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Part No. 1H9659

KODAK Digital Science

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Calibration Utility

User’s Guide

for MICROSOFT WINDOWS
and MACINTOSH

Содержание 8657 THERMAL PRINTER - CALIBRATION UTILITY GUIDE

Страница 1: ...Part No 1H9659 KODAK Digital Sciencet Calibration Utility User s Guide for MICROSOFT WINDOWS and MACINTOSH...

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Страница 3: ...Cal to Calibrate Your Printer 1 6 Easy Cal Step 1 1 7 Easy Cal Step 2 1 8 Easy Cal Step 3 1 10 Easy Cal Step 4 1 12 Easy Cal Step 5 1 14 Using Normal Utility to Calibrate Your Printer 1 16 Setting Pr...

Страница 4: ...ng the Calibration Utility 2 3 Using Easy Cal to Calibrate Your Printer 2 4 Easy Cal Step 1 2 5 Easy Cal Step 2 2 7 Easy Cal Step 3 2 9 Easy Cal Step 4 2 11 Easy Cal Step 5 2 12 Using Normal Utility t...

Страница 5: ...ion Document Window 2 48 Appendix A Kodak XLS 8600 and Kodak DS 8650 Printers Ribbon Media Choices A 1 Printer Ribbons V1 0 A 2 Printer Ribbons V1 5 A 3 Using the Calibration Utility to Download Defau...

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Страница 7: ...and save calibration tables enter measurement information from a test print and calculate a new calibration table The calibration test prints are key to the Calibration Utility The new calibration ta...

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Страница 9: ...lling the calibration utility System Requirements Recommended System Configuration D 486 or Pentium processor D MS DOS version 6 22 or later D Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 11 or Windows 95 D 16...

Страница 10: ...ctions that appear on the screen When the installation is complete a confirmation box appears 6 Click on the Continue button Windows restarts A new group named Kodak Calibration Utility appears in the...

Страница 11: ...ak Calibration Utility window opens 2 Double click on the Kodak DS Calibration Utility icon A splash screen appears then the Calibration Utility selection dialog appears NOTE If this is the first time...

Страница 12: ...to appear when you start up the Calibration Utility select the Show Easy Cal selection screen at start up check box in the Preferences dialog box For more information about the options in the Prefere...

Страница 13: ...on Utility selection dialog appearing each time you start the Calibration Utility select the check box labeled At start up launch normal utility and don t show this screen The corresponding check box...

Страница 14: ...Visual Gray Balance calibration NOTE The Easy Cal calibration procedure cannot be used to calibrate a printer that is using black only ribbon When you click on the Begin Easy Cal button in the Calibr...

Страница 15: ...Step 2 1 Select a printer on the Printer Model drop down list NOTE If there are no printers on the Printer Model drop down list or the printer you want to calibrate does not appear on the list you mus...

Страница 16: ...e printer 5 Click on the Next button The Easy Cal Step 2 dialog box appears Easy Cal Step 2 The Easy Cal Step 2 dialog box allows you to specify a different printer to calibrate than the one that appe...

Страница 17: ...inter export module If this is the first time that the Calibration Utility has been run or if the Preferences files have been deleted you must locate an export module folder At this time some export m...

Страница 18: ...a different printer media to calibrate than the one that appears in the Printer Setup box 1 Make sure that the paper and media types for which you want to calibrate are loaded in the printer NOTE If...

Страница 19: ...on dialog box appears NOTE Your Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box may appear different depending on your printer export module 3 Make any necessary changes in the Printer Setup for Calibration...

Страница 20: ...ation that will be used for the test print that is created in this step NOTE If the Easy Cal Step 4 dialog box does not contain printer and printer setup information click on the Back button and click...

Страница 21: ...s table is overwritten The Send and Print dialog box appears NOTE Your Send and Print dialog box may appear different depending on your printer export module 3 Click on the Print button Your computer...

Страница 22: ...urn to the Easy Cal Step 4 dialog box 2 Type 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 the Back b...

Страница 23: ...e click on the Proceed button to access a document window Refer to Using the Calibration Document Window on page 1 28 Saving Your Calibration Table You may want to save the calibration table you just...

