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Summary: Great for direct printing from camera only
Review: Bought this thing before Christmas. Works great with my Canon S45 when direct printing. Tried to get it to work with my computer.....no luck. After 3 months and trying to get Canon tech. support to help (they actually contradicted instructions in the software documents on how to set this thing up), I have given up and will only use it for printing straight from the camera. What a shame.I think another reviewer had a similar problem.
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Summary: Great for direct printing from camera only
Review: Bought this thing before Christmas. Works great with my Canon S45 when direct printing. Tried to get it to work with my computer.....no luck. After 3 months and trying to get Canon tech. support to help (they actually contradicted instructions in the software documents on how to set this thing up), I have given up and will only use it for printing straight from the camera. What a shame. I think another reviewer had a similar problem.
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Summary: One caveat
Review: Canon's CP-200 and CP-300 printers are really cool compact gadgets. Finally after you take a picture on your digital camera not only can you print it imediatelily but print it anywhere (there's AC outlet). I recommend the 300 model more because it has rechargable battery pack, where-as 200 model doesn't. Another big caveat is you need to carry extra ink and paper, so the total travel weight may be much more than you think. These printers work with almost all major brand digital cameras: Canon, Minolta, Nikon, Panasonic, Pentax, Sanyo, Sony, Toshiba, HP, Kodak, Polaroid, etc. Will NOT work with no-names like SiPx, Targus, Samsung, Picty, etc.
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Summary: Spectacular results
Review: For me (Windows XP Home edition), everything worked perfectly out of the box. Within 15 min of opening the box, I had pictures that easily beat the 1 hour photo machines in both detail and color. (I have a 6mp DSLR.) I used an SD card reader to transfer files from the camera to the computer, then used the Microsoft print wizard in MS Photo Manager to quickly size and send the print. This is a great tool to have for getting beautiful snapshots quickly. It is a little pricey as noted in earlier reviews because special paper and dye-sub materials are required but the quality easily beats my Epson C84 IJ and Lexmark Z805 IJ. I will probably use one of the on-line services for bulk printing because they are much cheaper but I always have the capability for something right away when I want it.
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Summary: Great pictures, some hassles
Review: I bought this printer on an impulse after taking lots of digital pictures with my Canon A80 on a vacation. There is no warning about how pricey this printer can become. It came with 5 postcard size sheets and a cartridge that would print only the 5 pictures. Once they were gone, since you hadn't been warned, it was back to the store for another ink cartridge and paper. You have to buy an ink cartridge and paper pack for the number of prints you. These are available at amazon.com at the cheapest price I've found. It costs about 52 cents a print if you buy the 36 print cartridge packed with 36 sheets of paper. (Canon also confuses the consumer by selling 4x6 sheets of paper without ink cartridges. These are for use in other printers, not this one. So beware! There is no ink cartridge included, they are just a tetch too large to go in this printer, and they won't work in it--but they are displayed right next to these printers in every store I looked in.) The aggravation of the paper and ink cartridges aside, the printer makes beautiful prints. My regular HP printer prints very good pictures except in black and other dark color areas. So I use this Canon printer to print those which the other printer doesn't do so well on. I had no problem getting the software installed and this printer working from my computer. Most of my pictures will be taken with my old Canon Ae1 and printed with Kodak Perfect Touch processing but my digital pictures will be printed on this printer when I need quality prints from them.
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Summary: Great pics but disappointing features
Review: I got my parents one of these cute little printers for Christmas. It prints excellent pictures, but only on special Canon "post card" paper! Even though it says it makes 4x6 prints, you cannot use generic 4x6 photo paper in the printer. This fact is not completely clear in the documentation and makes the prints more expensive than anticipated, not to mention that the special paper is difficult to locate in neighborhood office supply stores!
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Summary: I was so excited, and then ran into so many problems....
Review: I got the Canon powershot A60 for christmas, so i got this afterwards to go along with it. There are alot of hidden things not mentioned that made me waste almost 40 dollars. The camera to the printer...is a great print. But when i purchased the printer, i purchased canon 4 by 6 paper, that is not "postcard paper" and it does not work. It says the printer is out of paper. there's 12.99 wasted. then i bought "card size" paper and ink....and found out you need a "card size paper cassette" to print with that paper, which is not included, and i cannot find it for purchase. there's another 19.99 blown. I loaded the software on my laptop, an HP pavillion. Since i purchased, on 12/30, i have not been able to print via my computer. Once i finally got my computer to recognize the printer was hooked up, it still wouldnt print. It says to check the power. I've done all the troubleshooting and used all the "help" options. I've had my father fiddle with it, to no avail. i can still not print from my computer. All in all, even though i get pretty good prints(which sometimes have ink splotches) ...this is more hassle then 179.00 is worth. I think it was too expensive and they didnt put enough thought into what was included(i had to drop another 20 bucks for a USB hook up, to attach the printer to the computer), and were not specific about the paper and ink. if i could i'd return it and get something a little more user friendly...
