Canon Selphy CP800

I have owned a Canon ink jet and 5 Epson ink jets but would never go back to ink jet again, fully dye sub converted now ! No more running out of one ink colour today and another tomorrow, or wasting ink with nozzle cleaning. With the Canon Selphy you know where you are. One pack contains paper and ink ribbon, you know in advance how many photos it will produce near enough. A 36 pack may give 35 but at least you have a very good idea of when it will run out.

The printer is very small, easy to set up, and easy to use. I have printed some photos on the CP800 and compared them with the same photos printed on the Epson. In my view the Canon Selphy clearly wins with photo quality. There are the other advantages of the instant drying and a protective coating, along with a long print life.

I print a lot of 6 x 4 inch prints and the Selphy will be fine. Large format dye sub printers cost far too much. If I want the odd 10 x 8 inch print I can go to the local photo shop and use their dye sub at a modest price.

Bought this as a replacement for a portable ink jet printer I was using. The price per print is about 35 cents, which I find more than acceptable. It has an index print capability, and multiple size printing (within the 4x6 sheet). It would be nice to pick and choose which photos I wanted to print in a batch. Currently, you can only pick a single photo, or "print all" that's on my SD card.

I've paired this with my Canon T2i, because you just can't go wrong with Canon's high quality product line.