Adjusting Contrast From The Local Panel; Producing A Calibration Test Print - Kodak DryView 8100 User Manual

DryView 8100 Laser Imager User Guide

Adjusting Contrast from the Local Panel

Note
If your system includes the DryView V2 Keypad, do not use this Local Panel
procedure. Use the keypad procedure described in Section 4. Values set at the
keypad will override any values set in the Local Panel.
After acquiring an image, perform the following steps at the Local Panel.
1. Press the Contrast key.
The display will show CONTRAST = x, where x is a positive number from 1 to 15
if the image is positive, or a negative 1 to 15 if the image is negative.
2. Press the Test Print key.
The imager will print a contrast print. The image you acquired is printed 15 times
on a single film, using contrast values of 1 through 15 if a positive image was
selected. If a negative image was selected, contrast values of negative 1
through 15 are used. Contrast values are printed under each image.
Note
If the size of the acquired image is too large for a 15:1 format, the imager will
print a contrast test of the internal SMPTE image.
3. Examine the contrast print and choose the most desirable contrast value.
4. Press the Contrast key again.
5. Use the = or O key to scroll to the chosen contrast value.
6. Press the o (Enter) key to lock in the new value.
Note
If you know the desired contrast value, you can ignore steps 2, 3, and 4.

Producing a Calibration Test Print

To produce a calibration print (step wedge pattern) as the next film, press the
Calibrate key on the Local Panel. (The system will interrupt a multiple-sheet print job
to produce the calibration print.)
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