I have a Kodak AIO 5210 printer and cannot connect my nephews new laptop to it. I has connected using the USB and with an older laptop (Vista OS) The new laptop has Windows 7 OS The software has been successfully installed. The printer WiFi has been successfully added to the WiFi network The software states that it cannot find the printer via the Printer Setup Utility. Please help as this is now becoming so annoying. Thank you

If you are using Windows you will get a chime sound when you plug & unplug a usb cable. I would try using a different USB port on the laptop and see what happens. Did the dog/cat/hamster chew on the cable maybe? I would also try another USB A-B cable.

Did you install the full software driver for the all-in-one? The drivers are here: http://www.kodak.com/global/mul/service/downloads/DownloadLookup.jhtml?pq-path=9103/12666/12667&product=EKN034524

Next try a new USB cable and plugging the unit into a different port. If you use a print server or USB hub, try connecting directly to the computer. Scanners need bi-directional communication with the computer and thus are likely to have issues even if the printer doesn't.

Can the scanning software on the computer initiate the scan? (That is in the full software package. Alternatively Vista came with Paint and File> Import from Camera or Scanner > New Scan.)

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

Connecting Kodak ESP 5250 Printer to Windows Vista PC through Wireless Network.

After following the initial steps in the Start Here booklet that comes with the printer (unpacking, connecting power, inserting print-head/ink-cartridges and calibrating) I connected the printer to my computer through the USB cable as per page 7 of the booklet because I needed to get started printing quickly. Two notes: the USB cable supplied was pretty short and wouldn't work with an extender-I'm not sure why-so I used an older, longer one I had. And as with most printers, do NOT connect the USB cable right away. Start the software installation first and only connect when it tells you to. I downloaded the latest version of the printer software from Kodak, but I don't it made much difference and it was a very large download.

To go wireless the first thing you need to do is get the printer onto your network. Do this by turning the printer on and pressing the Menu button. On the printer's LCD screen cursor down to and select Network Settings then WiFi Setup Wizard. At this point you need to have some familiarity with your wireless router and the security routine(s) you are using. Pages 8 and 9 of the Start Here booklet walks you through these steps. I don't used data encryption (probably should, but too lazy and also wonder if it will reduce transmission speed), but I do use MAC filtering to keep unknown devices (like my neighbor's computers) off my network. The booklet does not address this. If you are not using data encryption (I think WPA-2 is current the standard) you should at least use MAC filtering. If you use data encryption you don't really need MAC filtering, but some folks use both. MAC filtering works like this. Every wireless device has a unique MAC address that is put in when manufactured. It is permanent and not shared with any other device in the world. If you turn MAC filtering on in your router configuration, then you must enter into your router a list of all devices that you want the router to allow onto the network. Anything that is not on the list will not be allowed on. This gives you absolute control over who/what gets on your network. But unless you also use data encryption, the data transmitted between your computer and your router could possibly be picked up and viewed by others. This would require some pretty special equipment, not something your neighbors could do with their home computers, but it does exist. The other thing is, with some devices it is a bit of a struggle to find the MAC address. I had a hard time with my netbook that uses a UNIX operating system, but finally got it. If you are using MAC filtering you can find the printer's MAC address by going to Network Settings then View Network Configuration and scrolling down to the bottom. Anyway, once your printer is truly connected to your router you should see a blue WiFi indicator at the bottom right of the printer's main screen (the one with "Kodak" in red letters in the top half of the screen). If you are still in the menu screens you can go to the main screen by pressing the Cancel button on the printer.

