A hand operated marking device is provided for printing upon print media. The marking device includes a pair of housings which are movably interconnected together so that a first one of the housings is further received within a second one of the housings responsive to compression of the housings between a hand and the print media. A printer is located within the first housing and includes a movable printhead configured to print ink. A selector arrangement is operatively mounted to the second housing and enables selection of an indicia, from a plurality of possible indicia, to be printed by the printhead. A moving mechanism is housed within at least one of the housings and moves the printhead along the print media responsive to the compression of the housings so that the selected indicia is printed upon the print media.