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Canon Pixma P3000 Photo Printer

by card Dec 21, 2004 11:43AM PST

I can purchase a Canon digital camera/photo printer package deal. What advantages, besides convenience, would there be to using the photo printer over just downloading the pictures from the camera to my PC and printing them out on my PC printer?

One person has said that I would save $$ on the photo paper and the photo printer uses less ink. I don't have a clue. Any feedback would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

Lorrin

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The advantage is that the two, out of the box, should be

by Kiddpeat Dec 21, 2004 12:03PM PST

color matched. Ask to be sure. The printer should be optimized to print images from that camera. You must, of course, check the printer's output to be sure you like it.

The down side. You will probably not save any money. Depending on the printer, you may be limited in the size of the prints it makes. You will not have the image in a computer where you can improve it.

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