A burgeoning population of self-service print Kiosks and retail fulfillment services aim to provide digital camera users the same near-instant print gratification they expect from film cameras -before they fall into the non-printing habit of early digital camera adopters. But the outcome is hardly assured.

• Are these offerings compelling enough in terms of price, quality and convenience?

• Is the industry moving fast enough to deploy and generate awareness?

• Can users who have grown accustomed to self-printing or no-printing- be reclaimed by the photofinishing industry? If so how?

• What are users' motivations for printing, and can they be sustained?

This report benchmarks these issues through vendor interviews regarding the status of their current rollout, their resulting observations, and their intentions going forward; and a user survey measuring awareness of service-based printing solutions, perceptions of their value proposition, and current and future behaviors.

Introduction: Eleventh Hour Approaches
The Roundtable Discussion.
Participants: Kodak, Pixology, Pixel Magic, Silverwire, Sony.
Part One — Customer Awareness.
Part Two — Installations and Configurations
Part Three — Print Sizes, Methods, and Prices
Part Four — Other Issues
User Survey
The Survey Takers
Capture and Print Rates
Self-service Print Obstacles
Print Service Awareness
In-store printing obstacles
Kiosk usage
Online print services
Online-retail Hybrids
Print Preferences: Types and Sixes
Print Alternatives
Why Print?
Conclusions And Outlook.
Kiosk Company Spotlights
Kodak
Fuji
Pixel Magic Imaging
Sony
Pixology
HP
CPXe
Phogenix
PhotoAccess
Print Alternatives
Introduction
Ofoto
EZ Prints
Bignose / Personalization Station
Epson
Bellamax
Confoti
MyPublisher
Digital Printing News
Selected News Briefs from 2002-2004
Analysis of industry numbers