers in June 2007 at the Kodak Store (http://www.kodak.com ).

Kodak Spills the Ink on the High Cost of Printing
Kodak’s unique marketing campaign for its inkjet solutions, which is intended to raise awareness of the high cost of printing in the consumer inkjet market, was previewed at the NBC Studios in New York City. The company also introduced a new web site - http://www.inkisit.com - to provide consumers with an entertaining look at issues surrounding traditionally high-cost ink.

The site includes interactive games; videos of a comedic, mock-TV show called “Ink Is It”; a print-cost calculator for consumers to determine how much they are currently spending on ink; and detailed information about the new line of products. Over the next few months, Kodak will release several new videos, introduce new prize contests and provide other interactive, consumer-oriented features on the web site.

“For too long, consumers have complained that ink costs too much; that quality, durability and longevity is not good enough; and that printers are too hard to use,” Perez said. “That stops today - because of Kodak and our revolutionary approach to inkjet.”

About Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak is the world’s foremost imaging innovator. With sales of $13.3 billion in 2006, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on helping people better use meaningful images and information in their life and work. Consumers use Kodak’s system of digital and traditional products and services to take, print and share their pictures anytime, anywhere; Businesses effectively communicate with customers worldwide using Kodak solutions for prepress, conventional and digital printing and document imaging; Creative Professionals rely on Kodak technology to uniquely tell their story through moving or still images; and leading Healthcare organizations rely on Kodak’s innovative products, services and customized workflow solutions to help improve patient care and maximize efficiency and information sharing within and across their enterprise.

More information about Kodak (NYSE: EK) is available at http://www.kodak.com

Published: Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Reader Comments

1. What size prints can one expect from the 5100 printer?

   bob at 10:42pm on Wednesday, February 07, 2007

2. Hi bob, up to A4 on all 3 models.

   Mark Goldstein at 09:10am on Thursday, February 08, 2007

3. Greetings..
   
   Any idea whom Kodak is using as a Contract Manufacturer to have their new inkjet AIO's
   (5100, 5300, 5500) built in China?

   Douglas Moore at 06:09pm on Friday, March 16, 2007

4. I purchased a 5100 about 2 weeks ago and have been putting it to the test. Thus far I am very impressed with the print quality, and quantity. Kodak's claim of $.10 per print cost is accurate using their picture pack ink and paper, perhaps even a little conservative. It was a little difficult for me to get used to the "automatic" driver but thus far I have had excellent results with several different brands of photo paper. The more I get used to it the more I like it's simplicity. I have put fresh prints under running water to test the water fastness they do not run, fantastic results.
   I have not used it much to print text or similar type documents so no input on that.
   Being pigment type ink prints are not as glossy as those coming from my dye based canon ip6700 but they do seem sharper.
   It is nice to be able to afford to print the quantity of photos that I like. Hopefully they will manufacture a large format printer in the future. Yeah Kodak!

   T Callen at 08:36am on Sunday, April 01, 2007

5. purchased 5300 on 14th June. very good results ,with the exception, Be aware it will not print on Kodak Ultima Paper the sensor will not determine which side up the paper is due to Gloss back and heavy logo. Using Kodak ULTRA premium Photo paper solves the problem as it has a matt back side and a bar code which the printer recognises. Some other brand papers such as Epson Premium Glossy will print SOMETIMES !!
   hope this helps any one buying one and having problems with paper going straight through

   Brian Gower at 02:11pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2007

6. I purchased the 5100 all-in-one and it won't print anything from my desk top tower. Sorry but I'm about ready to take it back. I don't want to ! There is ZERO support for me!!! I've tried all the selfhelp sites I could find and I don't want to call N.Y.!

   michael finley at 04:24am on Sunday, June 24, 2007

7. I agree with comment re lack of help I was actually told by operator on kodak uk help line that she could not help as she was unfamiliar with the model The information I recd (previously posted )was given by PCworld who were most helpful and spent some considerable time researching why the printer would not take some papers. I did e mail kodak help but had an email back telling me to phone the help line !!

   Brian Gower at 04:58pm on Sunday, June 24, 2007

8. Fantastic Printer. Its like having a Rolls Royce getting high milage off of regular gas.

   Nancy J. Bennett at 12:35am on Thursday, August 02, 2007

9. I cannot comment on the print quality but it looks fine to me. Having enourmous software glitches with this printer. It will print word but not other applications. It tells me I dont have the right size paper a4 in when I do. It doesnt recognise the USB cable and keeps telling me it is swithed off when it is not. then another time it is fine. I do all the usueal checks, power testing cables on another system. cannot use scanner from kodak application have to go through desktop MS application then it works.
   tried rebooting removing and reintroducing software and that often fixes it. All other printers fine on thes computer? This is a new one last week!!!

