Chapter 15
Hard Copies Aren’t Hard
In This Chapter
Waiting for your prints to come
Deciding on output options
Choosing your printer
Years ago, some wise futurists predicted that digital photography would spell the end of photographic prints, just as the advent of word processing, fax machines, text messaging, and email would cause the U.S. Postal Service to close its doors, overnight delivery services to go bankrupt, and manufacturers of file cabinets to switch to more profitable products, such as personal airplanes. If you believed these folks, you’d think that the paperless office would lead to the print-less home, and everyone would be reading and viewing photos on tablet computers, computer monitors, HDTVs, smartphones, or perhaps a Kindle, Nook, or other e-book reader.
Oh, wait! We are doing much of our reading and photo viewing on those devices. I have an iPad, an iPhone, and a latest-generation iPod, and I use all of them for reading and photo viewing. Okay, so the predictions weren’t totally bogus. But even so, modern society still creates tons of prints today because you ...
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