Panasonic Digital Photo Printer Sv-ap10u Operating Instructions

							Preparation
11
Inserting the Ink Cassette
1Use your finger to push in the hole with the arrow, and 
turn it in the direction of the arrow.
Tighten any slack in 
1 (Ink Film).
≥The Ink Cassette is included in the Ink Cassette/Paper Set 
(optional).
2Open 2 (Ink Cassette Compartment Door), place the 
side that contains 
3 (small hole in Ink Cassette A) up, 
insert the Ink Film all the way into the Ink Cassette, and 
close 
2.
≥Do not touch the Ink Film in the Ink Cassette, and do not pull it out of 
the cassette.
≥Close the Ink Cassette Compartment Door.
≥Do not peel off the label on the Ink Cassette.
≥When all of the Ink film in an Ink Cassette has been used up, replace 
the Ink Cassette with a new one. Used Ink Cassettes cannot be 
reused.
MENU Interface
1MENU Categories
The Photo Printer is divided into 4 major categories.
2MENU Contents
Select the specific MENU you desire here.
3Description/Control Display
The selected MENU’s description as well as control 
confirmation messages are displayed in this area.
A 2
2
3
11
2
DPOFDPOF
A
Search
BASIC
FUNCTION
EFFECT
OPTION
Input
Slide Card AlbumBatch
12
3
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							Preparation
12
MENU Controls
Use the MENU Mode as follows.
1:Press 
A to display the MENU screen.
2:Use the 21 Buttons 
B to switch between MENU categories and 
MENU contents.
3:Use the 2134 Buttons 
B to move within the MENU Contents. To 
enter your selection, press 
C.
4:Press 
C to enter your selection.
5:Press 
D to exit the MENU.
On Screen Display
The screen display disappears after a few seconds, but appears again 
when pressing the 34 Buttons.
1Number display
2Date display
3Input display
DISPLAY/CANCEL
PRINT
MENUSET
B
A
D CSET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
ERROR PRINTMENU
C
A
D
B
DPOFDPOF
A
Search
BASIC
FUNCTION
EFFECT
OPTION
Input
Slide Card AlbumBatch
32
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							Basic Functions
13
Basic Functions
Te s t  P r i n t
≥The explanations below are made for the Vertical layout and the Album 
Display setting.
ªPrinting Images From a Card
≥Make sure that the paper, the Paper Cassette and the Ink Cassette are 
all inserted.
≥Insert a card into the Photo Printer.
≥Turn on the power.
1Select [Layout] under [OPTION] on the MENU screen, 
and press 
A (SET Button).
2
Select [Vertical] or [Horizontal], and press A.
3
Press B (CARD SELECT Button).
4Using the 21 Buttons, select the date you wish.
Selected date: Yellow
Date with the picture: Light Blue
5Using C (DISPLAY Button), change to the Index Display 
and using the 2134 Buttons, align 
1 (blue frame) 
over the image you wish to print.
≥You can enlarge, reduce and rotate the picture here. (P15)
6Pressing C changes to a Single Screen Display.
7Press D (PRINT Button).
≥Printing begins.
≥The “j” symbols all change to “¡” symbols. Once they disappear, 
printing is complete.
≥Some images on the display may be unsteady depending on the card 
being used. If “The picture is unreadable.” or “The card can’t be used.” 
error message appears, or if an “x” symbol appears even though the 
image is stored, turn off the power, remove the card and re-insert it.
≥A white border may appear around the card’s image, but this will not 
affect the printed image.
≥Do not pull out the paper when moving during printing. Do not remove 
the paper cassette or the Ink Cassette.
≥Do not leave 11 or more printing papers on the receiving position to 
avoid causing a paper jam.
≥It may take some time until the picture is displayed depending on the 
card. 
≥The picture on the TV screen may flicker depending on the card. 
However it does not affect the printing of the image.
≥When saving the picture file on PC, the saved date is displayed.
≥It may take longer to print two or more sheets or print in low or high 
temperatures. 
To Operate with the Buttons on the main unit
1Select [Layout] under [OPTION] on the MENU screen, 
and press 
A (SET Button).
2
Select [Vertical] or [Horizontal], and press A.
3
Select [Input] under [BASIC] on the MENU screen, and 
press 
A (SET Button).
4Using the 34 Buttons, select [SD/MMC] or [PC card], 
and press
 A (SET Button).
≥Go to Step 5 on the operations with the remote controller after the 
operations above.
