If you're buying an instant printer, you probably want it to
be portable, or at least have a small footprint. In this category, you
can eliminate the Canon Selphy pretty quickly, as it weighs nearly two
pounds and has to stay plugged in. seconds.
The speed we're talking about here refers to the time it takes for the
photo to print from the moment the "print" button was tapped on the
phone. (Meaning that it doesn't include the time it takes to select and
edit a photo.) Surprisingly, the Zip felt excruciatingly long,
despite its newness. The Canon Selphy also took more than a minute due
to its involved printing process -- the printer prints one color at a
time for a total of four colors. So the Instax wins. But there is a
catch. Unlike the Selphy and the Zip, the photo isn't ready for viewing
once it's delivered. You'll have to wait a few minutes for the image to
appear, old-school-style. It's not easy to build a printer that fits in your hand and produces
high-quality photos. That's probably why Canon refused to sacrifice its
printing quality for form factor. Although it won't fit in your purse,
the Selphy delivers prints close to what you'd get from your local drug
store. The biggest disappointment in the quality department goes
to Fujimax Instax. The prints that come out of it are washed out, blown out and
often blurry. In some cases, the nostalgic look might be what you're
looking for. But for most people, the image quality just isn't worth the
expensive paper. Polaroid's Zip sits
somewhere in the middle, producing bright, inviting prints that when
examined closely appear noisy or grainy. It's exactly what you'd expect
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That
leaves the Instax and Zip. Both easily fit in a backpack and won't
weigh you down. But side by side, the Instax dwarfs the Zip, making the
Instax look old and outdated, like a CRT monitor waiting to be replaced
with a sleek flat-panel screen.
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That
leaves the Instax and Zip. Both easily fit in a backpack and won't
weigh you down. But side by side, the Instax dwarfs the Zip, making the
Instax look old and outdated, like a CRT monitor waiting to be replaced
with a sleek flat-panel screen.
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