Product Description
Easily shoot, print, edit, and stick photos, with the IVY CLIQ+2. Capture every moment with the Canon IVY CLIQ+2 - an easy to use Instant Camera Printer that is portable so you can take it with you! Instantly shoot and print 2"x3" photos and place them almost anywhere thanks to a peel and stick backing. You can take the perfect selfies with a Large Selfie Mirror and 8 LED Ring Light. Plus, you can connect your mobile device to the Canon Mini Print App1 to print photos from your camera roll and add filters, effects, emojis and more!
Dimension
Product Height : 3.2 inches
Product Width :4.8 inches
Product Depth :0.9 inches
Product Weight :0.4 pounds
Features
Photoshoot + Edit + Print + Stick 2"x3" photos With the IVY Cliq+2 simply shoot and print photos to instantly capture your favorite memories. Share the prints or stick them almost anywhere— each print is a sticker with an adhesive back!
Slim, pocket-friendly design Never miss a moment! The IVY CLIQ+2 is ultra-compact and slips right into your pocket or bag so you can take it on-the go. Plus, it comes in four stylish colors (Iridescent White, Metallic Mocha, Rose Gold or Midnight Navy) with a beautiful glossy sheen on the front.
Mix it up with Built-in Frame & Filters Shoot and print your photo stickers with a white border frame and/or choice of vivid or B&W filter! The creative options are built-into the camera printer, simply select what you want with the buttons on the back so you can instantly print and share.
Peel & Stick ZINK® Photo Paper Print fun-sized 2” x 3” photo stickers that are smudge-proof, and tear and water-resistant. Simply peel off the backing and stick almost anywhere to help you remember and share good times with your besties.
Selfie-inspired features Take perfect selfies with the IVY CLIQ+2’s large 2.0-inch selfie mirror and Selfie shooting mode with auto flash and 8 LED ring light. You can also use the Remote Live View + Shutter in the Canon Mini Print app to get the perfect shot each time.1
Personalize & Print1 Connect to the Canon Mini Print App to decorate with frames, stickers, text, emojis and more. Get even more creative and craft a larger version of your image by printing up to 9 tiled sections using Tile Print.1
Get Creative with Pre-Cut Stickers Use Pre-Cut Layout Print in the Canon Mini Print app1 to print on Canon ZINK® Pre-Cut Circle Sticker Paper. These 1.3in circles are a super easy and fun way to decorate a notebook, water bottle, and more!
MicroSD card slot Allows you to save your photos to a microSD card (sold separately) for later use.
What's Included
Canon Ivy Cliq+ 2 Rose Gold
ZINK Photo Paper Pack (10 Sheets & 1 SMART SHEET)
Micro USB Charging & Data Cable (USB A to Micro),
Wrist Strap
Quick Start Guide & Warranty Sheet
Reviews
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Fun camera with minor drawbacks
Right off the bat, I like this Canon Ivy Cliq+2 Instant Camera & Printer. It has a nostalgic feel to it of point-n-shoot cameras that were fun to use back when cell phones were these giant bricks that needed a cigarette lighter in the car to charge. I’ll break this review down in two parts: The Camera and The App. This Cliq+2 has a sleek design and feels purposeful w/ the limited buttons and controls (all the frills are found in the app). You have the power button, the light setting (flash, outdoors, auto), a button to choose between Black & White or Vivid (color), a button to put a white border around your picture, and a button to take the actual picture. That’s it. Five buttons. It has an SD Card slot and it comes with a Micro-USB plug to charge the camera. The Micro-USB cable is annoyingly short, just over a foot long. There is a tiny little bar to thread a wristlet on either side of the camera for your preference, but I found it too cumbersome to attach it and gave up after 20ish minutes. The flash works great. The printer itself is quiet and really quick, although taking the cover off to insert the sticker printer sheets was tough. The camera would print whether I held it, laid it down, or stood it upright. It looks like it holds only 10 sheets at a time and it will blink when it’s out of paper or needs to be charged. The Cliq+2 uses Canon Zink 2”x3”sticker sheets and these are some high quality sticker sheets. I was seriously impressed with these sheets! I’m assuming you can use