Anthony Doyle and Bob Ohlweiler

Bob Ohlweiler

Kodak Consumer Inkjet Printers

Kodak Brings Innovative Consumer Inkjet Printers to South Africa

NEW PRODUCTS

Sep 16th 2011, 11:37

Kodak All-in-One Printers offer high quality, affordable printing

South Africa, 14th September 2011 - Eastman Kodak Company today announced the launch of its innovative line of Kodak All-in-One Printers for the home and home office. South African consumers now have access to intelligent printing systems that are easy to use, and offer high quality photos and documents with the lowest average cost-per- page¹.

Kodak has entered into an agreement with national retailer, Incredible Connection to sell KODAK All-in-One Printers and Kodak Ink Cartridges in South Africa. From 21st September 2011, the Kodak Hero 5.1 All-in One Printer, Kodak ESP Office C2170, Kodak ESP C310 All-in-One Printer and Kodak ESP C110 All-in-One Printer will be available at Kodak Express Stores, Incredible Connection and online at www.incredible.co.za.

“Kodak Printers offer something very unique in the industry – high quality printing with affordable ink – backed by more than 100 years of leading Kodak Image Science,” said Komal Sharma, Sales Director Middle East & Africa & Vice President Consumer & Commercial Business, EAMER, Eastman Kodak Company. “We are thrilled to be launching our inkjet printers in South Africa as this is an important market for growing our business.”

“This is an exciting milestone for Kodak’s growth in consumer inkjet printing,” said Bob Ohlweiler, Director and Vice President, Consumer Inkjet Systems, Europe. “We are committed to saving people money on printing and believe our products will resonate strongly with South African families and home office professionals. We would also like to thank our retailer partners for the trust and confidence they have placed in the Kodak brand.”

Dave Miller, CEO of Incredible Connection, “We are really pleased to be partnering with Kodak and the launch of their new line up of Kodak consumer inkjet Printers. Kodak has been a trusted brand for many years and consumers respect their products for quality and affordability. The proposition offered by Kodak provides consumers with that bridge between high quality printing while offering real value. We wish Kodak great success with the launch of the Inkjet printers within the Incredible Connection”


High Quality Printing with Great Ink Value

The big obstacle for home printing in South Africa has been the high cost of ink. Kodak has solved this problem by providing consumers with affordable ink that delivers long lasting, high quality photos and documents. Kodak’s proprietary pigment-based inks provide richer, more vibrant colors, and significant fade resistance and instant dry advantage over dye-based ink systems ². With Kodak, consumers get crisp, sharp text documents, brilliant graphics and KODAK Lab-Quality Photos that are smudge, and water and fade resistant and last a lifetime.

Kodak All-in-One Printers offer intelligent features and deliver many important features that consumers need in a home or home office printer.

Kodak Hero 5.1 All-in-One Printer

The Kodak Hero 5.1 All-in-One Printer is Google Cloud Print Ready and KODAK Email Print Ready, allowing consumers to print from anywhere, for less. Retailing for a recommended price of R1299, it includes:

• Print on the go from your smartphone, computer, or tablet with Google Cloud Print enabled apps³
• Send emails and attachments to your printer from anywhere, using any email account, with KODAK Email Print Service⁴
• Easy Wi-Fi setup to connect to your wireless home network, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Smart Sensor technology predicts supplies and time needed to complete a job, and automatically identifies paper, size and amount
• Automatic two-sided printing⁵
• 2.4-in. color display
• Kodak All-in-One Printer Home Center Software to do more with your photos – including Perfect Page Technology, 3D photo printing and printing pictures from video⁶

Kodak ESP Office 2170 All-in-One Printer

The Kodak ESP Office 2170 All-in-One Printer for the home office, retailing for a recommended price of R1499, includes:

• One system, four great functions – print, copy, scan and fax in a compact design
• Easy Wi-Fi setup to connect to your wireless home network, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Send scans to your PC, e-mail, network folders, memory cards, or USB flash drive
• Print photos in multiple sizes directly from your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, BLACKBERRY or ANDROID OS Device⁷ with the KODAK Pic Flick App
• Robust 150-sheet document paper tray and 25-page automatic document feeder
• Accomplish business critical tasks with the easy-to-use control panel & 1.5-inch display
• Perfect Page Technology6 improves the quality of your scanned document even when your original is less than perfect
• KODAK All-in-One Printer Home Center Software to do more with your photos – including 3D photo printing and printing pictures from video6

