Canon SELPHY CP740 Photo Printer, Troubleshoot Guide and Ink Cartridges
Features
Create photo lab quality 4" x 6" photos that last up to 100 years in less than a minute
Print directly from your memory cards via the card slots, or wirelessly from a Bluetooth enabled camera phone with the optional Bluetooth adapter
View your images on a wide 2.0" LCD and print from credit card size up to 4" x 8" with optional paper cassettes
Print anytime, anywhere, with built-in retractable USB cble and optional battery
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Price Range:
Epinions: The lowest base price is $88.00
Amazon: $96.65
Review 1
Header: Great little printer
Reviewed By: J.A. Edwards
Date Reviewed: December 4, 2007
I have been VERY pleasantly surprised at the quality of the prints generated by the Selphy 740. I have another printer I use for larger (8x10) printing & photo's but I wanted something that turned out native 4x6" prints for easy photo-albuming and spontaneous, on-the-spot giving to friends & family. (The lack of such traditional prints in this traditional form-factor is the great bane of digital photography, IMHO!)
The BEST thing about this printer is the "layered film" technology used to actually print the images. I was a bit worried when I received the printer and discovered that, rather than using ink cartridges, a spooled cassette of CMY-sequenced films are used. This mechanism always struck me as a bit wasteful but I honestly believe it DOES produce the best images, with virtually no pixelization visible in the print. There is also a FOURTH layer, which is clear, that is overlaid atop the 3 separately applied CMY layers. This clear layer gives a WONDERFUL "photographic print" feeling to the final product -- I've always disliked how inkjet printers produce prints in which it is obvious (visually & tactilely) that the ink is simply sitting on top of the paper. The uppermost "clear layer" applied by the Selphy system results in a print that is virtually indistinguishable from one printed by a photo lab.
I'm not sure what to think about other reviewers criticism that the prints come out dark -- I believe this is more a comment on the camera and/or monitor on which the images are created & viewed. I generally bump up the saturation and brightness "one click" in the printer's properties dialog before I print a photo, but I do this same thing on all printers.
I concede that $0.26 per print is SLIGHTLY on the pricey side and that you can get less expensive prints at CostCo that (might?) look a BIT better, but I for one know that I am more than likely to never actually get such photo's printed. Having this Selphy 740 printer at home, where it is easily & spontaneously available, and generating very good prints is a VERY worthwhile value to me.
Thumbs up!!
Supplies:
Compatible Canon BCI16 Premium Ink Cartridge (Color)
Original New OEM Canon BCI16C Premium Ink Cartridge (Color)
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Review 2
Header: Great printer
Reviewed By: Natalie
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2007
I needed a small photo printer basically to make some homemade personalized postcards, invitations and to make albums about my little kids. I was not looking for something to replace bulk orders of pictures from photo-processing centers (you cannot beat their prices anyway). I read reviews and found that printers with dye-sublimation technology produce pictures of high quality and the life-time of those pictures (around 100 years) is much higher than that of regular printers. Among many printers with this technology I found CP740. I decided that is right for me because its inexpensive (I paid about $80 including taxes and stuff), compact and I have a Canon camera, so it fits it. When I got the printer I was amazed how small it is. Yes, you need to put in the special cassete with paper before you start working, but when the printer is just sitting there, it doesn't take more space than a small thick book. The quality of pictures is outstanding, and I can improve brightness and such stuff before I produce a picture (hundreds of times I've received completely dark pictures from photo centers God knows why - I sent them normal images). I can make stickers (really nice for my daughter's school appliances and for the envelops), make thank-you cards and postcards (my Mom just lo-oved her "happy birthday" card with faces of her grandkids) and small credit-card-sized pictures for scrapbooks. Of course, you need some additional software if you want to make whimsical cards, but there's plenty for free download. And I actually like the fact, that the paper and the "cartridge" you need are always in the same package. The dye never dries out and you know that it's enough to produce the same number of great pictures as there are pieces of photo-paper in the kit. I like this printer and I am happy with it.
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