It’s the holidays, that time of year when there are family pictures and movies to send to all of your far-flung friends and family. We’ve all experienced the frustration that ensues when trying to teach someone who does not enjoy or understand computers how to use them to send and receive cards, photos and movies by email. If you’ve set up a family web site, it can be an even steeper learning curve.

With 1 in 7 pictures taken on a cameraphone being printed at last, especially as cameraphones reach 2 megapixels and beyond, Kodak wants to capture the lion’s share of this lucrative market. Will a new Kodak photo printer being exclusively sold through cellphone stores propel them to even greater cameraphone photo printing success?

A new printing technology has taken on colour inkjets and laser printers in Japan over the past 18 months, with over 200,000 units sold. Called a GelSprinter, it is available in the UK and has launched in Australia today, and is an interesting alternative with cool features all its own.

Epson’s new PictureMate 250 and PictureMate 210 4×6 home photo lab printers have a host of new features to help create high-quality and long-lasting photos at just over 28 cents per print.

Epson has released the Stylus Pro 3800, an innovative and affordable desktop prographics printer. The Stylus Pro 3800 produces  BorderFree photos from 4×6 up to A2 in size with Epson’s UltraChrome K3 eight colour resin coated pigment ink set.

Canon Australia has announced three new SELPHY compact photo printers, with improvements in usability and image quality.

Canon Selphy ES1