Patent ID: 8351060

Claim:
A printer to directly print an image file stored in a digital still camera, and connected to the digital still camera via a universal interface, the printer comprising: a communication interface unit to communicate with the digital still camera when the digital still camera is connected to the printer via the universal interface, and to receive the image file stored in the digital still camera according to a connection mode; a connection controlling unit to determine a connection mode between the digital still camera and the printer to be a still image class (SIC) connection mode when the universal interface class supported by the digital still camera is an SIC, and to be a mass storage class (MSC) connection mode when the universal interface class supported by the digital still camera is an MSC; a memory to store the received file; a print engine unit to print the received image file; and a print controlling unit to control the print engine unit to print the stored image file, wherein the connection controlling unit further comprises: a connection mode determination unit to determine the connection modes with the digital still camera according to the determined universal interface classes supported by the digital still camera.