picture is displayed the operator pushes the pause button 120 switching the vtr 12 to a still image reproduction mode under this condition the operator manipulates the print designating button 122 this information is then sent from the key operation part 200 to the system controller 201 the operation up to this corresponds to a step s 1 of the flowchart of fig4 next the flow advances to a step s 2 of fig4 where a size of the picture to be printed is designated by the operation part 200 subsequently by the operation part 200 the operator designates a image quality step s 3 a number of prints step s 4 sorting step s 5 etc successively these steps s 2 s 4 are set for each print size whether or not there is another print size is designated from the operation part 200 in a step s 6 if present the flow returns to the step s 2 if absent it advances to a step s 7 in the step s 7 data produced in the above described steps s 2 s 5 hereinafter called the u201c print u201d data is generated in a print data generator 224 in a.