Patent ID: 7057745

Claim:
A printing method for printing an image designated with print designating information stored in a print designation file in a recording medium in which a file including image data is stored, wherein the print designating information includes: file specifying information for specifying a subject file including the image to be printed; file type identifying information for identifying that the subject file comprises a moving image file, and the print designating information further includes scene specifying information for specifying a subject scene to be printed in the moving image file, wherein the printing method comprises: reading the subject file from the recording medium in accordance with the file specifying information; and determining whether the subject file comprises a still image file or the moving image file in accordance with the file type identifying information, wherein if the subject file is determined as the still image file, the printing method further comprises printing the image data in the subject file, and wherein if the subject file is determined as the moving image file, the printing method further comprises: reading the scene specifying information; taking the image data out of the subject scene in the moving image file in accordance with the scene specifying information; and printing the image data of the subject scene.