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Bought a used cpl1300 for 30 usd. Works great ðŸ‘
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the Canon Selphy has smaller sized sticker paper but I usually just print a collage and then cut out photos. I have one of those rounded corner punches which I think looks cute
r/hobonichi • Update: Portable printer recommendations? ->for anyone looking into this the canon selphy is a great lil printer!
r/photography • Printing your own photos ->I was gifted a canon selphy last week. Its not bad. I'd compare it to the old school polaroid printouts, but better quality. Definitely would use it to smash out a quick edit and print to give away on the spot as a promo photo, But not the kind I'd frame and put on the wall. And thanks to the other commenter about the batteries, I'll look into those too.
r/AskPhotography • do you have a portable travel friendly printer recommendation? ->I'm a clueless German; we have no Walgreens here. Please specify your current workflow and needs. Printing at home is usually far(!) from cost efficient. If I need prints, just in general, I usually wire them to CEWE, for picking them up at my local drug store, after a promised week, to which I can walk, while the rented washing machine in my attic is running. I can also buy some groceries on that trip, so I really have zero extra cost for shipping or commuting. For SRA3 laser prints I'd rely on work. They have two Minolta lasers. I do *own* a Canon Selphy. I haven't unboxed it yet. Imagined use case: To need a postcard (-x) sized color print *NOW(!)*. Dyesubs are great at sitting around unused, while inkjets reguire power and regular flushing routines, that might break my neck over time. - Speed aside the printer offers no benefits and is at least 3x as expensive to operate.
r/photography • Printing photos at home? ->I own one but I haven't even unboxed it. A Selphy is a wonderful machine to once in a blue moon or like every week? print an entire postcard. Dye sub tech is excellent for sitting around and doing nothing; i.e you 'll go through some hassle to revive a fountain pen, you used a year ago, but your Selphy will just fire up. Print quality seems decent and the results aren't overly sensitive / quite abusable. But: Prints *are* expensive. If you are a penny pincher, with all the time in the world: Order from DM. If you are an artist: Print bigger! IMHO Selpys are intended to serve as a Polaroid substitute; bring yours somewhere, give people pictures, right in the spot. (You need to buy an extra battery, to print in the field). A wealthy friend of mine uses his Selphy at home. Mine is intended to serve in a pinch.
r/AskPhotography • Does portable printers makes sense for me ? ->How portable do you mean or want? - 30 years ago i jobbed for a company that hauled roll fed inkjet plotters to architects. We were two on the van and the plotters quite light (compared to a 4c Heidelberg of at least 2.8t). An apparently capable A4 desktop color laser weighs just 35kg; i.e. I could move it on my own (but have no clue how results compare to the bigger ones, doing photo books and calendars at work). Just stressing: A big inkjet can deliver awesome quality these days and color lasers are cost efficient. Myself I bought a Canon Selphy dyesub, doing postcards (sadly in 3/0) or smaller. - I'd rather have a 3/1, since my handwriting sucks, but... Operating cost will be comparably horrible, but it can sit around free of cost, unlike inkjets, that need regular flushing routines and aren't cheap to operate either Other niggles: Postcards are too tiny Some users reported issues with dust inside their machines. Its more or less "a Polaroid substitute toy" but a way to produce photos at home or elsewhere.
r/AskPhotography • Best portable printer? ->The Canon SELPHY is amazing quality! It's not as easy as some of the smaller printers to whip out but that's OK because the quality. I'm a wedding photographer and I also use it to print out little photo albums for my clients, it's that good!
r/bulletjournal • What mini phone printer do you guys recommend? ->The sprocket leaves rly strong pink tiny on the picture, and it gets worse over time. I've had mine for five years and the pictures come out completely pink now. I have a Canon Selphy now, not very mini but super worth it because I can just print a collage to get smaller pictures.
r/scrapbooking • best mini photo printer? ->Whatever you do, stay away from the QX10. I used it once, it broke. Sent it back for returns, immediately broke again. Whenever it breaks, it eats the entire cartridge, which is very expensive. Thus of the three cartridges I bought, I got to print one. Terrible product. CP1300 is fine (slow, big, mid quality), INSTAX is fine, too (small, rugged, low quality).
