Patent ID: 7013386

Claim:
In a system for making a print of a digital image including a computer for storing a digital image data and a printing device for making the print of the digital image data, a method comprising the steps of: transmitting from the computer to the printing device the digital image data along with information indicative of a location of the digital image data in the computer, wherein the computer is of a customer making an order for the print of the digital image; making at the printing device the print in response to the order from the computer based on the transmitted digital image data; encrypting the transmitted information indicative of the location of the digital image data in the computer; adding to the print at the printing device the encrypted information indicative of the location of the digital image data in the computer; delivering the print to the customer; transmitting from the computer to the printing device the encrypted information added to the delivered print; decrypting the encrypted information at the printing device; and transmitting from the printing device to the computer the decrypted information, whereby the customer with the decrypted information can easily locate the digital image data in the computer to make an order for a further print of the digital image.