Polaroid ColorShot Laser Photo Printer

Pros: Easiest digital picture printing anywhere, bar none.
Cons: Limited size of pictures to polaroid film, "polaroid" type pictures can be limited in quality

Ever wish there was a way to print out your family album of digital photos, but don't want to go to the trouble of using "photo" paper and lining up things just right on your printer?

The Polaroid Colorshot printer may be for...

Pros: Fun to play with, very cheap printer
Cons: High film costs, Not compatible with anything other than Win9x

I recently picked my Polaroid Colorshots digital photo printer up for $8 plus $5 shipping from a fellow on eBay. It was brand new in retail package and included a 10-pack of Polaroid Spectra film (already worth $12 or so).

Hooking it up and...

Pros: Neat Gadget, Amaze your friends
Cons: Very expensive prints

I got my ColorShot from my favorite site, www.ubid.com for the sum of $35 and shipping of about $10. If I didn't already have a bunch of polaroid film lying about I would never have bid on this printer as it uses standard polaroid film to print on. ...

Pros: Instant pictures, USB, small, easy to use
Cons: $1.00 a picture, only works on win98

I picked up one of the USB coloshots at www.compgeeks.com for $30. At this price it's an absolute steal. I can print out the pictures from my digital camera in seconds. Installation is a breeze, just pop in the cd, plug in the printer, and install the...

Pros: ink-less, fast, easy printing
Cons: $$$ for polaroid films.

I got this baby from ubid.com for like $30 plus shipping it's awesome in a way that it prints in matters of seconds (about 10-15secs for a picture).

It doesn't require any ink in order to print. It takes the poloroid technology and uses the...

Pros: Compact, easy to use, cheap used.
Cons: size of film, must be 98SE or lower.

This is a cool, cheap little gadget. While i do feel sorry for anyone who paid the original $250 for it, it is totally worth the $15-25 that it is today on EBay. But you have to make sure that you use photoshop or MGI Photosuite, other programs make it grainy when it does the 'fit to page'. its very smooth, you have to look VERY close to see the pixels. Also, as long as you have it set to the right film type, the colors are clear and vibrant like no printer.