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Kodak 8660 - EXPORT MODULE GUIDE Getting Started Manual

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Getting Started

The Printing Guide explains how to use the printing software that is
shipped with your Kodak Professional 8660 thermal printer (8660 printer).
This guide assumes that you are an experienced computer user who
understands how to install programs and that you are familiar with printing
software and how it works.
The printing software for the 8660 printer consists of the export module, a
plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. Use the export module within Photoshop to
send a job to the 8660 printer. The export module allows you to:
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scale an image.
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reprint the last image sent to the 8660 printer.
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print in landscape or portrait mode.
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print in package mode.
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apply print sharpening.
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use Colorflow connector files to perform custom color rendering or
printer tables for an improved match to your monitor.
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center an image on the page.
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create a mirror image.
Since the export module runs within Photoshop, you can use Photoshop's
image processing functions before you print. The export module is
compatible with Photoshop 4.0 and higher.
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Operator's Guide
Printing Guide
Color Management
Calibration
Network
Interface Guide
Getting Started
Using the Export
Module for Adobe
Photoshop
About Printer Tables
HELP

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  • Page 1: Getting Started

    Color Management software and how it works. The printing software for the 8660 printer consists of the export module, a Calibration plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. Use the export module within Photoshop to send a job to the 8660 printer.

  • Page 2: Getting Help Or Additional Information

    Operator’s Guide Getting Help or Additional Information Your Kodak dealer is the best source for information about setting up, Printing Guide operating, and obtaining accessories and supplies for your 8660 printer. Contact your dealer with any questions. The Operator’s Guide can help you with a printing problem. For more...

  • Page 3: Getting Information From The Kodak Home Page

    Operator’s Guide Getting Information from the Kodak Home Page Access the Kodak Web site to download the most recent printing software Printing Guide for the 8660 printer. Use the path http://www.kodak.com, and click on Support. Click on Software and Drivers for Kodak Products, and select the 8660 printer from the Printers and Copier-Printers menu.

  • Page 4: Using The Export Module For Adobe Photoshop

    Using the Export Module for Adobe Operator’s Guide Photoshop Printing Guide This chapter explains how to use the export module to send Photoshop images to your 8660 printer. Color Management Hardware and Software Requirements Make sure your system has the following hardware and software:...

  • Page 5: Installing The Export Module

    Operator’s Guide Installing the Export Module The software for the export module is included on the CD that came with Printing Guide your 8660 printer. To install the export module on Macintosh systems: Color Management Double-click on the icon for the 8660 printer CD on your desktop.

  • Page 6: Printing A File

    Operator’s Guide Printing a File The following steps describe how to send a Photoshop file to the 8660 Printing Guide printer. For instructions on package printing, refer to “Using Package Printing.” For instructions on applying a color connector file to your print refer to “Using the Export Module with Color Connector.”...
  • Page 7 Operator’s Guide Selecting an 8660 Printer Use the Select a Kodak Professional 8660 thermal printer dialog box to Printing Guide choose the appropriate 8660 printer to print your file. To select an 8660 printer with a SCSI connection to your...
  • Page 8 Click on Select Printer. Color Management Click on Network in the Select an 8660 thermal printer dialog box. Use the dialog boxes that open to locate (Macintosh) or browse Calibration (Windows) to the 8660 printer you wish to use.

