Canon SD870 IS, SX100 IS User Manual

Direct Print User Guide

You don’t even need a computer ! Just connect your camera to your printer and print

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Introduction

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Confirm Your Printer Model and the Section that Applies to You

Operations differ according to your printer model. According to the procedure below, confirm the section and page you should read in this user guide.

Connect the camera to the printer with an appropriate cable and confirm the icon displayed in the camera's LCD monitor.

• For instructions on camera and printer connection methods, please refer to page 8.

Icons displayed in the camera's LCD monitor

Confirming the section that applies to you

• If one of the aforementioned icons does not appear, the connected printer cannot be used.

• When the printer is ready for printing, the button lights in blue. The

button blinks during printing.

Depending on the camera model, the screens that will be displayed will vary. Moreover, available settings differ depending on the printer model and the paper size (unavailable settings will not appear in the menu). For details, refer to the user guide that came with your printer.

Confirm your printer model.

Printer model

SELPHY ES/ SELPHY CP Series

PIXMA/ SELPHY DS Series

Non-Canon Printers*

SELPHY CP Series

Bubble Jet Printers

* Please also refer to the user guide that came with your printer.

Read the page below.

Refer to the sections indicated

Page 10

" Printing with SELPHY ES Series/SELPHY CP Series Printers using PictBridge"

Page 32

" Printing with Bubble Jet Printers (PIXMA Series/ SELPHY DS Series) using PictBridge"

Page 52

" Printing with Non-Canon, PictBridge Compliant Printers"

Page 53

" Printing with SELPHY CP Series Printers using Canon Direct Print"

Page 71

" Printing with Bubble Jet Printers using Bubble Jet Direct"

For the latest information regarding connections between Canon printers and cameras, please refer to the following URL:

http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/BeBit-e.html http://www.canon.com/pictbridge

PictBridge Compliance

This camera complies with the industry standard “PictBridge”*. This allows you to also connect your camera to non-Canon PictBridge compliant printers and print images with simple operations using the camera buttons.

* PictBridge: PictBridge is an industry standard for direct printing that

allows you to print images without using a computer by directly connecting digital cameras and digital camcorders (hereafter “camera”) to a printer, regardless of the devices’ brand and model.

Disclaimer

• No part of this guide may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form, by any means, without the prior written permission of Canon.

• Canon reserves the right to change the specifications of the hardware described herein at any time without prior notice.

• While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this guide is accurate and complete, no liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions.

• Canon makes no warranties for damages resulting from corrupted or lost data due to a mistaken operation or malfunction of the camera, the software, the memory cards, personal computers, peripheral devices, or use of non-Canon memory cards.

Table of Contents

Direct Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Allows for Printing without the Use of a Computer . . . . 6

Various Printing Operations Can Be Performed . . . . . . . 6

You Can Also Perform the Following Printing Operations . .7

Printing Movies (Movie Print) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Printing Multiple Images on a Sheet of Paper . . . . . . . . . 7

ID Photo Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connecting the Camera to the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Disconnecting the Camera and the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Printing with SELPHY ES Series/SELPHY CP Series Printers

using PictBridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Easy Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Print after Changing the Print Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Selecting Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Setting the Date and the File Number Printing Option

Setting the Print Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Setting the Number of Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Setting the Printing Area (Trimming) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Selecting the Paper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Printing Multiple Images on a Sheet of Paper . . . . . . 21

Printing by Specifying the Print Size

(ID Photo Print) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Printing Images in the Fixed Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Printing Movies (Movie Print) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Single-frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Sequence-frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Specifying and Printing Multiple Images

(Setting the DPOF Print Settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

List of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

. . . . 13

Printing with Bubble Jet Printers (PIXMA Series/

SELPHY DS Series) using PictBridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Easy Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Print after Changing the Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Selecting Print Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Setting the Date and the File Number Printing Option . .35

Setting the Print Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Setting the Number of Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Setting the Printing Area (Trimming) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Selecting the Paper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Printing Multiple Images on a Sheet of Paper. . . . . . .44

Printing Movies (Movie Print) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Specifying and Printing Multiple Images

(Setting the DPOF Print Settings). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

List of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Printing with Non-Canon, PictBridge Compliant Printers

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Printing with SELPHY CP Series Printers using

Canon Direct Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

If you use Canon Compact Photo Printer SELPHY

CP750/CP740/CP730/CP720/CP710/CP510 . . . . . . . . . . 53

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Easy Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Print after Changing the Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Selecting Print Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Setting the Number of Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Setting the Print Style (Image, Borders and Date) . . . . .55

