Canon Selphy ES1 Compact Photo Printer (0324B001)

List Price: $199.99 Discount Price: $118.99

Features:

• Portable photo lab creates stunning photos from any location
• Features 1-step paper/ink cartridge and battery pack
• Creates water-resistant photos that won't fade for 100 years
• Create calendars and design album pages
• 1-year limited warranty

Customer Reviews:

Selphy superb [Posted on 2007-11-01]
Once you accept the obvious about this compact printer you will love it. It is, obviously, very small and light and intended for absolutely carefree printing of almost 4X6 inch snapshots. Just insert the memory media from your camera into the Selphy (no computer needed) and you can crop, make the simple adjustments to the image that would satisfy most of us for a snapshot, push the button and enjoy the blank photo sheet slide out, rotate, adjust itself properly and slide in and out several times applying each layer of color and a final coating. The image is very good, but not as good, in my opinion, as a top-of-the-line ink jet printer. But very good, nevertheless. Detail is superb so landscape photos are great. It is the perfect printer to spit out today's snaps of that quaint town you visited (you can certainly bring Selphy with you in the car or RV -- it can even run on batteries) and give a copy to those new friends you made at the local pub. For that great photo you captured to display on your dining room wall wait until you get home and use a professional printer. But for ease of use and excellent small snaps, this printer is perfect.

Great photos with some tweaking [Posted on 2007-11-07]
We got this about 2 weeks ago; the quality is superior to our last inkjet photo printer, and it's ease of use and small footprint are major pluses. The photos came out a bit dark, but it's all adjustable with the included drivers. Price is about $.26/print, a bit on the high end. It's easy enough for anyone to use, and has lots of options for inputs. Another well-built product from Canon.

Very Dark Pictures [Posted on 2007-11-11]
Overall it seems like this printer would be great, however, there is a big big issue here. The pictures that are printed are very dark. This makes people's faces almost impossible to see. I'm using iPhoto to print my pictures instead of printing directly from the camera/memory card itself so mabye that is the issue.

I've seen this complaint on numerous message boards (including this one) and I didn't really believe it, but now that I own the printer I can tell you that it is a real problem. There has not been a "fix" released by Canon for this problem yet and I get the feeling there never will be from what their customer support has been telling me.

Buyer Beware.

Where to find the ink cartridge refills ???? [Posted on 2007-12-21]
Overall, pretty nice looking photos. I am impressed. The paper is not sticky after it prints as is the case with the HP printer that I have. My only gripe, is that I cannot find the cartridge refills anywhere. Are they being phased out, discontinued? Maybe because of the Holidays they are in short supply. Many online places have them as sold out. Forget about getting them around town,no one has them. I would rate this a 4 star, I really like the ease of use, but really do not like the fact that I need to look and look around for the cartridges.

Awesome photo printer! [Posted on 2008-05-20]
I bought this as the deal of the day, not having great expectations for it. However, the quality of the prints coming out of this are fantastic! They are just as good as anything you can get from a 1 hour photo, and the price per print is competetive. I own an older Canon Powershot S400 4 megapixel digital camera, and this interfaced with it perfectly. I did not even bother opening the owners manual. It is very intuitive. You control the printer right from the camera, and can even crop pictures from the camera. If you want to print all the pictures on the memory card, just pull it out of the camera, put it in the printer, and there is an option to print all. Works great! The pictures don't smudge or smear, and are dry the instant they come out of the printer. This is a thousand times better than an ink jet print. I am totally sold on this printer, and will be buying more for gifts for my family.

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