The Digital Double Play: Camera to Printer to CD

Most photo printers are made for home use, linked to a personal computer. The P450 from Lexmark is more for travelers: it can't connect to PC's or Macs but it can receive JPEG images from just about any digital camera or Bluetooth camera phone and - unlike other printers - it can burn images to a CD or copy them to memory cards.

Once loaded, photos can be previewed on a 2.4-inch color L.C.D. screen for cropping, resizing, one-touch red-eye removal, one-touch color enhancement or conversion to black and white - or simply for weeding out shots you don't want to print or save. The P450, available this month at 9, can also display photos on a TV via a conventional cable.

The P450 holds 25 sheets of 4 inch by 6 inch paper and is small enough (10.9 by 6.3 by 6.1 inches) and light enough (6.5 pounds) to take along for printing on the go. It can print images directly from PictBridge-compatible cameras via a U.S.B. link, and virtually any memory card (adapters are needed for a few memory cards and for Bluetooth camera phones).

It won't connect to your computer, but you can upload images to a PC from the CD's you've burned. IVAN BERGER