Polaroid DIGITAL MINI PORTRAIT User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    6.2 Media specification (illustration 2) 6.3 Safety & EMC Statement 1.6 Loading ribbon (illustration 3) 1.7 Loading paper (illustration 4) 7 Digital Mini Portrait warranty 1.8 System menu (illustration 5) (outside U.S.A.) 2 Taking Pictures 8 Warranty (U.S.A. only) 2.1 Setting up to take a picture (illustration 6) 2.2 Seating the subject (illustration 6) 6...
  • Page 3: Getting Started

    Menu In/Out – pressing the button once brings the main menu up on the view screen. Pressing the button while in the The Digital Mini Portrait (DMP) is an all in one digital imaging system, which allows menu options brings the user out of you to quickly and easily take and print “menu”...
  • Page 4: Un-Parking The Print Head (Illustration 2)

    1.7 Loading paper (illustration 4) r Power socket – connect the power supply in here. The DMP uses Polaroid C3000 Thermal Photo paper, which has been specifically 1.5 Un-parking the print head (illustration 2) designed for use in the DMP.
  • Page 5: Taking Pictures

    English l 1 up picture level with the eyes of the subject. The DMP should be positioned 1.2 to 1.6 m 2 up picture metres away from the subject. When using n 4 up picture the on board flash, position the subject close to the background, to ensure a light o 6 up picture background and also the smallest possible...
  • Page 6: Removing A Spent Ribbon Cartridge (Illustration 8 & 9)

    (see sec- PC via the USB interface to store images. tion 1.7). PC software for archiving is available from www.polaroid.com. 3 Optimising your DMP 2.7 Retrieving a saved image Ensure you get the best out of the DMP...
  • Page 7: Studio Environment

    English sharpening (5u), Red, Green & Blue (5v), a From the colour temperature menu (5s), Brightness, contrast, & colour saturation select the one touch colour balance icon (5w) or strobe output (5x). (5aa) as described in the previous section. b A live preview will be displayed with an 3.2 Studio Environment overlay consisting of a black rectangle used to frame the grey card.
  • Page 8: Head Size Guides

    English lighting (to lighten or darken the image as b Use the down arrow button (1f) to high- indicated) or reframe the grey card to fill light the tool box icon (5e) and press OK the rectangle. Repeat this live/freeze opera- (1g).
  • Page 9: Menu Lock Function

    English Note: Further guidelines are available from 4 Optimising your surroundings the U. S. Immigration & Naturalisation ser- 4.1 Onboard flash vice, form M-376 (6-92). The DMP comes with an onboard flash unit 3.7 Menu lock function mounted above the lens. The onboard flash After set up, your new settings will be is set as the default option but can be stored when the unit is switched off.
  • Page 10: Studio Lighting

    English 4.2 Studio Lighting c Combined background lighting and, if nec- essary, overhead lighting. The quality of the shot greatly depends upon correct lighting. This section details When using flash lighting, the ideal set up how you can improve your studio lighting is with two light sources positioned as set-up.
  • Page 11: Troubleshooting

    If the problem persists, unplug your unit and contact your nearest Polaroid office. 5.1 System errors If the DMP experiences a problem during its normal operation an error message icon will be displayed on the view screen together with an error code.
  • Page 12: Clearing A Paper Jam

    English 5.2 Clearing a Paper jam a Switch off the DMP and unplug the power Problems Solution lead Is the power cable con- b Pull the paper tray out the front of the System will not nected to the rear? power ON Have you pushed the ON switch?
  • Page 13: Dmp Precautions

    Weight: 2.5kg 6 Additional information Lens specification Digital Mini Portrait photo system specifi- cation Focus from 0.4m to infinity 2.1 Mpixel 1/3” CCD sensor, 1600 x 1200 F/2.9 aperture & F/6.9 for strobe exposure pixels.
  • Page 14: Media Specification

    REMOVE COVERS THAT ARE SECURED BY SCREWS. NO USER SERVICEABLE EN61000-4-2 (1995) PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO NEAREST POLAROID SERVICE CENTRE. EN61000-4-3 (1996) Made in the UK by Polaroid (UK) LTD. ENV50204 (1995) LICENSED BY: EN61000-4-4 (1995) POLAROID CORPORATION, 1265 MAIN EN61000-4-6 (1996) STREET, WALTHAM, MA.
  • Page 15: Warranty (U.s.a. Only)

    These are designed to provide peace of mind cover for the PLEASE KEEP THESE INSTRUCTIONS working life of your Polaroid DMP. For a fixed annual charge Polaroid will collect your faulty unit and endeavour to deliver an exchange unit within 4 working days at no additional cost.
  • Page 17 SYNC C A N C A N I N S I N S B R A B R A...
  • Page 18 1.2 - 1.6m 3.9 - 5.2ft...

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