I only use a memory card in my camera, then all I have to do is put the card in a card reader and straight in to the computer or printer. No cable needed, no using up of batteries and it can be transferred directly in to the pictures folder by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting. Mine is a Kodak C812, dead easy. The batteries - ordinary AAs - last a long time in them too. I've done it this way ever since a friend's camera memory was wrecked because the batteries died during photo transfer.