Canon Pixma Mp550 User Guide
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Advanced Guide > Printing Using the Operation Panel of the Machine > Printing from a Memory Card > Using Useful Display Functions > Searching for Photos with the Shooting Date (Sea rch) Searching for Photos with the Shooting Date (Search ) W hen there are a lot of photos saved on the memory card/USB flash drive, you can choose to display and print only photos shot on the specified date or wit hin the specified range of dates. * This function is available both for printing phot os on a memory card and for printing photos on a US B flash drive. Note If the number of copies to print is already specifi ed for some photos before searching with the shooting date, or if some photos are already pasted on a layout, those photos will still be selected for printing even if they were not shot on the spec ified date or within the specified date range. 1.Display the search method screen. Setting in Edit: 1. Press the right Function button when Edit is displa yed on the screen. 2. Select Search, then press the OK button. The Search screen is displayed. Setting in Search in the Specify print range screen : 1. Select Search, then press the OK button. The Search screen is displayed. 2.Set the search method. To specify only one date for search: Select One date only. To specify the date range for search: Select Select date range. 3.Press the OK button. The date input screen is displayed. Note It may take a while for the date input screen to be displayed depending on the number of photos saved on the memory card/USB flash drive. 4.Specify the date range, then press the OK button. If you selected One date only: 1. Specify the date to search, then press the OK button. If you selected Select date range: 1. Specify the start date to search, then press the OK button. 2. Specify the end date to search, then press the OK button. Note The date to be specified is displayed according to the settings of Date display in Advanced settings under Device settings. Changing the Machine Settings on the LCD To cancel the selected date range, press the right Function button when Edit is displayed on the screen, select Cancel selected date, then press the OK button. Page top Page 381 of 877 pages Searching for Photos with the Shooting Date (Search ) JownloadedtfromtManualsPrinterFcomtManuals
Advanced Guide > Printing Using the Operation Panel of the Machine > Printing from a Memory Card > Setting Up the Card Slot as the Memory Card Drive of the Computer Setting Up the Card Slot as the Memory Card Drive o f the Computer The Card Slot of the machine can also be used as th e memory card drive of the computer. Important W hen Read/write attribute in Advanced settings unde r Device settings is set to W ritable from PC using the Operation Panel of the machine, you canno t print photos on a memory card using the Operation Panel of the machine. After using the Car d Slot as the memory card drive of the computer, remove the memory card, then be sure to s et Read/write attribute to Not writable from PC. W hen you turned off the machine, W ritable from PC will be canceled and the setting is returned to Not writable from PC when you turn on the machin e next time. 1.Make sure that the memory card is not set. If the memory card is set, remove it from the Card Slot. For details, refer to Printing from a Memory Card. 2.Select Settings on the HOME screen, then press the OK button. 3.Select Device settings, then press the OK button. 4.Select Advanced settings, then press the OK button. 5.Select Read/write attribute, then press the OK button. 6.Specify the read/write attribute. Not writable from PC The Card Slot is used only for reading. Be sure to select this mode when printing photos from a memory card. Writable from PC The Card Slot is used as the memory card drive of a computer connected to the machine via USB. Data can be written on the memory card from the com puter. 7.Press the OK button. Important If you use the Card Slot as the memory card drive o f the computer, you need to perform a safe removal operation on your computer before physical ly removing the memory card from your machine. In W indows, right-click the Removable Disk icon and click Eject. If Eject is not displayed on the screen, confirm that the Access lamp is not flashing and remove the memory card. On a Macintosh, drag the Mount drive icon into the Trash. Page top Page 382 of 877 pages Setting Up the Card Slot as the Memory Card Drive o f the Computer JownloadedtfromtManualsPrinterFcomtManuals
Advanced Guide > Printing Using the Operation Panel of the Machine > Printing from a USB Flash Drive Printing from a USB Flash Drive Printing Photographs Saved on a USB Flash Drive Using Useful Printing Functions Using Useful Display Functions Page top Page 383 of 877 pages Printing from a USB Flash Drive JownloadedtfromtManualsPrinterFcomtManuals
Advanced Guide > Printing Using the Operation Panel of the Machine > Printing from a USB Flash Drive > Printing Photographs Saved on a USB Flash Drive Printing Photographs Saved on a USB Flash Drive For the basic procedure to print from a USB flash d rive, refer to Printing from a Memory Card. Setting Items Printing by Using the Photo Index Sheet Using Useful Printing Functions Page top Page 384 of 877 pages Printing Photographs Saved on a USB Flash Drive JownloadedtfromtManualsPrinterFcomtManuals
