Best Photo Printers for Samsung Galaxy Phones, Compared

Samsung doesn’t produce photo printers itself, so if you want to print photos from your Galaxy phone, you’ll need to buy one from another manufacturer. In this guide we’ve picked printers from four different companies, and they all handle colour in a different way, which has an effect on what sizes you can print, how photos look and how long you need to wait for your pictures. All of the printers we’ve picked here can print photos from an Android phone using a free app, and the inkjet at home will even let you print straight from the Samsung Gallery app.

The printers side by side

The models we’ve included are current ones offered by the manufacturers in each printer category; specs were obtained from manufacturers’ websites as of November 2026. Printer prices change so frequently that we encourage you to check prices on the day you’re planning to make a purchase. And don’t forget to factor in the cost of paper, too.

Canon SELPHY CP1500 for 4x6 prints at home

The printer heats dye from a ribbon onto paper (dye-sublimation printing) and adds a clear overcoat for protection. Canon quotes a resolution of 300 dpi with 256 shades per colour.

Connect a Galaxy with Canon’s SELPHY Photo Layout app and point its camera at the QR code on the printer; Canon says you can connect as many as eight phones (over a direct connection), so guests could add photos, too. The CP1500 can also print from SD cards and USB-C memory sticks. If you opt for the optional NB-CP2LI battery, Canon says you can expect up to 70 4x6in prints from a single charge.

A 4x6in print, postcard size and handy for photo albums and small frames, takes about 41 seconds; card-size takes about 23 seconds. Canon’s ink and paper are packaged together, so you’re unlikely to run out of one before the other: the RP-108 includes enough paper and ink for 108 4x6in prints. Canon’s regional websites still list the CP1500 as current, and these paper packs are compatible with older SELPHY printers, all the way back to the CP820.

Canon SELPHY QX20 for small prints on the go

The QX20, also a dye-sub printer, prints at a quoted 287dpi, taking around 40 seconds to lay down an image. You can print borderless or with a border on either 72 x 85 mm square sticker paper, or card-sized 54 x 85 mm sheets.

As with the other SELPHY printers, you control the QX20 using the SELPHY Photo Layout app, which communicates with the printer wirelessly. Version 4.0 or later of the app also adds the ability to change the print size. The built-in battery is good for up to 20 images, and recharges via the USB-C port in around 80 minutes. The top coating on prints from the QX20 protects against water and dirt, and Canon claims colours will last for up to 100 years if they’re kept in an album.

Fujifilm instax mini Link 3 for instant film

Using the free Fujifilm app (available for Android via Google Play), images can be sent via Bluetooth 5.1 to the instax mini Link 3, where they’re printed onto sheets of instax instant film, complete with the characteristic white border. Prints have a 62 x 46 mm image and take around 15 seconds each to emerge from the slot, with the fully charged (using a USB-C cable) battery good for around 100 shots.

The 800 x 600 dot image area conveniently matches the aspect ratio of images as captured by default on the Galaxy, meaning very little will be cut off. It’s clear that there’s far more information present in the phone’s images than instax film can reproduce. In January 2026 Fujifilm introduced the instax mini Link+, a premium model in the instax mini Link series that offers a Design Print mode for printing images with intricate patterns and text.

HP Sprocket for sticker prints

HP’s ZINK (zero ink) Sprocket photo printer uses special paper that already has the colour in it and doesn’t need ink cartridges. Sprocket printers are produced by C&A Marketing under licence from HP. The basic Sprocket 2x3 makes 2 x 3-inch prints with sticky backs (smudge-proof and tear-resistant, according to the maker), which can be designed using the free Sprocket app, while the Sprocket Select and Panorama models print 2.3 x 3.4-inch images and long panoramas respectively.

ZINK technology is great for school projects and journals, and the adhesive backing is ideal for sticking prints to surfaces. However, if you want to print photos for framing, we’d recommend opting for one of the dye-sub SELPHY photo printers mentioned above. The 4x6 Sprocket Studio Plus, meanwhile, was unavailable (listed as ‘out of stock’) on C&A Marketing’s website at the time of going to print in November 2026.

