Claims
- 1. A computer-readable storage medium having a photographic image print program stored thereon, the program comprising instructions to perform operations, comprising:reading photographic image data from a memory; detecting a pressed position on a display; printing one or more photographic images based on the photographic image data; displaying, on the display, at least some of a plurality of processing selection screens in a predetermined sequence, at least one of said processing selection screens having a plurality of processing selection buttons; selecting one of the processing selection buttons based on the pressed position; performing processing corresponding to the selected processing selection button; and selectively omitting display of at least one of the plurality of processing selection screens based on the processing selection button.
- 2. A storage medium according to claim 1, the program comprising instructions to perform operations, further comprising setting, beforehand, data to be selected on the plurality of processing selection screens.
- 3. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the processing selection screens provides a choice of pictures to be printed, a choice about a number of prints to be printed, or a choice about the size of a print to be printed.
- 4. A storage medium according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the processing selection screens provides a choice of pictures to be printed, a choice about a number of prints to be printed, or a choice about the size of a print to be printed.
- 5. A storage medium according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the processing selection screens provides a plurality of choices of optional print settings.
- 6. A storage medium according to claim 1, the program comprising instructions to perform operations, further comprising setting one or more optional print settings prior to the printing of the one or more photographic images.
- 7. A storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the one or more optional print settings includes adding at least one of a date and a time that a photographic image was taken to the corresponding one or more photographic images.
- 8. A storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the one or more optional print settings includes specifying trimming options for the one or more photographic images.
- 9. A storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the one or more optional print settings includes adding clip guides to the one or more photographic images.
- 10. A storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the one or more optional print settings includes a plurality of panoramic printing options.
- 11. A storage medium according to claim 1, the program comprising instructions to perform operations, further comprising indicating one or more selection buttons representing a recommended choice to a user.
- 12. A storage medium according to claim 1, the program comprising instructions to perform operations, further comprising setting one or more default print settings.
- 13. A storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the one or more default print settings includes specifying a source of the photographic image data to be read.
- 14. A storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the one or more default print settings includes specifying whether to perform index printing.
- 15. A storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the one or more default print settings includes specifying at least one of a default manner of selecting the one or more photographic images, a default number of prints, and a default size of prints.
- 16. A storage medium according to claim 12, the program comprising instructions to perform operations, further comprising detecting an input of a special input sequence;wherein the operation of setting one or more default print settings can only be accessed upon entry of the special input sequence.
- 17. A storage medium according to claim 12, the program comprising instructions to perform operations, further comprising providing help to a user concerning a specified operation or option of the program.
- 18. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the program can be provided to a computer over a network.
- 19. A storage medium according to claim 18, wherein the network is the Internet.
- 20. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the program is stored in a location different from a location of a computer running the program.
- 21. A computer-readable storage medium having a photographic image print program stored thereon, the program comprising instructions to perform operations, comprising:reading photographic image data from a storage means; detecting an arbitrary position on a display means; printing one or more photographic images, based on the photographic image data, using a print means; displaying, on the display means, a plurality of processing selection screens in a predetermined sequence, at least one of said processing selection screens having a plurality of processing selection buttons; selecting a type of print processing by activating at least one of the processing selection buttons; and selectively omitting display of at least one of the plurality of processing selection screens based on the activated processing selection buttons.
- 22. A storage medium according to claim 21, wherein the display means is a liquid crystal monitor.
- 23. A storage medium according to claim 21, wherein the display means is a touch panel device.
- 24. A storage medium according to claim 21, wherein the storage means is a card for storing data.
- 25. A computer-readable storage medium having a photographic image print program stored thereon, the program comprising instructions to perform operations, comprising:reading photographic image data from a memory; detecting a pressed position on a display; printing one or more photographic images based on the photographic image data; displaying, on the display, at least some of a plurality of processing selection screens in a predetermined sequence, at least one of said processing selection screens having a plurality of processing selection buttons; verbally instructing a user concerning the operations and options of the program; selecting processing corresponding to the processing selection button pressed based on the pressed position; and selectively omitting display of at least one of the plurality of processing selection screens based on the pressed processing selection button.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 09/441,069 filed on Nov. 16, 1999, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,469,770 and the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, and a continuation application of PCT/JP99/01299 filed on Mar. 16, 1999.
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