The Lifeprint Harry Potter Magic Photo and Video Printer will delight fans of the series by making printed photos seemingly come alive on their smartphones. We just wish its actual output quality were a bit better.
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The Lifeprint Harry Potter Magic. Photo and Video Printer is a portable, wallet-size photo printer that, through augmented reality, can make photos seemingly come alive. (Harry Potter novelty glasses not included.)
The Lifeprint Harry Potter Printer with some of our test prints. Print quality was typical of ZINK printers we have reviewed, though not as good as what we saw from the Editors’ Choice HP Sprocket 2nd Edition.
The Lifeprint Harry Potter Printer comes in both a black-and-gold version and a white-and-gold one. On top is the Hogwarts insignia, and a circular slot in which you can set a token displaying your Hogwarts House’s insignia or a generalized « HP » (Harry Potter) token.
Average time per print was 56 seconds, with times ranging from 44 seconds to 1 minute and 8 seconds.
ZINK (for « Zero Ink ») paper has dye crystals embedded in each sheet, so there is no need for ink cartridges. Lifeprint sells the paper in 30-sheet packages.
The on/off button is on this narrow edge of the printer, along with a Micro USB port for charging and a slot for a Kensington cable lock.
From your profile page, you can see thumbnails of the photos you have printed, see how many followers and followees you have, and access the Help section.
Meet the new Minister of Magic: yours truly. I created this selfie using a filter in the Lifeprint Photos app. The app includes both Hogwarts-themed and unthemed filters, and you can use them with both photos and videos.
And here’s the final print!
