Patent ID: 7399129

Claim:
A hand-operated printer, comprising: a body; a printhead mounted to said body; a display device mounted to said body; and a user interface communicatively coupled to said display device and configured with a position encoder to sense movement of said hand-operated printer, said user interface providing a user input to said display device based on movement of said hand-operated printer sensed by said position encoder, wherein: said display device displays a plurality of thumbnail images and a selection icon; and said user interface is configured to accommodate a selection of an image to be printed from said plurality of thumbnail images by a manipulation of a position of said selection icon based on a first movement of said hand-operated printer sensed by said position encoder, and wherein said hand-operated printer commences printing said selection on a print medium, based on a second movement of said hand-operated printer detected by said position encoder, after said hand-operated printer has moved a predetermined distance to a designated print position.