Chapter 5: sharing images, Transferring images to your computer, Overview – HP 618 User Manual

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Chapter 5: Sharing Images

Transferring Images to Your Computer

Chapter 5: Sharing Images

Overview

You can use the images you capture with your camera in many fun and creative ways. You can
transfer them to your computer for use in creative projects, or for sharing with family and friends via
the Internet. If you have a printer that supports the HP JetSend infrared technology, you can use
JetSend for wireless printing of your images. You can even connect the camera to your television to
view a slideshow of your images on the television.

This chapter covers the following topics:

“Transferring Images to Your Computer” on page 38

“Using a Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) File” on page 44

“JetSending Images to a Printer” on page 46

“Transmitting Images Between Two Cameras” on page 48

“Connecting the Camera to Your Television” on page 50

Transferring Images to Your Computer

Caution:

Be aware that any sound (namely,

sound tags and other EXIF tags) you have
captured and attached to images with your
camera may not be supported and may be lost
if you use image editing software other than the
HP Photo Imaging Software with the images on
your computer.

You can transfer images to your computer when the camera is set to PC Connect mode. The
PC Connect Mode submenu of the Preferences menu lets you specify how the camera will appear to
your computer when connected via the USB interface. You can set the camera to one of the following
settings in the PC Connect Mode submenu depending on the operating system that is running on
your computer:

PC Connect Mode

How Images are Transferred

Operating Systems

Digita

Device

(default)

You can use software included with your computer
or camera to transfer images to the computer.

Windows® Me, 98,

and 2000

USB Disk Drive

The camera is operated as a USB Mass Storage
Device and appears as a disk drive connected to
your computer. So you can copy images from
your camera to the computer as you would from
another disk drive.

Mac® OS 8.6

or better,

and

Windows Me, 98,

and 2000