Patent ID: 8045050

Claim:
A printing system, comprising: a camera having an imaging unit, a memory for storing image data photographed by the imaging unit, and a first operating unit on a surface of the camera for controlling camera functions; a cradle having a cradle body with a camera mounting section for receiving the camera, the cradle body having an operating surface with a second operating unit, and a plurality of jacks provided on a back surface of the cradle body, the mounted camera being electrically connected to the second operating unit; and a printer having a cradle mounting section for receiving the cradle and for mechanically and electrically connecting the camera to the printer through the cradle, so that the printer prints the image data, the printer having a third operating unit on a surface of a housing of the printer, wherein when the camera is mounted in the camera mounting section, the second operating unit controls substantially the same camera functions as the first operating unit, wherein the cradle mounting section includes a covering portion for covering the plurality of jacks on the back surface of the cradle body, and wherein when the cradle is mounted in the cradle mounting section, the third operating unit controls substantially the same camera functions as the first operating unit or the second operating unit.