New Kodak ESP 7250 Color Ink-Jet AIO Lists At $199, Features Blackberry Smartphone Printing
January 6, 2010 - Eastman Kodak is introducing the ESP 7250 All-in-One (AIO), a color ink-jet AIO that lists at $199. and features Wi-Fi wireless connectivity, including direct printing from Wi-Fi-enabled Blackberry Smartphones. Users can also print directly from iPhones and iPod Touch devices with Kodak's new Pic Flick application. The new ESP 7250, which will ship in April 2010, is the eighth member of the company's color ink-jet All-in-One product family, which it began launching in 2007.
The ESP 7250 (left) and other Kodak ink-jet AIOs use Kodak pigment inks, and two ink cartridges are required:
- A Kodak 10B Black Ink Cartridge that lists $9.99.
- A new 10C Kodak Color Ink Cartridge five-ink color cartridge that the company says yields 10-percent more pages than the current #10 color cartridge. List price for the new 10C five-ink color cartridge is $17.99, and Kodak will begin shipping it in February 2010.
- Kodak also introduced a new 10XL Black Ink Cartridge 10XL that lists at $16.99, and which it says yields 70-percent more pages than its standard 10B Black Ink Cartridge. The 10XL will also ship in February 2010.
Specifications for the new ESP 7250 are as follows:
- Rated print speed of up to 32 (black)/30 (color) ppm.
- Connectivity consists of Wi-Fi, 802.11 b/g/n; network-enablement for iPhone, iPod touch and BLACKBERRY Smartphones; 10 Mbps Ethernet network interface; USB 2.0 High Speed, USB EKPTP; Bluetooth 2.0 (optional accessory required); PictBridge port for direct printing from digital cameras; and CTBRIDGE and DPOF ports. A USB cable ($19.97) is optional.
- Media handling includes standard automatic duplexing, and two paper trays that consist of an auto-engaging photo tray and general-purpose tray. The photo-paper tray holds three photo-paper sizes: 4"×6", 4"×7" and 5"×7." With the general-purpose tray, maximum paper size is 8.5"x14", and users can produce borderless prints up to 8.5"x11". There is platen scanning, but no document feeder.
- The system incorporates a 2.4" color LCD display screen and memory-card slots that supports SD/SDHC, MS, Duo, and CF. Users can view directly downloaded photos on the LCD display.
- Scanning resolution is at 2,400 dpi optical scanning (CIS) (24-bit 9,600 dpi interpolated). Users can scan documents and photos up to 8.5"×11.7", and optical character recognition software is provided for converting scanned documents into editable electronic files. Users can scan multiple photos simultaneously at up to 2,400 dpi resolution--software creates separate files automatically.
- Copy speed is rated at 27 (black)/26 (color) ppm, and copying features include up to 99-copies, 10–500-percent image scaling, and fit-to-page.
According to Kodak, the ESP 7250 saves "consumers an average of $110 a year on ink based on as few as four pages per day "as compared to leading consumer ink-jet printers total ink-load replacement costs using manufacturers recommended ink cartridges," and excluding printers that use only one cartridge. . The claim is based on: on average ink costs of leading consumer ink-jet printers using average annual print volumes of 150 4"x6" color photos, 800 text pages and 550 mixed color graphic pages using standard cartridges available in single quantity pricing, and that actual results may vary (for more information visit www.kodak.com/go/inkdata). Kodak says it first introduced its ink-jet All-in-Ones in 2007 to address what it says is consumers' number-one dissatisfaction with home printing - "the high cost of ink," but recently in December 2009, agreed to an FTC recommendation that it only state "consumers can save an average of $110 per year."