Section Reference

The Setup Menu

Print Date (Imprinting Date and Time)

dbutton Mztab MPrint date

The shooting date and time can be imprinted on the pictures with shooting, allowing the information to be printed even from printers that do not support date printing (E 49).

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Option

Description

fDate

Date is imprinted on the pictures.

 

 

SDate and time

Date and time are imprinted on the pictures.

kOff (default setting) Date and time are not imprinted on pictures.

The current print date setting can be confirmed in the camera monitor with shooting (A 8). When Off is selected, no icon is displayed.

BNotes on Print Date

•Imprinted dates form a permanent part of image data and cannot be deleted. The date and time cannot be imprinted on pictures after they have been taken.

•The date cannot be imprinted in the following situations:

-When using Sports, Museum, or Panorama assist, or When Continuous is selected for the Pet portrait scene mode

-When On is selected for Blink proof (E36) in smart portrait mode.

-When Continuous or BSS is selected for the continuous setting (E39).

-When shooting movies

•Dates imprinted at an Image mode setting (A61) of O640×480 may be difficult to read. Choose N1024×768 or larger when using the Print date option.

•The date is recorded using the format selected in the setup menu’s Time zone and date item (A24, E61).

CPrint Date and Print Order

If using a DPOF-compatible printer that supports the printing of shooting date and photo information, it is possible to use the Print order option (E46) to print such information even on pictures that were not taken using the Print date option.

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