Kodak 8660 - EXPORT MODULE GUIDE Getting Started Manual

Brand: Kodak

Model: 8660 - EXPORT MODULE GUIDE

Category: Software

Type: Getting Started Manual

CONTENTS

INDEX

HELP

Operator’s Guide

Printing Guide

Color Management

Calibration

Getting Started

Using the Export

Module for Adobe

Photoshop

About Printer Tables

Network

Interface Guide

Getting Started

The

Printing Guide

explains how to use the printing software that is

shipped with your Kodak Professional 8660 thermal printer (8660 printer).

This guide assumes that you are an experienced computer user who

understands how to install programs and that you are familiar with printing

software and how it works.

The printing software for the 8660 printer consists of the export module, a

plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. Use the export module within Photoshop to

send a job to the 8660 printer. The export module allows you to:

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scale an image.

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reprint the last image sent to the 8660 printer.

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print in landscape or portrait mode.

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print in package mode.

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apply print sharpening.

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use Colorﬂow connector ﬁles to perform custom color rendering or

printer tables for an improved match to your monitor.

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center an image on the page.

•

create a mirror image.

Since the export module runs within Photoshop, you can use Photoshop’s

image processing functions before you print. The export module is

compatible with Photoshop 4.0 and higher.

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HELP

Operator’s Guide

Printing Guide

Color Management

Calibration

Getting Started

Using the Export

Module for Adobe

Photoshop

About Printer Tables

Network

Interface Guide

Getting Help or Additional Information

Your Kodak dealer is the best source for information about setting up,

operating, and obtaining accessories and supplies for your 8660 printer.

Contact your dealer with any questions.

The Operator’s Guide can help you with a printing problem. For more

information, ref

er to “Troubleshooting.” For technical support in the US,

call 1-800-23KODAK (1-800-235-6325) between 9:00 a.m.and 8:00 p.m.

Eastern Standard Time on regular business days. Call this number:

•

for help setting up or operating the printer.

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to obtain supplies.

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for service.

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for warranty information.

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for information about other Kodak products.

The FAX back number for product literature is 1-800-508-1531.You may

call this number 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

Telephone numbers for help outside the US are listed in the Operator’s

Guide. Ref

er to “Getting Additional Help.”

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Color Management

Calibration

Getting Started

Using the Export

Module for Adobe

Photoshop

About Printer Tables

Network

Interface Guide

Getting Information from the Kodak Home Page

Access the Kodak Web site to download the most recent printing software

for the 8660 printer. Use the path http://www.kodak.com, and click on

Support. Click on Software and Drivers for Kodak Products, and select the

8660 printer from the Printers and Copier-Printers menu.

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HELP

Operator’s Guide

Printing Guide

Color Management

Calibration

Getting Started

Using the Export

Module for Adobe

Photoshop

About Printer Tables

Network

Interface Guide

Using the Export Module for Adobe

Photoshop

This chapter explains how to use the export module to send Photoshop

images to your 8660 printer.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Make sure your system has the following hardware and software:

For Macintosh:

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66 MHz PowerPC 601 processor with 32 MB of memory minimum.

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System 8.0 or higher.

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Color monitor (minimum resolution 640 x 480 pixels).

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SCSI or Ethernet adapter.

For Windows:

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133 MHz Pentium processor with 32 MB of memory minimum.

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Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, or Windows NT 4.0 Server.

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Color monitor (minimum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels).

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ASPI compatible SCSI controller, Ethernet adapter, or available parallel

port.

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Operator’s Guide

Printing Guide

Color Management

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Getting Started

Using the Export

Module for Adobe

Photoshop

About Printer Tables

Network

Interface Guide

Installing the Export Module

The software for the export module is included on the CD that came with

your 8660 printer.

To install the export module on Macintosh systems:

Double-click on the icon for the 8660 printer CD on your desktop.

Double-click on the Getting Started icon.

Click on the appropriate language.

Click on Export Module.

Select Easy Install from the list, and follow the prompts.

To install the export module on Windows systems:

Double-click on Windows 95/98 icon or the My Computer icon for

Windows NT.

