Pentax Optio 555 Instruction manual

Viewing Your Digital
Camera Images
On Your PC
(PC Connection Manual)

Introduction
This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the
PENTAX Optio 555 on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken using the Optio 555 that are for anything other than personal
enjoyment cannot be used without permission according to the rights as
specified in the Copyright Act. Please take care, as there are even cases
where limitations are placed on taking pictures even for personal enjoyment
during demonstrations, industrial enterprise or as items for display. Images
taken with the purpose of obtaining copyrights also cannot be used outside
the scope of use of the copyright as laid out in the Copyright Act, and care
should be taken here also.
Regarding trademarks
• The SD logo is a trademark.
• PENTAX is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• Optio is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• All other brands or product names are trademarks of registered trademarks
of their respective companies.
• Apple, the Apple logo, AppleScript, the Apple Store, Mac, the Mac logo,
Mac OS, Macintosh, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer,
Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
• This product supports PRINT Image Matching II.
When used in combination, PRINT Image Matching II enabled digital still
cameras, printers and software help photographers to produce images
more faithful to their intentions.
Copyright 2001 Seiko Epson Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
PRINT Image Matching is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
• Symbols used in this manual have the following meanings:
The PC screenshots in this booklet may differ from your PC, depending on
your model.
Gives page numbers explaining related operations.
Gives information that is useful to know.
Gives cautions and notes about the operation.

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Your Digital Camera: From Image Capture to Photo Prints 2
Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Windows PC 4
System Requirements ............................................................... 4
Installing the Software............................................................... 5
Displaying and Copying Images to your PC.......................... 12
Disconnecting the Camera from your PC.............................. 16
Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Macintosh 18
System Requirements ............................................................. 18
Installing the Software............................................................. 18
Displaying Images on your Macintosh................................... 20
Disconnecting your Camera from your Macintosh............... 21
About ACDSee™ 22
Launching ACDSee™ .............................................................. 22
Viewing using the Browser 23
About the Browser................................................................... 23
Viewing images in other folders............................................. 27
Sorting image files................................................................... 28
Setting detailed display categories ........................................ 29
Viewing a large version of an image (Viewer) 30
About the Viewer...................................................................... 30
Panorama Image Stitching with ACD photostitcher 32
Printing an image 35
Printing from the Browser....................................................... 35
Printing from the Viewer.......................................................... 35
Creating and Printing contact sheets .................................... 36
E-mailing your images from ACDSee™ 37
About ACDInTouch 38
Contents

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Your Digital Camera: From Image Capture
to Photo Prints
Connect your camera to a TV with
an AV cable to enjoy your pictures
on the screen.
Camera Operating Manual
(P.100)
Is your computer…
• equipped with a standard USB interface?
• using Windows 98/98 SE/Me/2000/XP as your OS?
Or Mac OS 9.0 or later?
• Connect your camera
and computer with a
USB cable, and copy
the camera images.
• Connect your camera
and printer that is
compatible with
“PictBridge” directly.
Have prints made from your
card images at a photo shop.
Transfer your images using a
built-in card slot + PC card
adaptor or a card reader.
• Set DPOF settings on your
camera, and get prints from
your photo shop.
Camera Operating Manual
(P.101)
• Select the images for prints.
Here are some ways to use the images
captured with your digital camera.
Use your monitor
Use your photo shop
Is your computer…
• using Windows 95/NT,
Mac OS 8.6, or an earlier OS?
• Remove the card from the
camera. When transferring
images on the card to a PC
with another device, make
sure to review the user manual
accompanying that device.

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• See the operating manual of your
email software for details on how to
make attachments to emails.
• See the operating manual of the
software you are using for details on
how to use images on your
homepage.
Print images from your
computer to your printer.
Some printers can print
directly from cards.
• For details, see the
operating manual of the
printer you are using.
Images sent to the computer can be
saved onto a CD-R or other media.
Use your printer
ACDSee™ P.22-38
Use your e-mail software to attach images to e-mails, or
use them on your homepage.
Use your image data
* These operations also can be performed using
commercially available image editing software. See
the instructions provided with the software for more
details.
• View Images
• Edit Images
• Save processed images
• E-mail Images
• Manipulate images
• Print images

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Viewing Digital Camera Images on a
Windows PC
You can use the provided USB cable (I-USB7) or a card reader to
transfer your digital camera’s images to the PC, and you can edit and
print your images using the image viewing software. Here, the
method for viewing images with the provided software (S-SW13) is
explained.
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW13)
provided.
• USB driver
• Image viewing / Editing software (ACDSee™)
• QuickTime™
• OS: Windows 98 / 98 SE / Me / 2000
Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended
• Memory: 64MB minimum
• Hard Disk space: 40MB minimum
• USB port must be standard equipment
To play movie pictures, you need DirectX 8.0 or higher and Media
Player (standard equipment with your OS), or QuickTime 6.0 or
higher. (Media Player alone is sufficient on Windows Me / XP)
You can download DirectX from the following website.
www.microsoft.com/windows/directx
Software Provided
System Requirements
• The software cannot be used on Windows 95/NT.
• We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC7 when connecting
your camera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if
your batteries run out during image transfer.

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This section describes the procedures for installing the necessary
software.
If you are using Windows 2000, Windows Me or Windows XP, you
do not need to install the USB driver. When you connect the camera
to your computer with the USB cable, your computer will
automatically detect the camera as [Removable Disk].
1Turn your computer on.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW13) into the CD-ROM drive.
3Make sure the camera is turned off and connect it to
your computer with the USB cable.
Confirm that the SD Memory Card / MultiMediaCard is inserted in
the camera.
4Turn your camera on.
Your computer will automatically detect the camera as new
hardware and the Wizard screen will appear.
Installing the Software
Installing the USB driver p.5
Installing the image processing software (ACDSee™) p.10
Installing the USB driver on Windows 98/98 SE only

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5Click [Next].
6Select [Search for the best
driver for your device] and
click [Next].
7Select [CD-ROM drive] and
click [Next].
If another item has been selected,
click the box to deselect it.

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8Confirm that [PENSSTOR.INF]
is displayed and click [Next].
Installation of the driver starts.
9Click [Finish].
When installation is finished,
installation of the driver for the new
hardware starts.
10 Click [Next].

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11 Select [Search for the best
driver for your device] and
click [Next].
12 Select [CD-ROM drive] and
click [Next].
If another item has been selected,
click the box to deselect it.
13 Confirm that [PENSPDR.INF]
is displayed and click [Next].