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Using the KODAK PROFESSIONAL Device Calibration Software with the KODAK PROFESSIONAL LED II Printers 20P/20R Part No. 6B6640.
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March 2 001 iii Contents 1 Calibr ating the Printer ................. ............. ............. ............. ............ ............. ................... ....... ............. ... 1- 1 Starting the Device Calibrat ion Softwar e .............. ...
Contents iv March 2001 Advanced Fe atures of the LE D II Calibrati on Sof tware ........... ............. ................... ............. ............. . 3-1 3 Viewing Grap hs ....... ...... ....... ...... ............. ....... ...... ............. .
March 2 001 1-1 1 Calibrating the Printer This sec tion i ncludes inst ruction s for calibr ating the Kodak Pr ofes sion al LED Printers 20P/2 0R, Gener ations l and ll. Kodak pr ovides calibrati on app lica tions for Wind ows NT an d Macint osh sys tems.
Cali brating the Prin ter 1-2 March 2001 Y ou ne ed to calibrat e the printer when you start the system up each day . Y ou also need to calibr ate the pr inter whe n • you cha nge paper • print qu ality is ques tionab le • the temper ature at the site c hanges m ore than 5 ° F (2.
Calibrati ng the Pr inter March 2 001 1-3 The displ ay sh ows the LE D Calibr ation App licat ion win dow . S t arting the Calibratio n Application and Exposing a Te s t Ta r g e t IMPORT ANT : The set tings in the co nfigurati on fil e for the s elected device determi ne some of the ac tions and message s in t his pro cedure.
Cali brating the Prin ter 1-4 March 2001 NOTE: Once th e applic ation h as started, t he red stoplig ht is act ive a nd you can cli ck the i con to stop t he calib ration pr oced ure. If you c lick th e red s topli ght icon, the di spla y sho ws the follo wing d ialog box.
Calibrati ng the Pr inter March 2 001 1-5 2. Click Ye s . The displ ay sh ows the Cho ose S tart LUT dia log box. NOTE: The hig hligh ted LUT in the di alog b ox abo ve is the mo st rece nt calibr ati on LUT . 3. Click either Load Sele c ted LUT or Load Custom LUT (or Cancel to canc el the ca librati on proce ss).
Cali brating the Prin ter 1-6 March 2001 Obt aining Densities There ar e three me thods for ob taining de nsities : • from a file • from a densito mete r • from a central ized dens itometer (NT .
Calibrati ng the Pr inter March 2 001 1-7 Using the Densitometer to Read Densities NOTE: For LED G en I de vices, you r ead only one neu tral str ip. Do the fol lowin g to sc an the neutral (gray) pat.
Cali brating the Prin ter 1-8 March 2001 Obt ainin g Densities from the Centralized Densitom eter (N T Only ) NOTE: For mo re infor mation about ins talling and using the Cent ralize d Densitom eter Appl ication , see Sec tion 4 , Installing and Usi ng the Cent raliz ed Densi tome ter Appl icati on .
Calibrati ng the Pr inter March 2 001 1-9 The displ ay shows the windo w for th e Central ized Dens itome ter Appl ication. 2. Highligh t the de vice .
Cali brating the Prin ter 1-10 March 2001 Completing the Calibration 1. If calibration is in tolerance , the displ ay shows the LU T Attribute s dia log box.
Calibrati ng the Pr inter March 2 001 1-11 If the pri nt densit ies are out of to lera nce, the di splay s hows a graph th at allows y ou to sel ect the ty pe of data and p lanes tha t you w ant to see display ed.
Cali brating the Prin ter 1-12 March 2001 If speci fied in th e configu ratio n file, the displ ay shows a list of opti ons. Re-read the densitometer values is most useful whe n the gra phs show an unusua l plo t. Rereadi ng the te st prin t lets you v alidat e the grap h, then returns y ou to the O ut of T oleranc e dia log box.
