EUR117,15
Canon Selphy CP1000
Thermal printing, Colour
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20 reviews
There would be five stars if ...
... the CP1000 didn't have the same problem as several other Canon Selphy models. The gear on the drive motor also came loose on me and that after only 10 prints. Diagnosis and solution see below or picture.
The print quality including the automatic image enhancement is very good and sufficient for the purpose for which you need a mobile photo printer.
Printer plus thermal transfer foil cassettes plus printer paper are of course not the cheapest solution for digital photo printing, but if you need a printout worth the name in a hurry, the Selphy is a fine thing.
The slipping gear is a Selphy perennial problem. On the CP1000, it can't slip off completely because there's a metal plate in the way, but the force of the motor is not transmitted correctly. The printer then permanently reports that there is "no ink" left.
The solution is simple. Put a drop of cyanoacrylate glue on the motor shaft and push the gear back onto the shaft as far as it will go.
Disassembly and reassembly are a bit nerve-wracking because the components don't fit together without pulling or pushing parts of the housing apart.No printer software available under Win10, only drivers.
Attention, Canon does not offer any PC software under Windows10 for this Selphy Printer (Selphy Photo Print)! After having missed to provide a Win10 driver for the predecessor models, at least the simple photo printing via the Windows image viewer can be used again. The really interesting features (layout printing, labels, decorations, etc.) are only available via SD card directly on the printer with dwarf display. Really tedious, unusable for non gadget-savvy people.
Contra
- No printer software available, only drivers
Mac drivers also in Dec 2017 only up to macOS 10.12 / Sierra
I am disappointed with Canon because Mac support is still poor. Even the previous generation of Selphy printers was touted as Mac compatible, but even then the support was poor. The current driver only runs up to macOS Sierra. Even soon 3 months after the update to High Sierra there is still no update in sight... It's a shame, the Selphy printers are cool devices with good to very good photo quality.
Pro
- Print quality
Contra
- poor driver support for macOS
Shit support Canon. Thanks for nothing and from you I certainly do not buy anything more!
My father bought for his wife. And of course once again a Canon product where the manufacturer does not find it necessary 3 years after product launch to provide drivers for current OS. This is not the first time (has also happened to me with an expensive transmitted light scanner from Canon!!).
Pro
- Has certainly some, since there are no drivers more I can not judge that unfortunately
Contra
- Turd support of Canon macOS Mojave (2018) is no longer supported by this product (2015)!
Absolutely worst printer purchase of my career
Canon does not update the drivers. Printer therefore completely unusable
Contra
- no drivers
No more drivers for macOS 12.x
Actually, this wouldn't be a bad printer if it weren't for Canon's lousy support.
macOS 12.x simply refuses to install the latest drivers.
The only remedy for printing on macOS Monterey is to install the old Gutenberg driver for macOS:
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php
This is also very old, but at least it works for printing.
Contra
- No current drivers for macOS
6 out of 20 reviews
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