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Often you'll need a smartphone or camera with wireless functions to send photos to the portable printers, but each model is different in how you can customize your images. The best portable printers, and even the best iPhone printers (opens in new tab), do involve some slight expense – the printing packs can be pretty expensive if you use them a lot – though the printers themselves are usually quite cheap. Mini prints, in contrast, are priceless souvenirs that people will keep and treasure, small enough to keep in a wallet or phone case (opens in new tab), too! The beauty of using portable printers, as well as some of the best Instant cameras (opens in new tab), is that it allows you to offer a permanent keepsake to a loved one or friend of a moment that you both shared together.

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