Страница 24: ...p and the Calibration Utility window opens NOTE If this is the first time that the Calibration Utility has been run or if there are no printers on the Select Printer drop down list or if the Preferenc...

Страница 25: ...box appears 2 Click on the Select button next to Printer Export Modules Folder A selection box appears 3 Find and open the folder in which the export module is located 4 Click on the OK button You ret...

Страница 26: ...Choose Select Printer and highlight the printer you want to calibrate 3 Pull down the Printer menu and choose Printer Setup The Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box appears NOTE The Printer Setup...

Страница 27: ...pear in the Printer Setup box if you have not first used the Printer menu s Printer Setup option If the correct paper and media types do not appear refer to the previous section Selecting and Setting...

Страница 28: ...rinter s Current Calibration Table as the Starting Point on this page D Use Printer s Default Table uses the printer s default table refer to Using the Printer s Default Calibration Table as the Start...

Страница 29: ...Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1 21 Part No 1H9659 September 1997 A Calibration Document window appears 3 Go to Using the Calibration Document Window on page 1 28...

Страница 30: ...659 Using the Printer s Default Calibration Table as the Starting Point 1 Select the Use Printer s Default Table radio button in the Starting Point box 2 Click on the OK button A Calibration Document...

Страница 31: ...ation Utility for the first time no calibration tables exist yet for use as a starting point The table you select to use as a starting point does not contain printer setup information Follow the instr...

Страница 32: ...o the paper and media types specified when the table was created You cannot select documents for the incorrect paper and ribbon type The files you can select are files created by the Calibration Utili...

Страница 33: ...Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1 25 Part No 1H9659 September 1997 A Calibration Document window appears 7 Go to Using the Calibration Document Window on page 1 28...

Страница 34: ...59 Opening an Existing Calibration Table 1 Pull down the File menu and select Open A file selection dialog box appears 2 Find and open the directory that contains the calibration table you want to use...

Страница 35: ...Calibration Utility for MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1 27 Part No 1H9659 September 1997 A Calibration Document window appears 5 Go to Using the Calibration Document Window on page 1 28...

Страница 36: ...use 2 Type information about the printer you are calibrating in the Printer Description text box 3 Type information about the media combination for which you are calibrating in the Media Description...

Страница 37: ...a neutral gray The Calibration Utility allows you to select from three Visual Gray Balance calibration prints Each of these prints presents 49 numbered grayscale clusters Each cluster is made up of fo...

Страница 38: ...calibration print to get more choices within a smaller range of colors Normal offers a moderate degree of difference between clusters The amount of correction in this print is appropriate for most cal...

Страница 39: ...659 September 1997 4 Click on the OK button You return to the Calibration Document window 5 Click on the Send Print button The Send and Print dialog box appears NOTE Your Send and Print dialog box may...

Страница 40: ...e which cluster appears the most neutral If the Visual Gray Balance most neutral cluster number on the test print ends in 25 the printer is already calibrated You should now perform a Visual Linearity...

Страница 41: ...9 September 1997 The Input Test Print Values dialog box appears 9 Type the number of the most neutral cluster in the Cluster Number box 10 Click on the Recompute the Table button The calibration table...

Страница 42: ...ration print A confirmation box appears 12 Click on the Send button The recomputed table is sent to the printer and the following message appears 13 Click on the OK button The calibration table is com...

Страница 43: ...eference Card for performing Visual Linearity calibrations Following are instructions for using the Reference Card 1 Lay the Linearity Reference Card with the name at the top on the first row of the c...

Страница 44: ...fter you have run a calibration using the Visual Gray Balance option use the Visual Linearity option to recompute the current calibration table using values from the test print 1 Pull down the Calibra...

Страница 45: ...997 The Send and Print dialog box opens NOTE Your Send and Print dialog box may appear different depending on your printer export module 3 Click on the Print button You return to the Calibration Docum...

Страница 46: ...he Calibration Utility If the Visual Linearity numbers on the test print are not all box number 5 you must recalibrate the printer Go to step 5 5 Click on the Input button The Input Test Print Values...

