Instant printing is having a quiet renaissance, and Godox just threw its hat into the ring. Announced on August 20, 2026 and already available to buy, the Godox P100 is a pocket-sized dye-sublimation photo printer built to churn out card-sized prints while you’re out shooting.
On paper, the P100 covers the essentials well. It delivers 300 dpi output, uses a printhead with 1,256 heating elements, and supports the full 16.7 million colors you’d expect from a dye-sub unit. Prints land on 97 × 53 mm photo paper with an 86 × 53 mm printable area — genuinely wallet-sized. Godox says printing is fast, though tellingly it never puts an actual number on that claim, which leaves it hard to stack against rivals like Canon’s SELPHY QX20 (roughly 40 seconds per print) or Xiaomi’s Portable Photo Printer Pro.
The one feature that should outlast the novelty is the automatic lamination process. Each finished print gets a protective overcoat, shielding it from dust, water and fingerprints — the kind of touch that makes a physical print worth keeping rather than tossing in a drawer.
Where Godox tries to separate itself from the pack is software. The P100 pairs with the Godox Cam app over Bluetooth, with NFC tap-to-connect for near-instant setup, and the app is available on both iOS and Android. Inside it, you can:
- Create ID photos and collages
- Add filters, frames, stickers and templates before printing
- Capture and personalize photos directly
- Check the remaining paper count before swapping the cartridge
That last point is more useful than it sounds — nobody enjoys discovering they’re out of paper mid-print.
Physically, the P100 is properly portable. It weighs about 320 grams, measures 142.5 x 86.8 x 26.8mm, and runs on an 800 mAh rechargeable battery (7.4V, 5.94Wh) topped up via USB-C. When the ink runs dry, the replacement unit swaps out easily and ships with a stack of 10 sheets of photo paper.
The basic premise here isn’t new — Canon and Xiaomi have been in this space with strikingly similar specs, Xiaomi’s Pro model matching the P100 almost point for point. Godox is betting that its app ecosystem, lamination and clean industrial design are enough to win over photographers who already trust the brand for lighting gear.
The Godox P100 costs US$119, with replacement ink/paper packs going for US$19. For anyone who wants to hand someone a physical photo the moment it’s taken, that’s a low bar to entry.
