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Color Management Options

The Kodak Professional 8670 PS thermal printer (8670 printer) produces
accurate and consistent color across software applications and computer
platforms. Since the 8670 printer produces such accurate and consistent
color, you may not need to use the printer's color management features.
However, if you wish to use color management, the 8670 printer has two
color management options, the Kodak Professional Colorflow ICC color
connector (color connector) and PANTONE
Color Connector
When you use applications such as Adobe Photoshop or QuarkXPress,
the colors you see on your monitor may appear differently from the colors
in the output from your printer. In addition, both may appear differently
from your original image. White clouds in a scanned photograph may
appear yellow on your computer monitor and change to a greenish tint on
your printed copy.
This inconsistency occurs because the methods used to reproduce color
vary significantly. Monitors and scanners represent colors as a
combination of red, green, and blue (RGB), while printers produce color
by using various combinations of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black
(CMYK). Input and output devices are also limited by the range of colors
they can produce.
*PANTONE Inc.'s check-standard trademark for color reproduction and color reproduction
materials.
CONTENTS
INDEX
SEARCH
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Color.
Operator's Guide
Printing
Guide
Color Management
Calibration
Network
Interface Guide
Color Management
Options
Using Color
Connector
Using PANTONE®
Color
HELP

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  • Page 1: Color Management Options

    Since the 8670 printer produces such accurate and consistent color, you may not need to use the printer’s color management features. However, if you wish to use color management, the 8670 printer has two color management options, the Kodak Professional Colorflow ICC color...
  • Page 2 The template contains six sockets to allow separate color management for the six different kinds of source images. The color connector file you create can be applied to your print job or stored in the printer as a default. Refer to Using Color Connector this color management software.
  • Page 3 PANTONE® Color The CD included with the printer contains PANTONE calibrated palette files for a number of Macintosh and Windows desktop publishing and graphic design applications. If you do not find a palette file for an application you are using, there is a PANTONE Calibrated color chart in EPS and TIFF formats that you can use to bring custom colors into these applications.

  • Page 4: System Requirements

    Using Color Connector This section describes how to use the Kodak Professional Colorflow ICC color connector (color connector) as an assembly tool to create color connector files. System Requirements Listed below are the hardware and software necessary to run color connector.

