ReadMe File for the KODAK Photo Printer Calibration Application November 2011

Introduction Welcome to the KODAK Photo Printer Calibration Application for WINDOWS, a tool for calibrating KODAK thermal printers using visual or instrumented calibration techniques. The following KODAK Photo Printer models are supported by the calibration application:  KODAK D4000 Duplex Photo Printer  KODAK 8810 Photo Printer  KODAK Photo Printer 8800/9810  KODAK 7000/7010/7015 Photo Printer  KODAK Photo Printer 6800/6850  KODAK Photo Printer 605 NOTE: Instrumented calibration is not supported with the KODAK Photo Printer 6800/6850 and the KODAK Photo Printer 605. To use the instrumented calibration capability of the application, you must have an X-RITE i1PRO spectrophotometer and the latest i1PRO device driver software from X-RITE. If you have an X-RITE i1PRO device, see Special Information for X-RITE i1PRO Users below.

Requirements The 32 bit KODAK Photo Printer Calibration Application has the following system requirements: Operating Systems:

Operating System WINDOWS XP Home WINDOWS XP Professional WINDOWS XP Professional (x64 Edition) WINDOWS 7 WINDOWS 7 (x64)

Minimum Service Pack SP3 SP3 SP2 N/A N/A

Computer System: The minimum requirement is the system configuration that MICROSOFT requires for use with WINDOWS XP or WINDOWS 7. NOTE: 64-bit Intel Itanium-based systems are not supported. The Calibration Application requires a functional USB 2.0 port in order to communicate with the printer. NOTE: If your equipment only supports the USB 1.1 protocol, data communication to the printer is slower and may affect the calibration application performance. The Calibration Application requires .NET FRAMEWORK 4 from MICROSOFT to be installed on your computer prior to installing the Calibration Application.

NOTE: If .NET FRAMEWORK 4 is not installed on your system, the Calibration Application installer provides the opportunity to download and install it before proceeding with the installation of the Calibration Application. To download .NET FRAMEWORK 4, you must be connected to the internet. If you do not install .NET FRAMEWORK 4 when prompted, the calibration installation will not successfully complete.

Installation IMPORTANT: Before installing the software, you must have:  “Administrator” privileges.  An internet connection (if .NET FRAMEWORK 4 needs to be downloaded and installed). Downloading and Installing the Calibration Application: 1.

Go to www.kodak.com/go/enter your printer model number here For example, www.kodak.com/go/D4000 NOTE: Valid printer models are: D4000, 8810, 8800, 7000, 7010, 7015, 6800, 6850, and 605. Select the Standalone Printer tab. Select the Technical Resources link for your printer model and download the KODAK Photo Printer Calibration Application for WINDOWS. Locate the file that you downloaded to your hard drive and double-click the file. When the WinZip Self-Extractor screen appears, browse to a folder location to save the installer files (such as your desktop). Click Unzip. A Calibration Installer folder is created containing all of the files required for installation. Double-click the Installer folder. Double-click the setup.exe file. NOTE: The installer checks to see if you have .NET FRAMEWORK 4 installed. If it is not installed, you are prompted to download it from the MICROSOFT website and install it. When the .NET FRAMEWORK 4 installation is complete, you will return to the Calibration Application installer. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Calibration Application. NOTE: With some WINDOWS Operating System versions, a system restart is required after installing .NET. If a restart is required, the calibration application installer will prompt you to restart your system at the end of the installation of both .NET and the Calibration Application.

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Uninstall To remove the Calibration from your computer, you must have “Administrator” privileges. WINDOWS XP 1. From the Control Panel, open "Add or Remove Programs". 2. Select "Kodak Photo Printer Calibration Application” and click "Remove". 3. Click "Yes" when asked if you wish to continue.

WINDOWS 7 1. From the Control Panel, click "Programs and Features". 2. Select "Kodak Photo Printer Calibration Application” and click “Uninstall”. 3. Click "Yes" when asked if you wish to continue.

Helpful Hints 1. Before calibrating a printer, verify the following conditions:  The printer is powered on and is in a Ready state  The printer has a USB 2.0 connection to the computer  The printer is loaded with paper and ribbon  No other application is trying to print to the printer IMPORTANT: During a calibration session, never try to print to the printer from another application. This could leave the printer calibration in an unknown state. 2. The application can be launched in one of three ways:   

Navigate to the Start Menu to Programs > KODAK Photo Printer > Calibration Application. Double-click the desktop short cut icon „KODAK Photo Printer Calibration Application‟. From your KODAK Printer Driver‟s property page, select the Calibration tab and click the Launch Calibration button.

Please see the KODAK Photo Printer Calibration Application User Guide available at Kodak.com for information on how to use Calibration Application.

Support for the Kodak Visual Printer Calibration Utility If your system has an older version of calibration software (known as the Kodak Visual Printer Calibration Utility) installed, the installer configures the Visual Calibration Utility to launch the new Calibration Application.

Special Information for X-RITE i1PRO Users The X-RITE i1PRO uses software components that belong to the X-RITE Corporation. You should ensure that you have the most up to date software for your i1PRO device by contacting the X-RITE Corporation for support. The X-RITE i1PRO device does not have a sound generator. The i1PRO uses sound produced by the system board or sound card of your computer. At the time of release of the KODAK Photo Printer Calibration Application, the X-RITE i1PRO device drivers did not support sound on 64-bit WINDOWS Operating Systems. If your computer does not have a sound card and/or speakers, or you are running a 64 bit OS, when prompted by the Calibration Application to press and hold the button on the i1Pro device and “wait for the beep”, you should: 1. Look for the light below the reading probe on the i1PRO device to illuminate. 2. Continue holding the button for 3 seconds and then begin scanning the strip on the calibration target. IMPORTANT: If you begin scanning a strip before the lamp has stabilized, an error appears indicating an incorrect number of patches were read. If this error occurs, re-

scan the strip after holding the button for 3 seconds prior to starting the scan.

Troubleshooting The calibration application will not launch on WINDOWS XP If, when launching the calibration application on WINDOWS XP, a "Photo Printer Calibration Application.exe – Application Error" appears, indicating that the application failed to initialize properly (0xcoooo135), you must install or re-install MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK 4. Once .NET is installed, re-launch the calibration application. Please see the KODAK Photo Printer Calibration Application User Guide available at Kodak.com for more information on troubleshooting the Calibration Application.

General Support Support for the Calibration Application is available at 'www.kodak.com'.

Open source software components: The KODAK Photo Printer Calibration Application includes some functionality based in part on the xmlParser, by Frank Vanden Berghen /** **************************************************************************** * XML.c - implementation file for basic XML parser written in ANSI C++ * for portability. It works by using recursion and a node tree for breaking * down the elements of an XML document. * * @version V1.19 * @author Frank Vanden Berghen * * BSD license: * Copyright (c) 2002, Frank Vanden Berghen * All rights reserved. * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * Neither the name of the Frank Vanden Berghen nor the * names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products * derived from this software without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL

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