Patent ID: 6985248

Claim:
An electronic printing system for printing images stored on a removable memory card, the electronic printing system comprising: (a) a memory card interface for receiving the removable memory card, the removable memory card having stored thereon a plurality of digital image files and a print utilization file, the print utilization file identifying at least two digital image files stored on the removable memory card to be printed, and the quantity of prints to be printed for each of the at least two digital image files, the at least two digital image files corresponding to selected ones of a plurality of digital images captured by a digital camera adapted to receive the removable memory card; (b) a processor coupled to the memory card interface for reading the print utilization file stored on the removable memory card and the digital image files identified in the print utilization file; and (c) a print engine coupled to the processor for producing prints of the at least two stored digital image files identified in the print utilization file.