Canon - IVY Mini Photo Printer

My scrapbook has 2x3 photos in it already and looking to keep that size. Does anyone here have a Kodak Mini 2 Retro or Liene m100? How do you feel about it? How is the quality and longevity of the prints? Im also wondering if im able to cut the Liene 4x6 paper to make the imagines to 2x3 I'm fairly new at scrapbooking. I have a Canon Ivy CLIQ+ (ZINK), I've had this camera for about 7 years and the photos are almost unrecognizable.

I really like my Canon Ivy because I can get home from an event and immediately have the photos printed into stickers, without having to run an errand to get photos printed. It is expensive but I use it sparingly (I only print photos for maybe one out of every 5 spreads) so it's worth it to me. If your junk journaling includes more photos maybe printing at Walgreens would work better for you.

i believe it's the ivy one ^^^ just uses cannon paper i think

I have a pocket printer and I love it, I've been using it in my journal / bujo for years. I have the Canon Mini Print (sometimes called the ivy).

Hello everyone! Not too long ago I made a post on asking for portable printer recommendations and many of you offered great options! I had previously bought the canon ivy but did not like the picture quality. I decided to go with the Polaroid hi-print! The one on the left is the Polaroid and the one on the right is the canon. The Polaroid definitely beats the canon. It also offers sticky pack prints! Just what I was looking for ☺️ and as you can see it's slightly bigger. If you're wondering, the canon ivy does weigh less than the Polaroid. The Polaroid has a little bit more weight to it but it's nothing to worry about when traveling with it. I'll be returning the canon ivy and keeping the Polaroid hi-print. Thank you all for your help and recommendations!

I was gifted a Canon Ivy for my birthday a couple years ago, it's a zink printer that comes with sticky backing photo paper so it makes it very convenient for bujoing. The photo quality comes out pretty clear! Sometimes a little over saturated, but there are a lot of options to edit/collage in the app which is nice. The paper comes out at about $0.40 per 2x3 sheet, which seems like the price for other similar printers.

I have the Canon 1500 and the Canon Ivy. They're both great for their intended uses. I take the Canon Ivy with me just about every time I travel. I've owned it 3.5 years at this point and the battery needs charged more often, but it still works great!

so I got the HP sprocket and wasn't so happy and the photo quality. the pictures were coming out very saturated and i would have to edit the photo before printing. i was still not a fan bc the editing still didn't look right (i also don't know much about editing with light exposure) so i returned it and got the Canon Ivy. I really like it. while some of the photo prints do come out a little saturated, it's not as bad as the HP sprocket (in my opinion) I also figured out that since this photo printers rely on thermal printing instead of inks, when you are loading the paper to the Canon, it fits i think 10 in the machine at once, so say you only print 2 photos for the day and the three days later you print 2 more photos (i hope this makes sense) ((I don't print all my photos at once bc i junk journal through the week and get new ideas)) there will be a blue paper with the photos to load in the Canon and it's supposed to help with making the pictures come out nicer so I'll keep the blue piece of paper and load it back in for next time so my next photos will come out good. I probably confused you but look at tutorials on how to print and you'll see there's a blue piece of paper with the photos that will come out first before you start printing.

Agreed! The quality on the hi-print is much way better than the canon ivy!

Just bought a canon ivy last week! It's been great! I have a great photo printer at home, however ink for me gets extremely expensive ($120 per pack with color) so I like to use that sparingly and for more professional quality prints. Also, wanted to have something portable. I did buy the paper in bulk, but I've been using them in my small planner (hobonichi weeks) so I'll put photos into a collage and get smaller versions of the photos. This allows me to get up to 8 mini photos on one paper. Just note, the phtotos can become hard to see because they are tiny and the quality isn't professional print quality, but it doesn't bother me. I do roadtrip across the country about 2-3 times a year with my family so I figured it would be nice to have on hand when I'm just sitting in the car with so much downtime. Here's a tip I picked up from others with an Ivy printer: - Use the HP sprocket photo papers instead of the canon ivy ones. Picture quality comes out a tad bit better than using the ones from canon if you end up with the Ivy. Also, try looking at FB marketplace for a second hand one! I've seen HP sprockets as low as $40. Just be sure you can test it out before you purchase so you know the product works!

I've tried the Canon Ivy, HP sprocket, and Polaroid Hi-Print and can't recommend the Polaroid Hi-print enough! The photo quality is way better than the others and the sticker paper is way thinner than the others so it doesn't bulk up your hobonichi as fast! The trade off is that the refills are more pricey however.

