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Printing Digital Photos Without a Printer No printer? No computer? No problem. You can still get prints of your digital photos. From "The Whole Picture" episode DTWP-213

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Using a photo kiosk to print digital pictures really is about as easy as the touch of a button. The options on the touch screen basically guide you through the step-by-step process.

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	Using a photo kiosk to print digital pictures really is about as easy as the touch of a button.

Printing Standard 4x6 Prints at a Photo Kiosk

Here are the basic steps applicable to most photo kiosks.

• To begin, select print digital pictures from the menu. (The other options are some of the advanced features we'll address later.)

• Photo kiosks are designed to accept all different forms of media. You might retrieve your prints from a CD or directly from the media card in your camera.

• After you select the type of media, the kiosk will load the photos and they'll appear on the screen.

• You can choose to print all the pictures on your disk or you can pick and choose simply by highlighting each picture.

• While 4x6 inches is the size of most standard prints these days, kiosks will usually give you a few print size options--so select the size that works for you.

• The next step is to choose how many copies you'd like to print. If you're printing more than one image, you can also tell the kiosk how many copies of each individual picture you want to print.

• A cool feature that's easy to use is the crop tool. With a simple touch, you can adjust your picture's composition.

• Some photo kiosks will even let you make minor photo enhancements at the same time you select the image. These adjustments will correct color and remove red eye--giving you a better print quality.

• Once you've made your selections, hit the finish button to end your transaction and grab your receipt.

• Important: Don't forget to retrieve your CD or media card from the kiosk before you leave!
  

Media Management Tip: Before you leave the kiosk, go ahead and make an index card of the pictures on your CD. This way you can file the CD away and always have a reference as to which pictures are on it. It's a quick and easy way to find that one special picture when you need it.

	The kiosk's advanced features give you the ability to make calendars using your pictures.

Taking Advantage of The Kiosk's Advanced Features

Using the advanced features of the photo kiosk will allow you do to more than just print a simple 4x6 photo. Think of it as a "mini" image editing software program.

• Viewing Tip: Before you get started editing and printing your images, here's a piece of information that could save you a lot of time. You might think you can only view pictures on one media source at a time. Not so. Most photo kiosks are designed to upload the images from multiple sources at once.

  You can load images from a zip drive, a CD, and a compact flash card--and view all of your pictures, from all those sources, together. If you take a lot of photographs,this capability may makes it easy to print and enhance your images all at --rather than taking turns viewing them off one source at a time.

• A common feature is the ability to make holiday cards, birth announcements and calendars using your pictures. Once again, the step-by-step guide makes creating these unique images a breeze.

• Earlier we mentioned using the cropping tool, but in the advanced features you can do even more to change and enhance your composition like zooming and cropping out any unnecessary background.
  

  	Add text and create backgrounds for holiday cards, birth announcements, etc.

• You can also add text or words to your picture. Once again, the step-by- step guide makes creating this easy and inexpensive.

• There are some other features commonly found on a photo kiosk such as converting your pictures to black-and-white or sepia tone.

• Red-eye reduction or removal is another common feature.

• All of these features are quick and easy to use right there in the store, and most of the time the improved images you create can be printed immediately.

• You can also back up your pictures onto a CD once you're finished with the transaction. Once again, it's another way to safely store your digital prints and ensure they'll be around for a long time.

It's another great way to get quality prints without ever connecting your camera to a computer.

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