Connecting the printer was the easy part. Getting the computer to talk to it is not so easy. If you connected by USB first, unplug the USB cable. If you were connected by USB you already have the software installed. If not, now's the time, either by disk that came with the printer or by download from the Kodak Help Center (just search this term). Be advised, the download is large and takes some time. The software will install the Kodak AiO Home Center on your computer. After you install it, it will be found in the Kodak folder on the Start Menu. No indication is given, but at the same time AiO is installed the Bonjour Printer Wizard is also installed in a separate Bonjour folder on the Start Menu. More on this in a minute. If by some strange quirk of fate your printer will now accept documents from your computer through your network that's great. Mine didn't so I finally called Kodak's printer support number and after a very short wait (good on you, Kodak!) I got the following help. The first part was to make sure my computer and printer could talk to each other through my wireless network. This was done by "pinging" the printer from the computer. You will need the printer's IP address which can be found under View Network Settings (see above). It consists of 4 numbers separated by periods. The numbers can have anything from one to three digits each. Once you have the IP address available, click on the Start button at the bottom left of the Windows screen. Then click on All Programs. Open the Accessories folder and start the Command Prompt. This should open a box with a black background with a command line ending in "

1. From your computer, access Device Manager.
• For WINDOWS XP OS:
• Right-click My Computer, then select Properties.
• Select the Hardware tab, then Device Manager.
2. Select View > Show hidden devices.
3. Select Printers.
4. Select Action > Uninstall.
5. Select Action > Scan for hardware changes.
6. Double-click the KODAK AiO Home Center icon. If the error occurs again, go to the next step.
7. Set administrator rights for the Home Center application:
8. • For WINDOWS XP OS:
   • Right-click on the Home Center icon.
   • Click Properties.
   • Click the Compatibility tab.
   • Clear all the check boxes.
   • Click Apply and OK.
   1. Double-click the KODAK AiO Home Center icon. If the error occurs again, go to the next step.
      
      IMPORTANT: In the next step, before you install the Home Center Software, make sure you disconnect the USB cable. Then, connect the USB cable when the software installation instructions tell you to do so.
      
      
   2. Upgrade the software and firmware for your printer:

heres a link for drivers for your machine.....download the proper driver for each individual system and run setup application

http://www.kodak.com/global/mul/service/downloads/DownloadLookup.jhtml?pq-path=9106&product=EKN033540

Hi,
If you are running Vista, you can still scan and copy by using Windows Photo Gallery.

1. Click on files tab at the top in Window Photo Gallery.
2. Click on import from camera or scanner.
3. Highlight your scanner icon (eg Kodak 5500) then click import.
4. New scan window will popup, now you can preview or scan using this basic looking Vista utility.

Hope that helps.

Chris (ziraffa)

Hi. I can help you connect your wireless ESP 7 to your Mac laptop.

The first step is to connect your printer to your wireless network. Navigate to the menu on the LCD of the printer and select Network Settings/WiFi Setup Wizard. The blue WiFi LED should be illuminating steady if the printer is connected to your WiFi network.

The second step is to add the WiFi printer to your Mac using the Print & Fax System Preference...
1. Under the Apple Menu, select System Preferences
2. Select Print & Fax
3. Click the "+" sign to add a printer
4. Select the Kodak ESP 7 listed with the Bonjour connection
5. Click the Add button.

The final step is to verify that you are printing to the WiFi printer when you attempt to print. In the Print Dialog box, verify the selected printer is named "KodakESP7+1234" where the last four digits are unique to your printer. If the printer you have selected is "Eastman Kodak Company KODAK ESP 7 AiO", then you are attempting to print using USB and this will not work unless you have a USB cable connected.
I hope this helps.

Could be USB connection if you have another cable try it. Try connecting to different USB ports on your PC. If you have a Powerd USB hub lying around try connecting the printer to the PC through that.

Also try disconnecting all USB devices including the printer. Reboot your PC. Connect only the printer and try and scan.

Some times multiple USB devices dont work when they are both connected to the same PC.

Hope this helps!

SDtester

I needed to reload my AiO Home Center software and no one seemed to have the correct procedure. Maybe if you remove & reinstall yours it will resolve your problem. This procedure worked for me on my XP-machine:
1. got to Control Panel/Printers&Faxes and delete the printer
2. go to your Hardware/Device Manager/Universal Serial Bus Controllers, right-click on USB Composite Device and select Uninstall
3. go to Control Panel/Add/Remove Software and remove the EasyShare software
4. disconnect the cables from the Printer
5. download from Kodak.com the program "install_aio.exe"; run the program
(I selected only AiO+EasyShare+Software Updater to load)
6. followed the prompts after the sw installed to reconnect the Printer cables
7. rebooted

WORKED for ME !