Polaroid & print guides
The cheapest thing we make and the one that gets used most — ₹9 a print, three sizes, and no design stage, which is the whole trade-off.
- Captions Under Polaroid PrintsThe white strip under the image is the point of the format, and most people leave it empty. What to put there, how much fits, and when blank is right.3 min read
- Choosing Photos for Polaroid PrintsA print pack has no design stage, so the file you send is what arrives. Which photographs survive being printed three inches across, and which do not.3 min read
- Giving Prints One at a TimeOne print, given in an envelope or slipped into a bag, costs ₹9 and lands harder than most things costing a hundred times that. Why, and how to do it.4 min read
- How Many Polaroid Prints to OrderThirty is the minimum and, for most uses, the right answer. What each quantity actually covers, and the point at which more prints stop adding anything.3 min read
- Instant Film and Printed PolaroidsOne is a chemical reaction that keeps happening; the other is ink on card. That difference decides cost, quantity, reprints and how long each one lasts.4 min read
- Lamination on Polaroid Prints₹3 a print, so ₹90 on a pack of thirty. What it buys, the two things it takes away, and the four situations where it is clearly worth paying for.3 min read
- Ordering Prints in BulkCustom quantities run above a hundred and up to a thousand, at the same ₹9 a print. What changes at that scale, and the two things that go wrong.3 min read
- Polaroid Print Sizes ComparedThree sizes at the same price, so the choice is entirely about shape. Which one suits a wall, a wallet and a phone camera roll full of vertical photos.3 min read
- Polaroid Wall LayoutsGrid, cluster or string, and the difference is measurable. The spacing each one needs, how much wall thirty prints take, and what to hang them with.4 min read
- Polaroids for a Hostel RoomIdentical rooms, walls you are not allowed to damage, and a move-out at the end of term. What that means for what you put up and how you put it up.3 min read
- Polaroids in a Care PackageEverything else in the box gets used up. The prints are what is still there in six months, which is worth knowing when you decide what goes in.3 min read
- What a Polaroid Print Pack ContainsLoose printed cards and nothing else. What arrives, what does not, and the three things people expect to be included that are not — worth knowing first.3 min read
- What Goes Wrong With PrintsSix failures specific to small prints, in order of how often they happen. Five are decided before you order and none of them is caught by us.4 min read
- Where to Put Prints That Are Not a WallA wall is the obvious answer and not always the best one. Nine other places a small print works, ranked by how often it will actually get looked at.3 min read