Thanks, interesting ideas. Actually, I kind of doubt that these folks will be printing them at all. I have been wondering about these issues, though, for some time. My current camera (I am researching getting another or maybe 2 other cameras) doesn't do a good job of framing shots, so I have to do some guesswork when activating the shutter. Obviously, any photographer is more apt to have excess in the frame than not enough, and cropping is something they have to do a lot. Unless they're using a lossless format, they have the same issues. I didn't even know that cropping a compressed photo will compromise the quality of the original. I think my next camera will support RAW format, but I don't know how much I'll use it. I have no experience with it.I'm going to try that plugin!
PS The above suggests that when shooting a compressed format such as JPG it's a good idea to frame your shot carefully so that cropping isn't necessary. Well, it's an incentive to do so!
What printer lets you crop at the printer? I don't have a color printer, anyway. However, if and when I do get one I suppose I could use software to crop, such as Pagemaker (which I do use, version 6.5) in which I can crop edges, presumably without sacrificing resolution (?).