Canon Selphy ES30 Compact Photo Printer (White) (2676B001)

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.4 x 8.9 inches ; 4.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001E1H72S
• Item model number: 2676B001
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 26, 2008

Product Description

Manufacturer Product Description

How many photo printers are equipped with a handle? The super-portable Selphy ES30 does, and this enables you print amazing photos from room to room - without a computer! Just insert a compatible memory card into one of the handy card slots, preview images on the high-resolution 3.0 inch color LCD display, then print! You can also print directly from compatible digital cameras and mobile phones, or from a Bluetooth device via the optional BU-30 Bluetooth interface.

SELPHY ES30 Compact Photo Printer: A beautiful 4" x 6" print, with vivid colors and high detail, takes only about 55 seconds. High-resolution 3.0 inch LCD display. Provides colorful frames, clip art, and effects to enhance your photos, along with a range of templates for creating personalized calendars .

The SELPHY ES30 provides colorful frames, clip art, and effects to enhance your photos, along with a range of templates for creating personalized calendars.

For extra ease and convenience, the Selphy ES30 has an integrated cartridge which holds both ink and paper; big buttons and an Easy-Scroll Wheel for simple operation; and the automatic image optimization makes it a snap to create superb prints. Want to get creative? Print your most memorable photos on the special optional gold or silver-framed Canon photo paper. The Selphy ES30 also has creative print options such as frames, clip art and calendars to enhance and personalize your finished photos.

Speed & Quality
You’re going to see great results, fast: A beautiful 4" x 6" print, with vivid colors and high detail, takes only about 55 seconds. Using optional Canon gold or silver inks, you can add custom frames and clip art onto your most memorable shots, creating a lasting keepsake for loved ones. It’s perfect for producing your own photos and greeting cards featuring babies, weddings, graduations and anniversaries, and more.

Ease of Use
Ready to go print some pictures? With the super-portable SELPHY ES30, it’s simple – just grab the easy-carry handle and go. The Easy-Scroll Wheel and large, colored buttons make operation a snap, and the high-resolution 3.0 inchLCD display lets you preview images and quickly find the printer function you want. Automatic image enhancement optimizes the brightness and contrast of your photos, and red-eye correction instantly improves your 'people pictures.' The SELPHY ES30 provides colorful frames, clip art, and effects to enhance your photos, along with a range of templates for creating personalized calendars showcasing your best and favorite images.

Connectivity
With the SELPHY ES30, you don’t need a computer to print photos! It’s compatible with 20 types of camera memory cards; just insert your card – or a friend’s – into one of the well-marked card slots, preview the images on the large color display, then print! You can also print directly from compatible digital cameras, or from compatible Bluetooth devices via the optional BU-30 Bluetooth interface.

 

Product Description

The super-portable Selphy ES30 does, and this enables you print amazing photos from room to room - without a computer! Just insert a compatible memory card into one of the handy card slots, preview images on the high-resolution 3.0 inch color LCD display, then print! You can also print directly from compatible digital cameras and mobile phones, or from a Bluetooth device via the optional BU-30 Bluetooth interface.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great prints in about a minute... As advertised..., 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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This review is from: Canon Selphy ES30 Compact Photo Printer (White) (2676B001) (Office Product)

I purchased two of these units. I knew what to expect as far as "time to print." It takes about ONE minute for each print. (4 passes, total. (4th is clear coat.))

So far, I've run about 100 prints through each of the two printers without any issue.

Works VERY well with Pictbridge on both the REBEL XTI and the EOS 40D. As for others, I can not state. So far this is the only method I've used to print. I have not connected it to a computer, or used memory cards, so I am unable to provide any information as to its functionality in those modes.

The "standard" paper these use is a 4X6 "postcard" prints, which come out beautifully.

The cartridge design means you will have EXACTLY the amount of each color for the number of prints in the cartridge. (Paper/INK in the same cartridge!)

YOU WILL *NOT* RUN OUT OF INK BEFORE YOU RUN OUT OF PRINTS!!!!

Device appears to built quite well. Nothing feels "flimsy" and the unit does not "sound like" it's working hard while running prints. (You can tell a cheap printer quite easily by listening to the motors. It they sound as though they slow down as a print starts, then the motors are junk.)

I will probably buy yet another..... :-)

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very good photo quality, not so portable as it appears, 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 Selphy ES30 Compact Photo Printer (White) (2676B001) (Office Product)

The prints look just like the photos you get at a photo lab. A tad smaller, as many have said, maybe 1/8" narrower and 1/16" shorter than the standard 4x6. Quality-wise, vibrant color and good detail, just as a lab print. Photos are coated with a waterproof and UV-resistant layer.