other brands of Zink sheets, but they all seemed to be within the same price range as Canon so I will continue to use this brand. These are not flimsy sticker sheets, they are THICCC and have a smooth, glossy finish. They were easy to stick to smooth surfaces (like my desk, a folder, my phone) and I was actually able to re-position them on some notepad paper a few times. They will lose their stickiness if you reposition it more than a few times though. I may have gotten carried away testing that out. The “quality” of the photo will vary with your app usage, but for simple point-n-click shots the pictures were nice. If you do NOT put an SD Card in, the camera will not save any pics. It will work just like any regular instant camera. If you do install an SD card, it will save your pics to the card and you can transfer them to your computer later. It will not send any pics you take to your phone. By the way, if you have not used these types of instant camera printers before, Zink is a type of ink-less printing (the sheets have these tiny color crystals in them that the camera heats up in a way to create your picture). Supposedly, these pictures will last for a couple of decades before fading out. The camera also has an auto-shutoff feature when it’s not being used to save your charge. The viewfinder is just like those when I was a 90s kid using disposable cameras on vacation because my parents would never allow us to use the Rebel (or was it an Eos?). Anyways, it’s a fish-eye lens to get your subject in the picture…generally. Do not count on it to get a perfectly centered picture. I wasted a few of my sticker sheets on shots that were off-centered before I figured the best way to get the right shot…. …and that’s to use the App. The box that this comes in lacks a user guide, but there’s a card inside w/ a QR code that will take you straight to the app store to download (or you can search Canon Mini Print) and it’s from here that can access the user guide, FAQ, and all the fun options to manipulate your photos. You will need your Bluetooth turned on for you to communicate with the printer part of the camera from your phone when you are ready to print. The app contains the standard photoshop options (filters, light adjustments, borders, texts, stickers, collage etc.), however; there is no crop or delete option! The closest I could get to crop was to pinch-to-zoom and then continue with my edits. The text option may be hard to read on some photos as they do not have a black/white border to help the letters standout on any background. Everything in the app was free and there were plenty of options (even Halloween frames as it’s October at the time of this review). You can edit your photos in other apps and access them from the gallery to print or even pull pics off your Facebook or Instagram to print as well. They also offer circular sticker sheets to purchase if you want something other than rectangle. You can save any of your photos that you create in the app. My Galaxy S10+ had no problem running the app or communicating with the camera. If you want to get a really good sticker pic, use your phone then send it to the camera to print. I believe this camera was meant to be used in a fun way, but I have much more in store for this Canon. Although this will be a blast for older children or adults to use at a party, this can do so much more! The Canon Ivy Cliq+2 would be great to use as a “picture label” for items that needed to be stored in containers for organization (crafts, toys, accessories). For example, you can easily snap a picture of your shoes and then stick it to the outside of the shoe container then store it away. Then you can see your shoes at a glance without opening every box. This would also be great to use at the start of the school year, take a picture of your students/staff and edit in their name and stick the label at their desk or backpack cubby or for making a chart to hang up. Or even design your business card and then stick this to your folders, merchandise, etc. You can avoid the sticky part altogether and put these pictures in frames for your desk, make tree ornaments, or add to holiday cards to send. Overall, this is a neat and fun camera that can do more than capture great memories.
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Great point and shoot for instant memories—but...
