After all that, the printer didn't show up in the Printers control panel but appeared when we tried to install it manually.

The dye-sub ribbon cartridge and the 20-sheet paper tray slipped in easily enough, but the EasyShare software and driver-installation program first informed us that the Windows font size we've been using for four years was noncompliant, then continued anyway, before rebooting the computer without asking permission. Installing this printer was not much fun. You can connect it to an optional memory-card reader as well as to your PC or Mac via the bundled USB cable for printing snapshots from the Kodak EasyShare software or your image editor. The Series 3 printer dock also serves as a 3.5-hour battery recharger for Kodak EasyShare cameras. However, you'll need to set aside a swathe of desktop space 18 inches deep to accommodate this dock's paper path, and expect to pay a relatively steep price: between 42 cents and 62 cents per print.

For more generic compatibility, it supports PictBridge, as well as printing via a PC. Now compatible with more camera models, it offers one-touch printing from ImageLink-savvy cameras from Kodak (a list of dockable models can be found on Kodak's Web site), Konica Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Ricoh, and Sanyo. If you have a yen for first-rate, 4圆-inch dye-sublimation prints and own a compatible camera, the Kodak EasyShare Printer Dock Series 3 should appease your hunger.

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