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Warm-up time (4.55)
The Kodak EasyShare 5300 warmed up in a moderate amount of time, accomplishing the task in 33 seconds, compared to the 25 seconds that brought the Canon Pixma MP600 to ready mode and the 43 seconds necessary to awaken the slumbering HP Photosmart C5180.
Power Usage (4.63)
Watts used in the different function modes are not reported on Kodak’s spec sheets, but our tests, using a watt meter, showed that the Easyshare 5300 is quite a power hog compared to other all-in-one printers. It uses 6 watts while in idle mode or even when turned off, compared to 4 watts for the HP Photosmart C5180 and 0 watts for the Canon Pixma MP600 when both units are off.
When powered on and ready to print, the 5300 is still drawing 13 watts. After sending the printer a job, it sucks 24 watts, fully twice the power usage of the MP600, placing it nearly in laser category. The printer averaged 30.5 watts while head cleaning, with spikes as high as 41 watts.
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Power Usage (watts)
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Off
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Idle
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Ready
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Printing
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Self-Cleaning
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Canon Pixma MP600
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0
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1
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5
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16
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14.5
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HP Photosmart 5180
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4
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5
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5
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12
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20
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Kodak EasyShare 5300
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6
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6
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13
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24
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30.5
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Speed/Timing
Document (3.93)
In the document printing test, the Kodak EasyShare 5300 scored at the bottom of the (admittedly small) pile of all-in-one printers currently in our lab. The HP C5180 was capable of black text document speeds four times greater than the Kodak, while the Canon MP600 produced nearly twice as many prints. When printing more memory and ink-intensive color documents—our seven-page test newsletter, with graphics, colored text, and photos—the gap between the printers closed, but the HP kept well ahead of the competition, with double the speed of both the Kodak and the Canon.
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8.5 x 11-inch Document Print Speeds
in Pages per Minute (ppm)
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Text
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Graphics
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HP Photosmart 5180
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6.00
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2.57
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Canon Pixma MP600
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2.81
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1.35
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Kodak EasyShare 5300
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1.59
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1.33
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