Review on Canon SELPHY CP780 Compact Printer by Brian Rogers

I was a bit surprised by the print quality. It took some experimentation to calibrate the driver's brightness, saturation, and contrast settings to match those sent from Photoshop. I agree with 60 seconds for a 4x6 print considering how inexpensive the machine is. There are two areas that concern me: durability and actual print size. I took it to a small event where I needed to print about 100 images and after about 20 the machine kept warning me that it was overheating and had to stop printing for a while. I would let it sit for a few minutes and then it would be fine, maybe 15-20 prints before the warning came back. The printer wasn't against a wall or in a poorly ventilated area, so I need to keep a close eye on that. Maybe I'll take the second block for larger work volumes. Second, the actual size of the paper (after you cut off the tabs) is closer to 3 5/8 inches by 5 5/8 inches. With some shots that can bite you from behind if you don't give your subjects enough headroom when taking the picture. Once you know the limitation, it's easy to compensate for it. As far as cost goes, you can get prints for about 27 cents each with this sublimation printer if you buy 108 print/ribbon packs. It's not cheap, but it's perfectly reasonable considering you won't have to deal with ink cartridges that run out in the middle of the job. It is very elegant (though perhaps inefficient) to match the amount of ink material to the number of clean sheets in the magazine. Well, if someone could find an inexpensive version that prints 4x6 AND 5x7, we really would have something!