Photo Printers

The Sony Picture Station DPP-FP90 is the latest addition to Sony’s small but growing compact photo printer line. The current series of Sony’s photo printers are known for their compact design and printing snaps in less than a minute. Being compact and fast let us see if it produces attractive prints which is the main feature that is to be considered while buying a photo printer.

Very compact design:

Sony DPP-FP90 colour photo printer having its compact dimensions as, 7.1 x 5.5 x 2.5 inches. It has a simple design and is having a large 3.6 inch LCD display which is bright, clear and is much bigger than any other displays of this price range. This LCD display can be tilted and so, it can be adjusted for easy viewing. The overall design is somewhat similar to that of Canon Selphy CP series. The printer also interestingly possesses a carrying handle which you cannot find in the Canon models. Just next to the display, it has the simple and clearly labeled buttons.

Good options for connectivity:

The DPP-FP90 Compact Photo Printer has wide range of connectivity options. It sports compact flash, SD and Memory Stick Pro slots which enable you to copy images  from your memory cards. The printer also possesses the Pictbridge support which allows you to copy and print images directly from digital cameras. The USB slot allows you to plug in any USB compatible devices such as your flash drive or PC etc.

On-screen menus:

The on screen menus are a breeze to use, courtesy, the big 3.6” display. The menus display the options as either text or icon. The set-up of the printer is so easy that you can get your first print in just five minutes after you had unpacked the device. The installation of the software takes just over three minutes.

Special optimisation:

Though Sony DPP-FP90 Dye sublimation Printer is compatible with most of the PictBridge enabled cameras, it offers optimised performance with Sony’s Cyber-shot and Alpha D-SLR cameras. The DPP-FP90 can make use of the data available in the MakerNotes in picture files that is created from Sony digital still cameras, and create the best print based on the settings used when the photo was taken.

Manual or auto editing:

Once you have provided this compact printer with a source, the images appear on the 3.6″ display of the printer for you to view and edit them before they could be printed. You can edit your images either manually or automatically. In order to edit your images for saturation, brightness or red eye removal, you can use the auto touch-up control that can be found on the facia of the printer. The same button also gives users the ability to sharpen out-of-focus images by creating several simulations of camera lens movement, checking the contrast of each simulation and then selecting the best simulated image to improve the original photo for printing.

Superimpose and Filter features:

Some of the other operations that can be performed apart from editing are, application of a range of filters, superimpose text, creation of calendars, ID photos and hence you can you can select from a range of other layouts to create index cards for your prints. Superimpose feature helps in personalising your photos as you can fill them with special messages like happy birthday, thankyou and congratulations. The colour and the placement of the superimposed text can be customised, by accessing the cursor buttons on the printer. With the filter feature, you are provided with six options. The cross filter can make the lights in a photo more dramatic, while the partial colour filter lets you highlight the subject of a photo in full colour and remove colour in other areas of the print. The paint filter adjusts the image to appear as if were printed on canvas and the monochrome and sepia filters let you create a more artistic black and white image from a colour photo. The fish-eye filter lets you add a new perspective to a portrait or landscape picture.

Good set of features:

When it comes to features it is really very little that Sony DPP-FP90 Portable Photo Printer is missing. It offers extensive editing capabilities with a one-button print process and simple set-up for operation virtually anywhere. The DPP-FP90 uses Sony’s Bionz image processor which aids in the quick operation of the printer. Sony DPP-FP90 uses the dye-sublimation technology to ensure that colour tone is even in each of the prints. Each of the prints that are printed are coated with SuperCoat 2 ™ laminate which is a durable coating that protects photos from fading and makes them resistant to water, heat and fingerprints.

Speedy prints of awful quality:

Sony DPP-FP90 dye-sublimation photo printer gives your print of size 4″ X 6″ in just 45 seconds which is a very impressive speed for a printer of this category. Though it has impressive print speeds, the quality of the prints are not that impressive though. The prints are unappealing, flat and had inaccurate colour. The skin tones look very inaccurate and the darker skin tones looked almost blue. The printer’s colour gamut performance is average for dye sublimation printer, managing to reproduce just 45 percent of the possible colours. More sophisticated ink-jet Photo Printers can achieve colour gamuts of 50th to 60th percentiles.