March 2 001 2-1 2 T roubleshooting This sec tion d escribes the probl ems t hat you may o ccasio nally h ave whe n using: • the KODA K Device Ca librati on Soft ware and th e Calibr ation Soft ware .
Troubles hootin g 2-2 March 2001 Calibration Errors Numeric Calibratio n Error Codes Code Status Messa ge Possibl e Cause/S ubsystem Possible Solution 1 The follo wing file is locked: _filenam e_ . The system is trying to ac cess a file that is currently in use.
Troubles hootin g March 2 001 2-3 1 1 Err o r cr eati ng D P2 LU T folder A folde r of the sa me name may exist. Ch ange the sele cted folder n ame. 101 No resp onse from device: _devi cename_ . The device is not respondi ng to the sy stem. V erify tha t the dev ic e i s c onn ec ted and on -li ne.
Troubles hootin g 2-4 March 2001 1 10 Unable to perfo rm operation: _ operatio n_ S tatus M essage:_ statms g_ Error Message:_ e rrmsg _. An unkno w n devi ce error occurred . Use the i nformation in the status messa ge and erro r message to reso lve the devi ce error .
Troubles hootin g March 2 001 2-5 117 A softwar e error has been detected by the followi ng device: _device name_ Error Messag e: _errmsg_ An error has occurred on the printer . Re solve printer erro r condition. 118 A SCSI ID for t he following device wa s not fou nd: _device name_ .
Troubles hootin g 2-6 March 2001 205 Must ent er the followin g field: _fi eld_ . The opera tor left a configu ration field bl ank. Enter info rmation in the bl ank configu r ati on fie ld. 301 The fo llowing key was not found: _key _ . • An internal e rror occurred with the softwa re.
Troubles hootin g March 2 001 2-7 702 Patch _patch_ has a spread of _sprea d_ which is out o f range _range_ . The sprea d between colors for a given den sit y pat ch i s out of toleranc e. Perform an other calibration c y cle. 703 CalT oleranceFil e can only be initi alized on ce.
Troubles hootin g 2-8 March 2001 910 Configu rati on fil e field: _fi lename_ is inva lid. Calibra tion wil l be cancelled . The user entered an incorre ct value i n a configura tion file. • Enter the c orrect value. • Reins tal l the appl ication.
Troubles hootin g March 2 001 2-9 1003 Unable to load default configura tion file: _fi lename_. The de fault con figuration fil e was deleted or renamed or mov ed. Resto re the file ma nually or reinst all the sof tware. 1004 Unable to set value s in new configuration fi le.
Troubles hootin g 2-10 March 2001 1202 Error:_ erro r_ from densit ometer . An un expected error was retur ned from the d ensitometer . Calibrate the densitomete r . If the probl em continues, check the manual for the densi tom ete r . 1203 Error: Num ber of p atches seen by densitometer is incor rect.
Troubles hootin g March 2 001 2-11 Non-Numeric Calibrat ion Error Messages Error Message Possible Cause/S ubsystem Possible Solution An underrun error occurred du ring commun ica tions to the followi ng device. • The cabl e between the p rinter and the h ost compute r is worn.
Troubles hootin g 2-12 March 2001 Densitometer Errors Code Messag e Explan ation <01> BAD_COMMA ND The densi tometer does not recognize a command. <02> PRM_RANGE_E RROR One or more d ata or address param e ters is out of range. See the comman d guide for p arameter lim its.
Troubles hootin g March 2 001 2-13 <1 1 > LAMP_F AI LURE The lamp is either burn ed out or i ts output is at a level to o low for accept able readings . The densitomet er will not read strip s until the lam p is replaced and the densitom eter is re-calib rated.
Troubles hootin g 2-14 March 2001 <27> BAD_P A TCH If the Pattern Recognition comp arison window i s set to 0 or 1, th is error may resu lt when a sing le patch on the strip is b ad due to dirt, smears, crea ses , et c. (See expl ana tion of C W comma nd f or mor e in form ati on.
