Digital printer for use with docked display device
First Claim
1. A printer for use with a display device having images stored in a memory therein, a display device controller, and an image display for displaying the stored images, the printer comprising:
- an external structure housing a print engine and receiver medium transport adapted to cooperate to cause donor materials to be transferred to a receiver medium in an imagewise fashion;
a display device interface, said display device interface being adapted to receive the display device and to position the display device so that a display device electrical connector can form an electrical connection with the electrical interface to provide an electrical connection between the printer and the display device; and
, a printer processor adapted to transmit signals to the display device controller influencing what is presented on the image display;
wherein the display device interface is adjustably mounted to the external structure, with the display device interface being movable between a range of positions relative to the external structure of the printer while maintaining the electrical connection between the printer and the display device, so that the image display can be positioned at more than one position relative to the external structure of the printer while in a connected relationship with the printer.
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Abstract
In one aspect of the invention, a printer is provided for use with a display device having images stored in a memory therein, a display device controller, and an image display for displaying the stored images. The printer has an external structure housing a print engine and receiver medium transport adapted to cooperate to cause donor materials to be transferred to a receiver medium in an imagewise fashion; a display device interface being adapted to receive the display device and to position the display device so that a display device electrical connector can form an electrical connection with the electrical interface; and a printer processor adapted to transmit signals to the display device controller influencing what is presented on the image display; wherein the display device interface is adjustably mounted to the external structure.
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17 Claims
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1. A printer for use with a display device having images stored in a memory therein, a display device controller, and an image display for displaying the stored images, the printer comprising:
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an external structure housing a print engine and receiver medium transport adapted to cooperate to cause donor materials to be transferred to a receiver medium in an imagewise fashion;
a display device interface, said display device interface being adapted to receive the display device and to position the display device so that a display device electrical connector can form an electrical connection with the electrical interface to provide an electrical connection between the printer and the display device; and
,a printer processor adapted to transmit signals to the display device controller influencing what is presented on the image display;
wherein the display device interface is adjustably mounted to the external structure, with the display device interface being movable between a range of positions relative to the external structure of the printer while maintaining the electrical connection between the printer and the display device, so that the image display can be positioned at more than one position relative to the external structure of the printer while in a connected relationship with the printer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14)
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11. A printer and digital camera system comprising:
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a printer having a housing holding a print engine and receiver medium transport path for printing images and a docking interface joined to the housing and shaped to receive the digital camera so that a camera electrical connector can be positioned in electrical engagement with an electrical interface in the docking station; and
a processor adapted cause signals to be communicated to a control system in the digital camera in a manner that causes the control system of the digital camera to present images on the display based upon the communicated signals;
wherein said docking interface is rotatably mounted to the exterior surface and said electrical connector is connected within the printer in a fashion that allows the docking surface to rotate into a plurality of positions relative to the housing while maintaining an electrical connection between the electrical interface and the electrical connector. - View Dependent Claims (13, 15, 16)
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17. A printer for use with a display device, the printer comprising:
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a docking surface having an electrical interface adapted to join with and form an electrical connection with an electrical connector of the display device;
a rotation means for rotating the display device while maintaining the electrical connection; and
a driver means for sending signals to the display device influencing what is presented on a display of the display device.
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