Setting the Printing Area (Trimming) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Printing by Specifying the Print Size (ID Photo Print)

Printing Movies (Movie Print) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Single-frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Sequence-frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Specifying and Printing Multiple Images

(Setting the DPOF Print Settings). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

List of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

. . . 52

. . . . .61

Printing with Bubble Jet Printers using Bubble Jet Direct

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Setting the Print Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

. .71

Settings that Can Be Set with the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

SELPHY ES Series/SELPHY CP Series Printers

using PictBridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Bubble Jet Printers (PIXMA Series/SELPHY DS Series) using PictBridge

SELPHY CP Series Printers using Canon Direct Print

Bubble Jet Printers using Bubble Jet Direct . . . . . . . 77

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Conventions Used in this Guide

Text in gray boxes: Indicates precautions and restrictions for

correct camera operation.

Text in white boxes: Indicates additional topics that complement

the basic operating procedures.

* The button in this guide referred to as the FUNC./SET button

may be indicated as the SET button depending on the camera model.

Direct Print

Allows for Printing without the Use of a Computer

Connect your camera to the printer with the appropriate cable. Image selection and printing is operated from the camera.

Various Printing Operations Can Be Performed*

Prints to cover the entire surface of the paper. Or, prints with a border.

09/09/2007

Add the date.

Specify which portion of the image to print. (Trimming)

Multiple pictures can be printed at once. (DPOF print setting)

* Some settings may not be selectable for Non-Canon printers.

You Can Also Perform the Following Printing Operations

Printing Movies (Movie Print)

You can print a single frame of movies or extract movie frames at fairly regular intervals and print them on a single sheet of paper (pp. 25, 46, 64).

• Capable printers (This function is not available on some printers.) Single-frame: Canon SELPHY ES series/SELPHY CP series printers,

Sequence-frame: Canon SELPHY ES series/SELPHY CP series printers

Printing Multiple Images on a Sheet of Paper

Compositions of multiple images you specify of the same dimensions can be printed on a single sheet of paper (pp. 21, 44).

Moreover, the DPOF print setting* function allows you to separately print different images by specifying the number of frames to be printed per image.

• Capable printers: Printers using PictBridge (Including non-Canon printers)

ID Photo Print

printers using PictBridge (Including non-Canon printers)

(This function is not available on some printers.)

An image can be trimmed, laid out and printed as ID photos (pp. 22, 61).

• Capable printers:Canon SELPHY ES series/ SELPHY CP series printers

Depending on the printer model, additional printing operations are available as follows:

• Printing images in a fixed size (p. 24)

• Printing images with the shooting information (p. 43)

* DPOF print settings

This function allows you to preset the images and the number of copies using the camera button controls. The settings are recorded to a memory card. Please refer to the Camera User Guide for instructions on setting procedure. This guide explains how to print images with DPOF print settings. DPOF=Digital Print Order Format

Connecting the Camera to the Printer

Connect the camera to the printer. For instructions on printer and camera operation methods, refer to their respective user guides.

Set one of the following into the camera.

• Compact power adapter (sold separately)

• Fully charged battery

• New batteries

Place paper, ink cassette/cartridge, etc. into the printer.

Connect the camera to the printer with the appropriate interface cable supplied with the camera.

DIGITAL terminal

Camera: Connect the cable to

the DIGITAL terminal.

Printer: Refer to the printer’s

user guide.

Connecting the interface cable

Some printers require specific connection cables which differ from the above cable. Please refer to the printer’s user guide.

Turn the printer’s power on.

Set the camera to Playback mode and turn the power on.

Depending on the camera model, the camera’s power will automatically turn on when the printer’s power is turned on.

The following operations are not available during a camera/printer connection.

• Language settings that use the FUNC./SET button and the MENU button (Depending on the camera model, use the FUNC./SET button

and the JUMP button).

• Resetting the camera’s settings to default.

Disconnecting the Camera and the Printer

Turn the power off.

Detach the cable.

Pull out the cable while holding the connector plug. Do not pull out by the cable.

Printing with SELPHY ES Series/ SELPHY CP Series Printers using

PictBridge

Printing

Easy Print

You can print images by pressing only one button after connecting the camera to the printer.

Make sure that displays in the upper left corner of the LCD monitor.

Display the images you wish to print and press the

button.

If you wish to change the print settings, see Print after Changing the Print Settings (p. 11).

