In our tests we found a few common threads among the various print technologies.
Zink prints, regardless of the device, were just not good. Zink printers consistently produced images with too much contrast-even slightly dark areas went straight to black, and detail was lost. Colors almost always skewed too warm, to the point that skin tones looked orange. Dye-sublimation printers produced much better results but with their own set of flaws. Colors from dye-sub printers looked more neutral, and the level of detail was impressive, but most of these printers produced lines running across the image that weren’t in the source images (what printing experts call banding). Some printers suffered from this effect more than others, and all of the smaller dye-sub printers (those that made images around 2 by 4 inches) were the worst. Instax prints fell pleasingly in the middle quality-wise. Though they were not as sharp or accurate-looking as the results from dye-sub printers, they didn’t suffer from banding, either, instead exhibiting the smooth look of film. Overall, colors in Instax prints were nicely saturated and did not become over- or underexposed as we saw in Zink prints. The Instax Mini Link app ( iPhone and Android) is easy to use and connects quickly to the printer. Within the app you can make changes to your images before printing: Print Mode gives you options for cropping or adding filters (such as turning the image black-and-white), and Correction Mode lets you edit the brightness, saturation, and contrast. In Fun Mode you can add frames and effects (like adding stickers on top of your picture).
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