Customer Ratings & Reviews

I got this for a day off r 2 because i was relocating a fm wanted to take pics of the family and friends and i was able to and print them out on the spot and add them to my picture wall it was amazing!!!!!

The Sprocket is a very versatile portable printer for pictures. This is an inkless printer the magic is in the picture itself using a new technology call zinc. Print time is approximately 40 seconds. The quality is very good for being a portable printer. Detail and color are pretty close to original picture. Overall, I am satisfied with the plus the portability makes this a winner. The quality is WAY better than the camera/printer all in ones. I like the fact that you have more control of your pictures and what setting you would like to print with over the all in one phone printer option This makes a great gift for kids/adults attached to their phones and have tons of pictures. Being able to print on the go in a winner in my book First you need to download the Hp sprocket app this app Bluetooth’s to your phone and printer. The app will let you edit and put filters on them, this I found to be very useful. The app was very easy to set up, and it recognized the printer immediately. I was printing within seconds. The size of the plus is about 6 inches by 3.5 inches and weighs less than ½ pound. It is very well put together, a very solid unit. I would purchase a protective case none the less. For transport. I took this unit to a birthday party and it was a hit!! I took multiple pictures and gave each person the picture to take with them. Infect 2 of the party goers now have their own Sprocket now. Charging is rather quick for the printer, if it runs low just hook it up to a charger ( cord included) You can print at the same time. I like this one so much I may run out and get another for my daughter to use with her Cheer Squad. I would recommend this to friends and family and those who love the portability printing option of the Sprocket.

I knew this printer was small but I was really surprised at just how small it is. The Sprocket Plus is like 3.5 x 5.5 x .75 inches so that means that is is smaller than a stack of 4 x 6 pictures! OK, so it is small but how does it work? It was incredibly easy to set up. I popped the cover off the top and inserted the pack of ten zink photo sheets, put the cover on and turned it on. After launching the Sprocket app on my phone, I was up and printing within about 1 minute. So portability and ease of use have been nailed by HP (oh and nice design too, I have the white and rose gold versions which is very nice). Now the REAL question is 'How good are the prints?'. If you are expecting gallery quality prints, heck if you are expecting full size inkjet quality prints, you will be disappointed. If you keep your expectations to the level of Polaroid instant prints, you will be happy with them. Colors and black and white both do well but it is very easy for a bright picture to appear washed out. Look, this is not a device for printing out a stack of pictures from your vacation in Europe. This is designed to get some of those cool selfie/ussies off your phone and into the hands of friends. Since the photo paper also doubles as a sticker when you peel the backing off, they are great for decorating at a party, in a scrapbook, or whatever. This is a great device to have at a party of any sort where you want your friends and guests to perhaps have a little memento of the fun they had but don't want to shell out for a full Photo Booth set-up. It would be great for a kid's b-day party or a school club function. The printer is pretty fast and can crank out each print in under 30 seconds so it would be easy to have everyone send you their best shots as they take them and send them off to the printer as you get them. In an age where genuine photos are becoming a rarity, sometimes it is cool to just have that small little picture that you can post at your desk, or your locker of a fun time that you would like to remember without having to whip out your phone and scroll through your photostream. If this is the kind of device you are looking for, I would actually give it an enthusiastic 5-stars for you but I hedged my bet and went with 4-stars just because, while it does that one thing well, that is about it and there will inevitably be something you wish it could do but can't. I would have done maybe 4.5 stars but that is not an option.

