Comparative test: Canon Pixma iP100 vs. HP Officejet H470

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.

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Quality of print: Photos

DC-Farbfoto: dc_fotoyield.tif.

To test quality of photo-printing, our lab sends a photo of A4-size to the printers. It is a TIFF-file, 11.627 KByte in size, dimensions 2.362 x 3.307 pixels.

A compressed JPG-version of this file can be downloaded here: DC Testfiles.

Photo print: Parrot

To assess quality of photo print, and scrutinizing colors, sharpness of contrast, and resolution, our lab displays a scan of the blue-yellow parrot (picture right side).

To compare details, click on the pictures below. An enlarged image will open.

Canon Pixma iP100 deliveres flawless photos. On the HP Officejet H470 we use two different ink cartridges, and perform several manual print head adjustments, but there are streaks in every photo. We assume the printer has a bug. Apart from that HP´s mobile print fine photos, but doesn´t quite come up to the Canon´s quality of print.

Canon Pixma iP100: Prints fine photos.

HP Officejet H470: In our lab all photos are streaky.

Skin tones

To assess attention to detail and reproduction of skin tones, our lab shows a clip of the Fuji-testfile and the small eye in the center of DC´s A4 test photo.

Fuji-testfile

A4 test photo

Canon Pixma iP100: As usual with a slight red color fault.

HP Officejet H470: Natural skin tones, but streaky and washy.