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  • Page 1 Part No. 1H9659 KODAK Digital Science Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS and MACINTOSH User’s Guide...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction What’s in this Guide 1 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS Installation System Requirements Recommended System Configuration Minimum System Configuration Operating the Calibration Utility Starting in Windows 3.1x Starting in Windows 95 Using Easy Cal to Calibrate Your Printer Easy Cal Step 1 Easy Cal Step 2 Easy Cal Step 3...
  • Page 4 Contents Option Descriptions File Menu ........... . Edit Menu .
  • Page 5 Calibration Menu Printer Menu Easy-Cal Menu Calibration Table Dialog Box Calibration Document Window Appendix A Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers Ribbon Media Choices Printer Ribbons (V1.0) Printer Ribbons (V1.5) Using the Calibration Utility to Download Default Calibration Tables Putting Your Printer in Raster Mode Calibrating Your Printer for V1.5 Ribbon...

  • Page 7: What's In This Guide

    WINDOWS and MACINTOSH (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 transparency material). Normal variability in the manufacturing processes of printers and media may cause slight variations in light gray (low density) areas of prints.

  • Page 9: Calibration Utility For Microsoft Windows

    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 Workgroups 3.11, or Windows 95. You should be familiar with the Windows environment. Installation See the "Read Me"...
  • Page 10 When the installation is complete, a confirmation box appears. 6. Click on the Continue button. Windows restarts. A new group named Kodak Calibration Utility appears in the Program Manager window. 7. Remove the CD or diskette from the drive.

  • Page 11: 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 Starting in Windows 3.1x 1. Double-click on the Kodak DS Calibration Utility group icon in the Program Manager window. The Kodak Calibration Utility window opens.

  • Page 12: Starting In Windows 95

    1. Click on the Start button. 2. Select Programs on the Start menu. 3. Select Kodak DS Calibration Utility on the Programs menu. 4. Select Kodak DS Calibration Utility on the Kodak DS Calibration Utility menu. A splash screen appears, then the Calibration Utility selection dialog appears.
  • Page 13 5. Do one of the following: D Click on the Information about the Easy Cal calibration procedure is in “Using Easy Cal to Calibrate Your Printer” on page 1–6. D Click on the Information about the Normal Utility calibration procedure is in “Using Normal Utility to Calibrate Your Printer”...

  • Page 14: Using Easy Cal To Calibrate Your Printer

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS Using Easy Cal to Calibrate Your 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 printer that is using black-only ribbon.

  • Page 15: Easy Cal Step 1

    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>>...

  • Page 16: Easy Cal Step 2

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 4. Click on the OK button. You 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.
  • Page 17 The Select a Printer dialog box appears. NOTE: Your 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 locate an export module folder.

  • Page 18: Easy Cal Step 3

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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.
  • Page 19 The Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box appears. NOTE: Your 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 button. You return to the Easy Cal Step 3 dialog box.

  • Page 20: Easy Cal Step 4

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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 1.
  • Page 21 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: Your Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module. 3.

  • Page 22: Easy Cal Step 5

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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 2.
  • Page 23 4. Do one of the following: D 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. D If you want to save the calibration table, click on the button to access a document window.

  • Page 24: Using Normal Utility To Calibrate Your Printer

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS Using Normal Utility to Calibrate Your 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 Calibration Utility selection box, the Normal Utility calibration procedure starts up and the Calibration Utility window opens.

  • Page 25: Setting Preferences

    Setting Preferences You 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.

  • Page 26: Selecting And Setting Up A Printer

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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.

  • Page 27: Creating A New Calibration Document

    “Selecting a Starting Point for the Calibration Document” on page 1–20. NOTE: The Read Current Table From Printer radio button will not be available if the printer cannot return this information (for example, many printers connected via parallel will have this option deselected).

  • Page 28: Selecting A Starting Point For The Calibration Document

    (refer to “Using an Existing Calibration Table as the Starting Point” on page 1–23). Using the Printer’s Current Calibration Table as the Starting Point 1. Select the Read Current Table From Printer radio button in the Starting Point box. 2. Click on the OK button.
  • Page 29 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS A Calibration Document window appears. 3. Go to “Using the Calibration Document Window” on page 1–28. Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 1–21...
  • Page 30 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS Using the Printer’s Default Calibration Table as the Starting Point 1. Select the Use Printer’s Default Table radio button in the Starting Point box. 2. Click on the OK button. A Calibration Document window appears.
  • Page 31 Follow the instructions in “Selecting and Setting Up a Printer” on page 1–18 to specify information about the printer paper and media. 1. Select the Copy Table from File: radio button in the Starting Point box. 2. Click on the Select File... button.
  • Page 32 NOTE: The data in the table selected as a starting point is specific to the 5. Click on the Open button. The file selection dialog box closes. The name of the selected calibration table appears after the Copy Table from File: radio button. 6. Click on the OK button. 1–24 paper and media types specified when the table was created.
  • Page 33 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS A Calibration Document window appears. 7. Go to “Using the Calibration Document Window” on page 1–28. Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 1–25...

