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In its entirety, the printer is black and accents of a few silver buttons and white lettering. The Kodak ESP 3 is rectangular in shape with a slightly concaved front end. This printer is not too big or small, its medium, which means it won’t fit in small places but won’t take up an overly large amount of space.
Top
The top of the ESP 3 contains the scanner, copier and the unit’s buttons and controls. The ESP 3 doesn’t have an automatic document feeder, so all copies and scans must be placed on the scanner one-by-one. There’s no clear handle to open the scanner, but the lid opens very easily and is very lightweight. However, its not one of those lids that can stay open on its own. You must hold it open.
To the right of the scanner/copier are the buttons and controls. These are rightly aligned on the printer with the buttons all against the top right wall and their associating names to the left of the buttons. The buttons are separated into two small boxes by a thin white line. On the top side of the line is the power button followed by ink alert lights and the cancel and scan button. Below the white line are buttons associated with the copy feature including quantity, whether the copies should be made of color or black ink and the copy button.
Front
The front of the ESP 3 houses the input and output tray, which are actually one single tray. Paper is placed at the bottom of the tray and completed prints are ejected right on top of the unused paper. Although an efficient way to use the one tray provided, it’s not good if you’re unaware of how much paper is left in the input tray and you won’t be able to tell unless you pick up the completed prints.
Also on the front right hand side of the printer are the card slots. The front of the ESP 3 gets a thumbs up because the ports are labeled. On the top right side of the front are two slots: the left slot is compatible with a memory stick, XD card and an SD card. The slot to the right is a Compact Flash slot. Below these two slots at the bottom is a USB port for syncing cameras.
Left
The left side contains no slots, ports or buttons.
Right
The right side contains no slots, ports or buttons.
Back
The back of the printer is clear outside of a USB port and a power cord port. The USB port is intended to connect the printer to a PC. Outside of these two ports, the only thing visible is the joints of the scanning bed and the joints of the top half, which you open to replace the ink.
Interior
Right under the scanning bed lid is another lid, one that opens up into the interior of the printer. This isn’t nearly as light as the scanning lid, but there is extra reinforcement to keep it open. A bar on the right side of the lid comes out and rests itself its appropriated slot, much like a car’s hood support arm. There is just enough open space in the interior to replace the ink cartridges. To the right of this is a sort of platform where instructions are graphically labeled.
Display 0.00
The ESP 3 has no on-unit display. All print requests and scans must be executed through the PC, making these features less efficient.
Paper Trays 1.50
The Kodak ESP 3 has one tray for both input and output paper. The tray opens manually and paper is placed at the bottom of the tray. The ESP 3 releases printed and copied paper right on top of the blank papers. Although it’s making good use of the one tray provided, it isn’t an efficient method because the completed prints fall right over the blank pages.
CD Burner 0.00
The ESP 3 does not come with a CD burner.
Power Supply
A power cord is provided with the printer to supply power. Although the printer may be small enough, it does not provide the capability to operate on a battery.
Internal Memory 0.00
The ESP 3 has no user accessible internal memory.
Multi-tasking 0.00
Although the Kodak ESP 3 has multiple functions, it is unable to multi-task. You cannot scan and print at the same time.
Hard Drive 0.00
There is no hard drive on the ESP 3.
Accessories 5.00
The ESP 3 comes with a good assortment of accessories from paper, ink to a USB 2.0 Bluetooth adapter and even a USB wireless device server. Additional accessories include a wide variety of SD cards ranging from 256 MB to 2 GB. Paper for the ESP 3 can be purchased separately or in Kodak’s prepackaged bundles.
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