Canon Pixma iP110: This Inkjet Printer's Portability Comes At A Price

Road warriors, you can still pack a printer.

- Seamus Bellamy

Living on the road, like I do, isn’t for everyone. It requires a lot of sacrifices and the willingness to accept near-constant change. When my partner and I moved into our RV, it was easy to rid ourselves of unneeded clothing and furniture, but we couldn’t leave behind the computer gear we need to do our jobs. And suddenly I was on the market for a really small printer.

After using the Canon Pixma iP110 (go. macworld.com/ip110) portable inkjet printer for a few months, I feel comfortable recommending it to anyone who needs a portable printer. It doesn’t have a scanner, which is fine since I can use my iPhone camera and apps like Scanner Pro, but it’s more than capable of handling the documents,photos, and envelopes I need to print from the road.

TINY BUT MIGHTY

Picking up the iP110, you’ll be surprised that its compact body (12.7 by 7.3 by 2.5 inches)still weighs close to five pounds. All that weight jammed into such a tiny printer is good news, however—this thing is rock solid. After a few months of being slammed around in a storage cupboard with other pieces of hardware and test samples, the iP110 still performs as well as the day I unboxed it.