JMD--here are two possible answers to the issue of keeping digital simple. First, one of the fast growing applications for digital imaging doesn't even involve prints. People send the images via e-mail to the growing numbers of their friends with computers. That includes everyone from teenagers to my 93-year-old mother who checks her e-mail almost every day.
Second, there are several print options, as noted in your comments and other responses. To provide more detail, you could slip the flash card directly into, say, one of the HP printer models and crank out prints from 4x6 to 8x10 without need for a computer. Sooner or later, however, you'd need some form of permanent storage for the images if you like keeping the stuff for later. Then there are the kiosks that will print digital images on photographic paper, such as was announced recently in the deal between SNDK and PhotoMe, a company that has several stores with the name PMI.
At first, I thought kiosks and photo stores printing digital images on photographic paper would be redundant. If you have a decent computer and printer, why bother with commercial, higher priced services? The answer seems to be that ink jet images tend to fade too fast, and photographic reproduction gives you a more permanent record that will last longer, especially if exposed to bright light.
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