Страница 47: ...Prints CMY K example from a Kodak XLS 8600 Printer or Kodak Digital Sciencet8650 Printer Separations Densitometer Prints example from a Kodak Digital Sciencet DCP 9000 Printer CMYK CMY K NOTE Separati...

Страница 48: ...sual Linearity calibrations 1 Set up your densitometer 2 Pull down the Calibration menu and select Densitometer 3 Pull down the Calibration menu and select Setup Densitometer The Calibration Setup Den...

Страница 49: ...1 Part No 1H9659 September 1997 You return to the Calibration Document window 7 Click on the Send Print button The Send and Print dialog box appears NOTE Your Send and Print dialog box may appear diff...

Страница 50: ...42 September 1997 Part No 1H9659 8 Click on the Print button You return to the Calibration Document window The calibration test print is printed on the specified printer 9 Click on the Input button Th...

Страница 51: ...9 Move from cell to cell using your keyboard s arrow keys You can copy and paste any group of contiguous fields in a rectangular pattern 10 Type the test print values in the text boxes NOTE You can im...

Страница 52: ...End of Field Character specify the end of field character used in your densitometer file space comma tab CR carriage return CR LF carriage return line feed LF line feed and Semi colon End of Record Ch...

Страница 53: ...e characters that indicate the selected media types Saving a document this way allows you to select it later to use as a starting point for a new calibration document Save As accesses a dialog box in...

Страница 54: ...Calibration Menu The Calibration menu is enabled when a Calibration Document window is open You can choose to calibrate based on your input to the Visual Gray Balance Visual Linearity and Densitometer...

Страница 55: ...egree of difference in neutrals between the cluster in the upper left corner and the cluster in the lower right corner The cluster in the upper left corner is somewhat green and the cluster in the low...

Страница 56: ...dio buttons allow you to specify what type of density data Status A or Status T your densitometer provides The Calibration Utility calculates the table data using the density type that the export modu...

Страница 57: ...Printer Setup the Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box appears so you can make changes for the selected printer Easy Cal Menu The Easy Cal menu allows you to start the Easy Cal calibration proced...

Страница 58: ...to create a new calibration table Printer Setup The Printer Setup box lists information about the ribbon and paper type for which the printer will be calibrated Click on the Change Setup button to ch...

Страница 59: ...arting point Use Printer s Default Table default printer data acts as the starting point for the new calibration document Copy Table from File the calibration table you select with the Select File but...

Страница 60: ...bration Document Window The Calibration Document window allows you to specify information about the calibration table Printer Setup Information The Printer Setup Information box lists information abou...

Страница 61: ...table will be used The text you enter is used to help describe the specifics of a particular calibration table This text is not printed on the test print An entry is optional Use the Edit menu when y...

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Страница 63: ...environment Installation See the Read Me for instructions for installing the calibration utility System Requirements Recommended System Configuration D 68040 or PowerPC processor D APPLE System 7 5 D...

Страница 64: ...ges and information 3 Open a folder on your hard drive in which you want to place the Calibration Utility 4 Double click on the icon to open it 5 Select the Kodak DS Calibration Utility folder and dra...

Страница 65: ...al Utility to Calibrate Your Printer on page 2 14 NOTE If you want to go directly to Normal Utility without the Calibration Utility selection dialog appearing each time you start the Calibration Utili...

Страница 66: ...ual Gray Balance calibration NOTE The Easy Cal calibration procedure cannot be used to calibrate a printer that is using black only ribbon When you click on the Begin Easy Cal button in the Calibratio...

Страница 67: ...dialog box and go to Easy Cal Step 2 1 Select a printer on the Printer Model menu NOTE If there are no printers on the Printer Model menu or the printer you want to calibrate does not appear on the m...

Страница 68: ...tains the export module 4 Select the export module you want to use 5 Click on Open button You return to the Easy Cal Step 1 dialog box The Calibration Utility now can find and use the export module so...

Страница 69: ...ext button in the Easy Cal Step 2 dialog box and go to Easy Cal Step 3 1 Click on the Select Printer button The Select Printer dialog box appears NOTE Your Select Printer dialog box may appear differe...