Overview—The Canon Ivy Cliq2 is a nice addition for anyone who loves scrapbooking or instant memories. The Cliq2 comes with a 5 megapixel camera and a mirror-like finish around the lens for selfie shots. Despite the low resolution from the camera, it doubles as a mobile printer for printing from your mobile device using the Canon Mini Print app. The app offers many customization options from filters to overlays and stickers for that perfect photo. For those with tripods, do note, there is no thread to mount the Cliq2. The only solution is through the use of a selfie stick as the app functions as a remote viewer for taking pictures with the Cliq2 from your phone. It comes with a wrist strap, about 1ft micro USB cable, 2 sided barcode sheet with basic camera information, FCC documentation sheet, Cliq2, and a starter pack of 10 ZINK photo paper which has an adhesive backing for sticking to almost anything. If no photo paper is in the camera the Cliq2 functions like an ordinary point and shoot and saves your images to the SD card. No instruction manual included, must download through the Mini Print app. With all that said, a few of the pitfalls. It lacks any hold grip molds so feels rather odd in the hand which makes it rather simple to fall, use the included wrist strap. In my particular unit, there was an issue with the SD card slot. It didn’t click for removal, just bottoms out. Is this a design issue or defect in my particular camera? More details below. Did I mention ZINK photo paper is rather expensive? At approx $0.51 per sheet vs. $0.20 for a print double the size almost anywhere else. Cons—So lets go over the pitfalls once more. On day 3 of ownership, while using the camera for pictures to provide to this review I dropped it due to it’s odd hold pattern and lack of any type of grip. But ultimately, because I was waiting for a print to produce and lost grip when the film came flying out of the side of the camera hitting my hand. Call it butterfingers or call it clumsy if you’d like, just be sure to use the wrist strap for added safety. Now onto the biggest issue with it, the SD Card slot. I consider myself a fairly knowledgeable tech user so when I came across this issue I assumed defect. Most devices will prevent you from putting in a SD card in reverse. It will physically block you which you would really have to force in for it to go. When I couldn't click it out (push in until it clicks and comes back out) I assumed I did just that. I contemplated opening the camera but stopped before I did as if I had and broke the camera I wouldn't have been able to complete this review. I ended up using a small set of eyeglass flathead screwdrivers and managed to have just the right size to wedge them into the slot and grip the end of the card. What did I find? Turns out the SD Card was in the right way, just doesn't click at all. I returned it to the slot and wanted to see if it worked. Sure enough, snapped a picture and there it was on the 16gb Micro SD Card. I’ve owned various Canon products in the past so I’m inclined to believe this is a defect with my particular unit, however if there are other reviewers with the same issue then this would be something in the manufacturing process. For anyone wondering, if you snap a picture through the app the image doesn’t immediately go to the printer. It allows you to review and choose if and when you want to print. The same can’t be said of the camera as it lacks a way to disable instant prints should you want to review them. The only workaround is removing the photo paper. Conclusion—Overall it is a fun little camera but the issues and lack of customization on the camera itself (not the app) are pushing me away.
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A Fun Little Camera / Printer
I am old enough to remember the days of instant Polaroid cameras, and this cute little camera brings back those vibes. Light weight, great battery, good print quality, and some nice 2020 bells and whistles. Connection is a breeze. There is a QR code on the quick guide page inside the box. You just scan it and it will take you to the app store on your smart device. Once I downloaded the app, it walks you through the steps on how to load the paper and connect camera to your phone. It asked me to update the camera’s firmware as soon as I connected to my phone, but that was a quick process as well. Once it was up and running, it was time to see the magic. You can use your phone as a viewfinder to make sure you setup your shot correctly. If you choose to, you can just use the camera’s built-in viewfinder to snap off photos without your smartphone. Just know that once you click that shutter all the way down, and the image is shot, within a few seconds it will begin to print them out. I took about 3 pics while I was playing with it, and it took a couple of minutes to print out all 3. The image quality is good considering it is an instant print built-in to the camera. Some nice things can be done when you are using your smartphone to view the images. To begin with, you can preview your shots before you print them, which is very nice so you are not wasting prints on bad framing. Second, you can also shoot pictures with your smart phone and then send them to the Cliq to be printed. It also allows you to connect to your Google Photos, Facebook, and Instagram accounts so it can print images from there. You can also go through your smart phones Gallery and choose images you might have shot already. The camera also has a slot for a microSD card on the bottom of the camera which I still need to test out. I imagine it will let you snap off a bunch of images and then view them back on your phone to choose which you’d like to print. Honestly, I think I would just snap them with my phone and then send them over to the Cliq, but that might be an option for some folks. This a fun little camera/instant printer. It would be fun for anyone looking to make some quick fun prints to hand out to friends, or to decorate their room/work areas. Battery is good, easy to setup and use, and the features offered when connected to your phone are great.
