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worked great so far! I opted for this instead of paying more for a photobooth for my son’s graduation party. we took pics pf guests as they arrived and had them sign a note to my son in a scrapbook and stuck the pic next to their notes. i highly recommend having goodlighting for your pics so they do not print out dark. Use flash and/or brighten the pics in the app before printing.

Left pic is a picture of the print out. Right pic is the original pic from my phone.

Look, I never write reviews. However, I was pleasantly SHOCKED by how clear my photos came out. This is my third try at portable printers, and it’s BY FAR the best. My family travels a lot, my kids like to do Smash book style scrap booking on the go, but now we don’t have to rely on crappy Instax instant pictures! Plus, the sticky back makes them easier to get in your smash book!

I love that you don’t have to take the backing off if you don’t want them to be sticky.

This thing is perfect for quick journaling or scrap booking. It couldn’t complement the smash books more. ❤❤ I also included a picture so you could see the quality of the one I just printed. Trust me, that picture was taken in a dark restaurant.

Don’t compare this to a full quality printer. This baby is for printing stickers and for having a ton of fun!!!! And it does that in droves!!!! Print quality is just fine for adding photos to my planner pages or giving at to friends at dinner or a concert.

Fun. Yes it’s pricey but let’s face it, not too many of us print actual photos any more even us die hard scrapbookers at most stick a couple of fun prints in a planner page and call it a day. I purchased this printer specifically to add fun photos to my MAMBI Happy Planner. The 2×3 size fits across two boxes at an almost perfect fit. I also plan to use this at my wedding to give my mom and bridal party some fun instant shots.

Photo quality. Photos with a lot of bright colors and light come our best. Darker subjects, like my black cat are just ok. But still way in the good enough range. Professional photos of my engagement came out great.

Ease. So so simple. Charge it, download the app on your phone, open and install paper then connect via Bluetooth and DONE. The HP Sprocket app lets you add some fun effects like frames or hearts. Love it!!!!!

Paper. Wait for coupons and then get the best deals. The paper comes to .50 cents per printed sticker without a coupon or sale. Still worth it if you don’t go too crazy. Beats the heck out of using an ink jet or cutting photos (did that for too many years).

This is so cool!! I love my HP Sprocket Photo Printer!!!

Straight out of the box, I was a little confused on how to proceed. It would have been nice if this came with ‘some’ instructions beyond a card that demonstrated how to plug it in for charging (of all things to give directions on…). Maybe I was missing something in my package but mine did not come with information on how to sync it to your device, how to print photos, how to load the photo paper, etc… I’ve included some basic instructions for anyone who would like them down below.

As for the product itself, I’m really impressed at the image quality for such a small, portable printer. The editing features, including the option to add text, stickers, and frames is a really nice touch, but I wish there was an option to change sticker colors so that they would work on different types of backgrounds (white is your only option). A little frustrated that I can’t find replacement paper for this on Amazon but they can be ordered directly through HP in packs of 20 at about .50 cents a sheet (CORRECTION: Amazon does carry the replacement paper – see link in comments section). This would be a great gift for anyone who loves to journal, scrapbook or to have ‘just for fun’.

Directions:
1. Charge the sprocket (light turns from orange/red to green when fully charged – it can be used while charging).
2. Insert photo paper with the blue card included, into the sproket (top of device slides and pops off)
3. Download the sprocket app onto your device (in my case, an iphone)
4. Press the button on the side of the sprocket to power it on – a white light will show.
5. From your device – search for HP Sprocket from your Bluetooth menu and connect.
6. Open the sprocket app from your device – from here, you’ll be able to access your photos, editing tools and initiate a print job.

Great idea in theory, but could use work. The stickers, frames and text additions are very fun. However, the quality isn’t great and I expected better since the images are smaller and shouldnt require as much work as a larger hi-res image. The photos all pulled very very yellow compared to the originals (see example). The worst part is that you can’t print photos that have been edited using your phone. iPhones have a pretty basic editor that allows you to change color, light, etc and the HP app would not read them. The image just came in blurry like it was trying to load but never did (see beach photo example). This happened with about 6 different photos before I figured it out. So you have to take a screenshot of the edited photo for the app to pick it up as a new photo. With so many other services out there doing similar things for a lot less money, it’s better to leave this behind.