Print order accepting apparatus and printing system

A printing system comprising a print order accepting apparatus that accepts an order for photo prints from a customer, and a photo processing apparatus that makes the photo prints on the basis of the order accepted by the print order accepting apparatus,

• the print order accepting apparatus comprising:
• a reading unit that reads out a plurality of image data files recorded on a recording medium;
• a display that displays thereon an order screen containing at least one of a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of image data files read out by the reading unit;
• an inputting unit to be used for inputting order information containing the number of prints for an image being displayed on the display;
• a display control unit that changes the order screen being displayed on the display, into another order screen containing at least one of the plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of image data files, that has not yet been displayed in any displayed order screen;
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• a transmitting unit that transmits to the photo processing apparatus an image data file corresponding to at least one of the images contained in the order screen before changed by the display control unit, and order information on the image.

A printing system comprising a print order accepting apparatus that accepts an order for photo prints from a customer, and a photo processing apparatus that makes the photo prints on the basis of the order r accepted by the print order accepting apparatus,

• the print order accepting apparatus comprising:
• a reading unit that reads out a plurality of image data files recorded on a recording medium;
• a display that displays thereon an order screen containing at least one of a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of image data files read out by the reading unit;
• an inputting unit to be used for inputting order information containing the number of prints for an image being displayed on the display;
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• a print information transmitting unit that transmits to the photo processing apparatus an image data file corresponding to at least one of one or more images to each of which order information has been given, and the order information on the image,
• the photo processing apparatus comprising:
• an image data storage section that stores therein image data files transmitted by the print information transmitting unit, such that a group of image data files transmitted in a lump is stored in one data folder;
• an order information storage section that stores therein order information transmitted by the print information transmitting unit;
• a printing section that prints on a printing paper an image to which order information to request one or more prints has been given, of the image data files being stored in the image data storage section, on the basis of order information being stored in the order information storage section;
• a status information storage section that stores therein status information on each data folder provided in the image data storage section, as to whether or not the printing section has started print processing for the image data files contained in the data folder;
• a judging section that judges on the basis of status information being stored in the status information storage section, whether or not at least one of order information being stored in the order information storage section, and storage contents of the data folder, can be changed;
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• a status information changing section that changes status information being stored in the status information storage section, when the printing section starts print processing for the image data files contained in the data folder.

A print order accepting apparatus comprising:

• a reading unit that reads out a plurality of image data files recorded on a recording medium;
• a display that displays thereon an order screen containing at least one of a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of image data files read out by the reading unit;
• an inputting unit to be used for inputting order information containing the number of prints for an image being displayed on the display;
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• a print making control unit that makes control such that a photo print for at least one of one or more images displayed on the display, to each of which order information to request one or more prints has been given, is made before an order is determined for the one or more images to each of which order information to request one or more prints has been given.