Patent ID: 7171115

Claim:
A method for creating an index print label for a digital image storage disk, the method comprising the steps of: digitizing photographic images to produce digital image data representative of the photographic images; storing the digital image data on a first surface of a digital image storage disk, such that the photographic images represented by the digital image data stored on the first surface of the digital image storage disk are not readable by a human; and providing, on a second surface of the digital image storage disk, positive images which correspond to the digital image data, so that each of the positive images directly visually represent the photographic images stored on the digital image storage disk, said positive images being provided on said second surface so as to be viewable by a human while holding the digital image storage disk; wherein: said positive images are provided on said digital image storage disk so as to define a plurality of parallel rows on said disk, at least a first row of said plurality of rows beginning at a first location on said disk and ending at a second location on said disk which is between said first location and a center axis of said disk, such that said second location is on a first side of said center axis; and at least a second row of said plurality of rows beginning at a third location on said disk and ending at a fourth location on said disk that is opposite to said third location, such that said fourth location is on a second side of said center axis which is opposite to said first side; each of said plurality of rows comprises a plurality of said positive images, with a space being defined between each of said positive images, each of said rows being provided on said disk in a manner in which each of the spaces between the positive images in one row are offset from each of the spaces between the positive images in another row; and the positive images are provided by printing them directly on a first portion of the second surface of the digital image storage disk and indicia is provided on a second portion of the second surface of the digital image storage disk.