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Printing pictures from a memory card / USB Flash drive MX870

Article ID: ART106047 | Date published: 05/11/2015 | Date last updated: 08/15/2015
 

Description

Instructions to print pictures from the memory card directly from the printer.

Solution

Printing Photos Saved on the Memory Card / USB Flash Drive

Preview each photo from the memory card or USB flash drive on the LCD, to select and print the desired photo.

This section describes the procedure to print borderless photos on 4" x 6" / 10 x 15 cm photo paper.

For the operation, see the notes and operation procedure described in the reference page.

You need to prepare:

A memory card with saved photos.

A USB flash drive with saved photos.

Photo paper for printing.

  1. Prepare for printing.

    (1) Make sure that the power is turned on.
(2) Load paper.
Here we load 4" x 6" / 10 x 15 cm photo paper in the Rear Tray.
Note

When you print on A4 or Letter-sized plain paper, make sure that they are loaded in the Cassette. Load other sizes or types of paper in the Rear Tray.
(3) Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and open the Output Tray Extension.

  1. Insert a memory card or USB flash drive.

Memory card:
Insert it WITH THE LABELED SIDE FACING TO THE LEFT into the Card Slot.

USB flash drive:
Insert it into the Direct Print Port.

If the memory card or USB flash memory is inserted when the copy standby screen or fax standby screen is displayed, the photo selection screen in Select photo print will appear.

If the photo selection screen does not appear
Press the CARD button.

If the message appears
If photos and documents (PDF files) are saved on the memory card or USB flash drive, the message "Photos and documents (PDF) are saved. Which do you want to print?" will appear.
Select Print photos to print photos, and press the OK button. The photo selection screen in Select photo print will appear.
Select Print documents to print documents (PDF files), and press the OK button.

(A) Memory card

(B) USB flash drive
Note
If the document selection screen in Select doc. print appears, there are no photos on the memory card or USB flash drive.
Do not insert memory card and USB flash drive at the same time. Also do not insert two or more memory cards at the same time.
When Read/write attribute is set to Writable from USB PC or Writable from LAN PC, you cannot print image data from the memory card using the Operation Panel on the machine. To print image data from the memory card, press the Setup button to select Device settings, Device user settings, and set Read/write attribute to Not writable from PC.
* You can print image data from the USB flash drive regardless of the setting in Read/write attribute.
You can also select useful printing functions other than Select photo print.

  1. Select photos to print.

    (1) Use the Up, Down, Left, or Right button (Scroll Wheel) (C) to move the cursor to a desired photo.

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(2) Use the Numeric buttons to specify the number of copies.
Note

Hourglass may appear on the LCD while reading photos. If you use the Up, Down, Left, or Right button (Scroll Wheel) to display the photo while Hourglass appears on the LCD, the desired photo may not be selected.
If you press the center Function button (D), the screen will switch to the full-screen display. You can also specify the number of copies on this screen.
If you press the center Function button again, the screen will switch to the trimming screen. You can crop photos.
(3) Repeat the procedures of (1) and (2) to specify the number of copies for each photo.
Note
If you select a photo for which the number of copies is not specified (copies "00") and press the OK button, "01" is set for the number of copies and the screen to change the number of copies will appear.
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Use the Up or Down button (Scroll Wheel) or the Numeric buttons to specify the number of copies, and press the OK button to return to the screen in (1).

  1. Start printing.

    (1) Press the right Function button (E) to select Print settings, and confirm the page size, media type, print quality, etc.
Here we confirm that 4"x6" (10x15cm) is selected for Page size and the type of loaded photo paper for Type.
To change the settings, use the Up or Down button (Scroll Wheel) to select the item to change, and use the Left or Right button to select an option. After confirming or changing the settings, press the OK button to return to the photo selection screen.
Changing the Settings.
Note
You can specify Photo fix or Print date on the print settings screen.
See Changing the Settings.
(2) Confirm the number of sheets to be used for printing the selected photos.

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(3) Press the Color button.
The machine starts printing photos.
Note
If you press the left Function button (F) to select Menu, you can select various photo print functions other than Select photo print.
Press the Stop button to cancel printing.
Printing does not start if you press the Black button.

Printing a Specified Area (Trimming mode)

You can edit images displayed on the LCD by cropping them.

Note

  • The trimming mode cannot be available depending on the print menu.

  • Crop images after specifying the page size, media type, and bordered or borderless printing in the print settings confirmation screen. If you change the paper settings after cropping, the cropped area may be adjusted to match the paper, or be disabled completely.

  1. Select the photo to crop.

  2. Display the cropping edit screen.

    1. Press the center Function button to display the cropping edit screen..

      The Trimming screen is displayed.

  3. Choose the area to print.




    Use the following buttons to crop the area.

    UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT buttons:

    Positions the cropping frame.

    Scroll Wheel:

    Sets the cropping frame size.

    Turn the Scroll Wheel clockwise to enlarge the size of the cropping frame or counterclockwise to reduce it

    # button:

    Changes the aspect ratio of the cropping frame.


    * button:

    Rotates the cropping frame
    To switch the cropping frame between portrait and landscape orientations, press this button.

  4. Press the Left Function button to finalize your selection of cropping area.

    The area to be cropped is specified, and the original photo is displayed.

Note

  • The cropped image cannot be newly saved on the memory card/USB flash drive.

  • The cropping area is displayed only for photos which have been cropped.

  • To change the cropped area once it has been set, display the Trimming screen again.

  • To cancel cropping after cropping has been set, display the Trimming screen again and press the right Function button.


Changing the Settings

If you press the right Function button to select Print settings on the photo selection screen, the print settings screen will appear.

You can use the Up or Down button (Scroll Wheel) to select the item, such as page size, media type, or print quality, and use the Left or Right button to change the setting.

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(1) Page size
Select the page size of the paper to print: 4"x6" (10x15cm), A4, etc.
(2) Type (Media type)
Select the media type of the paper to print: Plus Glossy II, Glossy, etc.
Note
If you do not select the page size and media type correctly, the machine may feed paper from the wrong paper source or may not print with the proper print quality.
(3) Print qlty (Print quality)
Select the print quality: High or Standard.

(4) Border
Select bordered or borderless print: Bordered or Borderless.
Note
If the ratio of the height to the width differs from the image data when Borderless is selected, a portion of the image may not be printed depending on the size of the media used.
(5) Photo fix
Correct photos: Auto photo fix or Manual correction. The photo can be also printed without correction.
When Manual correction is selected and the right Function button is pressed to select Advanced, brightness, contrast, color balance, etc. can be adjusted.

(6) Red-EyeCorrection
Correct red eyes in portraits caused by flash photography.

(7) Print date
Print a photo with shot date.

(8) Print file no.
Print a photo with file number.
Note
The settings of the page size, media type, print quality, photo fix, border, etc. are retained, and these settings will appear next time when the card mode is selected even if the power is turned off and on.
If the combination of some setting items is invalid, the mark appears at the invalid item. Press the left Function button to select Error details and check the error message, then correct the settings.

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