When the family was still using the camera using films, my siblings and I would save up not just to buy films, but to have it printed, too. That time, even if it would take time before we have films processed and printed, we would fill albums and albums of life memories. In 2007, I started making scrapbooks, my way of presenting these memories in a much creative way. When digital cameras paved way for people to freeze more memories, I called it one of the best things people can have. Being a life artist, I do love that I can take images of things, events, and people without thinking whether I'd run out of space. I can just take pictures and just select which ones I will share to people.
However, as much as digital cameras helped me to freeze those moments and explore my creativity more, I admit most of those frozen moments were just stored as digital images, as I often just share it through my blogs or through my social networking sites. I have tried having my digital images printed, but I often get disappointed whenever the images would come out far from what I expected it to be. I once took a sunset silhouette image and I intended to keep it at that, but I learned the staff at the photo shop would play at the brightness of the images, and what I got was an image with a washed out sun and the people who are supposed to be silhouette were ultra bright. I really would love to get back to scrapbooking, and because doing scrapbooks call for me to have images printed out in different sizes, I am now on a lookout for a photo printer, which I can have here at home so I can just print pictures. When I received an invitation from
Nuffnang Philippines for an exclusive event for Canon Pixma Printers, I immediately told them I'd attend it. Being a Canon camera user, I do know the quality behind the brand, so this event was something I didn't want to miss.
Brother and I arrived just in time for the event. We were able to roam around, as well as have early dinner - thanks to the foods by Las Paellas Cafe, which catered at the event. Us having our own food and drink stubs, we were treated to a buffet-style dining while listening to the band play awesome music. Too bad I wasn't able to catch their name as brother and I were still registering for the event when they started playing.
How many of you own a printer, scanner, and photo printer and wish you just own an All-in-One gadget where you can scan images as well as print documents and pictures? Canon have thought about this, and through this thought, they came up with an AiO gadgets that not only offers good quality prints, these are also user-friendly, cost-efficient, and eco-friendly.
Presenting the newest Canon Pixma Printers - E500, MP287, MG8270, MG5370, and iP4970. What each model offer in a nutshell:
Canon Pixma MP287Compact and stylish, it may be the cheapest among the five printers in terms of price (p3495), but it sure produces excellent and quality print-outs. Being that affordable, it can be a good printer for personal use, especially for students.
Canon Pixma E500This is a printer for the printer-happy people, especially those students who are currently doing their thesis (and other school projects) because this printer will let you print about 1200 pages per set of cartridges. Photo-wise, it can let you print stills from a video and create filter effects. It also has a quiet mode, which allows users to print documents and images even at the wee hours.
Canon Pixma iP4970 Photo PrinterNow, if you're more into printing images, you can opt for this one as this uses FINE (Full photo-lithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering), Hybrid and ChromaLife100+ technologies to give vivid print outs that will last 300 years. Just like the E500, it will also allow you to have Full HD Movie printouts, fun filter effects, and auto fix.
Canon Pixma MG5370This is the WiFi enabled printer that allows users to connect wirelessly, as well as print images using Android phones, iPads, and iPhones. This printer has five individual ink tanks, assuring you to have great images. Although it's already coping with the present times, it still has the direct photo print functions like the Pictbridge and direct card printing.
Canon Pixma MG8270This is really the digital age, but even with so many kinds of digital cameras sprouting in the market, there are still photographers who prefers using films when capturing images. This printer not only allows users to print images captured digitally, this also has the function to let you print pictures using films, because this has film scanning capabilities. Well, we may not use film anymore, but am sure all of us have a lot of film negatives from the past that we sure want to have printouts of. Aside from that wonderful option, this printer comes with six individual ink cartridges, which can give you excellent monochrome prints. This printer is also WiFi enabled.
Other Details You Should Know- MG8270 and MG5370 printers will soon have the PIXMA Cloud Link service, which allows printers to connect directly to online photo albums to view and print photos, without the aid of a PC.
- Fun Filter Effects in printers include: Miniature Effect, Fish-Eye Effect, and Toy Camera.
- Canon has equipped the iP4970, MG8270 and MG5370 and MG4170 with additional ECO settings. These easily adjustable settings allow the user to set the printer to automatically print two-sided printouts when printing PDFs, photocopying, or printing templates.
The event was attended by media people - TV, print, and online writers. In between presentations, there were games - first was the "Trivia Game" featuring different movies using the Canon Pixma printers. Second game was about the "Scan and Print Me Game," where players had to answer riddles by scanning and printing different items contained in a basket. Both games called for groups - three members each team for the first game and two members each team for the second game - and all the members of the winning teams got to take home their own Canon Pixma printer!
The event may be about the new printers, but this day was also about gratitude. Canon extended their warmest gratitude to everyone who appreciated their products as Canon Pixma was named #1b for the first half of this year.
In line with this event, Canon asked, "What was the best thing you've printed?" For Canon brand ambassadors Jo Avila, Per-Andre Hoffman, and Jun Miranda it would be: a picture of his kids with their grandfather, a picture of the Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, and a picture of his Cambodia trip respectively.
As for me, the best thing I have printed (aside from the school project which I wrote a few hours before the deadline during my college days - because I received a 1.0 grade for that project), it would have to be the butterfly image I took while in Baluarte (Vigan). It took me more than an hour chasing the butterflies just to capture pictures, and that image was something that sums up all I went through that time. Of course, part of the reason why I love that image was because I did use a point and shoot camera to capture that, yet it still came out wonderful, despite the limited settings I could use.
It didn't win me a Canon Pixma Printer, but I guess for all of us, the best thing we have printed will always be the image that's closest to our hearts. Well, I am sure I have captured some images that would prove to be better than that butterfly image, but the operative word was "printed," so for now that would be the best.
I am personally glad Canon came up with these printers. I forgot to ask if the printers can accommodate 12-inch papers (my scrapbook layouts are 12x12in in size), but even so, I think my eyes are already set on one of the five featured printers that day. Because of this great innovation, I can now print quality pictures at the comforts of my own home.
Canon has this tagline that says,
"You get one shot at immortality." I have always viewed photography as a way to immortalize ourselves, a way for us to get in connected with people even if we are no longer around. Pictures do paint a thousand words, but if we just keep images stored in our computers and memory cards, not everybody can really see it, especially if we didn't share it online. I always believe pictures are much better seen and touched - like the way family members and friends pass around printed pictures - and with Canon Pixma printers, we sure have more means to make our mark in history.
To learn more about Canon, its products, and current promos, please visit their website -
http://www.canon.com.phBig thanks to Nuffnang Philippines for the invitation.
