Kodak Printers for Desktops
Kodak is finally manufacturing quality desktop printers for home and office use. We all know that Kodak only supplies us films mostly and their machinese, not only are they huge, are used to process the films the sell us, mostly. Yes, it’s apparently great quality and now we can use it at home. HP better watch its back now that Kodak is out with their desktop printers. We all know the best printers are from HP but they are sitting on a very shaky throne for now.
Kodak’s secret is to skip over the whole bait and switch model of most printer sales, where everybody discount their printers heavily, and make it all back on exorbitant ink prices. Kodak will be charging reasonable prices for its three new EasyShare All-in-One printers, the 5100, 5300 and 5500 which can print copy and scan for $150-$300, but the ink costs are at $10 for a black cartridge and $15 for a five color cartridge. With ink about half the price of competitors — Kodak’s secret is a print technology that doesn’t require the print head to be in the cartridge, just ink — Kodak is hoping consumers will feel free to print more photos and in turn buy even more ink from them
The not so secret technology is purportedly able to create prints that will last up to 100 years. That’s enough time for your great grand children to see your graduation pictures. Since it’s catridges are half the price of its competitors, Kodak is definitely looking for a great headstart…and not to mention sharpening its thorns for HP for many moons to come.
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