   Susie at 09:28am on Friday, September 21, 2007

10. I also get the error that tells me it doesn't recognize the printer and that it's switched off. A couple friends told me that I may be using a cable other than USB 2.0, or that the body of the cable connector is not allowing it to seat properly into the female connection on either the PC or the printer. I will try correcting this tonight and see what happens.

    Don at 08:21pm on Friday, January 04, 2008

11. after buying a new easyshare 5100 from a large superstore two days ago after three photos printed ran out of ink phoned store only to be informed they do not hve the refills for that model.
    phoned other stores without luck.
    any surgestions,as I do not wish to order from united states

    john e clews at 12:16pm on Sunday, January 06, 2008

12. PC World and Currys seem to always have plenty in stock. B&W;£6.99
    Col £9.99 hope this helps.

    Brian Gower at 08:55pm on Sunday, January 06, 2008

13. Thanks Brian Have now got some from currys.Thanks for the info.

    john at 04:49pm on Monday, January 07, 2008

14. glad to help john, enjoy your printer it is an excellent machine

    brian gower at 08:46pm on Wednesday, January 09, 2008

15. I have been using the Kodak 5100 for almost a year now. I am having trouble getting it to feed Somerset Textured paper. It keeps giving me a wrong paper size message. The paper is 8 1/2xll and is loaded in the proper tray.
    The weight is 225 gsm. Is there a way to set the paper type?

    Susan at 12:41am on Thursday, February 07, 2008

16. Hi Susan, this was the problem i was experiencing when i posted my original blog it appears that this printer is very touchy about any paper other than kodak I have been informed by retailer that it is to do with the back of the paper rather than the front or type if it does not have the kodak bar code or is a bit shiney on the back the sensor wont recognise it and sends up various error messages. hope this helps. brian

    brian gower at 06:58pm on Thursday, February 07, 2008

17. i have just purchased the 5100 and cant get it working. It is supost to clibrate itslef when first turned on but the paper wont feed, the "check paper" light comes on. This is really frustrating. Any help??

    Megan Connors at 04:19am on Monday, February 11, 2008

18. Hi Megan, ensure that the little photo paper tray of FULLY pushed in, i had a similar problem having not realised that this try has to be pushed very far back into the printer.

    Jim at 07:56pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2008

19. I bought the 5100 and have so far been unable to print any photos, when Ive used standard photo paper no black or dark areas show, I bought a kodak photo value pack and same problem, Ive been told its the paper but I am unsure where to find the right paper. Is the Premium value pack what I need? Any ideas?

    Laura at 03:41pm on Tuesday, March 04, 2008

20. I bought the 5100 and have so far been unable to print any photos. I have used standard photo paper and no black or dark areas will print, I also bought the kodak value photo pack and still the same problem. I have been told this is the wrong paper. Is the premium photo value pack what I need? Any ideas?

    Laura at 03:45pm on Tuesday, March 04, 2008

21. Recently purchased a Kodak AiO 5500 - great especially the ADF but software a huge disapointment. Bought mainly for scanning documents in to pdf's and find software or AiO 5500 does not appear to handle mixture of full A4 and shorter than A4 length documents without losing lower blocks of image. Never had this problem when using several other kind of scanner using software supplied or using Adobe Acrobat 7 Pro. Software lets an otherwise good product down.

    Malcolm Perry at 10:04pm on Friday, March 21, 2008

22. Hi all, purchased a Kodak 5500 AiO around 5 months ago, had no problems until today! Colour ink cartridge is working fine, but my black in cartridge no longer works. I have installed a brand new black ink cartridge, cleaned the carridge, calibrated, cleaned the print head, but still no luck. any suggestions?

    Aaron at 07:46pm on Monday, April 07, 2008

23. Hi, just bought it 2 days ago. Its prints are awesome. BUT IT CANNOT PRINT MY WORD DOCUMENTS!! I've tried absolutely everything and nothing works. It can print from the internet, wordpad, but not MICROSOFT! HELP.

    Christina at 03:19am on Wednesday, April 09, 2008

24. Same for me, my black ink cartridge is not working any more, even after i put a new one in. Only way i found out was i was also trying to print a word docuement, which kept coming out blank, so changed the font to red, hey presto, it printed! Anyone got any ideas why the black cartridge may have stopped working?

