Canon E-P100 Easy Photo Pack (1335B001)

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.6 x 3.2 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000I5XM7K
• Item model number: E-P100
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 1, 2007

Product Description

Easy Photo-Pack - Ink and paper integrated cartridge - postcard size, color - 100 photos

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the ink/paper kit to buy for the ES-series Selphy printers, December 17, 2009

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Laurentiu Badea (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon E-P100 Easy Photo Pack (1335B001) (Office Product)

Important: the ink/paper packs are not compatible between the ES-series and CP-series Selphy printers, make sure to get the right one. This pack (E-P100) is for the ES-series. For the CP-series, you need KP-108IN.

The most cost-effective paper and ink pack for the Selphy ES-series, comes down to about 26 cents per photo right now. The box contains two 50-photo ink/paper packs. The ink and paper are in the same cartridge, which if you have seen the previous models, looks like a CP-style ink cartridge glued to its full paper tray.

Everything you need to print exactly 100 postcard-back photos.

The cartridges come with a small orange tab lock in place. You need to remove it before inserting into the printer as the instructions say. The cartridge won't go in all the way otherwise, so you can't damage the printer, but you risk having the ink film cut due to its tension and therefore the entire 50-pack ruined. Don't ask me how I know.

These dye-sub packs print exactly the number of photos indicated, no more, no less, no matter the color coverage on the photo. The "ink" cartridge has a roll of 4-inch-wide film with 6-inch-long sections of each dye (yellow, magenta, cyan) followed by a clear coat, repeated exactly 36 times.

When printing, each dye layer goes over the photo and transfers the color to the paper using heat. Sublimation is vaporizing the "ink" from the film in controlled amounts, which is then deposited onto the paper. The printer lets you see the photo at each stage which is neat. The final layer is a plastic clear coat that makes it smudge-proof and water-resistant.

The result of this process is that the film inside the used ink cartridge ends up with a pretty accurate "ghost" of the picture left in each color layer. That is why the cartridge can't be reused, but that also means the photos you printed can be recovered from a discarded "empty" cartridge. If that is a problem then I suppose you can yank the film out and dispose of it some other way (not heat as it may cause the remaining dye to vaporize in the air you breathe).

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Quality Prints at a Fair Price, August 31, 2009

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W. Marske (Toledo, Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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I have printed about 125 or 130 prints so far with this product and have been quite pleased with the results. The prints are colorful and vibrant and the colors seem true to the subject. The photo packs performed flawlessly in the printer with no paper jams and no other problems. To this point I am very satisfied with this product. I will add more to this review as I continue using the product in the future.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good cartridge design. Functions flawlessly (so far...), December 29, 2008

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J. S. Chase "Professional Geek (AKA : GURU)" (Peoria, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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I am using these with TWO Canon ES30 printers.. I have used a total of four cartridges and am on my fifth and sixth now. No problems AT ALL as of yet...

Cartridge contains exactly the amount of INK as is required to handle exactly the number of prints in each cartridge..

(PAPER AND INK ARE IN THE SAME CARTRIDGE. PACKAGE CONTAINS TWO 50PC CARTRIDGES.)

Bought 6 packs... And I don't expect I'll have any issue, so I'll likely order more soon.