FJJP,
Regarding Printing. I spent a fair a mount of cash a year back on the Canon i9100 A3+ Photo Printer. Not used it much but fear that it is significantly more expensive to run than getting digi photos commercially printed at Jessops etc.
Still, the convenience of being able to run off a top quality A3+ print is something. I will endeavour to use the printer a bit more now that I've got a decent digital camera.
DeepC