r/photography • Best 4x6 Printer for Mobile Phone (for Photo Album) ->You're asking about price per print, *including* the amortized cost of the printer. In the long run, ink and paper costs always dominate. Short term however, the price of the printer dominates. A more expensive printer, such as the Epson ET8550, will have very good long term cost, but the initial investment is steep. A less expensive printer, such as a Canon SELPHY, will have a modest initial price, but price per picture adds up much faster. The least expensive printer is Walgreen's, with no up-front cost, but high ongoing cost. A second consideration is quality. The more expensive the printer, the higher the print quality. The ET8550 will outperform Walgreens, producing richer colors and more detail. A professional printer such as the Canon Pro 1200, will be even better. The SELPHY does not match Walgreens. And then there's effort. Walgreens takes your JPEGs and prints them. SELPHY does, too. But a dedicated printer will require some fiddling with a computer to get good results. On the flip side, you get to play with various paper types and sizes. But make no mistake, this is extra effort. Personally, I went with a Canon Pro 200, which is roughly equivalent to the Epson ET8550, but cheaper to buy and more expensive to operate. It's all a matter of how much do you intend to print. I also have a much cheaper Epson XP8500, which prints better photos than the SELPHY, for less money, but can't match the Pro 200. I also have a SELPHY, which is nice for what it is, but can't match Walgreen. And I have an INSTAX printer, which fits in my pocket and prints adorable little polaroids. But quality can't match even the SELPHY. Depending on your needs, all of the mentioned printers are a good purchase. In your case, I'd probably recommend the Epson XP8800 as a cheap, good quality photo printer. You'll be able to buy six full ink replacements before you'll reach the cost of the ET8550, which should take several years. If you'd like to splurge, the ET8550 is definitely the better printer, with lower ink costs. And keep in mind that ink is only one part of the running costs. It's easy to get swept up in the marketing that an ecotank printer makes printing "free". But that's ignoring paper costs, which in my experience dominate printing costs in the long run. First party paper is reliable and good, but offers only limited variations. Third party paper requires matching printer profiles, which can be hard to come by for non-professional printers such as the XP8800 (but some paper manufacturers (Photospeed) profile for free, and there are cheap services for creating bespoke profiles).
r/photography • Printing photos at home? ->I've got a Kodak and honestly all of the mini printers have colour issues of some sort. The only advantage they have is that they use sticker paper. I recently bought a Canon Selphy and that's a little bigger but the colours are so much better
r/scrapbooking • best mini photo printer? ->Canon Selphy forever. I spent years researching mini-printers. If you want your photos to last and be of the best quality for home prints, get a Selphy.
r/bulletjournal • What mini phone printer do you guys recommend? ->No there's a load of known problems with the Polaroid range. I went for the cannon Selphy instead as it uses sublimation ink to print not zinc which will fade and I don't like
r/hobonichi • View on Reddit →Como outros já comentaram, depende um pouco da proposta. Concordo com sua visão geral de que a câmera é mais "presente", mais divertida e parece se encaixar melhor na pretensão de ambos, considerando que está vinculada mais ao "guardar momentos" do que a qualidade das fotos/impressões. O filme é caro de fato e vejo que geralmente as pessoas "tem dó de usar". A facilidade de tirar 500 fotos no telefone e escolher a perfeita certamente contribui com isso, é uma outra abordagem de fotografia e não me parece fazer sentido "queimar" filme com fotos similares simplesmente almejando perfeição. Por outro lado, vejo valor na impressora quando falamos em maior número de fotos (se for um volume de fato enorme, compensa comprar impressão em lote igual outro comentário sugeriu). Mas não iria de instax não, as Canon SELPHY que fazem 10x15 me agradam mais e o refil custa menos.
