Patent ID: 7880910

Claim:
A digital camera which can be connected to any one of a plurality of types of printers and cause the connected printer to print an image captured by the digital camera, comprising: a communication unit configured to receive, upon establishing a communication with the connected printer using a predetermined application of the digital camera, paper size information indicating printable paper sizes on which the connected printer can print, from the connected printer; a display control unit configured to i) provide a setting screen to be displayed on a display unit of the digital camera, the setting screen including selectable items for selecting a paper size on which the printer prints among the printable paper sizes and the setting screen being common to the plurality of types of printers, and ii) change the selectable items of the setting screen based on the paper size information received by said communication unit, without changing the entirety of the setting screen in accordance with a type of the connected printer, wherein the selectable items correspond to the printable paper sizes; an operation unit having the display unit, configured to be operable to designate an image to be printed by the connected printer and an item of the selectable items in the setting screen displayed on the display unit, to set the paper size on which the connected printer prints the designated image; and a transmission unit configured to transmit image data corresponding to the designated image and paper size information of the paper size corresponding to the item designated by said operation unit to the connected printer, wherein said display control unit analyzes the paper size information received from the connected printer by said communication unit before enabling designation of the image to be printed and an item of the selectable items using said operation unit.