Patent ID: 7023567

Claim:
A compact printer module for an imaging system comprising: a housing; a printhead fixedly connected to said housing; an ink reservoir releasably engageable to said housing and including a least one port in fluid communication with said printhead; a feeder disposed adjacent said printhead and said reservoir for moving printable media past said printhead; a storage device including a first memory for storing at least one image; a processor configured in accordance with at least one set of instructions and at least one input to process said at least one image, wherein to process said at least one image includes printing said at least one image; a media input opening; a paper sensor that senses the media inserted into the opening and causes the feeder to operate to draw the media past the printhead and to print the at least one image stored in said first memory onto the media, wherein said printer module has a cylindrical shape and is hand held.