Canon PIXMA iP6000D, Service Manual

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4. PHOTO DIRECT PRINT FUNCTION
4-1 Host PC Memory Card Access Function with the Memory Card Startup Utility
4-1-1 Supported memory cards
Media types compatible with the host computer memory card access function and Memory Card Direct Printing function are as follows:
- Compact Flash Card (CF1, CF2 [micro drive]) (However, 5V is not supported.)
- Smart Media Card (5V, 1M and 2M are not supported.)*1
- Memory Stick / Memory Stick PRO / MagicGate Memory Stick (For Memory Stick Duo / Memory Memory Stick PRO Duo / MagicGate Memory Stick Duo, an
excusive adapter is necessary.)* 1
- SD Card*1 (For the miniSD memory card, an exclusive adapter is necessary.)
- Multimedia Card
- xD-Picture Card (An exclusive adapter is necessary.)
*1 In the Memory Card Startup Utility, if Read/Write enabled mode is selected in “Change the drive’s read/write attribute”, the use of memory cards where the
write protection is set to read-only mode is prohibited, and the operations are not assured.
4-1-2 Mounting the drive
Windows:
When the iP6000D is connected by USB cable to a host computer with the Memory Card Startup Utility installed, and the printer is powered on via the Power
button, the card slot on the iP6000D is mounted in My Computer as a removable drive.
Macintosh:
When the iP6000D is connected by USB cable to a host computer with the Memory Card Startup Utility installed, and the printer is powered on via the Power
button, and then a supported memory card is inserted, the card slot on the iP6000D is mounted on the desktop as a removable drive.
4-1-3 Arrangement of image files
Photo numbers are assigned in the order of index print and viewer display in which each photo was taken by a normal digital camera.
In a folder, a higher priority is placed on a file when the file name, not counting the file extension, consists of 8 characters with the latter 4 being numeric, in
compliance with the DCF (Design rule for Camera File system). Files are sorted in ascending order of those 4 numeric figures.
4-1-4 Data access
For mounted cards in the iP6000D, data access to the memory card is possible by performing the usual file operations through the OS’s standard file control software
(such as Explorer and Finder) and general software applications. (The same operations as with standard removable drives are possible: file reading, writing, deletion,
media formatting, properties, etc.)
Note: In the Memory Card Startup Utility, when “Read Only” is selected in “Change the drive’s read/write attribute”, it is not possible to write, delete, and format the
data. When Read/Write enabled mode is selected in “Change the drive’s read/write attribute”, the use of memory cards where the write protection switch is set to
Read Only is prohibited.
- Memory card-supported file format: FAT16 only
(It may be possible to read/write with memory cards formatted using FAT32, NTFS, Macintosh, etc., however they are out of specifications.)
- Change of the number of files in the operation panel
When files have been added or deleted via the computer to the memory card, or the card has been formatted, the number of files in the operation panel is not
updated until the memory card is removed and re-inserted.
4-1-5 Card slot attribute
The card slot attributes can be changed by operating the Memory Card Startup Utility on the host computer.
Note: When the memory card is inserted to the printer, this attribute cannot be changed. The card slot attribute becomes Read only by soft power-on.
Card Slot Attribute
State
Read only
To protect the data on the memory card, writing to the memory card inserted in the card slot is
prohibited. (Default setting)
Read/Write
Writing data to the memory card inserted in the card slot is allowed. (Use of memory cards
where the write protection switch is set to Read Only is prohibited.)
In this attribute, printing from the memory card cannot be performed.
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