Canon - SELPHY CP1200

I have a weird obsession with buying Canon Selphys when I find them in thrift stores. I now have six in total, ranging from a CP400 (which honestly holds up really well. Prints good, is really solidly made with decent materials, and isn't bloated with too many features), to a pair of semi-working CP760s, two CP1200s (one of which was the first one I bought, brand new, full price, and another bought for $30 with a hardcase and extra paper/cassettes), to my best find which was a CP900 (which has all the features of the 1200s, just without a battery slot) for *three dollars*. Still reeling from that last one. And it works perfectly. I don't think they're perfect machines; the cassettes seem kinda wasteful, and the picture quality isn't the absolute best. But they're incredibly useful and fun, especially the portable ones. I take one to conventions with me to make digital art badges, and sometimes print off physical photos for people at as keepsakes.

I've looked at Canon Selphy myself to print while traveling, the 1200 or 1500 model. Not sure about the measurements (would have to convert inches). Like others said, consumables last were written in the box and it's simple. Quality is good enough for what it is. However, you mentioned being on a budget. Printers are only worth it if you sell prints. For personal use on a budget, it's a waste of money. You pay more and get worse prints than with a decent lab.

Canon SELPHY CP1500. I’ve had the CP1200 for a few years now and it has been a pretty good photo printer. The settings take a little bit to get used to but otherwise it has performed well for me and the prints end up costing about what I’d pay at someplace like CVS.

I have a Selphy CP1200 and am quite happy with it for what it is. The results aren't _spectacular_, there's definitely a slight softness and color drift (something I might try to correct for in editing), but imo good enough for a picture you'd put on a fridge or in a small frame. If you're looking to create photo albums, getting a proper photo book professionally printed is definitely the better option. I got mine used off a local auction site for around $80 and it came with supplies for over 200 prints. It being a thermal transfer printer means there are no ink cartridges to dry out. There's a separate battery available for mobile use, although it should be noted that it is portable in the sense that you can carry it around in its own small sling bag or a backpack, and it does require setting up. One downside I can note is that it has a very fussy dust sensor, to the point that I find myself quickly blowing out the paper inlet with my rocket blower before each print. Needless to say, if you want to frequently print out a whole batch of pictures, that can quickly become a nuisance, but in that case, a stationary photo printer is bound to be the better choice anyway.

Como outros já comentaram, depende um pouco da proposta. Concordo com sua visão geral de que a câmera é mais “presente”, mais divertida e parece se encaixar melhor na pretensão de ambos, considerando que está vinculada mais ao “guardar momentos” do que a qualidade das fotos/impressões. O filme é caro de fato e vejo que geralmente as pessoas “tem dó de usar”. A facilidade de tirar 500 fotos no telefone e escolher a perfeita certamente contribui com isso, é uma outra abordagem de fotografia e não me parece fazer sentido “queimar” filme com fotos similares simplesmente almejando perfeição. Por outro lado, vejo valor na impressora quando falamos em maior número de fotos (se for um volume de fato enorme, compensa comprar impressão em lote igual outro comentário sugeriu). Mas não iria de instax não, as Canon SELPHY que fazem 10x15 me agradam mais e o refil custa menos.

Canon Selphy for 4x6. Bigger than that, they become not really portable. You can get a battery for it, but I didn't, just plug it in wherever I am.

No, not with that budget and if you don’t expect to pay even more ongoing for consumables (ink, paper). I love printing with my Canon Pixma Pro-100, but it’s 40lbs., needs its own table, and a full inkset is >$100. Even if you just get a dyesub Selphy for 4x6 prints, you can only use Canon Selphy-specific paper/ink cartridges and this is [an Amazon listing](https://a.co/d/gSEILsD) of $33.58 for 108 sheets. $50 won’t go very far.

I have the canon Selphy and it works great. Obviously quite larger than the Kodak however you can change the size of the prints. I recommend printing on the normal photo paper and stick them in for best results in quality. My friend bought the Kodak a few months before me and is now on her third unit after having warranty issues with them. That being said this third one seems to be working well for her albeit with slightly worse quality compared to the canon Selphy.

I glue mine in with a glue stick, that seems to hold up fine too. And agree on the sprocket vs selphy, I used to use a sprocket but the quality is so much better on the selphy.

I'm a clueless German; we have no Walgreens here. Please specify your current workflow and needs. Printing at home is usually far(!) from cost efficient. If I need prints, just in general, I usually wire them to CEWE, for picking them up at my local drug store, after a promised week, to which I can walk, while the rented washing machine in my attic is running. I can also buy some groceries on that trip, so I really have zero extra cost for shipping or commuting. For SRA3 laser prints I'd rely on work. They have two Minolta lasers. I do *own* a Canon Selphy. I haven't unboxed it yet. Imagined use case: To need a postcard (-x) sized color print *NOW(!)*. Dyesubs are great at sitting around unused, while inkjets reguire power and regular flushing routines, that might break my neck over time. - Speed aside the printer offers no benefits and is at least 3x as expensive to operate.

I own one but I haven't even unboxed it. A Selphy is a wonderful machine to once in a blue moon or like every week? print an entire postcard. Dye sub tech is excellent for sitting around and doing nothing; i.e you 'll go through some hassle to revive a fountain pen, you used a year ago, but your Selphy will just fire up. Print quality seems decent and the results aren't overly sensitive / quite abusable. But: Prints *are* expensive. If you are a penny pincher, with all the time in the world: Order from DM. If you are an artist: Print bigger! IMHO Selpys are intended to serve as a Polaroid substitute; bring yours somewhere, give people pictures, right in the spot. (You need to buy an extra battery, to print in the field). A wealthy friend of mine uses his Selphy at home. Mine is intended to serve in a pinch.

How portable do you mean or want? - 30 years ago i jobbed for a company that hauled roll fed inkjet plotters to architects. We were two on the van and the plotters quite light (compared to a 4c Heidelberg of at least 2.8t). An apparently capable A4 desktop color laser weighs just 35kg; i.e. I could move it on my own (but have no clue how results compare to the bigger ones, doing photo books and calendars at work). Just stressing: A big inkjet can deliver awesome quality these days and color lasers are cost efficient. Myself I bought a Canon Selphy dyesub, doing postcards (sadly in 3/0) or smaller. - I'd rather have a 3/1, since my handwriting sucks, but... Operating cost will be comparably horrible, but it can sit around free of cost, unlike inkjets, that need regular flushing routines and aren't cheap to operate either Other niggles: Postcards are too tiny Some users reported issues with dust inside their machines. Its more or less "a Polaroid substitute toy" but a way to produce photos at home or elsewhere.