Costly operational costs:

No paper or ink cartridge is supplied along with the printer, which is a shame. When we calculated the initial price of the photo printer along with the cost of the paper and ink, the printing cost shoots up to more than triple the time of the money demanded by the wide variety of online stores who offer services for as low as 10p.

Warranty:

Sony offers DPP-FP90 a warranty of one year.

Verdict:

Sony DPP-FP90 colour photo printer has an equal balance of both pros and cons. Its speedy prints, connectivity, design and compactness being the pros, the expensive print costs and the quality of the prints are disappointing. We feel that the Canon Selphy CP730 which is a dye sublimation printer too, costing much lesser than the DPP-FP90 is a better option. You can also catch up with the Epson PictureMate 2400 which costs almost half the price and gives out prints that look much better.

Sony DPP-FP90 Compact Photo Printer - Technical Specifications

Manufacturer	SONY
Model Name	DPP-FP90
Colour	Glossy white
Dimensions (W x H x D)	7.1 x 2.5 x 5.5 inches
Weight	2.6 pounds
Printer Type	Portable
Screen	3.6″ LCD
Print Technology	Thermal Dye Sublimation
Print speed	45 seconds
User Interface	USB and direct print USB
PictBridge	Available
Red Eye Reduction	Available
Printing software	Driver, Utilities And Picture Motion Browser
Input and Output connectivity	One USB one direct print port
Supported Image Format	JPEG - DCF Ver2.0 compatible, JFIF Baseline JPEG with 4:4:4, 4:2:2, or 4:2:0 formats, Exif Ver2.21 compatible with Tiff Exif Ver2.21 compatible and BMP 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32bit Windows Formats
Memory Cards	One Memory Stick, a SD Memory Card, a Memory Stick Duo and a xD-Picture Card
Warranty	One year

HP Deskjet 6940 Color Inkjet Printer is a printer of home and home office type. This printer is designed especially for people having busy life styles and for those who bring work home. These kinds of printers allow you to achieve more of what you want within a limited time period.

Compact, stylish design:

The printer has a very stylish and compact design that looks like a rectangular box. The Deskjet 6940 Photo Printer is having its dimensions as, 5.7″ x 17.7″ x 14.4″ (H x W x D) inches and weighs 13.2lbs. The colour scheme used is silver and black, silver dominating in the product. The printer has a very simple look with only a few buttons in the control panel that is present in the right most corner. These controls give you smart and quick access that includes power, print, cancel and network configuration. A USB port is available in the front facia of the printer to the left of the input tray, towards the bottom. The only other interface apart from the USB is the Ethernet.

The capacity of the input cassette of the Deskjet 6940 is 150 sheets. If you feel that that will not be suffice then you can also add an optional 250-sheet paper tray which brings the total capacity of the printer to 400 sheets. Since HP uses high capacity ink cartridges, you will be saving a lot of ink when you are doing jobs of large volume.

Wireless networking:

Having built-in Ethernet, you will be able to share your printer on a small wired network of PCs and laptops. The wiring is very easy and you need not have any additional hardware or software. Since it is a built-in Ethernet, all that you need to do is, simply connect and print. You can plug in the printer networking cable into a wireless router for wireless printing convenience. You can also opt to get an optional Bluetooth wireless print adapter will aids you to print easily from your digital cameras or mobile phones or any of the Bluetooth compatible devices.

Features:

HP Deskjet 6940 Wireless Photo Printer has a maximum black and white resolution of 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi and a colour resolution of 4800 dpi x 1200 dpi which is quite good for a printer of this cost. Optional duplex printing and borderless printing are the major features of the Deskjet 6940 Colour Photo Printer. The efficiency of your job can be increased when you work with an optional auto two sided printing. The monthly duty cycle of the printer is 5000 pages.

