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    Part No. 1H9659 KODAK Digital Science Calibration Utility User ’ s Guide for MICROSOFT WINDOWS and MACINT OSH[...]

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    i Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Contents Introduction What’s in this Guide v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS Installation 1–1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Requirements 1[...]

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    Contents ii September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Option Descriptions 1–45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File Menu 1–45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edit Menu 1–46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Contents iii Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Option Descriptions 2–41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File Menu 2–41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edit Menu 2–42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    v Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Introduction The Kodak Digital Science Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS and MACINT OSH (Calibration Utility) allows you to bring your printing system to the best possible color response. Kodak thermal dye diffusion printing systems are composed of printers and printer media (thermal ribbon and paper or tran[...]

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    1–1 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 1 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS This chapter describes how to install and use the Calibration Utility on a system that uses Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows for W orkgroups 3. 1 1, or Windows 95. Y ou should be familiar with the Windows environment. Installation See the "Read Me" for instruct[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–2 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Installing the Software This section describes how to install the Calibration Utility . Follow the steps for your particular Windows system. Windows 3.1x 1. Place the Calibration Utility CD or diskette in the appropriate drive. 2. Open and read the readme.wri file (which[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–3 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Operating the Calibration Utility The following steps describe how to start the Calibration Utility . NOTE: The export module for the printer you want to calibrate must be installed before you start the Calibration Utility . The Calibration Utility prompts you for the lo[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–4 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 NOTE: If you want to go directly to Normal Utility without the Calibration Utility selection dialog appearing each time you start the Calibration Utility , select the check box labeled At start-up, launch normal utility and don’t show this screen . The corresponding ch[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–5 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 5. Do one of the following: Click on the Begin Easy Cal button to start up Easy Cal. Information about the Easy Cal calibration procedure is in “Using Easy Cal to Calibrate Y our Printer” on page 1–6. or Click on the Launch Normal Utility button to start up Normal [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–6 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using Easy Cal to Calibrate Y our Printer The Easy Cal calibration procedure provides you with steps that guide you through the process of calibrating your printer using a Visual Gray Balance calibration. NOTE: The Easy Cal calibration procedure cannot be used to calibra[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–7 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Easy Cal Step 1 The Easy Cal Step 1 dialog box allows you to select a printer model to calibrate and find the corresponding export module. NOTE: If you do not need to specify a different printer , click on the Next>> button in the Easy Cal Step 1 dialog box and go [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–8 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 4. Click on the OK button. Y ou return to the Easy Cal Step 1 dialog box. The Calibration Utility now can find and use the export module so it can transfer data to the printer . 5. Click on the Next >> button. The Easy Cal Step 2 dialog box appears. Easy Cal Step 2[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–9 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 The Select a Printer dialog box appears. NOTE: Y our Select Printer dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module. If this is the first time that the Calibration Utility has been run or if the Preferences files have been deleted, you must locat[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–10 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 4. Click on the Next >> button. The Easy Cal Step 3 dialog box appears. Easy Cal Step 3 The Easy Cal Step 3 dialog box allows you to specify a different printer media to calibrate than the one that appears in the Printer Setup box. 1. Make sure that the paper and [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–1 1 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 The Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box appears. NOTE: Y our Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module. 3. Make any necessary changes in the Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box. 4. Click on the OK b[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–12 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 The Easy Cal Step 4 dialog box appears. Easy Cal Step 4 The Easy Cal Step 4 dialog box contains printer and printer setup information that will be used for the test print that is created in this step. NOTE: If the Easy Cal Step 4 dialog box does not contain printer and [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–13 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 2. Click on the Next >> button. The default table is sent to the printer and the previous table is overwritten. The Send and Print dialog box appears. NOTE: Y our Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module. 