Overall, this is definitely a nifty little gadget to have. Pairs up with the Bluetooth on your phone/tablet and worked perfectly on my Note 8. You need to download the Sprocket app in order to print images from your device so I doubt that should be an issue for most people. This comes with 10 sheets of paper and, I believe, 20 packs of the paper is around $10 or so. My main thing with this is that I'm not entirely sure who this would be suitable for. In this day and age, photos are almost a thing of the past. With images being directly loaded to FB, Instagram or other sites, I can't recall the last time I needed a physical print out of an image much less one that was pretty small. The prints are about 2x3 in size so they're not terribly large for hanging or anything; maybe for collages or something. The paper is not adhesive either so these pics can't be used as stickers. Also, I can't recall the last time I ever needed to print out an image on the spot for whatever reason. I guess this could be used for things like family gatherings or other social event where you don't see certain people that frequently? Either way, I still think this is a nifty gadget for some people, definitely not for everyone. I guess when you're at your next family get-together, you can whip this out and show it off to the family and give the grandparents some nice shots to hold onto or something. The picture quality is pretty good. While the pic doesn't show it, the image I printed out was a bit on the dark side. Fortunately, there is no ink you have to purchase for this printer; all you need is paper. It holds 20 sheets at a time and I believe you can get the paper in either 10 or 20 packs. This pic I printed out took around 5 seconds so it's fairly fast considering it's size. Size wise, it's definitely a pocket printer as it's quite small. The pic shows size differences between the printer and my Note 8 and PS4 controller. With this printer all you really need is to load some paper (maybe bring the included charging cable) and you're good to go for a day or so. Overall, nice little gadget and works much better than I had expected. However, I think this is something that you really have to have a need for. It's definitely not for everyone.

Years ago, when I was in high school, the big thing to do was have miniature photo albums to carry all your precious memories in. My friends and I would get prints of our photos and share them. Now, all photos are all digital. But what happens if you want a print out of really good photos that you take with your phone? Typically, you have to send the digital file to a photo lab like at Walgreens or Wal-Mart. It’s not a particularly difficult process, but sometimes you just want to print out photos at home. I’ve used standard printers before, but just haven’t been happy with the quality. One of the simplest solutions is to invest in a personal photo printer like this one from HP. The HP Sprocket Plus Printer is a compact printer for mobile photos. It’s designed to work directly with your smartphone and is just about the same size, too. The printer comes packaged with 10 sheets of HP Sprocket Plus Zink photo paper and a short (about 12 inches) Micro USB cable for charging/powering the printer. With the printer, you can print 2.3 x 3.4-inch photos directly from your phone in just a few seconds. Setup is easy. You download the Sprocket app for your mobile platform (iOS or Android) and connect to the printer using Bluetooth. When you start up the printer, you will get a notification on your phone (if you already have the app installed) that says that the app wants to connect to the printer. If you allow it, you will be able to see your Camera Roll and other albums in your Photo library. I have an iPhone 7 and didn’t have any issues connecting to it. You can also connect to Instagram, Facebook, and Google to print photos stored in Social Media accounts without having to download them first. The only thing I noticed that was a little slow was the app’s connection to my phone’s photo library. I would save a photo from a shared library and reload the app photo list and it would take a few seconds for the new photos to appear. Once you select a photo, you can edit it in the Sprocket app. You can do the ‘magic’ fix tool, which automatically adjusts brightness and color. You can also manually adjust brightness, contrast, and exposure. The Sprocket app has some built-in filters, too, and you have the ability to add text and drawings to photos. Once you make your edits, you simply send it to the printer. I tested this out with a few different photos. I found that the colors were not exactly what I had hoped for. The reds aren’t quite as vibrant as they show on the phone and even black and white photos have a purplish tint to them. Overall though, I’m happy with the prints. It’s a nice way to display memories without having to visit a photo lab. The Sprocket Plus Printer is easy to connect to and communicates well with the mobile app.

It's a pretty cute little device that can come handy during parties, family gatherings and work events. It uses a print method called ZINK (or Zero Ink) which is a thermal printing developed by Polaroid originally. Print quality is not that great though, print outs are pretty grainy and lack full color depth. Do not expect print quality of the Ink Jet printer out of this little guy. Paper refills come in 20 or 50 count packs (only 10 sheets are included with the device out of the box). Printer connects to your mobile device via Bluetooth and can only be paired with a single device at a time. You will need to have a "Sprocket" app running all the time in the foreground if you want to print. If you close the app and printer shuts off automatically - you'll need to force close the app before it sees the printer again. App allows you to link your Instagram, Facebook and Google accounts and print any photo that you've published yourself, in addition to that - you can add "sprocket" app into the sharing destinations on your phone and be able to print from any app that way (assuming app allows you to share a picture). It is possible to host a "shared" printing queue for your friends, but they would need to download a sprocket app on their devices too. There is no way to share this printer directly over WiFi. Overall, it's a nice attention catcher, but not a device you would like to do all your prints on due to the lack of quality. Couple negative moments: mobile app is not very polished out, sometimes it needs a force close to see the printer again. Social account integration is very basic - it just gives you all your photos, there is nothing like - print this #hashtag automatically or any other automation methods. It does take printer good 30 seconds to complete a single print, so be patient.

