

Rather inelegantly, printed material comes back out at the front and is plonked on top of the unprinted sheets. When it comes to the actual printing process, paper is fed into the 5250 upside down via a paper tray at the front that can hold up to 100 sheets. This model is no exception, as a black and white A4 sheet costs around 2.25p to print, while a colour sheet works out at around 3.79p.

Kodak's printers may cost slightly more than rival machines, but their running costs are lower, thanks to their cheaper ink cartridges. These slot into a print head that then slots into the main mechanism under the scanner. There are two distinct cartridges: one black one and one that contains five ink colours.

Unlike the Kodak ESP C310 and ESP Office 2170, the 5250 uses Kodak's 10-series cartridges.
