Epson PHOTOPC L-300 Digital Camera Software Guide

EPSON Digital Camera
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Digital Camera
Software Guide
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Introducing the Software

The software CD that comes with your EPSON digital camera contains the following softwares.
EPSON Photo!4 allows you to view and manage image files
saved on your computer or your camera’s SD memory card.
EPSON CameraStarter to provide you with a convenient way
to open softwares for printing and saving images on your SD memory card.
EPSON AutoDownloader provides a quick and organized
way for you to transfer photos from your camera to your computer.
EPSON CardMonitor enables EPSON CameraStarter to start
automatically by detecting when the camera is connected to your computer, or when the SD memory card is inserted into a PC Card slot.
EPSON PhotoQuicker allows you to print photos in simple
but various ways using your computer.
EPSON PRINT Image Framer Tool enables you to transfer
Frames (layout files) to your SD memory card in your digital camera.
QuickTime 5 to enable you to play video clips.
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Installing and Setting up the Software

The software CD contains the digital camera software and online manuals.
Note:
Installing EPSON Photo!4 also installs the USB driver when you
are running Windows Me, 98, Mac OS 8.6. When you are running Windows XP, 2000, Mac OS 9 or later, you can use the default USB driver that comes with your operating system.
To use the printing function, you must install EPSON
PhotoQuicker 3.4.
System Requirements
Before connecting your L-300/200 digital camera to your computer and running the digital camera software, make sure that your computer uses one of the following operating systems.
Software OS
EPSON
Photo!4/EPSON CameraStarter/ EPSON AutoDownloader
EPSON CardMonitor
EPSON PRINT Image
Framer Tool
Microsoft Professional Edition, Millennium Edition, 98, 2000 Professional, Mac OS or later
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Windows® XP Home Edition, XP
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8.6 to 9.x, Mac OS X 10.2
EPSON
PhotoQuicker
QuickTime 5
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, XP Professional Edition, Millennium Edition, 98, 2000 Professional, Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x
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Note:
When using a USB cable, make sure the following requirements are
met.
Your computer is installed with Windows XP/Me/98/2000.
(Make sure Windows Me/98/2000 is installed at the time of purchase or pre-installed Windows Me/98 is upgraded to Windows XP/Me/2000.)
Your computer is USB-enabled.
Your computer has a USB port available.
EPSON PhotoQuicker 3.4 included on the software CD of EPSON
Digital Camera, cannot be used with Mac OS X.
Installing the software
1. Insert the software CD into the CD-ROM drive.
For Windows users: The EPSON Installer Program dialog box appears.
Note:
If the EPSON Installation Program dialog box does not appear, click the CD-ROM icon, and then select Open from the File menu. Double-click SETUP. EXE.
For Mac OS 8.6 to 9.X users: Double-click the EPSON icon inside the EPSON folder.
For Mac OS X users: Double-click the Mac OS X folder inside the EPSON folder, and then click the EPSON icon.
Note:
When the authentication dialog box to assign administrator privileges appears, enter the user name and password, and then click OK.
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2. The dialog box shows a list of software to be installed, click
Install.
Note:
The first time you install the softwares, install all of them. To select a software to install, click the Advanced button.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions until all of the software is installed. When a message appears to inform you that the installation is complete, click OK.
Note for Windows XP and Mac OS X users:
Before connecting your digital camera to your computer, you need to change the settings for the operation to use when you insert a SD memory card in the digital camera or the PC Card slot of a device. To change the settings, see “Setting CardMonitor” on page 6.
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Setting CardMonitor
You can change the setting for the operation to use when you insert a SD memory card in the digital camera or PC Card slot of a device. Follow the steps below.
For Windows XP
1. Click Start and then select My Computer.
2. Right-click the device into which you want to insert a SD
memory card, and then select Properties.
3. Click the AutoPlay tab.
4. Choose Pictures as the content type.
If the SD memory card contains audio recordings or video clips, choose Mixed content.
5. Select Select an action to perform, and then select Startup CardMonitor using EPSON CardMonitor1.x.
6. Click Apply and OK.
For Mac OS X
1. Double-click the Image Capture icon in the Applications folder.
2. Select Preferences from the Image Capture menu to open the Image Capture Preferences dialog box.
3. Select Other from the list of Camera Preferences.
A dialog box appears to prompt you to select an application.
4. Select EPSON CardMonitor for X in the EPSON CardMonitor folder in the Applications folder.
5. Click Open.
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Starting the Software

To start the software, follow the steps in this section.
Note:
You can not start the USB driver and EPSON CardMonitor
independently.
To start EPSON CameraStarter and EPSON AutoDownloader, see
the online EPSON Photo!4/AutoDownloader/ CameraStarter Users Guide. To see the online Users Guide, see Finding More Information on page 8.
Mac OS X users must use the Classic environment to print using
EPSON PhotoQuicker.
Windows
Software Menu
EPSON Photo!4 Click Start, point to All Programs (or Programs), and
EPSON PhotoQuicker
EPSON PRINT Image Framer Tool
Macintosh
Software Menu
EPSON Photo!4 Double-click the EPSON Photo!4 icon in the EPSON
EPSON PhotoQuicker
EPSON PRINT Image Framer Tool
then select EPSON Camera. Select EPSON Photo!4, and then click EPSON Photo!4.
Click Start, point to All Programs (or Programs), and then select EPSON PhotoQuicker. Click EPSON PhotoQuicker3.4.
Start EPSON Photo!4 and then select Start EPSON PRINT Image Framer Tool from the File menu.
Photo!4 program folder.
Double-click the EPSON PhotoQuicker icon in the EPSON PhotoQuicker program folder on your desktop.
Start EPSON Photo!4 and then select Start EPSON PRINT Image Framer Tool from the File menu.
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Finding More Information

To learn more about the software included on the software CD, see the online EPSON Photo!4/AutoDownloader/CameraStarter Users Guide or EPSON PhotoQuicker Users Guide.
Start the software and access the online Users Guide and then follow the steps below.
Software To start online User’s Guide...
EPSON Photo!4 From the Help menu (Windows), Apple menu (Mac OS
8.6 to 9.X) or EPSON Photo!4menu (Mac OS X), click EPSON Photo!4 Help.
EPSON PhotoQuicker
EPSON PRINT Image Framer Tool
Click the Help button on the dialog box.
Start EPSON PRINT Image Framer Tool and then select EPSON PRINT Image Framer Tool Help from the Help menu.
Note:
You can access the online EPSON Photo!4/AutoDownloader/ CameraStarter User's Guide or EPSON PhotoQuicker User's Guide using the Start menu of Windows (Windows), or double-click the MANUAL folder in each of the software’s program folders, and then double-click INDEX.HTM (Macintosh).
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