Patent ID: 7068387

Claim:
A stand-alone printer comprising: (a) imaging means to print an image of data from a bit map of the image; (b) non-volatile electronic memory to store information to be printed; (c) transfer means for electronically transferring documents from a personal computer to the printer to be printed and for electronically transferring documents from a personal computer to the printer to be stored in the non-volatile electronic memory; (d) electronic data processing means to control printing of the printer, the electronic data processing means having a selectable first mode to print documents from data received from a personal computer after selection of the first mode, having a selectable second mode to print documents from data stored in the non-volatile electronic memory, and having a selectable third mode to edit and print documents from data stored in the non-volatile electronic memory; (e) mode selection means to select the first mode, the second mode, and the third mode; (f) document selection means operative in the second mode to permit selection of documents in the non-volatile electronic memory to be printed by the printer, (g) document selection and editing means operative in the third mode to permit selection of documents in the non-volatile electronic memory and to permit editing of documents in the non-volatile electronic memory with the printer; (h) edited document printing means for allowing documents which are retrieved from the non-volatile electronic memory and edited to be printed by the printer; and (i) edited document storing means for allowing documents which are retrieved from the non-volatile electronic memory and edited to be stored in edited form in the non-volatile electronic memory for later access by the printer.