Kodak 6B6254 manual

Using the KODAK PRO FESSIONAL Image Pr int Server wi th t he KODAK PRO FESSIONAL LE D II Print ers 20P/20R Part No. 6B6 254[...]

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i Contents Definitions of Terms ... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. .... 2 Installing the I PS Application ..... .. .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... ..... .. .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... ....[...]

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Decem ber 200 0 1 Using t he I mage Print S erver (IPS) Soft ware with the KODAK PROFESSIONAL LED II Printers 20P/2 0R This docum ent d esc ribes ho w to use t he Kodak Professional Image Print Server (IPS) ap pli cation for Wind ows NT Works tati o n 4.0 Systems with t he Kodak Profession al LED II Printers 20P and 20R. The IPS application enables[...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 2 December 2 000 Definition s of T e r ms The following terms are used in this docu men t and are defined here for your convenien c e . Source Directory Folder o r directory that is design at ed for h oldi ng TIF F images to be printed. Hot Folder Another term for Source D[...]

Usi ng the IPS So ftw are w ith t he KODAK PRO FESSI ONAL L ED I I Pr inte rs Decem ber 200 0 3 Inst al ling the IPS Ap plication Before you perform the inst allation, make certain you are familiar with the Windows NT operating syst em. Hardware Require ment s The f ol lo wing is the minim um ha r dware req uired for th e IPS app lication: • 64 M[...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 4 December 2 000 Inst alling the Ap plicatio n 1. From your Windows Explorer program , double-click the Image P rint Server application (from the location designated in step 5 under “ Downloading the Installation Application ” on page 3). The splash screen and se tup m[...]

Usi ng the IPS So ftw are w ith t he KODAK PRO FESSI ONAL L ED I I Pr inte rs Decem ber 200 0 5 The Welcom e screen appears. 2. Cli ck Next> . The Li c ense Agreem ent screen appears.[...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 6 December 2 000 3. Read th e License A greement. • T o accept the lice nse agreeme nt, click Ye s . • Or, to ca n c e l th e in s tall a tio n , c li c k No . The Readme information appears. 4. Cli ck Next> .[...]

Usi ng the IPS So ftw are w ith t he KODAK PRO FESSI ONAL L ED I I Pr inte rs Decem ber 200 0 7 The Choo se Destination Location dia log box a ppears, showi ng the destination folder and file name for the I PS application. The default installation location for both the appl ication and the tone scale correction Loo kup T able (LU T) that can be use[...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 8 December 2 000 The S etup Comp lete screen appears. 6. Cli ck Fi nish to com plet e the instal la t ion .[...]

Usi ng the IPS So ftw are w ith t he KODAK PRO FESSI ONAL L ED I I Pr inte rs Decem ber 200 0 9 Us ing th e Im age Pr i nt S er v er Before Y ou Begin When you begin using this application, you need to set Source Directory Preferences (see page 14). T o do t his you need to: • know whether printer calibration was performed using Dens it y aim s o[...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 10 December 2 000 Ad ding, Up dati n g, or De let in g a Pr inter D evi ce Addin g a Device 1. Click the New icon on the IPS Launc her window or select File>Ne w . The display shows the Create a New Device s creen. 2. Enter a unique id entifier as the device nam e. The [...]

Usi ng the IPS So ftw are w ith t he KODAK PRO FESSI ONAL L ED I I Pr inte rs Decem ber 200 0 11 5. Cli ck OK t o acc ept the information (or click Cancel to go t o the I PS Launch er window wi t hout adding a device). A new device icon appe ars on t he IPS Launcher wi ndow . Up dating the Device Name, SCSI Ho st Ad apt e r , or SCSI ID 1. On the I[...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 12 December 2 000 3. Cli ck OK to save the change s (or cl ic k Cancel to i gnore the chang es and go to the IPS Launc her window). Dele ting a De vice T o delete a device and all f iles assoc iated with the device: 1. On the IP S La uncher window , select t he i con for t[...]

Usi ng the IPS So ftw are w ith t he KODAK PRO FESSI ONAL L ED I I Pr inte rs Decem ber 200 0 13 Pr inti n g Imag es T o print im ages, you: • select the device f rom which t o print • start t he IPS application for the selected device • set the Source Direct ory preferences for the selected device, if not already done • place images in the[...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 14 December 2 000 Descrip tion of Ic o n s on th e Main M enu The icons and their associated menu item s allow you to cho ose the f ollowing options: Sett ing th e Source D irecto ry Pr eferen ces for a Dev ice 1. Select Server>Def aults from the IPS main menu. Men u Ac[...]

