Prynt

Bring your photos to life

$150 Manufacturer Prynt, prynt.co Features Zink printing, Lightning connection

Prynt is a handheld printer, relying on a Lightning connection rather than Bluetooth: you slot your iPhone SE/5s/6/6s/Plus into the camera-lookalike case. (There’s no iPhone 7 version yet, and you have to buy a version for your particular iPhone model.) It relies on inkless Zink technology for its 3x2-inch prints. Image quality isn’t amazing, but neither is it terrible: pics are reasonably sharp, but have noticeable horizontal scanlines.

Using the Prynt app you can take photos, load snaps from your library or create video “stories.” This, as it turns out, is the most interesting part of Prynt. Choose a photo as a “cover” (the picture that gets printed out) and attach one or more videos to create a story. Once your picture has been printed, hold your iPhone over it and your videos play through the not-quite magic of augmented reality. It’s fun and, given the so-so quality of the printouts, is probably the part that will appeal most.

THE BOTTOM LINE. Fun video prints and decent image quality are offset by some design-and app-related quirks.