  • Page 34: Opening An Existing Calibration Table

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS Opening an Existing Calibration Table 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.
  • Page 35 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS A Calibration Document window appears. 5. Go to “Using the Calibration Document Window” on page 1–28. Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 1–27...

  • Page 36: Using The Calibration Document Window

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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 creating a calibration table for the media you want to use.

  • Page 37: Calibrating The Printer

    Calibrating the Printer You 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. You do not have to do Visual Gray Balance and Visual Linearity calibrations.
  • Page 38 2. Pull down the Calibration menu and select Setup Visual Gray Balance..The Calibration Setup – Visual Gray Balance dialog box opens. 3. Select a radio button in the Amount of Correction box. 1–30 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659...
  • Page 39 4. Click on the OK button. You return to the Calibration Document window. 5. Click on the Send & Print button. The Send and Print dialog box appears. NOTE: Your Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module. Part No.
  • Page 40 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 6. Click on the Print button. You 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 cluster number on the test print ends in 25, the printer is already calibrated.
  • Page 41 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS The Input Test Print Values dialog box appears. 9. Type the number of the most-neutral cluster in the Cluster Number box. 10. Click on the Recompute the Table button. The calibration table data is updated and the Calibration Document window appears.
  • Page 42 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 11. 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 message appears.

  • Page 43: Visual Linearity

    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. Using the Linearity Reference Card The Linearity Reference Card is included with the Calibration Utility.
  • Page 44 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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 Linearity . You return to the Calibration Document window.
  • Page 45 The Send and Print dialog box opens. NOTE: Your Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module. 3. Click on the Print button. You return to the Calibration Document window. The calibration test print is printed on the specified printer. Part No.
  • Page 46 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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. You can close the Calibration Utility. If the Visual Linearity numbers on the test print are not all box number 5, you must recalibrate the printer.

  • Page 47: Densitometer

    Densitometer calibration prints look similar to the following examples. example: from a Kodak XLS 8600 Printer or Kodak Digital Science example: from a Kodak Digital Science NOTE: Separation prints have separate individual colors for each of the cyan, magenta, and yellow planes.
  • Page 48 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS Running a Densitometer Calibration If you have a densitometer, you can run the Densitometer calibration instead of the Visual Gray Balance and Visual Linearity calibrations. 1. Set up your densitometer. 2. Pull down the Calibration menu and select Densitometer . 3.
  • Page 49 You return to the Calibration Document window. 7. Click on the Send & Print button. The Send and Print dialog box appears. NOTE: Your Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module. Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–41...
  • Page 50 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 8. Click on the Print button. You return to the Calibration Document window. The calibration test print is printed on the specified printer. 9. Click on the Input button. The Input Test Print Values dialog box appears. 1–42 September 1997 Part No.
  • Page 51 If your densitometer has an associated import module, the densitometer readings will be imported directly into the dialog box. Using the Kodak File Reader, you can read in a file of data and specify the end of Field and End of Record characters.
  • Page 52 The selected import module opens a dialog box when you click on the Import button in the Densitometer — Input Test Print Values dialog box. For the Kodak File Reader, the following dialog box appears when you click on the Import button.

  • Page 53: Option Descriptions

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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 setup. Open—accesses a file selection box so you can select an existing calibration table from which to start.

  • Page 54: Edit Menu

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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 Calibration Document window is open.
  • Page 55 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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 difference in neutrals between the cluster in the upper left corner and the cluster in the lower right corner.
  • Page 56 NOTE: Make sure that your densitometer is calibrated before you try to Densitometer The Densitometer radio buttons allow you to specify what type of density data ( Status A or Status T ) your densitometer provides. The Calibration Utility calculates the table data using the density type that the export module needs for the current calibration slot.

  • Page 57: Printer Menu

    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 for the selected printer.

  • Page 58: Calibration Table Dialog Box

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS Calibration Table 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.
  • Page 59 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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 Table From Printer—allows you to retrieve and begin with the printer’s current table. Once the table is loaded, you can edit it and recalibrate the printer.

