Canon new printers

Canon today announced three portable photo printing solutions at a new entry-level price range. The Compact Photo Printer features Canon FINE technology, with a higher 4800 x 1200 dpi resolution. Canon also launched its new PIXMA photo all-in-one printer series. The devices offer print, copy and scan functions. All four new Canon PIXMA photo all-in-one printers use Canon's ChromaLife100 system, which produces prints on select genuine Canon photo papers that resist fading for up to 100 years when stored in an archival quality photo album.

Canon PIXMA MP800 Photo All-In-One ($300)

The PIXMA MP800 is a photo all-in-one with a large 3.5-inch color LCD viewer. It is able to print up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi with microscopic droplets as small as one picoliter using FINE print head technology. It offers direct photo printing from select memory cards and PictBridge ready devices and quick printing, copying and scanning of photos and documents. Like all the new PIXMA Photo All-In-Ones, this model offers duplex printing as a built-in feature. The PIXMA MP800 All-In-One can also scan 35mm negatives and slides (six negatives or four slides) with up to 19200 x 19200 dpi software enhanced resolution. Wireless printing to the PIXMA MP800 model is also possible from select devices with an optional Bluetooth adapter. In addition, it offers support for IrDA wireless printing as a standard from devices such as mobile phones.

Canon PIXMA MP500 Photo All-In-One ($200)

The Canon PIXMA MP500 model is an advanced all-in-one with a 2.5-inch color LCD viewer. It can print up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi images with microscopic droplets as small as one picoliter using FINE print head technology. The PIXMA MP500 model can print borderless 4x6-inch photos with photo lab quality in approximately 51 seconds. It offers built-in two-sided printing and has a second paper tray cassette for convenient paper selection. Direct photo printing is available from select memory cards and PictBridge ready devices. Wireless printing is also possible on the MP500 model from select devices with an optional Bluetooth adapter. It also offers support for IrDA wireless printing.

Canon PIXMA MP450 Photo All-In-One ($150)

With the new PIXMA MP450 Photo All-In-One, customers can print, copy, scan and directly print photos with the help of this model's 1.9-inch color LCD viewer. The MP450 model can print up to 4800 x 1200 color dpi with microscopic droplets as small as two picoliters using the FINE cartridge system. Borderless 4x6-inch photo lab quality photos are possible on the MP450 Photo All-In-One in approximately 55 seconds. Along with employing the ChromaLife100 system for long lasting, beautiful photos, the MP450 model offers direct photo printing from select memory cards and PictBridge ready devices. This photo all-in-one also prints, copies and scans documents quickly and easily and offers wireless printing from select devices with an optional Bluetooth adapter. Wireless IrDA printing is also offered.

Canon PIXMA MP170 Photo All-In-One ($130)

The MP170 photo all-in-one can print up to 4800 x 1200 color dpi(8) with microscopic droplets as small as two picoliters using the FINE cartridge system. The ChromaLife100 system is also used on this machine which can print borderless 4x6-inch photos with photo lab quality in approximately 55 seconds. Direct photo printing is possible from select memory cards and PictBridge ready devices and the model can copy photos and documents with its versatile copy functions.

by MacNN Staff