  • Page 5: Icc Profiles

    Transforms list box in the color connector window. ICC profiles are included on the software CD that came with your printer. The profiles for the 8670 printer for each media combination are installed automatically with the color connector application.
  • Page 6 Select desired color connector options Save the color connector file Send color Print using color connector file connector file to printer as a default SEARCH Operator’s Guide Printing Guide Color Management Calibration Network Interface Guide Color Management...
  • Page 7 Color Connector Window When you access the color connector application, the color connector window appears. From this window you can create your color connector files. For descriptions of the menu items and dialog boxes used in the color connector application, Options CONTENTS INDEX...
  • Page 8 Select the new ColorSync Profiles folder as the default location for the ICC Profiles . Put any additional ICC Profiles in the folder containing your ICC Profiles that were shipped with the printer. The default folder for the ICC Profiles is: •...
  • Page 9 – if you are using ColorSync Profiles. NOTE: Before you use color connector for the first time, you may wish to complete the tutorial that is included on the CD. Start the color connector application. CONTENTS INDEX 2.5, System Folder:ColorSync SEARCH Operator’s Guide Printing...
  • Page 10 The color connector window appears. CONTENTS INDEX SEARCH HELP Operator’s Guide Printing Guide Color Management Calibration Network Interface Guide Color Management Options Using Color Connector Using PANTONE® Color...
  • Page 11 Pull down the File menu, and select “Preferences”. Click on Browse (Select in Macintosh ) in the Printer export modules folder portion of the Preferences dialog box. A file selection dialog box appears. Locate the Plug-ins (Printing) folder, and select the export module for the 8670 printer.
  • Page 12 Creating a Color Connector File Select puzzle pieces from the list of transforms (on the left side of the color connector window) that represent the sources of color data. The puzzle pieces are extracted from the ICC Profiles. Drag the pieces to the appropriate Source Transforms sockets in the template on the right side of...
  • Page 13 After you drag the first source transform to the template, the source puzzle piece appears in its socket indicating that the minimum requirement for source transforms is complete. NOTE: If you wish to change the transform you placed in the socket: •...
  • Page 14 Scroll through the list of transforms, and select a destination transform that matches your output device. Drag the green puzzle piece for the destination transform to the Destination Transform socket in the color connector template. The destination puzzle piece then appears over its place holder indicating that the requirement for a destination transform is complete.
  • Page 15 Using a simulation transform from the Transforms list is optional. For instructions on using the Simulation option, refer to “Simulating Another Output Device.” You may enter a description of the color connector file you created in the Connector file description box. Entering a description will help you to identify the file when printing.
  • Page 16 Matching Your Monitor to Your Printer’s Output The following steps describe how to build a connector file so that the colors in your computer monitor match the output from your printer. NOTE: Monitors vary with model, age, and manufacturer. For optimum results, make sure that the ICC Profile for your specific monitor...
  • Page 17 From the Transforms list, select a pink triangle puzzle piece that matches the name of your monitor. Drag and drop the pink triangle puzzle piece to the appropriate Source Transforms socket. The piece appears in the RGB or Gray socket. You will hear a click.
  • Page 18 NOTE: If you wish to add a simulation transform to the template so that the job matches the output from another printing system, “Simulating Another Output Device.” From the Transforms list, select a green puzzle piece that matches your output device and media combination.
  • Page 19 NOTE: If you selected a destination transform that was extracted from an ICC Profile other than one that came with the 8670 printer, the Select Printer dialog box appears. Use the Printer model pull-down list to select the model of the printer you are using.
  • Page 20 file when printing. Pull down the File menu, and select “Save”. To send the connector file to the printer to save as a default, “Exporting a Color Connector to the Printer as a Default.” CONTENTS INDEX...
  • Page 21 Color Managing Multiple Sources The following steps describe how to build a connector file that applies color management to multiple sources in one PostScript job. NOTE: You can apply color management to up to six different types of source transforms: •...
  • Page 22 From the Transforms list, select the pink puzzle pieces that match the images or objects to which you wish to apply color management. NOTE: Make sure that the images or objects you select have not had any previous color management applied to them. If your file contains a source that uses PANTONE the socket empty for that color space.
  • Page 23 Drag and drop the pink puzzle pieces to the appropriate sockets in the Source Transforms section of the template. NOTE: If you wish to add a simulation transform to the template so that the job matches the output from another printing system, “Simulating Another Output Device.”...
  • Page 24 Drag and drop the puzzle piece to the Destination Transform socket in the template. CONTENTS INDEX SEARCH HELP Operator’s Guide Printing Guide Color Management Calibration Network Interface Guide Color Management Options Using Color Connector Using PANTONE® Color...
  • Page 25 NOTE: If you selected a destination transform that was extracted from an ICC Profile other than one that came with the 8670 printer, click on Select in the Printer setup portion of the color connector window. The Select Printer Model dialog box appears.
  • Page 26 file when printing. Pull down the File menu, and select “Save”. To send your connector file to the printer to save as a default, “Exporting a Color Connector to the Printer as a CONTENTS...
  • Page 27 Create a color connector file by selecting and dragging the appropriate source and destination transform puzzle pieces to the template. To create a color connector file that matches your monitor to the printer’s output, Printer’s Output.” To create a color connector file that manages multiple sources, refer to “Color Managing Multiple Sources.”...
  • Page 28 Drag and drop the puzzle piece in the Simulation Transform socket of the template. NOTE: To send your color connector file to the printer as a default, refer to “Exporting a Color Connector to the Printer as a Default.”...
  • Page 29 Using Gamut Alarm Gamut alarm is a feature that allows you to determine if the simulation or destination devices you selected for your connector file are capable of accurately reproducing the colors of the previous device. When you select one of the gamut alarm modes, any areas of your image that are out of gamut are printed in black.
  • Page 30 NOTE: When you set gamut alarm to either “Destination” or “Simulation”, the puzzle pieces in the sockets are black. To set gamut alarm: NOTE: To use gamut alarm in the Simulation mode, be sure that you select the “Use simulation” check box. Pull down the Gamut alarm list, and select either: •...
  • Page 31 Setting Rendering Intents Rendering intents control the ways in which color connector translates the colors from the source transform to the simulation transform and the source or simulation transform to the destination transform when they are out of gamut. The rendering intent deals with the color differences between the transforms.
  • Page 32 Setting Automatic Rendering To set automatic rendering intents: Pull down the Rendering drop-down list, and select either: • “Auto—Photographic” for scanned photographs. Color connector attempts to maintain the correct hue by adjusting the color saturation for the out-of-gamut colors • “Auto—Presentation”...
  • Page 33 Setting Custom Rendering Do the following steps to set custom rendering. NOTE: If you wish to set custom rendering for more than one puzzle piece in the template, you need to repeat this procedure for each piece. Pull down the Rendering drop-down list box, and select “Custom”.
  • Page 34 The Transform Information dialog box appears. A Recommendation box gives you two recommended settings based on a comparison of gamuts. If you select a different rendering intent, the Effect box changes to describe the expected results. CONTENTS INDEX SEARCH HELP Operator’s Guide Printing Guide...
  • Page 35 Pull down the Rendering intent list box, and select a rendering intent from the following options: • Perceptual—compresses the gamut of the image while maximizing the color. Use this rendering intent for photographic images. • Saturation—compresses the gamut of the image while maximizing the color saturation.
  • Page 36 These memory locations store color management information, and are defined by a media combination for ribbon and paper. For example, if a printer has two ribbon types and two paper types, the printer might have four memory locations: •...
  • Page 37 Exporting a Color Connector File to be a Printer Default After you create your connector file, do the following steps to send it to the printer as a default: Make sure that you save the file. From the File menu, select “Export As Printer’s Default”.
  • Page 38 Selecting a Printer Macintosh systems If the 8670 printer: • has a network connection, click on Network in the Select a Kodak Professional 8670 thermal printer dialog box. In the selection box that opens, choose the correct 8670 printer. Click on OK...
  • Page 39 LPT2 to select the printer. NOTE: If your host computer has more than one SCSI host adapter installed, pull down the SCSI Host Adapter list. Select the port address for the SCSI host adapter connected to the 8670 printer. CONTENTS INDEX SEARCH HELP Operator’s Guide...
  • Page 40 Printer default connector files window. If the connector file does not appear, click on Update . If your printer has a parallel connection, this information does not appear in the Printer default connector files window. CONTENTS INDEX SEARCH HELP Operator’s Guide...
  • Page 41 NOTE: You are prompted if the connector file you are sending to the printer as a default has the same media combination as another default connector file. If you wish to send a connector file to the printer as a default for a media combination that already exists, delete all the default connector files before you send the new...
  • Page 42 Deleting Color Connector Files Clicking on Delete All in the Printer Default Connector Files dialog box deletes all the default color connector files stored in the 8670 printer. CONTENTS INDEX SEARCH HELP Operator’s Guide Printing Guide Color Management Calibration Network...
  • Page 43 Exporting a Color Connector File as an ICC DeviceLink Profile You can export a color connector file as a DeviceLink profile so that it can be used with other color management applications. NOTE: The color connector file that you export as a DeviceLink profile can contain only one source transform.
  • Page 44 PANTONE® provides a calibrated table and a collection of palette files for use with the Kodak Professional 8670 PS printer (8670 printer). The files enable you to load the color table calibrated for the 8670 printer as a usable color palette in the most popular PANTONE®-licensed desktop publishing programs.
  • Page 45 For optimal results, we recommend that you use the following materials: • Kodak Ektatherm XLS four-color ribbon/CMYK • Kodak Ektatherm XLS print paper/commercial grade/9.5 x 14 inches • Kodak Ektatherm XLS print paper/publication grade/9.5 x 14 inches Installing the Tables and Palette Files The File Library folder on the CD contains a collection of application- specific, visually-calibrated palettes for both Macintosh and Windows...

