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167 of 172 found the following review helpful:
 most cost-effective, excellent quality; some concerns Sep 12, 2009
By Laurentiu Badea
The most cost-effective paper and ink pack for the Selphy CP-series, comes down to about 27 cents per photo right now. The box contains three ink packs, each good for 36 prints, and six 18-photo-paper packs (The CP-760 can only hold 18 photos in its tray). Everything you need to print exactly 108 photos. The paper has Canon written on the back in light gray. The Canon KP-108IP Color Ink/Paper Set (note the "IP") has postcard back but is harder to find.
These dye-sub packs print exactly the number of photos indicated, no more, no less, no matter the color coverage on the photo. The "ink" cartridge has a roll of 4-inch-wide film with 6-inch-long sections of each dye (yellow, magenta, cyan) followed by a clear coat, repeated exactly 36 times.
When printing, each dye layer goes over the photo and transfers the color to the paper using heat. Sublimation is vaporizing the "ink" from the film in controlled amounts, which is then deposited onto the paper. The printer lets you see the photo at each stage which is neat. The final layer is a plastic clear coat that makes it smudge-proof and water-resistant.
The result of this process is that the film inside the used ink cartridge ends up with accurate negatives of your prints in each color. That is why the cartridge can't be reused, but that also means the photos you printed can be recovered from a discarded "empty" cartridge. If that is a problem then I suppose you can yank the film out and dispose of it some other way (not heat as it may cause the remaining dye to vaporize in the air you breathe).
51 of 52 found the following review helpful:
 one glitch May 31, 2011
By ckelly
I have had my Selphy for 2 years now and overall it is a handy printer. However, what people need to know is that every time you turn the unit off and turn it back on, it loads the ink for one picture. That is, you lose that ink and your ink to paper ratio gets off over time. You eventually start running out of ink before you run out of paper. I called Cannon to find out what was happening-that I was accumulating tons of paper but running out of ink. They informed me that the machine does this and I should leave the unit on (print as many photos as possible in one sitting) if I am to not waste ink. Right now I have tons of paper that will probubly never get used because cannon will not sell ink apart from paper. Very Wasteful! FYI
25 of 28 found the following review helpful:
Canon Selphy Photo Ink & Paper Set Mar 27, 2009
By T. Roy
This Canon Selphy photo ink and paper set provides excellent 4" x 6" photos and is very easy to use.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Convenient May 07, 2009
By SOTSUBS
This item is packaged perfectly. There are several individual packages of paper, which is preferable to one large package which keeps the photo paper nice and neat. Plus I prefer that the paper and ink are in one package...big plus.
12 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Love Canon Selphy, but new paper is not "Postcard" anymore May 04, 2009
By PhotoTakr
I have multiple Selphy Printers. I really enjoy them, but was disappointed to find the latest iteration of the paper kit no longer has the postcard printed on the back. Just the words "Canon". Otherwise, an excellent product.
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