Mint Printer Reviews

Updated review for version 2.07.
Look at the version history for MintPrinter — nothing but bug fixes and it still won’t work.

I’ve had this printer for a year and a half maybe two years now and MintPrinter that you’re supposed to use with it has never worked, not once. It starts to load, I see the balloons, I wait for her to finish loading and it never happens. Uninstall MintPrinter , reinstall MintPrinter , be told that something in their system has changed and I have to create a new account, create a new account, it sees the printer and at some point when you’re going through the select a picture process the software inevitably freezes up and never recovers. Force quit the software, restart the software, repeat the process. The only software that ever worked was the Polaroid ZIP printer software and I’ll have to give that a try again but it looks like maybe that software no longer supports this printer. At this point I am very unlikely to ever buy another Polaroid portable printer again.

I got MintPrinter , created an account, and as soon as I get into MintPrinter it tells me my printer needs a firmware update. The button to take me to the update screen took about 5 tries to push. I pressed update, the system went to 100%, and took me to another screen that told me I should plug my printer in while the update was installing. Under that was a warning that said my printer would restart after the update. Under that worming was a button, but I couldn’t see what it said because the warning was covering it. It would also not let me press the button. I have reloaded, redownloaded MintPrinter and still nothing has changed. I have tried waiting at the screen that has the warning until my printer powers off, but I still cannot press the button or continue on to use my printer. Disappointing at best.

So far not impressed. I charged the printer, put in the paper, installed MintPrinter . But MintPrinter won’t let me create an account because My birthdate is apparently not valid. So I bypassed that and then it took at least 10 minutes for MintPrinter to find the printer even though my phone said it was connected. Then I tried to print a picture and it said I need a firmware update so I plugged in my phone and the printer as it suggested but the update button doesn’t do anything so I can’t actually use MintPrinter or the printer.

I’ve always been a fan of tiny things. From small little plants to mini chairs to this wonderfully crafted Polaroid printer. There are multiple ways to edit the photo before printing and the instructions for setting it up are very veryyy easy to understand. 10/10 recommend. The size of the pictures is perfect for wall decorations and this cute little printer is the perfect size to store anywhere for quick use purposes.

Bought this a year ago and MintPrinter still crashes and freezes up on my iPhone. Two months ago I got my phone wet and had to buy a new iPhone. Downloaded MintPrinter logged in but it said I had to re log in because of new police changes, it froze. Again I closed it and click log in later and I’m able to agree to the policy changed. Get my Bluetooth hooked up and it then froze and crash. I contacted the company many times and they think I’m having a user problem and it’s not their app. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I asked for a refund of the pocket I can’t use and I got ghosted, so I’m 100% sure I’m past the 30 day return. Surprise surprise. So not only do they have poor products, they have poor customer.

The device itself works fine, but getting MintPrinter to load alone takes ages and is a complete nightmare (if it loads at all). Multiple restarts of MintPrinter are required before it will even begin to load - if you’re lucky. Should you be fortunate enough to reach the printing function, commit yourself to about fifteen minutes of waiting for this incredibly clunky interface to load. If you finally print your image, be warned that it will be darker than what you see on the screen.
Honestly, even as a lifelong Polaroid customer, I discourage anyone from buying the mint until the developers of MintPrinter fix the myriad of issues that make the device unusable.

I really want to make an account, but it says my birth date isn’t valid even though I am definitely older than the age listed in the terms and conditions. I noticed there were other reviews that mention this, but there hasn’t been an app update in months, which is why I’m writing a review (I never write reviews). If this gets fixed, I will most definitely give positive feedback to make up for it!

Like the printer but w last iphone update stopped working. Polaroid mint app tells you to allow photo access in settings but its not an option in settings unless MintPrinter requests access, which I guess it doesnt. Camera access does work, i think because app requests access which you can then ok.

Everything on MintPrinter is working Great except it’s not letting me have access to my photos. When I press allow access to photos it takes me to settings and has all these things about siri? Do you have any advice on how to get access to my photos through MintPrinter ?

Hi, when I first connected the Polaroid Mint app, it allowed me to give it access to my photos. When I went back into MintPrinter , after a few weeks of not using it, it had me reconnect to the Polaroid meant and asked me to give it access to my photos but when I try it doesn’t give me that option. I need help giving MintPrinter access to my photos.

I love the concept of the Mint printer. It is very neat to print and stick in my bullet journal as a way to create a memory journal with pictures, however, the color comes out dark, even with MintPrinter using brightened software the color is not as vivid as I hoped. Would love to know if there is a way to fix this as I have tried everything I have found for suggestions on the Polaroid website. Thanks!

I just downloaded MintPrinter it works really well I don’t have to do any updates or anything like that it is I could open it up and do my edits or any kind of style that I would like to do any prints perfectly no complaints no problems I haven’t seen any errors so I enjoyed his app

I had MintPrinter for over a year and it was working fine. I recently updated MintPrinter and now do not have access to my gallery. When I try to enable access to my gallery, “Photos” is not an option to give access to. I’ve been extremely frustrated and confused by this and am no longer able to use MintPrinter . It used to work fine..

Have used the mint photo printer twice. The third time I charged overnight and it would not power up. Held button for 2 seconds as per directions. Tried 10 seconds, no success. Could not find troubleshooting in manual. Been working on trying to get printer to work.
I GIVE UP. I would pay 10 times the money for a device that just works. Tired of wasting money on JUNK products. I guess you shouldn’t expect much for a photo printer for $59. I trusted the Polaroid name a was let down.

Ok listen MintPrinter in general is really good. But the other day I was trying to print something so I go on and it says you need to let Polaroid mint aces your photos, I hit the button and there was no option for me to access my photos. I don’t know if that is because it’s my phone or it’s Polaroid mint.

I’ve had this printer/app for a while and haven’t had much issue so I gave it two stars. But now it doesn’t allow me access to my photos so it’s essentially useless, and reading other reviews this is an issue that has gone back MONTHS without being fixed so I have no hope in it being fixed anytime soon so I suppose I’ll have to look into a new printer. :/

I got this mint about a year ago. It was printing fine but now it does not recognize the printer. Tells me to delete and reinstall. Did that and same issue. Please instruct.

had no trouble using it before but didn’t use it for awhile. took it out today to print something and it was a hassle to get it working again and installing the firmware. It’s working again. My pet peeve is that the color on the ZINK photo doesn’t match with the photo on my phone

So glad I bought this. It’s perfect for little shots to adorn my bullet journal. Took me 10 minutes to get my phone and iPad connected and first picture printed. The color is a bit muted and it’s not as sharp as a photo printed from a professional camera but it is what I expected and serves the purpose I have. I love it.

Love this little Polaroid, but it would be so much better if MintPrinter can install more borders and stickers and just more edit in general. Would attract a lot more users for sure. Overall good, but definitely would appreciate an update with more options!

I’ve printed pictures off of my polaroid printer before, but for some reason, my printer won’t let me enable my photo’s. i clicked enable photo access and when it took me to my settings, the option for photos wasn’t popping up. only thing that popped up was camera and a few other options which i enabled all of them but i can’t even take a picture without enabling my photos so how do i make that option to enable my photos pop up?