Kodak DIGITAL SCIENCE 8650 PS COLOR PRINTER User manual

Kodak Digital Science™
8650/8650 PS Color Printer
Export Module for
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP Software and
Kodak Calibration Utility Software for
MACINTOSH and MICROSOFT WINDOWS
User’s Guide
Part No.1H9656

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................1-1
Job Scheduling.........................................................................1-2
Communication Channels........................................................1-2
Accessing the Export Module...................................................1-3
To access the export module:..................................................1-3
Hardware and Software Requirements..........................2-1
System Requirements for Windows......................................... 2-1
Hardware..................................................................... 2-1
Software...................................................................... 2-1
System Requirements for Macintosh....................................... 2-3
Hardware..................................................................... 2-3
Software...................................................................... 2-3
Dialog Boxes....................................................................3-1
8650 Color Printer Dialog Box..................................................3-2
Button and Field Descriptions .....................................3-2
Select an 8650 Color Printer Dialog Box..................................3-7
Button and Field Descriptions .....................................3-7
8650 Color Printers Dialog Box................................................ 3-8
Button and Field Descriptions .....................................3-8
Printer Status Dialog Box.........................................................3-9
Button and Field Descriptions .....................................3-9
Error Messages................................................................4-1

Contents
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Appendix A: About Printer Tables.................................A-1
Additive and Subtractive Color ................................................ A-1
Standard Tables ...................................................................... A-1
Custom RGB Windows Tables................................................ A-2
Custom RGB Macintosh Tables .............................................. A-3
Custom CMYK Table............................................................... A-3
Creating New Printer Tables.................................................... A-3
Appendix B: Getting Additional Help............................B-1
Asia/Pacific Region Helpline Numbers....................... B-1
European Helpline Numbers....................................... B-2
Appendix C: About SCSI Connection............................C-1
Windows Systems ...................................................................C-1
Macintosh Systems..................................................................C-2
Appendix D: Changing the Printer’s Network Name on
MACINTOSH.....................................................................D-1
Changing the Printer’s Network Name ....................................D-1
Index

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1. Introduction
The Kodak Digital Science 8650 Color Printer Export
Module for Adobe Photoshop Software and Kodak
Calibration Utility Software for Windows or Macintosh
(export module) allows you to print from within Adobe
Photoshop (Photoshop) using the Kodak Digital Science
TM
8650/8650 PS Color Printer (8650 color printer).This guide
assumes that you are an experienced computer user who
understands how to install software applications.
If you have questions about the 8650 color printer, the
retailer where you purchased the printer may be able to
answer them.You can visit the Kodak Web site at http://
www.Kodak.com.
To download the most recent export module, access the
Kodak Web site and use the path customer support,
software, drivers, dye sub printers.
The export module is a plug-in for Photoshop, an imaging
editing program.Since the export module runs from within
Photoshop, you can use Photoshop’s image processing
functions before you print.
The export module allows you to:
•
Scale an image
•
Reprint the last image sent to the printer
•
Print in landscape or portrait mode
•
Apply print sharpening
•
Specify printer tables to perform custom
color rendering
•
Select a variety of paper and transparency media
•
Specify XtraLife ribbon to protect prints
•
Center an image on the page
•
Create a mirror image

Introduction
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Job Scheduling
The number of jobs that can be queued to the printer at
one time is dependent on the available memory in the
printer. If large image files are sent, fewer jobs can be
processed. Installing optional memory in the printer
increases the number of jobs that can be processed.This
is described in the Kodak Digital Science 8650/8650 PS
Color Printer, User’s Guide .
The other factor impacting job scheduling is the printer’s
network configuration.When the printer is connected
through more than one port, the printer polls the ports in
a round robin method.The position of the ports in the list
will impact the order in which jobs are processed.
Communication Channels
Your computer can print to the 8650 color printer through
a SCSI or parallel connection or through an Ethernet
connection if the optional Network Interface Card is
installed in the printer. Refer to the Kodak Digital Science
8650/8650 PS Color Printer, User’s Guide for more
information about network connectivity.

Introduction
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Accessing the Export Module
To access the export module:
NOTE: The illustrations in this chapter show Macintosh
system dialog boxes.Except where noted, the
dialog boxes forWindows applications are similar
and have identical functionality
1. Open Photoshop.
2. Open an image file.
NOTE: You cannot access the export module without
opening an image file.
3. From the File menu, select“Export” and then “Kodak
DS 8650 Printer”.
The first time you access the export module, the
dialog box below appears requesting that you select
a printer.
4. Select the printer that you wish to print to. If the
printer:
• has a network connection to your host computer,
click on Network .Select the correct printer in the
dialog box that opens.Click on OK .
• has a SCSI connection to your host computer,
click on the radio button for the correct printer.

Introduction
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5. Click on OK in the Select an 8650 Color Printer
dialog box.
A dialog box may also appear asking you to locate
the Media File.
6. Click
Open in the dialog box.
An open file dialog box opens.
7. Locate the media file using the following path:
Photoshop/Plug-ins/ DS 8650 alias /Media Files.
8. Select the V150 file if you are using printer ribbons
labeled 1.5. Otherwise choose the V100 file.
9. Click on Open .
The 8650 Color Printer dialog box opens.
Refer to “Dialog Boxes” for descriptions of the dialog
boxes in the export module.

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2. Hardware and Software Requirements
System Requirements for Windows
Hardware
The following hardware is recommended to load and use
the export module:
•
80486 or higher processor
•
Minimum of 8 MB of RAM
•
Color monitor with a minimum monitor resolution of 640
x 480 pixels
•
Hard drive
•
CD-ROM drive
•
An available LPT port, SCSI host adapter, or network
connection
NOTE: SCSI communications are enabled only if a SCSI
host adapter board is installed in your PC.
Software
Your PC must be installed with:
•
MS-DOS version 5.0 or later
•
Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, or
Windows 95
NOTE: Win 32, a Microsoft update for Windows 3.1x, is
required.This update comes with Photoshop 3.0.5
or later and is also available from Microsoft.
•
Photoshop version 3.0.5 or later

Hardware and Software Requirements
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Requirements for SCSI-Connected Installations
•
An ADAPTEC SCSI host adapter board
NOTE: Kodak tested the AHA 1542 and 2940 boards.
Other cards may work but have not been tested.
•
A SCSI cable
•
A SCSI terminator
•
ADAPTEC EZ–SCSI Software.This software is
commonly provided with ADAPTEC SCSI host
adapter boards when they are purchased.The
supplier of your board should be able to provide the
software if you do not have it, or you can purchase it
through Adaptec directly.
NOTE: Windows 3.1x requires EZ-SCSI 3.0 or above.
Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0
require EZ-SCSI 4.01b.
Refer to Appendix C:“About SCSI Connection,” for more
information.

Hardware and Software Requirements
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System Requirements for Macintosh
Hardware
The following hardware is recommended to use the
export module:
•
68040 or higher processor
•
Minimum of 8 MB of RAM (required by Photoshop)
•
Hard disk space of at least three times your image
size
•
A special Apple SCSI terminator with an external
SCSI disk drive or another peripheral device if you are
using a Macintosh IIfx
OR
A standard SCSI terminator if you are not using a
Macintosh IIfx computer to daisy–chain your external
disk drive or another peripheral with the 8650 color
printer
Software
Your Macintosh system must be installed with:
•
Apple System, version7.5.5 or later
•
Adobe Photoshop version 3.0 or later