DPOFDPOF
A
SearchBASIC
FUNCTION
EFFECT
OPTION
Input
Slide Card AlbumBatch
SFTWT S M3
65 4 2 1
1312 11 10 9 8 7
20
2719
26 17
2418
25 14
21
2815
22
2916
23
30 31
1
InputSD/MMC
PC card
4
5
6
3
4
CARD SELECT
PRINT
MENU
ZOOM OUTROTATE
SET
DISPLAY/
CANCEL
D B
CA
SET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
ERROR
PRINT
MENU
A
D
C
Tr i m
A
BASIC
FUNCTION
EFFECT
OPTION
Number Date57753
32Picture
Layout
Vertical
HorizontalLayout
1
21
2
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							Basic Functions
14 ªForwarding/Reversing the Screen
When 13 or more images are recorded on a card, using the 2134 
Buttons, aligning 
1 (blue frame) on the places indicated in the diagram 
to the left and pressing the 2134 Buttons will forward/reverse the 
screen.
ªReprinting the Image
Press A to make the Index Display appear after printing is complete 
and the Album Display appears and then press the PRINT Button 
B 
after selecting the picture in the blue frame.
≥If inserting a different Ink Cassette before reprinting when using a card, 
re-select the image.
ªPrinting Multiple Copies of a Single Image
1
Press C (NUMBER Button) when the picture is 
displayed.
≥The number of prints increases when pressing C. 
≥The Photo Printer can continuously print up to 10 copies of the same 
image.
≥The number of pages remaining to be printed (including the currently 
printing page) appears in the lower left corner of the screen.
ªPaper Jams
≥If a “Paper jam has occurred. Remove paper and press [PRINT]” error 
message appears. Remove paper out of the left side 
1 or the right 
side 
2, and remove the Ink Cassette. Make sure no more paper is 
stuck inside, then re-insert the Ink Cassette. Press the Print button. 
The error message will disappear and printing will continue.
≥If you have trouble removing the paper, turn the power off, and then 
back on again. Proceed to remove the paper from either 
1 or 2.
≥If the paper stops moving during print even though no error messages 
appear, do not remove the paper. Wait for printing to resume 
automatically.
To Operate with the Buttons on the main unit
See page 29.
1
1234
5678
910111213
1234
5678
9101112
1
13
17
2114
18
2215
19
2316
20
24
COPY
SELECT
DATE
NUMBER
PRINT
MENU
TITLE
PRINT
DPOF/ALL
SET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
C
B
A
1
2
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							Basic Functions
15
Switching the Pictures between the Album 
Display and the Index Display
You can display the pictures where a date has been recorded in the 
Album Display.
1Press A (ALBUM Button) when the pictures are 
displayed.
≥The pictures can be also switched between the Album Display and 
the Index Display when pressing 
A.
≥When saving the picture file on PC, the saved date is displayed.
To Enlarge/Reduce/Rotate/Move the Picture
≥Select the INPUT method.
≥Make the picture appear in the Single Screen Display.
1Press A (ZOOM IN Button) to enlarge the picture.
≥The picture can be enlarged up to 3 times.
2Press B (ZOOM OUT Button) to reduce the picture.
≥The picture can be reduced up to 1/2 the size.
3Press C (ROTATE Button) to rotate the picture.
≥The picture can be rotated by 90 degrees clockwise whenever the 
button is pressed.
4Using the 2134 Buttons, move the picture after 
enlarging/reducing/rotating or pressing 
D.
≥Make the picture appear in the Index Display and then make the same 
picture appear again with the [DISPLAY] button.
≥When the picture is enlarged 
using the ZOOM IN button, the 
picture quality may be inferior.≥You cannot enlarge, reduce, rotate or move the picture when setting to 
the multi select display or the calendar display.
To Operate with the Buttons on the main unit
1Select [Album] under [BASIC] on the MENU screen, 
and press 
A.
2Using the 34 Buttons, select [Indicate] or [Don’t 
indicate], and press
 A.
To Operate with the Buttons on the main unit
1Press A.
2Using the 2134 Buttons, move the picture.
3Press B.
4Using the 21 Buttons, rotate the picture and using 
the 34 Buttons, enlarge or reduce the picture.
≥Pressing B returns to Step 2.
AlbumDisplay
Dont display
CARD SELECT
PRINT
ZOOM INÍALBUM
ZOOM OUTROTATE
SET
ASET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
MENU
A
DPOFDPOF
A
SearchBASIC
FUNCTION
EFFECT
OPTION
Input
Slide Card AlbumBatch1
2
SFTWT S M3
65 4 2 1
1312 11 10 9 8 7
20
2719
26 17
2418
25 14
21
2815
22
2916
23
30 311
CARD SELECT
PRINT
MENU
ZOOM INÍALBUM
ZOOM OUTROTATE
SET
DISPLAY/
CANCEL
CAB
DSET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
ERROR PRINTMENU
A
B
1
2
3
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							Basic Functions
16
Printing Batches/Indexing
Multiple pictures can be automatically printed from a card.
