Like many people, the space in my home office is limited. So my reason for choosing a "portable" printer was simply the smaller footprint in my home office. When you go shopping for printers these days, most of the popular products are "all-in-ones" that integrate the printer with a scanner and even...

Compact Design; Easy Setup; Easy To Use; Fast Print Time

There are a limited number of portable document printers and this one is excellent. While in use for a limited amount of time, it has performed great - easy setup, quick connection, excellent print quality, quick print.

Easy to Use; Meets Expectations; Features

This portable printer is worth the cost as it has an excellent print quality and the ink cartridges are reasonably priced. I took this printer overseas so I could print online tickets or other things I needed. It was easy to transport as it wasn't overly heavy.

The Canon Pixma iP100 is a portable photo printer that can also print text documents. It will print on paper from business card size to A4, and comes with a large battery for travelling.

Canon's PIXMA line has become synonymous with top of the line printers in a wide array of formats. Their iP100 mobile printer continues the tradition with this easily portable unit that measures about a foot wide, weighs in at about four pounds and can fit in just about any bag or briefcase.

Bin viel unterwegs und der Drucker ist ein perfekter Begleiter

Printers are usually tied down to you home or office. You can easily get portable thermal printers which can print small rolls of text (like a receipt), but what if you need to take some high quality photo prints?

Portable printing with PictBridge

- Expensive

This little printer (32cm long by 18.5cm deep and 62cm thick and weighing 2kg) is designed to go anywhere with a laptop computer. It comes with a rechargeable battery. There are two small ink cartridges, one black and one four-colour. Paper up to A4 can be used.

The output from the printer is consistently good after some fiddling with the print parameters; Images printed tended to be a little darker than on screen; Print speed is good, faster than some standard photo printers.

The price is inexplicably high; In the US this machine sells for AUD $258; Why does it cost $200 more here? Neither GST nor market size will justify this difference; And American reviewers are critical of what they consider a high price in their shops

Truly portable photo printers are quite rare these days, although Canon has long produced them. The company's new Pixma iP100 offers both text and photo printing, and its internal battery and small dimensions mean it really can be carried around.

Other owners report at Amazon.com that the paper feed jams regularly; for some the problem began immediately, while for others it occurred after a year. Another says the printer continues to work well after 15 months of use, but he had trouble connecting via Bluetooth when he switched to Mac.

Portable and lightweight; Good text; photo prints; Can print directly from cameras

No memory-card slots; Paper feed issues