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Printing from a PC
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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” (in case of
Windows
® XP Professional/Windows®
XP Home Edition) or “Printers” from the
“Control Panel” to check if the “Sony DPP-
FP55” is displayed.  If not, the printer
driver is successfully removed.
Installing the Picture Motion
Browser
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, 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.
Note
In case the installation window is not
automatically displayed, double-click the
“Setup.exe” of the CD-ROM.
3Click “Installing Picture Motion
Browser. ”
The “Picture Motion Browser Setup”
starts and the “Choose Setup
Language” dialog box is displayed.
4Select the language to be used
during installation and click
“Next.”
The “Sony Picture Utility Setup”
dialog box is displayed.
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8Click “Install.”
The “Setup Status” dialog box is
displayed.
When the printer setup is complete,
the “InstallShield Wizard Complete”
dialog box is displayed.
9Click “Finish.”
The installation of the Picture Motion
Browser is complete. When you are
prompted to restart your computer,
restart it.
10Remove the CD-ROM from your
computer and keep it for future
use.
Notes
•If the installation fails, perform the
installation procedures from step 2 again.
•The supplied CD-ROM will be required when
you uninstall or re-install the Picture Motion
Browser.  Keep it in a safe place for possible
future use.
5Click “Next.”
The license agreement dialog box is
displayed.
6Check “I accept the terms of the
license agreement” and click
“Next.”
The dialog box used to specify the
destination folder is displayed.
7Check the destination and then
click “Next.”
The “Ready to install the program”
dialog box is displayed.
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Printing from a PC
When the software is installed
The 
 is displayed on the Windows
desktop, as well as a shortcut to the web
site for printer customer registration.  If
you finish registration, you can find
support information at:
http://www.sony.net/registration/di/
Uninstalling the Picture Motion
Browser
When this software is no longer needed,
remove it from your computer as follows:
1Click “Start” - “Setting” - “Control
Panel” (or “Start” - “Control
Panel” with Windows XP).
2Double-click “Add/Remove
Programs.”
The Control Panel is displayed.
3Select “Sony Picture Utility” and
click “Change/Remove”
(“Remove” with Windows XP).
The software is uninstalled.
Printing photos from
the Picture Motion
Browser
You can use the Picture Motion Browser to
print an image from your PC using post card
size print paper.
1Start the Picture Motion Browser
window using either of the
following methods:
• Double-click  (Picture Motion
Browser) on the Windows desktop.
•Click “Start” - “All Programs” (or
“Programs” with Windows 2000) -
“Sony Picture Utility” - “Picture
Motion Browser.”
When the Picture Motion Browser is
started for the first time, the
registration window used to register a
browsing folder is displayed. If
images have already been saved in
the “My Pictures” folder, click
“Register Now.”
If you have saved images in a folder
other than the “My Pictures” folder,
click “Register Later.”  Refer to  ”To
register a browsing folder” (page 59).
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2Click the folder containing the
photos you want to print.
As an example, the “sample” folder is
selected in the following explanation.
3Select the photos that you want
to print and click 
 (print).
The Print dialog box is displayed.
4In the “Print” drop-down list box,
select “Sony DPP-FP55”  and then
click “Print.”
The preparations for printing start. How to access the “My Pictures”
folder
•In Windows Me/2000:
Click “My Documents” - “My
Pictures” on the desktop.
•In Windows XP:
Click “Start” - “My Pictures” from
the taskbar.
The main window of the Picture
Motion Browser is displayed.
To switch the display of the main
window
There are 2 different versions of photo
view used in the main window as
follows:
To switch the view, click the tab
“Folders” or “Calendar.”
•“Folders” view
The images will be classified in each
registered folder and are displayed
as thumbnails.
•“Calendar” view
The images will be classified
according to the shot date and are
displayed as thumbnails on each
date of the calendar. In “Calendar”
view, you can switch the display
according to the year, month, or
hour.
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Printing from a PC
Items Functions
Printer Select “Sony DPP-FP55”.
