Colors were fairly accurate, but a little dull, and the low resolution of the photos means that your printed photos won't match the crisp detail they may have had on your camera phone. Images printed with good color and detail, and none of the print artifacts we've seen show up in prints from competitors. In our tests, the photo quality was decent for a portable photo printer. This is a substantial change from the last Kodak mobile printer we reviewed, the Photo Printer Mini, which uses a more traditional four-pass printing process. It does mean, however, that you'll have to use the specific ZINK paper that is sold for the Kodak Smile. As a result, there's no waiting for photos to dry or develop, and the result is smudge-proof, water-resistant and even resists tearing. The Kodak Smile printer uses ZINK inkless printing, which relies on photo paper treated with thermoreactive crystals instead of laying ink down onto the paper. Point a Kodak Smile app-enabled smartphone camera at this photo, and you'll get a neat little moving image, displaying the GIF-like video in place of the photo. You can also tie the app to your social media accounts, which lets you share your personalized photos or print pictures from social media.īut the best feature is probably the addition of AR, letting you take a short video, then print a single image from it. You can apply tinted color filters, put borders around photos, and even add captions, emojis and stickers to your pictures. The app (available for Android and iOS (opens in new tab)) also lets you embellish photos. Both the Polaroid Zip and the HP Sprocket have the same oblong shape and external features. While this pop-top action does distinguish the Kodak printer from other similar pocket-printer designs, the overall design is otherwise extremely similar to competing devices. MORE: 12 Instant Cameras, Ranked from Best to Worst This turns the printer on, making it ready for pairing with your smartphone and printing. The pop-up portion is spring-loaded, and opens by sliding a small grooved latch on the back end of the printer. The design of the Kodak Smile has a distinctive pop-up panel that opens to reveal the printer's output slot. The printer is available in white, black, blue, green or red. A rubber foot on the bottom of the device gives it some grip on slick or slanted surfaces. The printer measures 4.6 x 3.2 x 0.9 inches overall, but has rounded corners to more easily slip in or out of a pocket. The pocket-size Kodak Smile is small and battery-powered, so you can take it anywhere. (Image credit: Kodak Smile Instant Digital Printer Review)

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