Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Zink Polaroid ZIP Wireless Mobile Photo Mini Printer (White) Compatible w/ iOS & Android, NFC & Bluetooth Devices

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2020

This is perfect for printing wallet sized photos. The app it suggests you use, don't even bother. It's not user friendly, needs to update before EVERY use (even tho I've already spent 15 min installing the update), and it just doesn't work. The DEVICE however works fairly well although the pics come out a little dark (think of classic Polaroid pics). I have a Google Pixel 3 so I choose my pic from my camera roll, use a filter that makes the pic brighter (almost washed out but not losing any details), click open the options to send the pic (usually used when I'm attaching the pic to a text message), and click Blutooth. Make sure the device is on, then you can send the pic from your phone via Bluetooth without needing to use their worthless app. PRO TIP: These are wallet size photos so if you have a large detailed photo you're trying to print, keep in mind it's only going to print the center most area of the photo (cutting off edges). You can modify this by screenshotting your pic, editing it to make it zoomed out a bit which creates a thick black border around your original pic, then printing. Since the photo on your phone is more centralized, when it prints, it'll pull more of the image since the black edges will be cut off.
Hope this helps!!

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Carla A.

Wonderful little thing

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2015

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So far I have gone through about thirty sheets of paper, and I'll say that I really love this thing. The quality of the photograph isn't great, but these aren't meant to be gallery photos. These are keepsake treasures you can make for people on the go, for an inexpensive cost. Everyone I've made prints for really do treasure them. I'm a professional photographer, and last weekend I was hired to photograph a guy proposing to his girlfriend. During the shoot, I used the wifi on my camera to move one of the best shots of the actual proposal to my phone, and then printed two copies of the shot right then and there, and gave one to each of them. They loved it! They were so excited to be able to walk away from the photoshoot with an actual print to show off to friends and family that day. It even helped me get a better yelp review!

The only criticisms I have of this thing is that the white model seems to scuff easily, it wont automatically connect to my phone through bluetooth - I need to go through the settings menu every time, and lastly I can only see the battery life when it is connected to my phone, so it's pretty inconvenient if you just want to see if you need to charge it or not.

Still, it's an amazing device, and my friends and family love these little prints, and are usually blown away by the device when I show it off.

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Lady Milenko

Perfect for Journaling

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2020

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I must have read a few hundred reviews and a dozen articles on these portable printers before deciding on this one and I am very pleased with my decision.

I've included a photo for reference; in it the top is a picture of the printed photo, bottom is the original from my phone. As you can tell it does come out a little less bright and not as clear as the original however for a 2x3 photo you can't really be too picky.

Likes:
- Charges very quickly via included cable
- No ink to worry about
- Stick back photo paper is fun for adding to journals, letters or anything else
- Prints quickly and quietly
- Good quality for the size
- Economically priced paper refills

I have no dislikes however I did want to mention I had a slight issue when trying to print for the first time. I was excited and tried to do it while it was charging as I read you could. Not even sure that caused the problem or not but after the initial pairing I couldn't get the phone and the printer to connect to print until I took it off the charger. Since then however no issues. Could have just been a fluke. I'm still so happy with this printer though.

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H.L.

Almost awesome but...

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2015

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Ok. So I love everything about this printer but there's just one small problem. Whenever I print a photo, the picture comes out pretty nice but it's kind of blurry in places (a bit more where the faces are) and the picture also comes out darker then the actual photo. Very nice printer otherwise. Great travel size and nice and simple. The app that you can download on your device is very nice too. You can actually search it up in the play store (or app store. Whatever you have) and you can make collages and decorate your photos with emoticons and borders. Also, if you have an android device, your phone and printer will automatically connect when printing so you don't have to worry if it doesn't work the usual(?) way. I'm starting to carry this printer around with me in my purse so that I can take a picture with my friend and give them a photo copy of it. I hope they make better photo papers for these things. Personally, I think the Polaroid photos are a bit better then these(don't personally own one but my friends do.) Would give a 4.5 star but since that's not possible...
Anyway. Hope this has helped with your decision. I don't regret the purchase. Printer itself is great. Much better then buying a Polaroid(except the photos by a bit)

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Hardcorqueen

Print Quality is Great!

