Discover the Canon world of innovative digital imaging with the dye-sublimation Digital Printer CD-300. Succeeding the popular Canon Digital Printer CD-200, it incorporates a number of enhancements for improved digital creation, speed, performance and image quality. The new design equips the CD-300 with front-loading capabilities for easy insertion of paper and ink cassettes.The CD-300 can print JPEG files with or without a personal computer, providing high-resolution and photo-quality prints. Optional paper and ink cassettes can also be used to produce miniature labels and panoramic prints. And each print is laminated with a special clear UV coating to extend its longevity by protecting against moisture, fingerprints and scratches - without affecting the print speed of the CD-300. Canon's CD-300 accepts many different kinds of media like Type I and Type II CompactFlash (CF) cards and others. DPOF and CIFF data from compatible cameras are also supported. Plus you can connect the CD-300 to a TV or video monitor to take advantage of a full-featured command interface that allows you to adjust hue, tint, brightness, contrast and sharpness.

The Canon CD-300 prints your images directly from many models of digital cameras without requiring you to first transfer the data to a computer. Plus, it features high-speed 300 dpi photo-quality resolution. With its moving-film carriage, the CD-300 prints up to 256 shades of cyan, then magenta, followed by yellow, and then it prints a protective ultraviolet layer to prevent image fading. The UV coating also extends the archival status of your prints by protecting them from moisture, fingerprints, and scratches. The CD-300 prints borderless (full bleed) postcard size, 4-by-6, and 4-by-10 panoramas. It use a dye-sublimation transfer technology that prints with high resolution to produce top-quality prints with the ready convenience of printing in your own studio, fully in control of the results.

The CD-300 is automatic and easy to use when working with images from 35mm mounted slide film, strip film, color/monochrome, positives and negatives, and APS IX240 cartridges, and whether or not it is connected to your computer. It also accepts Type I and II CompactFlash, PCMCIA-ATA Type II, video, and S-video inputs. The CD-300 supports JPEG and JFIF file formats.

With print speeds of up to 3 minutes per sheet and printing modes of high quality and panorama, you can determine the degree of quality and speed when producing your own photo prints. Easy-to-use controls located on the front of the unit include the power button, control panel, paper cassette inlet, ink cassette door, CF card slot, PC Card slot, and video-in jack, making it simpler to insert or remove memory cards, paper cassettes, and the ink cassette. Each cassette yields up to 36 sheets. The Canon CD-300 is compact, with dimensions just under 10 by 4 by 11 inches, and weighs approximately 6 pounds. --Barbara Price