The Bottom Line
- Wonderful photo quality prints
- Light and compact
- Direct connection with many Canon digital cameras
- Blows through the tiny ink cartridges
- Slow to commence a print job
- Does not print larger than 8 1/2-inch width
Description
- Allows user to make borderless prints.
- Buy the $99 portability kit to add battery power on the go.
- Weighs less than 4 pounds, and has dimensions of 12.4" by 6.9" by 2".
- Prints up to 13 pages per minute in black, 9 pages in color.
- Produces up to 4,800 x 1,200 color dots per inch (dpi).
- Can use infraRed wireless connection with Windows computer systems.
Guide Review - Canon i70 Portable Photo Printer
The first print I made off this printer stunned me with its quality. It was hard to discern the difference between these photos and those you get at a photo processing lab. For someone who wants to make nice prints (even at 8x10 size), this is ideal.
It is also extremely light and compact, and slides easily into a larger laptop bag. If you have a Canon camera or camcorder with "Bubble Jet Direct" printing capability, you can directly connect the USB cable and make prints.
The negatives are merely pesky, not too troublesome, but there are cons to buying this printer. The printer does what I can only describe as fidget when you send it a print job. It moves the ink cartridge back and forth, you here the sound of machinery moving about, and you wait for it to start printing. It may print quickly, but it thinks about printing for a while.
It also consumes the ink cartridges (not always easy to find for this model either) at a rapid rate if you actually use it to print photos. The replacement cartridges aren't very expensive, but you should stock up if you don't want to run to the office supply store constantly.
Its width limit isn't as wide as a traditional printer, but something must be sacrificed for the compact size. If you want to print on wider paper, a portable printer isn't necessarily the best answer.
All in all, this is a great printer that serves two primary purposes: get great photo prints, and with a tiny, lightweight printer.
