Kodak 8670 PS - CALIBRATION GUIDE User manual

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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. Refer 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. Refer 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. Refer 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. Refer 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, refer to “Using the Normal
Utility to Calibrate Your Printer.” For more information on the
calibration utility selection box, refer 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, refer to
“Creating a New Calibration Document.” For information about
opening an existing calibration document, refer 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, refer 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
Next to go to Easy Cal Step 3 of 5.
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,clickon
the radio button for
the correct 8670
printer.
• has a network
connection,clickon
Network .Click on
Browse . Locate the
correct printer in
the Browse for
Printer dialog box
that opens.
• has a parallel
connection,clickon
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 Next .
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
Next in the Easy Cal Step 3 of 5 dialog box.

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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 Next .The default table is sent to the printer, and the previous
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.