Patent ID: 7545406

Claim:
A printer for loading image data of a taken image from a memory of a digital camera to print out said image data, said printer comprising: a radio interface for performing data transfer with said digital camera; a controller for controlling an operation of said printer, said controller having a check function and a radio-communication-mode function; said check function checking identification information, which has been received from said digital camera via said radio interface, with preset communication admission information at the printer, said admission information at least identifying digital cameras permitted access to the printer; and said radio-communication-mode function setting a communication mode when said identification information is coincident with said admission information, said image data from said digital camera being directly loaded into said printer via said radio interface under said communication mode, wherein when said identification information is not coincident with said admission information, all printing access to the printer is denied, wherein said identification information is arbitrarily changeable before the data transfer; wherein when said printer is set in an automatic printout mode, said printer generates a search signal for searching a printout designation file and sends said search signal to said digital camera; wherein the printer receives a printout designation file from the digital camera and performs printing based on information stored in the printout designation files; and wherein upon receipt of the print designation file, the printer generates an image load signal for sequentially loading the image data designated by the file and transmits the generated signal to the digital camera, wherein the image data designated by the printout designation file is sequentially loaded to the printer.