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HP’s printer prints digital photos without PC

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CIOL Bureau
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PALO ALTO, Calif.: Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced on Wednesday a printer and

copier which can print digital photos directly from a camera's memory card.

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The roughly $400 all-in-one device, which combines, printer, scanner and fax

machine, has a slot that takes the three most commonly used types of memory

cards - CompactFlash, SmartMedia and Sony Memory Stick - and turns out a proof

sheet of miniature pictures.

The user chooses which photos to print, and in what size, by marking the

proof sheet. The machine, the HP PSC 950, scans and reads the sheet before

printing out the desired pictures.

The all-in-one device is scheduled for shipment to US stores this month, HP

said.

HP is developing printers that plug into the Internet directly without the

need for personal computers, on the expectation that demand for "hard

copies" of documents will grow further.

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