Canon SELPHY CP910 Portable Wireless Compact Color Photo Printer, White

I've been considering a "mobile printer" for a while, after deciding that getting a small printer that printed photos from my phone was more practical than buying an instant film camera (i.e. instax cameras or fujifilm's versions etc). I also looked around trying to find examples of printed images from other mobile printers such as the Polaroid Zip and the Fujifilm Instax printer. I ruled out Fujifilm's because they only print on credit-card sized paper, which then has a border, making your actual image even smaller. I actually originally ordered the Polaroid Zip, finding it's print quality better than Fujifilms, and also the option to print borderless. However, within 10 minutes I was regretting it, cancelled the order, and headed right back to the SELPHY on amazon. Can I carry it around and print from it directly from anywhere I am, without it plugged in? No. But everything else the other printers offered, it still can do, and will MUCH better print quality. 1. If I want a "smaller" picture, I can do that. I can even print a square picture WITH borders, snip off the top border, and there it is - a polaroid-esque print. I can print collages of multiple photos. I can print photos with borders around them to print them smaller if I'd like. I can print borderless to a 4x6 paper. This printer does it all, and for what? For LESS. Much less than it's "competitors" that though they may be more instant, do not produce great prints. And the cost per print is far, far less. Even more so if you print multiple images on one sheet. It's crazy to me how much cheaper this was, and it was a big reason besides all that I mentioned for why I cancelled my previous Polaroid Zip order, and opted for the SELPHY. My only gripe is one that many have mentioned - the fact that it does indeed have a "bleed" that goes over the perforated edges. I guess what I don't really understand is why those edges are there. Besides that they cut off a significant (3-5mm) of your printed image, they also leave the edge not so clean. But that all isn't as much of an issue to give it a lower rating, as I'm likely going to print with borders anyway. Though be aware that Canon's printing app is miserably clunky. I'll be looking into alternate apps to print to this wifi capable printer.

The Canon Selphy CP910 is a great little printer. It improves upon the CP900 by adding an "access point" functionality that was missing from the older model. We use this printer mainly as a photo booth printer for our photography business and it performs great. Pros: - Build quality is great. It is a nice tight little package that doesn't have much on it that can break off. - The finished 4x6 print has a very nice polished and substantial feel. - Break off tabs on the top and bottom of the prints work great an leave no rough edges. - The print quality is really really good. Way better than any inkjet and better than most local one hour labs. - The fact that it is a dye sublimation printer is great. Just wait for the print to be done and it is good to go. No ink to wait for. - Print time is great and fast. (Unless you have a line of people waiting then it seems long time, but it isn't.) :) - Love that the paper and color cartridges are sold together. you don't run out of one without running out or close to out of the other. Cons: - The only issue I had was with the power cord if it is draped wrong it will put lines on the print because the printer moves the print in and out of the front and back of the printer. (If you make sure this is off to the side you won't have a problem.) - I tried finding the dust cover that is mentioned in the manual but was not able to find it. It would be nice if it was an option or included in the item. All in all a very good printer and very budget friendly compared to other Dye Sublimation printers. The added functionality of the access point means you can take along traveling without having to worry if you will have a router as long as you have a computer/phone/tablet and the printer. Although you can also connect it with a usb cable.

Wifi connection is great, the printer size is great, it's portable and light and the picture quality is good. Functioned perfectly for 10 years, the ink cartridge gets stuck and recently getting paper error.

I recently purchased a Canon SELPHY CP910 Portable Wireless Printer from Amazon at a great price. I had heard pros and cons about this product vs the Epson Charm. Cons: Not a true 4 x 6, somewhat smaller due to the perforation lines at either end of the photo Colors seem a bit subdued (softer?) than a professional printer Cost a little more than professional printing at Costco or Walgreens, etc Pros: Convenience, Convenience, Convenience! Easy to set up, even for someone tech-challenged (like me) Easy to use Prints wirelessly from phone, tablet, computer; prints from some memory cards; prints via USB cable Lightweight small size You have the ability to customize your color - I played around with it some more and got a sharper picture and truer colors by changing some defaults. I actually printed the same image 5 different ways and wrote the settings on the back of each one so I could compare and know what I liked best. You are also able to print sepia and black and white although I have not tried that yet. You can print multiple images on one 4 x 6 platform using the software on the printer I bought this to use with my Project Life Pocket Scrapbooking. It is great when you decide you need a particular photo NOW...and through the use of various apps, i.e. Project Life, PicFrame etc, you can print small collages on a 4 x 6 piece of photo paper. I am truly amazed how easy this is to use right out of the box and with Amazon's good price, it's an affordable luxury. Note: you get enough toner and paper to print 5 photos with the printer - BE SURE TO BUY A REFILL PACK AT THE SAME TIME YOU BUY YOUR SELPHY

This is easy to set up and operate, but my main gripe is with the prints themselves. This does not print on standard 4x6 photo paper. It requires its own special paper that has perforated edges. Thus, it prints a boarderless photo by bleeding over the edges of the 4" sides onto a ~1cm strip that is perforated. No matter how careful and perfect you are, when you break of the perforations there is a microscopic jagged edge and a white shadow on the 4" side. It does NOT look just like a photomat photo. The jagged edges on the two short sides make the photo look less than perfect. I have taken to using a papercutter to cut the short edges a mm or so inside of the perforation. This works better. But I really don't understand why they can do boarderless on the 6" side without perforations, but require perforations on the 4" side. Also, be clear that you have to use their special paper - which is only sold with the dye sub packs. You cannot use standard 4x6 photo paper. I also don't like the fact that the paper passes out the back for printing - this means that (although the unit is small) the unit must not be anywhere near a wall or other obstacle in front or back.

