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Uninstalling the printer driver
When the printer driver becomes
unnecessary, remove it from your PC hard
disk as follows:
1Disconnect the USB cable from
your printer and the computer.
2Insert the supplied CD-ROM into
the CD-ROM drive of your
computer.
The setup starts automatically and the
installation window is displayed.
3Click “Installing Printer Driver”.
The “Sony DPP-FP50 - InstallShield
Wizard” dialog box appears.
4Click “Next”.
The license agreement dialog box is
displayed.
5Check “I accept the terms of the
license agreement” and click
“Next”.
The dialog box used for confirming
uninstallation is displayed.
6Click “Yes”.
The dialog box used for restarting the
computer is displayed.
12Click “Finish”.
The installation of the printer driver is
complete. When you are prompted to
restart your computer, restart the
computer.
13•To finish installation, click
“Complete” and remove the
CD-ROM from your computer
and keep it for future use.
•To continue to install the
PictureGear Studio software,
click “Installing the PictureGear
Studio” and follow the
procedures on pages 62.
Notes
•If the printer driver CD-ROM is prompted
during the installation, specify the following
directory:
    -When using the Windows 98SE/Me:
     D\Driver\Win98.me
   -When using the Windows 2000/XP:
     D\Driver\Win2000.me
“D” stands for the CD-ROM drive of your PC
and may differ depending on the system.
•The supplied CD-ROM will be required when
you uninstall or re-install the printer driver.
Keep it in good order for possible future use.
•If the installation fails, remove the printer
from your computer, restart your computer,
and then do the installation procedures from
the step 3.
•After installation, the “Sony DPP-FP50” is not
set as the default printer.  Set the printer you
use for each application.
•Before you use the printer, read the Readme
file (the Readme folder of the CD-
ROMcEnglish foldercReadme.txt).
Checking the installation
Open the “Printers and Faxes” (Windows®
XP Professional/Windows® XP Home
Edition/Windows® XP Home Edition
only) or “Printers” from the “Control
Panel”. When the “Sony DPP-FP50” is
displayed in the “Printers and Faxes” or
“Printers” window, the printer driver has
been successfully installed.
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7Check “Yes, I want to restart my
computer now” and click “OK”.
After the computer is restarted, the
relevant files will be deleted and
uninstallation is complete.
To check uninstallation
Select “Printers and Faxes” (Windows
® XP
Professional/Windows® XP Home
Edition/Windows® XP Media Center
Edition only) or “Printers” from the
“Control Panel” to check if the “DPP-
FP50” is displayed.  If not, the printer
driver is successfully removed.
Installing the PictureGear
Studio
1Turn on your computer and start
Windows.
•When installing or uninstalling the
software in Windows® 2000
Professional, log on Windows as
the user name of “Administrator”
or “Power user”.
•When installing or uninstalling the
software in Windows
® XP
Professional/Windows® XP Home
Edition/Windows® XP Media
Center Edition, log on as a user
name with the “Computer
administrator” user account.
Notes
•Be sure to close all running programs
before installing the software.
•The dialog boxes in this section are
those in Windows XP Professional,
unless otherwise specified.  The
installation procedures and the dialog
boxes shown differ depending on the
operation system.
2Insert the supplied CD-ROM into
the CD-ROM drive of your
computer.
The setup starts automatically and the
installation window is displayed.
Notes
•In case the installation window is not
automatically displayed, double-click
the “Setup.exe” of the CD-ROM.
•Depending on the PC system
environments, the Microsoft Data
Access Component 2.7 and Jet 1.0
should be installed during the
PictureGear Studio installation.  If so,
the dialog box used for installing the
programs will be displayed
automatically;  Follow the on-screen
instructions proceed with the
installation.
3Click “Installing PictureGear
Studio”.
The “PictureGear Studio Setup”
dialog box appears.
4Click “Next”.
The dialog box to specify the
destination folder is displayed.
5Check the destination and then
click “Next”.
To specify a different destination
folder, click “Browse”.
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The “PictureGear Studio Media
Watcher” dialog box is displayed.