r/fotografiaBR • View on Reddit →The Selphy doesn't use traditional inkjet ink. It uses a dye sublimation process. The "ink" is more like a transfer ribbon that doesn't dry out. I sometimes leave mine sitting unused for months and it always fires up and prints no problem. It consumes a fixed amount of ink per print which is why the paper and ink come together in a box and there's exactly enough ink in there for the amount of paper. Cost per print is 25-30 cents, depending on your local prices. That's comparable to shutterfly and my local Walgreens. I find the quality to be at least as good as 4x6 prints from those places, but not quite as nice as a glossy print from a lab that specializes in fine art prints (but I only notice the differences when holding the prints side by side). WalMart is cheaper but I suspect their quality is even worse, and you don't have to leave the house is amazing. Don't underestimate the power of being able to instantly iterate on your edits.
r/photography • View on Reddit →yes i do, and oh boy printing is in another level of GAS. unless you wont make money out of it, just stick to canon selphy.
r/SonyAlpha • View on Reddit →The Selphy runs about 30 cents/4x6 print.
r/photography • View on Reddit →You'd be surprised at the overall quality (depending of course on what quality you *need*) of an $80 canon selphy. $30($40?) for 108 4x6 prints-(ink comes with the paper) and you can print 4 wallets to a page. And it's portable.
r/photography • View on Reddit →I tried and returned the HP Sprocket. I then tried and returned the Kodak photo printer. I tried and kept the Canon Selphy. Taking the HP Sprocket out of the discussion, because it's not really comparable to the other two. I had a photo that was taken by a very good photographer (not a professional, but "advanced hobbyist.") I printed each of them and put them side by side. The color and quality of the photo printed on the Selphy was far superior. While the price of the printer itself is higher than the others, the paper and ink for the Canon are cheaper than the Kodak. I had some trouble connecting to the Selphy printer. Honestly, it was kind of a pain. This is probably a "user issue," in that I have a very low patience level for "tech stuff." If you have a teenager or college student handy, they would probably have no problem. I would recommend the Selphy. One thing to note, you can't put the Selphy against the wall. It needs about 4 inches of extra space in the back and 8 inches in the front. It takes up a little more space sitting on a desk than I expected.
r/scrapbooking • View on Reddit →I'll add to the chorus of people suggesting the Canon SELPHY printer. It's small, fast and affordable. I've used it not just to make prints for myself, but taken it to family gatherings and other events where I have set it up on site to make prints for people on the spot. If you shoot on your phone, you can print straight from there.
r/photography • View on Reddit →A big thing to know about the Canon Selphy printer is that it has to be plugged in, i.e. mains powered. There is a Canon NB-CP2LH Battery Pack, but I think it's been discontinued. You can buy third-party clone batteries, though. Another way to make the Selphy portable is to buy a USB-C to DC 5.5 x 2.5mm barrel jack cable and connect it to a power bank (like for your phone): [How I Print Photos on The Go... \(with the Canon Selphy\)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STCSwmp9hTY) by The Secret Life of Nicholas Schraml However, the power bank needs to output enough power to drive the printer. The video has more details. Some other instant printers to consider: Fujifilm Instax Link Wide - I love this for the ability to add a QR code to a picture. The QR code could be a link to an Instagram page, a Google album for all the pictures from the birthday, an audio message (I think it gets deleted automatically after a year though) or a map location. Kodak Mini 3 ERA Hope this helps.
r/AskPhotography • View on Reddit →I have a selphy 1300 (second hand for less than £50) which is identical (as far as prints are concerned)to the 1500 without some os and screen features. I also have a canon g650 A4 printer The selphy is brilliant for postcards, photos for the fridge etc... I have a memory scrap book which I use those photos. Quality is ok, it's fun. Requires a bit of altering of the settings to get colours right. The PIXMA g650 is for my "art" prints. Quality is phenomenal and the detail is another level. With some satin paper, I adore the prints and they really look "wow". Both have their use.
r/SonyAlpha • View on Reddit →I second the Canon Selphy! I've used mine for years and I love the flexibility to print 4x6, 3x4, 2x3, and 2x2 photos so easily. I use the app PicFrame to make the photo collages to print. The ink/paper packs are affordable and you get 108 4x6 photos per box.
r/scrapbooking • View on Reddit →I have both an HP Sprocket and a Canon SELPHY. The Sprocket is definitely easier and more convenient to use however the photos look like ass and the paper is super expensive. The Canon SELPHY is overall cheaper and the pictures actually look really good however it is annoying to cut/tape all of the photos. Overall I prefer the Canon.
