Comparative test: Canon Pixma iP100 vs. HP Officejet H470

von Florian Heise

übersetzt von Ulrich Junker

If you want to print out contracts and other documents at your customer´s residence, a mobile printer is a must. The two on the market are made by Canon and HP. Our lab takes a closer look at them.

Erschienen am 25. August 2010 bei Druckerchannel.de, 14 Seite(n)

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Layout, size, and weight

Mobile printers are designed for on the road use, so they have to be lightweights, easy to use, and cordless. That´s no problem with rechargeable batteries and WLAN.

Running with accumulator

Both printers can be operated with accumulators. With a fitting (optional) cable they also can be run via vehicle input. Accumulators are attached to the backside. Canon´s accumulator is pretty big, the printer gains in size. The HP mobile has a recess for the rechargeable battery.

Canon Pixma iP100: The battery is fit into a plastic case and has to be screwed to the printer´s backside.

HP Officejet 470: Effortless insertion into the recess.

The life-span of the accumulators our lab has determined on this page "Stamina and power consumption" in this comparative test.

Interfaces

Many printers and all-in-ones meanwhile have WLAN as a standard. This could have been the same with the two mobiles in this test. But for the Canon Bluetooth is just an option.

And HP provides only the most expensive model of the series with Bluetooth, the others have this as an option. If you want WLAN instead of Bluetooth, to cover a wider distance between notebook and printer than with Bluetooth, you have this option with HP only. Canon doesn´t offer this.

The picture on the left (below) shows the three Canon interfaces: Infrared, USB, and Pictbridge. To the right HP: Pictbridge and USB. On the right side a switch to choose between three WLAN sources.

Canon Pixma iP100: On it´s right side three interfaces: Infrared, USB, and Pictbridge.

HP Officejet 470: On the backside two interfaces: USB and Pictbridge. To the right switch for up to three WLAN sources.

Only HP´s Officejet H470 provides a cardreader for SD and MMC. You can copy data to your PC or direct-print your pictures. The pictures must be in DPOF (Digital Print Order Format). Printing of text- or PDF-data is not possible.

HP Officejet 470: On the left side: SD- and MMC-cardreader and USB-host-interface. The latter can hold a Bluetooth-adapter, for example.

Floor plans

Looked at from above Canon´s mobile is wider and deeper, due to the accumulator:

Canon Pixma iP100 looked at from above: Left with, right without accumulator.

HP Officejet H470 looked at from above: Left with, right without accumulator.

In frontal and lateral view you clearly see the Canon´s lower profile.

Frontal and lateral view: Canon Pixma iP100 on the left, HP Officejet H470 on the right side.