Kodak EASYSHARE 5100 All-In-One Printer

Pros: price of accessories, i.e ink, photo paper.
Cons: quality control, customer service.

I purchased the Kodak 5100 All-In-One on 12-31-07. The manufacturer failed to include the adapter and power source. I made several calls to their hotline to rectify the issue. After several failed promises by the representative to send the items, I went to Radio Shack and bought the adapter and power source myself.

Pros: none
Cons: shoddy business practices

Kodak 5100 replace ink cartridges printer wont work Kodak knows about problem almost impossible to get help from them or contact them very poor business practice putting unproven product on market and then abandoning customers KODAK never again

Pros: The ink is cheaper than HP.
Cons: Would not print out of the box and the instructions are vague.

I bought this model last night and returned today. I went through the install and could not print test alignment card. The instructions are somewhat vague to do the setup. In this case the print head did not have the seal film that instructions identified to remove. I suspect this head was tested and because of no seal the jets are now plugged. Read on line of many similar complaints. To be honest, I had really high hopes on this one because of the low cost of ink. In shopping today for a replacement, I mentioned an interest in the Kodak model because of the cheap ink to the rep of a large printer supplier. This fellow seemed very knowledgeable and helpful. He said that he would not recommend Kodak because every one he sold came back with a failure issue. He was not aware of my bad experience so his comments I found to be also interesting. I am glad to see that some people have had good luck as I read reviews here. If any of you out there have had bad experience with this model, I encourage you to speak up as well.

Pros: I can't think of a single good thing to say about this horrible product.
Cons: EVERYTHING Big, loud, scanner doesn't work, eats up ink

I hate everything about this printer! I bought it because the ink is cheap, well that does no good when you have to replace it after printing a 15 page essay (your either not filling the ink cartiridges or your designing this printer to use alot of ink). And it's sucks that it's not compatible with some software programs (microsoft works word processer) my son can't even use it to do his homework. And you have NO IDEA this is the problem untill u spend an hour on the phone with kodak. When u try and print something from an uncompatible software program you get a white piece of paper that prints... nothing else.
 And what the h*ll is up with not being able to print using black ink if the color is empty!!
And the heads on this thing are CRAP if you don't replace the ink within 12hrs of it running out your SCREWED!! Not even the scanner works right!

Pros: When it works, it works well. But very rarely works.
Cons: Printhead is a piece of crap. Wont calibrate nor will it print.

This was a wonderful printer, when it ACTUALLY WORKED. I've had to calibrate and order new printheads countless times only to have to clean and replace the things two to three months later. I liked the cheap cost of the ink, but its not worth it when you have a machine that craps out on you consistently. Each timea new semester starts at school, I can't print out a thing and have to do the same process over again with the printhead.

DONT get this printer, its not worth the 99 bucks it costs.

Pros: Great concept
Cons: Printing

My mom bought this printer for me for Christmas 2007. I always found it loud when printing and had various minor problems (like not loading paper, streaks through pictures, and now not printing colors at all). Now my print head won't work. I'm not about to replace it when I read how often other people have had to replace their print head. I did like the cheap ink and it arrives fast in the mail. However, you can't recycle the cartridges either. I guess I'm going back to Dell or HP. Kodak makes great cameras, why can't they make great printers too?

Pros: None.
Cons: Everything.

This is by far the WORST printer I have ever owned.  I have only had it for a little over a month and have already had to replace the ink cartridges ($25) and now after printing only about 5 pages trying to get it to work correctly it is saying the cartridges are low again!  The print quality is beyond low, and the lines on the images are terrible when it does actually print something.  I am ready to throw this in the garbage.  Do not waste your money. Do not let the lure of low cost ink reel you in as it did me.  It was also almost impossible to install and I wish I would've taken it back immediately.  I am very disappointed in this printer.

Pros: It hasn't burnt my house down yet!
Cons: Piece of crap. Print heads are junk. Customer support is even worse.

This printer is an enormous pile of crap!  Software sucks. Compatibility issues everywhere. I think this printer is possessed, as there is always lights flashing all over it, paper keeps getting eaten, and most times I tried to print, all I got was all kinds of burping and farting and growling noises, followed by a piece of half eaten paper with a few ink specs on it. I'm guessing the print head is shot again now, because I cant get it to do anything. I never even got through the first set of ink cartridges, they are still half full. I replaced them anyway, and waisted my money on new ones, but of course, it still wont print. Customer support is lousy, and honestly I'm sick of waiting an hour only to get disconnected. I think I will just take it outside, light it on fire, and roast some marshmellows over it... At least then I will get some use out of this horrindous pile of dung.  Buyer Beware.

