Nikon D300 User Manual page 85

Print Set (DPOF)
(User's Manual: D300S page 228; D300 page 230)
At first I thought it odd that Nikon chose to put image
printing functions in the Playback Menu. Then I thought
about it and realized that printing is a permanent form of
image playback. You play (print) the images to your printer
and then view them without camera or computer. What a
concept!
There are two ways to print images from your camera without
using a computer. One is by using Digital Print Order Format
(DPOF) to create a "print order" on a memory card. This
function is called Print set (DPOF). The second way to print
from your camera is to plug in a USB cable and print directly
to a PictBridge-compatible printer. Both are generally used by
non-professional camera users to print JPEG pictures at home
or at the local lab, with no post-processing.
Most advanced amateur and professional users of the D300(S)
will want to post-process their images in computer software
like Nikon Capture NX2 or Adobe Photoshop before printing,
so this functionality is not used as often as other functions.
However, it can be useful for someone who does not care to
manipulate their images in their computer but would rather
just take pictures and print them at home or down at the super
store.
Since these seldom-used functions require 10 pages to
describe, I have relegated this section to our downloadable
resources found at http://rockynook.com/NikonD300S. For
those that want to use this functionality, I have fully described
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