  • Page 9: Using Package Printing

    Packages.”For information on how to set up a custom package, refer to “Using Custom Packages.” When you select a printing package, the 8660 printer automatically sets the Scaling, Center, Mirror, and Orientation options. For more information on these options, refer to “Dialog Box Options.”...
  • Page 10 Using Preformatted Packages Operator’s Guide To select a preformatted printing package to apply to your print job: Click on the General tab in the Kodak Professional 8660 thermal Printing Guide printer dialog box. Select the preformatted package you wish to use from the Package Color Management menu.
  • Page 11 NOTE: When you select a custom package, the icon changes to a diskette. If the images do not fit on the page, the icon changes to About Printer Tables a not symbol; and a message indicating that all the images are off the page appears under the symbol.
  • Page 12 Use any word processing application to create the file, and save it as an ASCII text file. You can then select the file to apply to your Color Management print job.
  • Page 13 file or to add any comments). Module for Adobe Photoshop • The upper left corner of placeholder N is identified by xN, yN as referenced from the 0,0 datum of the imageable area of the page. About Printer Tables •...
  • Page 14 Example of a custom package file to make two prints on a Operator’s Guide page: #Custom file with two placeholders Printing Guide Type: KPKG<CR> Version: 1.0<CR> Color Management 100, 200, 500, 600<CR> 1100, 1100, 1050, 750<CR> Calibration Network Interface Guide...
  • Page 15 8660 printer. Color connector allows you to make prints that match the colors produced by an input device such as a scanner or monitor. It also allows you to simulate a job as if it were printed on a commercial printing Color Management press.
  • Page 16 Locate the folder containing the color connector files in the open file dialog box. Calibration Select the color connector file you wish to apply to your print job, and click on Open for Macintosh or OK in Windows. Network Interface Guide...

  • Page 17: Error Messages

    Operator’s Guide Error Messages Many of the error messages displayed by the export module are self- Printing Guide explanatory. The following list provides additional information for frequently-encountered messages. If you do not find an error message in the list, refer to your Macintosh, Windows, or Photoshop documentation.
  • Page 18 For other errors, check all the 8660 printer’s connections, and make sure that the display panel shows the READY prompt. If the problem persists, restart the 8660 printer and the computer. If you still have trouble, try reinstalling the export module. The Operator’s Guide can also help you to solve printing problems.

  • Page 19: General Tab

    8660 printer and get multiple image sizes on your print. For example, by selecting the package “5x7 in and 3.5x5 in and Wallets” your print will contain a 5 x 7 in. print, and a number of 3.5 x 5 in. and wallet-sized prints (depending on the paper size selected).
  • Page 20 • Scaling—scales an image by a specified percentage or to fit or fill the Operator’s Guide page. You can select from the following scaling options: – To Fit Page—images that are larger or smaller than the page are Printing Guide scaled to fit the dimensions of the page without cropping.

  • Page 21: Media Tab

    XtraLife—applies an overcoat to the print. If you select Any Available as Calibration the Ribbon Type, XtraLife lamination is applied to prints. Network • Page Size—allows you to select the page size for the job. The options Interface Guide are: – Letter 8.5x11 in Getting Started –...

  • Page 22: Color Management Tab

    Color Management Tab Operator’s Guide • Mode—allows you to select the method of color management to apply to your print. The options are: Printing Guide – None—applies no color management from the export module. Select this option if you are using Photoshop for color management.

  • Page 23: Printer Tab

    Printer Default Connector Files—lists any default connector files that Interface Guide are stored in the 8660 printer. Getting Started Clicking on Select Printer opens a dialog box that allows you to select Using the Export the 8660 printer. Module for Adobe...

  • Page 24: About Printer Tables

    The dyes produce color by absorbing portions of the spectrum from the light striking the surface of the print. The perceived color of a print is also strongly influenced by the type and intensity of the light in which it is viewed.
  • Page 25 Using the Export gamma correction value of 1.8 and a black level value of -30. Module for Adobe The tables are all set for a hue shift of 0 , a saturation level of 100%, and Photoshop an automatic contrast calculation.
  • Page 26 Windows versions of the export module. These tables are for monitor Printing Guide gamma values of 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.5, 2.8, and black level values of 0, -10, -20, -30, and -40. The table names for Macintosh have the prefix XLS followed by a G and the gamma value and followed by B...
  • Page 27 Operator’s Guide Using Printer Tables You can use the default printer table stored in the 8660 printer, or you can Printing Guide select one of the monitor-matching printer tables that is shipped with the export module. To select the default printer table: Color Management Click on the Color Management tab.

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