Страница 70: ...Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2 8 September 1997 Part No 1H9659 You return to the Easy Cal Step 2 dialog box 4 Click on the Next button The Easy Cal Step 3 dialog box appears...

Страница 71: ...d media types for which you want to calibrate are loaded in the printer NOTE If you do not need to specify a different printer media you can ignore the following steps and click on the Next button in...

Страница 72: ...ptember 1997 Part No 1H9659 3 Make any necessary changes in the Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box 4 Click on the OK button You return to the Easy Cal Step 3 dialog box 5 Click on the Next butto...

Страница 73: ...ter setup information click on the Back button and click on the Change Setup button 1 Make sure that the Printer and Printer Setup information is correct NOTE Clicking on the Next button sends the def...

Страница 74: ...ter The Easy Cal Step 5 dialog box appears Easy Cal Step 5 Use the test print to calibrate your printer in the Easy Cal Step 5 dialog box 1 Look at the test print and decide which grayscale cluster ap...

Страница 75: ...ng D If you do not want to make another test print and you do not want to save the calibration table click on the Quit button to quit the Calibration Utility or D If you want to save the calibration t...

Страница 76: ...nd the Printer Calibration Utility window opens NOTE If this is the first time that the Calibration Utility has been run or if there are no printers on the Select Printer menu or if the Preferences fi...

Страница 77: ...ick on the Select button next to Printer Export Modules Folder A file selection dialog box appears 3 Find and open the folder in which the export module is located 4 Click on the OK button You return...

Страница 78: ...se Select Printer and highlight the printer you want to calibrate 3 Pull down the Printer menu and choose Printer Setup The Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box appears NOTE The Printer Setup for...

Страница 79: ...in the Printer Setup box if you have not first used the Printer menu s Printer Setup option If the correct paper and media types do not appear refer to the previous section Selecting and Setting Up a...

Страница 80: ...er s Current Calibration Table as the Starting Point on this page D Use Printer s Default Table uses the printer s default table refer to Using the Printer s Default Calibration Table as the Starting...

Страница 81: ...Calibration Utility for MACINTOSH 2 19 Part No 1H9659 September 1997 A Calibration Document window appears 3 Go to Using the Calibration Document Window on page 2 24...

Страница 82: ...Using the Printer s Default Calibration Table as the Starting Point 1 Select the Use Printer s Default Table radio button in the Starting Point box 2 Click on the OK button A Calibration Document wind...

Страница 83: ...oint The table you select to use as a starting point does not contain printer setup information Follow the instructions in Selecting and Setting Up a Printer on page 2 16 to specify information about...

Страница 84: ...iles you can select are files created by the Calibration Utility or any file that has a kcu extension However you can only choose tables that are configured for that particular printer and media 5 Cli...

Страница 85: ...n the File menu and select Open A file selection dialog box appears 2 Find and open the folder that contains the calibration table you want to use 3 Select the calibration table you want to use 4 Clic...

Страница 86: ...2 Type information about the printer you are calibrating in the Printer Description text box 3 Type information about the media combination for which you are calibrating in the Media Description text...

Страница 87: ...utral gray The Calibration Utility allows you to select from three Visual Gray Balance calibration prints Each of these prints presents 49 numbered grayscale clusters Each cluster is made up of four b...

Страница 88: ...tion print to get more choices within a smaller range of colors Normal offers a moderate degree of difference between clusters The amount of correction in this print will be appropriate for most calib...

Страница 89: ...September 1997 4 Click on the OK button You return to the Calibration Document window 5 Click on the Send Print button The Send and Print dialog box appears NOTE Your Send and Print dialog box may app...

Страница 90: ...ich cluster appears the most neutral If the Visual Gray Balance most neutral cluster number on the test print ends in 25 the printer is already calibrated You should now perform a Visual Linearity cal...

Страница 91: ...ptember 1997 The Input Test Print Values dialog box appears 9 Type the number of the most neutral cluster in the Cluster Number box 10 Click on the Recompute the Table button The calibration table dat...

Страница 92: ...on print A confirmation box appears 12 Click on the Send button The recomputed table is sent to the printer and the following message appears 13 Click on the OK button The calibration table is compute...

