The Kodak EasyShare 5100 All-in-One inkjet printer offers users a choice of functions besides the usual color or black and white printing capabilities including both copying and scanning, allowing one the ability print their own photos right from home.



Highlights and Features

If you're interested in printing more than just text documents or even photos, the Kodak EasyShare 5100 supports a variety of different mediums besides plain or photo paper including greeting cards or card stock, envelopes, transparency films, iron-on transfers for t-shirts, and it also supports paper weights that range from 17 to 24 pounds.

Capable of two-sided printing, the Kodak 5100, like its counterparts the EasyShare 5300 and 5500 models, uses a six ink system but with only two actual ink cartridges, one for the black and the other for the colors, making replacement time simple.

In comparison to other all-in-one printers by Kodak in the EasyShare series, the 5100 is touted for its low ink costs and ease of use. While it may not contain all of the bells and whistles that the more expensive models feature such as an LCD display, the 5100 EasyShare is said to print quality photos in less than half a minute and is able to print up to nine copies at a time.

The computer operating systems that are compatible with the Kodak's EasyShare 5100 printer are all versions of both Windows XP and Vista, or Macintosh 10.4.8 or later. To operate the printer properly in tandem with your own computer, the recommended PC hardware requirements are 512 megabytes of RAM and at least 200 megabytes of available hard drive space.

The Kodak EasyShare 5100 all-in-one averages in the $98 to $100 price range.

What's in the Box

With the purchase of a Kodak EasyShare 5100 All-in-One inkjet printer comes one black ink cartridge, one color cartridge, a sample pack of paper, an adapter cord and power supply cord, the setup guide, EasyShare software and EasyShare 5000 series printer software. Also included with proof of purchase is a warranty from Kodak on both the printer and the ink cartridges.

Technical Details at a Glance

- Black Print Speed: Up to 32 pages per minute (ppm)

- Color Print Speed: Up to 30 ppm

- Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB 2.0

- Maximum Copies: Black or color 1-9 copies

- Maximum Scan Size: Up to 8.5 x 11.7 inches

- Measurements: 18.8 inches wide x 14.7 inches deep x 8.8 inches high

- Media Capacity: 100 sheets 20 lb. paper, 20 sheets photo paper

- Output Tray Capacity: 50 sheets 20 lb. paper

- Photo Print Speed: Lab quality, borderless 4 x 6 photos in as few as 28 seconds

- Photo Tray: 4 x 6 inches

- USB Ports: 2 hosts, 1 device port

- Weight: 21 pounds

- Warranty: One year (with proof of purchase) or 13 months from date of manufacture on printer and print head, one year warranty on ink cartridges with proof of purchase

"I have this printer as well as its bigger brother and love both of them. They have super quality pictures. The ink is cheap and works each and every time. The scanning is fast. Pictures are also quick to print and are water resistant."