Advanced Guide > Printing Using the Operation Panel of the Machine > Printing from a USB Flash Drive > Printing Photographs Saved on a USB Flash Drive > Setting Items Setting Items Print Settings Confirmation Screen In the Memory card mode, select the photo to print using the Easy-Scroll W heel or the button, specify the number of copies using the + or - button, press the OK button, then the screen is displayed. Note Depending on the functions, some setting items cann ot be specified in combination. 1.Page size Select the page size of the loaded paper. 2.Media type Select the media type of the loaded paper. 3.Print quality Adjust print quality according to the original. 4.Borderless print Select bordered or borderless print. Note W hen you select Plain paper for the media type, the photo will be printed with bordered even if you select Borderless. Advanced Screen W hen you press the left Function button in the prin t settings confirmation screen, the menu screen to select Date setting, File no. setting, or Auto p hoto fix is displayed. Page 385 of 877 pages Setting Items JownloadedtfromtManualsPrinterFcomtManuals
Use the Easy-Scroll W heel or the button to select the setting item, then press the OK button to display the screen for the selected item. 1.Date setting Activates/deactivates to print the shooting date on a photo. 2.File no. setting Activates/deactivates to print the file number on a pho to. Note It is not possible to print both the shooting date and the file number when Layout print is selected as a print function in the memory card mod e. Even if both Date ON and File no. ON are selected, only the shooting date will be pri nted. If you want to print the file number, select Date OFF. 3.Auto photo fix W hen Auto photo fix ON is selected, the scene or pe rsons face of a shot photo is recognized and the most suitable correction for each photo is made automatically. It makes a darkened face by backlight brighter to print. It also analyz es a scene such as scenery, night scene, person, etc. and corrects each scene with the most suitable co lor, brightness, or contrasts automatically to print. Page 386 of 877 pages Setting Items JownloadedtfromtManualsPrinterFcomtManuals
Note As a default, Auto photo fix ON is applied when photos on a USB flash drive are printed. W hen Auto photo fix ON is applied, you can specify only (1) Red-Eye correction below. If the print result with Auto photo fix ON selected is not satisfactory, select Manual correction, then specify each advanced setting item below. 1.Red-Eye correction Corrects red eyes in portraits caused by flash photography. Depending on the type of the photo, red eyes may no t be corrected or parts other than the eyes may be corrected. Note This setting is available even if Auto photo fix ON is selected.Page 387 of 877 pages Setting Items JownloadedtfromtManualsPrinterFcomtManuals
2.Vivid photo Makes green and blue more lively. 3.Photo optimizer pro Automatically optimizes brightness and tone of a photo. 4.Noise reduction Reduces the noise on blue areas like the sky as well as on black areas. 5.Face brightener Brightens a darkened face on the photo taken against the light. 6.Image optimizer Corrects and smoothes the jagged contours for printing. 7.Brightness Adjust brightness. 8.Contrast Adjust contrast. 9.Color hue Adjust color hue. For example, you can increase red or yellow to adjust the skin tone. 10.Effects Applies special effects to the photo, such as printing in se pia tones or with a sketch illustration like effect. Page top Page 388 of 877 pages Setting Items JownloadedtfromtManualsPrinterFcomtManuals
Advanced Guide > Printing Using the Operation Panel of the Machine > Printing from a Memory Card > Printing Photographs Saved on a Memory Card > Printing by Using the Photo Index Sheet Printing by Using the Photo Index Sheet Photo Index Sheet is an A4 or Letter-sized plain pa per on which thumbnail images of photos saved on a memory card or a USB flash drive are printed. Print out a Photo Index Sheet, mark the images that you want to print, scan the sheet in, and the machine then prints the selected images. You can also specif y other settings, such as the paper size and the media type, by using this sheet; you do not have to perform settings by using the Operation Panel on th e machine. * The procedure below is applied both for printing photos on a memory card and for printing photos on a USB flash drive. 1.Make sure that the machine is turned on. 2.Load A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Cassette. Page 389 of 877 pages Printing by Using the Photo Index Sheet JownloadedtfromtManualsPrinterFcomtManuals
3.Select Photo index sheet on the HOME screen, then press the OK button. 4.Make sure that Index sheet print is selected, then press the OK button. 5.Insert a memory card or a USB flash drive following the instruction on the LCD. Important You cannot insert both the memory card and the USB flash drive at the same time. Do not remove the memory card/USB flash drive until printing the Photo Index Sheet(s) is complete. Note For information on how to insert a memory card/USB flash drive, refer to Printing from a Memory Card . 6.Select a range of images included in the Photo Index Sh eet, then press the OK button. The following ranges can be selected. Print all photos: Prints all images. Set no. of copies: Prints the specified number of images from the newest on e. Search: Prints images by specifying the shooting date range. Note It may take a while to display the Search screen de pending on the number of photos saved on the memory card/USB flash drive. 7.Press the Color button. The Photo Index Sheet(s) will be printed. Note If 31 or more images are selected, two or more Phot o Index Sheets will be printed. 8.Fill in the appropriate circles in the Photo Index Shee t. Fill in the appropriate circles ( ) with a dark pencil or a black ink pen to select t he photos to print and their print options. Good Bad (a) Check mark (b) Line only (c) Too light Page 390 of 877 pages Printing by Using the Photo Index Sheet JownloadedtfromtManualsPrinterFcomtManuals