Having inserted the printhead and the two cartridges plus run a calibration test, you will need to install the supplied software prior to connecting the AiO to a computer. A clip-on printhead unit is provided so enabling Kodak to keep down the price of the ink cartridges as they do not need their own printhead built into each one. One of the cartridges is for black text while the other provides five colours (including black) for graphics and photo printing jobs. The printer uses two cartridges which are located in the body of the printer and are accessed by lifting the top of the unit. Kodak believes this type of ink gives a fair better all-round performance especially when it comes to retaining image quality over a period of time. The ESP3250 printer uses pigment ink rather than the dye-based variety. While this does support some common formats such as MS, MMC and the high capacity SD cards, it does not include the popular xD format. Also on the front of the unit is a memory card slot. A slider unit can be used to adjust paper size. A pull out extension should ensure that any output is not fired out on to the floor. This tray has a capacity of 100 A4 plain copy paper sheets or 20 sheets of photographic paper or 20 envelopes. Despite not having a pop-up capability or an adjustment option, the LCD screen is more than adequate for performing its various tasks.Ī drop down flap on the unit’s concave front doubles as the paper input and output tray.

(Maybe at this point I should point out that it is quite easy to detach the scanner lid from the main body of the unit but just as easy to replace it by applying a little pressure to the reconnect the two parts of the hinges.) This control panel features a 38mm LCD screen (a major difference from the ESP3) which displays pictures stored on memory cards, messages and menu options a power button plus various navigation, cancel and activation buttons. A control panel runs along one side of the scanner lid.

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