Cost, ~26 cents a photo (or a bit more if you take printer cost into account, which you should), worth the convenience. The paper/ink kit to buy is Canon E-P100 with two 50-page cartridges. Caution, the E-series printers are not compatible with the paper kits for the CP-series.

As in all dye-sub printers, you make exactly the number of photos indicated on the cartridge, no matter the color coverage. You won't run out of ink before the paper, because the "ink" is in a film form sized just for the paper. For that same reason, you don't need to worry about ink drying in a printer left unused for a while. It will be just as ready to print months from now as it is today. Just keep it away from dust.

A 3:2 format photo - as from a DSLR - fits the 4x6 paper better than one from your common point-and-shoot 4:3 camera, which will have to get chopped top and bottom or printed with white space on the sides to fit. You already know this if you have ever had photos done at a lab. You can choose how this is done using the LCD and you can even print a portion of the picture.

The scrolling wheel is useful at going through many pictures. The LCD is better than the older CP models, but still can't be used to gauge colors. The menu has options for automatic or manual color adjustments (saturation, contrast, brightness, that sort of thing). Useful thing too, as some of the photos came out a bit too saturated. You can add borders or print a month calendar alongside your photo if you want.

You can print straight from a memory card, which I suspect will be the mode used by most. It supports many memory cards, Compact Flash, SDHC and Memory Stick for sure. There is a dedicated slot for the mini versions of the latter two cards so you won't need an adapter. Insert the card, select the photos, edit if you need then print. Alternatively, you can prepare a "print order" right in the camera: when you view your images in PLAY mode look for a "Print" or "DPOF Print" option. Then stick the card in the printer and it will get to work automatically.

Another way is to hook the camera directly to the printer and use the so-called PictBridge mode. This way you can send photos from the camera to the printer over the USB cable. I do not find this mode very useful, as it wastes camera battery.

You can also print wirelessly, straight from your phone or laptop, by sending photos to the printer via Bluetooth. Canon says to buy the BU-30 adapter but I am happy to report that a 3rd party laptop Bluetooth adapter worked just fine for me.

Finally, you can print from the computer via USB, for which Canon provides a CD with software (Win/Mac). Didn't try this yet. Not supported by Linux currently. Possibly a later version of Gutenprint-cups may know this printer, that's the Linux print driver to use for the Selphy printers.

Major plus over the CP-series is that the ink and paper come in one cartridge which can hold 50 photos (the CPs use a lower capacity external paper tray). Also, the power adapter is integrated and all you need is a power cable. This is a step forward towards a portable solution. However, Canon took two additional steps back by making this printer roughly twice as large and twice as heavy as say, the CP-760 model with tray and power adapter. See the product photo I uploaded. That is the reason for the four stars. This isn't something I want to take in my backpack on a trip or on a flight, though I would definitely take it in a car and the convenience of having 50 photos packed inside is not to be overlooked.

The ES-30 is slower in printing than the CP-760 by a good ten seconds, taking almost a full minute for each photo. As I patiently waited for my first print, it became quite clear why it is so, and also discovered the reason for the hefty weight. The printer spends all that extra time doing some alarming gymnastics with the paper in order to position it where the CP-760 already has it. I could barely stop myself from grabbing that first paper as it was slowly pushed out the front slot, almost all the way, then rotated in place like a card being dealt, finally coming to rest in a crooked orientation which brought flashbacks of horribly torn laser printouts caused by bad manual feeders, while the printer whines some more so as to confirm my growing suspicion that it has failed to grab the paper. But as I move to try to "fix" the problem, the printer snatches it and goes to print as if nothing happened. Turns out, that is how it works, and there is no cause for alarm, although I learned to protect it from similar instincts of well-intended friends seeing it print for the first time. Other than that, it's quite entertaining to watch it work.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific little printer for travel and fun, July 12, 2009

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Tom D (Columbus, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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I bought this to take on vacation where I wanted to be able to quickly print pics of people, flora and fauna. I chose the 30S over the 3S beacuse I didn't need the printer to have memory.

The internal editing capability is totally intuitive. I plugged it in and went to printing without reading anything; it's more fun that way! Though I read the manual later. If your camera does a decent job, this printer is great. And you can only guess at how much fun it is to print pics and share/give them to people either on the spot or the next day.

The editing capability without a computer ...well, it wasnt a surprise because I read the reviews and writeups, but how easy and effective it was, truly was a delight.

My only beef is I wish it was smaller...it's small, but I don't think you'd try to pack it on an airplane trip or a cruise...maybe. And if you're goint to try to pack it for a cruise, load a cartidge in it to save a little space.

All things considered, the picture quality is excellent, the editing capabilities are way more than I expected without a computer and this is one terrific little picture printer. Fun, fun, fun.