Epson EcoTank ET-8550 for big prints

Epson's EcoTank Photo ET-8550 printer can produce borderless inkjet prints larger than postcard size (up to 13 x 19 inches to be precise). Photos are printed with the ET-8550's six inks (bottle-based ink top-ups, not cartridges), which according to Epson's spec sheet for Australia comprise five dye-based inks (including grey and photo black) and a pigment black ink.

Once the ET-8550 is set up (via the Epson Smart Panel app, which can also be used to monitor and manage the printer from your phone), you can connect to the printer over your home Wi-Fi network, or directly using Wi-Fi Direct. Epson says printing from a Galaxy phone can be done via Mopria Print Service or Android printing, meaning you shouldn't need to install any extra apps to, say, print images from Gallery.

How to print from a Galaxy phone

If you're printing with a portable printer, it will use the printer manufacturer's app. To print with these, open the app and select the photo from there. Otherwise, Android should be able to print photos directly from the Gallery app. These instructions are for Galaxy phones, based on Samsung's support page.

1. 1

   Turn on a print service

   First turn on a print service (Settings > search Printing > either toggle on Default Print Service if you want to be able to see printers on your network, or tap Download plugin to take you to Google Play to download the relevant plugin for your printer from the manufacturer).

2. 2

   Open the photo

   Find the picture you want to print in Gallery, open it, then tap the three-dot More options icon and select Print (or look for it under Share or Share and export, according to Samsung).

3. 3

   Choose the printer and paper

   Select your printer from the list, then make sure you’ve selected the right paper size (the picture may be shrunk down or cropped to fit the page otherwise), number of copies and orientation (portrait/landscape).

4. 4

   Print

   Tap the Print icon and follow the on-screen instructions. If you can’t see your printer, make sure it’s switched on and connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your phone, and that you’ve switched on the print service as described above.

Prepare the photo before you print

Check there are enough pixels

According to PhotoWorkout’s handy table of recommended pixel densities, 300 pixels per inch is standard for prints that will be viewed at arm’s length, while 150 ppi will look acceptably sharp on larger prints viewed from across the room. A typical 12MP photo from a Galaxy phone will be 4000 x 3000 pixels, which means you can print photos up to 8 x 10 inches at 300 ppi.

For photos greater than 8 x 10, you might want to use 50MP (or 200MP if you have the Ultra), assuming you have good light. What do you sacrifice by choosing each of these settings? Our 12MP vs 50MP vs 200MP guide will tell you! Shooting RAW also leaves more room to correct colour before you print, which the RAW vs JPEG guide covers.

Crop to the shape of the paper

You choose how you want your photos cropped by pre-cropping them. The aspect ratio (AR) of photos taken with Galaxy phones is 4:3 (width:height) by default, and the AR of a 4x6 photo is 3:2. If you print Galaxy photos edge-to-edge on 4x6 photo paper without pre-cropping, about 11% of the height will be removed by the printer’s cropping. Pre-crop your photos to decide for yourself what to keep and what to remove. Depending on which version of One UI you’re running, Samsung Gallery may include different cropping options, and our Gallery app guide is worth a look. The Crop tool in Snapseed also offers standard print sizes.

Print the original file

Photos shared over a messaging app may be smaller copies of the originals, so request the full-size image before attempting to print. Make sure you print from the same phone that took the photo to access the full-size original. Google’s help page says that if Storage saver is enabled for backing up photos to Google Photos, any photo over 16MP will be reduced to 16MP. If you take a 12MP photo, it won’t be affected, but if you shoot a 50MP or 200MP photo, it will be reduced in size. To copy originals to a computer, see our guide to transferring photos to a PC.

Edit on a neutral screen

Photos may be overly saturated or sharp when using the Vivid screen mode described in Samsung’s online support documents. You can switch between screen modes by navigating to Settings > Display > Screen mode. For best results when printing, use Natural screen mode and perform a small test print before printing on a large size sheet of paper.

Match the paper setting on an inkjet

Make sure you select the correct paper type in Epson’s printing application or the print dialog box, as this affects how much ink your photo printer (e.g. inkjet photo printer Epson ET-8550) will use. Glossy paper will give you the richest blacks and colours, but can be extremely shiny. If you don’t like the glare, go for a lustre or semi-gloss finish instead. Matte paper is better for black-and-white photos and any photos that will be put behind glass. Always use the correct type of photo paper for your selection, as glossy photo paper settings with matte paper, for instance, can give you dull colours.

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