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Canon SELPHY CP780

Canon SELPHY CP780

258 reviews

Jun, 2013

Positive
Performance (37)
Print quality (12)
Size (8)
Build quality (3)
Design (2)

Negative
Value for money (3)
Multifunction (2)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 258 reviews from magazines and websites. Comments about the usability and build quality are on the whole positive. The size and print quality also get good feedback. Opinions are divided on the paper handling, while some have doubts about the multifunction and value for money.

performance, print quality, size, build quality, usability

value for money, multifunction

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Printers the Canon SELPHY CP780 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by: Susan Silvius (pcworld.com)

Canon Selphy CP780

The Canon Selphy CP780 snapshot printer has its problems--namely, mediocre speed and expensive, wasteful consumables. But its purchase price is very low ($100 at this writing, as of 7/28/09) and its design is simple, making it a good choice for light...

Inexpensive ; Easy to use

Slow, kludgy paper-tray design ; Expensive, wasteful consumables

The purchase price is right, but use it lightly: it's slow, and its ink and paper are pricey.

Jul, 2009

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Expert review by: (pcmag.com)

Canon Selphy CP780 Compact Photo Printer

Like most dedicated photo printers, the CP780 can print from a memory card, a PictBridge camera, or a computer. Unlike many, it can't print from a USB key, which means you can't easily print an image you've already moved to your computer or an optical...

Reasonably fast. Low initial price and reasonably low cost per photo. Photos are water and scratch resistant

Photos show slight soft-focus effect. Lines on an angle (as with spokes on a bicycle wheel) can print with jagged edges

Although the Canon Selphy CP780 Compact Photo Printer is a step below the top tier of dedicated photo printers for photo quality, it's good enough for most casual photographers.

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Expert review by: Susan Silvius (macworld.com)

Review: Canon Selphy CP780 snapshot printer

The Selphy CP780 is an inexpensive and nearly idiot-proof snapshot printer, but you make major compromises in performance and price per page.

Aimed at the family market, the compact Selphy CP780 comes in three colors (blue, pink, or silver) and can function with or without a computer. A 2.5-inch color LCD and oversize, intuitively labeled control buttons take you through simple editing and...

Nov, 2009

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Expert review by: (consumersearch.com)

Canon Selphy CP780 Review

Canon Selphy CP780 reviewed by ConsumerSearch, which notes pros and cons, along with reviews and ratings for the Canon Selphy CP780 and comparisons to other Photo Printers

Lab-quality prints; Lightweight; Low upfront cost

Slow; Plastic-intensive print process

Nov, 2009

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Expert review by: Sally Wiener Grotta and Daniel Grotta (computershopper.com)

Canon Selphy CP780

The latest Selphy dye-sublimation model is a well-built snapshot printer capable of producing good photos, but it lacks some features and requires pricey media.

Good image quality; virtually foolproof operation; battery-pack option

Expensive media; tiny fixed LCD viewscreen; limited feature set; occasional misprints

The Canon Selphy CP780 is a nice snapshot printer for the occasional photographer who doesn’t want to be encumbered with bulky or complex gear. But if you're looking for much more bang for your photo-printing buck, consider checking out a full-size...

Apr, 2009

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Expert review by: (toptenreviews.com)

Canon Selphy CP780

This device offers some good, although not great, qualities that make it a decent buy. The Canon Selphy CP780 is a solid photo printer that gives you attractive and water-resistant prints in a fairly reasonable amount of time.

This printer is nicely portable

The paper sizes are limited

The quality and durability of the photo prints make this a good photo-only printer choice.

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Consumer review by: (amazon.com)

Amazon review summary for the Canon SELPHY CP780

alaTest has collected and analyzed 114 user reviews of the Canon SELPHY CP780 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other Printers on Amazon.com.

usability, value for money, performance, print quality, size

multifunction

84% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Jun, 2013

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Consumer review by: Eileen (amazon.com)

Just the ticket!

We ordered this printer for the purpose of making a photo guest book for a large family gathering. By switching out memory cards, we were able to continuously take and print photos of those in attendance and glue them to scrapbook pages. Our guests...

Oct, 2010

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Consumer review by: dthun (amazon.com)

Great, I mean great, photo printer

I needed to print pics of my family after cataloguing a ton of photos on my computer. Compact, portable, inexpensive, and excellent quality for 4 X 6 prints only (also 4X8) - which most of us use for albums anyway. It's so easy to use, and produces...

Oct, 2010

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Consumer review by: Leonard T. Steiner (amazon.com)

Handy small portable printer

I bought the Canon Selphy printer for my wife and she likes it because it is small, portable (mostly), and can be used with or without a computer. Also, I found that the price at Amazon was the cheapest on the market. Other firms were charging up to...

Sep, 2010

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Product Specifications

Everyone loves sharing the photos they print with those who mean the most to them. Homes and offices everywhere are adorned with frames and photo albums filled with people's most cherished memories. In producing these beautiful images, people also want the flexibility of printing from any room of the house at a moment's notice. Now, the perfect printing companion can be yours with the versatility you want and the quality you need - The SELPHY CP780 compact photo printer.Preview, edit and add creativity to your images on a 2.5" LCD, easily enhance photos with portrait image optimize and automatic red-eye correction features while enjoying computer-less printing capabilities via compatible memory cards, PictBridge 2. All of this and more delivers what you're looking for - beautiful, borderless, water-resistant photos in color and black and white that last up to 100 years.