Canon Pixma Mp540 User Guide

							Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with the Bundled Application Software > Appendix 1: Easy-PhotoPrint EX Settings > Cropping Photos (Photo Print)
Cropping Photos (Photo Print)
Cropping a photo is the act of removing the unnecessary portions of the photo by selecting the
necessary portions.
Click  (Crop Image) in the Layout/Print screen.
Move the white frame to the portion to print and click OK.
Note
To move the cropping area, place the cursor within the white frame and drag it. Drag the white lines
to enlarge/reduce the cropping area.
Select the The Rule of Thirds checkbox to display white broken lines. To create a balanced
composition, drag any of the intersecting points (white squares) or white broken lines over the main
subject of the photo.
The cropping effect applies only to the print result. The original image will not be cropped.
See Help for details on the Crop window.
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							Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with the Bundled Application Software > Appendix 1: Easy-PhotoPrint EX Settings > Printing Dates on Photos (Photo Print)
Printing Dates on Photos (Photo Print)
To print the date the photo was taken on the photo, click  (Date Settings) in the Layout/Print screen,
then select the Print date checkbox in the Date Settings dialog box.
Note
The date is displayed in the short date format (mm/dd/yyyy, etc.) specified in your operating system.
In the Date Settings dialog box, you can change the orientation, position, size and color of the date
according to the orientation and background of the photo. See Help for details.
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							Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with the Bundled Application Software > Appendix 1: Easy-PhotoPrint EX Settings > Printing Multiple Photos on One Page
Printing Multiple Photos on One Page
You can print multiple photos on one page by selecting a multiple-photo layout in the Layout/Print screen.
Note
See the following section for details on how to select photos.
Selecting a Photo
The available number of photos and layout may vary depending on the media type.
Photos are arranged in the following order.
Example: Borderless (x4)
You can change the printing order in Printing Order on the Print tab of the Preferences dialog box.
You can select the printing order from By Date, By Name and By Selection.
To display the Preferences dialog box, click  (Settings) or select Preferences... from the File
menu.
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							Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with the Bundled Application Software > Appendix 1: Easy-PhotoPrint EX Settings > Printing an Index
Printing an Index
You can print an index of selected photos. An index print shows the thumbnails of the photos in one
page. It is convenient for managing your photos.
To print an index, select Index from the layouts in the Layout/Print screen.
Note
See the following section for details on how to select photos.
Selecting a Photo
Index print will be disabled if you select any of the following paper sizes.
- Credit Card
- Fine Art A4
- Fine Art A3
- Fine Art A3+
- Fine Art Letter
Up to 80 thumbnails can be printed on one page.
Photos are arranged in the following order.
Example: Index (x20)
You can change the printing order in Printing Order on the Print tab of the Preferences dialog box.
You can select the printing order from By Date, By Name, and By Selection.
To display the Preferences dialog box, click  (Settings) or select Preferences... from the File
menu.
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							Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with the Bundled Application Software > Appendix 1: Easy-PhotoPrint EX Settings > Printing ID Photos (ID Photo Print)
Printing ID Photos (ID Photo Print)
You can print a variety of ID photos.
Important
The photo may not qualify as an official ID photo depending on its use.
For details, contact the party to whom you will be submitting the photo.
To print ID photos, select 4x6 10x15cm for Paper Size in the Select Paper screen, and select a layout of
the ID photo from the layouts in the Layout/Print screen.
Note
See the following section for details on how to select photos.
Selecting a Photo
Photos are arranged in the following order.
Example: ID Photo 3.5x4.5cm
You can change the printing order in Printing Order on the Print tab of the Preferences dialog box.
You can select the printing order from By Date, By Name, and By Selection.
To display the Preferences dialog box, click  (Settings) or select Preferences... from the File
menu.
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							Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with the Bundled Application Software > Appendix 1: Easy-PhotoPrint EX Settings > Printing Photo Information
Printing Photo Information
Select Captured Info from the layouts in the Layout/Print screen to print the photo and the Exif information
side by side.
Note
See the following section for details on how to select photos.
Selecting a Photo
This function is available only on paper sizes Letter 8.5x11 and A4.
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							Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with the Bundled Application Software > Appendix 1: Easy-PhotoPrint EX Settings > Saving Photos
Saving Photos
You can save edited photos. The information of cropping and layout can be saved.
Click Save in the Layout/Print screen.
When the Save As dialog box appears, specify the save location and file name, then click Save.
Important
If you edit a saved file and save it again, the file will be overwritten.
To save a file again with a new name or to a different location, select Save As... from the File menu
and save.
Note
Save will not be displayed in the Select Images or Select Paper screen.
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							Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with the Bundled Application Software > Appendix 1: Easy-PhotoPrint EX Settings > Opening Saved Files
Opening Saved Files
You can open files created with Easy-PhotoPrint EX.
1.Click Library from Menu.
The Open dialog box appears.
You can check files created and saved with Easy-PhotoPrint EX by icon view (only for Windows Vista)
or thumbnail view.
Important
When using 64bit Edition of Windows Vista or Windows XP, the contents of files cannot be
displayed on Explorer.
2.Select the file you want to open and click Open.
The Edit or Select Paper screen appears.
Note
Easy-PhotoPrint EX supports the following file formats (extensions).
- Easy-PhotoPrint EX Photo Print file (.el6)
- Easy-PhotoPrint EX Album file (.el1)
- Easy-PhotoPrint EX Stickers file (.el2)
- Easy-PhotoPrint EX Calendar file (.el4)
- Easy-PhotoPrint EX Layout file (.el5)
3.Edit the file if necessary.
Note
See the following sections for details on the editing procedures.
Editing Album
Editing Calendar
Editing Stickers
Editing Layout Print
Note
You can open files created with Easy-PhotoPrint EX with the following methods, besides from
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							Library in Menu.
- Double-click or click the file.
- From the File menu, click Open..., then select the file you want to edit.
You can also open a recently used file by clicking the file name shown in the File menu.
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							Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with the Bundled Application Software > Appendix 1: Easy-PhotoPrint EX Settings > Changing Layout
Changing Layout
You can change the layout of each page separately.
Select the page you want to change the layout of in the Edit screen, then click  (Change Layout).
Select the layout you want to use in the Change Layout dialog box and click OK.
Album
Important
The album layouts that can be selected may vary depending on the Paper Size, Orientation, or the
type of page selected (front cover, inside pages or back cover).
If the new layout has a different number of frames per page from the current layout, the following will
happen:
If the number of layout
frames is increased
:Images will move from the subsequent pages to fill all the frames
in the new layout.
If the number of layout
frames is decreased
:Pages with the new layout will be added until all the images on the
pages with the current layout can be fitted.
If you change the selected layout for the front or back cover to one that has fewer layout frames, any
image that does not fit in the new layout will be deleted, starting with the last image that was added
to the former layout page.
Note
Select the Apply to all pages checkbox to change the layouts of all pages to the one you newly
selected.
Calendar
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