  • Page 46: Adobe Illustrator

    Loading the Palette Files The instructions in this section describe how to load the PANTONE® Palettes for the 8670 printer into the supported applications. Adobe Illustrator Load the color palette for Adobe Illustrator through the Open command from the File menu (version 4.x) or the Import Style command (Macintosh version 5.x or higher) on the File menu.
  • Page 47 To open a color palette in Adobe Illustrator version 7: Select “Window” and then “Swatch Libraries - Other Library” from the menu bar. To use colors from your color palette: Draw or select an item to color. Select “Paint Style” from the Object menu. The Paint Style window appears.

  • Page 48: Adobe Photoshop

    Adobe Photoshop In Adobe Photoshop you cannot define the names for colors—just the colors themselves. If you are working with an extensive palette or you want to see the color names, Make sure that your image is set to CMYK Color. To open a color palette in Adobe Photoshop version 3: Select “Palettes”, “Show Swatches”...

  • Page 49: Macromedia Freehand

    Macromedia FreeHand To open a color palette in FreeHand 3.x Open an existing document, or create a new document. Select "Window" from the View menu. Choose “Colors” from the Window menu. Click on the arrow on the right of the Colors window, and select “Import”.
  • Page 50 Choose: – “Fill” if you want to fill the object. – “Line” if you want to fill the line (border). – “Both” if you want to fill both the object and its border. Select a color in the Colors window to apply the color to the selected object.

