CONNECTIVITY AND SOFTWARE
This Selphy doesn’t support connections from your Windows or macOS
computer. You can connect to any Android or iOS smartphone or iPad via Wi-
Fi, though. Canon says a fully charged battery is good for about 20 prints, and
you can recharge via a standard smartphone power adapter or from a USB port
on your laptop or desktop.
As for the software, the Selphy Photo Layout 2.0 app runs on most mobile
devices, and it has much in common with similar apps designed for other
portable photo printers. In addition to tools for cropping, changing brightness
and contrast, and so on, you can also add text, borders, clip art, and
backgrounds. You can also use one of several templates for multi-image layouts
or collages. But again, unlike previous models, to print to this Selphy the
content must reside on your mobile device, or on a cloud site connected to it.
TESTING THE SELPHY SQUARE: THE 43-SECOND PHOTO
Unlike Zink-based machines that churn out each print in one pass through the
printer, dye-sub machines make four passes. During each pass, the paper comes
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pass, the printer lays down yellow ink; on the next pass, magenta; on the third
pass, cyan; and on the fourth pass, a clear coat that brings out highlights and
protects the image.