Print after Changing the Print Settings

You can change the print settings before printing.

Make sure that displays in the upper left corner of the LCD monitor.

Sets the date

and the file number

for printing (p. 13)

Sets the print effect (p. 14)

If displays on the LCD monitor, please refer to Printing with

SELPHY CP Series Printers using Canon Direct Print (p. 53).

Display the images you wish to print and press the FUNC./ SET button.

The print order screen appears.

Starts the printing process

Print Order Screen

Select print settings as needed.

Sets the number of copies (p. 14) Sets the trimming portion (p. 15)

Sets the paper size, type and layout (p. 19)

Select [Print] and press the FUNC./SET button.

• The image will start to print and, when it is completely finished, the display will revert to the standard playback

mode.

• If you press the MENU button, the display will revert to the standard playback mode and printing will not take place.

• You cannot print incompatible RAW images.

• It may not be possible to play back or print images shot with a different camera.

• You may not be able to print if the memory card holds a large number of images (about 1000).

Cancel Printing

• To cancel printing between images, press the FUNC./SET button. A confirmation dialog will display. Select [OK] and press the FUNC./SET button. The printer will stop printing the current image and eject the paper.

Printing Errors

• An error message appears if an error occurs for some reason during the printing process. When the error is resolved, printing will automatically resume. If printing does not resume, select [Continue] and press the FUNC./SET button. If [Continue] cannot be selected, select [Stop], press the FUNC./SET button and restart the print job. See List of Messages (p. 31) for details.

Selecting Print Settings

Default Setting

• The Default option is a fixed setting of the printer.

• The [Date/File No.], [Print Effect], paper setting [Paper Size], [Paper Type] and [Page Layout] options are available.

Setting the Date and the File Number Printing Option

Select [ ], then select the date and the file number printing option.

You can set the date and the file number printing as follows:

Date Prints only the date.

File No. Prints only the file number.

Prints both the date and the

Both

file number.

Prints neither date nor file

Off

number.

Print effects will differ according to your printer’s

Default

settings. Refer to your printer’s user guide for details.

If you select an image which has had the shooting date embedded in it using a camera with the Postcard Date Imprint mode, [ ] will be set to [Off]. If you select [Date], [File No.] or [Both], the date/file number will be printed on the embedded information which is also printed.

Setting the Print Effect

This function uses the camera’s shooting information to optimize the image data, yielding high quality prints. You can select the following print effects.

Default

Off Prints without any effects.

Red-Eye1 Prints with red-eye corrected.

Print effects will differ according to your printer’s settings. Refer to your printer’s user guide for details.

Uses the camera’s shooting information to deliver optimum prints.

Select [ ] and choose a print effect option.

Setting the Number of Copies

Select [ ] and set the number of prints.

1 to 99 copies can be set.

Setting the Printing Area (Trimming)

You can specify a portion of the image for printing. Please set [Paper Settings] (p. 19) before setting the trimming settings. If [Paper Settings] is changed after having made the trimming settings, you must select the settings again.

Select [Trimming] and press the FUNC./SET button.

The trimming frame will appear at the center of the image. If a trimming setting has already been selected for the image, the frame will appear around the previously selected portion.

The trimming setting screen differs depending on the camera model. Check which of the following screens appear before selecting settings.

a b

Trimming Frame

Steps 2a and 3a

* Proceed to procedure or depending

on the display screen which appears.

Steps 2b and 3b

When screen displays

Trim the image.

Changing the Size of the Trimming Frame

• Press the zoom lever or the zoom button to adjust the size of the trimming frame.

• The trimming frame can be changed to a minimum selection of approximately half the displayed image (in width and height) or a maximum selection that is virtually the same size as the image.

• Expanding the trimming frame beyond its maximum size cancels the trimming setting.

• When printing an image that has been magnified using the trimming option, the image quality may become coarser and grainier depending on the level of magnification.

Moving the Trimming Frame

• Move the trimming frame using the omni selector or the up, down, right and left buttons.

Rotating the Trimming Frame

• You can rotate the trimming frame by pressing the DISP. (or DISPLAY) button.

Pressing the MENU button cancels the settings.

Press the FUNC./SET button to close the setting

menu.

When screen displays

Trim the image.

Changing the Size of the Trimming Frame

• Press the up and down buttons to adjust the size of the trimming frame.

• The trimming frame can be changed to a minimum selection of approximately half the displayed image (in width and height) or a maximum selection that is virtually the same size as the image.

