Patent ID: 7154630
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A photographic print vending apparatus comprising: media accepting means for accepting a removable recording medium having photographic image information stored thereon; image information reading means for reading the image information from the recording medium; advertisement information storing means for storing advertisement information; printing means for printing the image information onto a sheet; a housing which houses the media accepting means, the image information reading means, the printing means and the advertisement information storing means; and an outlet in the housing from which the printed sheet is output; wherein the printing means prints the advertisement information onto the sheet with the image information, when an advertisement information printing mode is set; wherein the printing means comprises a plurality of printers, each of which is adapted to print the image information on the sheet; and wherein the print vending apparatus further comprises image information distribution means for distributing the image information read by the image information reading means to at least one of the plurality of printers in accordance with a predetermined sequence, wherein if the image information comprises image information to be printed on a plurality of sheets, a plurality of the printers are assigned to print respective ones of the sheets in accordance with the predetermined sequence.