PictBridge
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PictBridge is an industry standard from the Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) for direct printing. It allows images to be printed directly from digital cameras to a printer, without having to connect the camera to a computer. Its formal name is "Standard of Camera & Imaging Products Association CIPA DC-001 — 2003 Digital Solutions for Imaging Devices". [1]
PictBridge is sometimes described as an open standard, whereas in fact the specification can only be obtained from CIPA after agreement not to disclose any information from the specification to others (section 2.2 of the agreement). For example, this probably means that PictBridge cannot be implemented by Free/Libre/Open-Source Software other than by reverse-engineering the protocol (perhaps aided by the white paper that CIPA do provide), if publishing source code of an implementation of the PictBridge standard counts as “disclosing information” from the specification.
PictBridge is typically implemented using Universal Serial Bus ports and the USB protocol. PictBridge-capable printers typically have a USB Type A port which is then connected by cable to the USB port of a PictBridge-capable digital camera (typically a Type Mini-B). The user then uses the camera to select the pictures to print, which the printer then retrieves from the camera and prints.
[edit] External links
- CIPA PictBridge Standard Website
- "PictBridge Certification Center" Website
- Explanation on Canon's website
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