Compatibility:

HP Deskjet 6940 is compatible with both windows and Mac operating systems.

The media types supported by Deskjet 6940 Color Inkjet are, Plain paper , Photo paper , Transparencies , Envelopes , Cards , Iron-on transfers , Labels and Banner paper.

And the media sizes supported include 3.95 in x 5.9 in , Panoramic A2 (8.27 in x 23.4 in) , Legal (8.5 in x 14 in) , Executive (7.25 in x 10.5 in) , B5 (6.93 in x 9.83 in) , A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in) , Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in) , 3 in x 5 in , 5.12 in x 7.1 in , A5 (5.83 in x 8.25 in). Envelop sizes supported being International DL (4.33 in x 8.66 in) and International C6 (4.5 in x 6.38 in) and the card or label sizes supported are, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in) , Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in) , A6 Card (4.13 in x 5.83 in).

Excellent print speed:

The selling point feature of this Inkjet Photo Printer is its incredible speeds which is up to 36 ppm black, up to 27 ppm colour. A speed of this rate allows you to enjoy greater productivity and cuts off your waiting time. The print sizes range from 10 x 15 cm up to large panorama (215 x 610 mm). The Media sensor feature of HP Deskjet 6940 borderless photo Printer detects paper type and automatically sets print quality.

Print quality:

The quality of the prints produced are professional with or without the borders. The prints do not have any unwanted jagging or banding. The text and graphics quality are very clear and dark. You can get professional laser-quality black text and colour by using the  optional 6-ink colour HP Vivera Inks. The photos that are print using this printer are resistant to fading. HP Photosmart Real Life technologies automatically removes red-eye and enhances detail in the darker areas.

Warranty:

HP Deskjet 6940 colour inkjet printer comes with one year limited warranty.

Verdict:

HP Deskjet 6940 is having a good blend of style, features and performance. Having excellent speed and quality, it will a great asset for small office owners. This colour inkjet printer is recommended by us for small office owners looking for great speed with no compromise in quality.

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HP Deskjet 6940 Wireless Photo Printer - Technical Specification Table

Manufacturer	HP
Model Name	HP Deskjet 6940
Type	Workgroup printer - Inkjet - Colour
Colour / Monochrome	Colour inkjet printer
Colour/Finish	Silver, black
Dimensions L x W x D	5.7″ x 17.7″ x 14.4″
Weight	13.2lbs
Printing technology	Inkjet
Print speed	Mono: 36ppm Colour: 27ppm
Print resolution	Mono:1200 x 1200 dpi Colour:4800 x 1200 dpi
Media size supported	3.95 in x 5.9 in , Panoramic A2 (8.27 in x 23.4 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Executive (7.25 in x 10.5 in), B5 (6.93 in x 9.83 in), A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in), 3 in x 5 in, 5.12 in x 7.1 in, A5 (5.83 in x 8.25 in). Envelop:DL (4.33 in x 8.66 in) and International C6 (4.5 in x 6.38 in) Card:A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in), A6 Card (4.13 in x 5.83 in).
Media capacity	400 sheets
Monthly Duty Cycle	5000 pages
Data Link Protocol	Ethernet
Standard memory	32MB
Connections	1.0 x USB - Ethernet 1.0 x Direct print port 1.0 x Network
Compatible Operating systems	Apple MacOS X 10.2.3, Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP, Apple MacOS X 10.3 or later
Software	Drivers & Utilities
Power consumption	50.0 Watt
Warranty	1 year

Epson was the company that manufactured the world’s first electronic printer, the historic EP-101 in the year 1968 and from then on, they had determined to produce quality printers following the EP-101. Here we review Epson’s Stylus Photo R285 which is a low end printer having the soul purpose of photo printing, which came as a replacement for the model Epson R265. This six colour photo printer is also capable of printing black texts, but is not as fast as you think it must be delivering as an Epson data printer.

