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This was a gift. It was a new thing at the time and a huge waste of someone's money, I am sure. First of all, when the ink runs out, good luck finding a replacement cartridge at all (let alone at a reasonable price for the amount of pictures you get.) It's a pain to print. The way the paper feeds through is weird and sometime I have problems or smudges. You can buy prints online for 15 cents a picture by uploading them to one of the many gallery/print sites. They will be delivered to your door or a nearby by store for next to nothing in a few days. A product like this is unnecessary and a waste of money.

I received this as a gift, I hate to think what was spent for it. The photo paper will not feed through the printer. I have never been able to use it...
Kodak said they will try to fix it but they want to charge my credit card $100 just to look at it and I am must pay shipping and handling both ways.

I've owned this printer for three years; it was a wedding present from my brother-in-law. Honestly, I'd much rather pay to have my photos printed professionally. The picture quality is alright, but definitely subpar compared to prints you'd get at the store.

What's even more upsetting is how poorly the printer "works". It constantly gives me a message to turn it off for 10 seconds and then restart it. It has a terrible time feeding the paper; I've tried different paper levels, but it just never catches the paper on it's own. It takes several tries to print one picture and just isn't worth the hassle. I can't even use it to transfer pictures onto my computer; that's how poorly it operates. I give up!

My husband bought this for me for Christmas 2005 and I am STILL using it!! This thing is a trooper! I have not had one single problem with it - ever.
I use my SD card as well as sending pics via bluetooth from my phone. The bluetooth is a SUPER COOL feature!! I LOVE to just beam my pics to the printer. I have also downloaded various pics from the internet onto my SD card and made prints that way.
I have noticed that the newer model (the 600, I believe) no longer has the screen... that's too bad. The screen was the main reason why I wanted this in the first place.

The only drawback: Since its the older (BETTER) model, I am having problems finding paper and ink for it now. I just buy a BUNCH when I find it!

Please... find another photo printer.

We purchased three units, based on the great reccomondation from Best Buy. Right now, one is making us manually feed the paper (it no longer auto-feeds), another had the same problem, but is now no longer functioning correctly, and the third is only starting to act up. We had taken one back when the auto-feed stopped working and had BestBuy replace it, but then the new one immedietley didn't auto-feed right out of the box! A friend of mine who purchased this based on my high reccomndation (after the first week of use) is now also having an auto-feed problem (he's saying that he has to manually feed each page, but he's ok with it). So with a review of four products (five if you count the one we replaced at Best Buy), this is a poor choice for a photo printer. :(

Buyer Beware.