Another new digital imaging related offering from Canon this week is a new inkjet photo printer which can print photos at up to 4800×1200. It is the Canon PIXMA iP2600 Photo Printer and price is set at around $50.

The Canon PIXMA iP2600 Photo Printer, besides offering print head technology which can do the 4800×1200 resolution, can print borderless 4- x 6-inch photos in 55 seconds. It can also print documents, presentations and Web pages at speeds up to 22 pages/minute (ppm) for monochrome, and up to 17 ppm for color.

Other features of the iP2600 include a paper outlet tray, included black and color print cartridges and a function which “automatically analyzes and categorizes the scenes in photographs and optimizes print output for each individual scene in accordance with the scene type.” It should be available in February.

Canon PIXMA iP2600 Photo Printer