# Instax goes wide again, and finally USB-C

> Fujifilm's new wide-format instant printer fixes its worst annoyance and costs less than the model it replaces.
- Title: Instax goes wide again, and finally USB-C | Shortify
- Summary: Fujifilm's new wide-format instant printer fixes its worst annoyance and costs less than the model it replaces. The Link Wide 2 is a cheaper…
- Keywords: instax, fujifilm, instant film, photo printers, gadgets, goes, wide, again, finally, USB-C, Digital Camera World
- Source: Digital Camera World — https://digitalcameraworld.com/tech/printers/the-size-of-a-retro-portable-cd-player-the-newest-instax-portable-printer-spits-out-colorful-oversized-photo-prints-on-instant-film-and-finally-gets-this-long-awaited-feature
- Published: 2026-09-15T02:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: instax, fujifilm, instant film, photo printers, gadgets
## Digital in, real film out
Fujifilm's Instax Link printers take photos off your phone and spit them back out as actual instant film. The new Link Wide 2 does it in the oversized Wide format.

> the photography equivalent of having your cake and eating it too
## USB-C, at last
The original Wide printer launched in 2021 on micro-USB. Generation two finally moves to USB-C, so you can stop hunting for the one cable you never use anymore.
## Stands up on its own
The body was redesigned to sit upright without a stand. The front Instax logo now glows to show battery level and connection status, and film still loads by matching yellow mark to yellow mark.
## The app does the heavy lifting
Most of what is new lives in the Instax Wide Link app. A Photo Mixer feature builds collages automatically, cutting out subjects and adding themed text and backgrounds, with up to five remixes to pick from.
## Hidden links inside prints
You can still build collages by hand from templates, and QR codes let you bury links, audio, or secret messages in a physical print. Stickers and editing tools round it out.
## Print without a phone
The Instax Pal 2 and the Fujifilm X-T30 III connect straight to the printer from their own menus. It ships late September at $179.99, below the $235 the first generation was fetching.
## Key takeaway

The Link Wide 2 is a cheaper, better-connected version of the same idea: phone photos out as real, oversized instant film.