This is an affordable printer for snapshots that would otherwise live on your phone forever. The printer itself comes with 5 sheets of 4x6 paper and a trial sized ink ribbon. This trial stuff prints out exactly 5 photos, just like it says it will. The ink and paper packs that you can buy separately print out exactly the amount of photos stated. For example, I purchased the Canon KP-108IN Color Ink Paper Set, which includes enough paper and ink for 108 prints. There are 3 ink ribbons included, so they each print 36 prints. Each time I print out 36, I am prompted to change the ink ribbon. It's that simple. There is a free app you can download from the App Store, for iPhone users. I assume there is something similar for people with Android phones. You can print other sizes besides 4x6. If you have some odd shaped photos, or maybe some other common aspect ratios like 5x7 or 8x10, just select the "border" option within the Canon Print app on your phone. It will shrink it down, but it will stay in proportion to the original photo. I like selecting the border option on all my photos, even those with the 4x6 aspect ratio, because I know the entire photo will be there and won't be clipped off a little. You can also print multiple photos on one sheet, although I have not tried that myself. I would imagine the photos would be scaled down extremely tiny to fit on the 4x6 sheets. Higher resolution photos, say from a DSLR, tend to print out much nicer than your standard cell phone camera photo on the Selphy.Because the prints are small, most photos will turn out acceptably sharp. There have been a few times where I'll try to print something and the app on my phone will simply crash and I'll be taken back to my home screen (I have an iPhone 6 Plus). Usually this happens when I try to print a very large file, normally resulting from a print that I have scanned in very high resolution. I just scale back the size of the file and keep trying until it prints. Kind of annoying, but I guess the app can handle only so much data. Even with the few app crashes I have experienced, for $99 bucks it's a good value, IMO. The prints are not pro lab quality, but what do you expect for this price? All the prints I have made on this thing have been pleasing to the eye. Some of my photos come out a little drab, and if there is a person in the photo with dark hair, the hair will print out as an dark blob, void of details. But I don't really care, since I am using this for snapshots. If you don't nitpick and take the print for what it is, then it's the perfect gadget for liberating your photos from your phone and showing them to the world. Best of all, this thing is extremely easy to use. It's a no-brainer. I have read the complaints about people running out of ink before they run out of paper, but so far I have not had that problem.

UPDATE 8/14/15: I have barely used this thing over the course of a year and a half, and the CP910 just refuses to print. It complains about paper size even when using a brand new pack of Canon branded paper and a new cartridge. This issue is consistent between my iPhone and my Mac. I have contacted Canon support via email and hope they'll offer some insight. I've dropped my rating based on how I feel about the product at this moment. If Canon makes things right, I'll adjust my review accordingly. **Original Review** We are a new media firm creating content for education and corporate clients. We also provide technology workshops for educators wanting to learn how to incorporate Apple technology into their classrooms. Photography weighs heavily in our workflow, so our standards for photographic prints are probably higher than most. When you invest time and resources into a calibrated, color-corrected imaging workflow, you tend to be picky about the output of your work. Given that background, we're not thrilled with the output quality of this printer. Even drug-store and big-box store prints look far better than what this printer can produce. Granted, we haven't done much with this printer, but we are familiar enough with available options to pass judgement on this Canon. I would not remotely consider using this for client work. However, for kid projects, this is a compelling purchase. And, this is what I consider the sweet spot for a printer such as the CP910 - occasional photo prints for casual projects. When our kids have school projects requiring photos of the family and such, this is the perfect answer. No ink to dry out. No need to switch paper in the main printer, etc… We purchased this printer to include in our educator professional development workshops. As an AirPrint capable printer, this is a great, compact solution to demonstrate in schools that have deployed iPads. On a per-print basis, a standard inkjet printer would be more cost effective. So, we're mainly using this to demonstrate AirPrint in our workshops. Perhaps it's unfair, but I docked a point for the lack of prints I can make right out of the box. Sure, I wouldn't knock a regular printer for not including a ream of paper, but this one does require specialized supplies. Would have been nice if I could have gotten at least 20 prints out of this thing to decide if I wanted to throw more money at supplies. I also dropped a star for print quality. Again, maybe my standards are too high, but I'm hoping this review is helpful for anyone considering the product. If it's any consolation, we're ordering the ink/paper pack - despite it's shortcomings, we're keeping the CP910. Pros: 1) AirPrint - really the only reason we bought this! 2) No ink to dry out 3) Small 4) Easy to set up 5) Convenient for the scenarios described above Cons: 1) Print quality 2) limited print sizes 3) Didn't come with a battery (like an older model we had) 4) Only a handful of prints included (i.e. the photo card stock and "ink").

I usually get most of my protos printed at a photo lab, but wanted something for the occasional scrapbook project at home and on the go. I sat on the fence with buying this for quite a long time because I really wanted something that would also print 5"x7" photos but haven't seen anything like this that will do the larger size in a portable format. That said, the Selphy does a great job at what it does do. The resulting photos are clear and bright, perfect for scrapbooking, framing and other smaller photo projects. The printer is small and great for taking to the cabin or a weekend retreat, and the wireless capability is a nice feature. I had a different inkjet type portable photo printer in the past that didn't get used frequently enough and the inkjets would get clogged, wasting ink, money and time, and it was very disappointing. This one creates dye-sub prints so I shouldn't have any of those issues. The printer ink and paper packs for this run about .30 per print on sale, so I won't be using it for everything but it will come in very handy for those times when I just need a couple photos right now.