Mini Printer Maker D1 Thermal Printer, Portable Bluetooth Phone Printer, Small Instant Pocket Printer, for School Notes, Anatomy Picture, Children...

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This portable thermal printer has a ton of potential. It is useful for mobile printing or even for sticker making with the right paper. However, I definitely experienced some bugs that I am hoping they can iron out for future buyers. PROS: ++ Super compact size ++ Most of the built-in word art and frame images work right out off the box ++ You can import your own images and pictures (with some editing, see below for more) ++ Relatively intuitive app once you get it installed ++ Seems to be compatible with commodity paper / sticker rolls CONS: -- Still uses the micro-USB connector for charging which is wild for 2024 -- Charging cable is super short -- The app will just lag on some of the built-in images -- Some of the built-in images are a bit outdated -- The QR code / website link were not updated for the App Store, but I was able to search for the app -- They don't make it obvious which sticker rolls / paper sizes are compatible -- Minimal quality differences between print densities -- Many images / pictures require you to edit them so that they work with the grayscale thermal printer I printed the "To Do List" as an example with 3 different settings, text density 1, text density 3, image density 3. While you can see a difference between 1 and 3, there seems to be very little variation as image density looks almost identical to the naked eye. Note also that I printed 2 versions of the word art, one with a personal message printed at the top. Finally I printed a meme picture from Rocky so you could see how photo-realistic you could really get the print-outs with this. They note that this is supposed to include a sticker roll but mine did not. That's not a huge factor in the review as I can still see that the quality is more than good enough for a mobile printer in this price point. It was weird getting the app installed considering the link from the site appeared to be broken. And the app did randomly hang on a few of the built-in images. But once they work out those little bugs, this is going to be a great device. Even if you only used it for your own images it's more than worth it to personalize gifts and print out shopping lists, etc. I did notice when I tried to print out some web images, the brightness had to be turned way up for the image to be readable. At least one image of a Dragonball JPG came out much darker than what it shows in the preview. That's why I said you have to plan on some editing. For some pictures and for most JPGs you will have to brighten the image for it to be readable on the print-outs. CONCLUSION This printer is not without flaws. But I was able to get it to print out enough things to know that it will be a good tool once you spend some time learning the ins and outs. It's not a perfect product quite yet but it's definitely worth getting.

This is such a cute little printer! It is perfect for my daughter, who will be travelling over the next year and loves to journal about the highlights of the different places she goes. Now she has a way to add small pictures to her journal entries. It is so easy to use she just downloaded the app and it worked right away. She has been having fun creating small labels and images that came with the software, and printing pictures from her phone. Some things to take into consideration: These pictures are black and white only so photos that are dark, or of similar color value, dont print with clear details (in our experience); The prints are only temporary they will eventually fade over time. My daughter plans to order color prints to replace the black and white images once she returns from her travels. In the meantime, she will be using these thermal prints as photo placeholders with her journal entries; The paper that comes with this is not sticky-backed paper. She will be reordering paper soon, and will get the sticky paper rolls for convenience; This is thermal paper when she travels, she will keep it with her in her carryon, and will keep it out of hot areas (i.e. leaving it in the car, etc.) The paper will get ruined from heat; Finally, the charging cable is not what most modern devices use, a USB-C cable. Rather, this printer comes with a USB-A to micro-USB cable, so make sure that the cable that comes with this printer stays with it.

This comes with receipt like paper but I plan to use it with sticker paper to make labels. I like the rectangular shape. Works great no issues with the app.