Страница 93: ...ence Card for performing Visual Linearity calibrations Following are instructions for using the Reference Card 1 Lay the Linearity Reference Card with the name at the top on the first row of the calib...

Страница 94: ...se the Visual Linearity option to recompute the current calibration table using values from the test print 1 Pull down the Calibration menu and select Visual Linearity You return to the Calibration Do...

Страница 95: ...earity Reference Card to select a box number for each of the six density ranges If all of the Visual Linearity numbers on the test print are box number 5 the printer is already calibrated You can clos...

Страница 96: ...pe in the values you select from the test print in the text boxes 7 Click on the Recompute the Table button The calibration table is computed using the specified values and the Calibration Document wi...

Страница 97: ...ts CMY K example from a Kodak XLS 8600 Printer or Kodak Digital Sciencet8650 Printer Separations Densitometer Prints example from a Kodak Digital Sciencet DCP 9000 Printer CMYK CMY K NOTE Separation p...

Страница 98: ...Linearity calibrations 1 Set up your densitometer 2 Pull down the Calibration menu and select Densitometer 3 Pull down the Calibration menu and select Setup Densitometer The Calibration Setup Densito...

Страница 99: ...7 Part No 1H9659 September 1997 You return to the Calibration Document window 7 Click on the Send Print button The Send and Print dialog box appears NOTE Your Send and Print dialog box may appear diff...

Страница 100: ...eptember 1997 Part No 1H9659 8 Click on the Print button You return to the Calibration Document window The calibration test print is printed on the specified printer 9 Click on the Input button The In...

Страница 101: ...ve from cell to cell using your keyboard s arrow keys You can copy and paste any group of contiguous fields in a rectangular pattern 10 Type the test print values in the text boxes NOTE You can import...

Страница 102: ...of Field Character specify the end of field character used in your densitometer file space comma tab CR carriage return CR LF carriage return line feed LF line feed and Semi colon End of Record Charac...

Страница 103: ...characters that indicate the selected media types Saving a document this way allows you to select it later to use as a starting point for a new calibration document Save As accesses a dialog box in w...

Страница 104: ...bration Menu The Calibration menu is enabled when the Calibration Document window is open You can choose to calibrate based on your input to the Visual Gray Balance Visual Linearity and Densitometer d...

Страница 105: ...between the cluster in the upper left corner and the cluster in the lower right corner The cluster in the upper left corner is somewhat green and the cluster in the lower right corner is somewhat mag...

Страница 106: ...buttons allow you to specify what type of density data Status A or Status T your densitometer provides The Calibration Utility calculates the table data using the density type that the export module n...

Страница 107: ...nter Setup the Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box appears so you can make changes for the selected printer Easy Cal Menu The Easy Cal menu allows you to start the Easy Cal calibration procedure...

Страница 108: ...create a new calibration table Printer Setup The Printer Setup box lists information about the ribbon and paper type for which the printer will be calibrated Click on the Change Setup button to change...

Страница 109: ...g point Use Printer s Default Table default printer data acts as the starting point for the new calibration document Copy Table from File the calibration table you select with the Select File button a...

Страница 110: ...sts information about the printer type ribbon and paper type for which the printer will be calibrated Printer Description The Printer Description text box allows you to enter information that describe...

Страница 111: ...the Edit menu when you enter text Calibration Tools Calibration Tools offers handling options for the calibration table Send Print sends the current calibration table to the printer A calibration prin...

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Страница 113: ...the tables on the following pages to determine which printer ribbon version V1 0 or V1 5 your printer is using Select the corresponding media file in the Printer Setup for Calibration Media File optio...

Страница 114: ...925 5305 KODAK EKTATHERM XLS Oversize Three Color Ribbon XTRALIFE Media CMY 162 7298 6304 KODAK EKTATHERM XLS Oversize Three Color Ribbon CMY 871 5963 7304 KODAK EKTATHERM XLS Three Color Ribbon CMY 8...

Страница 115: ...5306 KODAK EKTATHERM XLS Oversize Three Color Ribbon XTRALIFE Media V1 5 801 3716 8304 KODAK EKTATHERM XLS Oversize Three Color Ribbon CMY V1 5 821 4082 7305 KODAK EKTATHERM XLS Three Color Ribbon CM...

