PIXMA iP100 Mobile Printer

Many business professionals are traveling from hotel to hotel on some of the many business trips they take. Do you ever find yourself wishing you could just bring a printer with you instead of running down to the concierge desk to print those final projects?

The way the modern business person or executive works these days they are not always just at the office desk. Portability is everything these days. Well now with a Canon PIXMA iP100 Mobile Photo Printer, you have another valuable tool to free you from the confines of the office.

What Its Good For

This slim, sleek, printer can fit in any bag because of its size. It is only 12.7 inches wide by 2.4 inches high by 7.2 inches deep. It can print in color, black and offers many different features that make it the perfect on the go printer for any business person, executive or just a busy individual.

It has its own patented print head which uses 1,856 nozzles for outstanding print quality at 9600 x 2400 dpi and also has an Auto Image Fix and offers borderless printing on 4” x 6” inches photo paper as quickly as 50 seconds.

The Canon PIXMA iP100 Mobile Photo printers are the most popular portable printers on the market. It features fast printing with up to twenty pages per minute in black or fourteen pages per minute in color. It can print photos in about fifty seconds with impressive photo lab quality.

The quality of resolution for this printer is excellent and is guaranteed to meet even the highest expectations for presentations, cover letters, photos, or any other print need you may have. Many expect laser jet quality often forgetting that there are limitations with a portable printer. Well as long as you don’t have totally unrealistic expectations of a portable printer, then you are sure to be more than happy with the quality of print and photos.

It can print on any size paper from the size of a credit card all the way up to an A4 sheet of paper as well as envelopes and photo stickers. Weighing in at just over four pounds makes it lightweight enough to place in any luggage to bring on your trip as well. It will even fit in most laptop bags. All you can want from a small portable printer.

This printer is compatible with any computer operating system including a MAC. It comes with extra accessories including a power cord; start up media kits, the ink cartridges as well as all the software needed for a quick and easy set up.

There are many different accessories that can be purchased as well to enhance the mobility of the printer and make life easier for any professional. The printer is Bluetooth compatible with the correct adapter.

It also is PictBridge compatible as well making printing photos directly from the camera easier than ever before. For ultimate portability, a car power adapter is also available, so you can literally print anywhere. It also comes with a one year warranty to ensure that your product is fully protected and nothing goes wrong with it.

The software in the CD-ROM includes the Printer Driver, Setup Software and User’s Guide, Easy-Photo Print EX.

Best Buys

The Canon PIXMA iP100 is a great value for its cost. It is generally priced around $250.00, but can be found for less depending on where you look. With its portability and high quality printing capabilities you will not be disappointed.

The best place to start looking is Amazon where new models are available at $194; used or refurbished may be obtained as well, keep checking the site regularly.

Accessories

The price of the printer is very reasonable, but as in the case of many portable printers the costs do not end there. You are going to need to purchase the LK-62 Battery Kit. From Canon, they retail at around $100 but a little less expensive at Amazon at $87.

It doesn’t end there as for many portability is not true portability without the ability to print wirelessly. You have the option of adding Bluetooth with the BU-30 Bluetooth Adapter at around $48 which is slightly under the retail price of Canon.

Impression

The Bluetooth adapter can be mounted inside the printer saving you the need to constantly having to reconnect it, leaving it unexposed and much simpler and convenient.

Although initially the price is reasonable the extra cost of battery and Bluetooth make the value not as attractive. But in general, users are mostly happy with print speed and quality of photo print. It’s a small compact printer that can handle a lot of workload.

Some complain the ink cartridges are small and expensive and it is said there is a little banding on the prints but as said before this is a portable printer and not a laser jet. The prints and text are mostly satisfactory as well as fast. Also it is generally regarded as easy to set up and easy to use.

Its durability, versatility and extreme portability will literally allow you to print from any location, but its printing capabilities also make it an excellent printer for any home with a small desk. This printer will not disappoint with its surprising affordability, excellent mobility, and quality printing.

A popular buy with many and in all, reviews are very positive towards this great little portable printer.