March 2 001 3-1 3 Using Additional Calibration Features The topi cs cov ered in this sect ion inc lude: • Installing t he Cali bration Software • An over view of th e Koda k Profes sional Device C.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-2 March 2001 Inst all ation Pr ocedure 1. If you are i nstalling th e softw are from the suppl ied CD-ROM: a. Place th e CD in yo ur CD-RO M drive. b. When the B rowser is displ ayed, selec t LED Printer . 2.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-3 NOTE: The installa tion is s imilar for NT and Macintos h systems . When the instruc tions sa y , for example, c lick Next or Inst all , the first opti on is for NT system s and t he secon d is for Macintos h syst ems.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-4 March 2001 13. Clic k N ext to install the softwar e on your system. The displ ay sh ows a dia log box fo r yo u to desig nate whe re to install the calibr ati on sof twar e. 14. Eithe r accep t the de fault path a nd folder or sele ct ano ther path and f older .
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-5 About the Kodak Profess ional D evice Calibra tion Software The K odak Profess iona l Device Cal ibratio n softwa re manag es and launches cust omized ca librati on softwa re applic ations, in cludi ng the cal ibratio n softwar e for the LED 20 P and 2 0R printe rs.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-6 March 2001 The table be low def ines t he functio ns and their c orresp ondin g icons on the m ain window of the Devi ce Cal ibratio nSoftware .
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-7 S t arting the Device Calibration Software Load the Ca librati on Soft ware accordi ng to the table below .
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-8 March 2001 The displ ay shows the E dit Configu ratio n dialog b ox with th e defaul t setting s: 3. Edit t he devic e setting s as needed or click Default to refr esh the di alog box with the de fault setti ngs.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-9 Adding, Up dating, and Deleting Devices Y ou can : • add new pr inter c alibrati on devic es • update the name or SCSI ID ( T ar get ID) of a n existi ng device • delete dev ices • update the confi guration files for devi ces Adding a Device 1.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-10 March 2001 A new pri nter dev ice ic on is di splayed on the D evice Calibr ation wind ow . NOTE: If an error messag e is dis played, refer to Sec tion 2 , T roubleshoo ting . Up dating a Device T o up dat e the de vice name or the SCSI inform ation fo r a devic e: 1.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-11 The disp lay sh ows the Upd ate a De vice dialo g box. 3. Enter th e corre ct devic e set tings. The opti ons for the d evice s ettings i nclude: 4. Click OK to save (or Cancel to cancel ) the cha nges.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-12 March 2001 Deleting a Device T o delete a devi ce and all f iles a ssociated with the device: 1. S elect the de vice by click ing once o n the de vice icon . 2. Click the Cut icon o r select Edi t ->Cu t .
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-13 Advanced Features of the LED II Calibration Software The Cali bration Software f or the KODAK PROFES SIONAL LED II Pr inter 20P/20R provide s automated ne utral d ensity pr inter ca librati on and is desi gned to be used wi thout a ssistance fr om techni cal e xperts.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-14 March 2001 V alue Graph.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-15 Difference Graph.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-16 March 2001 History Gra ph.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-17 T o view calibration graphs: 1. From th e Device Calib ration wi ndow , doub le-c lick t he devic e for whic h yo u want to view graphs . The displ ay sh ows the LE D Calibr ation App licat ion win dow .
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-18 March 2001 Applying a Master Balance (NT Systems Only) Master Balance is a metho d that a llows y ou to tempor arily mo dify p rinter neu tral calibr ation. T his may be de sired f or cus tomizing a partic ular j ob or c orrecting for a short-ter m process ing shi ft.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-19 The dis play sh ows th e Master Balan ce dialo g box. 3. Click a nd drag th e sliders as neede d for D ensity , Red, Gr een, or B lue balance . For Densi ty , Red, G reen, and Blue, 1 unit of c hange i s equal to 0.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-20 March 2001 The displ ay sh ows the Cho ose M aster Ba lance LUT d ialog box . IMPORT ANT : In the n ext step, do not s elect th e default L UT . 5. Select o ne of th e LUT s from the dia log bo x and click Load Se lected LUT or click Load Custom LUT a nd foll ow the p rompts to lo ad a cu stom L UT.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-21 The displ ay sh ows the LE D Calibr ation App licat ion win dow . 2. Click the Send LUT icon or select Operations- >Send L UT .
