The thing to remember with dementia is that you aren ' t gone to that person . The memory of you hasn ' t disappearedoften , it ' s still in their brain somewhere , they just have trouble finding the connection . My grandma has dementia , and sometimes she seems confused , etc , but showing her pictures and telling her stories always helps . She still has a sharp sense of humor , and has become a bit more kidlikeshe sort of revels in things that you enjoy when you ' re a kid , but forget about when you grow up , which is good to see . <| sep |> Fuck that , stay and fight . Spaz won ' t be around much longer . <| sep |> She must take care of a special needs child in Putin ' s pants . <| sep |> Nah , let ' s not . <| sep |> I am curious as to whether or not you think going the route of getting my own photo printer would make sense . A photo printer makes sense if you want absolute control over your prints , you want to get the print immediately don ' t want to wait a few days to get it from the lab , or you are printing on specific material that a photo lab wouldn ' t support . It is usually isn ' t cheaper unless you are doing a huge volume and using one of the large format printers e . g . 24 with big cartridges . Many people get a printer at a size that will handle most of their volume and then outsource anything bigger they need print . Check out some of the pro online labs like WHCC , Bayphoto , west coast imaging , etc . Regardless of whether you print yourself or outsource , you ' ll want to calibrate your monitor . If I do decide to go through with this , what should I look for in a photo printer ? Here are some questions you should ask yourself What is the max print width you ' d like to make . Common sizes are 8 . 5 , 13 , 17 , 24 inches . Normally you ' d get precut paper , e . g . 13 x 19 and then trim it if it is a little too big . Leave space for a border as not every printer can do borderless . You can also use roll paper on some of the bigger printers good for banners , panoramas . Dye vs pigment . Dye printers are generally better for glossy prints , pigment is better in my opinion for everything else Related to above question , what papers do you want to print on ? glossy , luster , matte , watercolor , canvas etc . If you want to print on the art papers , you definitely want a pigment printer . For restored old photos , I personally would never print on glossy buy this is subjective taste . Watercolor can look fantastic . Is print permanence an issue ? If so go with pigment What is the cost of consumables paper , ink ? You need to research this for your specific printer and ink cartridges . With my old HP Z 3200 with giant cartridges 130 ML it was roughly $ 2 per sq ft . How often do you print ? Some of the epson printers are known for clogging with infrequent useBasically you ' re going to be choosing between Epson , Canon , and HP . They all have dye and pigment lines of printers . I think a good entry level sweet spot are the 13 or 17 wide printers .