Canon Pixma mini260

Canon Pixma Mini260

Pixma mini260 Review, by Paul Jasper November 20, 2006

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• Latest User Reviews 1 review
• Reviewed by: robhavemeyer

  Duration of ownership: 2 Days

  Strengths: Great Prints Excellent speed Innovative Navigation wheel Compact Easy to use OK editing features

  Weaknesses: Does not support tiff printing from a compact flash card No individual color saturation/brightness/contrast/sharpening editing features

  Overall: I've only had the printer for 2 days and have yet to use it with Canons Pro Photo Paper... I've only used cheap stuff Overall I made the purchase to be able to print out quick photos of trips/snapshots etc. My blow up's I send out.. I had planned on purchasing the Epson picturemate because of their advertising. So I went to Best Buy and was ready to walk away with the box when I saw an Epson rep approaching...I thought good lets see what this Espon can do... So I asked to see a print sample.. Which he glady did, and what came out was uhhh only so-so... The banding issue that was mentioned in the Epson picturemate review is real !! And for me a deal breaker... I said $150 on sale for 4x6 prints with lines across them...?? So I proceeded to ask the nice fellow to print the same photo "from a flash card" in both the Epson and the Canon sort of "head to head" it was clear after reviewing both the Epson and the Canon the from a print quality standpoint the Canon wins hands down...The Canon had better color reproduction & clarity, plus no banding !!!.. The Epson guy agreed that the Canon was better !!! I shoot with a Canon Digital SLR in raw and use Photoshop CS2 for post processing. So I was initially worried about taking a shot from the card and printing to a photo printer without any post processing. However I must say that this little 260 did an fine job... Even upon close inspection its hard to see the ink drops. The photos do look very clean, crisp and look like they came from the photo lab... So far it has worked fine and I would highly recommend this printer to anyone !!

• Reviewed by: Snowlock

  Strengths: it works well, prints quickly.

  Weaknesses: the black is still weird, even with this iteration.

  Overall: These little 4x6 printers are rather neat. You can print out a photo relatively quickly and hand it to someone moments after taking it. Sadly the ink is still horribly overpriced. Other than that, they work nicely. The black on canon's printers always looks a bit off. It adds a 3d effect to the photo but not in a good way. The black is almost too dark and adds a weird element to photos with shadow. These printers aren't meant for photographers however and are more for family photos so I doubt most people will find it that objectionable. If you are looking for a high quality photo printer, it seems as if the full size ones work a bit better for some reason. go figure.

• Reviewed by: wadekwong

  Strengths: nice quality

  Weaknesses: can't print larger then 5x8

  Overall: this would be great if it could print an 8x10, but the 5x8 picture are really nice. Ink can be a bit expensive, but it's very convenient having the lcd screen and being able to print from home. Nice printer, not sure if the price per print beats the on-line printing places, however.

• Reviewed by: why_whq

  Strengths: good printing quality, fast, bluetooth

  Weaknesses: ink cost, size

  Overall: a nice compact photo printer. the bundle software is nice and neat. The printing is faster than expected. however the ink runs really fast. Optional battery is expensive. I have used hp 335 before and the 260 is too big to carry. it has bluetooth, a big plus for compact printers.

• Reviewed by: rupdip

  Strengths: - High Quality- Compact- LCD screen- Wireless

  Weaknesses: - Expensive Ink

  Overall: Easy to setup and print. Memory Slot helps to directly print from the memory stick, so no need for any PC. I have heard that it gives the best results on canon photo paper - however I have not tried that. I am pretty happy with the prints I get on non-canon paper.haven't reached end of the ink cartridges, however I have heard that its cost is bit steep comparatively.

• Reviewed by: qnju

  Strengths: Good printing quality

  Weaknesses: none so far

  Overall: Canon does a good job on this cute printer. The printing quality is really nice and fresh. It is tiny and very easy to carry around. With the price I paid for it, it is a BIG go. No problem so far.