That's too bad! I'm using the original canon ivy and love it! Hopefully you'll find a replacement that will satisfy you

I've had mine probably around a year? I haven't noticed any problems with fading but since they're in a closed book I haven't been too worried. The app doesn't have a way to make collage photos like the Canon Ivy does, their app is great but the prints were hideous and depressing because they all have a vintage blue cast. I usually make the ones I want in InShot and export it pretty quickly.

i have the canon one and i loveeeeee it

I tested out the Kodak mini retro 2 and canon ivy. Ultimately for my needs and ease of use I picked the ivy. The Kodak photos were too thick for my liking and I liked the sticker paper for the ivy. And when traveling the ivy is much more compact esp with the refills. I also preferred canon's app, esp for collaging photos if I wanted to print multiple on one sheet. You have way more control in terms of reframing/editing them. For printing,I found that even tho it cuts off the bottom slightly, it was more accurately framed than Kodak which will randomly crop in on the sides or bottom. Though there are blue tint issues with the ivy, I've learned how to color correct my photos before printing, so it's no problem. I also noticed a few times with Kodak because it runs the photo thru the dye sublimation process, it can easily get misaligned and I wasted a few sheets bc of that (might've just been my machine tho) I was concerned about the zink longevity and so really wanted to love the Kodak. But all my photos go in a journal that'll remain closed for the most part. And I guess if I really care then I'll print with an actual printer

If you do a lot of printing, i'd recommend buying a full size printer and using photo paper and glue tape. I do photo journals so multiple photos per day and when i did the math for my canon ivy, it was going to be like 800$ a year in paper! I bought an epson tank style printer and am very happy with it. The canon ivy was great for when I only did a few photos a week, although the paper is pricey it printed great for about 2 years!

My friend switched from the sprocket to the ivy because of the quality. Too bad you couldn't find one!

So I have the original Canon IVY and I was never a fan of their zink paper so I switched to using Kodak's zink paper in the device and I love it. You just have the keep the original blue square that comes in the Canon zink paper so the IVY is able to print properly.

yeah i keep debating to return my sprocket and get the ivy bc i heard the ivy prints better quality. my sprocket has been printing very saturation photos with a pink/yellowish tone. Been trying to edit the photos to change to saturation on the original photos to see if that helps but i don't a fan of how they come out

canon ivy is what i use! i love it

I do! I got a thermal printer camera off of ebay and it's so cute. I'm having fun using photos in my TN. I also do have instax and Canon ivy but due to the price of thr film I use that sparingly.

Polaroïd hi-print and Canon Ivy. I like them both! I have on my profile the difference between the two. The hi-print are bigger so they will take a lot of your free space in your A6 but I still use it. I sometimes do collage on my Canon ivy but print it on my Hi-print and cut them since you can't do collage with the hi-print. https://www.reddit.com/r/hobonichi/s/8Xkj9lGHnN My opinions changed since I made that post but the pictures are true to life.

I had the Canon Ivy (1) and then a few months ago I replaced it with the HP Sprocket 2x3. I prefer the Sprocket a little bit more, it prints more warm. Also I would have issues with the Ivy connecting to my phone. As long as you have the blue scan card for your printer, you can use whatever paper you find cheaper.

I got the canon ivy and learned I LOVE adding photos to my daily log/ memory keeping. Looking at the feedback here I might look at the selphy but wanted to see if I even used a mini printer. I will say the ease of the ivy makes it really great, just throw in the paper and done. I only put the photos in to highlight those small moments so quality doesn't bother me too too much. If I wanted an actual quality print I'd use an ink printer

I just got the canon ivy and have been liking it! I like how in the app, you can print several photos on the same sheet, allowing for different sizes. I've found the photos run a little on the cooler side, but it doesn't really bother me.

I have the Canon Ivy, and I'm happy with it. Then again, I'm not the best photographer, so all I can really say is that it's at least as good as I am.

I made a tiny review with pictures on my profile. I have both printers. If you "fix" the pictures before sending them to the printer, the Canon Ivy does great but it's gray tinted and a lot less bright than the high print. The High print is really pretty, thinner and so nice but the paper doesn't stick as well on the pages. The other negative is that you can't do multiple pictures in one print. Sorry for my English. I'm not doing well these days.

they do but i find it to be pretty simple! i dont have much experience with printers and things but you basically just slide the cover off and place the stack of paper/sheets in there. you can buy them in packs of like 20 or 50 i believe! i think they give you a little blue piece of paper thats like a calibrating/test sheet that you just set on top of the other photo papers and run that through first. then you use an app to do the printing and editing!

+1 for the Ivy. It's the only mini printer I've owned, but I love it!

It was so disappointing! I really wanted to love the canon ivy but the dullness and fuzziness put me off and it wasn't worth the price.