Kodak ESP Office 2170 All-in-One Printer review

The printer shares the C310’s foibles: its black text exhibited subtle horizontal ‘tearing’, and we couldn’t eliminate the borders from photos. We also noticed some banding in colour graphics on plain paper and in photos, but overall the quality was acceptable for office use. The scanner is better, and subtly improved over that in the C310. Its speeds were quite reasonable on all but our 1,200dpi resolution test, and although the focus of images wasn’t as sharp as we’d like, colours were accurate and there was noticeably better preservation of the lightest and darkest details of the originals.

Without doubt, the strongest argument in favour of the 2170 is its running costs which, like those of the C310, are about as low as we’ve seen for an inkjet. Using Kodak’s high-capacity black cartridges, each mono page should cost only about a penny and each colour page less than three pence. While it may not be the slickest or best MFP, these low costs coupled with its reasonable purchase price make it a good choice if your new business needs an everyday multifunction printer.