Conclusion The Kodak ESP 3 rarely passed a test with flying colors against its compared printers and in a few cases it was beat out by its predecessor, the Kodak Easyshare 5300.  It was slow at copying, slow at scanning in the higher resolution and gave a lot of problems while doing both.  Memory became an issue with high resolution scanning and paper jams were a constant problem while copying. These issues came on top of inaccuracies in color matching and color range.  The ESP 3 did an especially poor job in producing a good color range and lost to its compared printers.  To top it all off, the ESP 3 produced sounds and in high pitches that could rival an alarm clock.  On the upside, the ESP 3 was fast at printing text documents, and it's pretty cheap at $129.99. Whether this represents value for money depends on how important color accuracy and high resolution scanning are; if you need these features, it would be a false economy. But if all you need is a cheap, fast text printer, then the ESP 3 is worth considering.

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