f you've always liked the idea of ​​snapshots but don't want to deal with a bulky camera, Polaroid has a solution. The company recently launched a new pocket printer that allows you to print photos from your phone via Bluetooth. The Polaroid Hi-Print is the brand's first printer to use dye-sublimation technology to create vivid, fade-proof prints at any time.

Just connect the compact printer to your phone via Bluetooth and then choose what you want to print from your phone's photo gallery. You can even customize your images using the printer's iOS or Android app, where you'll find a selection of filters and text. It takes less than a minute to print one of your 5.8 by 8.6-centimeter photos, which are waterproof and easy to carry in your purse. The sheets even have an adhesive back so you can print and stick your images wherever you want.

he popular brand of instant cameras Polaroid launched Hi-Print , a pocket photo printer that will allow you to print photos in less than a minute, with a dimension of 17.50 x 10.10 x 4.60cm to take 2 × 3 photos.

You have to remember that Polaroid stopped production in 2008 , but a group of fans saved the last Polaroid factory and has been producing cameras and films ever since. The Impossible Project became Polaroid Originals in 2017, and then Polaroid in March of this year.

With this new brand, this first product is launched, a portable dye-sublimation printer, Polaroid Hi-Print, with all-in-one print cartridges, paired with an iOS / Android mobile application via Bluetooth .

To print a photo you need the app on the smartphone, from where you can add filters , overlays , frames , text and more. The result will then be sent to the printer, so it prints on the credit card-sized sheet of photo paper, uses heat, and has a water- and smudge-resistant coating.

Each cartridge contains 10 sheets of 54 x 86mm photo paper , and the printer battery should hold 20 prints per charge.

Hi-Print is now available for an MSRP of € 99.99. Unsurprisingly, it is the ink and paper that are expensive. A pack of two cartridges costs 16.99 euros.

In 2009, lovers of instant photography had good news . The classic Polaroid camera had returned and was going to be on the market in early 2010.

The company Summit Global Group , which is licensed by Polaroid, took over the manufacturing of the cameras and the production of the film will be borne by the Impossible Project.

The camera returned to stores in 2010 with both digital and analog versions . But in addition, they also re-manufactured the film cartridges suitable for the old models.

However, after several years in the market, in mid-2008 Polaroid announced its final bankruptcy. However, many of its users did not accept the death of instant photography and decided to launch The Impossible Project .

The goal really seemed impossible: to find a formula to make cartridges that would work with the machines already on the market.

"The big challenges we are facing right now are naming the cartridges (Polaroid cannot be used because it is registered), the packaging design, the system and the composition of the plastic and the frame, the packages and costs, "explained Marlene Kelnreiter in 2009 of the Impossible Project.

This group managed to manufacture a black and white film that was put on sale at the beginning of 2010. But in addition, the cartridges were initially marketed through the Internet and through some distributors with whom they had already established contacts.

The making of the film was possible thanks to the support of more than 9,000 fans who from all over the world supported the project by purchasing t-shirts on its website.

Also crucial was the help of former Polaroid employees , "who with their knowledge helped us make a new instant film."

"The company that has the Polaroid license wants us to work together to make a limited edition of cartridges that will be called Polaroid," they said at the time from the Impossible Project. "It seems that, after all, the project was not so impossible," they concluded.