3. Click on [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–14 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Easy Cal Step 5 Use the test print to calibrate your printer in the Easy Cal Step 5 dialog box. 1. Look at the test print and decide which grayscale cluster appears the most neutral gray . NOTE: If you want to print another test print, click on the <<Back button t[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–15 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 4. Do one of the following: If you do not want to make another test print and you do not want to save the calibration table, click on the Exit button to quit the Calibration Utility . or If you want to save the calibration table, click on the Proceed button to access a [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–16 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using Normal Utility to Calibrate Y our Printer The Normal Utility calibration procedure allows you to create a new calibration document or start from a calibration document that was previously created and saved. When you click on the Launch Normal Utility button in the[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–17 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Setting Preferences Y ou can specify the folders that contains the export module and the import module (used for densitometer settings) in the Preferences dialog box. 1. Pull down the File menu and select Preferences . The Preferences dialog box appears. 2. Click on the[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–18 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Selecting and Setting Up a Printer Select a printer and specify the printer media before you start a calibration. 1. Pull down the Printer menu. 2. Choose Select Printer and highlight the printer you want to calibrate. 3. Pull down the Printer menu and choose Printer Se[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–19 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Creating a New Calibration Document Y ou can either create a new calibration document or open an existing one to calibrate your printer . 1. Pull down the File menu and select New . The Calibration T able dialog box appears. Ribbon and paper type information may not app[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–20 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Selecting a Starting Point for the Calibration Document This section describes how to select a starting point (base file) for the calibration document. There are three ways to access a base file: Read Current T able From Printer —uses the printer ’s current table (r[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–21 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 A Calibration Document window appears. 3. Go to “Using the Calibration Document Window” on page 1–28.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–22 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using the Printer ’ s Default Calibration T able as the Starting Point 1. Select the Use Printer ’s Default T able radio button in the Starting Point box. 2. Click on the OK button. A Calibration Document window appears. 3. Go to “Using the Calibration Document Wi[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–23 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Using an Existing Calibration T able as the Starting Point Y ou can follow the steps below only if you have previously created and saved a calibration table. If you are using the Calibration Utility for the first time, no calibration tables exist yet for use as a starti[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–24 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 3. Find and open the directory that contains the calibration table you want to use as the starting point for your new table. 4. Select the calibration table you want to copy . NOTE: The data in the table selected as a starting point is specific to the paper and media ty[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–25 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 A Calibration Document window appears. 7. Go to “Using the Calibration Document Window” on page 1–28.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–26 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Opening an Existing Calibration T able 1. Pull down the File menu and select Open . A file selection dialog box appears. 2. Find and open the directory that contains the calibration table you want to use. 3. Select the calibration table you want to use. 4. Click on the [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–27 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 A Calibration Document window appears. 5. Go to “Using the Calibration Document Window” on page 1–28.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–28 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using the Calibration Document Window Use the Calibration Document window to set up and run Visual Gray Balance, Visual Linearity , and Densitometer calibrations. 1. Make sure that the information in the Printer Setup Information box is correct and make sure that you ar[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–29 Part No. 8B9045 July 1996 Calibrating the Printer Y ou can now calibrate your printer by running the Visual Gray Balance and Visual Linearity calibration procedures. If you have a densitometer , you can run just the Densitometer calibration procedure. Y ou do not have to do Visual Gray Balance and V [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–30 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Fine —offers the least degree of dif ference between clusters. This print is useful when it is difficult to choose between clusters on the Normal calibration print. For example, you printed a Normal print and you find that the most neutral-looking clusters are next to[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–31 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 4. Click on the OK button. Y ou return to the Calibration Document window . 5. Click on the Send & Print button. The Send and Print dialog box appears. NOTE: Y our Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–32 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 6. Click on the Print button. Y ou return to the Calibration Document window . The calibration test print is printed on the specified printer . 7. View the calibration test print and determine which cluster appears the most neutral. If the Visual Gray Balance most-neutr[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–33 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 The Input T est Print V alues dialog box appears. 9. T ype the number of the most-neutral cluster in the Cluster Number box. 10. Click on the Recompute the T able button. The calibration table data is updated and the Calibration Document window appears.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–34 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 1 1. Click on the Send button if you are satisfied with the neutral in the cluster you selected and you do not want to look at another calibration print. A confirmation box appears. 