Solution
You can connect your camera to a " PictBridge" compatible printer to make direct prints.
The direct printing procedure is done entirely with the camera while you look at the LCD monitor.
Caution
Caution
Depending on the printer, it might not support SDHC or SDXC cards. For details, please check with where the printer was purchased for support information.
1. Set the camera's power switch to ⋖OFF⋗.
2. Set up the printer.
For details, see the printer’s instruction manual.
3. Connect the camera to the printer.
4. Turn on the printer.
5. Set the camera's power switch to ⋖ON⋗.
Some printers may make a beeping sound.
List of error messages when printing
Paper Error | Check whether the paper is properly loaded in the printer. |
Ink Error | Check the printer's ink level, and check the waste ink tank. |
Check for any printer problems other than paper and ink problems. | |
File Error | The selected image cannot be printed via PictBridge. Images taken with a different camera or images edited with a computer might not be printable. |
Caution
6. Press the ⋖ ⋗(Playback) button to playback the image.
The image will appear, and the ⋖ ⋗(PictBridge) icon will appear on the upper left to indicate that the camera is connected to a printer.
7. Select the image to be printed, then press the ⋖SET⋗ button.
8. The print setting screen will appear.
* Depending on the printer, certain settings such as the date and file number imprinting and trimming might not be selectable.
9. Select [Paper settings], then press the ⋖SET⋗ button.
10. The paper settings screen will appear.
⋖Setting the Paper Size⋗
Select the size of the paper loaded in the printer, then press the ⋖SET⋗ button.
The paper type screen will appear.
⋖Setting the Paper Type⋗
The page layout screen will appear.
⋖Setting the Page Layout⋗
Select the page layout, then press the ⋖SET⋗ button.
The print setting screen will reappear.
Bordered | The print will have white borders along the edges. If the edges of the images are cut when making prints with the [Borderless] setting, make prints with the [Bordered] setting instead. | |
Borderless | The print will have no borders. If your printer cannot print borderless prints, the print will have borders. | |
Bordered | The shooting information(*1) will be imprinted on the border on 9x13cm and larger prints. | |
××-up | Option to print 2, 4, 8, 9, 16, or 20 images on one sheet. | |
35-up | Images that have been print ordered in DPOF will be printed as thumbnails in groups of 20 or 35 images on A4 or letter size paper. (*2) [20-up | |
Default | The page layout will vary depending on the printer model or its settings. |
*2:After ordering the prints with "Digital Print Order Format (DPOF)", you should print by following "Direct Printing with DPOF".
11. Set as necessary. If you need not set any printing effects, go to step 12.
What is displayed on the screen differs depending on the printer.
11-1. Select the option on the upper right (circled in the screenshot), then press the ⋖SET⋗ button.
11-2. Select the desired printing effect, then press the ⋖SET⋗ button.
If the icon is displayed brightly next to ⋖INFO.⋗, you can also adjust the printing effect. For detals, refer to the instruction manuals that came with your camera.
Printing Effect | Description |
The image will be printed according to the printer's standard colors. The image's Exif data is used to make automatic corrections. | |
No automatic correction will be applied. | |
The image will be printed with higher saturation to produce more vivid blues and greens. | |
Image noise is reduced before printing. | |
Prints in black-and-white with true blacks. | |
Prints in black-and-white with cool, bluish blacks. | |
Prints in black-and-white with warm, yellowish blacks. | |
Prints the image in the actual colors and contrast. No automatic color adjustments are applied. | |
The printing characteristics are the same as the "Natural" setting. However, this setting enables finer printing adjustments than with "Natural." | |
The printing will differ depending on the printer. For details, see the printer's instruction manual. |
12. Set the date and file number imprinting as necessary.
13. Set the number of copies as necessary.
14. Select [Print], then press the ⋖SET⋗ button.