Printing Pictures

To print pictures on a printer connected to the computer, select the pictures and choose Print in the File menu. The “Print” dialog will be displayed.

Adjust settings as described on the following page and click Print to print the picture as shown in the preview.

The “Print” Dialog

Print Type

• Full Page: Print one picture per page.
• Index Print: Print multiple images per page.
• Standard Photo Sizes: Print pictures at a standard photo size. Capture NX-D automatically chooses the number of pictures printed on each page.

Printer Setup

• Printer: Click Settings to choose the printer and paper size and adjust other printer settings.
• Printer Type: Choose Inkjet when printing on an inkjet printer.
• Print Priority: When printing NEF/NRW (RAW) pictures, choose Speed to use the preview data embedded in the image for faster printing, or Quality to use the original image data for higher quality output.
• Copies: Choose the number of copies of each page printed.

Page Layout

• Rotate to fit: Rotate pictures to print them at the largest possible size.
• Crop images to fit: Pictures are enlarged to fill the print area. Portions that do not fit in the print area are cropped out.
• Background Color: Choose the background color. Choose White to print with no background.
• Border width: Choose the width of the borders printed around the image (the color of the borders varies with the background color). Choose 0 to print without borders.
• Copies of each image: Choose the number of copies of each photo printed.
• Print Information: Print the file name, date of recording, or photo information under each picture.
• Use thumbnail data (draft mode): Print using thumbnail data. Images print faster, but at lower quality. Some images will print using the original file data even when this option is selected.
• Specify color profile: Click Settings... to select the color profile used for printing (Profile) and choose an Intent from Perceptual and Relative colorimetric.