The evolution of printers has seen printers with no buttons on them to the introduction of a LCD screen and a few menu buttons to choose different options. Japanese have the tact to frame a new set of standards since the Second World War and this time round, it just confirms the fact.

Casio has introduced a printer, PCP-1000, which has a LCD screen as big as a regular monitor. The diagonal dimension of the LCD screen is a mind wrecking 7"; other printers usually have LCD screens somewhere between 1.5" and 3". This isn't the only striking feature, but PCP-200 and PCP-1000 also come with a keyboard. The printer looks like a printer that comes with an attached computer.

Users can edit photos on the printer, add subtitles using the keyboard and create postcards through templates. The keyboard comes in handy for entering addresses and messages on postcards. In very basic sense, it eliminates the need for a computer to alter the photographs, adding captions and any other image editing actions.

The PCP-1000 which has a 7" LCD screen costs around £275 while the smaller version of PCP-200 which has a 3.5" LCD costs £200. These printers are currently available in Japan and will soon be introduced in the rest of the world including UK.