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2018

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I bought this for my husband for Christmas. We were very pleased with the print quality, which I was happy to hear that my husband thought it was pretty good too, considering he is an advertising photographer.

I guess it is really all about what you EXPECT to get compared to what you ACTUALLY get. Some people set themselves up to be disappointed. We had no preconceived notions about this device, nor did we get our hopes up for the prints to come out amazing. Really, for $100, it just seemed like a fun little gadget to have that hopefully would print halfway decent. And THAT it does!

I was very happy with how these first two photos printed. I added a sepia filter (there are filters, stickers, borders, etc. you can add from the ZIP printer) to the photo of my dog and I, as well as a couple of stickers. The other one, of my husband and I, was printed as-is from my phone.

The printer does come with a few photo sheets to get you started, but I didn’t count them before I put them into the printer. (Although I read on another review that it comes with 10.)

I highly recommend the ZIP printer. It’s a relatively inexpensive way to bring the nostalgia back to taking photos and actually holding one in your hands, rather than just looking at a bright screen. Oh, the photo paper has a sticky back too, should you want to slap the photo you just printed onto someone’s forehead or something. 🤪

I’m going to bring this with me to work tomorrow to show some of my awesome coworkers!

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AK

Perfect for Journaling!

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2016

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I love this little printer! I used to have the pogo printer but it was stolen so I purchased this as a replacement. I love being able to print pictures from my phone as stickers that I can use in my journals. It's very convenient and keeps me from having to use paper, scissors, and glue. I have an android phone and had trouble connecting at first using the NFC connection, I still haven't been able to get that to work but connecting to Bluetooth works just fine. The app is very convenient as well since it allows you to edit photos or even make collages before printing them. Best part is I had several packs of leftover paper from my pogo and I'm able to use them with this printer as long as I use the blue card that came it instead of the ones in the pogo packs.

If you like journaling at all then this printer is perfect and convenient! Currently I'm using Android on a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and a Hobonichi planner.

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GsMaMa613

Pleasantly surprised!

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2017

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I own a few compact printers who's sole purpose is printing photos. I haven't been satisfied with any of them. All I wanted was something SIMPLE that I could print nice pictures from my iPhone out on. After doing research & reading as many reviews & comparisons as possible, I purchased this printer. It arrived very quickly. I was excited to test it out right away.
The first picture I printed was directly from my iPhone (it hadn't been edited at all). The set up was super simple, the photo printed easily & quickly and right away I knew I made a good choice. The photo itself wasn't the best picture. This was NO fault of the printer! After opening the same photo in one of my editing apps & making adjustments to make the picture look MUCH better, I then reprinted it. AMAZING! Lesson learned, edit my photos before I print them! Very happy I made this purchase.

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M. Maples

Planned obsolescence! Product lasted less than 2 years TWICE!

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2023

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I was so excited to use the adorable printer and have mini images of my friends and family easily available. The first printer I bought worked fine for the first year with occasional use (a couple of times per month with 4-5 pictures printed each time). Not heavy use by my definition. After that year, error messages started appearing, and it would only print one image before it wouldn't function, requiring powering on/off and resetting over and over. I figured it was just a faulty single device. So I bought another one. This second one was used less than the first. After about a year, I repeatedly got "paper empty" error alerts. Customer service advised me with some troubleshooting steps, which I followed, but they did not remedy the problem. And because I'm outside the one-year warranty window, they say there's nothing they can do. I find this such a sad case of planned obsolescence-- making inferior products that don't last so that customers have to buy and re-buy products again and again. Sorry Polaroid, you've lost a customer.

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Mark Zanetti

Image quality is not great

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2016

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Image quality is not great.
Problem is many of us are familiar with the quality of the prints we get at the store and these just don't measure up.

