It can print text, but it is better at printing photos.
Canon claims that the printer can produce photos that last for up to 100-year album life.
The printer supports direct printing from a PictBridge-compliant camera.

This technology is more about convenience than anything else.
Features and Highlights
The Canon iP3500 feeds paper from two sources.
The design of Canon iP3500 is a mix of silver and black colors.

Its a simple one with no control panel on its body.
This button is used either to resume or cancel a print job.
The port is located on the front of the printer and positioned below the resume/cancel button.

This particular feature comes handy when you need one or two digital photos to be printed out.
However, the final result may not up to your liking sometimes.
This also means the printers operation depends heavily on the driver.