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directly from Kodak [.].I was interested in buying this photo printer as a Christmas present for my niece as she has a compatible Kodak camera to use with it but I noticed the price that Amazon has it listed for and thought there must be some kind of mistake since it can be purchased for $[.].
Also, the picture doesn't print out immediately, it pulls the picture back and forth through the paper feed to add each additional layer of color so this constant use of the paper feed may also be the reason for the paper jams. I've had my printer dock for about 4 years and the only reason I keep it is because it also charges the battery to the camera. This product is not recommended. The picture quality is good but I've just reverted back to uploading my pictures and having them printed at local store. My main problem is 9 times out of 10, the printer jams or misfeeds. I just tried the rubbing alcohol on the paper roller and it was able to grab the paper.
Do NOT buy this piece of junk. As other reviewers have stated, when it works the pictures are of very nice quality. Unfortunately, the misfeeds and jams started after printing a small number of pictures (20 at most) and have gotten worse and worse until it's totally useless.
Then came the two next disappointments. Six months passed and I changed my cpu and got Vista in place of XP. The amber light came on and stayed on. The printer gave me good quality prints.I liked it more than my HP Photosmart printer.
After downloading the updated software, the printer became erratic. So I ended up with about 8 prints all with bubbles or streaks caused by the laminate. Perhaps the shelf life of the cartridges is short. Perhaps I did not store the cartridges in the best environment. I got mine a little over a year ago. I thought I could make some saving by buying a package deal of 3 packs of paper and printing cartridge for the price of 2. Firstly, the computer refused to recognise the printing dock. Secondly, it refused to recognise the new cartridge I put in.
Perhaps it was the fault of my computer but this problem did not exist with XP. The cartridges which I bought some time ago left bubbles on the photos because the laminate which is laid onto the print at the final step of printing seemed to have deteriorated in the cartridge. But the software and firmware problems seem just too much. It kept going on and on. The firmware update did not seem to have any effect. Worse still, the printer would not stop printing the one photograph I wanted.
I used the first pack without any problems. Only after several removals of the cartridge and reinsertions did the amber light stay off. It seemed that the printer needed to be connected after the software was activated. The original software did not work. I found out that I had to do several power-offs of the printer and connecting and reconnecting the usb line before the operating green light came on.
Often takes several iterations of plugging/unplugging the camera/dock. All-in-all this is a piece of junk and I would not recommend it to anyone. One of the worst products that I have ever owned. Printer paper won't feed properly - gets jammed every other picture and ends up wasting the color carteridge. Prints about 1 picture out of 10 successfully and even then the quality is not that great.Only significant use I've found for this is as an ugly paperweight. Poorly quality, unreliable.Printer software is bloated and slows down the computer at boot. Synching a camera with the computer is hit or miss.
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