6To register the Media Watcher,
check “Register the PictureGear
Studio Media Watcher in the
startup folder.” and then click
“OK”.
When the installation is completed,
the installation complete dialog box is
displayed.
What is “PictureGear Studio Media
Watcher”?
The PictureGear Studio Media
Watcher detects insertion of a device
or medium storing photos when the
PictureGear Studio is installed in an
operating system other than the
Windows XP.
To change the settings done during
installation, follow the procedures
below:
1After you install the PictureGear
Studio software, click “Start”,
“Programs”, “PictureGear Studio”,
“Tools”, and then “Media
Watcher”.The PictureGear Studio Media
Watcher is started.
2 Click the PictureGear Studio Media
Watcher icon on the taskbar with
the right mouse button, and click
“Settings” from the menu
displayed.
3Add or clear the check mark for
“Starts the Media Watcher when
you log on Widows”.
To do registration, check the option.
To cancel registration, clear the
check box.
7To display the Readme file, check
“View Readme File” and then
click “Finish”.
•When you check “View Readme
File”, the Readme file is displayed.
When you close the Readme file,
the PictureGear Studio Setup dialog
box is also closed.
•When you do not check “View
Readme File”, the PictureGear
Studio Setup dialog box is closed.
8Remove the CD-ROM from your
computer and keep it for future
use.
Notes
•If the installation fails, do the installation
procedures from step 2.
•The supplied CD-ROM will be required when
you uninstall or re-install the PictureGear
Studio.  Keep it in good order for possible
future use.
•The PictureGear Studio supplied with the
DPP-FP50 has the following limitations:
–In PhotoCollection, you cannot select paper
other than “Sony”.
–In PrintStudio, you cannot create or print
“Label”.
–In PrintStudio, you cannot create or print a
“Sticker, name card, or card”.
–In PrintStudio, you cannot print part of
“Postcard” designs.
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To delete the above limitations and upgrade
the software to the version supplied with
VAIO computer or CLIE handheld, execute
the “Setup.exe” in the “pgs.add” folder.
Uninstalling the PictureGear
Studio
When the software becomes unnecessary,
remove it from your PC hard disk as
follows:
1Remove the USB cable between
the printer and the PC.
2Insert the supplied CD-ROM into
the CD-ROM drive of your
computer.
The setup starts automatically and the
installation window is displayed.
3Click “Installing PictureGear
Studio”.
The dialog box used for confirming
deletion is displayed.
4Click “Yes”.
The relevant files are deleted.
The deletion complete dialog box is
displayed.
5Click “Finish”.
Tips
You can also remove the software from the
Control Panel.  Select “Add/Remove Programs”
from the “Control Panel.” Then select
PictureGear Studio and click “Remove”.
Printing photos from
the PictureGear Studio
PictureGear Studio allows you to carry out a
series of procedures for handling a still
image—capturing, managing, processing,
and outputting.  You can use the software to
print an image from your PC in the post card
or 3.5 x 5 inch size print paper.
Note
In some regions, 3.5 x 5 inch size print paper
is not sold.
1Select “Start” from the Windows
desktop, and then “PictureGear
Studio” from the “Programs”.
The PictureGear Studio window is
started.
2Click “Photo Collection”.
The “Photo Collection” window is
displayed.
3Click the desired photo category
folder.
For explanations, “Sample” folder is
selected in the following example.
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4Click “Print.”
The Print dialog box is displayed.
5Select the photos that you want
to print, set the number of copies
to be printed for each photo, and
then click “Apply”.
The print paper selection dialog box is
displayed.
Note
Make sure to set the print quantity in this
dialog box.  Even if you set the number of
copies in “Paper/Output” tab of the “Sony
DPP-FP50 Properties” dialog box, the print
quantity will not be reflected.
6Click “Sony”, and then select the
DPP-F series paper size of the
paper you use.
•DPP-F series 4 x 6“ (Postcard size)
SVM-F40P/F80P
• DPP-F series 3.5 x 5”
SVM-F40L
Notes
•In some regions, 3.5 x 5 inch size print
paper (SVM-F40L, DPP-F series) is not
sold.
•If you select paper other than the DPP-
F series paper, you cannot obtain
proper printing results.
