1.   Although conventional Polaroid instant film could be modified for use in a desktop printer, prints would cost several dollars apiece.

2.   But prints made on a typical desktop inkjet printer will almost certainly fade in a few years, or mere months if left in bright light.

3.   Currently, digital cameras require a desktop computer printer to provide paper-based images.

4.   Desktop printer.

5.   If you invest in a crisp vellum paper and use a high-quality desktop printer, it would be virtually impossible to tell you did your invitations yourself.

6.   That is one reason why manufacturers are producing desktop printers specifically for photographic printing.

7.   The system lets desktop printers print an encrypted bar code for mailing on envelopes.

8.   Paul Rooke, Lexmark vice president, said the printers fill a niche between desktop printers in the home and the professional printers in larger corporations.