Kodak 8660 - COLOR CONNECTOR GUIDE User manual

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Color Management Options
The Kodak Professional 8660 thermal printer (8660 printer) produces
accurate and consistent color. Since the 8660 printer produces such
accurate and consistent color, you may not need to use the printer’s color
management feature. However, if you wish to use color management, the
CD that is shipped with the printer includes Kodak Professional Colorflow
ICC color connector software (color connector) that you can install on
your host computer.
Color Connector
When you use Adobe Photoshop, 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.

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Color connector is a stand-alone application that 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.
You do this by combining transforms to create documents which contain
color management information specific to the input device you are using
such as a scanner, digital camera, or your monitor, and your output device
such as the 8660 printer.
Creating Color Connector Files
You create color connector files by extracting source transforms,
simulation transforms, and destination transforms from ICC profiles.
These transforms are represented as “puzzle pieces.” Drag each selected
puzzle piece to an empty socket in the color connector template for your
job. Each type of transform is represented by a particular shape. Match
the shape of the transform with the shape of the socket in the template.
With color connector you can color manage multiple source images on a
single page.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 for complete instructions on how to use
this color management software.

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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.
IMPORTANT: The dialog boxes in this section show color connector
software used with other Kodak Professional thermal
printers that use different ribbon and media combinations.
The dialog boxes for color connector software used with the
8660 printer look similar and have identical functionality.
System Requirements
Listed below are the hardware and software necessary to run color
connector.
Macintosh Systems
• 60 MHz PowerPC or higher processor with a minimum of 16 MB of
memory. (A 150 MHz PowerPC 604e processor with 32 MB of memory
is recommended.)
• Macintosh operating system 7.6.1 or higher operating system.
(Macintosh operating system 8.0 is recommended.)
• a monitor with a minimum spatial resolution of 640 x 480 pixels.
• a video system with a minimum resolution of 256 colors.

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Windows Systems
• 60 MHz Pentium processor with a minimum of 16 MB of memory. (A 100
MHz Pentium processor with 32 MB of memory is recommended.)
• Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0/5.0
• a monitor with a minimum spatial resolution of 640 x 480 pixels
standard VGA).
• a video system with a minimum color resolution of 256 colors.
ICC Profiles
The color management information you need to create color connector
files is contained in the ICC Profiles.The profiles, an industry standard
format for color management, are defined by the International Color
Consortium. They contain multiple pieces of color information for input,
output, and display devices.This information is individually extracted from
the profiles and appears as puzzle pieces in the 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 8660 printer for each media combination are installed
automatically with the color connector application. Other common ICC
profiles are also included on the CD. Copy the profiles you wish to use to
the folder containing the profiles that were installed with the color
connector application. See the readme file for color connector for a listing
of the ICC Profiles included on the CD.

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Steps to Create Color Connector Files
Run color
connector
application
Select and
drag
transforms to
template
Select desired
color connector
options
Save the color
connector file
Send color
connector file
to printer as
a default
Print using color
connector file
or
Step 1
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Step 3
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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, refer to “Menus and Dialog Boxes.”
Options
Transforms List
Template
Sockets

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Getting Ready to Use Color Connector
The following steps describe how to get started with color connector.
NOTE: The illustrations in this section show Windows dialog boxes.The
dialog boxes for Macintosh are similar and have identical
functionality.
1. Install the software for color connector and the printing software
including the export module. The software is included on the CD that
came with your printer.
2. 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:
• for Windows systems, Windows\System\Color.
• for Macintosh systems:
– if you are using ColorSync
TM
2.1, System
Folder:Preferences:ColorSync
TM
Profiles.
– if you are using ColorSync
TM
2.5, System Folder: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.
3. Start the color connector application.

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The color connector window appears.

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4. Pull down the File menu, and select “Preferences”.
5. Click on Browse (Select in
Macintosh ) in the Printer
export modules folder
portion of the Preferences
dialog box.A file selection
dialog box appears.
6. Locate the Plug-ins
(Printing) folder, and
select the export module
for the 8660 printer.
NOTE: For descriptions of the options in the Default settings for new
connector files box, refer to “Menus and Dialog Boxes.”
Follow the procedures on the following screens to build your own color
connector files.

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Creating a Color Connector File
1. 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
the color connector window.
The template has six sockets for source transforms.You can apply
independent color management to up to six different kinds of sources
in one job:
• RGB, CMY, and grayscale pixel images such as TIFF files or
scanned photographs.
• RGB, CMY, and grayscale graphic images such as EPS files or text.
IMPORTANT: If your file contains a source that uses PANTONE
®
Color,
leave the socket empty for that color space.

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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:
• select a new transform; and drag it to the socket. It replaces the
previously-selected transform.
To delete a transform from a color connector socket:
• select the transform.
• pull down the Transforms menu, and select “Delete Transform”
on Windows systems or “Clear Transform” on Macintosh
systems.

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2. 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.

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3. Using a simulation transform
from the Transforms list is
optional. For instructions on
using the Simulation option,
refer to “Simulating Another
Output Device.”
4. 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.
5. Pull down the File menu, and select “Save”.

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MatchingYour Monitor toYour 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
model is in the Transforms list.
Your monitor should be calibrated. Refer to the documentation
that came with your monitor for instructions on how to calibrate it.
1. In the Connector file options box:
• make your selection for
Gamut alarm. Refer to
“Using Gamut Alarm.”
• select the rendering intent
that is appropriate for your
job. Refer to “Setting
Rendering Intents.”

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2. From theTransforms list, select
a pink triangle puzzle piece
that matches the name of your
monitor.
3. 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.

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NOTE: If you wish to add a simulation transform to the template so that
the job matches the output from another printing system, refer to
“Simulating Another Output Device.”
4. From the Transforms list,
select a green puzzle piece
that matches your output
device and media
combination.
5. Drag and drop the green
puzzle piece to the
Destination Transform
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NOTE: If you selected a destination transform that was extracted from an
ICC Profile other than one that came with the 8660 printer, the
Select Printer dialog box appears.
Use the Printer model pull-down list to select the model of the
printer you are using. Click on
OK .
A dialog box similar to the one below appears that allows you to
select the media for the printer.

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The Printer Setup screen may appear differently depending on
the printer you are using.
Make your media choices.
Click on
OK .
6. 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.
7. Pull down the File menu, and select “Save”.
8. To send the connector file to the printer to save as a default, refer to
“Exporting a Color Connector to the Printer as a Default.”

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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:
•RGB, CMY, and grayscale pixel images such as TIFF files or
scanned photographs.
•RGB, CMY, and grayscale graphic images such as EPS files or
text.
You cannot apply color management to multiple images from
different sources in the same color space. For example, you
cannot apply color management separately to two pixel RGB
images.
1. In the Connector file options
box:
•make your selection for
Gamut alarm. Refer to
“Using Gamut Alarm.”
•select the rendering intent
that is appropriate for your
job. Refer to “Setting
Rendering Intents.”

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2. 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®Color, leave
the socket empty for that color space.