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How to print to a BJ Direct compatible printer with the EOS 10D

Article ID: ART104922 | Date published: 05/11/2015 | Date last updated: 08/15/2015
 

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How to print to a BJ Direct compatible printer with the EOS 10D

Solution

CONNECTING TO A CANON BJ PRINTER

To connect the camera and printer with the necessary cable, refer to the manuals that came with the printer.

  • Follow steps 1 to 3 in "Connecting to a Card Photo Printer" to connect the camera to the BJ printer.

Turn the camera's <> switch to <ON>, then press the <> button.

  • An image in the CF card will be displayed.

Turn on the printer.

  • Press the printer's power button to turn it on.
  • The <> icon will appear on the camera's LCD monitor.
  • The <> icon will appear on the printer's operation panel.
  • When disconnecting the cable from the camera's <DIGITAL> terminal, be sure to grasp the plug instead of the cord to pull it out.
  • Do not use any cable other than the dedicated interface cable to connect the camera and printer.
  • To disconnect the cable from the camera and printer, follow the procedure below:
    • 1. Turn off the camera.
    • 2. Disconnect the cable from the printer.
    • 3. Disconnect the cable from the camera.
  • When you disconnect the camera from the printer, the <> icon or <> icon will disappear from the camera's LCD monitor and the camera will return to normal playback.
  • Even while the camera is connected to the printer, you can instantly switch to shooting by pressing the shutter button halfway (except during actual printing).

PRINTING

You do all the printing operations with the camera.

Select the image to be printed.

  • Check that the <> or <> icon is displayed on the upper left of the camera's LCD monitor.
  • Turn the <> dial to select the image to be printed.
  • Images in the format cannot be printed directly from the camera.

Press <SET>.

  • The direct printing screen will appear.
  • To change the image to be printed, press the <MENU> button and start from step 1.

Set the printing options.

With a card photo printer:

  • On the upper right of the screen, you can check the print style settings. And on the upper left, you can check the printing area.
  • If the printing paper does not match the printing settings (single or multiple images), go to the [Style] and [Image] menu to select the proper setting ([Standard] or [Multiple]).
  • If the printing settings are okay, go to step 4.

With a BJ printer:

  • Be sure to set the [Paper] setting with [Style]

Print the image.

  • Turn the <> dial to select [PRINT], then press <SET>.
  • Printing will start.
  • If [Stop] is displayed on the LCD monitor, you can stop the printing.
  • When the printing is completed properly, the screen returns to step 1.

While [Stop] is displayed on the LCD monitor, press <SET>.

  • The printing will stop.
  • If the confirmation dialog appears, turn the <> dial to [OK], then press <SET>.

When Stopping the Printing

With a card photo printer:

  • If only one print is being printed, you cannot stop the printing. If multiple prints are being printed, the printing will stop after the current print is finished printing.

With a BJ printer:

  • The printing will stop and the paper being printed will be discharged.

Resolving Printing Errors

If an error occurs during printing, the error message will be displayed on the LCD monitor. Turn the <> dial to select [Stop]/[Resume], then press <SET>.

With a card photo printer:

  • Depending on the error, [Resume] might not be displayed. In this case, select [Stop].

With a BJ printer:

  • Depending on the error, either [Resume] or [Stop] will be displayed. The error number will be displayed on the BJ printer's operation panel. Refer to the BJ printer's manual to see the error number description and resolve the error. When the error is resolved, the BJ printer will resume printing automatically.

If the camera is connected to the printer and you do not operate it for approx. 6 minutes, the camera power will turn off automatically. However, if the auto power off time is longer than 8 minutes, then that setting will take effect instead.

  • RAW images cannot be printed directly.
  • Images taken with [Adobe RGB] set as the color space will have low color saturation when printed directly from the camera with a BJ printer.

PRINTING OPTIONS

For direct printing, you can set the number of copies, the printing style, and the printing area (trimming).

On the direct printing screen, turn the <> dial to select [copies], then press <SET>.

  • The <> icon will appear beside [copies].

Set the number of copies.

  • Turn the <> dial to set the number of copies, then press <SET >.
  • You can set any number from 1 to 99.

SETTING THE PRINTING STYLE

The available [Style] settings will differ depending on the type of printer connected to the camera.

On the direct printing screen, select [Style].

  • Turn the dial to select [Style], then press <SET>.
  • The [Style] setting screen will appear.

Select the style setting.

  • Turn the <> dial to select [Image] / [Paper], [Borders], or [Date], then press <SET>.

Set the style setting.

  • Turn the <> dial to select the desired setting, then press <SET>.

Exit the style setting screen.

  • Press the <MENU> button.
  • The style setting screen will quit and the direct printing screen will appear.
  • On the upper right of the screen, you can check the print style settings. And on the upper left, you can check the printing area.

If you select [Multiple], [Borders] will be set to [Borderless] and [Date] will be [Off].

  • If you select [Multiple], part of the image will be cut off vertically and horizontally when printed.
  • If you select [Bordered], almost all of the image area (as displayed on the LCD monitor) will be printed. The printing area frame will not be displayed.

TRIMMING

On the printing style screen, select [Trimming].

  • Turn the <> dial to select [Trimming], then press <SET >.
  • The [Trimming] screen will appear.

Trim the image.

  • The operation icons in the image area will disappear while you trim the image. They will reappear after 5 sec. of non-operation.
  • Changing the trimming frame size
  • Press the < > or <> button to change the size of the trimming frame.
  • The trimming frame's horizontal dimension can be adjusted to one of eight sizes, and the vertical dimension can be adjusted to one of five sizes.
  • The trimming frame's minimum size is about half the screen size and the maximum size is almost the same as the screen size.
  • If a card photo printer is used and the trimming degrades the image quality, the trimming frame color will change from green to red.
  • Moving the trimming frame
  • Turn the <> dial to move the trimming frame horizontally or vertically.
  • To move the trimming frame vertically, press the <> button to change the moving direction, then turn the <> dial. Each time you press the <> button, the direction changes.
  • The moving direction is indicated by the < > or <> arrows displayed outside the trimming frame.

Rotating the trimming frame

  • Press the <INFO> button to rotate the trimming frame. The button toggles between the vertical and horizontal trimming orientation.

Exit the trimming screen.

  • Press <SET >.
  • The trimming screen will quit and the direct printing screen will appear.
  • On the upper left, you can check the printing area of the image.
  • When a BJ printer is connected to the camera, the color of the trimming frame will not change regardless of the trimming frame size (magnification).
  • If you have set [Trimming] and then change the [Style] ([Image], [Borders]), the [Readjust trimming] message will appear on the LCD monitor. Set [Trimming] again or reset the [Style] settings.
  • The [Trimming] setting will be canceled if you do any of the following:
    • Press the < > button to quit the [Trimming] setting.
    • Set [Trimming] for another image.
    • Exit from direct printing.
    • (Turn the < > switch to < > or press the shutter button halfway.)
  • Change the trimming frame to a size bigger than the maximum size.
  • When setting [Trimming], use the camera's LCD monitor. If you use a TV monitor connected to the camera with a video cable, the trimming frame may not display correctly.

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