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Make sure you buy a few extra kits just in case the become obsolete. I tried. That being said, I am finding it harder and harder to obtain printer ribbons and paper kits. This "wax" process eliminates smudging or staining of the pictures. Still, it is a great unit and about the same cost as pro developing. At this point, I would seriously think hard about buying a printer unit, either new or used, unless Kodak makes their intentions for paper and ink supply known.
Plus, the cartridges are not recyclable. You can literally soak them in water and they will be fine. It happens, believe me. I suspect Kodak is going to stop making the replacement cartridges, perhaps because of grief they are getting from their pro-developers seeing their market share shrink. Just try that with your DM printed photos from other printers (HP, I mean you). We have used this for several years and almost never have prints made outside the home.
The printer itself is quirky though, and you end up wasting prints on occasion when a ribbon runs out or you don't program it just right and print two per page instead of two single prints. Face it, Target could not do any better than this in a 4X6 on Kodak paper so by selling directly to the homeowner, Kodak is cutting out the middleman.
However, if you have a Kodak camera I would recommend the printer dock and this product. The only negative is the slow speed of the process. Also, if you do a lot of prints I would say to purchase the 160 print box. I have used this product before. It works very well with my printer dock. I also note that this printer dock is quite portable.
After being unable to find this cartridge locally, I found it on Amazon.com and it was here in two days. Great price and prompt delivery.
BEST PRICE BUT STILL EXPENSIVE. I GUESS IF I WANT IT NOW, I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
I find that the amount of paper and ink will last my father in law long enough to print out all of the pictures stored within his camera and make him happy. My father n law really liked the printer dock that I bought him and now is hooked on buying this paper and ink, he is over 70 yrs old and he is not computer literate, so this works out perfect for his camera printing use, as he does not use a computer at all. As it stated on the box, this item contained 160 sheets of 4x6" kodak paper (snap off ends) and 4 individual wrapped ink cartridges, I would advise anyone that is ordering paper and cartirsdges for the first time to call in and double check the type of package that your dock requires before purchasing any printer dock paper & ink supplies to ensure you get the correct supplies as I did, customer care was extremely helpful when I did call and asked me for my printer model numbers to ensure that I ordered correctly. I have purchased this item for my father n law for a present and find that it is extremely top quality paper as well as comes with the ink cartridges required to print off the pictures and all items are contained within the box for easy use. Each othe packages of paper are contained within individual plastic protective wrap so yu only need to open one package at a time, which can be found in my oppinion to work out perfectly. The ink cartidge and paper is extremely simply to enstall into his printing dock and the package arrived rather quickly.
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