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P-500 Digital Photo Printer
User Guide
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Table of Contents P500_UGTOC_Final.fm Page 1 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 12:22 PM Table of Contents Kit Contents 1 Things You Should Know 2 Printer Features 3 Control buttons 3 Display panel 3 Side panel 3 Inserting the Shoulder Strap 4 Loading the Film Pack 4 Printing Digital Photos 6 Inserting the memory card 6 Setting the Print Queue 6 Tagging Images 8 Editing the Print Queue 10 Clearing the Print Queue 10 Troubleshooting 11 Printer does not function at all 11 Printer does
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Kit Contents P500_UG_Final.fm Page 1 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Kit Contents The Polaroid P-500 Digital Photo Printer prints photos taken with your digital camera. a P-500 Digital Photo Printer b Shoulder Strap c User’s Guide, Quick Reference/Label, Registration Card d Polaroid 500 Instant Film a d b c Power Status Select Select Film Print Activity image copies count queue indicator To Select Images and Copies To Print Tagged Images (when printer asks: 1 Insert
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Things You Should Know P500_UG_Final.fm Page 2 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Things You Should Know • About removable memory cards. The P-500 prints photos taken with most digital cameras using CompactFlash Type I & II or SmartMe- dia memory cards. The P-500 supports JPEG image files created by most digital cameras. • About the print queue.The print queue is the sequence of images you select for printing. • About DPOF. Your digital camera may hav
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Printer Features P500_UG_Final.fm Page 3 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Printer Features Control buttons a On/Off b Arrows/Select c OK/Confirm d Print Display panel ab c d The display panel indicates printer status. e Image number eg f f Copy count g Film count h Power indicator i Print queue h Side panel i j Card eject button k Memory card slot l Film compartment door j kl 3 User’s Guide P–500
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Inserting the Shoulder Strap P500_UG_Final.fm Page 4 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Inserting the Shoulder Strap 1 Insert strap as shown. 2 Push through and attach to other end. Loading the Film Pack Your printer uses Polaroid 500 instant film. The film pack contains the bat- tery power for the printer. 1 Open the film compartment as shown. 4 User’s Guide P–500
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Loading the Film Pack P500_UG_Final.fm Page 5 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM 2 Slide the film pack carefully, film-side up, within the metal guides as shown. 3 Close the film compartment door. 4 Press and hold . The film cover ejects. Each time the film door opens, the film count resets to 10. If you insert a par- tially used film pack, the count will be inaccurate. You should have enough battery power to print a full film pack. When the power level shows only the two smallest
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Printing Digital Photos P500_UG_Final.fm Page 6 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Printing Digital Photos Inserting the memory card Use the printer display panel to select images and that you want to print before or after insert- ing the memory card. 1 Slide open the memory card slot door. Insert the card, label-side up, into the slot. Note: SmartMedia requires an adapter. Insert the card into the adapter, and then the adapter into the printer. Setting the Print
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Printing Digital Photos P500_UG_Final.fm Page 7 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM The film count (b) displays the frames avail- able. You can program as many images as there are frames. 2 Select the image number you want. 3Press . The Copies (c) field becomes active. c 4 Choose the number of copies you want. The default number is 1. 5Press . The print queue (d) displays the image num- ber. As you select more images, the film count shows the remaining frames available.
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Printing Digital Photos P500_UG_Final.fm Page 8 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Tagging Images You can select images for printing without set- ting the print queue using your digital camera’s DPOF or Lock feature. Refer to your camera manual for details. Note: If you want multiple copies of a locked image, set the print queue. 1 Using your camera’s LCD (liquid crystal dis- play), tag the images you want to print with either the DPOF or Lock feature. 2 Remove the m
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Printing Digital Photos P500_UG_Final.fm Page 9 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM 5 To print, press . A message Printing (#) of (#) appears. Each photo prints in several seconds. If the number of tagged files exceeds the number of frames available, a message such as: Print 10 of 15? indicates the total number of frames available (10) and the number of tagged files detected on your memory card (15). 6 Press to continue. Note: To ignore, select Cancel. If you ca
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Editing the Print Queue P500_UG_Final.fm Page 10 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Editing the Print Queue If you are not printing tagged images you can edit the print queue before you press print to adjust your selections. 1 Select the image number requiring adjustment. 2Press . The copies field becomes active and indicates the current number of selected copies. 3 Adjust the number of copies. 4 Press Note: To clear an image number from the print queue, set the cop
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Troubleshooting P500_UG_Final.fm Page 11 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Troubleshooting Printer does not function at all. The film pack is not in the printer. • Load the film pack into the printer. The battery in the film pack is too low or dead. • Replace the film pack. Environment is very cold, causing reduced performance. • If using the printer at temperatures below 55°F(13°C), keep film packs warm, then load just before use. Printer does not print when I pr
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Troubleshooting P500_UG_Final.fm Page 12 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM There is a problem with the memory card. The card is in the printer, but it still will not print. • The printer is compatible with Type I and II Com- pactFlash and SmartMedia cards only. Check your memory card for compatibility. • Remove the memory card, and check the images in your camera. Reinsert the card into the printer if the image files you want to print are on the card. The card is unreadable. • Stor
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Display Panel Messages P500_UG_Final.fm Page 13 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Display Panel Messages To clear any message on the display, Press OK to continue. General Message Explanation Resolution The printer detects To Print, press OK; Locked or DPOF to ignore and files when you turn manually set the on the printer. The print queue, select default selection is Cancel, then press Print. OK. Press Print Queue is full. You To continue, press can print as many Print. photos as ther
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Display Panel Messages P500_UG_Final.fm Page 14 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Memory Card (continued) Message Explanation Resolution Card error An unrecognized Use only Compact- memory card has Flash Type I & II (2- been inserted into 128 megabyte) or the printer. SmartMedia remov- able memory cards with this printer. ### invalid Queue entry for Printer will skip image number not invalid image # and found. move on to next image in queue. Q #__ Bad Unreadable files Remove the card (
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FCC Notice P500_UG_Final.fm Page 15 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM FCC Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. WARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party respon- sible for compliance could void the user's author- ity to operate the equipment. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
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Precautions P500_UG_Final.fm Page 16 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Precautions Printer Precautions Observe the following precautions when using the Polaroid Digital Photo Printer: • Do not open the printer case or attempt your own repairs. High-voltage internal components create the risk of electrical shock when exposed. Contact Polaroid Customer Service for repair information. Film Precautions This printer is powered by batteries contained within the film pack. Supervise children
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Polaroid Customer Support P500_UG_Final.fm Page 17 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Polaroid Customer Support Internet: www.PolaroidDigital.com Telephone: 1-800-897-0356, (U.S.A.) You can call Polaroid toll-free within the U.S.A., 7 days a week, 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. Please identify the Polaroid product and if possible, its serial number. We offer a variety of Customer Support Ser- vices. Call us for details and applicable fees. Outside the U.S.A., contact the Polaroid
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Specifications P500_UG_Final.fm Page 18 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:21 PM Specifications • No PC required • No batteries required • No cables required • Image format: JPEG • On-board alpha-numeric and text (English only) status display • Supports DPOF and image lock • Print quality: Full color continuous tone prints • Automatic image enhancement • Film type: Polaroid 500 Instant film • Image size: 2.15” x 2.86” (54.6mm x 72.6mm) • Print time: < 20 seconds • Prints multiple copies of a singl