Kodak ESP C310 All-in-One Printer

The Kodak ESP C310 All-in-One Printer retailing for a recommended price of R999, includes:

• Easy Wi-Fi setup to connect to your wireless home network, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Print photos in multiple sizes directly from your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, BLACKBERRY or ANDROID OS Device with the KODAK Pic Flick App
• View and print photos without a computer using the 1.5-inch color display and media card slot – supports SD, MMC, and MEMORY STICK
• Built-in intelligent paper sensor that automatically adjusts printer settings based on paper size and type
• Perfect Page Technology6 improves the quality of your scanned document even when your original is less than perfect
• Kodak All-in-One Printer Home Center Software to do more with your photos – including 3D photo printing and printing pictures from video


The Kodak ESP C110 All-in-One Printer will also be sold at a recommended retail price of R799

The Kodak All-in-One Printers work with Kodak 30 Series Inks that deliver exceptional quality and cost-per-page ink value. The system offers black and colour standard and XL cartridges:
• Up to 335 black text pages⁸ for only R99 using KODAK Black Ink Cartridge 30
• Up to 670 black text pages⁹ for only R189 using KODAK Black Ink Cartridge, 30 XL
• Up to 275 colour pages for only R149 using KODAK Colour Ink Cartridge, 30
• Up to 550 colour pages¹⁰ for only R299 using KODAK Colour Ink Cartridge, 30 XL


About Kodak
As the world’s foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of pictures and printing to enrich their lives.
To learn more, visit www.kodak.com and follow our blogs and more at www.kodak.com/go/followus.
More than 75 million people worldwide manage, share and create photo gifts online at KODAK Gallery--join today at www.kodakgallery.com.


© Kodak, 2011. KODAK , HERO and ESP are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.

1 - As compared to leading consumer inkjet printers using manufacturers' recommended standard ink cartridges available in single quantity pricing (i.e. no multi-packs, high capacity, combo packs, value packs or special promotions); excludes printers that use only one cartridge. Based on an independent investigation of prices obtained in May 2011.

2 - Based on independent third party print permanence and internal unprotected ozone resistance print permanence comparison studies, on select printer models, between dye-based ink and pigment-based inks applied to microporous media (excludes HP Premium and Premium Plus photo papers), not protected under glass. Select printer models evaluated 2007-2008, May 2009, December 2010 and March 2011. Actual results may vary.

3 - Based on Wilhelm Imaging Research (WIR) and Kodak internal testing on KODAK Photo and Ultimate Plain Papers. Under all common consumer display and storage environments. Smudge resistant using KODAK Inkjet Photo Papers.

4 - Google Cloud Print account required. Printer and device must be connected to the Internet. Subject to service availability. Visit www.kodak.com/go/kodakemailprint for details.

5 - Supports 8.5 in x 11 in. (US letter) and 210 mm x 297 mm (A4)

6 - Not available on MACINTOSH OS.

7 - Compatible with iPhone (iOS 3.0 or later), iPad, iPod touch (4th generation or later) and most Wi-Fi enabled BLACKBERRY Devices with OS 4.5 or later and ANDROID OS 2.0 or later. Printer and device must be connected to the same local area network.

8 - Ink yield value for black text documents obtained using ISO/IEC 19752 test page, a monochrome test focused on black text printing. Ink yield for color graphics and text documents using ISO/IEC 24712 test pages is 205 pages. Values obtained by continuous printing in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711. Actual results may vary.

9 - IInk yield value for black text documents obtained using ISO/IEC 19752 test page, a monochrome test focused on black text printing. Ink yield for color graphics and text documents using ISO/IEC 24712 test pages is 430 pages. Values obtained by continuous printing in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711. Actual results may vary.

10 - Ink yield values for color graphics and text documents obtained by continuous printing in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711. Actual results may vary. Click here for more information on Kodak