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COLOR PAPER
Calibration Routines for K ODAK
PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Metallic
Paper
May 2006 • CIS-241
GENERAL INFORMATION
KODAK PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Metallic Paper is
optimized for both digital and optical printers. Significant
testing has been done across a broad range of Kodak
Professional and OM digital printers to validate satisfactory
digital performance of KODAK PROFESSIONAL
ENDURA Metallic Paper.
Kodak’s Printer Calibrations for KODAK
PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Metallic Paper
To achieve optimal quality prints on KODAK
PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Metallic Paper with Kodak
digital output devices such as the KODAK
PROFESSIONAL Digital Multiprinter or the KODAK
PROFESSIONAL RP 50 LED Printer, you must install new
calibration files.
The latest calibration files for Windows NT and 2000
(V4.3) and Macintosh (V4.3) operating systems are
available at www.kodak.com/go/servicesupport. If your
printer does not have the newest calibration files, download
and install them at this time. (Windows XP users will need
the additional updater file.) Then download the "paper
updater" file that includes the necessary data to calibrate
both ENDURA Metallic paper and KODAK
PROFESSIONAL ULTRA ENDURA Paper. These files
currently support:
LED printers, including:
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL RR 30 Laser Printer
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL RP 30 and SRP 30 Laser
Printers
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL RP 50 LED Printer
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL LED II Printers 20R and
20P
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL LED Digital Color Printers
20R and 20P
CRT printers, including:
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL Digital Multiprinters
(KPDM & KPDM II)
• KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE LF CRT Color Printer
• KODAK 4" CRT Color Printer
Other Equipment Manufacturer’s Printer
Calibration for KODAK PROFESSIONAL
ENDURA Metallic Paper
The starting-point recommendations listed in the following
table have yielded good image quality in prints on KODAK
PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Metallic Paper produced by
other equipment manufacturers' digital output devices.
©Eastman Kodak Company, 2005

Calibration Routines for KODAK PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Metallic Paper
Printer Calibration
OCE LightJet
430, 500XL, 5000
Durst Lambda
130 and 76+
Durst Epsilon 30 Starting D-max: 2.30R, 2.15G, 2.15B
Durst Theta 76 Starting D-max: 2.25R, 2.20G, 2.15B
Durst Theta 50/51 Starting D-max: 2.25R, 2.15G, 2.00B
Durst Zeta Please contact Bill Conger at Durst Dice America, telephone (585) 486-0340, extension 5291.
Fuji Frontier We recommend that you u se KODAK PROFESSIONAL SUPRA ENDURA Paper to calibrate the printer channel that y ou
Noritsu
QSS-2711 and
Noritsu MP1600
Polielettronica
LASERLAB
ZBE Chromira 30 Select Kodak on the Emulsion menu, and enter:
Using Starting D-max values of 2.40R, 2.30G, 2.25B:
1.Go to the Oce website at www.cymbolic.com.
2.Go to Quick Links; Laser Products FTP Site
3.Go to LightJet 430_500XL and 5000
4.Go to LightJet Fusion
5.Choose printer desired
6.Go to Intel
Starting D-max: 2.30R, 2.20G, 2.15B (It is possible to obtain higher D-max in images that do not include text.)
Basic Calibration settings: Y=113.60, M=82.20, C=0.00, D=96.20
Basic Calibration settings: D=0.635, C=0.000, M=0.261, Y=0.359
Basic Calibration settings: D=1.012, C=0. 0, M=0.163, Y=0.361
Basic Calibration settings: D=94.07, C=0. 0, M=106.70, Y=184.98
plan to use. If you don't have a recommended channel that you normally use, please start testing with Channel I.
1.Load SUPRA ENDURA Paper into the paper magazine that you will use to print.
2.From the Setup and Maintenance menu, select Print Condit io n Se tu p an d Ch eck. Then select Paper Condition
Setup to perform a standard calibration.
3.Replace SUPRA ENDURA Paper with ENDURA Metallic Paper.
Setting up a Channel for KODAK PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Metallic Paper
1.Set up a paper channel with ENDURA Metallic Paper, using the normal Setup procedure. This setup includes MLVA
Setup, Uniformity, and Gamma tests.
2.If any color changes are needed, enter them using the Magazine Balance function on the NORITSU MP1600 printer.
1.Set these starting Laser Maximum Density values: Y=200, M=156, C=124.
2.Starting Color Compensation Values Y=0.97, M=0.92 , C=1.01.
3.Proceed with the manufacturer's standard paper calibr ation procedure.
Starting D-max: 2.40R, 2.40G, 2.35B
Starting Calibration Values: (C) 3, (M) 0, (Y) -104, (D) 39
Then follow the standard paper calibration procedure.
Calibration Routines for KODAK
PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Metallic Paper
KODAK Publication No. CIS-241
CAT 196 2885
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Revised 5-06
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