Printing from XDCam FCP Transfer software at DVinfo.net

Mike Watson · January 14th, 2008, 04:18 PM

I'm attempting to print an index print of sorts of some of my HD file disks.

Neither page setup nor print seems to allow me to change the layout of the printouts, which are somewhat un-friendly, at 5 (!) per page. Full Disks with 250 shots are coming out at 50 pages!

Any suggestions on how to rig the software to do this, or use photoshop to print these?

Thanks,

-MW

Paul Gale · January 15th, 2008, 04:21 AM

I had a look through the .ini and .xml files in the PDZ-1 folder but couldn't see anything obvious relating to print layout - maybe it's hard coded? :(

The other option - some printers allow multiple sheets to be printed per page. For example my HP colour laserjet (2605dn) using the HP Universal Printing PCL 6 driver, allows up to 16 pages per sheet. If you have a duplex unit, you can also print double sided.

That should work OK - I just tried it and it works pretty well :)

Paul.

Mike Watson · January 15th, 2008, 11:36 AM

I'm doing the 4-page-per-sheet thing now, which is okay, but the images are postage-stamp sized, and still only 20 on a page. At this size, I could fit a whole disk on a page front and back.

Does the software cache the thumbnails somewhere I can swipe them and use another app to print them?

Greg Boston · January 15th, 2008, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Gale

I had a look through the .ini and .xml files in the PDZ-1 folder but couldn't see anything obvious relating to print layout - maybe it's hard coded? :(

He was referring to XDCAM Transfer, the Mac based application. And to my knowledge, there is no way to alter the output unless...

The software does allow creating a PDF of the clip index and you might be able to manipulate the resulting PDF file if you have Acrobat.

-gb-

Paul Gale · January 16th, 2008, 03:03 AM

Ah OK - I misunderstood - FCP as in Final Cut Pro!

Have you tried talking to Sony support - don't know if there's any use in asking to raise a feature request some how???

Mike Watson · January 16th, 2008, 03:44 PM

I found the proxy clips, buried in my Library folder. They're .pct files. Sadly, they have no naming convention, they're just long strings of seemingly random numbers.

January 14th, 2008, 04:18 PM	#1
Mike Watson Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,082	Printing from XDCam FCP Transfer software I'm attempting to print an index print of sorts of some of my HD file disks. Neither page setup nor print seems to allow me to change the layout of the printouts, which are somewhat un-friendly, at 5 (!) per page. Full Disks with 250 shots are coming out at 50 pages! Any suggestions on how to rig the software to do this, or use photoshop to print these? Thanks, -MW

January 15th, 2008, 04:21 AM	#2
Paul Gale Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oxfordshire, UK Posts: 425	I had a look through the .ini and .xml files in the PDZ-1 folder but couldn't see anything obvious relating to print layout - maybe it's hard coded? :( The other option - some printers allow multiple sheets to be printed per page. For example my HP colour laserjet (2605dn) using the HP Universal Printing PCL 6 driver, allows up to 16 pages per sheet. If you have a duplex unit, you can also print double sided. That should work OK - I just tried it and it works pretty well :) Paul.

January 15th, 2008, 11:36 AM	#3
Mike Watson Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,082	I'm doing the 4-page-per-sheet thing now, which is okay, but the images are postage-stamp sized, and still only 20 on a page. At this size, I could fit a whole disk on a page front and back. Does the software cache the thumbnails somewhere I can swipe them and use another app to print them?

January 16th, 2008, 03:03 AM	#5
Paul Gale Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oxfordshire, UK Posts: 425	Ah OK - I misunderstood - FCP as in Final Cut Pro! Have you tried talking to Sony support - don't know if there's any use in asking to raise a feature request some how???

January 16th, 2008, 03:44 PM	#6
Mike Watson Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,082	I found the proxy clips, buried in my Library folder. They're .pct files. Sadly, they have no naming convention, they're just long strings of seemingly random numbers.