The print output system, print output manner, the digital still camera, from

摘要

When an object is photographed with a digital still camera, 11 a photographed image is converted into an image data file at an image pickup unit and recorded in a recording medium 13 together with information appendant to each image such as a file name. Printing information is registered in the recording medium 13 through a control unit. This is accomplished by selecting whether or not to print an image after confirming it on a display unit by reproducing the image data recorded in the recording medium with a reproduction unit. The recording medium 13 is then removed from the digital still camera 11 and fitted to a printer 12. The printer 12 reads the printing information file registered in the recording medium 13 with a read unit, analyzes the contents with an analysis unit, again reads an image data file from the recording medium 13 according to a result of the analysis, and prints the image with a printing unit 12 while at the same time storing the image data file in the memory unit. The image pick-up and the printing units may be combined as one integrated unit with a detachable recording medium.