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Summary: Solid, but not spectular
Review: I got the CP-200 as a Christmas gift (one that I requested specifically) and have been reasonably happy with it so far. Fit and finish of the printer are remarkable - very solid construction, very nice workmanship, very classy design. I have a Canon S30 camera and the two look like they are made to go together. I would give the print quality a 8.5 out of 10, with 10 being 35mm photoshop quality. With picture taken at a full 3.0 megapixel resolution and sent directly to the print, the results are pretty darned good - good enough to pass as standard 35mm prints at first glance. This printer seems to handle landscapes better than portraits - the landscapes I've done are virtually identical to photo shop prints, but the portraits start to fall apart a little bit when it comes to fine detail like the shadows around faces and tough areas like this. Don't get me wrong - at arm's length you'll never notice the difference. Quality is CLEARLY better than any inkjet I've ever owned. The paper and ink situation is an annoyance - you have to buy Canon postcard paper specific to this printer and it comes with the ink. Expect to pay close to $0.50 per print for the paper and ink alone. And finding it can be tough - I tried KMart, Target and Radio Shack in succession with no luck and finally found the paper at Office Depot. The person who bought me the printer also bought a package of paper to go with it - but she bought the smaller print version of the paper (it's like credit card sized). One problem - this paper size requires a different paper cassette that is not included with the printer, so I couldn't even try the gift out initially. On top of that, I STILL haven't even seen a place to buy one of the odd sized cassettes - even Ebay turned up nothing. The printer will give you pretty darn nice prints if you're willing to deal with the annoyances. I could have returned it, but decided to keep it because the print quality is entirely respectable, but not spectacular.
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Summary: CANON CP-200
Review: I HAVE HAD THE CANON CP-200 FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO GO ALONG WITH MY CANON S400. THE PHOTO QUALITY IS VERY GOOD, BETTER THAN ANY INKJET PHOTO PRINTERS I'VE SEEN. THE DYE SUBLIMATION GIVES THE PHOTO A CLEAR, CRISP PICTURE THAT IS SMOOTH NEVER PIXELATED LIKE THE INKJET PHOTOS. THE QUALITY IS VERY CLOSE TO 35 MM FILM CAMERAS BUT NOT AS GOOD. IT IS CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ME TO GIVE UP THE FILM CAMERA FOR DIGITAL PHOTOS AND AGAIN IT IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE INKJETS. THE OPERATION IS SIMPLE IF YOU JUST WANT TO HOOK UP YOUR CAMERA DIRECTLY. IT IS A BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO USE THE INCLUDED SOFTWARE BECAUSE I HAD TO USE MY OWN PHOTO SOFTWARE TO EDIT THE PHOTOS AND THEN SEND THEM BACK TO THE CANON SOFTWARE TO PRINT. HOWEVER ONCE YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT THE CANON SOFTWARE EASILY GUIDES YOU THROUGH THE PRINT PROCESS. THE PAPER AND CARTRIDGE, SOLD TOGETHER ONLY, CAN BE BOUGHT AT ANY STORE(BEST BUY,CIRCUITCITY,OFFICE DEPOT,ETC.) FOR ABOUT 19.99 FOR 36 PICS. THE CARTRIDGE IS MADE EXACTLY FOR 36 PICS. THAT COMES TO ABOUT 55CENTS A PICTURE WHICH IS A BIT PRICEY COMPARED TO BRINGING YOUR MEMORY CARD IN TO GET DEVELOPED FOR ABOUT 29-39 CENTS A PHOTO. BUT IT PROVIDES CONVENIENCE AND THE ABILITY TO EDIT YOUR PHOTOS WHICH I FIND TO BE IMPORTANT. THE USB CABLE TO CONNECT THE PRINTER TO YOUR COMPUTER IS NOT INCLUDED SO YOU MAY WANT TO GET ONE. THE ONLY OTHER THING IS THE PHOTOS ARE NOT ACTUALLY 4 X 6 AFTER PRINTING AND TEARING OF THE TABS BUT THEY ARE 4 X 5 7/8. NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE BUT NOTICEABLE NONETHELESS. ALL IN ALL I HAVE ENJOYED THE QUALITY AND CONVENIENCE OF THE PRINTER AND WOULD PURCHASE IT AGAIN. I DO FEEL THE PRICE OF THE PRINTER AND ESPECIALLY THE PAPER PACK SHOULD BE A BIT LOWER. I PAID $165 FOR THE PRINTER.
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Summary: Nice Prints But.....
Review: I just bought the CP-200 to go with my S50 camera. Setting it up was very easy when it came to the camera and printer working together, haven't yet tried it with my computer. Because I do TRUE Dye Sublimation, I thought this printer was also going to allow me to do transfers, not so. I'm a tad bit disappointed that you have to buy SPECIAL paper for this printer. No where does it tell you this. This will mean that you will always have to carry a lot of extra stuff with you if you want to be able to print while on the road etc. I haven't decided if I'm going to keep this printer or buy the HP ink jet printer. The one good thing is with this printer your pics will last a lot longer then a ink jet.
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