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what's up guys I'm Justin you editor here at cnet.com today I'm taking a first look at the Kodak office hero 6.1 all-in-one printer the 200 dollar hero six point one is Kodak's mid-range multifunction device it can print scan fax and copy and it's really built for professional environments that will use its advanced printing features otherwise you will be happier with something a little less involved if you don't need those features but for small offices and families shopping for an all-in-one that won't break the bank on ink the office hero six point one offers everything you need to increase your productivity there's an auto duplexer in the back that thing flips over pages for double-sided printing and you also get an additional auto document feeder on top here that's for scanning and copying large document stacks it prints on a variety of paper sizes as well the main tray on the bottom for everyday printing can hold up to 200 Suites of playing eight and a half by 11 inch paper or you can put 70 sheets of photo paper in there but we wouldn't recommend you print too many photos or you'll find yourself spending a lot of money on ink now that's because the six point one uses just two ink tanks a single tank for black and a separate five ink cartridge for a pigment color so you'll need to buy an entirely new set if you do run out of just one of those colors ink aside though the office hero 6.1 makes it pretty easy to connect to your Wi-Fi network thanks to a simple Wi-Fi Protected setup button and you also get access to codecs free pick flick app for iOS Android and BlackBerry devices that app lets you do light edits of photos on your phone and send jobs directly to your printer at home now printing from the cloud is perhaps the most convenient feature of the here of six point one and you get two really easy ways to print from any computer with an internet connection so Google Cloud Print is the first way it's a free utility that lets multiple users share your printer over the web with a simple username registration and a compatible device running Google Google stores your information for the device on its servers to keep your computer clutter free and it simplifies the process even further by keeping the drivers and your firmware up-to-date on those servers you also get Kodak's email print feature that releases the shackles of the print driver by assigning a unique email address to every printer that you can use to send jobs from it to connected device away from the unit so when you email it to the printer you can either attach the document as a file or you can just paste a body of text into the body of an email in terms of performance however the Kodak hero's 6.1 performed a little bit slower than the average speeds for a printer in the $200 price range it's not slow enough to be a deal breaker but you may find yourself tapping your shoes a little longer than normal if you're printing large jobs so you can read all the details of this printer in our full review on cnet.com but that's it for me I'm Justin you you just took a first look at the kodak office hero 6.1 multifunction printers thanks for watching