Canon photo printers are typically excellent, and the Selphy CP790 digital photo printer--the high end of the Selphy line--is no exception. It's also at the high end in terms of price for a photo printer, and worth it.
That is not just because the printed photo quality is excellent, or that it's very easy to set up and use, but also because it's the coolest-looking and, perhaps with the exception of the Polaroid Pogo, the most fun, photo printer I have tried.
This top-of-the-line Selphy photo printer compares price-wise with the Sony DPP-FP97 Digital Photo Printer, which puts it between $170-200. The Canon Selphy CP790 is the most luxurious of the Selphy line of compact photo printers and while it doesn't particularly excel past the other Selphy I've tried, it's still worth the extra money. There's something so audacious about a big green bucket that it's hard not to like it.
The Selphy is a dye-sublimation printer--it uses a proprietary ink ribbon and special paper that allows printing from a wide variety of media. A color 4x6 photo took just over one minute to print. Because it's a dye-sublimation printer, the photo comes out of the printer and is pulled back in several times to add new colors to the print. Photos print out with astoundingly rich and deep colors, and were as sharp as any printed photos I have ever seen.
Basic photo-editing features such as red-eye removal, and fun stuff such as frames and calendars, are easy to use via the printer itself--since it is meant to be portable, everything can be done without connecting to a PC.
Since it's meant to be portable (I mean, it's a big green plastic bucket!), it would be nice if Canon would include the battery and the Bluetooth adapter. If you want to go truly portable, you will need to spend another $79.99 for the battery and $49.99 for the Bluetooth adapter. Ink and paper come together; on Canon's site, 36 sheets of paper plus ink are $11.99 (4x6).
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