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-22 March 2001 Sending T arget s The Send T a rget feature e nables you to sen d any prop erly forma tted target fi le to the prin ter withou t perfo rming a cali bration. Th e target file must c ontain im age data in the format for th e Koda k Pr ofe ssio nal LED II Printer 20P/2 0R.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-23 The displ ay sh ows the S end T arget to Printer dialog box. (The versio ns for both NT a nd MACINTOSH Sy stems a re shown. ) NT Systems NOTE: Users of NT syste ms can click Browse to select anothe r file n ame.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-24 March 2001 MACINTOSH Systems 3. Enter th e desi red setti ngs a nd clic k OK to sav e the sett ings (or Cancel to keep the p revi ous sett ings).
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-25 Editing the Device Configuration The Edit Configur ation feat ure allo ws yo u to ch ange the printer ’ s cali bration configur ation attribute s. However , it is reco mmended tha t you use t he defau lt settings f or thes e attribut es for most operat ions .
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-26 March 2001 The displ ay sh ows the LE D Calibr ation App licat ion win dow . 2. Click the Edit icon or s elect F ile- >Edi t . The displ ay shows the Edit Configu ratio n window wi th the Pro cedure tab display ed.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-27 Editing Information on the Procedure T ab The Proc edure tab co ntains gen eral co nfiguration attribute s as shown and describe d below . The v alues di splayed in the examp le are th e default s etting s.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-28 March 2001 Editing Information on the Density Source T ab The Dens ity S ource tab s pecifies how the c alibrat ion app lica tion is t o recei ve density data. The va lues display ed in the exampl e are the defaul t settings .
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-29 Editing Information on the Aim T ab The Ai m tab spec ifies: • whether th e aims us ed for c alibra tion are D ensit y Aims or Lightn ess Ai.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-30 March 2001 Editing Information on the History T ab The His tory tab spe cifies inform ation abo ut mai ntaining c alibrat ion histo ry d ata. The value s displ ayed in th e exam ple are the default setti ngs.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-31 Editing Information on the Paper T ab The Pap er tab allows y ou to spec ify the paper bei ng calibra ted. The v alue display ed in the examp le is the defaul t setting. T o edit the configuration informat ion on the Paper t ab: 1.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-32 March 2001 Editin g Information on the DP2 (NT System s) or KPIS (MACINTOSH Systems) T ab The DP2 (or for MA CINTOSH Syste ms, KPIS ) tab specifie s whet.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-33 Editing KPIS I nformation (MACINTOSH Systems) If you are u sing the c alibration o utput fil es with the K PIS sys tem, it is n ecess ary to activat e KPIS an d assign a filenam e and loc ation to th e output file.
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-34 March 2001 T o edit the configuration informatio n on the KPIS t a b: 1. Click t he Activat e KPIS c heckbox (click aga in to d eactivat e). The displ ay shows the Edit Configu ration wi ndow wi th the defau lt setting s for KPIS Loc ation and KPIS Filena me.
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-35 The displ ay shows the up dated Edit Config uration wi ndow with u pdated File Lo cation of CalDis k:Com positeMa chine :T a bles: KodakLE D. Completing the Edit Configuration When you finis h edi ting the configur ation file, cl ick OK to sav e the a ttributes .
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-36 March 2001 Creating a Density File for Use with Calibra tion During cal ibratio n, you have the o ption o f obtaining den sity data from a fi le or by scanni ng a proc essed te st target through an X-RITE DTP 36 densitome ter .
