Patent ID: 7382938

Claim:
An image printing device, comprising: an image data storing device, including at least first and second storing means different in storing format from each other, each for storing image data input via inputting means, said first storing means including an external storage and said second storing means including at least one of a video memory and a hard drive; transfer control means for controlling a transfer of the image data between said first and second storing means, the image data including an arbitrary selection of one or plural or any of files included in the image data, selected by an operator, to be transferred; and checking means included in said transfer control means for determining, prior to a start of transfer of said image data from said second storing means to said first storing means, whether or not said external storage of said first storage means, which is included in a destination, to which the image data is to be transferred from said second storage means, has a capacity great enough to store said image data of all the files selected by the user to be transferred, the checking means setting a flag when the capacity of said external storage is less than a total capacity of all the files selected by the user to be transferred, wherein when the flag is set transfer of the files selected by the user is interrupted before a first of the files is started to be transferred.