KODAK Barbie Instant Photo Printer

Update: Do not buy! When this product breaks, Kodak will do nothing about it. When I contacted them, their only suggestion was for me to purchase more paper to try and follow the same cleaning procedures I had already done, which was how I used up the last of the paper I already had for it. Basically, I told them my product was broken and did not work, to which they suggested I GIVE THEM MORE MONEY to buy accessories for a product that is broken and does not work. Uhm, no thanks? And now that I'm directly asking for a refund, they will not respond to any of my messages. As far as I'm concerned, this product is a scam. Kodak has scammed me, then tried to scam more money from me on top of that, and their customer service is terrible. Do not buy this. Also, on further research while trying to fix this broken hunk of junk, I discovered that the zinc paper photos apparently fade extremely quickly compared to other photo options. So it was never a good option to use in my journal anyway. Great. Original review below. I loved this when I first got it. The tiny photos printed on sticker paper were exactly what I was looking for to use with my journal, and it was great fun being able to add memories to it with such ease, sent right from my phone to the printer. Everything was perfect. Then suddenly after about a month, it just kind of stopped working? It constantly reads as out of being out of paper, despite having plenty. Adding more or less paper doesn't help. Gently flexing the paper to ensure that it is flat doesn't help. I followed the instructions from Kodak's support page to clean the roller inside, which basically involves wasting a sheet of Zinc paper, uncovering half the sticky on it, and running it through so the sticky side can pull dust and debris off. Having only had the device around a month and keeping it in a case when not in use, there wasn't much debris to clean out, and it was a waste of time and paper that solved nothing. I can sometimes get the printer to work if I hold it upright at a bit of an angle, so that the paper ejects out the bottom. Obviously not ideal, or the way it's intended to work. And it also does nothing to help the streaks the printer is now leaving on my photos, which aren't present in the original images. Either a single or white line, or many, as if it just didn't print in those spots. I've used up all the paper I had for it, a lot of it while trying to sort out the sudden issues with the device, and am now faced with buying more expensive paper for a printer that may or may not work, and now works badly when it does print. I have contacted Kodak's support, and will update if a resolution is reached. I absolutely do not recommend this product, as it went from perfect to essentially useless in a month.