Furthermore, 25 frames of images on a card can be indexed and printed.
≥Select the INPUT method.
≥If you select all pictures, begin from Step 2.
1Select the pictures, and mark them with A (¥).
2Select [Batch] under [BASIC] on the MENU screen, and 
press 
A.
≥You can print a batch of pictures when also pressing [PRINT (DPOF/
ALL)] Button. (When you insert cards that are marked by DPOF, only 
the pictures for which DPOF setting were made are printed.)
≥Pictures will be printed in the order selected.
≥When using [Selected pictures],(
¥) mark will disappear when printing 
is complete. When using [Selected index], marks will not disappear 
after printing.
≥All pictures stored to memory will be lost if the power is turned off.
≥If [With date] is selected under [Date], the date will appear on all 
indexed pictures. However, dates cannot be verified on the TV Screen.
Using Date Search When Printing
Dates are recorded for pictures that were recorded on cards with Digital 
Movie Cameras or Digital Cameras. Using this information, pictures 
taken on the designated date(s) can be printed.
≥Select the INPUT method.
1Select [Search] under [BASIC] on the MENU screen, and 
press 
A.
2Enter the period you wish to search (Begin Search Date/
End Search Date), and press 
A.
21 Buttons: Change the Date
43 Buttons: Move the Cursor
≥Years can be entered from 1980 to 2040.
3Confirm the pictures you found (¥) in the lower right 
corner, and press 
B.
≥A batch of the searched pictures is printed.
≥If no images could be found within the designated search period, a “A 
picture wasn’t found.” message will appear.
≥To print all images that were found as a batch, return to the MENU 
screen and select [Selected pictures], under [Batch] in [BASIC].
≥The selected pictures can also be viewed as a Slide Show.
≥When searching the date on the Album Display, the screen switches to 
the Index Display.
≥When saving the picture file on a PC, the saved date is displayed.Select a MENU you wish to use, and press 
A.
1Print a batch of all pictures.
2Print a batch of selected pictures.
3Print a batch of selected pictures with the Album function.
4Index all pictures.
5Index selected pictures.
6Print a batch of Index selected pictures with the Album function.
7Clear a batch of selected pictures.
≥Press 
B to cancel.
Batch
All picturesSelected picturesSelected dateAll indexSelected indexSelected date indexClear selected mark
4
6
2
1
3
5
7
DPOFDPOF
A
SearchBASIC
FUNCTION
EFFECT
OPTION
Input
Slide Card AlbumBatch
1
2
PRINT
MENUSET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
A
B
SET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
ERROR
PRINT
MENU
A
B
DPOFDPOF
A
SearchBASIC
FUNCTION
EFFECT
OPTION
Input
Slide Card AlbumBatch
Search
21Year
Month
Date2002
October
1 :
:
:
Year
Month
Date2002
October
30 :
:
:
PRINT
MENUSET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
BA
SET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
ERROR
PRINT
MENU
A
B
1
2
3
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							Basic Functions
17
Printing With a DPOF Marked Card
When a card with marked files (DPOF) that contains pictures and print 
counts set with a Digital Video Camera or a Digital Camera is inserted, 
printing can be automatically be performed.
≥Insert a DPOF card
≥Select the INPUT method
1Press A (DPOF Button) when the pictures are 
displayed.
≥Printing begins.
DPOF stands for Digital Print Order Format. Using a Digital Video 
Camera or a Digital Camera, this adds printing information to stored 
pictures on cards so they can be applied to DPOF systems.
≥When you insert a card for which DPOF setting is not made, all the 
pictures are printed by pressing [PRINT (DPOF/ALL)] Button. 
≥The Photo Printer cannot configure DPOF.
≥Confirm settings on the equipment on which the settings were made.
≥Setting the print count in [Number] under [OPTION] will have no effect. 
Only the DPOF configured print count will be printed.
≥If 100 or more copies are set to be printed on the DPOF settings, only 
99 will be printed.
≥If you do not use the DPOF-configuring device to set the date on cards, 
it cannot be entered even when printing a batch of pictures.
To Operate with the Buttons on the main unit
1Select [DPOF] under [BASIC] on the MENU screen, 
and press 
A.
2Using the 34 Buttons, select [Start printing] or 
[Return], and press
 A.
