Kodak D-45 User Manual

Computer Output

Microfilm Data Sheet

KODAK IMAGELINK DL 1000 Microfilm / 2482

Description

Kodak Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm 2482 is a
rapid-access, thermally processed (dry) silver
computer output microfilm. This film is designed
to be exposed by a red (helium neon) laser.
When developed, a positive appearing image is
formed (dark characters on a light background).

Kodak Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm is an
extremely fine-grain, high-contrast microfilm
which offers the highest quality thermally
processed microimage available. When
DL 1000 is used with Kodak Premium 1000
Thermal Print Film 1323, a very high-quality
duplicate is achieved at optimum equipment
throughput speeds.

Product Applications

Kodak Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm is designed
to generate positive-appearing camera originals
in fiche format from helium-neon lasers used
in dry computer output microfilmers (COM)
equipment such as the Kodak Komstar 100/200/
300 Microimage Processors, Kodak Komstar
Microimage Processor IV, Kodak Optistar
Datawriter, Kodak Optistar V Processor,

Kodak Komstar Processor V, and the Kodak
Optistar Image Writer. This film can be handled

in room light and the equipment it is used with
does not require any special plumbing, venting,
or dark rooms.

Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm is primarily used to
make masters for generating negative-appearing
distribution copies (clear characters with dark
background) on thermal print film. Positive- or
negative-appearing copies can also be made on
diazo or silver films, depending on customer
preference. This film is not intended to be used
as the primary working copy or for frequent use
in reader printers.

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Features and Benefits

Physical Properties (before-process)

 High contrast

 Extremely fine granularity

 Ultra-high resolving power

 Very slow speed

 Optimum sensitization for helium-neon

lasers (633 nm) for character exposure and
filtered tungsten source for forms overlay

 Blue-tinted 4 mil Estar Base of 0.1 nominal

visual density

 The sensitized layer of this film contains

an organic silver compound and an
incorporated developing agent

 When properly handled and stored,

information on this film can be retrieved
for at least 100 years

 Meets requirements of ANSI/NAPM

IT9.19-1994 for thermally processed
silver microfilms

 Reformulated emulsion layer

Improved image tone, resulting in blacker
characters; reduces post-process print-up;
improves raw stock keeping, resulting in
invariant speed; improves halation protection

 New conductive antistat layer and

copolymer backing

Reduces dirt attraction, resulting in cleaner
dupes; improves transport and handling;
lowers duplicator exposure time, increasing
productivity; reduces Newton's Rings on
dupes; patented technology

 Improved overcoat

Improves overcoat adhesion on processed
fiche; patented technology

Nominal Thickness Data

Unprocessed Film

Base 4.0 mil

Emulsion 0.5 mil*

Total 4.5 mil

*blue-tinted, Estar Base; backing: antistat layer and

copolymer topcoatnegligible

Handling

Film not in cartridges should be handled in total
darkness. Unexposed film in its cartridge can be
handled in room light.

Storage

Store unopened packages of film at 21°C (70°F).
If storage for longer than three months is
needed, 13°C (55°F) or lower is recommended.
Keep the film at 50% relative humidity or below,
and protected from radiation and X-rays. To
avoid moisture condensation on the film, cold
or frozen film should be warmed throughout to
approximate room temperature before the
package is opened, six hours if refrigerated, or
overnight if frozen. Once a package is opened,
do not refrigerate or freeze the film. If the Kodak
Komstar Microimage Processor will be shut
down for four hours or more, unthread the film
from the film transport.

Image Structure

Resolving power: (based on recommended
process)

Test-Object Contrast 1000:1 (ISO-RP)

1000 lines/mm

These values were determined by a method
similar to the one described in ISO Standard
6328-1982 PhotographyPhotographic

MaterialsDetermination of ISO Resolving
Power.

Diffuse RMS granularity: 15

Read at a net diffuse density of 1.00 (with a
Kodak Wratten Gelatin Filter No. 47B) using a
48-micrometer aperture.

