Kodak photo printer mini avis portable#

One thing to note: the battery seemed to drain about 5 percent each time a photo printed. The photo was dry almost immediately after coming out. The photo passes through the printer four times to print off the yellow, cyan and red inks and then a coating. And it was definitely fun to watch the three color process. Printing itself took only about a minute.

And in fact there are business card and ID card templates you can choose, and print. The images themselves are cute, a bit like the old Polaroid sticker film cameras (and there is an option to frame the photo to look like an old-fashioned Polaroid.) The prints coming from the Kodak Photo Mini Printer are a bit larger - business card sized at 2.1 x 3.4 inches.

One we started printing, we definitely had some fun. But opening a photo, then going back to the Gallery, also caused the app to pause before allowing you to scroll through your pictures.

It's natural to want to open the thumbnails to get a bigger view of a photograph, maybe to see if someone's eyes were open. To find new images, I needed to click 'D' for date, which would put the newest shots at the top of queue.Īnd the images are small - you're using your smartphone after all. There are four settings in the Gallery part of the app. But it sure is annoying.įinding the images was also not simple. The printer shit down, I had to reconnect to Wi-Fi and wait before I could print. This also happened while I spent a couple of minutes decorating an image with digital stickers in the app. This means if you're scrolling though the gallery for your photos, you may find when you're ready to print you have to turn the printer back on, and reconnect again to its Wi-Fi on your phone. And then it disconnects itself from the phone. The problem? The printer shuts itself off after a few minutes, or it did for us. To print any photo, not only does the printer need to be on, your smartphone app has to be linked to the printer's Wi-Fi. We then tested the printer by shooting photos on our phone, then finding them in the app's gallery to print. It wasn't a huge deal breaker as the iPhone X camera is a fantastic feature. That seemed to defeat the purpose of the device - which would be to take photos on the fly and shoot. We found every time we tried to launch the camera feature - and shoot through the app as opposed to the iPhone's camera - it would crash the app.Įvery time we snapped an image, the app started to spin and then close. The app itself was not as easy to manage as the Kodak Photo Printer app designed for the Kodak Photo Printer Dock printer, even though they looked the same. The Kodak Printer Mini app downloaded quickly from the App Store, and we were able to pair our phone to the printer quickly. We tested the Kodak Photo Mini Printer with an iPhone X. There's also a sticker pack of 20 you can buy.Īfter updating the firmware, we needed to pair the smartphone to the printer. We charged up the device, made sure the initial print cartridge was installed (which gets you started with eight print.) Extra print cartridges come in packs of 20, 30 and 50 and contain both the paper and the ink. Inside you find the printer itself, a changer and an instruction manual. The Kodak Photo Mini Printer retails for $129.99 and is pretty small, about 3 x 6 x 1 inches - and would have to be as you're told you can bring it along with you wherever you go.

When Kodak offered us a chance to spend some time with its Kodak Photo Mini Printer, we agreed. The colors may not be as brilliant, but there's something lovely about a printed photo. Anyone who has ever professionally shot and printed knows that what we see on a digital screen is not the same as what shows up on photo paper.

Kodak photo printer mini avis portable#

Why would we? We walk around with what is essentially, a portable digital frame in our pocket with access to every photo we've ever captured (a boon and a bane.) But there is still something to be said about a physical photograph. Few of us print actual photographs anymore.