DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) is a format which allows the user of a
digital camera
A digital camera is a camera that captures photographs in digital memory. Most cameras produced today are digital, largely replacing those that capture images on photographic film. Digital cameras are now widely incorporated into mobile devices ...
or other device such as a mobile phone or PDA to define which captured images on the
storage card are to be printed, together with information on the number of copies or other image information such as paper size, image title text, image orientation, contact information and more.
[Summary of DPOF Version 1.10](_blank)
DPOF usually consists of a set of text files in a special directory on the storage card. This option can be accessed through one of the menu modes on the
camera
A camera is an optical instrument that can capture an image. Most cameras can capture 2D images, with some more advanced models being able to capture 3D images. At a basic level, most cameras consist of sealed boxes (the camera body), with ...
. The storage card can then be taken to a
print shop or output through compatible
desktop printers at home.
DPOF was developed by a consortium of printer and camera manufacturers including
Canon, Inc.,
Eastman Kodak
The Eastman Kodak Company (referred to simply as Kodak ) is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in analogue photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorpor ...
,
Fujifilm
, trading as Fujifilm, or simply Fuji, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operating in the realms of photography, optics, office and medical electronics, biotechnology, and chemicals.
The offerings from the ...
and
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
Originally released in October 1998,
Four Companies Propose Revised Digital Print Order Format
the specification was updated to version 1.10 on July 17, 2000.contact sheet
A contact print is a photographic image produced from film; sometimes from a film negative, and sometimes from a film positive or paper negative. In a darkroom an exposed and developed piece of film or photographic paper is placed emulsion sid ...
s)
* Specifying the size of the print
* Sending images via fax and Internet transmissions
* Support for slide shows through an auto-play feature.
See also
* PictBridge
References
External links
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Digital photography
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