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Processing

Kodak Komstar Microimage Processors contain
a heated metal drum which processes this film
at 1.8 meters (6 feet) per minute. Starting point
recommendations are 119 ± ½°C (246 ±1½°F)
for five (5) seconds.

Duplicating Masters

Print film density aims recommended when
printing from Kodak Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm
/ 2482 Microfilm masters onto Kodak Premium
1000 Thermal Print Film 1323:

1. Produce a processed BLANK master fiche
from the COM.

2. Run an exposure series on the duplicator.

 Request 11 copies in the semiautomatic or

manual mode.

 Set the exposure to 1.0.

 Using the fresh Kodak Imagelink DL 1000

fiche, start the copy cycle.

 After each exposure, increase the exposure

setting by 0.1.

Kodak Premium 1000 Thermal Print Film 1323

Optimum background density 2.20

Preferred background density range 1.90 to 2.25

Minimum background density 1.80

Kodak Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm / 2482 Microfilm
Densitometry = Diffuse Status M Blue

Kodak Thermal Print Film 1353/1323 Film
Densitometry = f/4.5 Visual Projection

See Kodak Publication D-49 for a description of
Kodak Thermal Print Films.

Photographic Properties

The following data are based on development in
the Kodak Komstar Microimage Processor as
recommended.

Exposure

Kodak Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm / 2482 is
exposed inside a computer output microfilmer
using a helium-neon laser for characters and
a tungsten light or helium-neon laser exposure
for the forms slide.

The optimum exposure intensity setting is
determined by selecting from a complete
intensity series produced according to
procedures as indicated under Exposure
Optimization below.

 There should be 11 fiche produced, with

increasing background densities.

3. Using either a densitometer or the Kodak
Thermal Print Density Comparator, select
the fiche which has a density of 2.2 or
close to, but not darker than, the Upper
Limit patch on the Kodak Comparator.

This will become the background onto which
the Komstar characters will be printed.

4. Produce an exposure series of Komstar
data onto Kodak Imagelink DL 1000
Microfilm such that it can be duplicated
onto a fiche with the proper background
density.

Depending on the Komstar being used, this
can be done in several ways.

Kodak Optistar Image Writer

Note the current intensity settings.

Run either a test job or the Quality Monitor
Test from the Optistar Systems Console.
Run the job several times and vary the
intensity up or down (in increments of 10)
each time.

Komstar 100/200/300 Microimage
Processors, Komstar Microimage
Processor IV, and Optistar Processor V

Spectral Sensitivity

Optimum sensitizing for helium-neon lasers
(633 nm).

Exposure Optimization

To determine the proper COM and duplicator
exposure settings, perform the following
procedure:

Run either a test job or the Quality Monitor
Test from the Optistar Systems Console.
As the Komstar is running and starts a new
column of data (determined by either counting
frames or listening for the camera to change
directions), increase the Data Intensity
setting by one. This should produce a fiche
with eight columns of data at eight different
settings.

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5. After you have produced a master fiche
with varying densities, the next step is to
duplicate that data at the duplicator
exposure setting which you determined
yielded the proper background density.

Make three copies, use the second, and
observe it in a viewer starting with the lowest
exposure. Look for the Komstar setting which
yields the brightest and most defined
character. If necessary, make paper prints to
determine optimum settings.

6. Once the Komstar data and forms intensity
settings are determined, produce a master
and duplicate fiche at those settings for
future reference.

After-Processing Information

Handling

As with all photographic products, exercise care
to avoid scratches, abrasions, and fingerprints.
It is recommended that camera originals be
handled as little as possible and with lint-free
nylon or cotton gloves.

