Patent ID: 6744529
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A printer for enabling a user to select and print a plurality of digitally stored images taken by a digital still camera, the printer comprising:a print mechanism capable of generating graphical representations of selected ones of the plurality of images and a plurality of user designation areas on a preselected print medium; a scanner mechanism capable of detecting at least one user designation area on the print medium utter it has been completed by a user; means for receiving the plurality of digitally stored images from the digital still camera; stored program means for causing the print mechanism to generate a combination proof sheet and order form that incorporates at least one of the plurality of images and the plurality of user designation areas; stored program means for causing the scanner mechanism to scan the combination proof sheet and order form after at least one of the plurality of user designation areas has been completed by a user and the combination proof sheet and order form has been inserted into the scanner mechanism; stored program means for interpreting one or more of the user designation areas completed by the user and detected by the scanner mechanism; and stored program means for causing the print mechanism to generate at least one final print sheet in accordance with the user designation areas completed by the user.