Canon Selphy CP1300 Printer Review- Printing images from your savvy gadget or PC is fast and straightforward with the Canon Selphy CP1300 printer. This compact printer isn't exactly basically as convenient as a portion of the pocket-sized models available, yet the print quality is better. Furthermore, the Selphy CP1300's highlights, including different network choices, give adaptability while keeping up with convenience.
Design: Compact, however not exactly convenient
Estimating 5.4 x 7.2 x 2.5 inches (barring the paper plate), the Canon Selphy CP1300 is ideal for a packed work area, little condo, or apartment.
The printer body, which is for the most part plastic, weighs 1.9 pounds (2.5 pounds with cartridge and tape); however, regardless of its lightweight, there's no convey handle, and you'll have to buy the discretionary battery (for an extra expense) if you need genuine compactness. The printer and paper plate can fit in a courier pack alongside its AC connector to bring it to a party or family occasion where there's a plug close by.
Accessible in dark or white, the printer is outfitted with a 3.2-inch LCD screen to see the menu and see photographs. A progression of buttons is utilized to explore the menu since, sadly, the LCD isn't a touchscreen.
Setup: Relatively torment free
It assists with knowing a smidgen about the color sublimation printing process that the Canon Selphy CP1300 utilizes before you fire setting it up. Color sub (as it's ordinarily known) utilizes intensity to disintegrate the tones from a roll of cellophane-like film onto the reflexive surface of the photo paper. This cartridge is set in the side compartment of the printer. The paper is then stacked into the provided paper tape, which is then embedded into the front compartment of the printer. Plug the printer in, turn it on, and utilize the on-screen menu to make your choices and you're all set. See Also: Canon Selphy CP1300 Drivers
The following are two or three things to remember: Unlike inkjet printers, you need to utilize the paper packaged with the color sub cartridge. You'll likewise have to keep the back of the printer clear of any blocks. As the paper passes this way and through the printer for every one of the three tones (yellow, maroon, cyan) and a jacket, it reaches out the back.
Prints are dry to the touch so that you can deal with them immediately. Canon assesses that they'll endure as long as 100 years, yet likewise with any print, different factors, for example, direct daylight, can abbreviate a print's life expectancy.
Availability: Multiple choices
Independent printing is the same old thing; however, Canon gives a few choices to Selphy CP1300 clients. Images can be printed straightforwardly from an SD card using the CP1300's underlying card space or a USB streak drive.
On the other hand, remote printing is conceivable from iOS and Android gadgets utilizing the Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY application (and it's one of the simplest remote setups we've utilized). Android clients additionally have the choice of utilizing Mopria Print Services. Also, remote — or wired — printing can be accomplished with PCs and viable cameras. This printer essentially covers all prospects.
Highlights: Practical and fun, as well.
The paper tape packaged with the printer obliges 4 x 6-inch paper, which is the size of the last print after the punctured top and base edges are disconnected. Albeit that is the commonplace depiction print size, you can select to print more than one picture on a sheet in different designs — from two-up up to numerous images in a solitary print, each in an alternate size. Also, you and your companions can send images to the printer remotely to make a solitary combo print of images.
Notwithstanding different formats, the CP1300 offers a couple of altering controls, for example, editing, skin smoothing, splendor/contrast/variety changes, red-eye rectification, pick lined or borderless prints, and adding camera shooting dates. While we love the smooth polished surface of the default settings, you can decide to add a surface example for a less shiny completion.
Assuming you want ID photographs — like those for visas — the CP1300 additionally has the apparatuses to get them right.
Execution: A hodgepodge
A solitary print, by and large, takes under a moment. That is a good speed, considering the paper needs to finish four passes (yellow, maroon, cyan, and completing coat). The printer's somewhat boisterous as it goes through its speeds, however not excessively so.
Where things are delayed down, a piece is on screen while you're making changes or looking at images. This is especially recognizable when picture documents are a high goal. Essentially there's an hourglass symbol and "occupied" while handling the solicitation, so you realize the printer is chipping away at it.
Print Quality: Better than standard depictions
In general, print quality from the Canon Selphy CP1300 is awesome. Colors are generally rich and precisely replicated. The absolute test prints looked better than many we've seen from the DIY booths in nearby stores.
Then again, a couple of prints didn't exactly match the dynamic quality of the first picture. However, after it was all said and done, the varieties weren't off by a lot. For instance, a hot pink shirt on a model, for instance, was somewhat less smart than what showed up on our PC screen and inkjet prints. Be that as it may, the prints were sharp and clear, showing a lot of detail.
Cost: Good incentive for the dollar
Thinking about its highlights and print quality, at $129.99 MSRP, the Canon Selphy CP1300 offers a great incentive for the cash. Cost per print relies upon the paper/ink group you purchase. However, a 36-sheet load with ink runs for somewhat under $20, with a for every print cost of around $0.50. That might be higher than whatever a few labs are offering, yet the comfort appears to be certainly worth a couple of pennies more. You can print on request, and the outcomes are quick, so you don't need to go to the store (or have prints sent).
Contest: The Canon Selphy CP1300 is difficult to beat
One of the Canon Selphy CP1300's immediate rivals is the color sub, Epson PictureMate PM-400 Personal Photo Lab. It's marginally bigger and heavier than the Selphy, estimating 6.9 x 9.00 x 3.3 inches (L/W/H), yet it's not difficult to ship and offers independent and remote printing.
One justification behind the bigger size and weight is its capacity to print both 4 x 6-inch and 5 x 7-inch prints. The PictureMate PM-400 is quicker, as well, getting started as quick as 36 seconds for a 4 x 6 print. We haven't tried this specific model; however, a previous variant was incredibly simple to utilize, and the print quality was on par with the Canon Selphy CP1300 (perhaps worse). Furthermore, the cost per print is likewise lower when you buy a bigger paper/ink pack.
Less immediate contenders incorporate a few pocket-sized printers like the HP Sprocket second Edition. It costs about equivalent to the Canon Selphy CP1300 yet results from 2 x 3-inch prints and just from cell phones. It's minuscule, however (about the size of a cell phone), is truly compact, and arrives in an assortment of varieties.
The cost per print is somewhat expensive at about $0.45 per sheet when purchasing a 100-sheet pack. Utilizing ZINK innovation, there's no requirement for "ink" — the tones are installed in the paper and rejuvenated by a warming cycle. The HP Sprocket second Edition likely produces the best print quality of pocket-sized printers. However, we will more often than not favor the nature of the Canon Selphy CP1300 or the Epson PictureMate.