Keeping (Life Expectancy)

For optimum storage life, store processed film
in the dark at 70°F (21°C), 50% relative humidity
or below, with other conditions as specified in
American National Standard ANSI/NAPM
IT9.11-1993, Imaging MediaProcessed Safety

Photographic FilmsStorage. The useful life of
Kodak Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm can only be

estimated from incubation tests at accelerated
conditions, since the film has not been
manufactured long enough to have experienced
practical losses of the image. Extrapolation of
high temperature keeping behavior to room
temperature storage is always subject to some
uncertainties. On the basis of work done at
Eastman Kodak Company and by the ANSI/
NAPM IT9-4 subcommittee, this film is estimated
to maintain a usable image for at least 100 years
when processed as recommended, and handled
and stored as described in ANSI/NAPM IT9.11-

1993. Storage at low temperature provides
greater assurance of satisfactory image stability.
The recent specifications for Thermally

Processed Silver MicrofilmSpecifications for
Stability are listed in ANSI/NAPM IT9.19-1994.

Print-up

Because this is a heat-processed film with
incorporated developers, extreme heat or an
intense light source (i.e., readers and printers),
can cause further development of the
background area. Darkening of the background
is called print-up. Print-up is cosmetic in nature
and does not duplicate onto the second
generation copy. Kodak Imagelink DL 1000
Microfilm has properties which reduce print-up.

Viewing and Printing

Readers and viewers are a source of heat and
light at the film plane and can possibly cause
print-up. A reader whose gate temperature does
not exceed 65°C (150°F)* will, even after the
film has been viewed for several hours, maintain
sharp and easily read images. Readers and
viewers can be a source of scratches and
abrasions. For these reasons, it is recommended
that, whenever possible, only test fiche be used
in a reader.

NOTE: Refer to the latest revision of each

ANSI or ISO Standard specified.

*If the heat at the film plane is kept at 65°C (150°F) or lower

when measured as specified in ANSI/NAPM IT9.19-1994,
this print-up has no practical effect when viewing on a
reader or in making duplicates on a printer.

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Characteristic Curve

Kodak Imagelink DL Microfilm / 2482

HeNe Laser; Heat Processed, 5 sec at 119°C (246°F); Status M Blue

4

3

2

1

0

-2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00

Log Exposure (lux seconds)

Modulation Transfer Function Curve

Kodak Imagelink DL Microfilm / 2482

Heat Processed, 5 sec at 119°C (246°F); Status M Blue

1000

100

10

1

1 10 100 1000

SPATIAL FREQUENCY (cycles/mm)

Spectral Sensitivity Curve

Kodak Imagelink DL Microfilm / 2482

HeNe Laser; Heat Processed, 5 sec at 119°C (246°F);

Status M Blue

0

-1

-2

-3

-4
250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750

Wavelength (nm)

D=1.0>D-min
D=0.3>D-min

NOTE: These photographic modulation-transfer values were determined by using a method similar to the one described in

ANSI/NAPM PH2.39-1977(R1990) Photographic Modulation Transfer Function of Continuous-Tone Black-and-White
Photographic Films, Method of Measuring. The film was exposed with the specified illuminant to spatially varying
sinusoidal test patterns having an aerial image modulation of a nominal 35% at the image plane, with processing as
indicated. In most cases, the photographic modulation-transfer values are influenced by development-adjacency
effects and are not equivalent to the true optical modulation-transfer curve of the emulsion layer in the particular
photographic product.

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Ordering Information: Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm

Code Mil Format Spec Description # / Case Cat. No.

2482 4.0 105 mm x 125 m 987 Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm 4 190 6718

105 mm x 200 m 929K Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm 2 820 0024

READ THIS NOTICE: The sensitometric curves and data in this publication represent

product tested under the conditions of exposure and processing specified. They are
representative of production coatings and, therefore, do not apply directly to a
particular box or roll of photographic material. They do not represent standards or
specifications which must be met by Eastman Kodak Company. The company
reserves the right to change and improve product characteristics at any time.

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

Document Imaging

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Komstar, and Wratten are trademarks
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Kodak Imagelink DL 1000 Microfilm
Kodak Publication No. D-45

CAT No. 810 3244 7/2001
Printed in U.S.A.
© Eastman Kodak Company, 2001

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