Product Description

The Compact Photo Printer SELPHY CP510 will change everything you thought you knew about Canon photo printers. It's so incredibly fast and surprisingly affordable! Plus, you can print directly from Bluetooth camera phones, PictBridge digital cameras and more - all without a computer. It's simply amazing.

Product Details

• Brand: Canon
• Model: CP510
• Released on: 2005-08-22
• Dimensions: 5.10" h x 9.10" w x 10.20" l, 1.98 pounds

Features

• 300 x 300 dpi resolution
• Dye-sublimation thermal print method
• Print postcard size photo in as little as 58 seconds; eight mini labels in 31 seconds
• Connect directly to digital camera via USB Type A cable (not included)
• One-year warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
The Compact Photo Printer SELPHY CP510 is so incredibly fast--and surprisingly affordable-- it will change everything you thought you knew about Canon photo printers. It's simply amazing.

The CP510 produces brilliantly colored, long lasting prints that rival the appearance and durability of images created by a professional photo lab. It takes just 74 seconds to create Wide size (4" x 8") prints. Postcard size (4" x 6") images print in just 58 seconds, and credit card size pictures require only 31 seconds to print. Using 300-dpi dye-sublimation technology with 256 levels of color, this compact photo printer renders skin tones, shadings and fine details with true-to-life accuracy. A transparent water- and fade-resistant coating offers added protection against the damaging effects of sunlight and humidity.

What's in the Box:
SELPHY CP510 body, compact power adapter CA-CP200, power cord, CD-ROM, cleaner stick, 4" x 6" paper cassette, 4" x 6" trial standard paper, trial ink cassette

Customer Reviews

Fast, Fool-proof Family Photos
The Canon Selphy CP-510 dye-sublimation printer is the perfect portable photo-printer.

For years my wife has rued our migration to digital family pictures which, in her experience, seem inaccessible and unprintable without the divine intervention of her grumbling techno-weenie husband.

The "Selphy" (a Japanese cutesification of Canon's "Elph" compact camera line to which it mates nicely) makes family holiday photos fun for everyone:

1. Plug the printer's power supply into a wall outlet (or use the optional rechargeable battery not included).
2. Plug the retractable cable directly into any Pictbridge-enabled camera (no computer necessary).
3. Press the printers POWER button (the only button it has).
4. Use the cameras Pictbridge printing controls to select images and apply cropping.

The printer can be connected to a computer (USB cable not included) and ships with printer drivers and an array of excellent image management applications.

The CP-510 outputs one 4x6 photo every minute and, instead of messy inks that tend to fade, uses stable, dye polymer pigments impregnated on a ribbon that's loaded into an easy-to-handle cartridge. Each imaging cartridge is purchased with matching photo paper and prints the exact number of sheets included (so you never have to worry about the printer supply equivalent of that dreadful scandal of bun-less hotdogs at the last family picnic).

About the size of a cigar box, the CP-510 travels well in a large camera bag I purchased for it and supplies are readily available at most big box outlets. The colors are accurate and stable.

Remember the fun your family had the first time you used a Polaroid instant camera? This printer does the same for digital images at about $0.29/sheet.

Fantastic for Travel
Can't believe I lugged around the toaster sized Epson Picturemate for a year. The CP510 beats the Epson in portability. Both produce good water-resistant (not waterproof) photos. The CP510 power adapter works with 110-220 volts while the Picturemate does not.

Update: 19 March 2006
Comparing photos produced by the CP510 and an Epson PictureMate, I didn't find any marked differences except in one photo. I'm baffled by a color error produced by the Epson. Part of a gray striped shirt become bluish; left of seam is gray, right of seam is bluish (wrong). Changing Epson's printer quality options (auto-correct, digital photo) doesn't change a photo's appearance. Canon offers few options.

Epson prints one inkjet droplet width at a time (all colors) while the Canon prints an entire a yellow layer then sucks the paper back, prints the red layer sucks back, repeating for a total of 4 passes. This seems like it is a lengthy process but the Canon prints twice as fast as the Epson. Note other models of Epson PictureMate's print faster than mine.

All-in-all, for my situation, I prefer the Canon only because of it's travelability; a much smaller size and 110-240 volt power range. Neither one seems clearly superior in photo quality, printer price, features or per-print cost. An important difference is that the Epson has the advantage of being a self contained unit whereas the Canon has various loose parts that must accompany the printer.

Anyone else question why the CP series uses Dye Sublimation printers whereas the --> DS <-- series does not? Shouldn't that be reversed? Go figure.

Nice Little Printer
This compact printer is so cool! For a great price you get a printer that produces lab quality prints-- quality exceeds inkjet prints. I am very impressed. Now, instead of leaving all those pics sitting on my memory cards or trying to show them to people on the camera's LCD, I print them out and give them copies. I print the pics that I choose without going to a "lab". I can even crop them with my camera's pictbridge functions.

The pullout USB cable is very convenient, it is pictbridge compatible (way easy, as long as you can use your camera's pictbridge functions), and the size is so compact that it is truly portable. You can even buy a battery that prints out about 36 prints per charge to make it truly portable. Take the printer on vacation, print your own postcards, and mail them.

My only minor hesitations were these:

1.It only prints 4x6* (see note below) (or 4x8)-- That's okay, if I want something larger, I'll order it from a lab.

2. No built in card reader or LCD-- I'll live with that and connect using my camera's pictbridge or a PC. The CP-710 has those features for about $100 more

*You may have read reviews about the "postcard size" issue?... for me, it isn't an isue. Buy a 5x7 frame and matte the photo. It'll look better matted, anyway. This printer "is what it is"-- it prints great quality 100mm x 148mm (that's 3-15/16" x 5-13/16") photos at a great price.

Go ahead and buy this printer. I know that I sound like an advertisement, but this is agreat little unit.