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Printing digital images using a print utilization file

Patent 6985248 Issued on January 10, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 29, 2021. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 09821184 filed on 03/29/2001

US Classes:

358/1.16, Memory358/1.15, Communication358/1.17, Page or frame memory348/64Combined electronic sensing and photographic film cameras

Examiners

Primary: Lamb, Twyler

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0 548 597 EP 06/01/1993
  • 0 730 368 EP 09/01/1996
  • 2 289 555 GB 11/01/1995
  • 6-8537 JP 01/01/1994
  • 8-18911 JP 01/01/1996
  • 8-95163 JP 04/01/1996

International Class

G06F 15/00

Abstract

An electronic printing system for printing images stored on a removable memory card. The electronic printing system includes a memory card interface for receiving the removable memory card, the removable memory card having stored thereon a plurality of digital image files and a print utilization file, wherein the print utilization file including the names of at least two digital image files stored on the removable memory card to be printed. The electronic printing system further includes a processor coupled to the memory card interface for reading the print utilization file stored on the removable memory card and the digital image files identified in the print utilization file; and a print engine coupled to the processor for producing prints of the at least two stored digital image files identified in the print utilization file.

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