DP2P - Prepare Photos for Printing

DP2P is a photo preparing program for both photographers and photo printing kiosks. It helps you cut photos to standard print sizes, remove red-eyes, adjust brightness and contrast, create indexes..., and then Send the photos to a removable disk or the printing server.

Using JavaScript or VBScript, you can also program the Send function to dispose and deploy the selected pictures.

Steps to Prepare Photos

• Open the folder where your photos are by clicking the [Open Folder] button;
• Click a photo on the source photo thumbnail list to display it on the main view;
• Select [Print Size], [Paper Type], [Border], [Copies];
• Move, re-size or rotate the crop box on the main view, so that it covers the area you want to print;
• Push the [Add to Prints] button to add the current photo to the printing list;
• Repeat step 2 ~ 5 to add other photosto the printing list;
• Push the [Send] button to transfer the photos in the printing list to a local folder or executing your script program.

Photo File Name Convention

Below is a typical file name generated by DP2P:

Size(6x4)_Copies(1)_Paper(Matte)_Border(Yes)_[mcsam13].jpg

The four words, Size, Copies, Paper and Border can be replaced by putting a text file named "Keywords.txt" in the same folder with the DP2P program file. Below is a sample of "Keywords.txt":

    Size=S
    Copies=N
    Paper=P
    Border=B
    

If the above sample "Keywords.txt" exists, then the above printing file would be:

S(6x4)_C(1)_P(Matte)_B(Yes)_[mcsam13].jpg

Customize [Print Size], [Paper Type] and [Border] List

• The contents of the [Print Size] list can be replace by putting a text file named "PrintSizes.txt" in the same folder with the DP2P program file. Each line of "PrintSizes.txt" specifys a print size:

  Syntax	Display name=width,height
  Example	10x8 (8R)=10,8

• The contents of the [Paper Type] list can be replace by putting a text file named "Papers.txt" in the same folder with the DP2P program file. Each line of "Papers.txt" specifys a paper name
• The contents of the [Border] list can be replace by putting a text file named "Borders.txt" in the same folder with the DP2P program file. Each line of "Border.txt" specifys a border name