    Matthew at 03:31pm on Tuesday, May 27, 2008

25. Bought a AIO 5500 last week and have changed tanks twice, downloaded upgrades and Firmware and still cannot get decent prints. Black is missing off all shots. Spent too much time on this. Throws up coded error messages buthing on web to say what codes are. Taking it back along with all the wasted paper and cartridges as it is a load of c**p

    John Baines at 10:46pm on Friday, May 30, 2008

26. I have the same problem with the black cartridge. I change it and it does not work. Any other color comes out great.
    What should I do ???????

    Larry at 11:26pm on Thursday, June 05, 2008

27. How can the color ink cartridge indicator keep showing that the ink is getting lower and lower when I'm not printing in color only black and white?

    Susan at 11:42pm on Thursday, June 05, 2008

28. I bought my 5500 AiO in January, 2008 from one of the home shopping shows. I wish I had followed my instincts when I saw the demo machine malfunction on air. Of course, it was played off.
    
    Anyway, everything was fine until I replaced my cartridges about 2 months after purchasing. The color worked fine, but the black didn't. Tried the cleaning, calibration, etc. Family illness kept me from dealing with this so in the meantime, I printed word documents in blue ink. Began dealing with this again in May. I printed a calibration page using photo paper but when I placed it on the scanner, the machine made this strange grinding noise and now the scanner recognizes nothing. I have also been unable to fax though I've only tried twice. And so, I now have three detailed sets of directions from Kodak support to try and fix these bugs. In the meantime, I've ordered a Lexmark AiO. I've had no problems whatsoever with their products and I'm dreading having to pay the costs of their ink, but if the new machine operates just as my previous Lexmarks, it will be worth it.

    Eric at 08:53pm on Saturday, June 07, 2008

29. i have a kodak 5100 aoi printer used 4-5 times to print copies of pictures it said i was low on color ink repaced cartridge still says low color ink and now will not print or copy anything it now gives me an error code of 1-2017 any one else have this im sure this printer is broke was given to me bymy sons for xmas

    scott at 02:20am on Monday, June 16, 2008

30. see my post of May 27th.
    
    contacted Kodak, went through the basic checks, no joy.
    
    they then sent me some new cartridges, no joy
    
    they then sent me a new printhead, and all is now well again. i can print word documents which are using the automatic font colour ie black.
    
    so, answer is if it is no longer printing documents, get a new printhead.

    matthew at 03:18pm on Wednesday, June 18, 2008

31. I have a kodak 5100 that is less than a year old the last black print cartridge I purchased did not print very well - so I replaced it. NOW I can't print any black text! Please help I have a major test due and cannot properly complete the thesis

    gwen at 02:33am on Thursday, June 19, 2008

32. My 5300 aio printer has been driving me mad! prints colour fine but no black text. am relieved to read its not just me having this problem. have spent 2 wks troubleshooting my computer and printer and in constant email contact with Kodak, they have sent new cartridges but this is NOT the problem.
    advised to down load firmware to fix the problem but even that won't install as it does not receognise the printer!
    Kodak must realise this is a universal problem by now and at leat try and redeem some customer satisfaction. Their reputation is at risk after all.
    Any suggestions as to how to fix my problem other than purchasisng another product?

    chrissie at 02:24pm on Saturday, June 21, 2008

33. I just had a problem with my printer recognizing the new cartridges that I used to replace the old ones. I called Kodak and they sent me a new printhead along with new cartridges. Bingo! The printhead was the problem. This is the second time I have had this happen after I've done lots and lots of printing of photos.

    Susan at 03:49pm on Saturday, June 21, 2008

34. kodak 5300 wont print photos keeps telling me ive loaded the paper the wrong way up when i have not toward

    Irene McCall at 06:46pm on Sunday, June 22, 2008

35. NO BLACK INK. Has been working fine. The 5100 was a birthday gift in January. For no apparent reason the black quit working today. Tried new ink, multiple printer head cleanings and calibrations, powering on and off. Nothing. I was relieved to find this by using google to search for "kodak 5100 black ink doesn't work" and finding so many others with the same problem. I called support and couldn't understand the person who was to help me. I'm brokenhearted because I really did like this printer. It's way too soon for it to give out though.

    shannon c at 12:42am on Thursday, June 26, 2008

36. Shannon,
    Don't give up. Call Kodak until you get someone that you can understand.
    They will send you a new printhead, along with new cartridges via DHL next day delivery. It is very easy to remove the old printhead and install the new one. There is no cost to you and the printer will work like it's brand new again.

