PictBridge
historical computing industry standard
PictBridge is a historical computing industry standard introduced in 2003 from the Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) for direct printing. It allows images to be printed directly from digital cameras to a printer, without them having to connect to each other. Its formal name is "Standard of Camera & Imaging Products Association CIPA DC-001—2003 Digital Solutions for Imaging Devices". CIPA DC-001-2003 Rev. 2.0 has been published in 2007.
Implementation
PictBridge is usually implemented using USB ports and the USB protocol. PictBridge-capable printers typically have a USB type A port, which is connected by cable to the USB port of a PictBridge-capable digital camera (usually a Mini-B USB cable). The user selects the images on the camera to print.
Licensing
The PictBridge specification is not an open standard; it can only be obtained from CIPA after agreement not to disclose any information from the specification to others. In practice, that means PictBridge cannot be implemented as free and open-source software, other than by reverse engineering the protocol, if publishing source code of an implementation of the PictBridge standard is considered "disclosing information" from the specification.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1428053. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2003 and 2007.
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