Uncomplicated design:

The Epson Stylus Photo R285 Printer is designed in a very simple way without any complications. It has a rectangular shape and weighs just 5.4kgs. It is having a black and silverfish grey colour scheme and has taken a wise decision by not going for the ipod cream colour that most of the printers have adopted. The top of the printer is of the silver grey metallic finish and the bottom black part is made of plastic. The printer has just three controls in the left extreme of the facia and as they are in black colour and as their text is not overprinted in white, they are very difficult to read. The three controls include an ON/OFF button, an ink cartridge indicator that flashes when a replacement is required, and a paper alarm to indicate when paper runs out. It fits comfortably into a home or a small office environment.

The input paper tray is having a conventional design, having the fold up paper support at the rear and is also having a pull out output tray in the front. A separate CD/DVD holder is available in the output tray which can be seen as you remove the tray from its original position and place it in a secondary position. When this is done, the tray projects itself horizontally from the front of the printer.

Basic connectivity:

Coming to the connectivity, being a budget photo printer, Epson Stylus Photo R285 Colour Inkjet Printer has only two of them, one, the power supply socket for the internal power supply and another, an USB port which is of version 2.0 and that is the only data connection that is provided.

The software bundle and installation:

Epson has provided a software bundle with Stylus Photo R285 which include creativity suite, web to page, easy photo print, print CD, scan assistant, attach to email and copy utility. All these are the basic photo editing and management applications of Epson that we already know. These software get installed in a smooth manner without any issues. Fixing the ink cartridges into the printer head will not be an easy job in most of the printers but, in case of R285, it is a very easy task.

Print speed:

As we have seen in some of our previous reviews, the printers always do not give the print speed of what is specified in the specification table. Here, Epson has specified that R285 has a speed of 37ppm for black and 38ppm for colour prints, which means that Epson claims that this printer is as fast as the Xerox Phaser 6360V/N which is an office laser colour printer that costs above £1,000. Unfortunately, as you must have guessed, the Stylus Photo R285 does not give you that kind of a speed. It gives you a mere 4.4ppm for black texts and a worse 3.4ppm for graphics. You can achieve the speed that is claimed by the manufacturer only if you choose to keep the printer in the draft mode and print very few lines per page. 15 x 10cm photo prints are printed in 12 seconds and prints of same size in draft mode are produced in 16 seconds.

Print quality:

The print quality is ok and not bad. Epson uses the Claria Photographic six-colour Ink which is a high definition, dye-based ink that offers smooth gradations and an extra wide colour gamut . The results are premium quality photos which look better and last longer  than the lab photographs. When it comes to the texts, you can see a little jagging when you have a close look. The photographs has good level of detail and looks more natural. The difference between the prints in draft mode and best quality ones will be very evident and the draft quality prints are very serviceable.

Noisy printer:

You will find another strange thing about this printer. In its specs, Epson has claimed that the noise level of Stylus Photo R285 is 36dBA which is a very good value but again in contrary to what is said in the specs, the printer gives a noise of 45dBA while working, which is not bad too, but then when you feed the paper, it goes to a peak noise level of 64dBA, almost twice of what had been mentioned. The specifications of Epson Stylus Photo R285 are misleading.

Long lasting and energy efficient:

Epson claims that the prints last for up to 98 years under glass which is a very good time period when compared to the typical silver halide photographs. This product meets the strict Energy Star guidelines set by the European Commission.

Cost efficiency:

Epson Stylus R285 Photo Printer is a cost efficient printer as it has six individual ink tanks. With this type of a system, you will need to replace only the colours you run out. Talking about the cost efficiency, the cost of printing black pages is quite cost efficient for a printer of inkjet category and the cost of printing colour prints seems to be slightly costlier than that of the normal rates.

Warranty:

Epson Stylus Photo R285 Digital Photo Printer comes with one year limited warranty which can be optionally extended to three years subjected to availability.

