Patent ID: 7733521

Claim:
A stand-alone printing apparatus for transferring one or more digital photographs captured by an external digital camera to a printable medium, the printing apparatus comprising: an input member for receiving one or more digital photographs recorded on computer readable memory associated with the external digital camera; an image processing system for generating an image corresponding to each digital photograph; a user interface affixed to the printing apparatus for selecting the one or more digital photographs to be transferred to the printable medium; and a print control for producing on the printable medium a pixel pattern associated with the selected digital photographs, wherein the user interface is capable of being expanded from a first level of functionality to a second level of functionality in relation to initiating interaction with a computer readable medium comprising executable instructions, and is capable of being reduced from the second level to the first level in relation to ceasing interaction with the computer readable medium; and further wherein the printing apparatus is capable of calculating the pixel pattern to be printed on the printable medium and printing digital files, the calculating and printing being independent of an external host device.