Страница 116: ...ostScript Mode for PostScriptt language printing 1 Press the Setup Select button to enter Setup Mode 2 Press the Cancel Scroll down button until Mode appears 3 Press the Setup Select button 4 Press th...

Страница 117: ...encet Calibration Utility on your particular system D On a system running Windows Pull down the File menu and select Run Type a setup enter NOTE Replace a in the above command with the appropriate dri...

Страница 118: ...e drop down menu as specified in the above IMPORTANT note 12 Select or deselect the XtraLife check box in the Printer Setup for Calibration dialog box as specified for the media type that you are upda...

Страница 119: ...vious page 21 Exit the Calibration Utility Your printer is now calibrated for the new media Calibrating Your Printer for V1 0 Ribbon To calibrate your printer for V1 0 printer ribbon follow the instru...

Страница 120: ...ration tables D If your prints have a slight greenish hue you are using a V1 0 printer ribbon with V1 5 calibration tables Check the tables in this appendix to determine your printer ribbon version V1...

Страница 121: ...g test print 1 14 to 1 15 2 12 to 2 13 Calibration Densitometer 1 39 to 1 44 2 35 to 2 40 running 1 40 to 1 43 2 36 to 2 39 menu option descriptions 1 46 to 1 48 2 42 to 2 44 Densitometer 1 48 2 44 Vi...

Страница 122: ...using printer s current calibration table 1 20 to 1 21 2 18 to 2 19 using printer s default table 1 22 2 20 Calibration Document window option descriptions 1 52 to 1 53 2 48 to 2 49 using 1 28 2 24 C...

Страница 123: ...est print 1 12 to 1 13 2 11 to 2 12 D Default calibration tables loading A 4 to A 7 sending to printer 1 12 1 13 2 11 Densitometer 1 17 1 48 2 15 2 44 calibration 1 39 to 1 44 2 35 to 2 40 running 1 4...

Страница 124: ...ing up Macintosh systems 2 3 Windows 3 1x 1 3 Windows 95 1 5 Easy Cal Step 1 1 7 to 1 8 2 5 to 2 6 Easy Cal Step 2 1 8 to 1 10 2 7 to 2 8 Easy Cal Step 3 1 10 to 1 12 2 9 to 2 10 Easy Cal Step 4 1 12...

Страница 125: ...v K Kodak DS 8650 Printer A 1 to A 8 ribbon media choices A 1 to A 3 V1 0 A 2 V1 5 A 3 Kodak XLS 8600 Printer A 1 to A 8 ribbon media choices A 1 to A 3 V1 0 A 2 V1 5 A 3 L Linearity Reference Card us...

Страница 126: ...mber of Squares 1 48 2 44 O OK 1 51 2 47 Open 1 45 2 41 Opening existing calibration document 1 19 2 17 existing calibration table 1 16 2 14 Operating Calibration Utility Macintosh systems 2 3 to 2 40...

Страница 127: ...Macintosh 2 35 to 2 40 Windows 1 39 to 1 44 Visual Gray Balance Macintosh 2 25 to 2 30 Windows 1 29 to 1 34 Visual Linearity Macintosh 2 31 to 2 34 Windows 1 35 to 1 38 Printer Description 1 53 2 48...

Страница 128: ...tting preferences 1 17 2 15 Starting Calibration Utility in Windows 3 1x 1 3 to 1 4 in Windows 95 1 4 to 1 5 on Macintosh system 2 3 Starting Point 1 51 2 47 Copy Table from File 1 51 2 47 Read Curren...

Страница 129: ...ation 1 6 1 29 to 1 34 2 4 2 25 to 2 30 running 1 30 to 1 34 2 26 to 2 30 printer calibration Macintosh 2 25 to 2 30 Windows 1 29 to 1 34 Visual Linearity 1 47 2 43 calibration 1 35 to 1 38 2 31 to 2...

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Страница 132: ...TMAN KODAK COMPANY Rochester New York 14653 USA Kodak Digital Science and the ds monogram symbol are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company Part No 1H9659 9 97 E Eastman Kodak Company 1997 Printed in U S...

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