I knew about Pictbridge enabling printing without a computer, but I
thought the printers controlled the process, not the camera.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Nov 4, 2006, at 6:49 PM, Moose wrote:
> Winsor Crosby wrote:
>> Never thought you were.
>>
>> A "print" button on a camera? What is that about? That is a concept I
>> am unfamiliar with. Is there a printer is that battery holder?
>>
> Oh! Dahling! How 2003 of you!
>
> Don't you LOVE to talk? Weellll, all OUR cameras talk to OUR printers.
> Plug the little wire from the printer into the camera and print all
> the
> pics you've selected, rotated, red-eyed, cropped in the camera.
>
> Ciao!
>
> ---or whatever the current vernacular is.
>
> Many cameras now include direct printing. The basic industry wide
> interface is PictBridge then there is an enhancement which sends some
> exif info to the printer to help it do a better job. Then there's
> DPOF,
> a standard for specifying order and number of prints for each image. I
> think it can operate directly from some cameras as well as be recorded
> on the card for printers that print from cards.
>
> Depending on how up to date the camera and printer are, you can
> specify
> all sorts of print parameters, including multiples of the same
> image on
> one page, index sheets, etc.
>
> Then Canyon, as a major printer maker, has proprietary connection
> modes
> between their cameras and printers in addition to the standards.
> According to my 5D manual, there are two Canyon printer specific
> communications modes.
>
> I have never used any of the stuff, nor wanted to, really. But I
> can see
> where a portable printer connected directly to the camera could be fun
> and/or useful at various sorts of gatherings. I suppose here are folks
> making money at events with this feature without the extra of a
> computer
> in between. There are a number of small printers for 4x6ish paper that
> are obviously aimed at this market.
>
> Moose
>
>
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