Sony UPXC300 manual

4-109-585- 11 (1) Digital Printing System Operating Instructions UPX-C300 © 2008 Sony Corporation[...]

2 Owner’ s Recor d The model and seri al numbers are located at t he rear . Record these number i n the space prov ided belo w . Refer to these numbers whene ver you call up on your Sony d ealer reg arding this prod uct. Model No . _________ ___________ ______________ Serial No. _________ ___________ ______________ T o reduc e the risk of f ire o[...]

3 For the UP A-A C05 A C P ower Adapter For t he customer s in the U .S .A. and Can ada This Cl ass B digi tal appa ratus comp lies wi th Par t 15 of FCC Rules and the Canadian I CES-003. Operation i s subject to the followi ng two c onditions: (1) this device ma y not cause harmful interference, and (2) this de vice must accept a ny interference r[...]

T abl e of Cont ents 4 T ab l e of Cont ents System Over view ....................... ........................... . 5 System Configur ation ... .................................... . 5 Operation Flo w ............. .................................... . 6 Useful Featur es ............. ........................... .......... 6 Flash Modes a nd Examp[...]

System Ov erview 5 System Overvi e w The Son y UPX-C300 digi tal printi ng system is design ed to allo w you to take passpor t photos and simil ar ID pictures with a di gital camera, and then p rint them at high image quality and reso lution (4 03 dpi) in ful l color or black & white. T wo types of print pape r are supported: UPC-X46 series, an[...]

System Over view 6 Operation Flow This system allo ws you to shoot and print ID pictures in which facial sizes can be adjusted to f it specific frame standa rds. Useful Features Addit ional fram es If an ID p hoto frame you d esire is not pr ovided or you simply wish to modify one o f the ID photo frames pro vided, you can re gister up to f i ve ad[...]

System Ov erview 7 Flash Modes and Exampl e Shooting Conditio ns The camera of fers three flash modes. When setting up, make sure the dista nce between the camera and the su bject (L) is set so that apparent face size f its the selected frame (guidelines) at about 1.8 meter . Minor adjustments to ap parent face size can be made with the zoom. A uto[...]

System Over view 8 Flash Mode Setting Parameter s The flas h mode is factor y set to Progr am, but you can change th e setting using t he menus if necessa ry . The shooting conditi ons av ailable for conf iguration dif fer de pending on the flash mode sett ing, as sho wn in th e table belo w . : Def a ult setting Effects of the F va lue while shoot[...]

Names and Funct ions of P ar ts 9 Names and Function s of P ar ts For details, see the pa ges in parentheses. Camera Front A Flash (7 , 8) Fires accor ding to the FLAS H MODE sett ing. B T r ip od screw h ole (1 6) Used to attach the camera to the tripod . C Lens (f=12 .5 to 25.0 mm (1/2 to 1" ), F value (open) : F-4.7 (W) to F-5.5 (T)) Auto f[...]

Nam es an d Funct ion s of Par ts 10 Rear A LCD scr een Use it to displ ay images captured by the l ens, play back images, or d isplay menu. When the B luetooth func tion is acti ve, t he icon is displayed. B /COLOR/B&W (Delete/Color/Black & whi te) b utto n (23, 25) Delete During Auto Re view mode o r image playback, pressing this button d[...]

Names and Funct ions of P ar ts 11 G Zo om lever ( 21, 22, 23) When the mode switch is set to Adjusts the angle o f view . In most forms of ID, the size of the face i n the photo is re gulated. By using the zoom function, you can adjust the si ze of the face whil e maintaining a f ixed camera position. Up to 2× zoom is av ailab le. T: T el ephoto [...]

Nam es an d Funct ion s of Par ts 12 Printer Front A 1 (On/St andby) b utton/l amp (19) When you press this button, t he lamp light s and po wer is supplied to the pri nter . Wh en you press t he button again, the lamp t urns of f and the prin ter enters sta ndby status. B P aper tray slot (17) Insert the paper tray here. C Operati on display When [...]

Names and Funct ions of P ar ts 13 Rear A Paper jam c over (65) When a paper jam occurs, remove this co ver and remov e the ja mmed paper . B - A C IN connector (19) Connect to a power o utlet using the po wer cord. C USB connector Not used on th is system. 12 3 - AC IN[...]