r/bulletjournal • View on Reddit →this is what i use :') i got it as a gift from my gf and it's perfect. i love it! i have a selphy that prints 4x6 prints that i used to print four pics on a grid and cut them out but it really adds to the thickness faster than the ivy
r/hobonichi • View on Reddit →I have a 4x6 inch Canon Selphy and really like it. I use it mostly for printing stuff I want to put in my photo albums, not my journal. For my journal, I have 2x3 inch Kodak Step zink printer. There is definitely a learning curve to it, to get the best quality images, but Kodak guarantees that their zink prints DO NOT fade, so it was worth it to me to learn how to make the printer work for me. I color correct as much as possible, but it will never be perfect. I embrace the artsy, lo-fi aesthetic.
r/hobonichi • View on Reddit →I enjoy shooting and then tweaking in Lightroom/Photoshop and then I print out the best from the session to show my wife and family. The real good ones I frame but not too often. And pictures of family and friends I hand out. Sometimes I do a few prints just to check out my post processing. So as your efforts progress you may be printing regularly. Canon has the SELPHY which is about $130. I have the Canon Pixma Pro 200 which cost about $600.
r/AskPhotography • View on Reddit →hell yeah-going on a long roadtrip soon and taking it along with stamps and their postcard paper!
r/photography • View on Reddit →I'm not sure where you heard that the printer is zinc. Canon SELPHY (of all types) use dye sublimation.
r/hobonichi • View on Reddit →I like my selphy but they're not as nice as these.
r/SonyAlpha • View on Reddit →I have a thermal printer, if you're okay with them fading over time and you're fine with black and white photos with less detail, it's an affordable option. It's also fun to print out little line drawings and then cut them out to use as stickers. I used to use it for photos but now I mostly just use it for random lists and little drawings, I rarely use it though, it pretty much collects dust. I got the Canon Ivy2 for photos in December though and really love it, I also have the Canon Selphy for 4*6 prints I got before the Ivy and I still use it as well. I find I enjoy the color prints more vs the thermal and I like that I don't have to worry about them fading. I also like that I can print multiple photos on one sheet and can cut them out. If you are on a budget and just want to print photos and don't care about portability you could just use an inkjet printer?
r/Travelersnotebooks • View on Reddit →If you only want the occasional small print, check out the Canon Selphy line. Laser printers don't do a great job with photos and ink has the known issues of liquid ink.
r/BuyItForLife • View on Reddit →The Canon SELPHY is amazing quality! It's not as easy as some of the smaller printers to whip out but that's OK because the quality. I'm a wedding photographer and I also use it to print out little photo albums for my clients, it's that good!
r/bulletjournal • View on Reddit →The sprocket leaves rly strong pink tiny on the picture, and it gets worse over time. I've had mine for five years and the pictures come out completely pink now. I have a Canon Selphy now, not very mini but super worth it because I can just print a collage to get smaller pictures.
r/scrapbooking • View on Reddit →For 4x6 prints i bought a canon selphy printer, cost about $150 CAD and I'm happy with the results
r/photography • View on Reddit →I have a Canon Selphy. The quality is really really good and I can print from my phone with AirPrint.
r/BabyBumpsandBeyondAu • View on Reddit →Canon Selphy Portable, battery operated, will do 4x6 which is pretty standard for albums Cheaper ink and papers Don't get into home printing on a proper printer, its more expensive and tedious with paper selection and cutting the paper to size after printing etc Although its fun as a hobby and I do that to make my scrapbook, but I print as big as 8x11
r/AskPhotography • View on Reddit →Canon SELPHY prints aren't completely light-fast so while they're fine for journaling, they'll fade eventually if on display
r/stationery • View on Reddit →Bought a used cpl1300 for 30 usd. Works great ðŸ‘
r/x100vi • View on Reddit →You're welcome! I am very happy with it. You do have to buy ink cartridges for it, but I did the math. The price is pretty comparable to the Sprocket, especially if you're printing 2 images on one 4x6" sheet, but the quality is far superior.
