Digital printer for use with docked display device

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.

2. The printer of claim 1 , wherein said printer further comprises a set of user interface controls at least one of which is positioned on the display device interface so that the position of at least one of the user input controls is moved when the display device interface is moved.

3. The printer of claim 1 , wherein said printer further comprises a set of status indicators at least one of which is positioned on the display device interface so that the position of the at least one of the status indicators is moved when the display device interface is moved.

4. The printer of claim 1 , further comprising an adjustment surface having user controls positioned thereon for movement therewith, and said user control adjustment surface further being movably mounted with respect to the external housing and with respect to the display device interface so that the position of the user input controls can be adjusted with respect to the position of the camera receiving area and the external housing.

5. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the display device interface is rotatably mounted to the external housing.

6. The printer of claim 5 , further comprising an adjustment surface having a status indicator thereon, for movement therewith, and said adjustment surface further being movably mounted with respect to the external housing and with respect to the display device interface so that the position of the status indicators can be adjusted with respect to the position of the camera receiving area and the external housing, said adjustment surface being rotatably mounted to the external housing for rotation about an axis of rotation of the display device interface.

7. The printer of claim 1 , wherein external housing has a horizontal dimension, a vertical dimension and a depth dimension wherein at least one of the dimensions is of a different size than the other dimensions and wherein said display device interface is adapted to position the camera display so that the camera display can be viewed from at least two of the horizontal, vertical and depth dimensions.

8. The printer of claim 1 , wherein said printer further comprises at least one sensor adapted to sense a position of the display device interface and wherein said processor senses when the display device interface is within certain positions, and when the display device is in such positions, said processor is adapted to send signals to the display device causing the image display of the display device to present, in at least a portion of the image display, at least one of an image representing a user input or an image representing a status indicator.

9. The printer of claim 8 , wherein said processor is further adapted to cooperate with a display device control system to obtain signals from a control system on the display device indicating when a user has contacted a portion of a touch screen type image display associated with an image representing a user input and wherein the processor is adapted to interpret such an action as being indicative of a user input action.

10. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the display device comprises at least one of a digital camera, a picture viewer, a personal digital assistant, a cellular telephone, a multimedia display device, or a video recorder.