•When you use the supplied printing
pack, select “DPP-F series 4 x 6” SVM-
F40P.
When you select the paper size, the
print dialog box is displayed.
7In the “Printer” drop-down list
box, select “Sony DPP-FP50”  and
then click “Properties”.
In the “Printer” drop-down list box,
select the printer that you actually
use.
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Items Functions
Print All All the photos selected in
the “Select Photo” window
will be printed.
Print the selected page only
The image being displayed
in the “Print Preview” will
be printed.
Printer Select “Sony DPP-FP50”.
Border Free Print
•When checked, an image
will be printed without
margins around it.
•When unchecked, an
image will be printed
with margins around it.
Exif print • When checked, an image
shot with a Exif Print
(Exif 2.21)-compliant
digital camera will be
adjusted and printed
with its optimum picture
quality.
Note
The image displayed on the
monitor will not be
adjusted.
•When unchecked, an
image will be printed
without adjustments.
Note
Even if you uncheck the
item, “Color reproduction/
Picture quality” is still set to
“Auto Fine Print 3”. To
change the “Color
reproduction/Picture
quality” settings, follow the
Properties steps.
PropertiesSpecifies orientation,
picture quality and other
details.
When you click “Properties”, the
document properties dialog box for
the selected printer is displayed.
8In the “Paper/Output” tab, specify
the paper size.
Items Functions
Paper sizeFrom the drop-down list
box, select the paper size
you actually use for
printing:
•Post card
•3.5x5 inch
Note
In some regions, 3.5 x 5 inch size
print paper is not sold.
Then check either of the
following to specify the
margins around the image:
•With border:  an image is
printed with borders
around it.
•Borderless:  an image is
printed without borders
around it.
Orientation Select the orientation of
an image when printed:
•Portrait
•Landscape
•Rotates 180 degrees
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Items Functions
Note
Depending on the application
software you use, orientation
may not change even if you
change portrait or landscape
setting.
Copies Specify the number of
copies to be printed.
Note
Depending on the
application software you
use, the print quantity
setting of the application
has priority over that
specified here.
Enlarge/ Specify the percentage to
Reduce enlarge or reduce the
size  of an image when
printed.
You can set the reference
point when an image is
enlarged or reduced by
checking “Upper left
reference”.
•When unchecked, an
image is enlarged or
reduced with the
center as the reference
point.  Usually, use
this option.
• 
When checked, an
image is enlarged or
reduced with the upper
left corner as the
reference point.
You need to use this
option when using
some types of
applications. In case
printing does not
complete satisfactorily
with the option
unchecked, select this
option.
Print preview
Check this option to
display a preview of an
image before printed.
9In the “Graphics” tab, set the color
reproduction and picture quality.
Items Functions
Color reproduction/Picture quality
Select the setting from the drop-
down list box:
•Off:  An image will be printed
without adjustment.
•Auto Fine Print 3:From the
“Settings” drop-down list box,
select either of the following
correction method:
–Photographical:  An image
will be adjusted
automatically and printed
with natural and beautiful
pictures. (Recommended
option)
–Vivid:  An image will be
adjusted automatically and
printed with more vivid
pictures.  (In this setting, a
stronger sharpness correction
is given, making pictures
more vivid.)
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Items Functions
•ICM (system): From the
“Settings” drop-down list
box, select either of the
following correction method:
– Graphics:  when graphics or
vivid colors are used.
– Match: when you want to
match colors.
–Pictures: when a
photograph or pictures are
printed.
Note
The ICM setting is valid only
when you are using an ICM-
compliant application software.
When printing from the
application software that does
not support the ICM system, an
image may be printed with
incorrect colors.
Exif Print
Check it to adjust and print an
image shot with a Exif Print
(Exif 2.21)-compliant digital
camera.  The printer driver
uses the color conversion and
Exif shooting data to adjust the
image.  This option is effective
only with PictureGear Studio.
Red-eye reduction
Check it to automatically
reduce the red-eye
phenomenon of the subject
shot by using a flash light.