Supplied Access ories / P reparations 14 Supplied Accessories Confirmi ng the Con tents Make sure t hat the follo wing accessories are supplied with your system. Paper tray for the UPC -X46 series (1) Paper tray for the UPC -X34 series (1) T ray cov er (1) UP A-A C05 A C po wer adaptor (1) Cleaning cassette (1) W arranty card (1) Operating Instruct[...]

Prepa rations 15 3 Close the external co nnector cover and press down while slid ing it t o make sure it loc ks into place . When using batteries For the camera i n this system, you can use four size AA Nickel Met al Hydride batteries a vailab le commercially . Use the following ste ps to insert th e batte ries into the camera. Note Use only Son y [...]

Preparat ions 16 T o attach the tripod Y ou can attach the camera to a tripod using the tripod scre w hole locate d on the und erside of the ca mera. Note T ighten the screw for the tripod securely . If the scre w is loose , the ca mera m ay fall of f. Ho we ve r , usin g too m uch force when t ightening may damage the scre w hole. Make sure that t[...]

Prepa rations 17 T o load the print paper 1 Load th e print p aper i nto the pa per tray . Rif fle th rough the pr int paper bef ore loadi ng it with the printing surface (the side without imprinting) facing up. Make sure that the arro w on the protecti ve sh eet is pointi ng in the same dire ction as the arrow on the tray . Y ou can load up to 25 [...]

Preparat ions 18 T o attach the tray co ver K eep the supplied t ray cover on the paper tr ay when not in use to p rotect th e print paper inside from dust and other particles. Y ou can attach a t ray cov er to any of the UPC-X46, and UPC- X 34 seri es’ paper trays. T o load the print car tridge 1 Press the upper port ion of the pri nt cartridge [...]

Prepa rations 19 • Do not t ouch the ink r ibbon or place the print cartr idge in a dusty l ocation. Fingerpri nts or dust on the i nk ribbon may lower t he print q uality . • Do no t remove or insert pri nt cartrid ges whil e printin g is in pr ogress. • A void storage in locat ions subject to high temperatures and hu midity , excessi ve dus[...]

Oper ations (Shooting and Printing) 20 4 Press an y butt on on the camera. The Bluet ooth display is turned o ff, and y ou can start t aking a picture . If the pr inter name and Bl uetooth address are st ill displayed in gray , and “DISCO VERED” does n ot appear , or “NO PRINTER” ap pears, see “ Adding/ Regi stering a Print er” on pag e[...]

Operat ions (Shoo ting and Print ing) 21 T aking a Picture 1 Point the camera at the subj ect, and adjust the frame while monitoring the camera LCD. Pressing the z oom lev er allo ws you to adj ust the frame by zoomi ng. T: T elep hoto zoom. W: W ide-angle z oom. When composing t he picture, make sure the subject’ s face fits within the fram e on[...]

Oper ations (Shooting and Printing) 22 A utofocus function Pressing the release b utton ha lfway acti v ates th e autofocus function . Once the subj ect is in focus, a green focus mark appears in the top of the LCD. When y ou press the bu tton the rest of the w ay , the shut ter releases and the pi cture is ta ken. If the subj ect is out of fo cus [...]

Operat ions (Shoo ting and Print ing) 23 4 Press the PRINT button. The print pre view screen app ears. Y o u can return to the auto-rev iew screen (or playback scr een) by pressing the MENU bu tton. Y ou can use the reception indicator on the to p left part of the screen to chec k the reception state. : The reception is good. : The reception i s we[...]

Oper ations (Shooting and Printing) 24 T o adjust the print quality On the camera, you can independently adj ust the print quality for color pictures and black & white pictures and store the adjusted values. Once t hese values are stored , the camera automat ically selects the approp riate adjuste d value for color pr ints an d black & whit[...]

Operat ions (Shoo ting and Print ing) 25 The LCD in Pla ybac k mode The follo wing is an e xample of ho w the LCD may appear wh en the mode switc h is set to . Displa ying the nine-pictur e multiple displa y Nine pictures stored i n the camera’ s memory c an be displayed at a time on the LCD. Then you can qui ckly search for a desired p icture. 1[...]

