Thread: Kodak ESP-3 printer

Like the brother model Kodak Easyshare 5300 dispensed with the multifunction device ESP-3 is a detail to print resolution. The set, the combo automatically. Thus analyzed it, what kind of paper is inserted and selects the appropriate resolution for this, without the user can take influence that.

That's all well and good, as long as Kodak photo paper with the barcode on the back is used for. However, we chose another photo paper, we had to take a loss of quality in purchasing, since the unit went to full resolution. In our case, was expressed in light streaks in areas of color. The ESP 3 uses pigmented ink, which provided the text for printing a clear typeface. The slightly rough edges of characters were only minimally significant. At the same time, however, lacked the colors to shine.

The reason: Although the inside of the device lies a combined five-color cartridge and a separate black cartridge, it is not a traditional six-color printing unit. For in addition to the color cartridge filled red, blue and yellow, the colors black and clear ink, the other chambers. Thus while the test copies fade a bit when they had good gray scale. The scanner scans the other hand, produced with bright colors. Here, however, lacked the depth of field.

Unlike the Kodak Easyshare 5300 renounced the ESP-3 to a preview screen and limited it to a display for the number of copies selected. At the same time requires the user to the connected computer if he uses the card slots on the device. Because only a preview is available. The control panel of the ESP-3 is clear, although the functions are labeled in English. Also, can not lift the scanner lid so that pages can be easily fitted - impractical.