Should You Buy a Canon Photo Printer?

Canon is one of the most popular photo printer brands as well as being well known for its digital cameras, inkjet printers and camcorders.

If you are wondering how Canon photo printers compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared 150+ photo printers by objectively and impartially analysing over 2,700 user and expert reviews and 100+ awards from hundreds of different review sites.

Canon are recognised for their wide selection of mid-range and award winning photo printers. Their photo printers start at $27 for the CP400 which is a 300 x 300 photo printer and a photo printer that has a 210 x 297 mm (A4) max print size and go up to $1,260 for the PRO-1000 which is a 2400 x 1200 photo printer and a photo printer that has an A2 (432 x 559 mm) max print size. The average price of a new Canon photo printer is $257.

Is Canon the Best Photo Printer Brand?

So are Canon photo printers any good? We give every photo printer a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all photo printers we are able to impartially rank all the photo printer brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Canon is the actually best photo printer brand out there.

Let's look at how Canon photo printers compare to the other photo printer brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

There's a wide selection of Canon photo printers available compared to other photo printer brands, with 20 Canon photo printers currently on the market in the US. Canon also have better reviews than the typical photo printer brand, with the average rating of a Canon photo printer being 85%.

Canon have a number of great features including my image garden which sets them apart from the competition.

However Canon photo printers tend to be more expensive than most other photo printer brands making them a less popular choice with consumers.

What Do the Canon Photo Printer Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Canon photo printer to work out the average distribution of reviews for Canon and then compared this to the other photo printer brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		70
4 stars		133
3 stars		27
2 stars		6
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		869
4 stars		287
3 stars		65
2 stars		30
1 star		44

Over 86% of expert reviews and 89% of user reviews for Canon photo printers are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 87% and 88% respectively across all Photo Printer brands.

Purchasers of Canon photo printers frequently mentioned that the product was easy to use, and they have won 40+ awards.

In the table below we compare the average review score given to Canon photo printers by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other photo printer brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	Canon	Epson	Fujifilm	Polaroid	LG
	72% 17 reviews	80% 21 reviews	80% 4 reviews
	77% 18 reviews	82% 10 reviews	80% 1 review	80% 1 review
	83% 12 reviews	75% 13 reviews
	70% 10 reviews	74% 10 reviews
	84% 7 reviews	83% 11 reviews
	77% 7 reviews	80% 7 reviews
	75% 8 reviews	84% 4 reviews
	86% 6 reviews	89% 4 reviews		86% 1 review
	84% 6 reviews	79% 4 reviews
	80% 7 reviews	85% 3 reviews
	69% 7 reviews	87% 3 reviews
	70% 5 reviews	87% 5 reviews
	73% 6 reviews	70% 2 reviews			100% 1 review
	77% 7 reviews	70% 2 reviews
	80% 3 reviews	77% 6 reviews
	67% 3 reviews	84% 5 reviews
	80% 1 review	78% 5 reviews	80% 1 review
	76% 4 reviews	75% 2 reviews
	74% 5 reviews	80% 1 review
	80% 2 reviews		80% 1 review		60% 2 reviews
Other Expert Sites	71% 80 reviews	73% 82 reviews	67% 4 reviews	68% 8 reviews	49% 5 reviews
Average	76% 221 reviews	76% 200 reviews	77% 11 reviews	78% 10 reviews	70% 8 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Canon Photo Printers Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 42 industry awards for Canon photo printers. The table below compares the number of awards received by Canon to other popular photo printer brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning photo printers

Number of Awards	Canon	Epson	Fujifilm	Polaroid	LG
	4	6
	3	4
	3	3
	2	3
	1	3
	1	2	1
	1	1	1
	2	1
	2	1
	1	2
	1	2
	3
		3
	1	2
	1	2
		2
	2
	1	1
	2
		2
Other Expert Sites	11	13			5
Total	42	53	2		5

How Reliable Are Canon Photo Printers?

We checked over 2,700 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Canon photo printers. over 30 of these reviews mention reliability of which 69% were positive. Therefore the majority of Canon photo printer owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Canon photo printers are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Canon photo printers that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

beige shell has a robust feel

the Canon Selphy CP1300 Wireless Compact Photo Printer Review is reliable printing machine

The latest Selphy dye-sublimation model is a well-built snapshot printer capable of producing good photos

Excellent Build Quality

it has a built in multi memory card reader too

These printers are very sturdy as I travel with mine 4 weeks (or more) out of 6

was always reliable

It feels pretty sturdy

NOT RELIABLE

not built very solidly

Paper feed is not reliable

packaged to prevent any (reasonable) damage

it had some reliability issues

Mediocre Build Quality

Features to Look Out For On Canon Photo Printers

There's a number of great features to look out for on the latest range of Canon photo printers that set them apart from the competition. These include my image garden.

Canon My Image Garden

Canon photo printers that feature my image garden include the Canon PIXMA IP110 ($144) and the Canon PIXMA iP8750 ($308).

What is the Best High End Canon Photo Printer?

Canon Pixma Pro-100S

4800 X 2400 DPI

38.5dB NOISE LEVEL

150 Sheets MAX INPUT CAPACITY

If you're looking for a high end Canon photo printer then the Canon Pixma Pro-100S takes some beating. It has a Kagoo Score of 74, but is a bit more expensive at $450.27.

Features We Love:

4800 x 2400 DPI

Quieter than average noise level (38.5dB)

Supports Wi-Fi

Supports Direct Printing (PictBridge)

Supports borderless printing

A multi award winning and fully featured 4800 x 2400 DPI photo printer. Our review analysis indicates that has excellent colours quality and it produces excellent prints.

92 Reviews	32 Reviews + 5 Awards
80 Features	Fully-Featured
64 Value for Money	Good
74 Kagoo Score	Very Good

Our review analysis indicates that Canon Pixma Pro-100S has very good expert reviews with an average expert rating of 83%, based on 32 reviews.

The cheapest price that we could find for the Pixma Pro-100S in the US is $450.27 but in total we found only 2 prices for it.

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