Oper ations (Shooting and Printing) 26 T o delete individual pictures from the menu s creen 1 Set the mode s witch to . 2 Press the M ENU button. The menu scree n appears. 3 Select DELETE by pressing the v or V control but t on . 4 Press the EN TER button. The DELETE screen appears. 5 Select a pi cture to delete by pressing the b or B control butt [...]

Setti ngs 27 Settings There are three types of ca mera menus: the Shooting menu for set ting shooting condi tions, the Playback menu for settings related to captured imag es, and the SETUP menu fo r conf iguring the c amera itself. Displaying the Shoo ting Menu 1 Set the mode swi tch to . 2 Press the MENU button. The Shooti ng menu appears. T o exi[...]

Sett ings 28 Displa ying the SETUP M enu The SETUP menu can be displa yed re gardless of whether the mode switch is set to or . 1 Press the M ENU button. Depending on the mode switch posit ion, the shooting men u or playback menu ap pears. 2 Select SETUP by pressing the v or V control but t on . 3 Press the EN TER button. The SETUP men u appears. T[...]

Menu 29 Men u Functions of the M enu Items Shooting menu : Default setti ng MENU Lock: Press and hold the MENU b utton to lock or un lock the menu. Menu Ite m Function Settings EXIT Ex its M enu m ode. — RESOLUTION Selects the resolution for recording. HIGH (3264 × 2448) STD (163 2 × 1224) A UTO ERASE Sets the aut o erase mode. ON When memory b[...]

Menu 30 Pla yback men u MENU Lock: P ress and hold the MENU b utton to lock or unlock the men u. SETUP menu Menu Ite m Function Sett ings EXIT Exits th e menu mode. — PR OPER TY T o display t he information on the selected imag e. — DELETE T o delete a pi cture stored in memory . — DELETE AL L T o delete all pictures e xcept t he protected on[...]

Menu 31 : Default setti ng Printe r COLOR ADJUST Adjusts the print quality for colo r pi ctures. CYN-RED: Adjusts cyan and red. (–7 to 0 to +7 ) MA G- GRN: Adjus ts ma genta and gr een. (–7 to 0 to +7) YEL-BLU: Adjusts yello w an d blue. (–7 to 0 to +7) D ARK: Adjusts the brig htness of dark areas. (– 7 to 0 to +7) LIGHT : Adjusts the brigh[...]

Menu 32 Setting the Ima ge Resolution Select the o ptimal image reso lution for your print si ze. 1 Display the Shooting menu. F or details on displayi ng the menu scr een, see “Displayin g the Shooting Men u” on pa ge 27. 2 Select RESOL UTION by pressing t he v or V control butt on. 3 Press the EN TER button. The RESOLUTION screen ap pears. 4 [...]

Menu 33 Selecting the Flash Mode 1 Display the Shooting menu. F or details on displaying the menu scr een, see “Disp laying the S hooting Menu” on pa ge 27 . 2 Select FLASH MODE by pressing the v or V contro l button. 3 Press the ENTER button. The FLASH MODE screen appears. 4 Select the flash mod e by pressing the v or V contro l button. F or d[...]

Menu 34 Setting the Shutter S peed Y ou can only set the sh utter speed when the FLASH MODE is set to or . 1 Display the Shooting menu. F or details on displayi ng the menu scr een, see “Displayin g the Shooting Men u” on pa ge 27. 2 Select SHUTT ER by pressing the v or V control but t on . 3 Press the EN TER button. The SHUTTER screen appea r [...]

Menu 35 Compensating the Exposure Y ou can set a def ault va lue for e xposure compen s ation during shooti ng. 1 Display the Shooting menu. F or details on displaying the menu scr een, see “Disp laying the S hooting Menu” on pa ge 27 . 2 Select EXPOSU RE by pressing v or V of the contro l button. 3 Press ENTER of the control b utton. The EXPOS[...]

Menu 36 Using the Print Queue Function This syste m pro vides a prin t queue func tion to print lat er a group of captu red images. T o use this functio n, follow the proc edure belo w to enable the print queue function. 1 Display th e SETUP menu. F o r details on h ow to disp lay this menu , see “Displayin g the SETUP Menu ” on page 28. 2 Pres[...]

