Kodak 8657, User Manual

Page 1: ...ODAK PROFESSIONAL 8657 Thermal Printer Export Module for ADOBE PHOTOSHOP Software and KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCETM Calibration Utility Software for MACINTOSH and MICROSOFT Windows User s Guide Part No 3H0595 ...

Page 2: ...the Software on Macintosh Systems 2 4 Installation Methods 2 5 Easy Install Procedure 2 6 Custom Install Procedure for Macintosh 2 8 Removing the Software 2 9 Installing the Software on Windows Systems 2 10 Dialog Boxes 3 1 Export Module Dialog Box 3 2 Button and Field Descriptions 3 2 Select an 8657 Printer Dialog Box 3 6 Button and Field Descriptions 3 6 8657 Printer Dialog Box 3 7 Button and Fi...

Page 3: ... Macintosh Tables 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 Network Name on Macintosh for the 8657 Printer D 1 Changing the Network Name for the 8657 Printer D 1 Index ...

Page 4: ...ble to answer them You can also 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 Service Support Download Software and Drivers for KODAK Products Dye Sub Printer Drivers and Calibration Software The export module is a plug in for Photoshop an image editing program Since the export module runs from within Photoshop y...

Page 5: ...ter 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 impacts the order in which jobs are processed Communication Channels Your computer can print to the 8657 printer through a SCSI or parallel connection or through an Eth...

Page 6: ...imilar 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 Professional 8657 thermal printer For Macintosh the first time you access the export module the dialog box below appears requesting that you select a printer For Windows the export module automatically...

Page 7: ...tton for the correct printer 5 Click on OK in the Select an 8657 printer dialog box NOTE The export module recognizes other Kodak printers in the Select a Kodak 8657 Printer list If the printer you selected was not a valid 8657 printer a Selection Error dialog box appears Click on OK and select a valid 8657 printer A dialog box may also appear asking you to locate the Media File The Macintosh dial...

Page 8: ...Media Files For Windows Locate the Media File in the Plug ins folder within Photoshop Locate the MEDFILES folder 8 Select the 8657 media file 9 Click on Open The Kodak Professional 8657 thermal printer dialog box opens Refer to the chapter Dialog Boxes for descriptions of the dialog boxes in the export module ...

Page 9: ... higher processor minimum of 12 MB of RAM color monitor with a minimum monitor resolution of 640 x 480 pixels 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 Windows 95 or Windows NT 4 0 workstation or server Photoshop version 3 0 5 or la...

Page 10: ... to which the printer is assigned Refer to the documentation that came with the adapter board for instructions on disabling these features 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 ...

Page 11: ...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 8657 printer Software Your Macintosh system must be installed with Apple System version 7 5 5 or...

Page 12: ...e export module on your Macintosh system 1 Insert the export module CD in the CD ROM drive Double click on the icon for the CD 2 Double click on the Export folder 3 Double click on the icon for the Kodak 8657 Export Installer The splash screen for the export module appears 4 Click on the screen The license agreement window appears ...

Page 13: ...Install appears in the upper left corner of the Install dialog box automatically installs the export module the RGB Printer Tables and the Kodak printer utility Custom Install selecting the Custom Install from the installation drop down box accesses the Custom Install dialog box The Custom Install allows you to individually install the export module the RGB Printer Tables and the Kodak printer uti...

Page 14: ... Easy Install appears in the upper left corner of the Install dialog box 2 Click on Install The software is installed and the Install Alias dialog box appears 3 If you wish to install an alias of the export module in your Adobe Photoshop Plug ins folder click on Install Alias Messages indicating that the software is installing appear ...

Page 15: ...Installing the Software March 1998 2 7 When installation is complete the following dialog box appears 4 Click on Quit to return to your desktop or click on Continue to do additional installations ...

Page 16: ...own box select Custom Install The dialog box changes to look like this 2 Select the software you want to install 3 Click on Install The selected software is installed The Install Alias dialog box appears 4 If you wish to install an alias of the export module in your Adobe Photoshop Plug ins folder click on Install Alias A message indicating that the software is installing appears ...

Page 17: ...top or click on Continue to do additional installations Removing the Software You can use the Install dialog box to remove the export module software from your system The following steps detail removing the software 1 From the Installation drop down box select Remove 2 Click on Remove 3 Click on Quit to return to your desktop ...

Page 18: ...indows Systems The following steps describe the Install procedure for Windows 1 Start the installation program from Setup The Welcome Screen appears 2 Click on Next The Software License Agreement Screen appears 3 Click on Yes to accept the terms of the license agreement ...

