The same is true for color pages: At 14.8 cents, the TR150 offers the lowest color page cost of the portable printers we've tested. By contrast, the HP OfficeJet 250 offers an estimated cost of 9 cents per text page. At 7.5 cents per text page, it is well below the 8.9 cents category average. The Pixma TR150 offers low ink costs for a portable printer. The second cartridge holds a pigment-based black ink.

The printer takes two ink cartridges: A dye-based ink cartridge with three colors (cyan, magenta, yellow), plus black. Canon Pixma TR150 review: Ink cost and yield By comparison, the same print made by the HP OfficeJet 250 looked a little unnatural due to hyped-up yellow shades. In particular, the colors in our landscape photo looked very natural. Details looked very sharp and color saturation was very pleasing. Glossy photo prints, however, were top-notch. Pixels were more visible in the TR150's graphics prints. The graphics also lacked the sharper details, stronger contrast and richer color saturation of better-looking prints, such as from the HP OfficeJet 250.

Color graphics printed on plain paper looked a little washed-out, and banding was visible.

Edges of letterforms looked a little rough, and not razor sharp. Text printed a little on the light side, rather than in a rich black. The Canon iOS app did not offer a high-resolution setting. Printing from an iPhone 7, the TR150 printed at comparable speed to printing from a PC, making a 4-by-6-inch glossy at default settings in 1 minute and 5 seconds. The HP OfficeJet 250, however, was twice as fast at default and high-resolution settings, making 4-by-6-inch glossy prints in 37.6 and 49.5 seconds, respectively. Printing at high resolution, the TR150 made the same glossy print in 1 minute and 45 seconds, which was significantly faster than the category average of 2 minutes and 6 seconds. From a Windows PC, the TR150 made a 4-by-6-inch glossy photo print at default settings in 1 minute and 4.8 seconds, versus the average of 1 minute and 11 seconds. Photo printing speed also was faster than the category average.

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