Polaroid Hi-Print 3x3 Instant Photo Printer

The 3x3 instant print space is a crowded one — Fujifilm's Instax Square Link, Canon's Ivy CLIQ series, and HP's Sprocket Studio all compete here — but the Hi-Print 3x3 carves a deliberate position as a Polaroid-branded social-format device aimed at the Instagram square aesthetic. At 103 x 131 x 30 mm, it's genuinely pocketable in a jacket, thinner than most portable printers in this class, and the lithium-ion battery eliminates the alkaline dependency that makes some competitors annoying to carry long-term. The dye diffusion thermal transfer (D2T2) process is the core differentiator from ZINK-based rivals; it's not the same as dye-sublimation in the traditional sense, but it produces superior color gradients and sharper edge definition than ZINK's waxy output. …More info