Product overview
Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-310: What to Know
Everything else in this list is a small, largely phone-driven printer that outputs 4x6-or-smaller snapshots. The imagePROGRAF PRO-310 is a different category of product entirely: a desktop professional printer launched by Canon in early 2025 at an MSRP of $899.99, aimed at photographers and fine-art printmakers who want gallery-quality output up to 13 inches wide, not casual event prints. We're including it deliberately, as an honest "if you've outgrown this whole category" upgrade path, rather than pretending it competes on the same terms as a $150 SELPHY.
It uses Canon's LUCIA PRO II pigment ink system across 9 color channels plus a Chroma Optimizer, at up to 4800 x 1200 dpi, and Canon markets it as capable of borderless prints up to 13 x 19 inches, plus panoramic prints of significantly greater length on roll-fed media. Reviewers who've used it (including outlets like TechRadar and RTINGS) describe print quality and color depth as a clear step up from consumer photo printers, consistent with its pigment-ink, multi-channel design, though we have not run our own print tests to confirm those claims first-hand.
Connectivity covers Wi-Fi (with AirPrint support), Ethernet, and Hi-Speed USB, and it includes a 3-inch color LCD for monitoring ink levels and job status, useful in a print workflow where you're managing PFI-5100 ink tank costs rather than a simple paper/ink bundle. Canon cites roughly 2 minutes 50 seconds to produce an 11 x 14-inch color print, considerably slower per-image than the snapshot printers here, which is typical for high-resolution pigment printing rather than a flaw.
If you clicked into this guide wanting something to print party photos on a Saturday, this isn't it, and buying it expecting a bigger SELPHY will be a bad surprise both on price and on workflow (it wants a real photo-editing pipeline, not a phone app). If you're a photographer whose current inkjet is holding your work back, it's worth being on your shortlist alongside other 13-inch printers, which is the comparison that actually matters for this product.
Key Listed Features
LUCIA PRO II 9-color pigment ink system plus Chroma Optimizer
Borderless printing up to 13 x 19 inches, longer on roll media
Wi-Fi (AirPrint), Ethernet, and Hi-Speed USB connectivity
3.0-inch color LCD for monitoring ink levels and print jobs
