Hand-held postcard printer
View Patent ↗A digital camera comprises an image sensor device for sensing an image. A processor processes the sensed image. A pagewidth printhead prints the sensed image. An ink supply arrangement supplies ink to the print head and the image is printed on print media from a supply of print media. The supply of print media is pre-marked with tokens designating that postage has been paid so that each image printed out on the print media has one such token associated with it.
1. A digital camera comprising:
a jacket;
a viewfinder located within said jacket for selecting an image;
an image sensor device located within said jacket for sensing said image;
a processing means located within said jacket for processing said sensed image;
a pagewidth print head located within said jacket for printing said sensed image;
an ink supply means located within said jacket for supplying ink to the print head;
a supply of print media on to which said image is printed, the supply of print media being pre-marked with tokens designating that postage has been paid so that each image printed out on the print media has one such token associated with it, the tokens being pre-printed at regularly spaced intervals on one surface of the print media.
2. A digital camera according to claim 1 wherein each token has an address zone and a blank zone for writing associated with it on the one surface to provide a postcard effect.
3. The camera of claim 1 in which the supply of print media is in the form of a roll, the tokens being pre-printed at regularly spaced intervals on one surface of the print media.
4. The camera of claim 1 in which each image is printed on an opposed surface of the printed media.
5. The camera of claim 1 in which the token is in a currency of a country in which the camera is bought, with a notice to that effect being carried on an exterior of the camera.