Menu 37 T o remo ve all images fr om the print queue Y ou can simultaneously remo ve all images from t he print queu e by performing the f ollowi ng steps. 1 Set the mode swi tch to . 2 Display the Playback menu. F o r detai ls on displaying th e menu, see “Disp laying the Pla yback Menu” on page 27. 3 Select CLEAR QUEUE by p ressing the v or V[...]

Menu 38 Note Select at least one ID photo frame. Y ou canno t close the ID PHO TO FRAME screen when the of all ID phot o frames are delete d. 6 When you ha ve fini shed configur ing the setti ngs, selec t RETURN by pressing th e v or V control but t on . 7 Press the EN TER button. The SETUP men u reappears. Countr y code example o f ID photo frame [...]

Menu 39 6 Specify a phot o size. Press the v or V contro l button to sel ect the n ext setting item, and then press b or B to select a v alue. SIZE UNIT : S ele ct a s iz e un it. Hei ght : Specif y the height of the pho to size. Wid th : S peci fy t he wi dth o f the photo siz e. 7 Press the V control b utton to select NEXT , and then press the EN[...]

Menu 40 15 Press the b or B contr ol bu tton to sel ect OK, and then press th e ENTER button. The SETUP menu retu rns. T o return to a pre vious screen during configuration Y ou can return to a pre vious sc reen and change set tings at any time during screens 2 through 6 of the Frame Settings screen. T o return t o a prev ious screen, press the v c[...]

Menu 41 Using the A uto P owe r Save Function When you ena ble the auto p ower sa ve f unction, the camera enters po wer sav e mode if no operation is performed within a certain amount of time. The amount of time can be set for when the A C po wer adaptor is used as well as when bat teries are used. 1 Display the SETUP menu. F or details on how to [...]

Menu 42 Setting Camera Sounds Y ou can select whether the camera makes soun ds w hen it is operated. 1 Display th e SETUP menu. F or details on displayi ng this menu, see “Displayin g the SETUP Menu ” on page 28. 2 Select SOUND by pressing the v or V control but t on . 3 Press the EN TER button. The SOUND screen appears. 4 Select a sou nd setti[...]

Menu 43 Returning Settings to Defaults Y ou can return camera settings t o their default f actory settings. 1 Display the SETUP menu. F or details on d isplaying thi s menu, see “Disp laying the SETUP Menu” on page 28. 2 Select DEF A UL T SETTING by pressing the v or V contro l button. 3 Press the ENTER button. The DEF A UL T SETTING screen app[...]

Adjusting the Print Quality 44 Locking the Camera Men us Y ou can ke ep menu screens from displaying ev en when the MENU b utton i s pressed d uring Shooti ng or Playback. This can pre v ent accidental changes to menu setting s. T o loc k the menus Press the MENU b utton for at least f iv e seconds. The menu screen disap pears, and the lock icon ap[...]

Adjusting the Print Quality 45 DARK: Pressing B increases the darkness i n the dark parts. LIGHT : Pressing B increases the brightness in the bright part s. GAM MA: Pressing b m akes the c olor ton e of th e whole pictur e lighter , whil e pressing B makes it deeper . SHARPNESS : Pressing B makes the edges o f objects in the p icture sharper . 5 Pr[...]

Adjusting the Print Quality 46 MA G-GRN adjustment (G parameter) Y ou can adjust the magen ta and green colo r components. The d efault is 0. Pressing B on the cont rol butto n of the camera ch anges the v alue in t he plus directi on to 1, 2 … 7, maki ng the green component value in the picture increase in the linear direction that the brightnes[...]

Adjusting the Print Quality 47 SHARPNESS adjustment Y ou can adjust the sharpness of p ictures. Pressing B on t he control b utton of the camera change s the v alue in the plus di rection from 0 to 1, 2 … 7, adding emphasis to edges i n pictures. W e recommend setting a small v alue when the print size i s small. SHARPNESS SHA RPNE SS a djus tmen[...]

