Nutshell Summary: No-frills DyeSub printer capable of superb quality right from the camera. Postcards printed from the Selphy 510 from my Nikon D3x look sharp and colorful, at least as good as minilab prints. Portability is possible but cumbersome.
The Selphy 510 was one of the first, miniature Canon DyeSub models to reach the market. It is totally frill-free as it has no built-in card reader, screen or Bluetooth. The only control is an on-off button! However, the print-engine supplies are the same as those of several follow-on Canon models, and therefore widely available. The old Selphy 510, if you find one on sale, is as good as a new model if you don't need the newer feature-set.
Loading supplies is a bit fussy as this dyesub printer needs a spool of color foil ribbon and a supply of paper cards to be loaded before it prints. The paper needs to be carfully placed in an external tray. Printing is a simple as pulling out the retractable USB mini-plug, and connecting it to the camera. PC and USB drivers are also available.
When printing from my Nikon D3x cropping was possible, and borders could be requested. Borderless is really edge to edge. Postcard size prints emerge from the printer after about one minute. The prints are colorful and stand up to fingers and other domestic abuse. As an experiment, I profiled the printer for use on the Mac, for a slight improvement over the default software settings.
My sample of this printer is two years old, and is getting hard to convince to switch on. I suspect a hardware fault. However I cannot complain about the printouts, which delight all my friends and convince strangers to pose for me.
Pros: Beautiful and tough postcard-sized printouts. Widely available and reasonably priced supplies. Cons: Protruding paper tray must be separately stowed. Heavy power brick. Expensive battery is optional and rarely stocked in brick and mortar store.
Verdict: A Useful Buy.
The Selphy 510 was one of the first, miniature Canon DyeSub models to reach the market. It is totally frill-free as it has no built-in card reader, screen or Bluetooth. The only control is an on-off button! However, the print-engine supplies are the same as those of several follow-on Canon models, and therefore widely available. The old Selphy 510, if you find one on sale, is as good as a new model if you don't need the newer feature-set.
Loading supplies is a bit fussy as this dyesub printer needs a spool of color foil ribbon and a supply of paper cards to be loaded before it prints. The paper needs to be carfully placed in an external tray. Printing is a simple as pulling out the retractable USB mini-plug, and connecting it to the camera. PC and USB drivers are also available.
When printing from my Nikon D3x cropping was possible, and borders could be requested. Borderless is really edge to edge. Postcard size prints emerge from the printer after about one minute. The prints are colorful and stand up to fingers and other domestic abuse. As an experiment, I profiled the printer for use on the Mac, for a slight improvement over the default software settings.
My sample of this printer is two years old, and is getting hard to convince to switch on. I suspect a hardware fault. However I cannot complain about the printouts, which delight all my friends and convince strangers to pose for me.
Pros: Beautiful and tough postcard-sized printouts. Widely available and reasonably priced supplies. Cons: Protruding paper tray must be separately stowed. Heavy power brick. Expensive battery is optional and rarely stocked in brick and mortar store.
Verdict: A Useful Buy.
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