Kodak 8670 PS - CALIBRATION GUIDE Getting Started Manual

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Getting Started

The

Kodak Digital Science

calibration utility (calibration utility) allows

your printer to produce the best possible color response. In simplest

terms, printer calibration adjusts the response of the printer so that a

speciﬁc data input value yields a speciﬁc color density output. When a

printer is properly calibrated, it generates the correct density for each

given data value. Calibration considers only a single primary color at a

time and measures the density for the primary color.

Density is one color aspect that can be easily and reliably measured, so

calibrating the Kodak Professional 8670 PS printer(8670 printer) is easy

and straightforward.

The calibration utility lets you select either a visual calibration process or

a more accurate densitometer calibration.

System Requirements

To use the calibration utility, your system must have the following

hardware and software:

Macintosh Systems

Recommended System Conﬁguration

•

a 68040 or PowerPC processor

•

Apple Operating System 7.5 or higher software

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16 MB of RAM

•

color monitor

•

export module for the 8670 printer

•

densitometer if you will be doing the densitometer calibration procedure

Minimum System Conﬁguration

•

68030 processor

•

Apple Operating System 7.1

•

8 MB of RAM

•

standard color or black and white monitor (minimum resolution 640 x

400 pixels

•

export module for the 8670 printer

•

densitometer if you will be doing the densitometer calibration

NOTE: The export module software for Macintosh systems is included on

the software CD that came with your printer. Windows Systems

Recommended System Conﬁguration

•

486 or Pentium processor

•

MS-DOS version 6.22 or later

•

Microsoft Windows for workgroups 3.11 or Windows 95 software

•

16 MB of RAM

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4 MB of hard disk space

•

color monitor

•

export module for the 8670 printer

•

densitometer if you will be doing the densitometer calibration

Minimum System Conﬁguration

•

386 processor

•

MS-DOS version 5.0 or later

•

Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows for workgroups 3.11, or Windows 95

software

•

8 MB of RAM

•

4 MB or hard disk space

•

standard color or black and white monitor (standard VGA; minimum

resolution 640 x 480 pixels)

NOTE: The export module software for Windows systems is included on

the software CD that came with your printer.

Installing the Software for the Calibration Utility

The software for the calibration utility and the export module are included

on the CD that came with your printer. Install the CD in the CD-ROM

drive, and use the browser to locate and install the software.

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Getting Started with the Calibration Utility

Before you use the calibration utility, you should be thoroughly familiar

with how to operate the printer. If you plan to use the densitometer

calibration, you should be familiar with densitometry and how to operate

and calibrate your densitometer.

How Often To Calibrate

Calibrate your printer whenever the density or color balance of the prints

do not look correct. You may also want to calibrate your printer after it has

been serviced. Be sure that you calibrate for the correct media installed.

Calibrating your printer means calibrating the printing system—printer

and media.

Calibration Methods

The visual calibration components of the calibration utility include Easy

Cal, Visual Gray Balance, and Visual Linearity. While these methods do

not yield as accurate a result as a densitometer calibration, they can

make signiﬁcant improvements in the consistency of results.

Easy Cal

—a ﬁve-step process to quickly calibrate your printer using the

Visual Gray Balance calibration. Ref

er to “Easy Cal” for instructions on

running an Easy Cal calibration.

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Visual Gray Balance

—calibrates your printer so that it produces a

neutral gray. Visual Gray Balance calibration ensures that the correct

percentages of cyan, magenta, and yellow dye are printed over the entire

tonal range to produce a neutral gray. Use the Visual Gray Balance

calibration if the color balance of your prints is not correct. Ref

er to

“Visual Gray Balance” for instructions on running a Visual Gray Balance

calibration.

Visual Linearity

—calibrates your printer for the correct lightness/

darkness. Visual Linearity ensures that your printer produces an accurate

representation of the requested density values over the entire tonal

range. Use the Visual Linearity calibration if the color balance is correct,

but the density is too dark or light. Ref

er to “Visual Linearity” for

instructions on running a Visual Linearity calibration.

Densitometer Calibration

A densitometer calibration calibrates your printer’s response based on the

densitometer reading for selected patches on a test print. Calibrating your

printer with a densitometer yields the most accurate calibration results for

color balance and density. Ref

er to “Densitometer Calibration” for

instructions on running a Densitometer calibration.

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Starting the Calibration Utility

The following steps describe how to start the calibration utility:

NOTE: The illustrations in this chapter show Macintosh system dialog

boxes. The dialog boxes for Windows are similar and have

identical functionality.

1.

Double-click on the icon for the calibration utility.

The calibration utility selection box opens.

2.

Do one of the following:

•

Click on

Begin Easy Cal

to launch Easy Cal,

or

•

Click on

Launch Normal Utility

to use the other calibration

procedures.

For information about the Normal Utility, ref

er to “Using the Normal

Utility to Calibrate Your Printer.” For more information on the

calibration utility selection box, ref

er to “Option Descriptions.”

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Using the Normal Utility to Calibrate Your Printer

The Normal Utility allows you to create a new calibration document or

start from a previously-saved calibration document.

