After playing with the svelte PhotoSmart C4380, the Kodak ESP 5 comes as something of a shock - it's big, black and bulky, although its curved front and yellow pin-striping are pleasing enough. On the top left you'll find controls for basic MFP functions, such as copying and scanning, along with a 7.6cm colour LCD for navigation. The ESP 5 has a single input/output tray capable of holding up to 100 sheets of plain paper, but the paper guide feels flimsy. This wasn't the only build-quality issue either, most notable was the floppy scanner lid and a fragile-looking plastic arm that holds the scanner section up while you change the two ink tanks (one black, and one five-colour). In use, the Kodak AiO software proved particularly traumatic for our test Mac. Changing the default settings consistently resulted in a system freeze that forced a reboot every time we tried them. Even downloading the latest version failed to help.
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