Print and Prosper with Kodak Contest
April 13, 2009 by Kimberly · 379 Comments
Earlier this month, I attended an event sponsored by Kodak as part of their global ‘Print and Prosper’ campaign to support its line of all-in-one inkjet printers. I’m sure that other printer sellers aren’t too happy with this campaign because it exposes that U.S. consumers have overpaid for high-priced printer ink – in the amount of $5 billion in 2008 alone (?!). As an alternative, Kodak offers cost-effective inkjet printers that use reasonably priced ink. They even have an online calculator which can tell you how much you can save on ink yearly on their Print and Prosper site. (Consumers who print a lot save $110 on average per year on ink by making the switch.)
At the event, Laura Rowley a personal finance expert and mother of 3 kids, also talked about ways that people can save money in every room of their home. (I will be doing a separate post on those tips later this month.) I was also able to meet up with some familiar (and a couple of new) local bloggers:
-Amanda of GoodyBlog
-Amy of Selfish Mom
-Katja of Skimbaco Lifestyle
-Kelcey of Mama Bird Diaries
-Nicole of Momtrends
-Wendy of Babies Gotta Have It
Kodak’s Jenny Cisney was able to capture Laura Rowley and some of the bloggers at the event (including me!) on video…
Here’s the best part…both I and one Mom in the City reader will receive a new ESP 7 Inkjet printer for our families to begin stimulating our own home economies! I already received mines and it’s great. Kodak is already known for its printing excellence and this printer doesn’t fail to deliver. It’s easy to set up and use. If you print out a lot of photos, you’ll especially like that it has a dedicated photo paper tray. My husband was especially excited about the ink savings, because as a teacher, he uses the printer A LOT. Personally, the only thing that I don’t like (since I work from home) is that faxing is not included in this model. (The fax is included in the ESP 9.)
In any event, not only will one lucky Mom in the City reader win the Kodak printer, but also the winner will be entered into a drawing to receive a full scholarship and travel costs to attend the BlogHer conference in Chicago this summer.
To enter this special giveaway, please use the Ink Savings Calculator to tell me how much money you could save in a year by switching to a Kodak printer and what you would do with that extra cash in the “Comments” section below by Friday, April 17th at noon. (The winner will be notified immediately and must respond by Sunday, April 19th at noon to claim their prize.)
FYI: The following sites are also running the contest this week:
* Blissfully Domestic
* Designher Momma
* Rockin’ Mama
(To see other contests & giveaways around the web, visit Contesting Monday or Contest Monday.)
$104.74 would be my savings. I would use the extra cash for my textbooks and the printer would be handy for school as well!
I would save 119.07. Great savings to spend on something fun like a family trip to the zoo.
I could save $90.91 a year by switching to a Kodak printer. I would go out to eat more often with the money I saved.
going to college and I can save my mom some money getting this
Can you belive I’d save $217.69 a year??? And I was being conservative with how many prints I do a week! Can’t believe it!!! Ink is sooooo expensive! I’d save the money toward our family vacation fund…
Thanks for the great review and giveaway!!!
I could probably save $50. I could buy more groceries.
I would save $162.19 per year. That adds up.
293.30, wow I could buy some picture albums for the pictures that I print. LOL
We could save $204.96! That is like a weeks worth of groceries! Amazing.
A quantitative amount at this point would be difficult to determine – but being able to print off resumes vs. running down to the copy store definitely has value that could pay off mutliple times over!
I think I will save like 350$. That Money I am plannign to save for my Daughter for her College Education. I would make my Daughter one of the Best doctors to save our lives.
Wow – I could save over $116 in a year by switching to a Kodak printer. I would take my dh to dinner with that extra cash.
$294. I would use that for more outings.
$300! I’d go out more with that money!
Well the calculator didn’t have my exact model and the estimate was $185 but I think that’s too low. Even so I could fill my gas tank 8 times with the savings!
well we’d need one in this house hold that doesn’t break down or have othe major problems, please sign me up for it, and thanks
Extra cash would definately go towards my son’s education savings.
Thanks & please enter me.
I would save 203.10. That’s more than I thought. I would spend the extra cash on pedicures this summer.
$225 and we are trying to be paperless. a nice dinner
Wow, we would save around $187.00, and we would take our kids to the movies!
I would not run out of ink like I do now, because I could afford it, thanks!
My overspending is $141.62 Wow! I could do so much with that being the frugal mom that I am :p
$130.00
nice to know
$97.64
Aout $130.00 and would buy a portable freezer.
I would save 187.32 that would be enough to pay for some golf lessons for my grand son. Just in time for his school team event of the summer.
I would save 177.02 and buy some glass ware for my kitchen.
154.54 — and definately a few new dresses.
I own a Kodak EasyShare 5100 and i think it uses a lot of ink. saw this advertised on tv and thought i would check and see what it was. thank you