It's your choice. But the Magic Item reference is also printer friendly. I've already found it immensely useful and I memorized most of the information as I was redoing and retesting and finding hidden effects and trying to explain other effects.

All in all I believe the Magic Item Reference gives you enough information for you to know what you need in order to make the items you wish

I'd love to see them put in a magic item database just like the spell database for ease of use, but I don't consider that high on my list of desires right now, as there are more pressing issues that I want them to put their time into