Verdict:

Epson Stylus Photo R285 is a very reasonable inkjet photo printer. Being a budget printer, it does what it is intended to do. Though it does not have any special features that does not make it stand out from the crowd, it does everything that is expected out of it. The manufacturers specifications are misleading when it comes to the printing speed. R285 is quite noisy too. Some of the rivals that lie in the same category like the HP and Canon Printers provide photo prints that are of higher print quality with the same speed of that of Epson Stylus. Looking for a budget printer? Go for Epson Stylus Photo R285.

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Epson Stylus Photo R285 Printer - Technical Specification Table

Manufacturer	Epson
Model Name	Epson Stylus Photo R285
Printer type	Photo printer
Printing Technology	6-colour inkjet photo printer
Dimensions (W x D x H)	450×282x187 mm
Weight	5.4 kg
Supported Media Type	A4, Letter, Legal, 20×25 cm, 13×18 cm, 10×15 cm, 9×13 cm, 13×20 cm, 102×181 mm, A6, A5, B5, Half Letter, Envelopes: No.10, DL, C6, User Defined CD/DVD: 8 cm, 12 cm
Print margin	0 mm top, left, right, bottom via custom settings in printer drive
Standard Media Capacity	120 x 90g/sm
Max Printing Speed	Black: 37 Colour:38
Operating System Supported	Windows 98SE*5 / ME*5 / 2000 / XP / XP-x64 / Vista, Mac OS 10.2.8 or later
Image enhancement features	Epson Claria Photographic Ink
Ink handling	Epson Micro Piezo print head
Number of USB ports	One
Power Consumption Operational	Approx. 12 W (printing mode) Approx. 1.2 W (sleep mode)
Noise level	36 dB
Software bundle	Epson Creativity Suite, Epson Web-To-Page, Epson Easy Photo Print, Epson Print CD, Epson Scan Assistant, Epson Attach to Email, Epson Copy Utility R285
Warranty	One year

Photo printing had been dominated by the Epson R800 in the year 2004, and just then, Canon released its Pixma iP5200R which seemed to be the perfect rival for the Epson model. Another good model that seemed to pose a great competition too was the HP Photosmart 8250. Here, the following review is on the Canon’s Pixma iP5200R.

The Pixma iP5200R colour inkjet photo printer has overcome the only disadvantage that its predecessor, Canon Pixma iP5000 had, which was Built-in networking. But, has maintained what was loved in that model, that is, user friendly operation, Autoduplex printing, good compatibility, speed and the excellence in the quality of text and graphics. The ‘R’ suffix in the model has been included to indicate the wireless networking included.

Designed in style:

The Canon Pixma iP5200R Wireless Photo Printer looks sleek and stylish in its silver and black finishing. It has its dimensions as, 6.7 x 16.5 x 11.2 inches (H x W x D) and 7.5kgs. The printer unfolds in style for your use. It sports a flip-up 150 sheet auto feeder and a flip down output tray of capacity 50 sheets that would extend up to six inches in the front. The unit also has a secondary paper cassette that has a capacity of 150 sheets which can be extended to accommodate papers of letter sizes. A secondary front panel above the paper exit, folds down to take a CD or DVD carrier which supports both 120mm and 63mm discs. It was a great idea of canon to include a cover on the rear side of the printer which is of great help for you in case of any paper jams. At the rear are a mains socket and separate connections for a USB 2 link and an Ethernet cable. The absence of an LCD display and a memory card slot is disappointing.

Switches and ports:

As a feature of all the Pixmas, the iP5200R Pixma’s operation is driver centric. The top right corner of the printer has the large power button, followed by a PictBridge port, a paper feed button and a paper input source switch. You have two ways by which you can monitor the status of the printer. You can either have a look at the Software status monitor or the power LED flashes 2 to 9 times to indicate the status and error conditions of the printer. The LEDs present in the facia of the printer illuminates to show which paper tray has been selected, but the printer itself automatically switches the source once the paper in one source is over. However, you will be able override this setting using the options available in the printer driver menu. This printer can be connected via USB 2.0, network cable or via a Wi-Fi link to one or more printers, all of which can address the printer independently.

