I have a Kodak All-In-One. While the "ink" is less expensive it IS just ink.
The print head is separate. When it goes bad, well the printer is not worth
the cost of a new print head. A friend of mine had one, when the printhead
went bad he replaced the whole printer with an HP.

Another thing, as far as I know the Kodak printers do NOT work with Linux.
They work with Windoze and Apples but not Linux. When I print I have to drop
to Windoze.

In the past I have had good luck with HP. The next printer I buy, I'll try
to get one with separate ink cartridges.