    Susan at 04:48am on Thursday, June 26, 2008

37. This printer bites. I've had nothing but problems with it and now it is saying that my spooler is bad. What the heck is a spooler and how do i fix it so that i can print from my computer?

    melissa at 09:19pm on Wednesday, July 02, 2008

38. Printer 5300: The Black ink does not work, I have contacted Kodak with the problem and im just waiting for them to contact me back with the go ahead to send me a new printer head. Colour works ok.

    David S at 01:14pm on Saturday, July 12, 2008

39. the software will not load and sends error reports,both microsoft and kodak.I have an H.P. computer and windows X P.
    Any help please

    les sammons at 06:36pm on Tuesday, July 15, 2008

40. I have a Kodak 5500, that prints great, but doesn't fax at all, when contacting customer support they tell me that the rest of the machine is working great so there is no issue. I have spent over 8 hours with customer service and resolved nothing. If you want a great printer buy this, if you want a multi-purpose machine DO NOT BUY THIS....

    Trish Jessop at 12:33am on Thursday, July 31, 2008

41. I have the same problem with my black ink not working. My color ink is also only printing blue and pink. I spent 30 minutes on the phone with technical support and they finally decided they were going to send me a new printhead and new cartridges. Hopefully this works!

    amelia at 11:53pm on Saturday, August 02, 2008

42. I wish I had never bought a Kodak printer. It's been one thing after another since the day I first installed it. I have the Kodak 5100, and I've wasted so many hours trying to get it to work. At first the colors were only lilac and blues, and I also couldn't get it to scan correctly. I bought new ink, then uninstalled and reinstalled the printer as tech support suggested. It printed great for a short time, then completely stopped printing black text at all. I can print color photos, and the color is good now, but what use is a printer if you can't print text? I've tried everything I can think of, or have read to do. I don't know what else to do except give up and save to buy another printer. I have to say this printer does save money on black ink because I can't get any on paper!

    'Christie' at 09:06pm on Wednesday, August 20, 2008

43. I bought a 5500 about 6 months ago and never cleaned the printhead until about a month ago and now i cant get it to print at all, calling Kodak on Tuesday and demanding my money back for it, it is the most useless piece of **** i have ever owned and would not suggest anyone to buy one ever.

    Scott at 09:58pm on Saturday, August 30, 2008

44. I bought a Kodak 5300 and used it very little. I printed about 30 pages, then the black ink quit working. I had a lot of pages that I had to print for ebay, so I found this blog where they paper quality was mentioned as the problem. I got out some photo paper that I had and the black printed perfectly. After that I tried using some other expensive paper that I had and no black ink again. I guess I'll go buy Kodak paper and hope for the best. I did change the ink first and performed maintenance repeatedly before I found this page. Don't give up, get good paper!

    P DeVinney at 12:04am on Friday, September 05, 2008

45. My daughter has a laptop that operates Windows Vista. When connecting up to the 5300 the web (most recent) installation gets as far as 'waiting to download drivers', or words to that effect after connecting the usb cable and then the green progress bar (for the drivers)continues to spool round. Vista also says that usb supported printers should be recognised and installed automatically but nothing happens. I don't know for certain if I have a usb 2.0 cable since it was given to me. Is this the problem or is there a software/firmware problem with the 5300?

    niall9497@yahoo.co.uk at 11:19am on Tuesday, September 16, 2008

46. My Kodak 5300; I've had it for 6 months and the black ink stopped working. I've had to replace ink cartridges at a 3-1 ratio compared to other printers. So I don't see the savings. I'm not happy...............

    will at 01:17pm on Wednesday, September 17, 2008

47. I bought the kodak5100 because i wanted something less tedious, big mistake. The ink is cheaper but it runs out faster. I can't print from internet but i must say my pictures are clear and i use the regular (store-brand)Printworks Photo Paper from Wal-Mart. Overall, i think it is more trouble than it's worth.

    bl at 10:45pm on Monday, September 22, 2008

48. The Kodak 5100 All-in-one printer sucks.
    After a few photo 4R prints, the unit doesn't print the same quality despite cleaning and changing cartridges. As I read previous comments from others, I believe that maybe changing printheads is the answer. But if I had to, I wouldn't anymore. No 3-in-1 printer has given me such headaches as the 5100. I'm junking it and buying an HP.

    pafpals at 07:22am on Friday, September 26, 2008

49. Ihave a 5500 kodak aio printer. Itprinters picture good, but won't print from email or off internet

    joan at 02:55am on Thursday, October 30, 2008

50. I too have a 5100 and it has stopped printing black. What a pain. But I wouldn't swap to an HP (see pafpals paragraph no. 48) as I have just put mine in the skip - it kept putting lines across photographic prints (that were otherwise superb) and - GUESS WHAT - it stopped printing black....

    david round at 01:22pm on Saturday, November 01, 2008

51. My husband bought the 5300 all-in-one printer last year's black friday. It was quite the "deal". Unfortunately for me 11 months later NO BLACK INK!I have an 8 page research paper due in a week and no black ink. FANTASTIC i tell ya. If anyone out there is considering buying this printer please save yourself a headache and buy HP. The last printer i had was HP, had it 5 years and NEVER was there an issue. Sure ink was a lil' more expensive but at least it lasted!

