SiPix Pocket Printer A6 Review
The SiPix Pocket Printer A6 is a thermal portable printer that runs on two double AA batteries or a power adapter. One of the benefits of the SiPix Pocket Printer A6 is that it works with thermal technology so no ink is required; rather you use a special thermal paper that the heat creates an image or text on to. This saves on ink and though the paper can get expensive, it is still less expensive than having to purchase paper and a supply of ink.
If your job requires using your printer outside in sometimes inclement or wet weather, you will have no problems printing with the SiPix Pocket Printer A6. Because it is thermal, there is no ink that will run if the paper gets wet. For those who work on boats or on the water, this is a handy item as well. You can put the printer in a plastic zip lock back and print from the infrared port while the printer stays dry in the bag. You would not be able to do this with a standard ink jet or laser portable printer.
Since it works with AA batteries, you may want to consider purchasing rechargeable long life batteries as the printer runs through them quite frequently. The longer life batteries work best as a stand AA battery will only allow for three minutes of printing and that may not be enough if you have a larger project you need to print out.
The rechargeable batteries will save you money and you can have them on hand as a back up just in case you need them. The AC adapter is standard for the United Kingdom, so unless you have a converter, you will need to purchase an AC adapter that has multiple settings for many types of equipment so that you can use it with this printer.
One problem with this printer is that the paper is very expensive as noted above. The paper can be purchased by the roll or by the sheet. If you hang on to the paper for too long, it has a tendency to turn gray. You can find this type of paper online or at a dealer that supplies the SiPix Pocket Printer A6 and has it in stock. If you purchase it by the roll, and you need it to be a certain size, you will need to cut it to fit your requirements.
Another problem with the SiPix Pocket Printer A6 is that it is slow and can only print two pages per minute. This can be costly if you are using standard AA batteries and need to print more than the six pages you will get from the standard three minutes that the batteries offer for printing. The quality of print is not the best and there is some graphic loss. If you are only printing standard text, you will not be worried about quality and this printer will work well for those types of jobs.
