You can order or create prints from your digital camera's memory card with ease.
Digital cameras revolutionized the process of taking and making photos. The instant review features on a digital camera let you delete bad shots immediately and compact memory cards store hundreds, sometimes thousands of shots. You can choose to print only your best shots the way you would with a roll of film, but with more quality control. Creating prints from digital and from film results in the same thing: physical prints of your photos.
Instructions
1. Use a photo printer at home to make prints from your digital camera like a photo processing shops does from film. Most major printer companies sell photo printers that use special photo paper and high-quality ink to create prints. Each printer works a little differently, but some even have slots for different kinds of memory cards. You can take the memory card out of your camera and insert directly into the printer and then use the on-screen menus to recreate prints. Alternatively, you can print from your computer to the printer by transferring the photos from your camera with the memory car inserted to a folder on your PC.
2. Use one-touch printing from your camera to a photo printer. DLSR cameras often don't have this feature, but a lot of newer -- since 2009 -- point-and-shoot digital cameras do. Check your camera's manual to be sure. One-touch printing is really simple if you have the required hardware. Canon point-and-shoot cameras can communicate with Canon photo printers at the touch of a single button and transmit photos over a wireless network to be printed. Kodak makes cameras and printers like this too. Look for this feature when buying a point-and-shoot camera or a photo printer.
3. Take your memory card to a digital photo kiosk at a grocery store or photography store. These often bright yellow machines are photo printers with touchscreens. You will find them at Walmart and Costco for sure and often at electronics or office supply stores. Again, these machines work differently from one another, but the general process is the same: insert the memory card from your camera into the labeled slot and then use the touch screen to select prints, crop if necessary and then to print photos. Instead of having a technician feed rolls of film into a photo printer, these machines take your digital media to create prints.
4. Send your photos to be printed online. Most photo hosting sites, including Picasa and Flickr, have "Order Prints" options, so if you are already a member of one of these sites, you can print photos from your uploads, which come from your camera's memory card. You can also create prints through the websites of places such as Walmart and Costco. Set up an account with either site and then insert your memory card into your computer or attach your camera to the your computer with its provided USB cable. Use the online applications to select prints from the memory card and then order prints. Some companies even mail the prints directly to your house, while others ask you to pick them up at a nearby location.
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