HowAboutNope
I debated forever about buying this printer. I really wanted one but as a "toy" kind of purchase, it wasnt in my budget. I finally broke down and gifted it to myself for Christmas... and Im not nearly as impressed by it as I thought I would be. My main complaint is that, as many others have said, the print quality seems very hit and miss. I often get the dreaded line artefacts in my photos, like many describe here. On some pics theyre not as noticeable, but they are certainly there, and sometimes they seem to affect the colours a lot. I realize itll never be HQ printing, but even for frivolous snaps its pretty poor at times. I have definitely noticed that when the battery isnt fully charged, its a lot more likely to print faded. Its good to realize as a workaround, but I think its poor quality on HPs part to sell a "wireless" printer that basically needs to be fully charged to work correctly. You can also recalibrate the film using the orange card from the pack, as each pack is slightly off from the others and will need calibration. Sometimes, these things help, sometimes, not so much. And each time you test print, it costs about $.50, so thats a bummer. I really hope HP can improve this via software updates. The good things: - You can opt to imprint the photos with some hidden information. When you scan such a pic with the app, it will show you some geolocation data and other photos you took that day. Its kind of cool and techy. - The app is pretty nice. I notice it offers a billion little frames but none that look like a Polaroid. Go figure. :P - The app lets you draw on a piece of paper and take a pic in order to create a transparent kind of .png to use as an overlay going forward. Its a nice little feature. I hope theyll add more toys like this to the app, its fun. - I really love how anyone who connects to the camera can print on it. Very cool for parties. - The unit itself is sleek and light, easy to travel with. - The prints are heavy paper, nice quality, and the adhesives are strong. - The app was easy to install and set up, no trouble at all with connecting the bluetooth. The app finds the photos easily, and my phone finds the printer before I even ask most of the time. I think even if you werent tech savvy, youd be able to set this up and enjoy it without much trouble. If theyd just make the print quality a bit better, itd be nearly perfect! But thats a pretty big dealbreaker for me at the moment, especially at this price, when you could just get a little Instax camera for so much less.