12. Click on the Send button. The recomputed table is sent to the printer and the follow[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–35 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Visual Linearity Visual Linearity calibrates your printer so it produces the correct shading (lightness/darkness). Use the Linearity Reference Card to select a cluster for each of the six density ranges. Visual Linearity calibration prints look similar to the following [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–36 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Running a Visual Linearity Calibration After you have run a calibration using the Visual Gray Balance option, use the Visual Linearity option to recompute the current calibration table using values from the test print. 1. Pull down the Calibration menu and select Visual[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–37 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 The Send and Print dialog box opens. NOTE: Y our Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module. 3. Click on the Print button. Y ou return to the Calibration Document window . The calibration test print is printed on the specifie[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–38 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 4. Use the Linearity Reference Card to select a box number for each of the six density ranges. If all of the Visual Linearity numbers on the test print are box number 5, the printer is already calibrated. Y ou can close the Calibration Utility . If the Visual Linearity [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–39 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Densitometer A Densitometer calibration corrects the printer ’s response based on the densitometer reading for selected patches. If you have a densitometer , you do not need to run Visual Gray Balance and V isual Linearity calibrations. Y ou only have to run the Densi[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–40 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Running a Densitometer Calibration If you have a densitometer , you can run the Densitometer calibration instead of the Visual Gray Balance and V isual Linearity calibrations. 1. Set up your densitometer . 2. Pull down the Calibration menu and select Densitometer . 3. P[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–41 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Y ou return to the Calibration Document window . 7. Click on the Send & Print button. The Send and Print dialog box appears. NOTE: Y our Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–42 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 8. Click on the Print button. Y ou return to the Calibration Document window . The calibration test print is printed on the specified printer . 9. Click on the Input button. The Input T est Print V alues dialog box appears.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–43 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 One, three, or four Density V alue columns appear in the Input T est Print V alues dialog box, depending on the calibration your printer requires (for black ribbon, three-color ribbon, or four-color ribbon). The number of Density V alue rows is determined by the selecti[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–44 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Import The selected import module opens a dialog box when you click on the Import button in the Densitometer — Input T est Print V alues dialog box. For the Kodak File Reader , the following dialog box appears when you click on the Import button. End of Field Characte[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–45 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Option Descriptions This section describes the Calibration Utility menu and dialog box options. File Menu This section describes the features on the File pulldown menu. New —accesses the Calibration Document window so you can select options for the current printer set[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–46 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Edit Menu The Edit menu is enabled only when a Calibration Document window is open. The options in the Edit menu are enabled only when you enter text in the Printer Description and Media Description boxes. Calibration Menu The Calibration menu is enabled when a Calibrat[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–47 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Amount of Correction The Amount of Correction radio buttons allow you to specify the degree of difference between neutrals the calibration print will present. Fine —the calibration print offers the least degree of dif ference in neutrals between the cluster in the upp[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–48 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Calibration Setup — Densitometer This dialog box allows you to use values from a densitometer text table to recompute the calibration table. NOTE: Make sure that your densitometer is calibrated before you try to calibrate your printer with the densitometer values. Den[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–49 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Printer Menu The Printer menu allows you to select a printer or set up the printer from the menu bar . Select Printer —a menu with the printer selections for your system appears. Printer Setup... —the Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box appears so you can make [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–50 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Calibration T able Dialog Box Pull down the File menu and select New to access a dialog box that allows you to create a new calibration table. Printer Setup The Printer Setup box lists information about the ribbon and paper type for which the printer will be calibrated.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–51 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Starting Point The Starting Point box allows you to select the data that will act as a base for the new calibration table. Read Current T able From Printer —allows you to retrieve and begin with the printer ’s current table. Once the table is loaded, you can edit it[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–52 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Calibration Document Window The Calibration Document window allows you to specify information about the calibration table. Printer Setup Information The Printer Setup Information box lists information about the printer type, ribbon, and paper type for which the printer [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–53 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Printer Description The Printer Description text box allows you to enter information that describes the printer for which the calibration table will be used. The text you enter is used to help describe the specifics of a particular calibration table. This text is not pr[...]

