Not every printer nowadays comes in a box-type fashion. This is what the Selphy CP790 is all about. It is an unconventional 4×6 photo printer that offers unconventional printing. In this article, we will show you what kind of printer the Selphy CP790 is and what it can offer at a price of $180.
Compact and Lightweight
Printers don’t normally come in sizes like the Selphy CP790. It comes in a design similar to a beach bucket so it is not very conventional for a 4×6 photo printer. It’s about 7 inches wide, 9.7 inches long and 3.4 inches high, or should we say short for that matter. At 3.2 lbs, it is still very light to be considered a printer.
Prints in Less Than a Minute
To be more accurate, this 4×6 photo printer can print a borderless 4×6 photo in 47 seconds. With this speed, it is much easier to print and share pictures in no time. There is no need for you to go through printing shops and wait for hours to get your pictures done. You don’t even need to shoot a roll of film to print a few pictures.
Dye Sublimation Method
This photo printer, unlike other portable printers, uses a dye-sublimation method. It is called sublimation because the ink transforms between gas and solid phases without undergoing liquid form. Most inkjet printers use the CMYK combination of colors that stands for cyan, magenta, yellow and black. However, for this printer, it uses a CMYO combination with the last one as over-coating. This last element is actually a thin laminate, which protects the printout from discoloration due to air and UV light. It also adds water resistivity to the photo.
PC-Less Printing
This printer is capable of supporting various interfaces, which allow you to eliminate the use of a personal computer. Conventional methods dictate that you plug this printer to a computer. However, this printer is not conventional at all. Instead of plugging it to a computer, you can plug it to a camera. If you have a PictBridge camera, you can print pictures straight from your camera. It also sports a memory card slot, which is capable of supporting different media cards from SD cards to Sony’s Memory Stick Pro. Aside from that, you can also print photo straight from flash memory drives.
Interfacing With Other Portable Gadgets
Its Bluetooth feature is what makes interfacing with different gadgets possible. Most mobile phones, especially camera phones, and PDAs are capable of interfacing via Bluetooth. With this feature, you can easily share your printer with anyone who has Bluetooth. There is no need for you to worry about installing the right drivers with different computers.
Additional Features
Unlike other photo printers, this photo printer is equipped with an LCD panel and a scroll wheel that allows you to navigate easily through your pictures before printing them. It even provides you a preview of your pictures before printing them. The combination of an LCD and a scroll wheel allows for another feature, which is the fun feature. This printer has the capability to customize pictures before they are printed. You can add frames and templates. You can even change the color mode of your photo from colored to sepia or black and white, whatever suits your fancy.
The Selphy CP790 is certainly an unconventional printer.
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