  • Page 60: Calibration Document Window

    Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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 calibrated. 1–52 September 1997 Part No.
  • Page 61 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 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.

  • Page 63: Calibration Utility For Macintosh

    2 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH This chapter describes how to install and use the Calibration Utility on a Macintosh system. You should be familiar with the Macintosh environment. Installation See the "Read Me" for instructions for installing the calibration utility. System Requirements Recommended System Configuration D 68040 or PowerPC processor...
  • Page 64 Calibration Utility. 4. Double-click on the icon to open it. 5. Select the Kodak DS Calibration Utility folder and drag it into the folder you created on your hard drive. The entire contents of the folder on the CD or diskette are copied into the folder you created.

  • Page 65: Operating The Calibration Utility

    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 following: D Click on the Information about the Easy Cal calibration procedure is in “Using...

  • Page 66: Using Easy Cal To Calibrate Your Printer

    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH Using Easy Cal to Calibrate Your 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 printer that is using black-only ribbon.

  • Page 67: Easy Cal Step 1

    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 Step 2.”...
  • Page 68 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 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. You 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.

  • Page 69: Easy Cal Step 2

    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>>...
  • Page 70 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH You return to the Easy Cal Step 2 dialog box. 4. Click on the Next >> button. The Easy Cal Step 3 dialog box appears. 2–8 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659...

  • Page 71: Easy Cal Step 3

    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.
  • Page 72 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 3. Make any necessary changes in the Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box. 4. Click on the OK button. You return to the Easy Cal Step 3 dialog box. 5. Click on the Next >> button. The Easy Cal Step 4 dialog box appears.

  • Page 73: Easy Cal Step 4

    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 <<Back button and click on the Change Setup...

  • Page 74: Easy Cal Step 5

    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 3. Click on the Print button. Your 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 Easy Cal Step 5 dialog box.
  • Page 75 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.

  • Page 76: Using Normal Utility To Calibrate Your Printer

    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH Using Normal Utility to Calibrate Your 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 Calibration Utility selection box, the Normal Utility calibration procedure starts up and the Printer Calibration Utility window opens.

  • Page 77: Setting Preferences

    Setting Preferences You 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.

  • Page 78: Selecting And Setting Up A Printer

    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 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.

  • Page 79: Creating A New Calibration Document

    “Selecting a Starting Point for the Calibration Document” on page 2–18. NOTE: The Read Current Table From Printer radio button will not be available if the printer cannot return this information (for example, many printers connected via parallel will have this option deselected).

  • Page 80: Selecting A Starting Point For The Calibration Document

    (refer to “Using an Existing Calibration Table as the Starting Point” on page 2–21). Using the Printer’s Current Calibration Table as the Starting Point 1. Select the Read Current Table from Printer radio button in the Starting Point box. 2. Click on the OK button.
  • Page 81 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH A Calibration Document window appears. 3. Go to “Using the Calibration Document Window” on page 2–24. Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 2–19...
  • Page 82 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH Using the Printer’s Default Calibration Table as the Starting Point 1. Select the Use Printer’s Default Table 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” on page 2–24.
  • Page 83 Printer” on page 2–16 to specify information about the printer paper and media. 1. Select the Copy Table from File: radio button in the Starting Point box. 2. Click on the Select File... button. A file selection dialog box appears.
  • Page 84 NOTE: The data in the table selected as a starting point is specific to the 5. Click on the Open button. The file selection dialog box closes. The name of the selected calibration table appears after the Copy Table from File: radio button. 6. Click on the OK button. A Calibration Document window appears.

  • Page 85: Opening An Existing Calibration Table

    Opening an Existing Calibration Table 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.

  • Page 86: Using The Calibration Document Window

    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 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 creating a calibration table for the media you want to use.

  • Page 87: Calibrating The Printer

    Calibrating the Printer You 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. You do not have to do Visual Gray Balance and Visual Linearity calibrations.
  • Page 88 2. Pull down the Calibration menu and select Setup Visual Gray Balance..The Calibration Setup – Visual Gray Balance dialog box opens. 3. Select a radio button in the Amount of Correction box. 2–26 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659...
  • Page 89 4. Click on the OK button. You return to the Calibration Document window. 5. Click on the Send & Print button. The Send and Print dialog box appears. NOTE: Your Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your printer export module. Part No.
  • Page 90 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 6. Click on the Print button. You 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 cluster number on the test print ends in 25, the printer is already calibrated.
  • Page 91 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH The Input Test Print Values dialog box appears. 9. Type the number of the most-neutral cluster in the Cluster Number box. 10. Click on the Recompute the Table button. The calibration table data is updated and the Calibration Document window appears.
  • Page 92 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 11. 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 message appears.

