Digital printer and digital camera

A method for printing an image based on image data and attendant information associated with the image data, the method comprising:

• synthesizing the image data with the attendant information to produce print image data;
• setting an orientation and a position of the attendant information to be superimposed on the image in accordance with a user's operation of an operation unit including four operation sections corresponding to upward, downward, leftward and rightward designations, the position of the attendant information being set along one of upper, lower, left and right edges of the image data in accordance with the user's operation of the operation unit, and the orientation of the attendant information being appropriately set in accordance with the set position;
• shifting the position of the attendant information along the edges of the image in accordance with the operation of the four operation sections;
• and
• printing the image based on the print image data.

An apparatus for printing an image based on image data and attendant information associated with the image data, the apparatus comprising:

• means for synthesizing the image data with the attendant information to produce print image data;
• means for printing an image based on the print image data;
• means for changing an orientation of attendant information to be superimposed on the image, to one of a plurality of predetermined orientations, said changing means changing the orientation of the attendant information in accordance with the image, oriented appropriately for an orientation of the image data;
• an operation unit including four operation sections corresponding to upward, downward, leftward and rightward designations, wherein the changing means sets, in accordance with a user's operation of the operation unit, the position of the attendant information on the image data along one of upper, lower, left and right edges of the image data, and changes the orientation of the attendant information in accordance with the set position;
• a slot in which a storage medium storing the image data and the attendance information is inserted;
• a display which displays to-be-printed image data;
• a sheet ejection portion which ejects a printed sheet;
• wherein the operation unit and the display are arranged on one side of an exterior of the apparatus, and the slot and the sheet ejection portion are arranged in a different position from those of the operation unit and the display.

An apparatus for printing an image based on image data and attendant information associated with the image data, the apparatus comprising:

• a synthesizer that is structured to synthesize the image data with the attendant information to produce print image data;
• a printer that prints an image based on the print image data;
• a processor that changes an orientation of attendant information to be superimposed on the image, to one of a plurality of predetermined orientations, said processor being capable of changing the orientation of the attendant information in accordance with a predetermined operation by a user so that the attendant information is synthesized with the image, oriented appropriately for an orientation of the image data:
• and
• an operation unit including four operation sections corresponding to upward, downward, leftward and rightward designations, wherein the processor sets, in accordance with a user's operation of the operation unit, the position of the attendant information on the image data along one of upper, lower, left and right edges of the image data, and changes the orientation of the attendant information in accordance with the set position;
• a slot in which a storage medium storing the image data and the attendance information is inserted;
• a display which displays to-be-printed image data;
• a sheet ejection portion which ejects a printed sheet;
• wherein the operation unit and the display are arranged on one side of an exterior of the apparatus, and the slot and the sheet ejection portion are arranged in a different position from those of the operation unit and the display.