Picture it, You're out with your friends and you're having the time of your life. Everything is going great and you're taking selfies left and right. The next day you wake to find out that you've dropped your phone in the pool and all of your photos of the night before were lost on your ruined SD card. Tragic. Except that's not how the story ends. You had your HP Sprocket Plus on you last night. And you took pics and developed those awesome shots right on the spot. All of those amazing memories are all over your memory board, on the wall, binder or even the suite case that you traveled with. The HP Sprocket Plus has taken the idea of the old school instant developing cameras and put it in your bag for all those awesome shots that you've taken and edited to your liking, to print the perfect pic. Yes, you can edit any shot on your phone and print it out on a 2.3 x 3.4" sticky-backed photo sheet for instant gratification. The box contains the HP Sprocket Plus, a micro USB threaded charging cable ( no charging brick though. I'm sure you've got a ton of those laying around.) , a quick starters sheet and 10 photo sticky-photo sheets. It has features like augmented reality, relevant content, to view photos from the same day and location and even 3rd party experiences from Wikipedia, Google street view and more. It's a pretty awesome gadget to have along for the ride. As I said before, it starts you with 10 photo sheets in the pack and you can get more at Best Buy. I really thought this was something that only my kids would like. I was wrong. This little printer is worth the cash. The HP Sprocket Plus is an excellent gift for that selfie pro or just pick up one for your self. I highly recommend this for those instant memories. If your looking at this review, you've already decided. Go get it. It's the coolest gadget accessory in your bag. You may need to get a new phone , after that whole pool situation though.

I wish I had know about this during the holidays, I would have bought this as a gift. The HP Sprocket is such a cool gadget. I would have never thought that you could print pictures/stickers right there on the spot. It's made possible with the Zink photo paper, which the Sprocket requires special paper. it prints 3x2 or 2x3 photos at 313 x 400 dpi so the photos are sticker quality but there is NO ink required!!!! Pretty good for a micro sized printer. I've used it for everything, printing photos, stickers for my desk, just anything. A really cool gadget for anyone! If you're wondering what is different about the PLUS version vs the NON-plus, HP says that the Plus has MicroSD capability so it looks like you can store pictures on there besides the on board 512mb memory.

Am extremely enjoying this little photo printer. Fun and easy to use.

It’s very compact. The app is easy to install. The pictures come out very clear. I recently learned the pictures are also stickers. Very cool!

Easy to operate and my daughter enjoys printing photos from her phone. The quality of picture is not too bad. Reds and pinks take on an orange-ish hue. These are not the quality you would find from digital photos, but they are good enough for a picture wall, or in my case, my daughters dorm room.

This printer is great for cute office projects and things you want quick mini prints for. The color is a little different on the pictures but it is pretty user friendly and simple to use. Overall I am happy, it is pricey for what it does, but I used Christmas gift cards so I am ok with it.

This is a great compact photo printer. I only give it four stars because I don't use it enough to justify the price. It's not very often I want or need to print a picture 'on the go'. Most of my use for this has been printing cute photos of my dog to stick in my bullet journal.

I purchased this printer for my 12 year old daughter and she loves it. Very easy to use, extremely portable and actually has a really good print quality. I have used it once with a picture from my phone and I’m really inclined to get my own just because it’s so easy to use and takes up virtually no space.

I think is the best pocket printer on the market, the definition of the pictures and the easy way to use it makes this product and excellent choice

Light and portable. Great to have especially when hosting party's. Everyone loves to take pictures and its great that you can just stick anywhere... prints out quickly too

fun way to document any occasion. pictures come out clear but are small. very easy to use but it’s slow and needs down time so not to overheat.

Very happy with my printer. It doesn’t get hit after multiple prints right after another. Had a bit of a hard time putting the paper in right but I’m very satisfied. It’s like a mobile mini printer

For its size and capabilities, it's an amazing piece of tech! Granted the paper refills are expensive and the photo quality is OK, I love it! It prints fast and the app is great!

Its portable and great to take on the go. High quality photos. Able to capture and share photos with others. Photo paper has adhesive on the back if you wanted to ad it to a planner.