Polaroid - Hi·Print 4x6 Photo Printer

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

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 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.

The hiprint is not the best quality. And the instax isn't polaroid.

The hiprint doesn't use polaroid film it uses a poorer quality printer and paper. And again polaroid is a brand not a type of film so the instax is not polaroid.

Look at dye sublimation instead of zink printers! The quality will be better. I have a canon SELPHY Qx20 which I love but there’s also Polaroid hi print and Kodak mini 3 retro. The cartridges are super easy to use and if you’re worried about the ink making a mess or something it’s not like that at all.

I’ve tried the Canon Ivy, HP sprocket, and Polaroid Hi-Print and can’t recommend the Polaroid Hi-print enough! The photo quality is way better than the others and the sticker paper is way thinner than the others so it doesn’t bulk up your hobonichi as fast! The trade off is that the refills are more pricey however.

I like this printer, but if you a looking for something to look like a Polaroid, the Lab is what you would want to get. I have both . In my opinion The Hi-Print is the better printer, but The Lab is more fun to use. So I guess it comes down to, do you want the picture to look exactly like the picture on your phone every time you print, or do you want to have an imperfect picture from your phone that has the nostalgic Polaroid feel?

I’ll add this, because maybe my review sounds negative. I am going to buy the larger format version of this printer because I like it so much.

I went crazy when I started Hobonichi-ing and bought the Polaroid Hi-Print and the small Sprocket and while I do use them intermittently, I normally just size my pictures to the size I really want (sometimes smaller than the 2x3 size and sometimes larger), put a whole bunch together and print them out on heavyweight paper or sticker paper or photo paper. Depending on how I feel that day, lol. The novelty wore off quickly on those mini printers. 😢

I have the Polaroid Hi-Print. It was pricey up front, and cartridge packs run about $15. I have used it for years and honestly love it. It helps me out when I run out of junk to fill a page!

Not to add another option but I got a Polaroid Hi-Print and so far I’ve loved it. They recently updated the app to support making collages, and I find the print quality to be pretty decent. My only complaint is that the adhesive on the sticker paper sometimes isn’t the strongest but reinforcing with some glue tape has helped.

Idk if it’s specifically dull but I do find that the prints have less of a blue tint with default settings. I’ve been mostly using for printing movie posters and book covers for my media journal and it’s done pretty well with those. I’m sure I could adjust some settings to optimize - just haven’t dove in. It’s not zink, and that’s part of the reason I chose it. I was reading that some of the older prints people had that were using zink were fading pretty bad. The other “downside” if you want to think of it like that, is that there aren’t as many templates to perfectly fit the hobonichi grids, and I sometimes struggle with collage dimensions. It’s not terrible and doesn’t bother me, just something to consider. I think it prints the same 2x3 though