Review on 📸 Portable Canon IVY Mini Photo Printer - Mint Green, Sticky-Back Prints, Pocket-Size for Smartphones by Tim Rushing

TLDRIvy vs Sprocket: Depends on personal preference. . . Everything from the instructions to the ease of use to the Android app is nearly identical. Canon Ivy portraits look better (less sharp is better here), but prints lose detail in dark areas. HP Sprocket prints are slightly higher resolution, better tonal gradation, but slightly sepia. See photos. CONCLUSION They're both fun, easy to install and use, and produce prints that any 'normal' person would find perfectly acceptable, if not amazing. ZINK photo paper packs are interchangeable: I've tried several types in both printers and found no difference in quality, so buy what's on sale! The prints end up costing around 50 cents each. (NOTE: The blue card in each pack is NOT interchangeable, so keep the Canon blue card and reuse it if you use other brands of paper in Ivy etc. Also, I don't know if this applies to all mini printers .but HP doesn't require the card to be inserted on every reboot.DISCLAIMER: Both the Canon Ivy and HP Sprocket produced good, sharp photos.I'm an artist and photographer.A lot of my criticisms are aimed at pixel lovers and other weirdos like me REVIEW I went with an open mind and was looking for something that would give me a 'good enough' quality to put pictures in a regular travel magazine at a reasonable price.Other than that I AM a serious photographer so I have I did a lot of pre-research and I wouldn't be surprised if I felt the need to return a printer I bought, I have a Canon Ivy and an H Bought P Sprocket to compare as I thought I would return one of these. HA! I love both so much I won't be going back either, although I'll give my middle son one to justify the purchase. FYI - he's in his 20's and after a test print with me he doesn't care which one he gets - they are VERY, very similar. PRINT QUALITY Was pleasantly surprised at the print quality from Asterisk and Ivy! There are a few color fringes that I would complain about on a larger/more expensive printer, but that's not an issue with these small, just for fun prints. I would also be finicky about the sepia tones in HP prints. I've tried one filter in the HP app and another in Snapseed, but neither helped change the tone, and the HP filter noticeably reduced print quality, as did the filters in the Canon app. Any sophistication of Canon prints results in a loss of subtle gradation, particularly in darker areas. For the selfies, I preferred Ivy's slightly glamorous prints - the smile lines were less noticeable! But for "artistic" prints I tend to like HP better (resolution, no loss of detail in dark areas). HP was also worth 2/3 of what I paid for Canon. SETUP The setup process couldn't have been quicker or easier. Slide off the top, drop the stack of papers and go. Instant connection via Bluetooth, no problem finding the selected folder or photo on the device. SIZE smaller than expected, very light, shiny and slippery if you're not careful. Rose gold isn't super shiny, it's more metallic/pearlescent. PS Buy a case.