Maybe unpopular opinion, but the paper refills on pocket printers are so expensive, imo you are better off buying a smart tank printer for your house and printing in bulk (I use the HP smart tank and I've been loving it for the past 8 months). I print for my planner once every couple of days and the quality is a lot nicer than thermal paper printers (I have the sprocket and maybe it was mine deteriorating quickly, but the images looked nice only for a few months after purchase- after that the prints started becoming streaky and the colours kept needing to be adjusted in the app to come out looking true to the original).
As someone who's printed probably almost 1000 from my sprocket the last year or so... No. The quality is crap and makes everything redder, the prints fail half the time.
The app sometimes prints photos from a few lots ago rather than the recent ones I've requested. And that's if the app is working, because it crashes at least 4 times before I manage to send anything to print.
The paper I can get for about £22 for 50. So at nearly 50p per sheet, having several of those 50 be previous and a couple be fails/fuzzy/lines down is just ridiculous. This printer was new last Christmas.
I'm turning to a good old big boy printer and sticker paper for next year because it's so expensive for the crap quality.
I used to use an HP Sprocket with Zink paper. (pros: fast printing, sticker-back paper. cons: streaks sometimes visible, color leans kinda lavender) Then, I saw a friend using the Kodak Mini Retro and I switched over. (pros: colors are clearer, images sharper. con: needs an adhesive to stick into the journal, printing is slower due to the "4 pass" process)
I am using the Kodak Retro for travel journaling now because color and sharpness are important to me. I wish it had the sticker back tho! I bring a tape runner with me, but I have had them run out while I was on a trip!
I used to use an HP Sprocket and it was great but then I saw the photo quality of the Kodak Retro and the colors just seemed so much more vibrant! I have made the switch to Kodak Retro! I also priced it out and the Kodak refills are about half the price of the HP Zink paper.
I have the same device and I agree! One additional thing I will point out, and I’ve seen mentioned in reviews, is that the photo quality/color isn’t the best. I find it absolutely still worth it to capture memories, but it is just a different quality than something you would print and frame.
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