Patent ID: 7684090
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A printer for use with a display device having images stored in a memory therein, a display device controller, and an image display for displaying the stored images, the printer comprising: an external structure housing a print engine and receiver medium transport adapted to cooperate to cause donor materials to be transferred to a receiver medium in an imagewise fashion; a display device interface, said display device interface being adapted to receive the display device and to position the display device so that a display device electrical connector can form an electrical connection with the electrical interface to provide an electrical connection between the printer and the display device; and, a printer processor adapted to transmit signals to the display device controller influencing what is presented on the image display; wherein the display device interface is adjustably mounted to the external structure, with the display device interface being movable between a range of positions relative to the external structure of the printer while maintaining the electrical connection between the printer and the display device, so that the image display can be positioned at more than one position relative to the external structure of the printer while in a connected relationship with the printer.