To try to clean the printheads, the Kodak site says to use the software (I only used it as a copier).

OK, hit the Kodak website for the software and driver (hopefully just the driver and a simple utility). Nope a 250MB Download!

OK, get out the CD and install. Oh no! it’s one of the programs with a skin that does not like large fonts. Install anyway. Uncheck a big list of bloatware. Asked to update. Starts to download the 250MB file again!

Bottom line, this printer stinks. Even when it worked, it cluncked and ground for a long time before being ready to print. The software is a bloated joke, and the print wuality is marginal.

Is there anyone in Kodak that I can write a polite letter to?

Thanks for letting me rant. This (like many inkjets) printer is junk.

Eric.

Do you know where I can get a Windows ME printer driver for the Kodak 5300 all-in-one printer, since Kodak does not offer one?
Thanks.

Consumer Report also shows it a low quality print. Rates the Canons the best. Recent issue. Check it out at the library.

I would have to agree with Popphoto on this. Consumer Reports also backs up that the Kodak AIO’s prints a low quality print. They rated the Canons the best.
Kodak really goffed up on these printers. It what you get for moving production to china I guess.

But on cameras, the Kodak Z885 point and shoot is a great little camera. They are clearing those out at officemax nox.

I’ve had my 5300 since last September and just recently it stopped printing black. I emailed Kodak from the AIO Home Center and the reply came the next day. Unfortunately everything I did was to no avail, but I’m waiting to see if they replace the printer head as promised. Other than this recent problem, I love the printer.

Lee

I printed wonderful photos (loved them) and then I loaded the software from the DVD and I think they loaded the whole DVD on my drive. Then all of a sudden the printer won’t print black anymore and I am missing all my blues. I did the calibrations, head cleans, everything still nothing works. I even bought and put two new ink cartridges in it.

I would highly advice people to stay way away from this printer, I got sucked in by the price. I won’t bother replacing it, I don’t want to replace junk with more junk. I will just never purchase from Kodak again and be sure to tell others of what happened to me.

Don

Thanks for your comments, you sold me! I am tired of payimg $60 or more for ink cartridges. I have an Epson R260 and I can actually watch the ink go down on the software that pops up showing each ink cartridge levels. I haven’t printed but one 4 x 6 photo along with about 60-70 pages of text black and white, after which I had to go to Costco and pick-up another round of ink which hasn’t printed more than 50 pages of documents and is ALREADY empty on three of the five cartridges!!! I can almost BUY a new printer for the cost ink. Most of my friends have been doing that lately instead of replacing ink…how green is that!

Let your team know alot of people I know are looking at your printer due to the cost of ink. Keep the cost of your ink low and I will start buying ONLY Kodak paper with my new 5300.

Thanks Kodak, I will be heading out right now to purchase the 5300 since my old standby SLOW HP officejet T45 just took a dump too!

Chris

The Kodak ESP 3 is CURRENTLY the photo printer to own if you don’t want to get scammed on the price of Ink. $25 for both the Color & Black Ink including tax!

This new Kodak is smaller and nicer looking with the same Pigment based Inks (VS dye) !

I do believe you feel the Kodak machine is better. I was wondering after reading your opinion. Did you Calibrate the Kodak using 3, 4, 0r 5 Star paper?

I used Kodak High Gloss 5 Star paper to calibrate the machine. Because I do agree with the Pop-photo article. And no way it comes close to a Costco lab print.

I wonder if the machine would have been calibrated using 3 star paper, would the prints be better when using 5 star paper. Can any one reply please. bigedusa@juno.com

I have a Kodak 5500. It worked nicely for about 100 prints. Now it has many missfeeds were it has roller marks on the photo paper but you have to pull out the tray and realign the phot opaper in the tray. Sometimes you get another two or three prints before you have to do it all over again. On the first set of ink with the three star paper I got 163 4×6 prints not a 180 printswhen the machine told me to change ink.

i have since then use other types of paper. 5 star HP Prem, and Canon Glossy. Which are at least 35 cents or more a print.

None of the print come out as rich in colors that Canons MP 610 and HPs 7180 produce. Kodak prints are flat in tone but do have greater details in blacks because the Kodaks print blacks as grays. Please go to a store and print a few prints on these machines. They come much closer to a lab quality print you would get from Costco let say. The Kodak produces a less contras print as Walmart labs would. I let the kids use the Kodak for all of their prints But The Canon does the best for me.

Any way many people see color different If you can remember the RCA XL or Colortrac 2000 tvs. Some people loved the warm whites of XL and some people prefer the cool whites of colortrac 2000.
which is why you love the Kodak (XL) print and I prefer the (2000) Canon and Hps print. Take care.