Box contained printer and usb cord. No power block is needed.
Comes with 10 pack of photo paper.
Printer ejected an extra photo paper sheet with first blue "Smartsheet". I put it back in the printer.
Printer is controlled exclusively from its smartphone App. The App is pretty comprehensive with lots of image editing options,
silly overlays, collages and more. And its fairly intuitive to use.
plus it has a good help screen overlay that explains the setting and controls of the App and the Printer.

Printer requires a 5 second long press to turn on/off
Battery seemed to consume 40% of power for 8 prints over 3 days (only powered on for printing of course)
I'm pleased with quality of prints. Instantly dries, no chance of smearing the glossy images.

(remember, printer has to be turned on before connecting, or checking statuses.)
Initial battery charging seemed wonky. But is fine now.
printer prints when held vertically, like in your breast pocket (a magic hidden surprise?)
colors are not very true to my phone's screen, but this is o. k. with me.
brighter images print best, just like you'd expect.

It takes 50 seconds to complete each print after selecting the image on your phone (or tablet) and touching the small printer icon on the bottom of the Apps screen. Printing noise is barely discernable in a quiet room.
Paper

2x3 inch printer paper sheets come in sealed packs of 10, no matter how much you might order.
50 cents a print (inc s&h)
Removing the backing paper from the prints (just like with double sided tape, this is not easy to do) reveals a
strong adhesive. You stick one of these to the frig and it'll take some doing to remove it (IMO).

Amateur Photographer's Note: get close to your subjects.

All and All great functionality and
the Wow-factor for people is Huge. People of all ages just love it.

Updated: Updated to 5 stars.
While the prints still all print too dark (yes, I know there are adjustments but they diminish quality)
The "WOW, isn't that fun" factor is great. It has yet to disappoint a dozen people of all ages that have seem it.

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Michael Brown

App update wrecked this…

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2016

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Who:
• Undergraduate Coordinator, University of Oregon

What: Polaroid ZIP Mobile Printer w/ZINK Zero Ink Printing Technology - Compatible w/iOS & Android Devices - White

Where: amazon.com

When: 8/3/2016

Why: I am responsible for maintaining a “picture board” of the 120 members of our department.

Reason for 2 star rating: App is horrible. If I had bought this after the update, it would have gotten a 1 star.
Pros:
• Perfect size (close to a deck of cards)
• Attractive
• Printer itself is easy to use (on/off, recharge, paper loading)
Cons:
• The app interface is horrible. Just horrible!
• Can only be used from a mobile phone. No desktop/laptop option (at least that I can find).
Summary:
OK. So when I originally bought this there was an easy to use app called “Polaroid” or something similar to that (point: intuitive):
• Choose your Bluetooth device
• Asked what layout you want (like regular 2x3, ID badge, multiple images, etc…)
• Let you either take a picture or choose one from your photo library
• Print
Now the app is called “SnapTouch” (??! WTF kind of non-intuitive name is that??) which involves:
• Screen 1: Menu with Device Update, About, Buy Paper, Support . At first I didn’t even see the “Connect Device” at the top.
• Tells you that Bluetooth must be enabled. Choose OK and get a screen that says “Please select your device to start:” with, of course, nothing listed.
• Exit the app
• Enable Bluetooth, activate device
• Now you get the same screen but instead of “Connect Device” it says tells you the device that is connected. Good.
• No info on how to print a picture
• You click the multicolored icon at the bottom and it shows you your photo library. If you click the camera icon you can take a picture.
• Choose the picture you want (no option to pick multiple picture, etc. like before)
• It automatically comes up in landscape and you must hit the rotate button if your picture is portrait. It is still in landscape mode but the picture now fits.
• Hit ‘print’. It asks you for the number of copies
• Hit ‘print’ again (by now the device and Bluetooth have timed out at least twice)
• Voila it prints!
• However, it’s ORANGE!!

I’m not even going to go into how impossible it is to make adjustments to color and whatnot. So, to sum up the summary, this app brings the word “bad” to new levels of badness. Bad interface, bad orientation, bad color, bad everything. This bad app just oozes rottenness from every bad screen. Simply bad beyond all infinite dimensions of possible badness. Well maybe not that bad, but Lord it isn’t good! (Paraphrased from Opus, Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed).

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