Page 19: ...1998 2 11 The Choose Printing Calibrating or Both screen appears The installation path presented in the next screen depends on which of the radio buttons is selected on this screen 4 Select the correct radio button and click on Next ...

Page 20: ...lling the Software 2 12 March 1998 The Choose Destination Screen appears The installer copies the export module printer tables media file and the Help file to the path defined on this screen 5 Click on Next ...

Page 21: ...Installing the Software March 1998 2 13 The Status screen appears and when the installation is complete the Setup Complete screen appears 6 Click on Finish ...

Page 22: ...t Macintosh and Windows applications are not described The illustrations in this chapter show Macintosh system dialog boxes Except where noted the dialog boxes for Windows applications are similar and have identical functionality NOTE Invalid options are dimmed for Macintosh systems and removed from the options list for Windows systems Error messages appear when invalid combinations of print mode ...

Page 23: ... dialog box See the Select an 8657 Printer Dialog Box section in this chapter for more information Status opens the Printer Status dialog box See the Printer Status Dialog Box section in this chapter for more information Reprint reprints the last image sent to the printer The last image sent to the printer remains in the buffer until the printer is shut off the next image is sent or the SCSI bus i...

Page 24: ...traLife applies XtraLife lamination to the print XtraLife ribbon must be loaded in the printer to have this option applied Image Processing allows you to manipulate the sharpness of an image and to select an appropriate printer table Print Sharpening allows you to improve the sharpness of continuous tone or photographic images Available options include None Normal and High Selecting Normal or High...

Page 25: ...on dialog box which allows you to select from a list of printer tables NOTE On Windows systems the list of printer tables is accessed by the Load table button The Printer Table list box has the same functionality as the Macintosh version The following is an example of the Image Processing section of the 8657 Printer Dialog Box for Windows See Appendix A About Printer Tables for more information La...

Page 26: ... are larger or smaller than the size of the current media are cropped in order to fill the page By Size images are scaled based on the image width and height For example scaling an 8 x 10 in image by 50 prints a 4 x 5 in image By Pixels images are scaled based on the number of pixels in the image width and height For example scaling an 800 x 1000 pixel image by 200 prints an 1600 x 2000 pixel imag...

Page 27: ... printer Button and Field Descriptions Update refreshes the screen and replaces any information that has changed Network for Macintosh systems network printing is only available when the optional Network Interface Card is installed on the printer and the printer is connected to an Ethernet network When you select this button the Kodak Professional 8657 Printers dialog box opens See the 8657 Printe...

Page 28: ...tions Update refreshes the screen and replaces any information that has changed OK closes the dialog box and indicates that the printer you have highlighted in the Select a Kodak 8657 Printer list box should be the active printer OK can be selected only when a printer is highlighted NOTE The export module recognizes other Kodak printers in the Select a Kodak 8657 Printer list If the printer you se...

Page 29: ...s the status button is only enabled if a SCSI port is being used Button and Field Descriptions Printer Information describes the state of the selected printer Information includes the printer model loaded ribbon and print media printer status Idle Printing or Busy printer location amount of RAM installed on your system and the printer version number Job Information lists the number of jobs being p...

Page 30: ...n Support Kodak Plug ins Media Files For Windows locate the Media File in the plug ins folder within Photoshop locate the MEDFILES folder Image Mode is invalid You must convert this image to RGB Color or Grayscale in Photoshop before it can be printed or you can reprint the image currently stored in the printer Change the Photoshop mode to print the file The file is too large for the Kodak 8657 pr...

Page 31: ...e scaling limits in the printer were exceeded The export module will readjust the scaling to fit the printer The select Kodak printer on X is busy Jobs in process waiting to print Y Current job copies to print Z Indicates the printer is busy and informs on job status and jobs in queue Dialog box closes when the printer becomes available The printer port will be set to LPT1 Press the Select button ...

Page 32: ...olors A color printer uses a subtractive color process where ambient light passes through layers of color dyes cyan magenta yellow and sometimes black reflects off a white paper base and passes back through the color dye layers to your eyes The dyes produce color by absorbing portions of the color spectrum from the light striking the surface of the print The perceived color of a print is also stro...

Page 33: ...evel of 10 or 0 lightens a print and helps to bring out details in and shadow areas A black level of 30 or 40 darkens a print Custom RGB Windows Tables Four custom tables are included with the Windows version of the export module SLINEAR TBL does not modify the digital color data it receives from the application It outputs the same values it receives which allows you to use calibrated digital colo...

Page 34: ... of yellow which is better suited for graphic arts applications Photo CD Table obtains maximum image quality from Photo CD images that were opened using the RGB video metric PostScript Level 1Table achieves results equivalent to the Kodak Digital ScienceTM 8650 PS PostScript level 1 color rendering path Creating New Printer Tables The printer tables supplied with the export module should be suffic...