Adjusting the Print Quality 48 Guide Prin t Function The Guide P rint-RGB or Guide Print-DLGm layout enables you to print a guide pictu re that has each of the RGB or DLGm parameter s changed. Guide pictur es can be printed on UPC -X46 series, and UPC-X34 series paper . The follo wing is an exampl e of a guide picture printout. Guide Print-RGB (adj[...]

Adjusting the Print Quality 49 Guide Print-DLGm (adjusting DLGm parameters) Selecting the Guide Print-DLGm layout enables a color guide to be pri nted for the DLGm parameters . Since the picture u sed for pri nting is the picture bei ng played back on the camer a, you can actua lly adju st the pictur e quality while lo oking at the pi cture. The pi[...]

Adjusting the Print Quality 50 Differen ce b etween sele cting + and – When you print a Gui de Print-RGB with each of the RGB parameters fo r the center picture set to 0, two simulation pictures f or each RGB parameter (wi th the respective parameter se t to +3 and –3 and the re mainin g two parameters set to 0) are printed around the cen ter p[...]

Adjusting the Print Quality 51 Printing Ti mes Print t imes dif fer depending on the pr int size and paper size used. Printin g times The follo wing are e xamples of the approxi mate time it takes from the moment the PRINT b utton is pressed on the camera to the moment the printer recei ves the picture data from the camera an d prints one pictu r e[...]

Setting the Bluetooth F unctions 52 Setting the Blue tooth Functions Bluetooth wireless technology The bluet ooth 1) wirele ss technology allo ws communicati on between v arious Blu etooth de vices without using cable s . De vices which can use this technolog y include compu ters, computers periph eral dev ices, PD As, and mo bile phones. This omni[...]

Settin g the Bluetooth Functions 53 Bluetooth Connection In the UPX-C300 system, the printer and the camera are factory preset so that the camera automat ically searches for the printer for co nnection when both the printer and the camera are turned on. T urn on the printer and the camera according to the follo wing procedures: 1 T urn on the prin [...]

Setting the Bluetooth F unctions 54 Confirming the Bluetooth Address of the Printer 1 T urn on th e prin ter . 2 Press the M ENU button. 3 Press V of th e control button to disp lay “Blu etooth SETTING [>> ]. ” 4 Press B of the cont rol b utton. The Bluetooth address appear s. T o return to Ready , press the MENU b utton. Changing the P a[...]

Settin g the Bluetooth Functions 55 7 Press b or B of the contro l button to sele ct a dig it of the passk ey to be cha nged. This <1> sh ows the leftmo st digi t, and <4> sho ws th e righ tm ost di git. 8 Press v or V of the contro l bu tton to s et the v alue of the passk ey . A v alue from 0 to 9 ca n be used. Repeat Steps 7 and 8 un[...]

Setting the Bluetooth F unctions 56 Giving Y our Printer a Device Numb er When two or m ore prin ters are used in a system, it is con venient that each printe r hav e a de vice number (from 1 to 9). 1 T urn on th e prin ter . “Ready BT RSSI [----]” appears on the operation displ ay . 2 Press the M ENU button. 3 Press V of th e control button to[...]

Settin g the Bluetooth Functions 57 Adding/Registering a Printer Up to t hree printers can be conne cted with t he Bluetooth function in the UPX-C300 system. Print ers can be added using the Setup menu of the camera. Before adding a printer , the same p asskey as that of the camera must be assigned for the printer . If “NO PRINTER” is indicated[...]

Setting the Bluetooth F unctions 58 During the aut hentication process of the selected print er , clock ani mation is disp layed. After the authent ication process is f inished, the name of t he added print er is displa yed. At the center of the di splay , an RSSI (Receiv ed Signal Stre ngth Indic ator) symbol is displayed, which may be used as a g[...]

Settin g the Bluetooth Functions 59 Remo ving a Printer 1 Display the SETUP menu. F o r details, see “Display ing the SETUP Menu” on page 28 . 2 Press v or V of the control b utton to sel ect Bluetooth. 3 Press the ENTER button. The Bluetoo th Menu displa y appears. 4 Press v or V of the control b utton to sel ect REMO VE PRINTER . Th e REM O V[...]

