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Direct Printing
Preparing to Print
You can print an image by connecting P-4000 directly 
to a printer. This section describes how to print the 
images on the P-4000.
Supported printers
P-4000 supports printers that are compatible with USB 
DIRECT-PRINT.
Available types of paper
P-4000 supports the following sizes and types of 
paper.Note:
For details about paper, see your printer’s manuals.
Connecting P-4000 to a printer
The following procedure shows how to connect the 
P-4000 to the Stylus Photo R300/310. For other 
printers, refer to your printer’s manual.
Paper Size
Premium Glossy Photo Paper 4 × 6 in., 10 × 15 cm, 
5 × 7 in., Letter, A4
Premium Semigloss Photo Paper 
						

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1. Make sure that P-4000 and the printer are turned 
off. Then remove the USB connector rubber cover.
2. Connect the USB cable to the P-4000.3. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the 
connector on the printer.
Note:
❏See your printer’s manual for the location of the 
cable connector on your printer.
❏Remove the USB cable when you operate P-4000 
if it is not connected to a computer or printer. 
						

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Note:
Use the AC adapter when printing.
1. Select the image to print.
2. Press the Print button.
3. If you want to print only the selected image, select 
Print This Image. If you want to print all the 
images in the folder, select Print All Images. If you 
want to select the images to be printed in the 
folder, select Selected Images to Print. Then 
press the OK button.Note:
When you select Selected Images to Print, the 
following screen appears. You can add some images to 
the previously set images to print. See “Set print 
quantities” on page 54 for details.
4. In the Print Settings screen, make the appropriate 
settings by using the 4-way ring and press the OK 
button. 
Print
Print This  Image
Print All Image
Select Images to Print
Number of Print Orders  2
Select Photos for print order
Press OK for the Print Settings screen
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Layout 
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Note:
❏See the following “Printer settings” for details of 
each setting.
❏The settings you made will be cleared when the 
image has finished printing.
❏You cannot print the JPEG file if the vertical or 
the horizontal size of the image exceeds 4600 
pixels.
Printing starts. The LCD turns off during printing 
and turns on again when the printing is finished. 
The LCD also turns on when you press any button 
during printing.Printer settings
* If the image does not have the date information, the date of the 
file is printed.
** The value which has been set becomes the default setting from 
the next time.
Set print quantities
You can select the images and set the quantities to 
print before you start the printing process.
1. Select the image in the thumbnails screen or in the 
full screen.
Setting Detail
Number of Prints Set the number of copies to print.
Print Date* Set whether or not to print the date when the 
photo was taken.
Paper** Set the type of paper to use.
Layout** Set the layout of the printed images.
Print Mode** Select the print mode.
Print P.I.F. Frames Set to whether or not to print the P.I.F. Frame if 
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menu, and select Print Order by using the Up or 
Down button. 
3. Press the Up or Down button to change the 
quantity of the selected image to print.Note:
If you select the image in full screen, the screen that 
appears on your LCD is different from the above, but 
the instruction is the same.
4. After you set the quantity, select a different image 
by using the Right or Left button.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you set the print 
quantities for all images you want to print. Then 
press the OK button.
Note:
❏To print the images you set, follow the 
instructions in “Printing Images” on page 53.
❏The settings you made will be cleared when the 
image has finished printing.
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							56Using P-4000 With Other Devices
Chapter 7
Using P-4000 With Other Devices
Using P-4000 With a Computer
Connect P-4000 to a computer to display data on the 
monitor, copy data from the computer to P-4000, or 
from P-4000 to the computer. The computer 
recognizes P-4000 as an external HDD. 
When using P-4000 with your computer, install the 
software from the software CD-ROM. For details, see 
“Installing the Software” on page 63.
Note:
When using P-4000 while it is connected to a computer, use 
the AC adapter.
Connecting P-4000 to a computer
1. Connect the AC adapter to P-4000. Then, turn on 
P-4000 and your computer. 
						

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remove the USB connector rubber cover and 
connect the other end of the USB cable to P-4000.
The PC peripheral mode icon ( ) is displayed 
for a short time, then the LCD turns off.
Note:
The LCD turns on when any button is pressed.
3. Start EPSON Photo!4, which you have installed 
on your computer from the CD-ROM. You can 
display or copy data with EPSON Photo!4. See the 
online EPSON Photo!4 User’s Guide for 
instructions.Note:
❏You cannot move data in the memory card to your 
computer.
❏When you see HDD of P-4000 in your computer, 
the “Albums” folder corresponds to Albums and 
the “Cards” folder corresponds to Saved Data.
❏Do not change the name of the album folder 
(“Albums”), card folder (“Cards”) and the folders 
under these two folders.
❏When you copy data from your computer using 
the Explorer or Finder to P-4000, copy data to 
\Albums\PC_DATA. This folder exists as a 
default.
❏Remove the USB cable when you operate P-4000 
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Disconnecting P-4000 from a computer
For Windows users
1. Click Unplug or Eject Hardware on the 
computer screen.
Note:
The above message varies depending on your version 
of Windows.
2. Turn off P-4000 and remove the USB cable from 
the computer.
Note:
On Windows 98, when removing the cable from the 
computer after storing data to the computer without 
turning the computer off, the blue screen is displayed. 
To avoid this, turn the computer off before removing 
the cable.
3. Remove the USB cable from P-4000.
For Macintosh users
1. Drag and drop the P-4000 icon to the trash can on 
the computer screen.
2. Turn off P-4000 and remove the USB cable from 
the computer.
3. Remove the USB cable from P-4000.
Using A/V Out
P-4000 has an A/V Out connector. You can play slide 
shows and videos on the monitor just like on the LCD 
of P-4000 by connecting P-4000 to a monitor device, 
such as a TV, that has a video input connector.
Follow the instructions below to view images or play 
videos on TV.
1. Set the Video Out setting on P-4000 to the signal 
method of your TV.
Note:
See “Changing the P-4000 Settings” on page 60 for 
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TV. Then connect the other end of the AV cable to 
P-4000.
3. Set the TV display to video input from P-4000.
Note:
❏You can connect the AV cable to P-4000 even when 
P-4000 is on.
❏The LCD turns off when you connect an AV cable to 
P-4000.
❏Some monitors cannot display full images and the top 
and bottom parts may be missing. 
						

							60Customizing Settings
Chapter 8
Customizing Settings
This section describes how to customize P-4000 
settings. You can customize various settings for 
displaying and copying images, or turn on the sound 
setting to make your P-4000 more fun to use.
Changing the P-4000 Settings
The settings described in the following sections can be 
changed from the Settings menu. To display the 
Settings menu, select Settings in the Home screen and 
press the OK button.The following table shows details of each setting.
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Settings
Hard Drive LanguageDate and time Video OutView Mode Power SaveCopy Mode
Sound LCD Brightness
Slide Show
LCD Brightness 
settingLCD 
BrightnessChange the brightness of the LCD. 
Select an appropriate brightness 
by using the Right or Left button.
Sound settings Button Beep When this setting is set to ON, a 
beep sounds when you do some 
operations.
Volume You can set the volume for playing 
audio and video.
Slide Show 
settingsEffects Select one of the five slide show 
effects. The slide show is executed 
with the selected effect.
Slideshow 
BGMSelect the BGM which is played 
during the slide show. You can 
select None, one of the five default 
audio, or audio data in the same 
folder.
Duration Set the duration to switch the 
images during a slide show. You 
can set the duration by moving the 
slidebar from 3 seconds to 30 
minutes.