Kodak ESP 7 Review June 27, 2011 10:49 by Matt Bird

Overview

The Kodak ESP 7 is a good choice for most homes, with all round above average specifications, and good photo printing. Perfect for a family with a photography enthusiast within it.

Ratings

Kodak ESP 7

Main Review

The Kodak ESP 7 is the second highest end machine of their All-in-One range, the ESPs (including the 3, 5, and 9 in addition to the 7), and features a scanner, copier, wifi networking, duplex printing, dedicated photo paper tray, and a rather fancy LCD display. It might not have the ADF tray or fax machine built into its big brother, the ESP 9, but it costs somewhere in the region of fifty pounds less, and is more than adequate for most functions demanded of a family-orientated printer. Kodak claim a rather impressive thirty (or more) pages per minute printing rate, but others have measured it more around two to five pages per minute; this is still reasonable, and quite acceptable for most small documents, but might be found to be a bit sluggish for longer print jobs. The ESP 7 outputs at a high print quality, with normal text being clear, and photos being well up to the competition of the equivalent Canon, Epson or HP models, however they use a dual-cartridge system (which honestly annoys me just a little bit), making it a little less economical. All-in-all, the ESP 7 is a solid choice for most families, having better-than-most photo printing, but slightly more expensive printing costs; for those who don’t print huge amounts though, this is a strong contender.