1. A combined camera and printer assembly that comprises a support structure suitable for housing electronic components; a central processor positioned in the housing; an area image sensor mounted on the housing and co-operative with a view finder and image capture mechanism to permit an operator to capture an image, the central processor being connected to the area image sensor to receive captured image data from the image sensor; a printer assembly housed in the support structure and connected to the central processor to print, under control of the central processor, print data based on the image data; and a card reader housed in the support structure and connected to the central processor, the card reader being configured to read coded data off a card and to communicate the coded data to the central processor, the central processor being configured to apply image processing instructions to the image data based on the coded data.