Wireless multifunction printer with full featured user interface

A multifunctional printer with foldable print tray, comprising:

• a printer chassis, comprising:
• a controller electronically interfaced with a data buffer and housed within the chassis, the data buffer comprising electronic memory storage and retrieval components, the controller configured to store a digital image into the data buffer upon receipt from an external data source;
• and
• a printing assembly housed within the chassis and electronically interfaced with the data buffer, the printing assembly configured to output a printed facsimile of the digital image under control of the controller in permanently fixable pigments progressively deposited on a print medium;
• an unfoldable paper tray rotatably attached to the printer chassis and shaped to receive the printed facsimile rendered on the print medium, comprising:
• a frame formed by four stiff plates;
• a flexible material covering at least one surface of the plates;
• and
• a seam longitudinally comprised in the frame along which the plates form a groove in the frame when the frame is fully extended, which causes a tightening of the flexible material;
• and
• a display comprised on the chassis and electronically interfaced with the data buffer, the display configured to render a full-scale visualization of the digital image,
• wherein the rendering of the visualization on the display excludes that portion of the digital image that has been output in the printed facsimile.

A multifunctional user-operable printer with foldable print tray, comprising:

• a printer chassis, comprising:
• a controller electronically interfaced with a data buffer and housed within the chassis, the data buffer comprising electronic memory storage and retrieval components, the controller configured to store a digital image into the data buffer upon receipt from an external data source;
• and
• a printing assembly housed within the chassis and electronically interfaced with the data buffer, the printing assembly configured to output a printed facsimile of the digital image under control of the controller in permanently fixable pigments progressively deposited on a print medium;
• an unfoldable paper tray rotatably attached to the chassis and shaped to receive the printed facsimile rendered on the print medium, comprising:
• a frame formed by four stiff plates;
• a flexible material covering at least one surface of the plates;
• and
• a seam longitudinally comprised in the frame along which the plates form a groove in the frame when the frame is fully extended, which causes a tightening of the flexible material;
• a display comprised on the chassis and electronically interfaced with the data buffer;
• and
• user-operable editing controls integrated into the display and operable to provide a preview of the digital image to retrieve the digital image from the data buffer and render a full-scale visualization of the digital image on the display,
• wherein the rendering of the visualization on the display excludes that portion of the digital image that has been output in the printed facsimile.