Interactive video communication system

An interactive video communication system, comprising:

• a) a bi-directional communication channel;
• b) a central information facility connected to the communication channel;
• c) an interactive information database associated with the central information facility containing relatively low resolution video programming material with imbedded references to relatively high resolution color digital images selectable by a system user;
• d) a data base associated with the central information facility containing the referenced relatively high resolution color digital images;
• e) a printer processor associated with the central information facility for converting a viewer selected relatively high resolution color digital image to control signals for printing the image on a system user's dumb color printer;
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• f) a population of system users, each having a transceiver connected to the communication channel, a video display connected to the transceiver for displaying the relatively low resolution video programming material received from the central information facility, a dumb color printer for printing the relatively high resolution color images received by the transceiver from the central information facility, and a controller for selecting high resolution digital images referenced in the programming material.