Start printing
Return
DPOFDPOF
COPY
SELECT
MULTI DATE
NUMBER
TITLE
PRINT
DPOF/ALLASET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
ERROR PRINTMENU
A
DPOFDPOF
A
SearchBASIC
FUNCTION
EFFECT
OPTION
Input
Slide Card AlbumBatch
2 1
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18
Copying/Erasing Images from a Card 
Images can be mutually copied to or erased from SD Memory/
MultiMediaCards and PC Cards.
≥Unlock the card when inserting the SD Memory Card.
≥Insert the card to both insert locations when copying the picture.
≥Select the card that contains the images you wish to copy or 
erase in the INPUT method.
1Select [Card] under [BASIC] on the MENU screen, and 
press 
A.
2Select [Picture], and press A.
3Select either [Copy] or [Delete], and press A.
≥Select the date, and press A.
4Select an image, press A, confirm the screen, and press 
A again.
≥Press B to cancel.
≥Images will be permanently deleted.
≥Multiple copies of images cannot be selected at one time.
≥You cannot copy or erase the picture and title simultaneously.
≥Do not pull out card during copying or erasing.
≥You cannot copy or erase the locked picture. Unlock the picture on the 
equipment which locked it.
≥You cannot copy the picture to the card if there is no space left.
Picture
Title
Card
PRINT
MENUSET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
A
B
SET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
MENU
A
B
2 1
4
DPOFDPOF
A
SearchBASIC
FUNCTION
EFFECT
OPTION
Input
Slide Card AlbumBatch
Copy
Delete
Card3
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							Basic Functions
19
Recording Titles onto Cards
The Photo Printer can create titles through Title Functions menu 
selection (Illustrations/Characters) (P26, 27). Created titles can be 
recorded onto memory cards.
≥Unlock the card when inserting the SD Memory Card.
≥Display the created title.
1Select [Card] under [BASIC] on the MENU screen, and 
press 
A.
2Select [Title], and press A.
3Select [Record to SD/MMC] or [Record to PC card], and 
press 
A.
4Enter the creation date, and press A.
21 Buttons: Change the Numbers
43 Buttons: Move Cursor
5Confirm the picture, and press A.
≥Press B to cancel before pressing A.
≥Do not pull out the card while recording titles onto card.
≥Titles recorded to cards can be used in this unit.
≥Only titles can be recorded to cards. Pictures containing both titles and 
images cannot be recorded.
Erasing Titles From Cards
Titles recorded on cards can be deleted.
≥Unlock the card when Inserting the SD Memory Card.
1Select [Card] under [BASIC] on the MENU screen, and 
press 
A.
2Select [Title], and press A.
3Select [Delete], and press A.
4Select a picture, and press A.
≥Press B to cancel before pressing A.
≥Titles are permanently deleted.
≥Titles on separately sold MultiMediaCards cannot be deleted.
≥Titles locked on Digital Video Camera cannot be erased.
Picture
Title
Card
DPOFDPOF
A
SearchBASIC
FUNCTION
EFFECT
OPTION
Input
Slide Card AlbumBatch
Record to SD / MMC
Delete
Record to PC cardCard
Card21
Year 2002:
Month October:
Date : 10
PRINT
MENUSET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
A
B
SET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
MENU
A
B
2
4 1
3 3
5 1
2
4 31
Record to SD / MMC
Delete
Record to PC cardCard
Card21
Year 2002:
Month October:
Date : 10
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Viewing Slide Shows
The Photo Printer can automatically display a continuous show of 
selected pictures within a card.
≥To view DPOF configured pictures, insert a card with DPOF 
settings.
≥Select the INPUT method.
≥To view all pictures or DPOF configured pictures within a card, 
begin from Step 2.
1Select the pictures, and mark them with A (¥).
≥To remove a picture, select the picture and press A. The ¥ 
symbol disappears.
2Select [Slide] under [BASIC] on the MENU screen, and 
press 
A.
3Choose [All pictures], [Selected pictures], [Selected 
date] or [DPOF], and press 
A.
≥Press B to cancel.
≥Pictures may take a few moments to load, depending on the picture 
size.
≥Do not remove the card during a Slide Show.
≥When setting the Slide Show with other equipment, the pictures set 
with the other equipment have more priority than DPOF configured 
pictures. Cancel the setting with the other equipment.
≥When selecting [Selected date], all pictures where a date has been 
recorded in the Album Display appear.
≥Slide Show is repeated when you do not press 
B.
≥The characters of [Slide show] are displayed in the lower right corner of 
the screen during Slide Show.
DPOFDPOF
A
SearchBASIC
FUNCTION
EFFECT
OPTION
Input
Slide Card AlbumBatch
All pictures
Selected pictures
Album
DPOF
Slide
PRINT
MENUSET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
A
B
SET
DISPLAY/CANCEL
MENU
A
B
1
2
3
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