Canon photo printers on the horizon

Damian Koh | Aug 24, 2006

What goes there? What would you do if you had a spanking new digicam with some award-winning pictures and you wish to show it to your parents? Print them out, of course. Here come three new photo printers from Canon for you to do just that.

Among the three inkboxes, the SELPHY CP720 and ES1 are making their first appearance. Both printers are dye-sublimation models with the SELPHY CP720 developed as a sister unit to the CP730 announced earlier in June. The new SELPHY comes with an onboard 1.5-inch color LCD monitor for image preview and editing. It also supports a total of 13 types of memory cards (though some require adapters).

The other model, the SELPHY ES1, takes a rather different design approach compared with the rest of the series. Instead of having a broad base, the ES1 sports a smaller footprint and height of 113mm, a whole 50mm taller than the CP720. The ES1 has a 2.5-inch color LCD which you can switch between normal and full-screen mode. You can connect this unit via USB, Pictbridge, infrared, Bluetooth and wireless LAN. Do note that for latter two wireless connectivity features, you'll need to purchase the necessary adapters separately.

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