Printing high-quality pictures and other content at home is a given, but doing it on the road is a mixed bag because most mobile printers make substantial sacrifices to accommodate a smaller product size. Canon has addressed this challenge for years, and its latest mobile printer goes a long way toward bridging the gap.
The Pixma iP100 Mobile Printer boasts a color resolution of up to 9,600 x 2,400dpi (dots per inch) and a minimum one-picoliter droplet size. The printer includes two black inks—a pigment- based black for printing sharp text and a black for printing photos. Canon also has increased the size of the pigment-based black ink tank by 50%.
Auto Image Fix technology, which the company claims is a Canon first in the mobile printer realm, automatically analyzes and categorizes the scenes in photographs and then optimizes printing for each scene in relation to the scene type, such as Portrait, Scenery, Snapshot, or others.
The iP100 has print speeds of up to 20 pages per minute for black and 14 pages per minute for color. It also can print borderless photo prints in 4- x 6-, 4- x 8-, 5- x 7-, and 8- x 10-inch sizes, along with letter size.
Also included are a PictBridge port and an IrDA (Infrared Data Association) port. Optional components
include the $49.99 BU-30 Bluetooth Unit and the $99.99 LK-62 lithium-ion battery.
Specifications
| Printer Type | Photo Printer |
| Print Speed (up to) | Black: Up to 20 ppm (as fast as 3.0 seconds per page)2 Color: Up to 14 ppm (as fast as 4.3 seconds per page) Postcard Size: 4″ x 6″ borderless photo: approx. 50 seconds |
| Number of Nozzles | Nozzles: Black:320 Color:1,536 Total:1,856 |
| Print Resolution (Up to) | Black: 600 x 600 dpi1 Color: 9600 x 2400 dpi1 |
| OS Compatibility | Windows Vista™, Windows XP/2000 and Mac OS® X v.10.3.9 to 10.5.x7 |
| Standard Interface | PictBridge (Cable not included)5, USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, IrDA, Bluetooth® v2.0 + EDR4(optional) |
| Paper Sizes | Credit Card (2.13″ x 3.39″), 4″ x 6,” 4″ x 8,” 5″ x 7,” 8″ x 10,” Letter, Legal, U.S. #10 Envelopes, Photo Stickers |
| Noise Level (Approx.) | 38.5 dB(A) in the best quality mode |
| Physical Dimensions | 12.7″(W) x 2.4″(H) x 7.2″(D) |
| Weight | 4.4 lbs. |
| Power Consumption | 9W (1.5W Standby) |
| Warranty | Toll-free technical phone support plus 1 year limited warranty with InstantExchange program.8 |
| Software Included | CD-ROM including Printer Driver, Setup Software and User’s Guide, Easy-PhotoPrint EX |
Price: $249.99;
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