Clark recently bought a color photo printer for his wife, Lane, because she likes taking pictures but she rarely gets around to developing it. So, for her birthday, Lane got a camera and printer that were both rated “top of the line” by Consumer Reports and the Wall Street Journal. The printer was $179 and it’s phenomenally easy to use. But PC World just published a story claiming that the pictures from these printers will last only two or three years tops. Of course the manufacturers say it isn’t so. But if it is true, Clark’s wife, Lane, is not going to be happy. The three major printing companies – HP, Lexmark, Cannon and Epson – claim that pictures printed at home don’t fade. But for now, if you are printing photos from digital cameras and you want to keep them for a while, print them out at an actual store in addition to printing them at home.