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Super Fun Instant Camera
Canon has been pumping out some really cool portable photo printers and the Ivy Cliq + 2 is no exception. Whether you use it as a camera or a printer, it’s a really fun device! The camera itself has some settings that you can apply with the push of a button like Vivid, Black & White, and the option of a white border or borderless printing. The printing quality is okay to good: some photos have a blue ink edge, some will show blurring if the subject is moving, and it’s easy to over expose your shot in sunny conditions. That being said, I’m not totally put off - it’s got a digital camera “vintage” look and I kind of like that. If you want better quality, just connect this device to the mobile app and print specifically selected images from your smartphone. The Canon Mini Print App is fun and user friendly - it has a good selection of stickers and borders as well as filters. The camera’s physical profile is thinner than I expected, and it’s pretty compact for what it is. The lens does not protrude very much and has a super convenient “selfie mirror”. I love the iridescent quality. It's very visually appealing! The black wrist strap is difficult to apply and doesn’t match the camera, but honestly, that’s not really a main concern of mine so no deductions for this. A small charging cable is included, charging time is reasonable, and the battery lasts a good while - I've only charged it once since I got it. These 2”x3” photos are great keepsakes and awesome for scrapbooking given that they’re also stickers themselves! I peeled and stuck some on my laptop case, my fridge, and my sticker wall. I’m looking forward to sticking these on personalized holiday and birthday cards. The Canon Ivy Cliq + 2 has a small learning curve as the camera buttons are not all explained in the manual or literature, but they’re not hard to figure out. All in all it’s pretty easy to use and printing doesn’t take very long. I will happily keep using this device and I can recommend it to anyone looking for a compact instant camera.
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Blurry pictures and buggy app
The Canon Ivy Cliq + 2 has some good ideas, sadly they are hindered by a buggy app. First off, I was very disappointed with the lack of instructions for this camera. When I say lack, I mean there are none, not even a link in the box. You actually have to go to the website and download them as a PDF to view them. This is undiscerning as this camera really needs instructions on how to operate it. The camera comes packed with a charging cable and a pack of 10 pictures. Each pack of pictures comes with a Smart Sheet. The purpose of the Smart Sheet is that it cleans and optimizes the print quality for each pack of pictures. Also, if you find that your pics are blurry or faded, you can reinsert the blue sheet at any time to optimize it again. The camera doesn’t use any ink. Instead, it uses dye-based ink crystals that are imbedded on each photo and are heat activated. This is a nice feature to save on ink, but as a trade off the photos are very prone to ink bleed from the smart sheet. The front of the camera has a large reflective mirror on it, so you can see yourself while taking selfies. There are also 8 LED lights that give you a good amount of light while taking pictures in the dark. There is also an SD card slot for saving pictures. Unfortunately, the only way I found this to work was when there is no paper loaded in the camera. The camera has 3 shooting modes, landscape, portrait, and selfie. Lastly there is also a frame button that automatically adds a frame to your photo. The photo quality is decent, but nothing to brag about. I found that many photos I took were very blurry or just out of focus. The Ivy Cliq 2 works best with the app installed on your phone. Through the app is where you can customize your photos before you print them. The problem I had with the app, is that the instructions don’t explain everything very well. For instance, you have to set the mode to wireless shooting mode if you want to be able to edit your photo before it prints. Otherwise it automatically prints a photo whenever you have pictures inserted into the camera. This caused me to waste a few photos before I was able to view them. This includes blurry shots, accidently pushing the button while holding it etc. I’m not a huge fan of the app itself, as this is the first and only app to ever have crashed on my iPhone. Not just once either, many times. It feels like the devs tried to put too much into the app and never really fully tested out all the features. Overall, I like the idea of the Ivy Cliq 2, but I don’t like the way everything was executed. I wasn’t very impressed with the photo quality and having to use my phone in order to see the picture before I print it is a nuisance. I might as well just take the picture from my phone and just print it on the camera through the app. I don’t see any real value in having another camera on me, when my phone has a better built-in camera. Too me this is more of a camera for kids and teens that like stickers.
