Would you buy a Kodak printer now?

scooby75

I've still not got round to buying a new printer and my old one is now dying on me.

Anyhows, on the hunt for a decent budget printer with low ink costs (genuine - recycled or third party or responsible for !!!!!!ing up my otherwise perfectly good deskjet), Kodak seems to be fairing best, but as Kodak has gone into administration, would buying one of their printers be a bad choice? I can't help thinking if I bought one, I'd be struggling to buy cartridges in a couple of years.

Any (relevant) thoughts?

Hezzawithkids

I deeply regret buying my AIO Kodak printer last summer, nothing to do with the company going belly up, just that its a rubbish printer. I've had to have the whole unit replaced and spent endless hours on the phone to their (useless) customer service trying to get fixes done. As it is the scanner has given up the ghost completely and I no longer have the energy to try and deal with the company to get it sorted out.

santer_2

Someone mentioned build quality of the Kodaks

Epsons usually have the better availability of compatibles if you change your mind about using those

Printers with separate inks are usually cheaper to run, especially if you print photos composed of the same shades

scooby75

Yeah, I'm reluctant to use compatibles as I've had issues in the past with them, but that was with the HP. I do like having good print quality, but the price of genuine inks is horrendous. Even worse is that they don't seem to include how much ink there is in a cartridge, so you cant make a meaningful comparison of prices per ml.

hex2

scooby, Kodak haven't gone into administration, they have filed for chapter 11 in America which is a very different thing and does not (yet) mean they have gone or will be going bankrupt.

If they do fold or sell off parts I suspect that one of the big attractions for any potential buyers will be the branded inkjet cartridges - they have sold a lot of printers off the back of all that advertising and the cartridge market is booming.

santer_2

There is a refill by post option for some printers, so you could check with them if the printer you are thinking of using is suitable for that, if so, the charge is £7 for black and £9 for the colour at the moment

http://www.refreshcartridges.co.uk/refill-by-post.html

They will let you know how much ink they contain, they also have this " If you send us a standard capacity cartridge then by taking it apart, removing any restricting material and replacing the sponges we can often turn your cartridge in to a high capacity equivalent."

I have six printers which saves me changing paper sizes and printer settings, they run on compatibles, Epson genuine inks have an anti clog agent which compatibles may not have, though reasonably frequent use of the printer keeps the inks ready. If the printer is not used very often, then running a nozzle check each week should keep the inks ready to print properly.

The inks here have 19ml of ink, genuine can have 6.5ml and some compatibles have 13ml

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-Sets-Ink-Cartridges-Epson-SX415-SX510W-SX515W-S21-/320646891402?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_Printing_PrinterInkCatridges_JN&hash=item4aa80b478a

If you print photos then the paper helps with quality

http://www.photopaperdirect.com/

Crisp_£_note

Yes I would definately. I was skeptical at the time we purchsed ours a while back now. We were spending far to much on ink and the prices of cartridges were just rising every time we replaced them we had an Epsom and then a Lexmark.

The Kodack printer is great, its a family printer plus hubby uses it a lot for his business. The inks are very economical, 99.9 % of the time we chose the Draft option for print quality which is just as good as the normal standard but it makes the ink last that little bit longer. Weve saved £££ on the ink replacement and seem to be replacing it far less often too.

Plus if you get it from a store that gives loyalty points you can have an added bonus depending on which store you use (we use Tesco and Staples).

Hope this helps.

Thanks and happy printing

drew__2

I just recently bought a new Printer from Viking. Its quite in my budget as i wanted something for regular use. Check their website i am sure they'll be lots. Good Luck! P.S- Don't forget to grab cashback, it helped me save more

scooby75 wrote: »

I've still not got round to buying a new printer and my old one is now dying on me.

Anyhows, on the hunt for a decent budget printer with low ink costs (genuine - recycled or third party or responsible for !!!!!!ing up my otherwise perfectly good deskjet), Kodak seems to be fairing best, but as Kodak has gone into administration, would buying one of their printers be a bad choice? I can't help thinking if I bought one, I'd be struggling to buy cartridges in a couple of years.

Any (relevant) thoughts?