Notes
•When you check this option,
make sure to select “Preview” to
display the preview image before
printing and check that the red-
eye reduction has been correctly
processed to the image.
Items Functions
•Red-eye phenomenon will be
detected automatically, and it
may not be corrected.
If red-eye phenomenon is not
corrected, use the PictureGear
Studio correction function.
•Red-eye reduction is enabled only
when you have installed the
software from “Setup.exe” in the
supplied CD-ROM.  For the
details see the Readme.txt.
Print settings
 Adjusts the color elements and
sharpness.
R:Adjusts the red and blue
elements.  The higher you set
the level, the more reddish
the picture becomes as if it
receives red light.  The lower
you set the level, the darker
the picture becomes as if light
blue is added.
G:Adjusts the green and purple
elements.  The higher you set
the level, the more greenish
the picture becomes as if it
receives green light.  The
lower you set the level, the
darker the picture becomes
as if red purple is added.
B:Adjusts the blue and yellow
elements.  The higher you set
the level, the more bluish the
picture becomes as if it
receives blue light.  The
lower you set the level, the
darker the picture becomes
as if yellow is added.
Sharp (sharpness):  The higher
you set the sharpness level,
the more distinct the outlines
become
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10Click “OK”.
The print dialog box is displayed.
11Click “Print All” or “Print the
selected page only”.
The confirmation dialog box for
printing is displayed.
12Make sure that the specified print
paper and print cartridge are
loaded and click “OK”.
Printing starts.
When 
“Print preview” is checked in step
8
The preview window is displayed.
Check the adjustment results and then
click “Print”.
Printing resumes.
Notes
•Never move or turn off the printer while it is
printing;  the print cartridge or paper may
become stuck.  If this happens, turn the
printer off and then on, and resume printing
from the beginning.
•The print paper may emerge a few times
during printing.  Do not touch nor pull the
emerged paper.  Wait for the print paper to be
fully ejected after printing ends.
•Make sure to spare enough space behind the
printer during printing.
To stop printing
1Double-click on the printer icon
on the taskbar, and open the
“Print” dialog box.
2Click the document name that
you want to cancel printing of
and then click “Cancel” from the
“Document” menu.
The dialog box used for confirming
the deletion is displayed.
3Click “Yes”.
The printing job is canceled.
Note
Do not cancel the printing job on process, which
may cause a paper jam.
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Printing from other
application software
You can use a commercially-available
application software to print an image
from the DPP-FP50.  Select “DPP-FP50” in
the print dialog box and select the print
paper size in the page setup dialog box.
For details in print settings, see steps 8 and
9 on pages 66 and 68.
On “Borderless” setting in the “Paper
size” section
When using an application other than the
PictureGear Studio, an image might be
printed with borders even if you select
borderless print in the “Paper size” section
of the “Paper/Output” tab in the “Sony
DPP-FP50 Properties” dialog box.
When you select the borderless print
option, the printing rage information for
borderless print will be supplied to the
application.  Some applications, however,
may arrange and print the image with
borders within the specified range.
If this occurs, do either of the following to
print an image without borders:
•When you can set print range with an
application, set an image to be printed
fully in the print range. For example,
select “Full page photo print” or a
similar option.
•Set a larger value in the “Enlarge/
Reduce” text box in the “Paper/Output”
tab of the “Sony DPP-FP50 Properties”
dialog box.
If borders remain on the right and
bottom sides of a printed image even
after you set a larger value, check
“Upper left reference”.
In either case, make sure to display and
check the preview image before printing.Orientation setting
Depending on the application software
you use, orientation may not change even
if you change portrait or landscape setting.
With border/borderless setting of the
printer driver
When the application software you use
has border/borderless setting, we suggest
you select borderless as the printer driver
setting.
Print quantity setting in the Properties
dialog box
Depending on the application software
you use, the print quantity setting of the
application you use may have priority
over the setting specified in the printer
driver dialog box.
Exif Print Settings in the “Graphics” tab
The Exif Print setting in the “Color
reproduction/Picture quality” section
supports the PictureGear Studio only.  If
you use other application to print an
image with this option checked, the image
may be printed with incorrect colors.  If
this occurs, remove the check.
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