Canon Selphy CP1500 pink

The Canon Selphy CP1500 offers quick printing of small photos, and the convenience of paper and ink that will last for a known number of pages. It’s much more compact and better looking than an inkjet, and has useful features such as direct wireless and memory card printing. It’s a fun alternative if you just want to print small photos, but ultimately its prints lack the sharpness and intensity that you get from the best inkjet printers.

Canon’s SELPHY CP1500 updates one of their most popular photo printers, making it a little quicker and easier to use, while retaining the core capability of outputting lab-quality postcard sized prints from a variety of sources including phones, computers and SD memory cards. The running costs of around 30 to 50 cents or pence per print makes it more expensive than most highstreet or online services, but like its predecessors you have the convenience of printing at home, or indeed anywhere if you buy the optional battery, although this will more than double the initial cost. The print quality is on the whole very good, roughly matching most highstreet labs and a step-up from inkjets, and the ability to easily make passport ID photos is a potential business within itself. The printer may not be as robust or truly portable like an INSTAX, but the prints are larger and cheaper. So long as you understand the limitations, I can recommend it!