Double-click on the Kodak 8660 printer icon.

Double-click on Setup32 exe.

Click on the appropriate language.

Click on Export Module, and follow the prompts.

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Printing a File

The following steps describe how to send a Photoshop ﬁle to the 8660

printer. For instructions on package printing, refer to “Using Package

Printing.” For instructions on applying a color connector ﬁle to your print

job ref

er to “Using the Export Module with Color Connector.”

Open Photoshop, and open an image ﬁle.

From the File menu choose Export and then Kodak 8660 Printer.

If a message tells you that no 8660 printer is selected, choose Select.

Refer to “Selecting an 8660 Printer.”

Make your selections from the General, Media, Color Management,

and Printer tabs.

Ref

er to “Dialog Box Options.” for more information on the options on

the General, Media, Color Management, and Printer tabs.

NOTE: The layout icon on the General tab displays the

relationship between the image size and location to

the page and printable area.The icon changes when

you change the settings for Page Size, Orientation,

Center, Mirror, Scaling, and Package. Any portion of

the image that is outside the printable area and will

be cropped is displayed in red.

Click on Print.

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Selecting an 8660 Printer

Use the Select a Kodak Professional 8660 thermal printer dialog box to

choose the appropriate 8660 printer to print your ﬁle.

To select an 8660 printer with a SCSI connection to your

host computer:

Click on the Printer tab in the Kodak Professional 8660 thermal

printer dialog box.

Click on Select Printer.

Select the number of the SCSI host adapter.

NOTE: The ribbon and paper for the selected 8660 printer are listed in

the Page Media and Ribbon columns. If the 8660 printer cannot

detect the paper and ribbon information, Unknown appears in the

Page Media and Ribbon columns. Other devices on the SCSI bus,

unrecognized or unavailable SCSI or network devices are

disabled.

Click on the radio button for the correct 8660 printer.

Click on OK.

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To select an 8660 printer with a network connection to your

host computer:

Click on the Printer tab in the Kodak Professional 8660 thermal

printer dialog box.

Click on Select Printer.

Click on Network in the Select an 8660 thermal printer dialog box.

Use the dialog boxes that open to locate (Macintosh) or browse

(Windows) to the 8660 printer you wish to use.

Click on OK.

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Using Package Printing

With package printing, you send a single

image to the 8660 printer and get multiple

image sizes on your print. For example, by

selecting the package 5x7 in. and 3.5x5 in.

and Wallets your copy will contain one

5 in.x7in. print, one or more 3.5x5 in. print,

and a number of wallet size prints (depending

on the paper size selected) on a single

printed page.

The print sizes may not be exact because of

the height-to-width ratio of the images. To ﬁll

the entire print area, you may need to resize

the image in Photoshop before printing.

You can select from several preformatted

packages, or you can create your own

custom packages. For information on how to use the preformatted

packages, ref

er to “Using Preformatted Packages.”For information on how

to set up a custom package, ref

er to “Using Custom Packages.”

When you select a printing package, the 8660 printer automatically sets

the Scaling, Center, Mirror, and Orientation options. For more information

on these options, ref

er to “Dialog Box Options.”

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Using Preformatted Packages

To select a preformatted printing package to apply to your print job:

Click on the General tab in the Kodak Professional 8660 thermal

printer dialog box.

Select the preformatted package you wish to use from the Package

menu.

NOTE: The icon on the General tab displays the

number of images and the layout of the

package on the printable area on the page.

If the package does not ﬁt on the page, the

layout icon changes to a not symbol; and a

message appears indicating that you

should select a larger page size.

Check the layout icon for paper mismatch

messages. If necessary, select a paper size to

accommodate the package.

A Larger Page Size Will

Provide More Images

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Using Custom Packages

To select a custom package to apply to your print job:

Click on the General tab in the Kodak Professional 8660 thermal

printer dialog box.

Choose Select from the Package menu.

Select a custom package in the ﬁle selection box for Macintosh

systems, or click on Browse to locate a custom package for Windows

systems.

Select one of previously-selected custom packages listed on the

bottom of the Package menu.

Check for any paper size mismatch messages. If necessary, select a

different paper size.

