It weighs less than half a pound and runs on a rechargeable battery that charges via USB-C and claims to be good for 30 prints. The entire printer is just short of 5 inches long, just over 3 inches wide, and is about an inch tall.
#Xdesign and go printing go portable#
There's not much to the printer: charge it up, load the paper, and turn it on with the one button on the side.Īll of this comes in a portable package that’s easy to throw in a backpack, purse, or a pocket (if you’re wearing cargo pants, that is). Still, print quality has never been a stumbling block for other instant media such as Polaroids, and it isn’t here, given the scope and intended use of the printer. The catch? Image quality on any zero-ink printer, including this Liene, won’t come close to a dye-sublimation or higher-end inkjet printer, and prints from this printer (and most other printers in this class) are a bit smaller at 2x3” instead of the usual 4圆”
The ink is embedded into the paper itself and is brought out in the printing process. Photos print in one pass instead of needing multiple runs for each color layer, and prints are done in about a minute. All you need is the printer and some zero-ink paper. The colorful and waterproof parts carry over to this new printer (and zero-ink printers in general) with the added bonus of not needing cartridges, toner, ink or anything else a larger printer needs. Dye sublimation also allows for colorful, waterproof prints. In my test of that model, the prints compared favorably to my professional-grade Canon photo printers. Traditional small photo printers, such as Liene’s previous 4圆 model, use dye sublimation technology to produce near-lab quality prints. The company sent me a unit for a test drive, and this tiny pocket printer turned out to have a lot going for it.
And while the Liene might not be a name you've heard of, it offers a pretty good value against the competition with its Pearl K100. The phone in your pocket is already a pretty good camera, and so, if on-the-go prints are what you’re aiming for, Liene’s latest entry into the market joins a long list of zero-ink (or zink) from manufacturers, such as HP and Canon.
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