I can only share what I experienced at the trade show. You plop the camera in and use the little joystick to show the picture you want to print and then press print button. Didn't seem too hard, but I do not own one.
I am helping a neighbor with her new Kodak LS753 and the printer dock. I don't print my own photos (cheaper for me to upload) so I'm unfamiliar with the dock. Looked like it should have been easy. Finally got her EasyShare software loaded and running (disk did not work on her XP). All is well. However, didn't hook up the dock to the computer yet.
I explained to her that the printer dock will work even without a computer. To show her how, we set up the dock and plugged it in. All of the dock lights came on and stayed on for about 10 seconds and then all went out. Pressing any of the buttons on the unit failed to lighting them. Placing the camera on the dock also did nothing. No response. This happens each time it is plugged in. Tried other wall plugs and same each time. Sure doesn't look right to me, and the lousy technical manual doesn't say anything about it.
Now getting to my question... What happens when you plug in YOUR dock? Are we doing something wrong?
THANKS for your help. Will probably try Kodak's customer service tomorrow too.

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