Capturing and sharing moments with your friends is easy, thanks to smartphone technology, but what if you want to print a photo as soon as you take it? Fujifilm makes plenty of terrific modern instant cameras, but if you’d rather take photos with your smartphone, the Fujifilm Instax Mini Link 2 is what you want.
The Fujifilm Instax Mini Link 2 is a printer that connects wirelessly to your phone and lets you print photos from it. It also offers some neat editing features for adding a splash of creativity. For example, in the Instax Mini Link app, you can add bubbles, petals, neon, spray paint or even glitter to your pictures. It prints 2-by-3-inch images on instant film and lets you share moments of recorded drawings via a QR code. It’s lightweight and compact, making it perfect for traveling, and it’s available in blue, white and pink.
The BestReviews Testing Lab has long been a fan of Fujifilm products, including the Fujifilm Instax 12 Mini, which we named our Best of the Best instant film camera. However, if you prefer using your phone to take photos, the Instax Mini Link 2 offers a cheaper way to print them on the go.
Right now, the Fujifilm Instax Mini Link 2 is 10% off at Target and costs less than $100.
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The HP Sprocket Portable Photo Printer offers a way for you to print your photos captured on your smartphone on sticky-backed photo paper. During testing, we were impressed with how easy it was to set up, print images and tweak settings for optimal pictures, such as exposure, brightness, contrast, tint/color and adding filters. It prints on 2-by-3-inch paper with a strong adhesive on the back, and you can change the opacity of built-in frames in editing.
Whether you have an iOS or Android smartphone, the Kodak Step Instant Photo Printer lets you make all kinds of neat edits to your photos and print them in under a minute. It prints on 2-by-3-inch sticky-back paper with embedded dye crystals, and it weighs less than a pound, making it convenient for traveling. Through the Kodak app, you can create collages and add filters, borders, stickers, text and more.
We mentioned another version of the HP Sprocket photo printer, but this one is ideal for those who want larger prints as it produces 3-by-4-inch photos. It prints on waterproof and smudge-proof Zink paper, and you can customize photos through the HP Sprocket app with filters, frames and stickers before printing.
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