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    2–1 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 2 Calibration Utility for MACIN T OSH This chapter describes how to install and use the Calibration Utility on a Macintosh system. Y ou should be familiar with the Macintosh environment. Installation See the "Read Me" for instructions for installing the calibration utility. System Requirements Recommen[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–2 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Installing the Software 1. Place the CD or diskette containing the Calibration Utility in the appropriate drive. An icon appears on the desktop. 2. Open and read the README file (which contains last-minute changes and information). 3. Open a folder on your hard drive in which yo[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–3 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Operating the Calibration Utility The following steps describe how to start the Calibration Utility . 1. Double-click on the Kodak DS Calibration Utility icon on your hard drive. A splash screen appears, then the Calibration Utility selection box appears. 2. Do one of the follow[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–4 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using Easy Cal to Calibrate Y our Printer The Easy Cal calibration procedure provides you with steps that guide you through the process of calibrating your printer using a Visual Gray Balance calibration. NOTE: The Easy Cal calibration procedure cannot be used to calibrate a pri[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–5 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Easy Cal Step 1 The Easy Cal Step 1 dialog box allows you to select a printer model to calibrate and find the corresponding export module. If you do not need to specify a different printer , click on the Next>> button in the Easy Cal Step 1 dialog box and go to “Easy Cal[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–6 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 3. Find and open the folder that contains the export module. 4. Select the export module you want to use. 5. Click on Open button. Y ou return to the Easy Cal Step 1 dialog box. The Calibration Utility now can find and use the export module so it can transfer data to the printer[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–7 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Easy Cal Step 2 The Easy Cal Step 2 dialog box allows you to specify a different printer to calibrate than the one that appears in the Printer box. NOTE: If you do not need to specify a different printer , you can ignore the following steps and click on the Next>> button i[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–8 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Y ou return to the Easy Cal Step 2 dialog box. 4. Click on the Next >> button. The Easy Cal Step 3 dialog box appears.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–9 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Easy Cal Step 3 The Easy Cal Step 3 dialog box allows you to specify a different printer media to calibrate than the one that appears in the Printer Setup box. 1. Make sure that the paper and media types for which you want to calibrate are loaded in the printer . NOTE: If you do[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–10 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 3. Make any necessary changes in the Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box. 4. Click on the OK button. Y ou return to the Easy Cal Step 3 dialog box. 5. Click on the Next >> button. The Easy Cal Step 4 dialog box appears.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–1 1 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Easy Cal Step 4 The Easy Cal Step 4 dialog box contains printer and printer setup information that will be used in the test print that is created in this step. NOTE: If the Easy Cal Step 4 dialog box does not contain printer and printer setup information, click on the <<[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–12 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 3. Click on the Print button. Y our computer begins processing information. This may take a few minutes. The calibration test print is printed on the specified printer . The Easy Cal Step 5 dialog box appears. Easy Cal Step 5 Use the test print to calibrate your printer in the [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–13 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 NOTE: If you want to print an updated test print, you can click on the <<Back button to return to the Easy Cal Step 4 dialog box. If cluster number 225 on the updated test print is the most neutral gray , then the calibration is successful. T ype 225 in the Cluster Number[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–14 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using Normal Utility to Calibrate Y our Printer The Normal Utility calibration procedure allows you to create a new calibration document or start from a calibration document that was previously created and saved. When you click on the Launch Normal Utility button in the Calibra[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–15 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Setting Preferences Y ou can specify the folders that contains the export module and the import module (used for densitometer settings) in the Preferences dialog box. 1. Pull down the File menu and select Preferences . The Preferences dialog box appears. 2. Click on the Select [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–16 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Selecting and Setting Up a Printer Select a printer and specify the printer media before you start a calibration. 1. Pull down the Printer menu. 2. Choose Select Printer and highlight the printer you want to calibrate. 3. Pull down the Printer menu and choose Printer Setup . Th[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–17 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Creating a New Calibration Document Y ou can either create a new calibration document or open an existing one to calibrate your printer . 1. Pull down the File menu and select New . The Calibration T able dialog box appears. Ribbon and paper type information may not appear in t[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–18 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Selecting a Starting Point for the Calibration Document This section describes how to select a starting point (base file) for the calibration document. There are three ways to access a base file: Read Current T able from Printer —uses the printer ’s current table (refer to [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–19 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 A Calibration Document window appears. 3. Go to “Using the Calibration Document Window” on page 2–24.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–20 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using the Printer ’ s Default Calibration T able as the Starting Point 1. Select the Use Printer ’s Default T able radio button in the Starting Point box. 2. Click on the OK button. A Calibration Document window appears. 3. Go to “Using the Calibration Document Window” [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–21 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Using an Existing Calibration T able as the Starting Point Y ou can follow the steps below only if you have previously created and saved a calibration table. If you are using the Calibration Utility for the first time, no calibration tables exist yet for use as a starting point[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–22 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 NOTE: The data in the table selected as a starting point is specific to the paper and media types specified when the table was created. Y ou cannot select documents for the incorrect paper and ribbon type. The files you can select are files created by the Calibration Utility or[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–23 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Opening an Existing Calibration T able 1. Pull down the File menu and select Open . A file selection dialog box appears. 2. Find and open the folder that contains the calibration table you want to use. 3. Select the calibration table you want to use. 4. Click on the Open button[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–24 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using the Calibration Document Window Use the Calibration Document window to set up and run Visual Gray Balance, Visual Linearity , and Densitometer calibrations. 