Instant Print Digital Camera USER MANUAL To enhance your experience, download the free Polaroid Print App for iOS and Android.
Table of Contents EN Section Title Page 1 What’s in the Box 3 2 Get to Know Your Camera 3 3 Using Your Camera 4 4 About the Printer 6 5 First-time Setup 7 6 Taking Pictures and Video 7 7 Capture Settings 12 8 Gallery 13 9 Printing Photos 14 10 Deleting 15 11 Device Settings 16 12 About the Polaroid Print App 18 13 Error Messages 19 14 Firmware 20 15 Compliance 20 2 | EN
1 What’s in the Box Polaroid SNAP Touch™ Instant Print Camera Micro USB cable Camera strap Polaroid ZINK® Paper 10-pack User guide & warranty 2 Get to Know Your Camera 3 8 2 4 5 1 6 9 7 10 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Magnetic lens cap Pop-up flash / power button Selfie mirror AF sensor Photo print exit slot (side) Lens Microphone Paper compartment door latch 11 12 13 14 15 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
3 Using Your Camera Familiarize yourself with the basic camera functions and then proceed to First-Time Setup. (Section 5) Turning On & Off The pop-up flash mechanism is also the power button that turns the camera on and off. When you unpack your camera the pop-up flash mechanism should be open. To turn on the camera, gently press down on the mechanism until it clicks to close it, and then press again to open it.
Live Viewfinder C A D E B F G A. Device Settings Tap this icon to go to a menu of general camera settings that let you control screen timeout, screen brightness, auto power off, volume, print settings, and more. (See section 11 for details) B. Zoom Tap the plus and minus signs or slide your finger along the vertical line to zoom in and out. (Note: The zoom function stays on the screen even when you tap the viewfinder to clear all the other icons.) C.
Printer icon: When the printer is operating, the icon will appear white and a progress bar will appear below it The icon will appear gray door is open. if the printer is not in use, or red . if there’s no paper in the compartment or if the If it’s still possible to cancel printing, the icon will be surrounded by a color and will become clickable. (See section 9) Bluetooth® icon: The icon will appear white when Bluetooth is turned on and gray if it’s off. The icon will be red if there’s no connection.
1. Open the paper compartment by sliding the latch located on the left side of the LCD screen. The screen will pop up. 2. Insert the entire pack of paper, making sure the blue ZINK Smart Sheet is on the bottom, barcode facing down. Never remove the Smart Sheet from the paper pack. 3. Close the paper compartment. 4. The blue ZINK Smart Sheet will be detected and ejected after you close the paper compartment door once the camera is on. 5 First-Time Setup Turn the camera on (See section 3) to begin setup.
If the camera is not in the Auto Print mode, you can print your photo by tapping the printer icon you’ve taken a photo. You can also choose to print any photo at a later time. that will appear after Deleting Photos After taking a photo, the screen will display your captured image for 2 seconds or until you tap an icon. You can also choose to delete the photo by tapping the trash can icon prompts to confirm deletion. on the left side of the screen.
If you do not tap the screen within 2 seconds, the screen will return to the live viewfinder. You can review all your images at a later time by accessing the gallery. In the gallery, the screen displays the first photo of your series with the number of individual shots in that series. You will be able to print and delete that entire burst series at once. If you’d like to delete only one photo in the burst, you can enter the burst first, and then print or delete just that photo.
Once you’ve made your selection you’ll be taken back to the live viewfinder and the icon for the selected layout type will display at the top right of the screen. Composing Your Photobooth Layout 2-photo layout 3-photo layout 4-photo layout The left portion of the screen acts as the live viewfinder until you press the shutter button. Your first shot will then appear on the left.
Rotate (in file view only) Each press of the rotate icon in the center of the photo will rotate it 90 degrees clockwise. Select the check mark or “X” to apply or cancel the rotation. Size (in file view only) You can enlarge your photo by 300% maximum. You cannot minimize less than 100%. Each tap of the plus symbol will enlarge the photo by 25%; each tap of the minus symbol will reduce it by 25%. You will also see 4 arrows at the edges of the image.
7 Capture Settings Capture Settings From the live viewfinder, tap this icon to access the configuration settings for each capture mode. Still Photo Settings For the camera mode, the configurations are Flash, HDR and Delay. These settings are turned off by default and will have a slash through them. Tap the icon to change the status. These settings apply to single still shots and photobooth shots.
8 Gallery Tap the icon to open the gallery. View your photos and videos by using the navigation arrows. The numbers at the top of the screen indicate pages in your gallery, and the page you’re on. The double arrow symbols will take you to the first or last page. Each photo, video, burst series, and photobooth layout is considered a file. Tap on the image to open a full view.
For burst shots, the screen displays the first photo of your series with the number of individual shots in that series. When you select any of the files in the gallery, all the options that you are able to choose for that particular file will display. The only difference is that the back button will take you back to the most recently viewed page in the gallery. Quick Print Tap and hold on an image (still photos or photobooth layout only) in the gallery to open the Quick Print screen.
If you use Polaroid Rainbow Border 2x3” Premium ZINK® Paper, the screen will show you what your photo will look like before you print. Note: Once you insert a pack of Rainbow Border paper into the camera, the printer will print a different colored border around your next 10 prints. 10 Deleting You can delete any file by pressing the delete icon on the bottom left of the screen from any captured shot view or video as well as from the gallery.
11 Device Settings 11-1 General Settings Tap the device settings icon to open the menu for general settings . You can also access other settings from this screen. Bluetooth® Your camera will come with the Bluetooth turned on. You can tap on “BLUETOOTH” and then on the OFF/ON toggle to switch between on and off. You will need to download the Polaroid Print App to your smartphone in order to connect it to your camera.
Date and Time Tap to enter the date and time setting controls. Press the arrows up and down to set the date. You can also change the time here by selecting “TIME” in the top right corner. If the 24- hour toggle is turned on, there will be no AM/PM option. About Here you’ll be able to check the version of your firmware. (See Section 14) Your camera’s model and serial numbers are also listed here. Legal Legal information.
You can adjust the brightness and color of your photo prints by moving the four sliders on the screen. The changes will show in the image preview on the right. The printer icon on the top right of the preview photo will allow you to test-print the changes you’ve just made. Pressing ‘X’ will return you to the print settings screen without saving your changes. Pressing the check mark will bring up a confirmation screen. If confirmed, your selected brightness and color changes will be saved.
13 Error Messages When there’s an error, a screen will pop up telling you what the problem is and how you can fix it. The error screen will disappear once the problem resolved and you press “OK.” YOUR DOOR LATCH IS NOT FULLY CLOSED — PLEASE LOCK INTO PLACE The paper compartment door is open or the latch isn’t fully engaged. The print icon in the status indicator bar will be red as long as the door is open.
14 Firmware Firmware Updates When you connect to the Polaroid Print App it will automatically check if there’s an update available for your device. You’ll be prompted to perform a 2-step process: downloading and installing. First you will be asked if you want to download the update now or later. If you press “DOWNLOAD NOW” the download will start and you will not be able to use your camera or turn the camera off for a few minutes until the download has completed.
environment and are safe for intended operation as described in this manual. The further RF exposure reduction can be achieved if the product can be kept as far as possible from the user body or set the device to lower output power if such function is available. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Users have to use the connection to USB interfaces with USB 2.0 version or higher. Caution: Risk of explosion if battery replaced by an incorrect type.
