The Epson PictureMate PM-400 Personal Photo Lab was much zippier, averaging 42 seconds per 4-by-6-inch print.

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A slightly larger screen, an improved user interface and search, and a way to collaborate with friends on collages over a Wi-Fi connection are among this photo printers added features.

The CP1300 retains its predecessors portability, variety of connection choices, and good print quality, and it inherits the CP1200s Editors Choice.

Instead, tiny (pocket-size, for the most part) printers that produce wallet-size prints (from images sent wirelessly from phones or tablets) have become the rage.

Most use whats called Zero INK (ZINK) technology, which traditionally has produced murkymediocre at bestprints, but which HP has tweaked to boost print quality considerably in its latest ZINK-based offering, the Editors Choice HP Sprocket 2nd Edition.

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The one obvious upgrade from the CP1200 is the 3.2-inch non-touch color LCD screen, which has been upsized from 2.7 inches.

The CP1300 measures 2.5 by 7 by 5.4 inches (HWD) and weighs 2.5 pounds with the cassette and ink cartridge loaded, or 3.1 pounds when you include the power adapter.

A battery, which Canon says is good for up to 54 prints per charge, is available as an 89.99 option.

You can connect the printer to a computer via Wi-Fi (as well as a direct wireless connection, with the printer acting as its own hotspot) or USB; it has a mini-USB Type-B port.

Otherwise, you might not have a mini-USB cable kicking around if you need it.

The CP1300 can print directly from a PictBridge-compatible camera over the USB connection or a direct wireless connection.

There, we would teach them photography basics and go on photo walks with them in the neighborhood around the school.

In addition to bringing two point-and-shoot cameras for the school, I decided to donate them a photo printer so that the kids could actually make copies of images they had created.

The requirements were affordability, small size (so I could easily pack it in my luggage), print quality, print size (up to at least 4 by 6 inches), and the ability to print from memory cards and computers, as well as wirelessly.

Although I had not seen the CP1300 in action, I had reviewed its Selphy 1200 predecessor in 2016 and given it our Editors Choice for small-format photo printers.

Although we didnt have a chance to use it at the school while we were there, a volunteer had no trouble setting it up for later use.

When I got back to New York, I requested a CP1300 review unit, on which I did our formal testing detailed below.

Additional benefits of dye-sublimation printing is that the ink dries instantly, and its prints are long-lasting (rated for 100 years).

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In dye sublimation, the paper is fed through the printer and back in a series of four passes, one for each color (cyan, magenta, yellow, and a clear coat).

On each pass, a different color dye from the ribbon is sublimated (vaporized) and deposited on the photo paper.

With the CP1300, speeds were pretty consistent, hovering around a minute, regardless of the method I used.

When printing from an SD card, print times averaged 56 seconds; they averaged 1 minute and 2 seconds whether I printed over a USB connection, by Wi-Fi, or over a direct wireless connection.

Be advised that our Wi-Fi test setup is a high-speed FiOS network, and other Wi-Fi networks may not produce such fast times.).

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