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Old 02-02-2004, 07:27 PM
ux4484
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Default You print for everyones else, but do you print for yourself?

Just now, everyone we know is still verrry analog when it comes to pictures, and I spend a lot of time scanning\printing old pics for copies for them, or reprinting .jpg's I've taken/made over the last 5 years. What I really prefer is to archive them and then be able burn a .jpg CD by Event, year, or (as with my kids) to show the passage time. I greatly prefer this method, but only a handful of folks with DVD players are aware if they play .jpg's or not. And of those with PC's only those with XP (with it's much improved photo viewer) can easily slideshow with a .jpg disk (well, a Mac can too, but even fewer of those than folks who know what kind of DVD player they have). While all this great tech is out there, only a handful us really know how to put it als together. Kodak had a great idea with their picture CD, but the proprietary format and high cost is a turn-off that the public clearly decided not to bite on. HP is pushing a similar idea on it's new PC's with the "HP Memories Disk" shortcut on the desktop (and the app popping up when you double click a .jpg until you check the right box ).
I've sold my Mrs on only printing the Gems off our digital collections for display and to give to others, but that still leaves mountains of good shots we have of our kids and good times. For those, I'm archiving and organizing for photo CD's and hoping that upgrading to the next digital standard will not take nearly so much effort.

How about you?
 
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