Polaroid - Hi-Print 2x3 Pocket Photo Printer

i have the polaroid hi-print which i love! it uses the same mechanism as a traditional color printer (the yellow, red, cyan thing, so it’s not zink) so it comes out looking like you’d expect a photo to come out, and it’s on sticker backed paper. but i think it might be on the more expensive side compared to zink printers.

got a 2x3 and a 4x6, i advice getting the 4x6, the larger format is just nicer

I recently got the Polaroid Hi-Print 2x3 photo printer and really like it! I have an Android and use Google Photos. The only issue I've had is that it seems like I have to "forget" the Bluetooth connection and reconnect it each time I want to use it. I don't have that problem with the mini Link that prints photos in the old polaroid style, though, so it seems to just be a quirk. I like both of them!

They are both great and fun and very different products. I have/had the Polaroid PoGo, GL10, 3x2 Hi-Print and the Lab, so here's my take: The Lab will give you Polaroids with your selected motif on it, the Hi-Print 4x6 will give you more regular photo prints in postcard size. I find the Lab great for a) emulsion lifts (really easy with a freshly "printed" Polaroid) and b) framed Polaroid projects (like [this one](https://www.reddit.com/r/PolaroidLab/comments/1jwzagr/us_national_parks_polaroid_lab_project/) I created recently). The Hi-Print 3x2 (the smaller one) prints creditcard-size pictures or rather stickers, since they have a sticky back. That makes them great for scrap booking, putting prints into calendars, on notebooks etc. For real photo albums, I find them too small. The app works really well and the print quality is nice. As a Polaroid shooter, I enjoy a little imperfection - meaning they won't look like prints you order from a real photoprinting company or a drugstore, but they look vivid and contrasty. I don't have the Hi-Print 4x6, though I thought about buying one. I could see the postcard size prints being nice for photo albums (though 50cents per print is much more than what you pay for similar-quality CVS next day pickup prints), or events (though the 3x2 prints with a sticky back might work better there), or just decorating your home. I think the 3x2 is the more useful tool since it's smaller and way more portable (e.g. for traveling and travel journals, events, etc), whereas I don't have many situations where I need to print postcard-size photos on the go and don't have access to a 1-hour photo shop or so.

https://preview.redd.it/0q7vzc0ny9nf1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad02131a5bf5c7e904e4c8fc5783872050755c6f The quality isn’t as good as a professional print but it’s good enough for me

I have both and a normal printer. I will admit my favorite way is just a regular printer with sticker/label paper, it’s the thinnest option for me (creating less bulk) and the stickers stick well. I have a blade with a rotating tip so I can get the ‘kiss-cut’ and don’t have to cut with scissors. I travel light so my instant camera (instax sq6) barely sees the light of day so it depends how much you’ll carry it, the film is also quite thick. I’m also a bit eh on the photos and wasted quite some film but i think I just haven’t practiced taking instant photos. Photo printer (I have the Polaroid Hi-Print) is really nice to have so it is the first option when I need a quick pic or 2. They don’t stick very well though in my experience but thats easy to fix and it’s fine after a few days between the pages.

Small correction because i had to rush my comment 😭 I have the Polaroid Hi-print pocket printer, the zip is what I first looked at when i started researching 😅

I have this and like it a lot for journaling. It's dye sublimated and not ZINK, so the colors are true to image and will hold up better over time. It's a digital printer; the photos look like digital photos and not polaroids. They're sharp and vibrant, without the hazy/dreamlike vibe of polaroids.  The one thing I do dislike about it is that the sticker adhesive is way too weak. I have to use photo corners to get it to stop peeling off my traveler's notebook pages. 

FWIW I love my 3x2 Hi-Print. The lab will optically capture your phone screen onto Polaroid integral film and develop it. You’ll have all the character of Polaroid but at a cost of around $2.50 per image. But it will look and feel like a Polaroid. Nice keepsake or gift. The Hi-Print will allow you via an app to wirelessly print a 4x6 dye sub image. Really nice quality IMO, and about 50 cents per photo. The print will look and feel like something you got from the one hour photo or drugstore. I’d go for the Hi-Print. Good luck!

You’ll be pleasantly surprised by the Hi-Print.

I have the Polaroid hi print 2 (only difference is the 2 has USB c) and it's very good

I have a Polaroid Hi-Print that was gifted to me, and I think the photos generally turn out well! I've only encountered a really small amount of printing errors (it stopped printing before finishing all the passes and would be missing one of the Cyan-magenta-yellow colors, but it looked like a cool filter actually). It's sticker paper, but I usually just keep the backing on and adhere it with tape. But nowadays, I generally use Google Photos now when I'm printing any photos since I usually have a lot I want to print. I'll put 4 photos into a collage and print 4x6 photos. I cut them to 2x3 (or 4x3) after they come in.