1. Make sure that the information in the Printer Setup Information box is correct and make sure that you are creati[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–25 Part No. 8B9045 July 1996 Calibrating the Printer Y ou can now calibrate your printer by running the Visual Gray Balance and Visual Linearity calibration procedures. If you have a densitometer , you can run just the Densitometer calibration procedure. Y ou do not have to do Visual Gray Balance and V isual Li[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–26 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Fine —offers the least degree of dif ference between clusters. This print is useful when it is difficult to choose between clusters on the Normal calibration print. For example, you printed a Normal print and you find that the most neutral-looking clusters are next to each ot[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–27 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 4. Click on the OK button. Y ou return to the Calibration Document window . 5. Click on the Send & Print button. The Send and Print dialog box appears. NOTE: Y our Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–28 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 6. Click on the Print button. Y ou return to the Calibration Document window . The calibration test print is printed on the specified printer . 7. View the calibration test print and determine which cluster appears the most neutral. If the Visual Gray Balance most-neutral clust[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–29 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 The Input T est Print V alues dialog box appears. 9. T ype the number of the most-neutral cluster in the Cluster Number box. 10. Click on the Recompute the T able button. The calibration table data is updated and the Calibration Document window appears.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–30 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 1 1. Click on the Send button if you are satisfied with the neutral in the cluster you selected and you do not want to look at another calibration print. A confirmation box appears. 12. Click on the Send button. The recomputed table is sent to the printer and the following mess[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–31 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Visual Linearity Visual Linearity calibrates your printer so it produces the correct shading (lightness/darkness). Use the Linearity Reference Card to select a cluster for each of the six density ranges. Visual Linearity calibration prints look similar to the following examples[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–32 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Running a Visual Linearity Calibration After you have run a calibration using the Visual Gray Balance option, use the Visual Linearity option to recompute the current calibration table using values from the test print. 1. Pull down the Calibration menu and select Visual Lineari[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–33 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 3. Click on the Print button. Y ou return to the Calibration Document window . The calibration test print is printed on the specified printer . 4. Use the Linearity Reference Card to select a box number for each of the six density ranges. If all of the Visual Linearity numbers [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–34 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 6. T ype in the values you select from the test print in the text boxes. 7. Click on the Recompute the T able button. The calibration table is computed using the specified values and the Calibration Document window appears. 8. Click on the Send button to send the table to the p[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–35 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Densitometer A Densitometer calibration corrects the printer ’s response based on the densitometer reading for selected patches. If you have a densitometer , you do not need to run Visual Gray Balance and V isual Linearity calibrations. Y ou only have to run the Densitometer [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–36 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Running a Densitometer Calibration If you have a densitometer , you can run the Densitometer calibration instead of the Visual Gray Balance and V isual Linearity calibrations. 1. Set up your densitometer . 2. Pull down the Calibration menu and select Densitometer . 3. Pull down[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–37 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Y ou return to the Calibration Document window . 7. Click on the Send & Print button. The Send and Print dialog box appears. NOTE: Y our Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your export module.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–38 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 8. Click on the Print button. Y ou return to the Calibration Document window . The calibration test print is printed on the specified printer . 9. Click on the Input button. The Input T est Print V alues dialog box appears.[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–39 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 One, three, or four Density V alue columns appear in the Input T est Print V alues dialog box, depending on the calibration your printer requires (for black ribbon, three-color ribbon, or four-color ribbon). The number of Density V alue rows is determined by the selection in th[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–40 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Import The selected import module opens a dialog box when you click on the Import button in the Densitometer — Input T est Print V alues dialog box. For the Kodak File Reader , the following dialog box appears when you click on the Import button. End of Field Character —spe[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–41 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Option Descriptions This section describes the Calibration Utility menu and dialog box options. File Menu This section describes the options on the File pulldown menu. New —accesses the Calibration Document window so you can select options for the current printer setup. Open [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–42 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Edit Menu The Edit menu is enabled only when the Calibration Document window is open. The options in the Edit menu are enabled only when you enter text in the Printer Description and Media Description boxes. Calibration Menu The Calibration menu is enabled when the Calibration [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–43 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Amount of Correction The Amount of Correction buttons allow you to specify the degree of difference between neutrals the calibration print will present. Fine —the calibration print offers the least degree of dif ference in neutrals between the cluster in the upper left corner[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–44 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Calibration Setup — Densitometer This dialog box allows you to use values from a densitometer text table to recompute the calibration table. NOTE: Make sure that your densitometer is calibrated before you try to calibrate your printer with the densitometer values. Densitomete[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–45 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Printer Menu The Printer menu allows you to select a printer or set up the printer from the menu bar . Select Printer —a menu with the printer selections for your system appears. Printer Setup... —the Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box appears so you can make changes [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–46 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Calibration T able Dialog Box Pull down the File menu and select New to access a dialog box that allows you to create a new calibration table. Printer Setup The Printer Setup box lists information about the ribbon and paper type for which the printer will be calibrated. Click o[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–47 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Starting Point The Starting Point box allows you to select the data that will act as a base for the new calibration table. Read Current T able From Printer —allows you to retrieve and begin with the printer ’s current table. Once the table is loaded, you can edit it and rec[...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–48 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Calibration Document Window The Calibration Document window allows you to specify information about the calibration table. Printer Setup Information The Printer Setup Information box lists information about the printer type, ribbon, and paper type for which the printer will be [...]

