Patent ID: 7517080

Claim:
A hand-held modular printer system for printing a stored image, the printer system comprising: a memory module in which the image can be stored; a printer module which can be releasably interconnected with the memory module, the printer module comprising an elongate body defining an entry slot along one longitudinal side thereof and an exit slot along an opposite longitudinal side thereof, the printer module further comprising a print media passage extending transversely through the elongate body and a printer arranged across the print media passage; and a print media dispenser module defining a print media outlet, the print media dispenser adapted to be releasably interconnected with the printer module along a longitudinal side thereof so that the outlet is in register with the entry slot, the dispenser module being configured to store a stack of sheets of print media and comprising a dispensing mechanism which can be used to dispense an outermost sheet of the stack through the outlet and into the passage for printing.