  • Page 93: Visual Linearity

    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. Using the Linearity Reference Card The Linearity Reference Card is included with the Calibration Utility.
  • Page 94 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 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 Linearity . You return to the Calibration Document window.
  • Page 95 3. Click on the Print button. You 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 on the test print are box number 5, the printer is already calibrated.
  • Page 96 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 6. Type in the values you select from the test print in the text boxes. 7. Click on the Recompute the Table button. The calibration table is computed using the specified values and the Calibration Document window appears. 8.

  • Page 97: Densitometer

    Densitometer calibration prints look similar to the following examples. example: from a Kodak XLS 8600 Printer or Kodak Digital Science example: from a Kodak Digital Science NOTE: Separation prints have separate individual colors for each of the cyan, magenta, and yellow planes.
  • Page 98 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH Running a Densitometer Calibration If you have a densitometer, you can run the Densitometer calibration instead of the Visual Gray Balance and Visual Linearity calibrations. 1. Set up your densitometer. 2. Pull down the Calibration menu and select Densitometer . 3.
  • Page 99 You return to the Calibration Document window. 7. Click on the Send & Print button. The Send and Print dialog box appears. NOTE: Your Send and Print dialog box may appear different, depending on your export module. Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2–37...
  • Page 100 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 8. Click on the Print button. You return to the Calibration Document window. The calibration test print is printed on the specified printer. 9. Click on the Input button. The Input Test Print Values dialog box appears. 2–38 September 1997 Part No.
  • Page 101 If your densitometer has an associated import module, the densitometer readings will be imported directly into the dialog box. Using the Kodak File Reader, you can read in a file of data and specify the end of Field and End of Record characters.
  • Page 102 The selected import module opens a dialog box when you click on the Import button in the Densitometer — Input Test Print Values dialog box. For the Kodak File Reader, the following dialog box appears when you click on the Import button.

  • Page 103: File Menu

    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 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—accesses a file selection dialog box so you can select an existing calibration table from which to start.

  • Page 104: Calibration Menu

    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 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 Document window is open.
  • Page 105 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 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 difference in neutrals between the cluster in the upper left corner and the cluster in the lower right corner.
  • Page 106 NOTE: Make sure that your densitometer is calibrated before you try to Densitometer The Densitometer radio buttons allow you to specify what type of density data ( Status A or Status T ) your densitometer provides. The Calibration Utility calculates the table data using the density type that the export module needs for the current calibration slot.

  • Page 107: Easy-Cal Menu

    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 for the selected printer. Easy-Cal Menu The Easy-Cal menu allows you to start the Easy Cal calibration procedure from the menu bar.

  • Page 108: Calibration Table Dialog Box

    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH Calibration Table 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.
  • Page 109 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 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 Table From Printer—allows you to retrieve and begin with the printer’s current table. Once the table is loaded, you can edit it and recalibrate the printer.

  • Page 110: Calibration Document Window

    Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 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 calibrated. Printer Description The Printer Description text box allows you to enter information that describes the printer for which the calibration table will be used.
  • Page 111 Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 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.

  • Page 113: Appendix A Kodak Xls 8600 And Kodak Ds 8650 Printers

    Appendix A Kodak XLS 8600 and 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 EKTATHERM XLS Three-Color Ribbon products. The Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box in the Calibration Utility allows you to select a media file in the Media File option.

  • Page 114: Printer Ribbons (V1.0

    Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers Printer Ribbons (V1.0) KODAK EKTATHERM XLS Three-Color Ribbon /XTRALIFE Media KODAK EKTATHERM XLS Oversize Three-Color Ribbon /XTRALIFE Media/CMY KODAK EKTATHERM XLS Oversize Three-Color Ribbon /CMY KODAK EKTATHERM XLS Three-Color Ribbon /CMY Kodak XLS 8600 Media Files for V1.0...

  • Page 115: Printer Ribbons (V1.5

    Kodak XLS 8600 Media Files for V1.5 Windows Macintosh Kodak DS 8650 Media Files for V1.5 Windows Macintosh Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers Product Name Catalog Number 807–6135 801–3716 821–4082 163–0474 8600V150.RTB Kodak XLS 8600 Media V100 8650V150.RTB...

