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How do I add the date and time to my pictures?

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How to Add the Date to Images

This camera cannot record the shooting date directly on the images it takes.

When printing images, you can add the date to the images.

To add the date to the images, use the DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) settings by referring to the following note or the supplied ZoomBrowser EX application.

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The DPOF format is a digital camera recording format for saving information about image sizes, trimming settings, the camera used, and date/time settings to the image data.

With a camera that supports DPOF, you can select the images to be printed, set the number of copies and information to be printed in advance, and save these settings to a memory card.

If this memory card is installed into a printer that supports the DPOF format, you can print out the images with the date without making any additional settings. In addition, if you order prints from a digital photo finishing lab that accepts the DPOF format, the date can be printed with the images based on the information saved on the memory card.

For details about the DPOF settings, please refer to the instruction manual that is bundled with your camera.

Using ZoomBrowser EX or ImageBrowser for printing

You can insert those dates when printing images in ZoomBrowser EX. When doing so, you can also choose whether to insert the date or time and select the character style (font) for both.

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If you are using a Macintosh computer, please use ImageBrowser for printing. The printing procedures for ImageBrowser and ZoomBrowser EX are very similar. The following section provides explanations for printing with ZoomBrowser EX.

1. Start ZoomBrowser EX or ImageBrowser.

2. Select the image to be printed, and then click [Print & Email].

To select multiple images, press the [Ctrl] key (if you are using a Macintosh computer, press the ⋖ ⋗ key) on the keyboard while clicking the images.
If you click in the margins of a folder, you can select all of the images in that folder.

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In case of ImageBrowser, select the images to be printed, and then click [Print & Email] in the lower part of the browser window to select [Photo Print] from the menu that appears.

After the above operation, carry out procedures from step 4 to step 6.

3. From the items shown, click [Photo Print].

4. When the [Photo Print] screen appears, make the following settings.

4-1. Make printer settings.

-Zoombrowser EX

Select the printer to use in [Printer Name], and then set the [Media Type] and [Paper Size] for the paper to be used.

Also, if making settings for borderless prints, check the [Borderless] box ( ), and then click [Properties].

-ImageBrowser

Select the printer to use in [Printer Name].

If making settings for borderless prints, check the [Borderless] option, and then click [Page set up] to make settings as needed.

4-2. Set the shooting date/time and style

Click the down arrow ( ) next to [Shooting Date/Time], select [Date/Time], [Date], or [Time], and then click [Properties].

5. When the [Shooting Date/Time] dialog box appears, set the styles for the dates to be entered.

Select the character style for the characters to be printed in [Font], and then select the character to use as the [Date separator].
Also select where the date and time should appear in the image in [Text Position].

When the settings are finished, click [OK] to close the dialog box.

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If you select [Film Camera] in [Font], the character style will be set as shown below.

6. Make other settings as necessary, and then click [Print].

This completes the process of printing images with dates.

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