Kodak 6B6254 User Manual
Using the
KODAK PROFESSIONAL Image Print Server
with the
KODAK PROFESSIONAL LED II
Printers 20P/20R
Part No. 6B6254
©Eastman Kodak Company, 2000
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without permission from Eastman Kodak Company.
Contents
Definitions of Terms ..................................................................................................................................2
Installing the IPS Application ...................................................................................................................3
Hardware Requirements ......................................................................................................................3
Software Requirements .......................................................................................................................3
Installing the Software .........................................................................................................................3
Downloading the Installation Application ..................................................................................... 3
Installing the Application.............................................................................................................. 4
Using the Image Print Server ...................................................................................................................9
Before You Begin .................................................................................................................................9
Starting the IPS Application .................................................................................................................9
Adding, Updating, or Deleting a Printer Device .................................................................................10
Adding a Device......................................................................................................................... 10
Updating the Device Name, SCSI Host Adapter, or SCSI ID .................................................... 11
Deleting a Device................ ........................................... .......................................... .................. 12
Printing Images ..................................................................................................................................13
Description of Icons on the Main Menu...................................................................................... 14
Setting the Sour ce Dire cto r y Pre fe r e n ce s fo r a Devi ce ........ ....... .............................................. 14
Placing Images in the Print Queue ............................................................................................ 17
Removing Images from the Print Queue ...........................................................................................19
Removing the Top Image from the Queue . ................................................................................ 19
Removing All Images from the Print Queue. .............................................................................. 20
Suspending and Resuming the IPS Application ................................................................................21
Suspending the IPS Application................................................................................................. 21
Resuming the IPS Application after a Suspension .................................................................... 21
Failed Jobs ........................................................................................................................................ 22
Attended and Unattended Modes ......................................................................................................22
File Format Details ..................................................................................................................................24
Supported Tags ................................................... ............ .............. ....... ............ ....... ..........................24
LZW Compression ......... ............................. ................................... ............................. .......................24
Index ..........................................................................................................................................................I-1
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Using the Image Print Server
(IPS) Software with the
KODAK PROFESSIONAL LED II
Printers 20P/20R
This document describes how to use the Kodak Professional Image Print Server
(IPS) application for Wind ows NT Workstation 4.0 Systems with the Kodak
Professional LED II Printers 20P and 20R.
The IPS application enables printing of TIFF images and provides easy, intuitive
methods for performing simple print management operations that include:
• applying a tone scale correction to images
• inserting new images into the print queue
• stopping or suspending and resuming the processing
• deleting images from the queue
In addition, the IPS application allows you to monitor a specified folder for TIFF
images to add to the print queue.
Communi c at i on C h a nn e ls
Your computer can print to the LED Printer through a SCSI connection only.
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Definitions of Terms
The following terms are used in this document and are defined here for your
convenience.
Source Directory Folder or directory that is designated for holding TIFF
images to be printed.
Hot Folder Another term for Source Directory.
Attende d Mode The mode in which all errors are displayed through a
dialog box. When the application is in Attended Mode, it
stops until you exit the dialog box.
Unattended Mode The mode in which the only errors that are displayed in
dialog boxes are the errors that require user intervention.
Errors that do not require user intervention, such as
invalid file format, are logged in the log file.
Enqueue Insert a new image into the print queue.
Dequeue Remove one image from the print queue. Only the top
entry in the queue is removed.
Flush Remove all images from the print queue.
Suspend Prevent the application from sending another image to
the printer until the application resumes. When you select
Suspend, if an image is processing or going to the
printer, this image will complete before the application
suspends. When the applicat ion is suspended, it will not
scan for images in the hot folder.
Resume Return the application to normal operation.
Order Punc h An indicator on a print to specify that it is the end of an
order.
Tiff Downloader Another term for the Image Print Server (IPS) application.
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Installing the IPS Application
Before you perform the installation, make certain you are familiar with the
Windows NT operating system.
Hardware Requirements
The following is the minimum hardware required for the IPS application:
• 64 MB Ma in Sy stem Me mory
• 100 MHz PENTIUM Processor
• VGA Monitor (640 x 480 spatial resolution)
Software Requirements
The following must be installed on your computer:
• Windows NT Workstation 4.0
• An ASPI-compliant SCSI interface driver (recommended: Adapte c 2940 SCSI
card)
Installing the Software
Downloading the Installation Application
1. Place the IPS application CD in your CD-ROM drive.
2. When the Internet Browser appears, select LED Prin te r.
3. Scroll to Image Pr int Serv er and click KPROImagePrintServer.
4. If a dialog box appears asking if you want to “save this program to disk”
accept the dialog box (do not launch the program from the browser).
The Save As... dialog box appears.
5. Either accept the path shown or click Browse to select another path for the
KProImagePrintServer.exe file.
6. Click Save.
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Installing the Application
1. From your Windows Explorer program, double-click the Image Print Server
application (from the location designated in step 5 under “Downloading the
Installation Application” on page 3).
The splash screen and setup messages appear.
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The Welcome screen appears.
2. Click Next>.
The License Agreement screen appears.
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3. Read the License Agreement.
• To accept the license agreement, click Yes.
• Or, to canc e l the installa ti on, cl ick No.
The Readme information appears.
4. Click Next>.
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