NOTE: When you select a custom package, the icon changes to a

diskette. If the images do not ﬁt on the page, the icon changes to

a not symbol; and a message indicating that all the images are off

the page appears under the symbol. If some of the images do not

ﬁt on the page, a message appears indicating that some of the

images are off the page.

To learn more about creating your own custom packages, ref

er to

“Creating Custom Packages.”

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Creating Custom Packages

Create your own custom packages in a ﬁle that deﬁnes the template for

the custom package. Using pixels as the dimensional units, specify the

size of the images and where you want the images to appear on the

printed page. Use any word processing application to create the ﬁle, and

save it as an ASCII text ﬁle. You can then select the ﬁle to apply to your

print job.

NOTE: The CD that was shipped with the 8660 printer contains samples

of custom package template ﬁles. Use these ﬁles as examples for

creating your own custom package template ﬁles.

For each image, type four numbers in pixels denoting:

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distance from the left side of the paper’s imageable area to the upper

left corner of the image

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distance from the top of the paper’s imageable area to the upper left

corner of the image

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width of the image

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length of the image

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Use the following format to deﬁne the placeholders

for the images in your custom template:

Type: KPKG<EOL>

Version 1.0<EOL>

#<comments>EOL>

x1,y1,xdim1,ydim1<EOL>

x2,y2,xdim2,ydim2<EOL>

......

xN,yN,xdimN,ydimN<EOL>.

Guidelines for creating a template ﬁle:

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The Type ﬁeld is always KPKG.

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The Version is always 1.0.

• The # sign designates the beginning of a comment (used to identify

your ﬁle or to add any comments).

• The upper left corner of placeholder N is identiﬁed by xN, yN as

referenced from the 0,0 datum of the imageable area of the page.

• The dimensions of placeholder N are in integers identiﬁed by xdimN,

ydimN with no integers at a value less than 6.

• The x and y values are non-negative integers separated by commas.

• The end of a speciﬁcation for an image placeholder is indicated by

<EOL>, a hard carriage return.

NOTE: The export module does not support overlapping images.

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Example of a custom package ﬁle to make two prints on a

page:

#Custom ﬁle with two placeholders

Type: KPKG<CR>

Version: 1.0<CR>

100, 200, 500, 600<CR>

1100, 1100, 1050, 750<CR>

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Using the Export Module with Color Connector

Color connector is a color management application that is shipped with

the 8660 printer. Color connector allows you to make prints that match the

colors produced by an input device such as a scanner or monitor. It also

allows you to simulate a job as if it were printed on a commercial printing

press. For more information on creating color connector ﬁles ref

er to

“Using Color Connector.”

Applying a Default Color Connector File to your Job

You can store frequently-used color management information in the 8660

printer as a default color connector ﬁle. These default ﬁles eliminate the

need for individual users to apply color management to their print jobs.

Ref

er to “Exporting a Color Connector to the Printer as a Default.”

After you create a color connector ﬁle and export it to your 8660 printer as

a default, do the following steps to apply it to your print job:

1. Click on the Color Management tab.

2. Select Colorﬂow connector ﬁle from the Mode menu.

3. Select the Printer’s Default for Current Media.

4. Click on Print to send the job to the 8660 printer.

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To select a color connector ﬁle other than a default:

1. Click on the Color Management tab.

2. Select Colorﬂow connector ﬁle from the Mode menu.

3. Choose Select from the ﬁle menu for Macintosh, or click on Browse

for Windows.

4. Locate the folder containing the color connector ﬁles in the open ﬁle

dialog box.

5. Select the color connector ﬁle you wish to apply to your print job, and

click on Open for Macintosh or OK in Windows.

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Error Messages

Many of the error messages displayed by the export module are self-

explanatory. The following list provides additional information for

frequently-encountered messages. If you do not ﬁnd an error message in

the list, refer to your Macintosh, Windows, or Photoshop documentation.

Error Message Solution

The Media File which identiﬁes the

ribbon and paper characteristics of the

media you are using needs to be located.

For Macintosh, locate the Media File

using the path System Folder/Application

Support/Kodak/Plug-ins (Printing)/Media

Files.

