CIPA Announces ``PictBridge'' Industry Standard for Direct Printing From Digital Still Cameras.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2003 -The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA CIPA Children's Internet Protection Act of 1999 (US) CIPA Camera & Imaging Products Association CIPA Chartered Institute of Patent Agents CIPA Canadian Information Productivity Awards CIPA Colorado Independent Publishers Association ) announced today the establishment of PictBridge, an industry standard enabling a range of digital photo solutions, including the direct printing of photos from a digital still camera without the need to use a PC. Originally proposed last December as "DPS Minicomputer series from Bull HN. 1. (language, text) DPS - Display PostScript. 2. (language) DPS - A real-time language with direct expression of timing requests. ["Language Constructs for Distributed Real-Time PRogramming", I. " by Canon Inc., Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., HP, Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Seiko Epson Seiko Epson Corporation (セイコーエプソン株式会社 Corporation and Sony Corporation, the specification was then adopted by CIPA for formal standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting (CIPA DC-001-2003). Until now, each company had its own proprietary solution for direct printing between digital still cameras and printers. This situation has proven to be limiting to consumers, as they are unable to achieve the same convenience and ease of use when using different product combinations and brands. The unified and open specification ensures compatibility across PictBridge-enabled digital cameras and printers, affording consumers the convenience of producing high-quality photos effortlessly ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. using the controls of their camera. Moreover, the formal
announcement of the specification as a CIPA standard is expected to
further promote the broad adoption of PictBridge throughout the digital
imaging industry.Details on how to obtain the specification, logo certification guidelines, and other PictBridge-related information can be found online at http://www.cipa.jp/pictbridge/ About PictBridge PictBridge defines an application-layer interface that is transport independent, enabling its extensibility for implementation on future physical interfaces. The new specification is initially written for USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. as a physical transport and Picture Transfer Protocol Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) is a widely supported protocol developed by the International Imaging Industry Association to allow the transfer of images from digital cameras to computers and other peripheral devices without the need of additional device drivers. (1) for data transfer. By connecting a PictBridge-enabled digital still camera to a PictBridge-enabled printer with a single cable, users can easily control the print settings using their camera and produce high-quality photos without using a PC. PictBridge supports the following features: - Print an image displayed on the digital still camera - Print two or more images selected from the display on the digital still camera - Automatically print images using the Digital Print Order Format(2) specification - Print an index of all images - Print all images Advanced features using the print setup option include: - Print part of the image by specifying the print area - Print multiple copies of a single image - Print images with a date imprint - Specify the exact size of a print Printer status information displayed on the digital still camera includes: - Establishment of a connection - Printer Error - Printing progress - End of print job - Cable can be safely disconnected (1) Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP (1) See peer-to-peer. (2) (Picture Transfer Protocol) An ISO standard for transferring photos from a digital camera to a computer or photo printer. ) is a standard developed by the International Imaging Industry Association enabling image-files to be transferred between a digital still camera and a PC via USB. (2) Digital Print Order Format (DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) A file format for digital camera memory cards that stipulates which images are to be printed. At the time of shooting or when reviewing on the camera, it allows the user to specify how many of each image are to be printed. ) enables print instructions, such as which image files should be printed and in what quantity, to be stored with the photo images on the recording media. |
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