Pros
- Inexpensive
- Easy to use
Cons
- Slow, kludgy paper-tray design
- Expensive, wasteful consumables
At A Glance
The purchase price is right, but use it lightly: it's slow, and its ink and paper are pricey.
Manufacturer’s Description
The perfect printing companion can be yours with the versatility you want and the quality you need, the SELPHY CP780 Compact Photo Printer. You can preview, edit and add creativity to your images on a 2.5 LCD, easily enhance photos with Portrait Image Optimize and automatic Red eye correction features while enjoying computer less printing capabilities via compatible memory cards and PictBridge.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 3501B001 |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | No |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes v2.0 (optional) |
| PictBridge | Yes |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 60 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 4 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 3.0 inches |
| Weight | 2.1 pounds |
| Depth | 6.9 inches |
| Width | 5.2 inches |
| Media Handling | |
| Max Input Trays | 1 |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 6.0 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Manual Feed Slot | 0 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 54 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | CompactFlash |
| SD card | SD Card |
| Memory stick | Memory Stick |
| Compact flash | No |
| Resolutions | |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 300 x 300 dpi |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 300 x 300 dpi |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Color photo | Fair |
| Copy quality | n/a |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | n/a |
| Print quality: Text | n/a |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Overall Scan Quality | n/a |
| Color Output Quality | n/a |
| Tested Glossy Grayscale Photo Speed (ppm) | 0.8 |
| Landscape (secs) | 76.19 |
| Skin Tones/Portrait (secs) | 77.96 |
| Sports action shot (seconds) | 71.38 |
| Line Art Output Quality | n/a |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 70.87 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | Very Good |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 0.8 |
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