It never happen to me that one day I had be reviewing something designed by Lady Gaga, much less that the something would be a printer. But that day and that something are both here, in the form of the Polaroid Grey Label GL10 Instant Mobile Printer ($169.99 direct). How much Lady Gaga, or more precisely Haus of Gaga, actually had to do with the design in her role of Creative Director is unclear, but Polaroid has certainly come up with a stimulating portable photo printer.
Built around a much enhanced, second-generation ZINK technology, the GL10 carries forward most of what was good about the first-generation Polaroid Pogo Instant Mobile Printer while enormously improving on its shortcomings. The result is a much more attractive product, not even counting whatever touches Lady Gaga threw in on the industrial design side.
ZINK technology, which we have also seen in the Polaroid Pogo Instant Digital Camera and Pan digital Portable Photo Printer, is still new enough that you may not be familiar with it. Briefly, the name is short for zero ink, the point being that paper is the only thing you need to load in the printer. The ZINK paper includes its own ink (in the most generic sense) embedded in the paper as clear dye crystals. The printer creates an image by using heat to activate the crystals, so they'll show color.
The GL10 differs from earlier ZINK printers in two key ways. The first generation printers were limited to 2- by 3-inch photos. The GL10 prints at 3 by 4 inches. More important, the image quality is far better.
The Polaroid Grey Label GL10 Instant Mobile Printer delivers far better-looking photos than Polaroid's first-generation ZINK printer—and larger photos, too.
Built around a much enhanced, second-generation ZINK technology, the GL10 carries forward most of what was good about the first-generation Polaroid Pogo Instant Mobile Printer while enormously improving on its shortcomings. The result is a much more attractive product, not even counting whatever touches Lady Gaga threw in on the industrial design side.
ZINK technology, which we have also seen in the Polaroid Pogo Instant Digital Camera and Pan digital Portable Photo Printer, is still new enough that you may not be familiar with it. Briefly, the name is short for zero ink, the point being that paper is the only thing you need to load in the printer. The ZINK paper includes its own ink (in the most generic sense) embedded in the paper as clear dye crystals. The printer creates an image by using heat to activate the crystals, so they'll show color.
The GL10 differs from earlier ZINK printers in two key ways. The first generation printers were limited to 2- by 3-inch photos. The GL10 prints at 3 by 4 inches. More important, the image quality is far better.
The Polaroid Grey Label GL10 Instant Mobile Printer delivers far better-looking photos than Polaroid's first-generation ZINK printer—and larger photos, too.
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