The best photo printers in the UK for your digital photos

The Canon SELPHY is a fantastic option for printing instantly anywhere, directly printing from a camera, memory card, or USB stick. You can quickly and easily print in a range of sizes, including postcard, square, or credit card-sized prints. Plus, you can even create and print ID photos in a wide range of accepted sizes.

Its size and portability make it a great photo printer for printing on the move or outdoors. It comes with a rechargeable battery pack that conveniently attaches to the back of the printer. One charge will provide enough power to deliver over 36 postcard-size prints.

All the photos are printed with a special protective coating, so your memories can last no matter how they are stored. Plus, this printer ensures lab-quality results with three colour inks and 256 levels per colour (24-bit colour depth). We also love that this handy portable printer has Auto Image Optimise with Scene and Face Detection, so the print can smartly correct imperfections, reduce unwanted noise, and print photos with extra clarity.

Review: "As a keen photographer I was dubious that this could match external prints, and I wasn't expecting it to as it's a home product created for ease of use, at a surprisingly good price. I was dumb founded (and still am) at the quality of the prints. The resolution/detail is excellent, colour reproduction excellent and quality of the material excellent."

This is an A4 printer that allows you to also scan and copy with web and photo functions. A bonus for productivity and having all your printing needs bundled into one piece of tech! It comes with Wi-Fi, so you can print from your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Further, it will rattle out up to eight shots per minute. This also means that you can even print from social media, the cloud, or your camera-roll gallery.

As one of HP's most versatile home printers, it'll automatically match print settings to paper type and print trays (with the main input tray having space for 125 sheets), and you can speed through multi-page and photo print jobs.

We love that this deal also comes with four months of instant ink included, helping to curb back on initial costs.

Review: "Easy to set up, but basic instructions in box. You need to download the app which provides some assistance but not fully intuitive but to do the basics it wasn’t too challenging. If you want to know about all the printer features there is a full manual on the HP website you can download - plus other videos to watch."

Print up to 20 photos at once with the Canon SELPHY CP1500. The best thing about this mini photo printer is the option to print using a glossy, matt or mixture effect on the image. Our tester, Lily Anderson loved the effect of both but matt just topped it.

Tried and tested by Deputy Commercial Content Editor Lily Anderson, November 2022. Lily said: "Using this device has allowed me to decorate my home with memories. It was easy to set up and I love that you can choose the frames for each picture alongside the ability to edit, crop, filter, add text and more. This gets a 10/10 from me, the only advice I would give is to make sure you place the film the right way - so that the cannon text is not the side facing up. Otherwise, your photo will print on top of the text.

Retro in colour but modern in design, the KODAK Dock Plus is another great portable photo printer that specialises in printing your photos instantly from your mobile devices via Bluetooth. Not only that, but you can dock your phone to the printer and charge. Great for keeping you powered up to take more photos on the go!

Each photo is printed in layers of ribbon with a laminating process making them fingerprint-proof and water-resistant, giving your photos a 100 years lifespan. Printing in sizes of 4 x 6, you can print in less than 50 seconds in great quality.

This photo printer also comes with a free app, where you can decorate your photos with stickers, frames, and filters before printing. We love this feature and it'll be a quick and fun way to create birthday or Christmas cards for loved ones. This is one of the best photo printers that will connect with your smartphone.

Review: "Ridiculously easy to set up, great photo quality which appear hardy and although there is slight red tinge to some skin colours, that depends on the quality of the original picture, the source of the picture and how much it has itself been compressed."

With the Instax, you can create instant prints directly from your smartphone, Instagram, and Facebook accounts with high-speed 12-second printing - super fast and convenient.

This printer prints on the Instax mini film to create 54 x 86mm credit-card-sized print photos which are great for collaging, collecting, or printing to add to your purse. Elegant in design, this printer includes motion control. No matter how much it gets shaken, it won't affect the print in the process.

Everything is operated via the mini Link app, which connects wirelessly from your smartphone to the device. You can choose from over 25 design templates in the app, including words, frames, and decorations, and can even have fun with family and friends when they connect in party mode, adding secret images that print out in an amusing collage.

Review: "I always wanted a Polaroid camera but I'm very picky with how my pictures turn out and I knew that if I bought a camera I would waste a lot of film or not even use it. This printer is quite expensive for what it does, so I would consider it a 'luxury', but it prints pictures in like 3 seconds and the pictures always turn out good. I really love it."

The Epson Expression is our favourite because, whilst it may be a little more expensive, it's a 3-in-1 mid-price printer that boasts great quality and fantastic resolution with the ability to scan and copy too. With six-colour Claria Photo HD inks, you'll be able to print long-lasting, glossy photos with enhanced quality up to A3 in size and even on CDs and DVDs.

With the included Wi-Fi, you can print wireless from your desktop, smartphone, or tablet. And with Epson's iPrint or Creative Print app you can also print directly from Facebook, create fun greeting cards, and even more. We love that for all its versatility, it's compact and user-friendly with a large touchscreen, making it an ideal printer to add to your home office space.

Review: "Needed a new printer to replace a 10-year-old HP. As a keen photographer, the most important feature was the quality of the prints. After a few test prints and adjustments to the printer settings up to now, I've been pleased with the results. Seems to respond well to small adjustments made through the editing software and print speed is fairly good even on the best quality setting (although this was not a factor when choosing the printer).

"The scanner and copier also seem to have reasonable quality, but I've only used these features with documents, so can't comment on picture quality. Set up was straightforward, connected to Wi-Fi without any problems although the printer has a USB option. As with most printers ink cost always raises an eyebrow, but I'm a light user this is not an issue for me. Like the fact that you get individual cartridges so only replacing the necessary colour."

The imagePROGRAF PRO-300 inherits the same DNA as the earlier imagePROGRAF PRO series. Offering superior colour and monochrome printing quality and productivity, this Canon A3 printer has the same print workflows as its larger models. Connectable by USB, Wi-Fi or Ethernet, this sleek model has an impressive print speed.

Review: "A quality large format printer. The pigments are rich and vibrant and despite the cost of ink and papers, it seems reasonably economical providing you stick with the larger prints. I seem to have hit the sweet spot. Despite reading about set-up issues I had no such problem, and within a few minutes was sending my test pages through. Its still early days of course but so far so good. I’m loving it."

Lastly, on our round-up of the best photo printers, we have the Epson EcoTank.

With this model, you can play your part in helping to save the planet. This model prints up to 2,300 high-quality photos with one set of ink bottles. Plus, this printer uses pigment ink that can be poured directly into tanks. Therefore, it is cutting down on single-use cartridges. It claims to reduce printing costs by a whopping 70 per cent. Plus, the tanks can produce up to 14, 000 pages of black ink and 9,000 of colour ink for up to three years worth of printing.

As well as being a scanner and photocopier, this printer can rapidly print high-quality photos. It can run off a 10x15cm shot in 20 seconds. With built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, you can print or email remotely from smartphones and tablets using the free Epson iPrint app. You can even email files from anywhere in the world with Epson Email Print.

Review: "Almost exclusively for photos. Having used HP for decades - my last one was a complete disaster ! I put my hands up to on-line help …it didn't work for me and the cost of ink was excessive. So much so I thought i'd spend more on the printer…….so far Brilliant ! The supplied ink shows no sign of lessening with use so I'm well on the way to 'paying for the printer'!"