That means the slightly convoluted process of either switching Wi-Fi off, or switching Wi-Fi network, then switching back again when you’re ready to print. A slight quirk here is that in order to get the shot from a social networking site you can’t be connected to the printer’s Wi-Fi since you need a connection to get the image you want to print. There is Facebook and Instagram available, and once you’ve logged in once you shouldn’t need to log in again. If you prefer, you can print your photos directly from social networking sites. You will be unable to print this more than once, as it’s “real time” and only available in the moment that you create it. This means that you will take a picture, and the resulting print will have the time, date and the current weather conditions printed at the top of the shot. You can also create a “real time template”. You can also take a picture from within the app for it to print, or reprint something you have previously printed in the past. You can select from the Photos which are stored on your phone - whether that be photos you have taken with the phone’s camera, or other photos which you have transferred across. The Instax Share app gives you a few different options for printing. From here on in, you should never have to enter the password again. There’s a default password, but you can change it if you wish. Next, head to the Instax Share app (available to download for free) and you will see it asks you to select the printer you’re working with and to enter the password. There’s no password required at this stage, so it should connect automatically. After you have switched on the printer, go to your wireless networks settings area on your phone and select the INSTAX printer. We tested this using an iOS device, but it is also compatible with Android phones. Setting up the wireless connection is also very easy. You should also see how many shots are left when you open the Instax app on your phone. The number of lights lit up indicate how many shots you have left. You have ten shots per cartridge, and there are 10 small lights on the front of the printer. It’s important to remember not to open the film door again until the pack has run out as if you do you’ll expose and ruin the film inside and have to insert a new pack. It’s a very quick and simple process that only takes a couple of seconds. If you have installed it correctly, the black film cover from the cartridge should be ejected. You need to unwrap the Instax film from its silver wrapper, open the door on the printer using the lever, align the yellow line on the printer cartridge with the yellow line inside the printer and close the door again. Once the charging has been complete, a printing life of around 100 shots is promised - or 10 packs of Instax Mini film. It will appear red at first, changing to green when it is more than half way charged, and then switching off when the charging is complete. On the plus side, this means that it’s unlikely to accidentally flip open when you don’t want it to.Ĭharging to full capacity takes around 90 minutes, and when it’s plugged in you’ll see the LED light on the front of the printer change colour to indicate which stage of charging it’s at. It can be a little fiddly to get the flap off, especially if you don’t have very sharp nails, so you may find something like a paperclip is useful to open it. The printer comes with a rechargeable battery which can be charged in-printer via the Micro USB socket which is found underneath a small plastic flap on the side of the printer. It’s a small device, that fits in the palm of your hand - the resulting prints are made on the Instax Mini format, which measures 54 x 86mm, with the picture inside the frame measuring 46 x 62mm. Ease of Useįujifilm has done well to make the SP-2 a very simple and intuitive product to use. You can pick up the Instax Mini film for around £14.99 for 20 shots. It is available to buy for around £165 (with a 10-pack of Instax Mini included). According to Fuji, this means that you get more detailed gradations - or in other words better detail in your shot. Improvements have been made to printing quality when comparing with the SP-1, and it now prints at 800 x 600 dots, with 320dpi. The Fujifilm Instax Share SP-2 is the follow up to the SP-1, a printer which allows you to print images wirelessly from your smartphone (or selected Fuji camera models) onto Instax Mini film.
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