Pros: good initial print quality
friendly support staff - I've talked to several many times
Cons: terrible software
print quality doesn't last
printer lasts less than a year

At first we thought we found a good printer at a good price and even told others about it.  Print quality was better than expected.  Cartidges are less expensive but we soon learned they print fewer sheets than other printer cartridges.   We just go thru more cartidges - at least when the printer is working.  It worked well for about 3 months then Kodak in it's infinite wisdom decided to update the software.  The machine hasn't wotked right since.  I have spent over 25 hours trying to fix and on the phone with their tech support removing and reinstalling software and going thru infinite fixes.  Finally tech support said they couldn't fix it and sent the issue to their engineers.  That was 6 months ago.  I have emailed and called many many times since and they say they can't help but hteir engineers are working on it.  I downloades a new update last week that now rendered the printer 100% useless. 
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!

Pros: ink is cheap but a hundred buck printer should be better quality then a 29.00
Cons: just plain junk,replace the printhead every other week and you are good to go

I have had this peice of crap just a year today,I used 2 print cartridges in a year,so you can see I don't use it much.tried to use today and no text,just put in new cartridges(3rd)so thought print head needed cleaning,well wasted most of the ink trying to clean it and still no text,checked with kodak and they went thruogh a process and finally they are replacing the print head but think will get a better printer as I can see already this is a kodak joke

Pros: Promise of cheap ink
Cons: Junk printing head

  Like a lot of others, I have problem printing in black ink after 6 months usage. I tried replacing cartridge and cleaning haed to no avail. Bought 100$ worth of ink hoping to use it for 2 years. A cmplete loss. Stay away !!!

Pros: Comic relief found in many of the negative reviews.
Cons: Promoted for economical, quality printing. That is a 'con' job.

Same song, umpteenth verse. Second printhead in 1 year just died. As with many others, the black stopped producing. The printer will still produce an impressive color photo on 4x6 paper, but a simple word document on standard paper comes out blank. I did get a quick and free replacement last go round, but will probably opt for the garbage this time, since I don't have a rocket launcher to attempt my own repair...

Pros: great for word documents on normal paper and easy to set up and change ink
Cons: wouldn't print what I wanted, only really recognises Kodak branded paper

I purchased the 5100 with high hopes as their small photo printers are fantastic, what a let down. It has been returned to the shop after 4 days. The only document that printed and was good quality was a word document, not what I bought the printer for, on trying to print photos no dark areas would print, apparently you cant use normal glossy paper, would have been nice if that had been put in the user guide. Then I tried to print some A4 pictures (note I used a 10.2 mega pixel camera) and they all came out pixelated and no shadows were present, I could have cried with frustration. Apparently the paper has a bar code so the printer recognises that it's Kodak paper and the quality of the paper. I spent a lot of time talking to the people at Kodak trying to fix the problem, a lot of hassle. Back into the box and back to the shop.

Pros: Cheap, satisfied with printing quality
Cons: Can't use it because the software doesn't work.

I have had big problems with the software. First it installed a bunch of crap with the driver so that windows would pop up all the time and then it just stopped working.

I tried installing the new software version and it just doesn't install. I contacted Kodak, the phone support was just a machine, the online help was closed at 6 EST and they sent me this e-mail response: "Thank you for your question to Kodak Service and Support. We are
currently experiencing higher than anticipated volumes due to the overwhelming success of the All in One Printers. As a result, our response to your e-mail may be delayed."

Pros: cheap with pretty pics
Cons: cheap with pretty pics for 5 uses only

What I don't like about this product is:
1. printer head needed to be replaces after only 5 small jobs
2. hard to find where a printer head can be purchased
2. Kodak support team is useless
3. there are lines in the pics and the ink is fadden after about the 10th pirnt
4. spend money purchasing a good quality printer--cause you'll end up spending that amount on printerheads and new ink cartridges for this piece of crap!!! (you have to buy new ink cartridges for every printer head you buy--which is about every 4-5 uses depending on what and how much u print)
5. paid less than 100 bucks for it---should have known there was a catch
6. u get what u pay for

What I do like about this product is:

1. it's easy to install and hook up
2. it's light weight
but I'm pretty sure you can find these same features in a better (a llittle more expensive, but better) printer