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    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–49 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Media Description The Media Description text box allows you to enter information that describes the media for which the calibration table will be used. The text you enter is used to help describe the specifics of a particular calibration table. This text is not printed on the t[...]

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    A–1 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Appendix A Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers Ribbon Media Choices Kodak is introducing new thermal three-color (CMY) media ribbons (V1.5) which are improved versions of the V1.0 three-color (CMY) ribbons. These changes affect only KODAK EKT A THERM XLS Three-Color Ribbon products. The Printer Setup for C[...]

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    Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers A–2 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Printer Ribbons (V1.0) Product Name Catalog Number Product Code KODAK EKT A THERM XLS Three-Color Ribbon /XTRALIFE Media 873–3925 5305 KODAK EKT A THERM XLS Oversize Three-Color Ribbon /XTRALIFE Media/CMY 162–7298 6304 KODAK EKT A THERM XLS Oversize Three-Color Ribbo[...]

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    Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers A–3 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Printer Ribbons (V1.5) Product Name Catalog Number Product Code KODAK EKT A THERM XLS Three-Color Ribbon /XTRALIFE Media V1.5 807–6135 5306 KODAK EKT A THERM XLS Oversize Three-Color Ribbon /XTRALIFE Media V1.5 801–3716 8304 KODAK EKT A THERM XLS Oversize Three-Color[...]

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    Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers A–4 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using the Calibration Utility to Download Default Calibration T ables Check the tables on the previous pages to determine your printer ribbon version (V1.0 or V1.5). If your printer ribbon version does not match the calibration tables in your printer , you must download [...]

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    Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers A–5 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Calibrating Y our Printer for V1.5 Ribbon Follow these steps to calibrate your printer for V1.5 printer ribbon. 1. Put your printer in Raster Mode via the printer ’s front panel. NOTE: For instructions, refer to the previous section,“Putting Y our Printer in Raster M[...]

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    Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers A–6 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 The Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box appears. IMPORT ANT : The following list of media type conditions must be updated for the new V1.5 ribbon media. Make each update from the Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box in the following order: 1. Reflective with Xtr[...]

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    Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers A–7 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 The calibration table is sent to printer . 19. Pull down the Printer menu and choose Printer Setup . 20. Repeat steps 9 through 12, step 15, and step 18 for each of the media types listed in the IMPORT ANT note on the previous page. 21. Exit the Calibration Utility . Y o[...]