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Slim pocket camera and wireless printer.
The Canon Ivy Cliq +2 is a fun little camera that’s more like a pocket photo printer. I’ve seen a few other competitors around, but I think this is probably the thinnest and most truly pocketable. It’s as slim as a deck of cards and while it kind of reminds me of the old instant print Polaroid days, this little camera is easier to carry and does so much more. As a camera, it has a unique layout in that there’s a traditional viewfinder with a fixed wide angle lens, but the front of the lens has a reflective coating around it which serves as a selfie viewfinder. It seemed kind of gimmicky at first, but the reflective coating actually does the job fairly well, even at night. Keep in mind, this is meant to be a casual, fun phone, so don’t expect anything remotely close to serious, high end digital photos. In fact, your smartphone might take better quality photos but that’s not a problem here, because the Ivy Cliq + 2 was made to sync up with your phone through Canon’s Mini Print app. Setup was a breeze on my Android phone and thankfully the app is straightforward and easy to use. There’s photo filters, frames, stickers, text, and other custom photo editing options to choose from, but the best part to me is how it can sync up with my phone’s camera feed, Facebook, Instagram, and Google Photos. This was huge to me, because I have a bunch of photos on those accounts that I wanted to edit and print out for friends. In fact, I’ve been using it as a wireless pocket printer more than anything and there’s a certain joy to turning my friends into printable meme stickers right in front of them. The prints come out as 2”x3” full color photo stickers with a peelable back that reveals the adhesive. Adhesion is pretty good, kind of reminds me of a bumper sticker, but not nearly as permanent. Print quality is ok, nothing studio quality, but clean enough overall and perfectly suitable for casual photo stickers. At about 50 cents each photo print, it’s on par with other cameras with built in printers, but this might have the most friendly form factor. The translucent white has a pinkish sheen, the fit and finish is good, and the body feels sturdy despite being all plastic. I like this camera a bit more than I thought I would, but I think that’s because I find using it as a pocket printer for my phone to be pretty fun. For the price point, I do wish the camera was a bit better, but it’s good for what it’s designed to do. This is casual photography at its most casual. If you’re in the market for a fun and truly pocketable camera with a built-in printer, or even just a wireless pocket photo printer, definitely give the Canon Ivy Cliq + 2 a look. Being truly pocketable is huge plus and it's a camera I don't mind giving to little kids to play with.
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intant film camera
works great just wish would have came with more photo sticker/photo paper at time of purchase
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Good print quality
Best picture quality among similar products. I recommend to use your mobile phone camera to take pictures instead of inbuilt camera. Good Bluetooth connectivity and reliable mobile phone app.
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Super fun to point, click and print!
The Canon Ivy Cliq+ 2 will not disappoint. It’s great at capturing little moments in life that’s worth printing. Pros • Pretty fast from click to print • Fun and can be used without the phone app • If paired to phone, can use printer to print from your album Cons • No manual so no explanation of the flashing status lights • Doesn’t do the best in super low light • Cost per print is high This little camera and printer combo is surprisingly thin and feature rich. You can use this camera straight out of the box with no phone app needed. Just load up the included 10 prints and you will be snapping and printing photos in no time. It’s very simple to use and includes a mini USB to charge. I do wish they included a manual that explains what some of the buttons and lights statuses are but overall a very easy camera to use. The optional app is fantastic and adds value to the whole system. It connects easily through Bluetooth and feature rich. It’s very intuitive to use and does a lot for a free app. You can create mini collages, print from your own phone’s pictures, add custom frames and many other personal touches. You can even use the app as a live view with a remote shutter. Overall, it’s a great camera to capture the little impromptu moments and print them to relive those moments. No rear display or other frills but still keeps the core reasons on what makes this camera great. Don’t expect the highest resolution or even the quality of today’s modern smartphones but the color shift you come to love from the nostalgic kodak and polaroid days. No filters needed. Point, click, and print. Easy peezey.
