Are Canon Mobile Printers Expensive?
Are Canon Mobile Printers expensive? Before we answer this question, let us first consider this example. If a pen costs $10, will that be expensive? The answer is a definite yes. Now let’s change it. If a pen, which is also an MP3 player, costs $10, will that be expensive? Well, that still depends if someone is willing enough to pay for it. Now back to the question, is it expensive? The answer is yes and no. It all depends on the one buying.
Only the buyer can put a price tag on the features that these printers offer. Let us consider Canon’s line of portable printers — Canon i80 Color Bubble Jet Printer, Canon Pixma iP90 and Canon Pixma iP100. All of them were released at a suggested retail price of $250. However, these printers are being sold today at different prices because they were not released at the same time. Additionally, the iP100 is an upgraded version of the iP90, which also happens to be the upgraded version of the i80.
So let us continue with the features that each one offers as well as the price they are being sold at in shops today.
The Canon i80 Color Bubble Jet printer is being sold for $135. This is the price for refurbished models. This model produces black and colored prints at a maximum resolution of 4800 x 1200 dots per inch with ink droplets as small as 2picoliters. Its printing speed is 14pages per minute for black/white and 10 pages per minute for colored. It offers wireless connectivity via Infrared or the optional Bluetooth. It features PC-less printing using the USB Direct print port. It comes in the size of 12.4” x 6.9” x 2.0” and weighs 4lbs.
Compared to the Canon i80, the brand new Canon Pixma iP90 is being sold at $300. It also offers the same resolution as the i80. Its length is smaller by 0.2 of an inch. The only measurable difference is in the printing speed which is increased by 2ppm. Everything else is pretty much the same.
Compared to Canon’s i80 and iP90 printers, the performance of Canon Pixma iP100 is on a different level. Aside from 50% increase in speed, the resolution is increased from 4800 x 1200 dpi to 9600 x 2400 dpi. That is actually 4 times the resolution of the older models. Ink droplet size is further minimized to 1picoliter therefore increasing the quality of the prints. Its size is increased by 28% and is heavier by 0.4lbs. It is also quieter by 1.5dB. Today, it is still being sold at its retail price of $250.
Considering all the features each one offers and that all these 3 models were released at the same price of $250, it is very obvious that the Canon Pixma iP100 is much cheaper than the rest. However, if you factor in the current prices, you could say that the Canon i80 is cheaper. But then again, it doesn’t offer the same print quality as the Canon Pixma iP100. Now it’s up to you to put a price tag on quality and ask yourself “Are Canon Mobile Printers expensive?”
