Kodak EasyShare ESP 3250 All-In-One Printer

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 8 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

2
Average:

3
Bad:

3

Pros:

Inexpensive, Lowcost ink refills, Good photo quality, fast photo prints
Superlow ink costs; excellent photo-paper prints.
Superlow ink costs, Excellent photopaper prints, Low purchase price.

Cons:

Single paper source, No networking, Single paper input
Slow at printing and copying; meager manual-duplexing help for Mac users; grainy-looking prints on plain paper.

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Last revision on May 12, 2020

Reviewers Liked

Inexpensive, Lowcost ink refills, Good photo quality, fast photo prints
Superlow ink costs; excellent photo-paper prints
Superlow ink costs, Excellent photopaper prints, Low purchase price
Low per-page ink costs; excellent photo quality, longevity; auto-detects paper type

Reviewers Didn't Like

Single paper source, No networking, Single paper input
Slow at printing and copying; meager manual-duplexing help for Mac users; grainy-looking prints on plain paper
Grainylooking prints on plain paper, Meager manualduplexing help for Mac users, Slow at printing and copying
Slow print, copy performance; subpar plain-paper print quality; small LCD screen; no Wi-Fi; single paper-intake slot

Expert reviews and ratings

Do you opt for a cheaper inkjet and pay extra for ink cartridges or select a more expensive printer with reduced running costs? Kodak believes the latter is the way to go with kit such as the ESP3250....

By GadgetSpeak on January 25, 2011

The Kodak ESP 3250 all-in-one color printer is a good value--at just over $100, it won't break the bank, and neither will Kodak's low-cost ink refills. The ESP 3250 puts out great looking photos and decent-enough prints from documents, and while...

By About.com on November 22, 2010

Kodak’s ESP 3250 could work for anyone who averages perhaps 10 to 25 text pages a day and want photo quality over other printing tasks. Other printers do a better job on a wider variety of media, but its ink costs can’t be beat. See more...

By Macworld on March 23, 2010

The Kodak ESP 3250 will work nicely for anyone who averages perhaps 10 to 25 text pages a day and values photo quality over other printing tasks. Its ink costs can't be beat, but other printers do a better job on a wider variety of media. Jon L...

By PC Advisor on February 09, 2010

This inexpensive, light-duty MFP excels at printing on photo paper and is easy to use, but its print quality and performance are otherwise unremarkable....

By PCWorld on February 08, 2010

For the price this is a well-above average quality...

By ElectricPig.co.uk on December 17, 2009

At first glance the ESP 3250 looks as if it's 3,247 model numbers away from the , but you'd be better off thinking of it as an ESP 3.250. It's a slight facelift - and price hike - on Kodak's entry-level all-in-one. Following on from the...

By Trusted Reviews on October 28, 2009

Bargain shoppers will be wowed by this model's photo quality, low price, and cheap ink, but they'll face slow performance and subpar prints on plain paper....

By Computer Shopper on October 01, 2009

he 3250 prints, copies, and scans, and includes OCR (optical character recognition) software. It does not include fax capabilities, nor does it support Wi-Fi, so you’ll need to physically tether it to a computer or USB-equipped print server. The printer...

By SmartComputing on June 18, 2010

Das Multifunktionsgerät Kodak ESP 3250 ist kompakt gebaut, aber nur spartanisch ausgestattet. So fallen die bedruckten und kopierten Seiten einfach auf die Papierzufuhr, eine extra Papierablage gibt es nicht. Außerdem lässt sich der...

By PC-Welt.de on November 15, 2010

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