Page 35: ...stions about your warranty supplies service other Kodak products software printer interaction setting up or operating the printer To download the most recent export module access the Kodak Web site and use the path Service Support Download Software and Drivers for KODAK Products Dye Sub Printer Drivers and Calibration Software Asia Pacific Region Helpline Numbers Country Country code Helpline numb...

Page 36: ...ntry Country code Helpline number Belgium 32 02 2632400 Denmark 45 43 717111 Finland 358 90 87071 France 33 1 4989 0083 Germany 49 0711 406 5561 Italy 39 02 66028454 Netherlands 31 03405 99704 Norway 47 02 818181 Spain 34 91 6267100 Sweden 46 08 58023663 UK 44 044261122 Ext 44239 ...

Page 37: ...ter through an external SCSI device perform the following steps 1 Set the SCSI device number using the 8657 printer s display panel The 8657 printer is set at the factory for SCSI ID 5 If you need to change the SCSI ID refer to the user s guide for the Kodak Professional 8657 thermal printer for instructions about setting the SCSI device number 2 Turn off all equipment before connecting or disconn...

Page 38: ...er s Manual Macintosh Systems To connect the 8657 printer directly to your Macintosh computer or to daisy chain the printer with an external SCSI device perform the following steps IMPORTANT If you are using a Macintosh IIfx computer you must install a special terminator provided by Apple Computer or unpredictable results can occur 1 Set the SCSI device number using the 8657 printer s display pane...

Page 39: ...Appendix C About SCSI Connection March 1998 C 3 NOTE Some equipment is internally terminated If you have questions refer to your equipment documentation 5 Turn on the 8657 printer and the computer ...

Page 40: ... raster mode and only when the 8657 printer is connected to the network through the optional Network Interface Card IMPORTANT This utility must be copied to the hard drive It does not run correctly from the CD Rom drive Refer to the user s and printer driver guides for the Kodak Professional 8657 thermal printer for more information about printer modes and network connectivity 1 Double click on th...

Page 41: ...the AppleTalk Zone list box select the zone of the printer you want to rename The Select a Kodak Printer list box displays the printers from that AppleTalk zone 3 Select the printer you want to rename from the Select a Kodak Printer list box 4 Click on OK The Kodak Raster Printers window closes ...

Page 42: ... menu select Rename Printer A dialog box similar to the following appears 6 Type the new name for the printer in the New Name text entry box 7 Click on Rename A confirmation panel similar to the following appears 8 Click on OK The 8657 printer running in raster mode is now renamed to the name you specified ...

Page 43: ...atus 3 8 choosing a printer 3 6 3 7 color gamut A 1 color mode error messages about 4 1 communication channels 1 2 cropping images 3 5 Custom remove option on Macintosh systems 2 5 D dialog boxes 8650 Color Printer 3 2 8650 Color Printers 3 7 Kodak Raster Printers D 1 D 2 Printer Status 3 8 Rename Printer D 3 Select an 8650 Color Printer 3 6 E error messages 4 1 4 2 ethernet network 3 6 export mod...

Page 44: ... Install dialog using to remove software from Macintosh systems 2 9 installation methodsfor Macintosh systems 2 5 on PC systems 2 1 system requirements on Macintosh systems 2 3 system requirements on PC systems 2 1 Installation procedures Custom Install on Macintosh systems 2 8 2 10 Customize on Macintosh systems 2 5 Easy Install on Macintosh systems 2 6 J job scheduling 1 2 jobs being processed f...

Page 45: ...me changing on Macintosh systems D 1 P page orientation landscape 3 5 portrait 3 4 paper sizes 3 3 plug in 1 1 portrait page orientation 3 4 print mode 3 3 print sharpening 3 3 printer finding the version number 3 8 selecting a 3 6 3 7 status 3 8 printer tables additive and subtractive color A 1 creating new A 3 custom for Macintosh A 3 custom for PC A 2 Kodak TableMaker software A 3 printer table...

Page 46: ...g C 1 C 2 device number C 1 C 2 for Macintosh C 2 for Windows C 1 host adapter board 2 2 C 1 requirements 2 2 SCSI bus C 1 C 2 terminator C 1 C 2 selecting a printer 3 6 3 7 service B 1 status button 3 2 subtractive color A 1 system version required for Macintosh systems 2 3 T technical support B 1 terminator SCSI for Macintosh C 2 for PC C 1 V version number printer 3 8 ...

Page 47: ...Index March 1998 Index 5 W warranty questions about B 1 X Xtra Life lamination 3 3 ...

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