Customer Reviews

Canon SELPHY CP710 Compact Photo Printer

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I had three of the SONY Dye sublimation printers, and was very happy with them until about 6 months ago. I upgraded my cameras to the 8 megapixel range. Guess what, the JPEG's produced by these cameras exceeds the capcity of the Sony printers. OK, I could still use them on my lower grade cameras. Nope, Sony cancelled the printers and their supplies. Time to upgrade. Sony was not a consideration after being burned. No tech support, and hidden limitations. Looked to Canon and saw thay had a great replacement. Bought it on Amazon for $120 shipped. Pictures are better then the Sony and the per-print charge is less then half of Sony's. The Sony's just hit the trash and I'm getting a second CP-710.

I love this printer. It is well worth $150.00. I set it up, attached my camera and printed my first picture in about 5 minutes. It doesn't get any easier than this. It printed a 4X6 picure in about a minute. The print is very clear and the color is true. You cannot go wrong with this printer.

This is a review of a Canon CP510 which shares the same print mechanism as a CP710. Difference being that the CP710 has an LCD screen.

Can't believe I lugged around the toaster sized Epson Picturemate for a year. The CP510 beats the Epson in portability. Both produce good water-resistant (not waterproof) photos. The CP510 power adapter works with 110-220 volts while the Picturemate does not.

Update: 19 March 2006
Comparing photos produced by the CP510 and an Epson PictureMate, I didn't find any marked differences except in one photo. I'm baffled by a color error produced by the Epson. Part of a gray striped shirt become bluish; left of seam is gray, right of seam is bluish (wrong). Changing Epson's printer quality options (auto-correct, digital photo) doesn't change a photo's appearance. Canon offers few options.

Epson prints one inkjet droplet width at a time (all colors) while the Canon prints an entire a yellow layer then sucks the paper back, prints the red layer sucks back, repeating for a total of 4 passes. This seems like it is a lengthy process but the Canon prints twice as fast as the Epson. Note other models of Epson PictureMate's print faster than mine.

All-in-all, for my situation, I prefer the Canon only because of it's travelability; a much smaller size and 110-240 volt power range. Neither one seems clearly superior in photo quality, printer price, features or per-print cost. An important difference is that the Epson has the advantage of being a self contained unit whereas the Canon has various loose parts that must accompany the printer.

Anyone else question why the CP series uses Dye Sublimation printers whereas the --> DS <-- series does not? Shouldn't that be reversed? Go figure.

A friend of mine and I bought a printer each on the same day from the local AAFES PowerZone here in Germany... he bought the Kodak Printer Dock Series 3 (not the "Plus" one) and I bought the Selphy CP710.

When we went home, he took a pic on his Kodak camera (which is why he bought the Kodak dock). We printed the pic on both printers (I used the SD slot in the Selphy to print from), and they came out VERY crisp and clear.

I personally wouldn't be able to tell the difference between these prints and something from a developer.

Now the printers, they both printed the image very sharp. Almost can't tell the difference between them except the blacks on the Kodak are darker, but it's not like it's horrible on the Selphy.

The LCD is only really useful on the Selphy to see images stored on a card, which you can't do on the Kodak (since it doesn't have a screen)... it's too small to see any detail since the image to be printed only takes up about 2/3 of the already limited space.

Anyway, I am very impressed with the pictures these turn out, plus if you look around, you can get the cost per picture down to about 20 cents if you buy the 108 sheet/ribbon set.

Definitely a MUST BUY in my book!

I love this printer. I didn't even know technology came out that prints as clear as it would in the photo labs. Media cost is also acceptable especially if you're just printing a few copies to hand out just SECONDS after you have taken the picture.

If you like to print lab quality photos this is definitely for you, if you plan to print hundreds of pictures, go to a photo lab.

The down side to the photo prints is that it comes out glossy. I wonder if they'll come out with matte print outs in the future?

I've used the Canon CP330 for a couple of years now, and it's been great, but the new Selphy CP710 takes picture printing performance to the next level.

The 710 uses the same paper and ink cartridge system, but prints faster than the older model. It also adds a memory card reader, and an LCD display for picture selection and minor editing. Finally, it includes a retractable connecting cable that pulls out for connection to a PictBridge compatible Canon camera for direct print capability without fumbling with the memory card.

I'm very pleased with this litte printer, and will likely get the rechargeable battery pack that makes it truly portable.

I've used a CP-710 for a couple of years for printing 4X6 "give-away"snapshots and love the quality of the prints. The clear overcoat is a BIG bonus that no one seems to mention. The prints are very rugged and waterproof so can be sent through the mail as postcards with no worries. Try that with most ink jet prints.
The dye-sub prints have good contrast and saturation, without being "super-saturated" like some ink-jet printers. These prints come closer to looking like prints from color film than most inexpensive printers provide.
For serious "art" prints I use a Canon PIXMA PRO-9000, but for reliable and quick 4x6's the little Canon is hard to beat. No nozzles to clog and clean, no dried up ink cartridges. It's always ready to work with no hassles. the only issue I've had is that printing more than (10) prints in rapid succession can cause the printer to overheat and then stop for a few minutes while it cools down.

By keeping a look-out for Canon supplies "On-sale" I can usually find the KP-108IP kits for around $25-26 so that amounts to 24 cents per print. Not as cheap as Ritz/Wolf but much more convenient when you only need a handful of quick prints.

I can't believe how much this little printer has changed my way of taking pictures. Signing up to be my little girl's Kindergarten room mother was an idea of lunacy. However, this printer has made it quite fun. I took 200 pictures of kids with Santa, and many parents who couldn't afford the big shopping mall expedition were tickled with their $2 picture that looked like it came out of a studio. I'm geared up to repeat this success for the Spring Festival. From 11am to 2pm, I know I can seat, shoot and print for 200 kids and everyone is happy. Even my 6 year old gets into the action and helps - it's that easy! I even went into her classroom for a class party, took pictures of kids in groups, printed them out and let them make fridge magnets to take home. I'm having a lot of fun thinking of the next activity with my Canon pair!

Will not recognize 99% of the photos stored on my hard drive including those taken with a Canon camera.
Will not work with iPhoto.
Customer service reps are zip help.
Configuring print options is definately not intuitive.

I use my printer as needed. Unlike the ink jet printers, the dye in this printer will never dry up. The picture quality is good enough in general. I wish the print size could be a little bit bigger than it is.