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22 Jan, 2026







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The Canon SELPHY CP1500 is a solid little “print photos on demand” machine, and it’s one of the few compact printers that actually feels pleasant to live with in a busy office setting—because it’s fast, straightforward, and the prints are consistently decent. At ~£122 ex-VAT, it’s good value if your use case is short-run photo outputs: event takeaways, staff headshots for quick handouts, quick visual proofs, or client-facing prints where you don’t want the faff of a full photo workflow. The Wi‑Fi printing is genuinely handy day-to-day, especially if multiple people will be sending jobs from phones/laptops.
That said, I wouldn’t buy it for general office printing or anything “high volume.” It’s not built to be your workhorse printer, and the ongoing consumable cost can bite if you print constantly. Dye-sublimation is great for photo-like color and skin tones, but it’s not the best route if you mostly need text documents, charts, or long-term archives. If you need occasional, good-looking 4x6 prints without fuss, this makes sense. If you want cheap per-page printing or heavy-duty throughput, look elsewhere.

Canon
Canon SELPHY QX20 - Printer - colour - dye sublimation - 72 x 85 mm up to 0.66 min/page (colour) - capacity: 10 sheets - Wi-Fi(g) - terracota red

HP
HP Officejet 200 Mobile Printer - Printer - colour - ink-jet - A4/Legal - 1200 x 1200 dpi - up to 20 ppm (mono) / up to 19 ppm (colour) - capacity: 50 sheets - USB 2.0, USB host, Wi-Fi

Epson
Epson SureColor SC-P900 SC P900 SCP900 SCP 900 - Printer - colour - ink-jet - A3 Plus - 5760 x 1440 dpi - capacity: 120 sheets - LAN, USB host, USB 3.0, Wi-Fi(ac)

Canon
Canon PIXMA TS705a TS 705a 705 a - Printer - colour - Duplex - inkjet - A4/Legal - up to 15 ipm (mono) / up to 10 ipm (colour) - capacity: 350 sheets - USB 2.0, LAN, Wi-Fi(n)