Kodak's ink costs are very low for a $100 printer. The standard-size cartridges include a $10, 335-page black cartridge and an $18, 275-page tricolor cartridge, amounting to about 3 cents per page for black and 6.5 for color. That makes the cost of your average four-color page a mere 9.5 cents. Atypically, the high-capacity cartridges offer little savings: Black costs $20 and lasts 670 pages (3 cents per page), while color costs $34 and lasts 550 pages (6.2 cents per page).

The Kodak ESP C310 is more than adequate for its intent: low-volume, home use. It is easy to use, and good at printing photos, and--unlike most printers in its class--it's cheap to operate.