When you click on

Launch Normal Utility

in the Calibration Utility

selection box, the Normal Utility calibration procedure starts up; and the

Printer Calibration Utility window opens.

NOTE: If this is the ﬁrst time you have run the calibration utility, or there

are no printers on the Select Printer menu, or the Preferences

ﬁles have been deleted, you must select and open the export

module.

For information about creating a new calibration table, ref

er to

“Creating a New Calibration Document.” For information about

opening an existing calibration document, ref

er to “Using an Existing

Calibration Table as the Starting Point.”

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Easy Cal

Easy Cal provides you with the steps to guide you through the process of

calibrating your printer based on a Visual Gray Balance calibration.

NOTE: You cannot use Easy Cal to calibrate a printer with a black-only

ribbon.

For a description of the dialog boxes used in Easy Cal, ref

er to “Option

Descriptions.”

When you click on

Begin Easy Cal

in the Calibration Utility selection

dialog box, the Easy Cal calibration procedure starts up.

The Easy Cal dialog box appears.

•

Click on

Proceed

.

NOTE: Clicking on

Cancel

accesses the Normal Utility.

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Easy Cal Step 1

The Easy Cal Step1of 5 dialog box appears. This dialog box allows

you to select the printer model you wish to calibrate and locate the

folder containing the export module.

1.

Select the printer from the Printer Model drop-down list.

NOTE: If the printer you want to calibrate does not appear on the menu,

you must locate and select the export module for that printer.

2.

Click on

Locate Export Modules Folder

.

3.

In the ﬁle selection box that appears, locate and open the folder that

contains the export module:

•

On Macintosh systems, use the path System Folder:Applications

Support:Kodak:Plug-ins (Printing).

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On Windows systems, use the path C:\Windows\Kodak\Plugins

(Printing).

4.

Select the export module, and click on

Open

. You are returned to the

Easy Cal Step 1 of 5 dialog box.

5.

Click on

Next.

Easy Cal Step 2

The Easy Cal Step 2 of 5 dialog box appears.

1.

If you want to calibrate a different printer than the one that appears in

the Printer box, go to Step 2 in this procedure. If you do not need to

select a new printer, click on

2.

Click on

Select Printer

.

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A dialog box appears that allows you to select the printer you wish to

calibrate.

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

to return to the

Select a Kodak

Professional 8670

thermal printer

dialog box.

•

has a SCSI connection, click on the radio button for the correct 8670

printer.

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For Windows systems

If the 8670 printer:

•

has a SCSI

connection, click on

the radio button for

the correct 8670

printer.

•

has a network

connection, click on

Network

.Click on

Browse

. Locate the

correct printer in

the Browse for

Printer dialog box

that opens.

•

has a parallel

connection, click on

the radio button for either LPT1 or LPT2 to select the printer.

Click on

OK

in the Select a Printer dialog box.

NOTE: If your computer has more than one SCSI host adapter, pull down

the SCSI Host Adapter list. Select the port address for the SCSI

host adapter for the selected 8670 printer.

3.

Click on Next in the Easy Cal Step 2 of 5 dialog box.

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Easy Cal Step 3

The Easy Cal Step 3 of 5 dialog box appears.

1.

Make sure that the ribbon and paper type information is correct.

NOTE: If you do not need to change the setup, click on

2.

Click on

Change Setup

.

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The Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box appears.

NOTE: Your Printer Setup dialog box may be different depending on your

printer export module.

3. Make the necessary changes in the Printer Setup dialog box.

4. Click on

OK

.

5. Click on

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Easy Cal Step 4

The Easy Cal Step 4of 5 dialog box appears.

1. Make sure that the Printer and Printer Setup information are correct.

IMPORTANT: Clicking on Next sends the default calibration table to the

printer and overwrites the previous table.

.

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2. Click on

table is overwritten. The Send and Print dialog box appears.

NOTE: The Send and Print dialog box may be different depending on

your printer’s export module.

3. Click on

Print

.

The calibration test print is printed on the speciﬁed printer.

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Easy Cal Step 5

The Easy Cal Step 5 of 5 dialog box appears.

1. Use the test print to calibrate your printer in the Easy Cal Step 5 of 5

dialog box. Look at the test print, and decide which grayscale cluster

appears the most neutral gray.

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2. Enter the number of the most neutral grayscale cluster in the Cluster

Number text box.

NOTE: If you want to print an updated test print, you can click on

Back

to

return to the Easy Cal Step 4 of 5 dialog box.

If cluster number 225 on the updated test print is the most neutral

gray, then the calibration is successful. Type 225 in the Cluster

Number text box, and go to Step 3 of this procedure.

3. Click on

Done

.

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The printer calibration begins. When calibration completes, the Easy

Cal dialog box appears.

4. Click on

Quit

.

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Using the Preferences Dialog Box

You can specify the folders that contain the export and import modules

(used for densitometer settings) in the Preferences dialog box.

1. Pull down the File menu, and select “Preferences”.

The Preferences dialog box appears.

2. Click on

Select

, and use the ﬁle selection box that appears to locate

the folders containing the export module and the import module.

Your selections are saved.

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