Patent ID: 8400668

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: a printing unit to print an image on a print medium; a scanning unit to scan a document to generate scanned data; a port to removably receive a portable memory unit; a display unit to display the scanned data; a control unit operable to control direct and permanent storing of the scanned data in the portable memory unit without via an internal storage unit, wherein when the portable memory unit having the scanned data stored therein is detached from the port and subsequently attached to the port, the control unit is operable to control reading the scanned data from the portable memory unit, to control direct printing of the scanned data read from the portable memory unit via the printing unit without receiving printing instructions from a host computer; the internal storage unit, wherein the control unit is operable to control direct and permanent storing of the scanned data in the internal storage unit when the portable memory unit is not attached to the port, and the control unit is operable to control reading of the scanned data stored in the internal storage unit and control direct and permanent storing of the scanned data in the portable memory unit when it is determined that the portable memory unit is attached to the port, and a manipulation unit to receive a user input to select one of a plurality of scanned data files stored in the portable memory unit for direct printing of the selected scanned data file via the printing unit.