Patent ID: 7852503

Claim:
A digital camera for being directly connected to a printer, and for directly transmitting an image stored in a memory that stores images to the printer, comprising: a display unit that displays an image stored in the memory; a selection unit configured to select an image to be printed from among images displayed by said display unit, after communication between said digital camera and the printer is established; a print instruction transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the printer, a print instruction indicating that the image selected by said selection unit is to be printed; an image transmitting unit configured to transmit, in response to receiving from the printer a request for transmitting the image to be printed, the requested image to the printer; a reception unit configured to receive from the printer a message indicating the status of the printer; and a control unit configured to, in response to receipt by said reception unit of a reception end message indicating that all data of the image to be printed was received by the printer, keep the communication connection between said digital camera and the printer and display on said display unit a notice indicating that the communication between said digital camera and the printer can be disconnected by a user's operation before completion of a print process by the printer of the image to be printed, until the communication connection between said digital camera and the printer is disconnected by the user's operation or said reception unit receives a print completion message indicating that the print process of the image has been completed, and in response to receipt by said reception unit of the print completion message during the communication when said digital camera is connected to the printer, stop the notice display by said display unit, display an image, and enable the selection of another image to be printed by said selection unit.