A $150 Canon Selphy CP770 is a two-piece printer and bucket set. CP760 stands at 8.1 inches high and 10.9 inches wide. The onscreen home menu of this cheap printer 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, Positive Film, Sepia, and Black/White. The body of the Canon Selphy 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.
The CP770 cheap printer 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 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.
The Selphy CP770 printed a photo at an average rate of .79 pictures per minute. These cheap printers are fast and easy-to-use.