Further Printing Techniques

Printing Photographs

Using photo applications allows you to make borderless (full page) prints easily from the images you taken with your digital camera.

 The photo applications are included on the Setup Software & User's Guide CD-ROM that comes with the printer. Windows users can install Easy-PhotoPrint and Macintosh users the ImageBrowser program. Just go to Quick Start Guide and follow the instructions.

 This chapter describes only the steps used to print from photo applications using the Borderless Printing mode. Refer to the guidance on the screen after starting the program for Easy-PhotoPrint and the Photo Application Guide for ImageBrowser for a full description of the various features, options and points to note included with the photo applications.

 

Note

Media Types Suitable for Borderless Printing

Media types compatible with Borderless Printing include Photo Paper Plus Glossy (LTR/A4, 4" x 6"), Photo Paper Pro (LTR/A4), Matte Photo Paper (LTR/A4), and Glossy Photo Paper (LTR/A4).

 Printing photographs with Windows

Follow the simple steps below to create prints of digital camera photographs with Easy-PhotoPrint using the Borderless Printing function. Easy-PhotoPrint supports Exif Print (Exif 2.2).

 The image captured with an Exif Print-compliant digital camera can be optimized using data, such as camera settings (white balance, exposure time), etc., stored at the time of shooting, yielding extremely high-quality prints.

 Easy-PhotoPrint can handled only JPEG files (filename extension: .jpg and .jpeg).

1 Start Easy-PhotoPrint.

(1) Insert the memory card in the computer.

This chapter describes only the steps used for printing the photographs stored in the card. We recommend you consult your memory card documentation for instructions on how to set the memory card in the computer.

(2) Click Start, select All Programs (or Programs), Canon Utilities, Easy-PhotoPrint, and then Easy-PhotoPrint.
The 1.Image Selection sheet is displayed.

2 Select photographs.

(1) Select the folder containing the photograph you want to print. (Select memory card folder, then the folder containing the digital photographs.)
All photographs in the selected folder are displayed.

 

*1 Guidance
*2 Thumbnail
*3 Folder window

(2) Click the [+] button on the thumbnail of the photograph you want to print and specify the number of copies.

 

*1 The number of copies increases.
*2 The specified number of copies displayed.
*3 The number of copies decreases.

3 Select the paper.

 

(1) Click the 2.Paper Selection tab.

(2) Select the size of the paper you use from Paper Size.

(3) Select the type of the paper you use from Media Type.

4 Select the layout.

 

(1) Click the 3. Layout/Print tab.

(2) Select Borderless (full).

(3) Load the media type specified in the 2.Paper Selection tab.

(4) Click Print.
Borderless printing of the specified photograph will now begin.

 Printing photographs with Macintosh

Follow the simple steps described below and learn how to create color prints of digital camera photographs with ImageBrowser using Borderless printing.

1 Start ImageBrowser.

(1) Insert the memory card in the computer.

This chapter describes only the steps used for printing the photographs stored in the card. We recommend you consult your memory card documentation for instructions on how to set the memory card in the computer.

(2) Double-click the Canon ImageBrowser(alias) icon on the desktop.

If the Canon ImageBrowser icon is not displayed on the desktop, open the Canon ImageBrowser folder, in which the ImageBrowser program has been installed, and double-click the ImageBrowser icon in the folder.

2 Select photographs.

(1) Select the folder containing the photograph you want to print. (Select memory card folder, then the folder containing the digital photographs.)

All photographs in the selected folder are displayed.

 

(2) Click the photograph you want to print.

(3) Click PRINT and select Layout printing from the pull-down menu.

The Layout Options dialog box appears and layout selection wizard starts.

3 Enter layout options.

 

(1) Select Tiled photo printing.

(2) Click Next.

 

(3) Click Page setup.

4 Select borderless printing.

 

(1) Select Borderless Printing by clicking the check box.

(2) Select a paper size from the Paper Size pull-down menu.
The menu only displays those paper sizes compatible with Borderless printing.

(3) Click OK.

A message box pops up, displaying the information about printing. Read the message and click OK.
This returns you to the Layout Options dialog box.

5 Specify the number of photographs to print on one page.

 

(1) Select 1(1x1) from the No. of images pull-down menu.

(2) Click OK.

6 Print the photograph.

 

(1) Click PRINT.

The Print dialog box is displayed.

 

(2) Select a type of media for printing from the Media Type pull-down menu.

(3) Select Photo from the Print Mode pull-down menu.

(4) Load the selected paper in the printer.

(5) Click Print.



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