Simple installation:

Ease of use is clearly a priority, and this continues through the simple installation utility. Setting up of the Canon Pixma iP5200R printer is extremely easy and takes a maximum of ten minutes. All that you will need to do is, install the printer driver and then the other organising, image editing and web page printing software which are optional. The physical set up includes installing the printhead and the five ink tanks and then the USB connection to your PC. And once this is done, you can connect the power chord and the iP5200R will be ready to print off your cherished memories. As you insert each cartridge in the carriage a red LED illuminates to confirm that the cartridge is properly in place.

Printer driver menu:

The canon’s printer driver has six tabs that make navigation very easy. The main tab allows you to select the paper type and the input source. With this menu, you will be able to set the default source, override the switching source, and even choose the continuous auto feed. With the help of the paper allocation feature, you can specify both the size and the surface type of the paper that had been loaded in the tray. The options in the print quality settings include high, standard and draft quality and with the custom setting, you can choose between Fast/Coarse or Slow/Fine prints and also set the type of half toning applied to photo images. Tweaks can be made to the automatic colour adjustments. Orientation, Duplexing, and number of copies can be set in the page set-up tab and a margin can also be allocated along any of the edges for the sake of stapling. The ICM (Image Colour Management) of windows can be used for software-based colour management. There is a check box to select gray scale printing and a wizard-based print adviser to provide help for novice users. The other tabs are also filled up with a lot of other interesting features. Once you have made the desired settings, you can also save them with a profile name for future use.

Paper Allocation feature:

Canon Pixma iP5200R Duplex Photo Printer does not automatically detect the size of paper that is loaded, however it has the Paper Allocation feature. Using this feature you can specify the type of sheet that you have loaded into the tray. So, in case you choose the wrong input source, the printer switches the source to the right one automatically. This feature is an economical one as it prevents paper wastage when given wrong entries. It saves a lot of time for you when you are dealing with papers of various sizes at the same time.

WiFi and ChromaLife100:

WiFi connectivity lets everyone share a single printer without clumsy connecting cables. Canon’s ChromaLife100 system of print head, new formulation inks and Canon genuine photo papers preserves your memories producing long-lasting photos.

Print head and Cartridge:

Canon Pixma iP5200R uses Canon’s FINE (Full-Photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) 1,856-nozzle print head that spits one picoliter ink droplets, which means a pixel is formed by 32 droplets with a amazing resolution of 9,600×2,400dpi.

The Pixma iP5200R is a four colour model based on the ContrastPlus ink system. The colours include dye based cyan, magenta, yellow and black. These colours are for photo printing purposes and pigment based black is used for printing text. The large black ink cartridge lasts for 360 pages of standard text. The BCI-6 colour tanks are used as in the case of the other Pixmas and an optional monitoring system is available that warns you before each of the tanks are completely depleted. As you must have noticed, the cred is absent and so the final output of the photos are not striking enough to compete with dedicated photo printers. Yet, the quality of the prints are much better than that of some of the other Small office printers.

Compatibility:

The compatible papers include the Photo Paper Plus, Canon Photo Paper Pro along with the other papers that have semi-gloss, glossy, and matte surfaces. Transparencies, plain paper, envelopes, and other business-oriented papers are also supported. Since the machine can handle duplex printing, printing can also be done on coated CDs and DVDs with the help of the separate disc holder that comes with the printer.

Canon Pixma iP5200R photo printer is compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems.

Maintainable and economic:

For the purpose of maintenance, there is a maintenance tab in the driver menu. It has the customary nozzle cleaning and print head  alignment functions. Bottom plate cleaning set up is also available that uses a piece of letter-size paper that has been folded and straightened out to wipe the printer clean prior to two-sided printing. All very innovative and useful features. The transparent Single Ink system ensures economical operation minimising ink wastage.