    Lily at 06:55am on Monday, November 03, 2008

52. Hey, a miracle! Got it fixed! Almost hesitant to say so because as soon as you claim a solution the Law of Sod will mean it breaks again.... but it seems ok now! I downloaded an upgrade of the firmware (software built-in to the printer) from the Kodak web site and although it took an age - even on b/band - it does seem to have worked. IT PRINTS BLACK NOW. Well one page anyway - a good start. Say it softly....

    David Round at 08:30pm on Monday, November 03, 2008

53. I've had my 5300 for a month now. First
    print on a 4X6 in colour was great. Black and white,wonderful.(used Epsom paper) Next, 8.5X11 , colour on Epsom
    and all dark parts of the photos print
    as light grey (no black!!!) Lack of paper catcher is annoying - must use a
    catcher's mit to grab paper as it flies
    over my shoulder. Also notice ink going
    down quickly. Prints black fine for non
    photo - but I still want to pound it.

    Peter at 08:15am on Wednesday, November 05, 2008

54. I have a 5500. Black document printing quality is poor.. basically its not sharp and black its more dark grey and has been like this since purchased..photo quality produces good prints...I get the same sub quality if fast ,normal or best print is choosen...I've done all the necessary downloads and maintenence and ink change duties but still very poor...what can I do next? PS this is my second machine as the first one packed up week in one... while I'm on... paper catch is useless if you print more that five sheets, the rest go over the floor..Another other small issue I have, is why the hell does it take so long to get ready to print? its sounds lke its grinding the print heads to death then it keeps you waiting that litle bit longer while it flosses before saying ok, you can go out to play now.....Also, I know that the ink is cheaper than all the rest..BUT does it evaporate or something because without counting the A4 sheets or one or two photos printed I'm using a lot of Ink.
    If I can't resolve the print quality soon I'll have to good back to HP

    Alun C at 10:38pm on Wednesday, November 12, 2008

55. I bought a 5500 and it would print at all - so drove back to pc world and got another. This has worked for a year with extremely low volume - a hundred pages. And now it won't print black or colour - just a few flecks of ink. Bright two new cartidges and one good page then same story.
    Feel like tossing the thing in the trash.
    Going to have to get hold of a new printhead now and try that.
    I went to Kodak because of their good name. But I see the unit was made in China. Between them it is a junk product :-(

    Andrew Clifford at 02:27pm on Thursday, November 13, 2008

56. I purchaseed a 55000 less than 12 months ago it took 4 exchanges before i got one with a working fax. The printer when not telling me it had wrong paoer size in or paper jam or no papoer worked reasonably well if totally unreliable, it never managed to scan at akll, eventually the black ink stopped working i spent 26 quid on new ink ,tried everything to get it working ,eventually i tried to remove print head carrier to replace this as advised by pc world, this snapped off so i took great pleasure in taking yhe printer into the garden an set about it with my hammer. I then purchased a HP printer it works great, kodak better stick to cameras cos they aint no good for anything else

    dave kendrick at 04:18pm on Sunday, November 16, 2008

57. I've had my kodak aio 5100 printer for a year now. I have not had any problems until now (today). I am trying to copy a photo, and it keeps telling me "wrong paper size". I am using the same kodak photo paper I've been using for almost a year. I am not sure why it doesn't work right now. Could you please assist/ help me.

    Will at 12:55am on Monday, December 01, 2008

58. Apropos my previous comment - paragraph 52 - my AIO printer has now stopped printing black again. For a photo (that obviously must include a bit of black) on thick photo paper it is ok - BUT printing ANYTHING like a word document or a spreadsheet - NO BLACK AT ALL AND I GIVE UP NOW. IT IS A GARBAGE PRINTER.

    David Round at 10:20am on Monday, December 01, 2008

59. My hp is still working fine and my kodak is still in the garden in bits, a constant reminder that kodak owe me a lot of cash pity they dont do the decent thing and reimburse the poor sods who had faith in them, evem pc world told me not to buy kodak when i went to buy my hp printer

    dave kendrick at 02:50pm on Monday, December 01, 2008