I have been using an Alps MD-1300 for all my 8 x 10 prints. It is a dye-sublimation printer and I am plain in love with it. Dry ink on cassettes and you can print on about anything with the standard inks. (Photo quality inks have to be used with photo paper or they will break.) Ink is cheaper than the inkjets and water proof. I like it. Many of the commercial shops use the same kind of printer for their stuff.
I had to take a step backwards to make Audrey happy on a camera. She refuses to quit using film and I got sick of her lackluster pictures with a fixed focus camera. (She'd been using my underwater Canon for about everything..) I ended up buying her an Olympus IS 200 SLR camera. Really neat and you sure get a lot of bang for your buck if you don't include the magical words "Digital" in the name. Even has a remote control to take the picture by pointing at the camera when you're ready allowing you to be in the picture. Now I guess I better buy a slide scanner... (There is a method to my madness though.. Once she knows how to use this one my digital will be a breeze, they are about the same controlwise..)
Merry Christmas all... Guvner..