Maintaining S ystem P erfo r mance 60 Maintaining Sy stem P e rf ormance T o main tain s ystem per forman c e, be sure to read the following. Camera Locations of us e and st orage Using or stor ing the camera i n any of the follo wing locat ions may res ult in a malfunc tion. Do no t use or store the camera in such locations. • Extremely hot or c[...]

Specifications 61 Specifi cations Camera General Po wer supply Supplied fr om an A C po wer adaptor (5.0 V DC) or from Sony NH-AA Batteries ( max. 2700 mAh) Input c urrent 1.65 A max. (using an A C po wer adaptor) Operating temperature 5° C to 35 °C ( 41 °F to 95 °F) Storage temperat ure –20 °C to +60 °C (–4 °F to + 140 °F) Operating hu[...]

Specifications 62 UPC-X34 series: 70.1 × 95.3 mm (2 7 / 8 × 3 7 / 8 inches) (with border) Print pi xels UPC-X46 series: 1664 × 2440 do ts UPC-X34 series: 1112 × 1512 dots Bluetooth specifications Communication t ype (camera) Blueto oth Specif ication, v er .2.0 Communicatio n type (printer ) Blueto oth Specif ication, v er .1.1 Maximum transmis[...]

T roubl eshooting 63 T r oubles hooting Check the following i tems prio r to submit ting th e equipment for repair . If the problem persists, contact your nearest So ny dealer . Camera While T aking Pic tures Camera LCD Printing Symptom Cause/Solutio n The camera does not enter stand by mode e ve n if the on/s tand by switch is set to 1 (standb y).[...]

T roub leshootin g 64 Picture Qualit y Printer Symptom Cause/Solution The p icture is blurred. • The pict ure is ou t of foc us. t Check t he dis tance betw een th e lens and the su bject, and mak e sure the subj ect is within the focus range. • Th e camera was moved when the release button was pressed. t Ho ld the camera corre ctly and press t[...]

T roubl eshooting 65 Remo ving Jammed P aper If a paper ja m occur s while pr inting is in progre ss, the ALARM lamp li ghts, an error message appear s, and printing stops. Perform the following steps t o remove the jammed paper . 1 Press the 1 b utton on the printer to switch to standby mode. 2 Remove the paper tray , and then remov e any jammed p[...]

T roub leshootin g 66 3 Open the print c artridge cover and remove the print cartridge. 4 Insert the suppl ied cleaning cassette and close the print ca rtridge co ver . 5 Press the EX EC button. A bu zzer sounds and “HEAD CLEANING/PUSH [EXEC]” appears. 6 Press the EXEC b utton again. The cleani ng cassette and protect iv e sheet clean th e insi[...]

T roubl eshooting 67 Err or Messages Some of the abo ve error messages for the ca mera disappear af ter the problem is solved, and some do not. If an error message does not disappear after y ou solve t he problem, press the MENU button to c lear it. Camera Printer Cause/Solution SET MEDIA SET NEW RIBBON PUSH [EX EC] • The print cartrid ge is not [...]

Apendi x 68 Apendix Print Lay outs Lay out e xamples when usi ng UPC-X46 series print paper Guid e prin t These guides are usefu l when adjusting the imag e quality of the printer . Lay out e xamples when usi ng UPC-X34 series print paper Guid e prin t These guides are usefu l when adjusting the imag e quality of the printer . 88 × 65 mm 80 × 60 [...]

Inde x 69 Index A AC power Camera 14 Printer 19 AC power adaptor 14 ALARM lamp 12 APERTURE 29 Aperture 33 AUTO ERASE 29 Auto erase mod e 32 AUTO FRAME (automatic position matc hing ) but ton 1 0 Auto power save 41 Autofocus function 9, 22 Auto-review 21, 22 B Basic Imagi ng Profile (BIP ) 52 Battery compartment lid 11 Battery po wer indicator 1 5 B[...]

Inde x 70 Pape r tr ay slot 12 Par amete rs B parameter 46 D parameter 46 G parameter 46 Gm parameter 46 L parameter 46 R parameter 45 Passkey 31, 52, 54, 5 7 Changin g the passkey of the camera 54 Changin g the passkey of the printer 54 Changin g the settings 52 Passkey authentication 52 Pic ture info rma tion 35 Playback LCD screen 2 5 Playback m[...]

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