  • Page 116: Using The Calibration Utility To Download

    Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers Using the Calibration Utility to Download Default Calibration Tables 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 the correct calibration tables.

  • Page 117: Calibrating Your Printer For V1.5 Ribbon

    – Select printing and calibrating options. D On a Macintosh system: – Select and drag the Kodak DS Calibration Utility folder onto your 4. Start up the Calibration Utility. 5. Click on the Launch Normal Utility button in the Calibration Utility selection dialog.
  • Page 118 Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers The Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box appears. IMPORTANT: The following list of media type conditions must be 10. Select “Three-Color (CMY ) ” on the Ribbon Type drop-down menu. 11. Select the media type on the Print Mode drop-down menu as specified in the above IMPORTANT note.

  • Page 119: Calibrating Your Printer For V1.0 Ribbon

    Remember to update all media type conditions: D Kodak XLS 8600 Windows Macintosh D Kodak DS 8650 Windows Macintosh Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers 8600V100.RTB Kodak XLS 8600 Media V100 8650V100.RTB Kodak DS 8650 Media V100 A–7...

  • Page 120: Do I Need To Calibrate My Printer

    Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers 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. D If your prints have a slight pinkish hue, you are using V1.5 printer ribbon with V1.0 calibration tables.

  • Page 121: Index

    Index 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 Begin, 1–49, 2–45 Begin with Previous Settings, 1–49, 2–45 Black-only ribbon, 1–6, 1–28, 2–4, 2–24 Calibrating printer, A–8 for V1.0 ribbon, A–7 for V1.5 ribbon, A–5 to A–7 using test print, 1–14 to 1–15, 2–12 to 2–13 Calibration...
  • Page 122 Index Calibration document creating new, 1–16, 1–19, 2–17 opening existing, 1–19, 2–17 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 2–22 using printer’s current calibration table, 1–20 to 1–21, 2–18 to 2–19 using printer’s default table, 1–22, 2–20 Calibration Document window option descriptions, 1–52 to 1–53, 2–48 to 2–49...
  • Page 123 Change Setup, 1–50, 2–46 Close, 1–45, 2–41 Coarse Visual Gray Balance, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26 Configuration minimum recommended Copy Table from File, 1–51, 2–47 Creating new calibration document, 1–19, 2–17 new calibration table, 1–16, 2–14 test print, 1–12 to 1–13, 2–11 to 2–12 Default calibration tables loading, A–4 to A–7 sending to printer, 1–12, 1–13, 2–11...
  • Page 124 Index Easy Cal calibration procedure menu option descriptions, 1–49, 2–45 starting up 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, 2–11 to 2–12 Easy Cal Step 5, 1–14 to 1–15, 2–12 to 2–13 Edit menu option descriptions, 1–46, 2–42...
  • Page 125 1–17, 1–44, 2–15, 2–40 Open, 1–44, 2–40 Input, 1–53, 2–49 Introduction, v Kodak DS 8650 Printer, A–1 to A–8 ribbon media choices, A–1 to A–3 Kodak XLS 8600 Printer, A–1 to A–8 ribbon media choices, A–1 to A–3 Linearity Reference Card, using, 1–35, 1–38, 2–31, 2–33 Macintosh system starting Calibration Utility on, 2–3...
  • Page 126 Index 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 Windows systems, 1–16 to 1–44 Normal Visual Gray Balance, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26 Number of Squares, 1–48, 2–44 OK, 1–51, 2–47...
  • Page 127 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 model, selecting, 1–7 to 1–10, 2–5 to 2–6, 2–7 to 2–8 selecting, 1–18, 2–16 setting up, 1–18, 2–16 Printer calibration, 1–29 to 1–44, 2–25 to 2–40 Densitometer Visual Gray Balance Visual Linearity...
  • Page 128 Index 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 Send, 1–53, 2–49 Send & Print, 1–53, 2–49 Setting preferences, 1–17, 2–15 Starting Calibration Utility in Windows 3.1x, 1–3 to 1–4...
  • Page 129 Use Printer’s Default Table, 1–51, 2–47 Using Calibration Document window, 1–28, 2–24 Visual Gray Balance, 1–46 to 1–47, 2–42 to 2–43 Amount of Correction, 1–47, 2–43 calibration, 1–6, 1–29 to 1–34, 2–4, 2–25 to 2–30 printer calibration Visual Linearity, 1–47, 2–43 calibration, 1–35 to 1–38, 2–31 to 2–34 printer calibration Windows 3.1x...
  • Page 132 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Rochester, New York 14653 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.

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