Using A dditional Calib ration F eatures March 2 001 3-37 Inst alling the Densitometer This sec tion des cribes how to ins tall the X-RIT E DTP 36 Densitom eter , in cluding changing some of the a ttributes on the Edit C onfigurat ion window to accommo date the dens itometer .
Using Ad dition al Calibrat ion F eatures 3-38 March 2001.
March 2 001 4-1 4 Installing and Using the Centralized Densitometer Application IMPORT ANT : This cha pter per tains only t o users of WIND OWS NT System s.
Installi ng and Using the Centra lized Den sitom eter App lication 4-2 March 2001 Inst all ation Pr ocedure 1. If you are i nstalling th e softw are from the suppl ied CD-ROM: a. place the CD i n your CD-ROM drive. b. When the displ ay shows the B rowser , selec t LED Printer .
Inst alling a nd Usin g the Cent raliz ed Densit ometer Appl ication March 2 001 4-3 8. After the Welcome screen is disp layed , click Next . 9. Read the li cense a greement. • T o accept t he term s and c ontinue the install ation, c lick Ye s . • Or , to ca ncel the installa tion, cli ck No .
Installi ng and Using the Centra lized Den sitom eter App lication 4-4 March 2001 13. Clic k to chec k the box next to Koda k Profe ss io nal Device Calibrat ion – Centrali zed De nsitom eter and click Next . 14. Clic k N ext to install the softwar e on your system.
Inst alling a nd Usin g the Cent raliz ed Densit ometer Appl ication March 2 001 4-5 Using the Centralized Densitometer Application 1. Click t he Windo ws S tart b utton and s elect Programs -> Ea .
Installi ng and Using the Centra lized Den sitom eter App lication 4-6 March 2001 Adding a Printer 1. Click t he Add Printer icon or s elect File->New o n the Ce ntraliz ed Densitom eter Appl ication window . The displ ay shows the Add Ne w Printe r dialog box .
Inst alling a nd Usin g the Cent raliz ed Densit ometer Appl ication March 2 001 4-7 The displ ay shows the Central ized Dens itometer Applic ation wind ow with th e new prin ter ad ded. Deletin g a Pr inter 1. Highligh t the prin ter you want to d elete.
Installi ng and Using the Centra lized Den sitom eter App lication 4-8 March 2001 The displ ay sh ows the di alog box below . 3. Click Ye s to del ete the pr inter . The selec ted pr inter i s no longe r visi ble in th e Central ized D ensitome ter Applic ation wind ow .
Inst alling a nd Usin g the Cent raliz ed Densit ometer Appl ication March 2 001 4-9 Changing Printer Informatio n 1. Highligh t the pr inter fo r which you wan t to ch ange the informa tion ( location ). 2. Click the Printer Info icon or se lect Edi t->Pr inter Inf o on the Centra lize d Densitom eter Appl ication window .
Installi ng and Using the Centra lized Den sitom eter App lication 4-10 March 2001 Changing the Densitometer Por t Y ou can change th e desi gnation o f the por t on you r host c omputer to which the densitom eter is attache d. 1. Select Edit->Edit COM Port on the Ce ntralized D ensito meter Ap plicati on window .
Inst alling a nd Usin g the Cent raliz ed Densit ometer Appl ication March 2 001 4-11 If you ch ange th e port, a m essage i s displ ayed on t he status bar of the Centrali zed De nsitomete r App licatio n window .
Installi ng and Using the Centra lized Den sitom eter App lication 4-12 March 2001 Measuring Densities During a Calibration Cycle IMPORT ANT : T o use the c entralized densi tometer a pplic ation for .
Inst alling a nd Usin g the Cent raliz ed Densit ometer Appl ication March 2 001 4-13 V i ewi ng Cali bratio n Graph s The View Grap hs featur e provi des acces s to the av ailabl e graphs from the m ost recen tly comp le ted cal i b ration f o r the sel e ct ed printer .
Installi ng and Using the Centra lized Den sitom eter App lication 4-14 March 2001.
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