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Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D300
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3.
Remove the CompactFlash card from the camera and
insert it into a printer that has the appropriate slot and
printing support, and print directly from the card.
4.
Transfer your images to your computer and print using
the printer connected to your computer.
I’ve listed these basically in increasing order of cost per print
and inconvenience. Having someone else make your prints is
convenient and many places charge much less per print than
you can achieve with an inkjet printer connected to your
computer. PictBridge printing, especially with the small 4x6
printers that are becoming ubiquitous, is a little more
expensive, but still very convenient. Transferring images to
your computer and printing from there is usually the most
time consuming and often the most costly per print.
If printing your photos is your primary goal, we have a few
things we need to get out of the way:
•
Make sure the image is ready to print
. Most labs and all
PictBridge printers require your image to be in JPEG
format and using the sRGB Color Space. You’ll note that
my recommendations for most folk (“Which Type of
Photographer are You?” on page <671>) were to shoot
JPEG and use the sRGB Color Space, so there’s no real
need to change anything if you’re following those
guidelines. However, if you shoot NEF files or use the
AdobeRGB Color Space
you must transfer your images to
a computer and process them correctly before sending the
image out to print.
•
Select the images to print
. The D300 has a feature—
set (DPOF)
—that allows you to automate this process in
the camera. If you take your images to a lab to be printed,
you’ll want to look into using this. See “Selecting Images
to Print” on page <738>.
•
Get the images to the printer
. In the case of using a lab the
simplest method is to simply take the CompactFlash card
out of the camera and give it to the clerk at the lab. (But
make sure you’ve used JPEG (or TIFF) and sRGB, and have