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    Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers A–8 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Do I Need to Calibrate My Printer? In order for your thermal prints to have the correct color balance, the printer ribbon must match the calibration tables contained in your printer . If your prints have a slight pinkish hue, you are using V1.5 printer ribbon with V1.0 c[...]

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    Index–1 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Index A Amount of Correction, 1–47, 2–43 Coarse, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26, 2–43 Fine, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26, 2–43 Normal, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26, 2–43 B Begin, 1–49, 2–45 Begin with Previous Settings, 1–49, 2–45 Black-only ribbon, 1–6, 1–28, 2–4, 2–24 C Calibrating printer , A–8 fo[...]

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    Index Index–2 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Calibration document creating new , 1–16, 1–19, 2–17 opening existing, 1–19, 2–17 table, 1–26 to 1–27, 2–23 selecting starting point, 1–20 to 1–25, 2–18 to 2–22 starting from previously created and saved, 1–16 starting point using existing table, 1–23 to 1–25, 2–21 to 2?[...]

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    Index Index–3 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Change Setup, 1–50, 2–46 Close, 1–45, 2–41 Coarse Visual Gray Balance, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26 Configuration minimum Macintosh, 2–1 Windows, 1–1 recommended Macintosh, 2–1 Windows, 1–1 Copy T able from File, 1–51, 2–47 Creating new calibration document, 1–19, 2–17 new calibration[...]

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    Index Index–4 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 E Easy Cal calibration procedure Easy Cal Step 1, 1–7 to 1–8, 2–5 to 2–6 Easy Cal Step 2, 1–8 to 1–10, 2–7 to 2–8 Easy Cal Step 3, 1–10 to 1–12, 2–9 to 2–10 Easy Cal Step 4, 1–12 to 1–13, 2–1 1 to 2–12 Easy Cal Step 5, 1–14 to 1–15, 2–12 to 2–13 Macintosh systems[...]

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    Index Index–5 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 I Import, 1–44, 2–40 End of Field Character , 1–44, 2–40 End of Record Character , 1–44, 2–40 module, 1–17, 1–44, 2–15, 2–40 for densitometer settings, 1–17 Open, 1–44, 2–40 Input, 1–53, 2–49 Introduction, v K Kodak DS 8650 Printer , A–1 to A–8 ribbon media choices, A?[...]

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    Index Index–6 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 N Neutral gray , choosing, 1–14, 1–29, 2–12, 2–25 New , 1–45, 2–41 New calibration table, creating, 1–16, 2–14 Normal Utility , starting up Macintosh systems, 2–3 Windows 3.1x, 1–3 Windows 95, 1–5 Normal Utility calibration procedure Macintosh systems, 2–14 to 2–40 printer cal[...]

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    Index Index–7 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 P Preferences, 1–45, 2–41 setting, 1–17, 2–15 Printer media, selecting, 1–10 to 1–12, 2–9 to 2–10 menu option descriptions, 1–49, 2–45 Printer Setup, 1–49, 2–45 Select Printer , 1–49, 2–45 model, selecting, 1–7 to 1–10, 2–5 to 2–6, 2–7 to 2–8 selecting, 1–18, 2[...]

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    Index Index–8 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 S Save, 1–45 Save As, 1–45, 2–41 Saving calibration tables, 1–15, 2–13 Select File, 1–51, 2–47 Select Printer , 1–49, 2–45 Selecting export module, 1–7 to 1–8, 2–5 to 2–6 printer , 1–18, 2–16 media, 1–10 to 1–12, 2–9 to 2–10 model, 1–7 to 1–10, 2–5 to 2–6, [...]

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    Index Index–9 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 U Use Printer ’s Default T able, 1–51, 2–47 Using Calibration Document window , 1–28, 2–24 V Visual Gray Balance, 1–46 to 1–47, 2–42 to 2–43 Amount of Correction, 1–47, 2–43 Coarse, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26, 2–43 Fine, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26, 2–43 Normal, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26,[...]

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    EASTMAN KODAK COMP ANY Rochester , New Y ork 14653 USA Kodak, Digital Science, and the ds monogram symbol are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company . Part No. 1H9659 9/97 Eastman Kodak Company , 1997 Printed in U.S.A.[...]