Paper size
From the drop-down list box,
select the paper size you
actually use for printing:
•P size
•L size
Note
In some regions, L size print paper
is not sold.
Print options
•When checked, an image
will be printed over the
entire printing area of the
paper. An edge of the
photo may not be printed.
•When unchecked, an
image will be printed
without cutting off an
edge.
Tip
To print an image without
margins around it (Borderless
Print), you must check this
option.
Borderless
•When checked, an image
will be printed without
margins around it.
•When unchecked, an
image will be printed with
margins around it.
Tip
When you make a Borderless
Print, you must check the
“Zoom the image until the print
area is full” item for Print
options.
Items Functions
Apply 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.
Properties
Specifies orientation, picture
quality and other details.
To make detailed settings, click
“Properties,” so that the properties
dialog box for the selected printer is
displayed.
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Items Functions
Copies Specify the number of copies
to be printed.
Enlarge/Reduce
Specify the percentage to
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.
Print preview
Check this option to display
a preview of an image before
printed.
5In the “Paper/Output” tab, specify
the paper size.
Items Functions
Paper size
From the drop-down list box,
select the paper size you
actually use for printing:
•P size
•L size
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.
Tip
The settings in the  properties
dialog box will be reflected in
the Print dialog box.
Orientation
Select the orientation of an
image when printed:
•Portrait
•Landscape
•Rotates 180 degrees
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6In 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. In this case
“ExifPrint” is disabled.
•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.)
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.
ExifPrint
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 Picture Motion
Browser.
Tip
The settings in the  properties
dialog box will be reflected in
the Print dialog box.
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.
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7Click “OK.”
The print dialog box is displayed.
Tip
When “Print preview” is checked
in step 5, the preview window is displayed.
Check the results of any adjustments and
then click “Print.”
Printing resumes. Make sure to read
“Notes on printing” on page 21, as
well.
For the details of the properties of the
Picture Motion Browser, see the
Picture Motion Browser online Help.
Note
You cannot print a motion-picture file or RAW
data files.
Tips
•To select serial still images in the image area
of the main window, click the first image in
the series and then click the last image while
pressing the Shift key.
 • To select multiple still images not in a
sequence, click the images individually while
pressing the Ctrl key.
•You can print from an image preview.
•The Picture Motion Browser is compatible
with the  ICM.
Items Functions
•Red-eye phenomenon will be
detected automatically, and it
may not be corrected.
If red-eye phenomenon is not
corrected, use the Picture
Motion Browser correction
function.
•Red-eye reduction is enabled
only when you have installed
the printer driver from
“Setup.exe” in the supplied
CD-ROM.  For the details see
the Readme.txt.
Print settings
Adjusts the color elements and
sharpness.
R (red): 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 (green): 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 (blue): 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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To register a browsing folder
The Picture Motion Browser does not
allow you to view images saved on the PC
hard disk directly. You must to register the
browsing folder as follows:
1Click “File”-“Register Viewed
Folder,” or click 
 (Register
Folders to View).
The browsing folder registration
window is displayed.
2Select the folder you want to
register and then click “Register.”
Note
You cannot register the whole drive.
3Click “Yes.”
Registration of the image information
in the data base starts.
4Click “Close.”
Notes
•The folder you select as the destination
of the imported images will be
registered automatically.
•You cannot cancel registration of the
folder you register here.
To change the browsing folder
Click “Tools” - “Settings” - “Viewed
folders.”
Tips
•If a sub folder is contained in the source
folder, the images in the sub folder will also
be registered.
•When the software is first started, the
message prompting you to register “My
Pictures” will be displayed.
•Depending on the number of images, it may
take some tens of minutes to register images.
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Printing from other
application software
You can use a commercially-available
application software to print an image
from the DPP-FP55.  Select “DPP-FP55” in
the print dialog box and select the print
paper size in the page setup dialog box.
For details in print settings, see steps 5 and
6 on pages 56 and 57.
On “borderless” setting in the “Paper
size” section
When using an application other than the
Picture Motion Browser, 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-FP55 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-FP55 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.
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 during the
printing process, which may cause a paper jam.
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