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How do I add the date and time to my pictures? (ImageBrowser EX Ver. 1.0.1 or later)

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Displaying the date in images

This camera cannot record the shooting date directly on the images it takes. To display the image and the date (the shooting date) at the same time, there are the following ways to do that.

Display the shooting information when playing images back.
Insert the date when printing images.

For information about how to display the shooting information when playing images back, please see the instruction manual that came with your camera.

Inserting the date into images you print out

To insert the date into images you print out, either use the DPOF settings or print them using the ImageBrowser EX software that came with your camera.

Caution

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.

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

Caution

The operations explained here assume that ImageBrowser EX 1.0.1 or later is installed.
If you are using ImageBrowser EX 1.0.0, you can use the auto update function to update ImageBrowser EX to the latest version over the Internet. For details about the auto update function, please see the pages listed in the related information.
In this section, Windows 7 is used as an example. Depending on the operating system you are using, on-screen displays and operations may differ slightly.

1. Start ImageBrowser EX.

If you do not find a shortcut icon for [ImageBrowser EX] on your desktop, start [ImageBrowser EX] by clicking [Start] ( ) -⋗ [All Programs] or [Programs] -⋗ [Canon Utilities] -⋗ [ImageBrowser EX], in that order.

2. Once ImageBrowser EX starts, click the images to be printed to select them.

3. Click [Print], and then click [Print Images].

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

Make printer settings.

-Windows

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].

-Macintosh

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.

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]
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.

Caution

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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