Kodak ESP-3 Review

I was sucked in by a great ad online.  In the ad they showed a pile of pages that you could expect some other brand of printer to print on average with their ink cartridges.  Then they showed a much, much larger pile that the Kodak Esp3 printer would print with their ink cartridges.  Now, this pile looked to be atleast three times larger.  To further impress consumers they offer their ink at a much reduced price compared to other brands.  However, what they advertised and what I got were two different things.  I can't believe they got away with that.  Yes, the ink's cheaper.  NO!  It does not print anywhere near the amount of pages they said it would.  This printer doesn't even print the amount of pages as they showed the competition does.  As far as quality of print, it's average.  Another downer, and this is important, is that if your black cartridge runs empty but you still have color ink, you cannot print anymore.  No, you cannot just print in color, or vica verca.  It will not print until you replace the one that's empty.  I have even gone through the hassle of having Kodak replace the print head that houses the cartridges.  Made no difference.  Don't fall for it.