Patent ID: 6963359

Claim:
An electronic still camera comprising an imaging device for obtaining electronic image data from an optical image of a subject, memory means for recording said image data therein, and a printing device for printing an image on an instant film containing a processing solution therein, said printing device comprising: a printing head which is elongated in a main scan direction; a head moving mechanism for moving said printing head in a sub scan direction perpendicular to the main scan direction; a power source battery electrically connected so as to provide power to the head moving mechanism; a head driver for driving said printing head on the basis of one frame of image data read out from said memory means in a line sequential fashion while said printing head is moved in the sub scan direction, to expose said instant film line by line while said instant film stands still; and developing rollers for advancing said instant film after exposure out of a camera body while developing said processing solution inside said exposed instant film; wherein the printing head, the head moving mechanism, the head driver, the developing rollers, and the power source battery are all disposed in the body of the camera.