r/scrapbooking • View on Reddit →My Canon SELPHY printer has made thousands of prints often within minutes of the photo being taken. For the kind of printing OP is asking about, it's perfect.
r/photography • View on Reddit →Yes, I know. I said I have a thermal printer too...in addition to my Canon Selphy.
r/scrapbooking • View on Reddit →I also love the thinness of the SELPHY compared to the sprocket. I also imagine the washi prints thinner photos too so I am interested in information about how that compares
r/hobonichi • View on Reddit →I print some of my work to be put in photo albums. I have a Canon SELPHY, it's a small printer that I use to print my photos.
r/AskPhotography • View on Reddit →Eu folosesc Canon Selphy. Sunt mai multe modele de imprimante (cu bluetooth sau fara, model mai nou etc). Sunt foarte multumit de calitate. Pozele sunt printate CMY (fara K), fiecare culoare pe rand. Un proces foarte misto de vazut. Iar la sfarsit pune un strat protector, o laminare impotriva apei. Am folosit-o inclusiv cand aveam nevoie de niste poze tip buletin si nu aveam timp/nu stiam unde se mai fac. Mi-am facut o poza, am folosit aplicatia lor si gata. E foarte mica si poate fi luata in bagaj. Cartusul nu se usuca (are niste folii, cauta pe youtube). Costul per poza e de vreo 1,5 lei, depinde de unde iei kit-ul. Singurul inconvenient e ca dimensiunea maxima e de 10x15 cm (cred).
r/bucuresti • View on Reddit →With a canon Selphey you can get 4 wallet size to a single 4x6 print. Super quality. With an app like PicFrame you can make mini collages. Don't need to worry about ink drying out either.
r/photography • View on Reddit →The Canon selphy is good and can print bigger photos but I find the paper refill hard to find and usually ships from Japan from amazon and a lil too big and non portable for me I'm currently using polarioid hi-print and loving it for my planner, its a 4 pass system and paper is sticky, and thinner than the zinc ones which I really like, quality is not gonna be as clear as the canon selphy but great for the purpose that I'm using it for (planner photos)
r/hobonichi • View on Reddit →do you want to print at home, right away? then yes the Canon Selphy is a dye sublimation printer which means that it avoids a lot of the pitfalls of a traditional inkjet. Canon sells you a complete kit with paper and dye/ribbon and it works out to like $.35 per image In the US, I can usually print 4x6s at $0.12 per print, but that requires ordering prints and picking them up from a shop or having it mailed if its batched enough. if you print ocasionally, but still often enough and want the control to print at home and dont need larger than 4x6 they are a good choice. I would own one but I prefer 5x7s
r/AskPhotography • View on Reddit →Hi!! I was in this exact same boat as you. I was torn between the following: Instant: Polaroid hi print, hp sprocket, canon selphy, Kodak retro 2, etc. Printer: Epson eco tank vs canon mega tank I ordered the Polaroid hi print, the quality wasn't good. My friend has the HP sprocket and canon selphy. Sprocket quality is fine but looks like it has a filter on it. Canon selphy was by far the BEST quality but is expensive and figured I could get a new printer at that point. I decided to buy a new ink tank printer and just bought the Canon Mega Tank G3270 on Amazon! It's actually on sale right now which really sealed the deal for me. I got it yesterday and will be setting it up today. I want the ability to print photos whenever I want, so I can use canon photo paper with the canon ink tank, hopefully I get good results! After I set it up I will report back. I am still considering maybe getting a small instant photo printer but I'm going to wait and see how this printer treats me. I have plenty of printable sticker paper so I'm hopeful this will solve most of my problems!!
r/printers • View on Reddit →I have an HP Sprocket that prints 2" x 3" and a Canon Selphy that prints 4" x 6" The quality of photo printing on the Canon is far superior to the Sprocket, and if you're looking for a 2" x 3" sized photo, you can use the "collage" feature to print 2 on one sheet.
r/scrapbooking • View on Reddit →I have a 1300 and the picture quality is great.
r/photography • View on Reddit →Same same! It's my favorite too. And since learning how to remove the backing paper, gluing in pics doesn't add to chonk
r/hobonichi • View on Reddit →