Patent ID: 8422076

Claim:
A digital image printing system, comprising: a printing apparatus that includes a direct printing function to print digital image data; and a digital camera directly connected to the printing apparatus, the digital camera being capable of capturing an image and storing digital data of the captured image, wherein the digital camera is configured to directly send the digital image data to the printing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus includes: a paper feeding unit having a multi-tray structure; a first determining unit configured to analyze a header portion of the image data received from the digital camera to thereby determine whether an orientation of the digital image data is landscape or portrait; and a second determining unit configured to determine whether paper in the same orientation as the orientation of the digital image data determined by the first determining unit is available in a tray of the multi-tray structure, and wherein the printing apparatus is configured to rotate the digital image data by 90° in any one of a clockwise direction and a counter clockwise direction.