Digital camera and printing system

Abstract

With a digital camera 100, a photographed image 31 is displayed on a liquid crystal display and the user selects a desired image and specifies print specifications of the number of print sheets, a print paper size, a print color mode, etc., then print image data is prepared. The prepared print image data is transmitted from the digital camera 100 to a color printer of an output unit. An image is printed at the color printer in accordance with the print image data.

1 . A digital camera, comprising:
 an image conversion unit that converts an image into signals;   a recording medium that stores image data corresponding to the signals;   a display that displays a thumbnail image corresponding to the stored image data; an image data selector that selects output image data according to the displayed thumbnail image;   a controller that divides the selected output image data into plural blocks; and a transmitter that transmits the blocks to an external system.   
   
   
       2 . The digital camera according to  claim 1 , the blocks being transmitted with at least one output specification including data indicative of the external system selected by a user. 
   
   
       3 . The digital camera according to  claim 1 , the output image data being print image data. 
   
   
       4 . A digital camera, comprising:
 an image conversion unit that converts an image into signals;   a recording medium that stores image data corresponding to the signals;   a display that displays a lower resolution image corresponding to the stored image data; an image data selector that selects output image data according to the displayed lower resolution image; and   a controller that divides the selected output image data into plural blocks, and causes the blocks to be transmitted to an external system.   
   
   
       5 . The digital camera according to  claim 4 , the blocks being transmitted with at least one output specification including data indicative of the external system selected by a user. 
   
   
       6 . The digital camera according to  claim 4 , the output image data being print image data.