• Expanding the trimming frame beyond its maximum size cancels the trimming setting.

• When printing an image that has been magnified using the

trimming option, the image quality may become coarser and grainier depending on the level of magnification.

Rotating the Trimming Frame

• You can rotate the trimming frame using the left and right buttons.

Moving the Trimming Frame

• Press the FUNC./SET button and use the up, down, right and left buttons to move the trimming frame. Pressing the FUNC./SET button again allows you to change the size of the frame and to rotate it.

Press the MENU button, select [OK] and press the FUNC./SET button.

Selecting [Cancel setting] cancels the selected trimming setting. If [Edit] is selected, the display returns to the previous screen.

• The trimming setting only applies to one image.

• The trimming setting is canceled with the following operations.

• When you set the trimming settings for another image.

• When you close the Print mode (when you turn the camera power off, change the camera mode, or detach the connection cable).

• The shooting date or part of the date which has been embedded in images using a camera with the Postcard Date Imprint mode may not be printed properly depending on the trimming setting.

• Images smaller than 640 × 480 pixels cannot be trimmed.

• The paper size and page layout settings determine the shape of the trimming frame.

• Please use the LCD monitor to set the trimming settings. The trimming frame may not display correctly on a TV screen.

Selecting the Paper Settings

Select [Paper Settings] and press the FUNC./SET button.

The paper size setting screen

appears.

Select a paper size* and press the FUNC./SET button.

The default settings and specified paper cassette size are displayed.

The paper type setting screen appears.

* Paper sizes vary according to region.

Press the FUNC./SET button.

The page layout screen appears.

Select a layout.

The following layout can be selected.

Default Print effects will differ

Bordered Prints with a border.

Borderless Prints right to the edges

N-up Prints 2, 4 or (8*) images

ID Photo Specifies the print size

Fixed Size Prints by specifying the

* Card size paper only

according to your printer’s settings. Refer to your printer’s user guide for details.

of the paper.

on a single sheet of paper (p. 21).

and print portion of an image as an ID photo (p. 22).

print size of the image on a sheet of paper (p. 24).

Printing Multiple Images on a Sheet of Paper

Selecting [N-up] in the layout setting (p. 20) will allow you to specify the following layout settings.

2 images (height 2 x width 1) of the same dimensions are

arranged on a single sheet of paper.

4 images (height 2 x width 2) of the same dimensions are

arranged on a single sheet of paper.

8 images (height 4 x width 2) of the same dimensions are

arranged on a single sheet of paper or a label sheet.

* This option can only be selected when printing on card size paper.

[Printing example 1] Printing 3 copies of image A in 2-up

Number of copies (p. 14)

Layout 2

DPOF print setting (p. 28) allows you to separately print different images by specifying the number of frames to be printed per image. [Printing example 2] Printing 2 copies of image A and 1 copy of image B in 4-up

DPOF print settings* (p. 28)

Layout 4

Image A: [3] copies

Image A: [2] copies Image B: [1] copies

* Please refer to the Camera User Guide for instructions on DPOF print

setting method.

Printing by Specifying the Print Size (ID Photo Print)

Selecting [ID Photo] in the layout setting (p. 20) will allow you to specify the print size and print portion of an image as an ID photo*.

* Images printed with the ID Photo Print function may not be allowed

as a formal certificate photo. Refer to the party (organization) or administration requiring the photo.

The print size can be specified for only L (Large) resolution images in the camera connected to the printer.

Select [ID Photo], then press the FUNC./SET button.

Specify the print size by selecting the length of the long side and the short side, then press the FUNC./SET button.

Specify the size by selecting the length of the long side first, then the short side. See the next table for selectable combinations of the long side length and the short side length. Press the MENU button to exit without making any trimming settings.

20 mm 25 mm 30 mm 35 mm 40 mm 45 mm 50 mm 25 mm 30 mm 35 mm 40 mm 45 mm 50 mm 55 mm 60 mm

Long Side

70 mm

1.8 inch

2.0 inch

Trimming Frame

z Selectable combination

: Available print size

Short Side

1.4 inch 1.5 inch 1.8 inch 2.0 inch

Trim the image to specify the print area.

See Step 2 of Setting the Printing Area (Trimming) (pp. 16, 17, 18) on

how to trim the image.

The trimming setting screen differs depending on the camera model. Follow the steps according to the screen that displays on your camera. Pressing the MENU button will cancel trimming.

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