  • Page 51: Adobe Pagemaker

    Open the Options menu in the Color list palette that opens. If you stored your color palette anywhere else, select “Import” from the Options menu. Select your color palette, and click on Open . To use colors in FreeHand 4.0—7.0: Drag the color square you want onto the object to which you want to apply the color from the Color List dialog box.
  • Page 52 In the Edit Color dialog box, click on the Libraries arrow. Select the color palette that you defined for use in Adobe PageMaker 5.x or 6.x. Click on Open . Select the colors you want to work with in your document. Click on OK to apply the colors to your working colors palette.
  • Page 53 Select the object in your Adobe PageMaker document to which you wish to add color. Select: – “Fill” in the Colors window if you want to apply the color to the object. – “Line” to apply color to the line (border). –...
  • Page 54 To use colors from your color palette: Select the object that you want to color in the Canvas document. Open the Fill and Line menus, and click on a color. QuarkXPress 3.3 and Higher You must import an EPS file to add colors to a QuarkXPress color palette. After the colors are in the color list in QuarkXPress, you may use the colors in your document.
  • Page 55 In the Open Palette window, in the List Files of Type box, select “Process palette (*.pal)”. Select the color palette for use in CorelDraw!. Click on OK . Micrografx Designer To open a color palette in Micrografx Designer: Select the Palette icon. Click on Import in the Palette Manager dialog box.
  • Page 56 Fractal Design Painter To open a color palette in Painter: Open an existing Painter document, or select “New” from the File menu. Select “Open Color Set” from the Options menu. Select the color palette for use in Painter. Click on Open . To use colors from the color palette: Select “Color Set”...

  • Page 57: Menus And Dialog Boxes

    Menus and Dialog Boxes This section describes the menus and dialog box options used in the Kodak Professional Colorflow ICC color connector (color connector). The Windows menus and dialog boxes that are shown are similar to the Macintosh screens and have identical functionality.
  • Page 58 Save As—accesses a dialog box in which you can specify a new name and location for the current connector file. Export As Printer’s Default—accesses a dialog box that allows you to select a default printer for the connector file. Export As ICC DeviceLink Profile—saves the transforms in a connector file as a DeviceLink profile so that they can be used with other color...
  • Page 59 Edit Menu The Edit menu is enabled when the Connector file description dialog box contains editable text. Transform Menu The Transform menu is enabled when a color connector window is open. CONTENTS INDEX SEARCH HELP Operator’s Guide Printing Guide Color Management Calibration Network Interface Guide...
  • Page 60 View Info and Options—accesses the Transform Information window for the selected transform in the Transforms list. Clear Transform—Removes the selected transform from a socket in the color connector template. Show by Profile File Name—Displays the transforms in the Transform list and the color connector template by the ICC Profile that the transform was extracted from.
  • Page 61 Colorflow Color Connector Window Use the Colorflow color connector window to create new and edit existing connector files. Access a new connector file by pulling down the File menu and selecting “New”. Open an existing color connector file by selecting “Open” from the File menu and then locating the file from the file selection box that opens.
  • Page 62 Transforms The Transforms list displays the transforms contained in the ICC profiles in the currently-selected profiles folder. The transforms are listed by type and represented by icons: • RGB source—Triangle • CMYK source—Square • Grayscale source—Circle • Simulation Puzzle Piece •...
  • Page 63 Connector File Options This portion of the color connector window displays the options you can select for your color connector file. Use Simulation Checking the Use simulation check box opens the Simulation Transform socket in the template and allows you to drag a simulation transform puzzle piece to that socket.
  • Page 64 Connector File Description Allows you to enter a description of your connector file to help you identify the file when printing. Rendering Rendering is the approach color connector uses to translate the colors of the image to the color gamut of a destination or simulation transform. The choices for this option are “Auto-Photographic”, “Auto-Presentation”, or “Custom”.
  • Page 65 Select “Custom” to choose your own rendering intent. If a transform in the source or simulation socket of a color connector is editable, double-clicking on it accesses the Transform Information dialog box. The dialog box gives you a recommended intent and the effect it will produce on your output.
  • Page 66 Connector File The Connector file window contains the template. Drag the puzzle pieces selected in the Transforms list to the sockets in the template. Source Transforms The Source Transforms sockets of the template only accepts transforms from the Transforms list with the corresponding shape.
  • Page 67 If the destination transform is from a profile that was not included on the CD, the Printer model and Media fields are empty, and the Select button is enabled. Clicking on Select opens the Select Printer Model dialog box.

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