Have you ever been away from the office on a business trip and you needed a printer desperately to print out an important document for a business meeting only to find the hotel had no printing facilities? That would be the perfect time to have a mobile printer scanner in your case so that you could whip it out and have those pages printing out in the comfort of your hotel room.
When your on the road it is surprising how many hotels you stay at that will have internet access but no facilities to print. The only alternative is to try and find a printing shop which is not best thing to do an hour before your business meeting.
This situation has increased the need for mobile printer scanner combo products to be developed to serve this gap in the market. The popularity of portable laptops with wireless facilities have driven the need for a portable printer solution. Many computer companies are manufacturing and producing mobile printers that can offer quality resolution, dpi and portability.
At the moment portable laser printer scanner products are not very common yet. Manufactures have yet to develop a size and weight that you can truly call portable. However,
Canon is breaking the mold and it has come out with their own inkjet canon mobile printer scanner.
The color quality on the this mobile printer and scanner is quite good. This printer is easy to use with only three buttons to worry about. The weight of the printer is just under 1 kg and its measurements are 30cms x 6cms x 10.67cms.
As mobile printers are mainly designed to offer a printing solution that is easy to carry around this usually means certain compromises have to be made. For the Canon BJC-55 Color Portable Printer Scanner one of those compromises is the paper printing speed with only 5 pages printed per minute. You can increase the paper speed by adding a faster paper feed but adding more accessories makes it less portable. To use the scanner you will need to buy the IS12 scanner cartridge separately. A photo cartridge is also optional.
As you would expect from Canon the mobile printer and scanner is well made and durable to withstand bangs and knocks. Included is a handy universal power adapter that can be used any where in the world. The mobile printer has a built-in IrDA port meaning there is no need for cables. as data is sent directly from your laptop or PC to the printer. This printer has usb connectivity.
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http://www.myhomeprinters.com Brand new you can pick up the Canon BJC 55 portable printer for under $200 which is a decent price. However for cheaper options you can pick -up a refurbished models for around $150. To buy new the best place is probably Amazon or for the cheaper second hand alternative try either Ebay or Craigslist.
As technology advances it will not belong until mobile printer scanner copier products are a common thing.