Page 3 - Contents
i Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Contents Introduction What’s in this Guide v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS Installation 1–1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 7 - What’s in this Guide
v Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Introduction The Kodak Digital Science t Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT 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 printersa...
Page 9 - Installation; System Requirements; Recommended System Configuration
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 asystem that uses Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11,or Windows 95. You should be familiar with the Windows environment. Installatio...
Page 10 - Installing the Software
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 thesteps for your particular Windows system. Windows 3.1x 1. Place the Calibration Utility CD or diskette in the appropriate driv...
Page 11 - Operating the Calibration Utility; Starting in Windows 3.1x
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. ...
Page 12 - Starting in Windows 95
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 ...
Page 14 - Using Easy Cal to Calibrate Your Printer
Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–6 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using Easy Cal to Calibrate Your Printer The Easy Cal calibration procedure provides you with steps that guideyou through the process of calibrating your printer using a Visual GrayBalance calibration. NOTE: The Easy Cal ca...
Page 15 - Easy Cal Step 1
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 tocalibrate and find the corresponding export module. NOTE: If you do not need to specify a different printer, click on the Next>> bu...
Page 16 - Easy Cal Step 2
Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–8 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 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. Click on the Next >> button. The Easy ...
Page 18 - Easy Cal Step 3
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 printermedia to calibrate than the one that appears in the Prin...
Page 20 - Easy Cal Step 4
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 setupinformation that will be used for the test print that is created in this step. NOTE: If the Easy Cal ...
Page 22 - Easy Cal Step 5
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...
Page 24 - Using Normal Utility to Calibrate Your Printer
Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–16 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using Normal Utility to Calibrate Your Printer The Normal Utility calibration procedure allows you to create a newcalibration document or start from a calibration document that waspreviously created and saved. When you cli...
Page 25 - Setting Preferences
Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–17 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 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 P...
Page 26 - Selecting and Setting Up a Printer
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. ...
Page 27 - Creating a New Calibration Document
Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–19 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Creating a New Calibration Document You can either create a new calibration document or open an existingone to calibrate your printer. 1. Pull down the File menu and select New. The Calibration Table dialog box appears. Ri...
Page 28 - Selecting a Starting Point for the Calibration Document
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 thecalibration document. There are three ways to access a base file: D Read Current Table From P...
Page 34 - Opening an Existing Calibration Table
Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–26 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 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. Select the calib...
Page 36 - Using the Calibration Document Window
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 GrayBalance, Visual Linearity, and Densitometer calibrations. 1. Make sure that the information in the Printer Setup Inform...
Page 37 - Calibrating the Printer
Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–29 Part No. 8B9045 July 1996 Calibrating the Printer You can now calibrate your printer by running the Visual Gray Balanceand Visual Linearity calibration procedures. If you have a densitometer, you can run just the Densitometer calibrationprocedure. You d...
Page 43 - Visual Linearity
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 sixdensity ranges. Visual Linearity cal...
Page 47 - Densitometer
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 Visual Linearity ca...
Page 53 - Option Descriptions; File Menu
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 c...
Page 54 - Edit Menu; Calibration Setup — Visual Gray Balance
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 thePrinter Description and Media Description boxes. Calibration Menu ...
Page 55 - Calibration Setup — Visual Linearity
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 differenc...
Page 56 - Calibration Setup — Densitometer
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 tableto recompute the calibration table. NOTE: Make sure that your densitometer is calibrated before you try to calibrate y...
Page 57 - Printer Menu
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 Calibr...
Page 58 - Calibration Table Dialog Box
Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–50 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 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...
Page 60 - Calibration Document Window
Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1–52 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Calibration Document Window The Calibration Document window allows you to specify informationabout the calibration table. Printer Setup Information The Printer Setup Information box lists information about the printer type...
Page 63 - Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH; Minimum System Configuration
2–1 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 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 calibr...
Page 113 - Appendix A; Ribbon Media Choices
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 EKTATHERM XLSThree-Co...
Page 116 - Putting Your Printer in Raster Mode
Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers A–4 September 1997 Part No. 1H9659 Using the Calibration Utility to Download Default Calibration Tables Check the tables on the previous pages to determine your printer ribbonversion (V1.0 or V1.5). If your printer ribbon version does not match the calibrati...
Page 117 - Calibrating Your Printer for V1.5 Ribbon
Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers A–5 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Calibrating Your 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 ...
Page 119 - Calibrating Your Printer for V1.0 Ribbon
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 IMPORTANT note on the previous...
Page 120 - Do I Need to Calibrate My Printer?
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, theprinter ribbon must match the calibration tables contained in your printer. D If your prints have a slight pinkish hu...
Page 121 - Index
Index–1 Part No. 1H9659 September 1997 Index A Amount of Correction, 1–47, 2–43 Coarse, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26, 2–43Fine, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26, 2–43Normal, 1–30, 1–47, 2–26, 2–43 B Begin, 1–49, 2–45Begin with Previous Settings, 1–49, 2–45Black-only ribbon, 1–6, 1–28, 2–4, 2–24 C Calibrating printer, A–8 for V...