Print speed:

The printer has a print speed of around 10 papers per minute which is quite good for a photo printer. And when it comes to printing photos, it takes just over a minute, not that impressive. This slowness might be as a result of the smaller droplets which requires slower movement of the print head to achieve the desired quality. Colour prints take about 36 seconds.

Print quality:

As we said earlier, the quality of the prints does not match the ones of a dedicated photo printer but the tiny droplets produce excellent text quality. The photos had good deal of details and accuracy has been achieved in the mid tones. The skin tones are represented well and banding was absent. The complete range of colours have good saturation especially the photos that are worked on with the photo shop. Full, borderless printing shows small amounts of photo vanishing off the edge of the paper. Canon Pixma iP5200R is not recommended for any important printing needs.

Software offered:

Canon Pixma iP5200R border less photo printer comes with Canon’s Easy-Print ToolBox software which uses Easy-PhotoPrint to break your photo printing down into three easy steps. Just select the images that you wish to print then select the paper that you are using and then select a layout, which means that you have no need to dive into the printer driver settings to get the printing done.

The software included in the package are, Easy-WebPrint, Easy-PhotoPrint, PhotoRecord, Easy-PrintToolBox, CD-LabelPrint for Windows. Easy-PhotoPrint and CD-LabelPrint for Mac.

Warranty:

Canon provides Pixma iP5200R with one year limited warranty.

Verdict:

Canon Pixma iP5200R is a great option for the home users who are also looking for good text and graphics output. If you are looking for a similar kind of a printer with an LCD display and memory card slot, then go for Canon Pixma iP6700D Photo printer. Pixma iP5200R offers fast black text and high quality, four-colour photos in a machine which can handle CDs and DVDs, can print on both sides of the paper and can be addressed across a wired or wireless network. It has rich set of features and justifies the price tag.

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Canon Pixma iP5200R Printer - Technical Specifications, Features

Manufacturer	Canon
Model Name	Canon Pixma iP5200R
Printer functions	Printing alone
Printer type	Colour inkjet photo printer
Dimensions (H x W x D)	6.3” x 17.5” x 12.2”
Weight	16.1lbs
Display	None
Interface	USB , 802.11b , 802.11g , Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
Inkjet Technology	Canon FINE (Full-lithography inkjet Nozzle Engineering)
Ink Cartridge Configuration	5 individual ink tanks
Print Speed	Up to 15 pages/min - Black fast - A4 Up to 11.7 pages/min - Colour fast - A4
Max Resolution	9600 dpi x 2400 dpi
Supported media types	Cards, CD discs, DVD discs, Envelopes, Photo paper, Plain paper, Photo stickers, Transparencies, Iron-on transfers, Matte photo paper, Glossy photo paper, High resolution paper, Two-sided photo paper, Semi-gloss photo paper
Media Sizes	4 in x 6 in, 5 in x 7 in, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), A5 (5.83 in x 8.25 in), B5 (6.93 in x 9.83 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in), Com-10 (4.13 in x 9.5 in), International DL (4.33 in x 8.66 in), 2.13 in x 3.4 in
Total media capacity	300 sheets
Trays	2 x Autoload 1 x Manual load
Connectivity	1 x Hi-Speed USB 1 x Direct print port
Connectivity	1 x Hi-Speed USB 1 x Direct print port 1 x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
CD/DVD printing	Yes
Duplex Printout	Yes
Borderless printing	Yes
Operating system supported	Apple MacOS X 10.2.1 or later, Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Software Included	Canon PhotoRecord, Canon CD-LabelPrint, Canon Easy-WebPrint, Drivers & Utilities, Canon Easy-PhotoPrint
Power Consumption Operational	Approx. 3W (standby), approx. 19W (printing)
Box contents	The iP5000R printer, Mains cable, five ink tanks, Print head cradle, CD/DVD printing tray, Manuals and Softwares and Drivers.
Warranty	1 year warranty