Kodak Professional 6800 User Manual

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2Installing the Printer 
Driver Software
A printer driver is software that allows the operating software to access the 
printer features.
The WINDOWS 2000/XP 6800/6805 printer driver requires the following:
The printer driver also requires a functional USB port to communicate with 
the printer. The printer is compliant with the USB 2.0 protocol.
NOTE:  If your equipment only supports the USB 1.1 protocol, data 
communication to the printer will be slower and may affect print 
times.
Installing the...

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Customizing Printer Properties
The Printer Properties dialog box displays options for setting the printer 
properties. 
1.For your operating system, do the following:
2.Right-click the printer icon for your printer model.
3.Select Properties.
4.Adjust the printer settings appropriately for your printer.
Customizing Printing Preferences
The Printing Preferences dialog box displays options for setting how your 
printer will print. 
1.For your operating system, do...

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4.Select File > Server Properties.
5.Select Drivers.
6.Highlight the printer driver you want to remove and click Remove.
7.Click Ye s to delete the printer driver.
8.Click Close.
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3Calibrating the Printer
The KODAK Calibration Utility (calibration utility) allows the KODAK Photo 
Printer to produce the best possible color response. Printer calibration 
adjusts the response of the printer so that a specific data input value yields a 
specific color density output. When a printer is properly calibrated, it 
generates the correct density for each given data value. 
Your KODAK Photo Printer is shipped with default factory calibration values. 
You should be able to set up your...

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2.Select Easy Cal > Begin.
The following dialog box appears.
3.Click Proceed.
The following dialog box appears.
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4.Select your printer from the Printer Model list.
 If the printer you want to calibrate is on the list, select it and 
go to Step 8.
 If the printer you want to calibrate does not appear in the list, locate 
and select the export module for that printer. Continue with Step 5.
5.Click Locate Export Modules Folder.
A file selection dialog box appears. 
6.Browse to C:/WINNT/Kodak/Plug-Ins (Printing) folder. 
NOTE:  The exact path to the export module folder may differ...

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10.Click Select Printer.
The following dialog box appears.
NOTE: The appearance of this dialog box may vary, depending on your 
printer setup and the media file you selected.
11.From the Printer ID: list, select your printer ID. 
NOTE: Click Blink to Identify to locate a specific printer if you have more 
than one printer. The Ready light on the operator panel of the printer 
will blink five times.
Click Update if you want to update the printer information on the 
dialog box....

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14.Check that the printer setup listed is the printer setup you want to use for 
calibration.
 If the printer setup listed is the correct printer setup for your printer, 
go to Step 19.
 If you want a different printer setup than what is listed, continue with 
Step 15. 
15.Click Change Setup.
The following dialog box appears. 
NOTE:  The appearance of this dialog box may vary, depending on your 
printer export module.
16.Click Select to change the media file for your...

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20.Check that the Printer and Printer Setup information are correct.
 If the information is not correct and you have more than one media 
file, click Back and go to Step 15.
 If the information is correct, click Next to send the default table to the 
printer.
NOTE: The previous table is overwritten.
The following dialog box appears. 
21.Click Printer Status to find out more information about your printer.
The following dialog box appears. 
NOTE: Click Update if you want to...