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  Canon Selphy! January 7, 2009
This is a great printer for a scapbooker like myself or anyone liking to print pictures. It's easy to use and the picture quality is great!
 Deep colors and durable prints December 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's hard to describe how much better the Selphy's images are than what you get from most ink-jet printers. Don't be put off by the rated 300-dpi resolution; dye-sublimation blends colors by layering them over each other, while ink-jets simulate colors using side-by-side dithered dots. So, ink-jets _need_ higher resolutions just to fool our eyes. The Selphy's output is best compared to commercial photo-finishers, but with instant gratification.
Only a couple of quibbles:
You can only use Canon's special paper-and-ink-roll packs, but that's due to dye-sub being a different development process. Price per print is pretty reasonable, especially if you get the 108-count triple pack, which you'll probably want to anyway.
The printer itself may be small, but the loading tray sticks out a good seven inches, and you'll need to be sure that another six inches stays clear on the back side. The printing process runs the paper back and forth through the unit, layering the primary colors and then a cover coat. This means the total footprint is larger than printer size would indicate, and with the loading tray inserted, it's kind of ungainly. Not a grab-and-go gizmo -- for that, you should consider its cousin, the ES3.
But man, you can't beat the image quality and print durability.
 Please Don't Waste Your $ December 24, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Yes, it prints quickly.
Yes, it even prints quality pictures!
Why am I so disappointed?
You can only use Canon paper! It says that it prints 4X6, but actually 4X6 paper does not fit in the printer! You have to use a slightly slimmer paper from Canon and then tear off the two ends when you get finished. This leaves ridges on the edges of your picture! I am so disappointed in the printer. Nothing on the box said that you would not be able to print actual 4X6 pictures!
Pleasantly Surprised December 16, 2008
First of all, can't beat this for the price. Went back and forth between this Canon and the equivilent Epson and HP models, but decided on the Selphy CP760 for a Santa Claus shoot. The printer is small (although as others have noted you need to allow a few inches fore and aft for the paper cartridge and print sequence), and easily fit into one of my Lowepro bags including extra paper and dye cartridges. Print quality IMO was excellent for what it is, and the fact that the picture is dry to the touch immediatly was exactly what I was looking for. In the user's guide it says not to have another USB device connected while the printer is being used, but I ran my D300 tethered to my laptop at the same time as the Seplhy CP760 and shot then printed repeatedly with no problems. The kids got a kick out of watching their photos pass through the printer--yellow, then red, then blue then a final pass to finish. Great, portable little printer. Very pleased.
Fantastic Find December 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love my new little printer. I do a lot of Scrapbooking and the printer
is so convenient. Can print a picture whenever I need one. The quality of
the pictures is as good as the ones I have had printed at Photo Shops. My
husband goes on Mission Trips and when he goes the little children love to
have their pictures taken. He plans to take the printer with him when he goes again so he can print their pictures and give it to the kids.
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