For Windows, locate the Media File using

the path C:\Windows\Kodak\Plug-ins

(Printing)\Media Files.

The ﬁle is too large for the Kodak 8660

Printer! Resize the image in Photoshop

before printing. The maximum size is 150

Make the image smaller to print the ﬁle.

To make the image smaller, select Image

Size from the Image menu, and enter a

smaller height or width or change the

resolution with the resample option

checked.

The selected printer is not available.

Check connections, make sure the

printer is turned on, or select another

8660 printer.

Make sure that the printer is connected

and turned on.

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For other errors, check all the 8660 printer’s connections, and make sure

that the display panel shows the READY prompt. If the problem persists,

restart the 8660 printer and the computer. If you still have trouble, try

reinstalling the export module. The

Operator’s Guide

can also help you to

solve printing problems. Ref

er to “Troubleshooting.”

The printer cannot scale the image (up or

down) enough to completely ﬁt (ﬁll) the

page! The export module will set the

scaling to the limit of the printer

Indicates that the scaling limits in the

printer were exceeded. The export

module will readjust the scaling to the

limits of the printer.

The selected Kodak printer on ___ is

busy.

Jobs in process, waiting to print: ___

Current job, copies to print: ___

Indicates the printer is busy and reports

on job status and jobs in queue. The

dialog box closes when the printer

becomes available.

Because of the resolution of the image,

the printer scaling required is below

(above) the limit of the printer.

The export module sets the scaling

control to the smallest (largest)

supported value.

Various media mismatch messages The requested print media does not

match the media loaded in the printer.

Follow the instructions in the message to

resolve the problem.

There is a problem with the contents of

the ﬁle.

Check the ﬁle for correct syntax.

Check your custom package ﬁle for the

correct syntax.

Error Message Solution

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Dialog Box Options

The following are descriptions of the options in the Kodak Professional

8660 thermal printer dialog box:

General Tab

• Copies—enter the number of copies you wish to print, from 1 to 100.

• Print Mode—options are “Normal” for standard printing and “Reprint” to

print the image currently stored in the 8660 printer.

• Sharpen—allows you to specify the type of image enhancement to

improve the sharpness of your images. “Normal” or “High” enhances

image sharpness. Select “High” to improve the sharpness of continuous

tone images; for example, photographic images. Selecting “None” adds

no sharpening and is appropriate for computer-generated graphics.

Package—allows you to select from several printing package formats.

By selecting a speciﬁc printing package, you can send a single image to

the 8660 printer and get multiple image sizes on your print. For

example, by selecting the package “5x7 in and 3.5x5 in and Wallets”

your print will contain a 5 x 7 in. print, and a number of 3.5 x 5 in. and

wallet-sized prints (depending on the paper size selected).

NOTE: The print sizes may not be exact because of the height-to-width

ratio of your images. To ﬁll the entire print area, resize the image

in Photoshop before you print.

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• Scaling—scales an image by a speciﬁed percentage or to ﬁt or ﬁll the

page. You can select from the following scaling options:

– To Fit Page—images that are larger or smaller than the page are

scaled to ﬁt the dimensions of the page without cropping.

– To Fill Page—images that are larger or smaller than the dimensions of

the page are scaled and cropped to ﬁll the page.

– By size—images are scaled based on the dimensions of the image

and the percentage entered in the text box.

– By pixels—images are scaled based on the number of pixels in the

width and height of the image and the percentage entered in the text

box.

• Center—centers the image on the page. If you do not check this option,

images appear starting in the upper left corner of the page.

• Mirror—reverses the image on the page producing a mirror image.

• Orientation—allows you to manipulate the orientation of an image on

the page. You can select from:

– Automatic—automatically orients the image on the page in the

landscape or portrait mode depending on the size of the image.

(Square images will have portrait orientation.)

– Portrait—orients the image vertically on the page.

– Landscape—orients the image horizontally on the page.

• Layout Icon—displays the relationship of the current image size and

location to the page and printable area.

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Kodak 8660 - EXPORT MODULE GUIDE Getting Started Manual

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