Usi ng the IPS So ftw are w ith t he KODAK PRO FESSI ONAL L ED I I Pr inte rs Decem ber 200 0 15 The Source Directory Preferences dialog box appears . 2. T y pe the Source Di rectory name or click Browse to select the Sour ce Direct ory where th e TIFF im ages will be pla ced. 3. T y pe the L og Fi l e n am e or click Br owse to select the Log Fil [...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 16 December 2 000 8. T o center each image on the paper , leave the Center imag e box checked. If you d o not want to c ent er images, click to “ unc heck ” the box. T o ensure that the complete image file is exposed on the paper , Kodak recommend s that you always che[...]

Usi ng the IPS So ftw are w ith t he KODAK PRO FESSI ONAL L ED I I Pr inte rs Decem ber 200 0 17 Placi ng Images i n th e Pr int Queu e Y ou can submit ima ges by: • placing i mages in the “ h ot fo ld e r ” (t he Source Dire ctory in the Source Directory Preferences dialog box) • using th e enqueue function o n the application menu bar Usi[...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 18 December 2 000 The E nqueue d ialog box appears. NOTE: The E nqueue and the So urc e Di rectory P referenc es dialog boxes look almost identical, but they aff ect different image fi les. The information in each dialog is independen t of the other . 2. T y pe t he Image [...]

Usi ng the IPS So ftw are w ith t he KODAK PRO FESSI ONAL L ED I I Pr inte rs Decem ber 200 0 19 8. I f the LED Printer was calibrated using Density , you may apply T one Scale Correction with the g 22_fullrange.txt fil e in t h e LUT s folder supplied with the IPS app licat ion. T o apply t one scale correction: a. T ype the path and fil e name of[...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 20 December 2 000 A dialog box appears. 2. Cli ck OK to delete the first j ob (or click Cancel to cancel the deletion). The jo b at the top of the list is deleted f rom the print queue. NOTE: Before you can delete an image f rom the print queue, the application must be sus[...]

Usi ng the IPS So ftw are w ith t he KODAK PRO FESSI ONAL L ED I I Pr inte rs Decem ber 200 0 21 Sus pe nd in g and R esu m in g the IPS App lic ati on When the IPS application starts, it look s for Source Directory Pr e ferences. If these preferences are initialized, the application will start in the “ running ” sta te — as if the Res ume ic[...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 22 December 2 000 If the preferences were not ini tialized, the dialog box below appears. After you select OK , the S ource Directory Pr eferences dial og b ox app ears and t he application rem ains suspend ed u nt il the pref erences are ini t ialized. See “ Set ting th[...]

Usi ng the IPS So ftw are w ith t he KODAK PRO FESSI ONAL L ED I I Pr inte rs Decem ber 200 0 23 T o determine if the IPS applica t ion is runni ng in At t ended mode, pul l down the Serv e r menu. If the bullet appears ne x t t o Attended, the ap pli cation is running in attended m ode. • T o disable attended mod e, select the Server>Attended[...]

Usi ng t he IPS So ftw are w ith the KODAK PRO FESS IONAL L ED II Pr inte rs 24 December 2 000 File Fo r m at Det ails The data port ion of the TIFF f il e must contai n RG B byte i nt erleaved dat a. Suppo rted T a gs The Image Print Server supports the TIFF tags listed below . The range of valid values for TIFF t ags 256, 257, 258, 273, 278 and 2[...]

Decem ber 200 0 I-1 Index A adding a print dev ice 10 to 11 attended m ode of IPS app lication 22 to 23 defined 2 C centering image on the pape r 16, 1 8 communi c ation chan nels, SCS I 1 copies to print, number of 15, 18 D Defaults menu item (Server menu) 14 deferred printing option 15, 18 deleting a print dev ice 1 2 dequeue f unction 2, 14 usin[...]

I-2 December 2000 U unattended mo de of IPS application 22 to 23 defined 2 updating a print d evice 11 to 12 using the Image Print Server (IP S) application 9 t o 23 adding, upda ting, and deleting print devices 10 to 12 attended a nd unat tended mode s 22 t o 23 failed jobs directory, using 22 printing images 13 to 19 removing i mages from the pri[...]

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