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Canon Selphy CP770

Manufacturer: Canon USA Part number: 3058B001

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Bottom Line:: The Canon Selphy CP770 is a neat, little dye-sublimation printer that includes a bucket for easy travel, but the wireless accessories aren't included. If you're shopping for a convenient travel-friendly printer, check out the Canon Selphy CP760 that offers the exact same technology with a similar style for a better price.
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Canon Selphy CP770

price range: $120.95 - $155.21

Reviewed by: Justin Yu
Edited by: Rich Brown
Reviewed on: 07/25/2008
Released on: 05/13/2008

The good: Rapid prints; excellent photo quality; simple design.

The bad: Long paper path; wireless accessories not included; no index view; expensive; lacks extra features.

The bottom line: The Canon Selphy CP770 is a neat, little dye-sublimation printer that includes a bucket for easy travel, but the wireless accessories aren't included. If you're shopping for a convenient travel-friendly printer, check out the Canon Selphy CP760 that offers the exact same technology with a similar style for a better price.

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Editors' note: The CP770 uses the exact same printing technology as the previously reviewed CP760, so the performance tests and an explanation of dye-sub technology have been duplicated in this review as a result.

The Canon CP770 is exactly the same printer as the CP760, with one distinction: the CP770 adds a bucket that fits underneath the printer for convenient storage of paper and ink, in addition to a built-in handle for carrying the printer on the run. The whole package seems very travel-friendly, but there is a caveat: the printer can't run wirelessly unless you purchase an optional battery pack and Bluetooth adapter, both of which are sold separately. The CP770 is $150 to $50 more than the Selphy CP760 that has exactly the same photo quality and features. We love the printer itself, but we recommend the CP760 instead, because it's actually smaller than the CP770 (unless you have an incurable urge to spend $50 on a plastic bucket).

Design and features
The CP770 is a two-piece printer and bucket set. The oval-shaped dye-sublimation printer is slightly larger than the CP760, at 8.1 inches high and 10.9 inches wide, and it has the same rubber control buttons underneath a bright 2.5-inch TFT color display. The onscreen home menu is easy to read and uses several icons to display the current settings. Picture editing is narrowed down to an image optimizer and five color presets: Vivid, Neutral, PositiveFilm, Sepia, and Black/White. The print settings also let you automatically correct red-eyes, insert a date stamp, and change the page layout (up to eight images per page). The interface can use some improvement in usability. First, there's no way to view more than one image at a time; you can either print all the photos on the card at once or scroll through the entire collection and manually specify which pictures you want to print. Also, the small icons on the picture screen that represent the current settings are difficult to decipher without peeking at the manual--at least until you've used the printer long enough to memorize their meanings.

The body of the printer is a slimmer rectangle with a covered panel that reveals a port for the external paper tray, an IrDA port, and slots for SD, Memory Stick, and Compact Flash cards. The proprietary ink cassette fits into a protected bay on the right side of the printer. An external power adapter plugs into the back of the device, but it lacks a rechargeable battery that would make the printer wireless-ready out of the box. Of course, Canon sells an optional battery pack, available on its Web site for a staggering $80.

The accompanying bucket is made of durable, molded plastic and matches the white color scheme of the printer. It also has a built-in handle as well as two light green tabs that lock onto the printer for safe travel. Inside the bucket, you'll find slots and labels to organize and store the power adapter brick and a few extra paper/ink cassettes. As a whole, the bucket is large enough to accommodate everything you need to take the printer with you.

The CP770 uses dye-sublimation ink technology to heat-transfer images onto Canon's proprietary paper; Canon sells different media options, including greeting cards, postcards, and 2-inch by 3-inch credit cards. The dye-sublimation printing process is different from your typical inkjet; the paper makes four passes through the machine: the first three lay down the base colors (cyan, magenta, yellow) and the last pass places a thin overcoat on the image to prevent discoloration and extend durability. Canon tells us the ink in one cartridge should be more than enough to last through a pack of paper, and color ink/paper sets are available for purchase through Canon's Web site. We used the 108 sheet ink/paper combo for our cost per page calculation, and at $29.99, the cost per page comes out to 27.7 cents, an acceptable cost for a dye-sub print.

Performance
Dye-sublimation printers are usually slower than inkjet and laser printers due to the amount of time it takes for the ink to cool down once it coats the paper. For our speed tests, we connected the printer to a desktop using a USB cable in order to standardize the average print speed. The Selphy CP770 printed a photo at an average rate of .79 pictures per minute, a score faster than last year's Selphy CP740, Epson's PictureMate Pal PM200, and Epson's PictureMate Snap. These types of printers are marketed as fast, easy-to-use printers that people can print with at social gatherings immediately after taking a photo, and we're impressed that Canon is still ahead of the competition. The Selphy handled a wide range of color with precise detail and separation. Our pictures had a soft feel to them and could use a warmer tone, but we feel comfortable recommending the CP770 for the amateur photographer and home user.

Service and support
Canon includes a one-year warranty with the Sephy CP770, with toll-free phone and Web support available as well. The Canon Web site contains accessories, manual downloads, driver updates, and additional technical support. The product page also has convenient information on how to recycle used consumables and instructions on how to recycle your old batteries. Unfortunately, at the time this review was published, no FAQs for the CP770 were available.

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Manufacturer: Canon USA
Part number: 3058B001
Description: With its fun design and handy integrated storage solution, the SELPHY CP770 offers a great way to make lab-quality photo prints wherever you choose - and it's easy enough for all the family to use.

General
Printer Type Compact photo printer - Dye sublimation - Color
Form Factor Portable
Width 10.9 in
Depth 6.9 in
Height 8.1 in
Weight 3.3 lbs
Printer
Built-in Devices Preview screen
Preview Screen Size 2.5"
Connectivity Technology Wired
Interface Infrared, USB, Direct print USB
Max Resolution ( Color ) 300 dpi x 300 dpi
Direct Printing Specifications Canon Direct Print, PictBridge
Printer Features Red eye reduction, Borderless printing
Card Reader
Type Card reader
Supported Flash Memory Cards RS-MMC, MultiMediaCard, Microdrive, SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCardplus, Memory Stick Duo, SDHC Memory Card, MiniSD, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick, CompactFlash Card, MiniSDHC, Memory Stick PRO Duo
Media Handling
Media Type Photo postcard paper, Photo stickers, Business cards, Photo paper
Max Media Size (Custom) 4 in x 8 in
Media Sizes 4 in x 8 in, 4 in x 6 in, 3.4 in x 2.13 in
Card / Label Sizes 4 in x 8 in, 4 in x 6 in, 2.13 in x 3.4 in
Telecom
Modem None
Scanner
Type None

Copier
Copier Type None
Expansion / Connectivity
Connections 1 x Infrared - IrDA, 1 x USB - 4 pin USB Type B, 1 x Direct print port - 4 pin USB Type A
Power
Power Device Power adapter - External
Power Consumption Operational 60 Watt
Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep 4 Watt
Software / System Requirements
Software Included Ulead Photo Express LE, Canon ZoomBrowser EX, Drivers & Utilities, Canon ImageBrowser
OS Required Apple MacOS X 10.5, Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple MacOS X 10.2.8 - 10.4.x
Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support 1 year warranty
Service & Support Details Technical support - Phone consulting, Limited warranty - 1 year
Environmental Parameters
Min Operating Temperature 41 ?F
Max Operating Temperature 104 ?F
Humidity Range Operating 20 - 80%

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