KODAK Mini 3 Square Portable Wireless Mobile Photo Printer, Print Social Media Photos with iOS & Android Through Bluetooth, Real Photo (3 x 3), 4Pass Technology - White

I think there's a lot to praise about this mini photo printer. It's really perfect for a person like me who is NOT a photographer and doesn't want to carry a clunky camera around. I always take photos on my smartphone, and it is really nice to be able to print out my favorite ones now with this mini printer (since I scrapbook). I already had a mini photo printer, the Polaroid Zip, which prints in 2x3 in photos using Zink photo paper (the kind of photo paper that has dye crystals embedded inside so you don't need to buy ink cartridges for your printer). I attached a couple images showing the difference in quality, with the original unedited photo that I took on my phone and showing the Polaroid Zip 2x3 next to the Kodak Mini 3 3x3 printed photo. There's definitely a BIG difference in the coloring - the Polaroid Zip for some reason always prints my photos with a duller, more reddish palette than I like. For me, since I have the original photo to compare to, I don't like that weird printed effect altering the colors. It's not so much nostalgic and aesthetic as it is just ugly looking. I really prefer the brighter colors that are popped out in the original image, and the Kodak Mini 3 does a really good job of capturing those nice bright colors. The Kodak Mini 3 also has really clear detail that it's able to capture in print. You can actually still read the tiny little words in the background of the photo I took! I think this is because the Kodak uses real ink cartridge. You watch the photo as it prints go in and out 4 times before it's done, each time with a new "layer" of color added on. The Zink photo printing process that I've noted with the Polaroid has had really disappointing prints for me. You can see that with the Zink printed 2x3 photo, the photo is blurrier/has more "bleeding"/loses the nice details especially with shadows and light. Also, a LOT of times you can see pretty noticeable striations/horizontal lines that develop with the Zink printing, and it's super ugly. Zink printing is convenient because there's no ink cartridge you have to refill (that's why I bought the Polaroid Zip printer) , but you lose so much image quality, so I really regret my Polaroid Zip purchase. Again, the Kodak does a REALLY nice job with the image quality and I think the colors, the quality of the paper, and details are super lovely. It has a nice classic vibe, it reminds me of photos you get from an Instax (which I don't have, but a few of my friends do). In terms of print time, the Kodak definitely takes a little longer because it has to do the 4-passes through before it's completely done. But that's not something I mind because I'm not printing hundreds of photos every day, just my favorite selected ones every once in a while. The printer itself is definitely bigger than my Polaroid Zip, you can see that it takes up almost my whole hand to hold it. It doesn't feel heavy though. And for my purposes, in which it will mostly be sitting on my computer desk, I don't mind. I could imagine that if I needed to carry it around in a bag or something it wouldn't be a huge pain. Definitely not able to fit in your jeans pockets though, unless you have huge pockets. It's pretty cute, pretty plain, but feels very modern. The app was easy to use and intuitive, I had not problems connecting to the Bluetooth on my phone. One last thing to note, the price in my opinion is really good especially in comparison to my Polaroid Zip, which was also about $100 ON CLEARANCE when I bought it, and as I said above, the Polaroid quality Zink photos really weren't worth it. I'm super pleased with this Kodak, and if you're like me and you want nice printed photos from your phone, it is totally a great purchase!

Me gustó mucho, buenas impresiones

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Super fun little printer! I take this with me to gatherings and hand out the photos, people get excited to have a souvenir of the moment! The quality is decent for the size and the portability can’t be beat! The app is easy to use and I can pick which photos I want to print. The 3x3 size is unique and watching it do the four color pass as it prints is fun!