Kodak's Tech Brief for September: Color Profiling Technology Boosts Inkjet Printer Performance.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2003 Eastman Kodak Company's Tech Brief for September explains how its pioneering research in "color profiling technology" improves prints made from more than 225 models of inkjet printers A printer that propels droplets of ink directly onto the medium. Today, almost all inkjet printers produce color. Low-end inkjets use three ink colors (cyan, magenta and yellow), but produce a composite black that is often muddy. . This technology, which is embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. in the One Touch to Better Pictures feature of KODAK EASYSHARE Kodak EasyShare is a sub brand of Eastman Kodak Company products identifying a consumer photography system of digital cameras, snapshot printers, printer docks, accessories, camera docks, software, and online print services. EasyShare was first introduced in 2001. software, allows consumers to reset the factory driver settings on inkjet printers so they produce printed images that match the quality of electronic image files. Color Profiling: Making Better Inkjet Prints As inkjet manufacturers introduce new printers, the interplay in·ter·play n. Reciprocal action and reaction; interaction. intr.v. in·ter·played, in·ter·play·ing, in·ter·plays To act or react on each other; interact. of printer technology, ink and paper media is constantly changing. This disruption increases the risk of poor image quality. Scientists at Kodak are investigating the functions of all three elements, including how they interact, to find ways to control and deliver ideal inkjet printer output. Using proprietary Kodak tools to convert digital files and printed images to a universal color model See color space. color model - colour model , scientists arrive at color profiles for each printer. Expressed as mathematic formulas, these profiles are used to write software algorithms that enhance printer performance and to formulate paper coatings that improve ink-binding properties. Color Profiling at Work: One Touch to Better Pictures Making great digital prints at home is often easier said than done. To make home printing easier, Kodak applies proprietary color profiling technology to its One Touch to Better Pictures feature in KODAK EASYSHARE software for WINDOWS OS. This free feature automatically selects the right settings for more than 225 printers and paper from the family of KODAK inkjet photo papers, so you don't have to experiment to get vibrant, true-to-life image quality on your desktop printer at home. To learn more about these topics, go to www.kodak.com/go/research. About Eastman Kodak Company and infoimaging Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, print and view images - for memories, for information, for entertainment. The company is a major participant in infoimaging, a $385 billion industry composed of devices (digital cameras and flat-panel displays flat-pan·el display n. A thin lightweight video display used in laptop and notebook computers and employing liquid crystals, electroluminescence, or a similar alternative to cathode-ray tubes. Also called flat screen. ), infrastructure (online networks and delivery systems for images) and services & media (software, film and paper enabling people to access, analyze and print images). With sales of $12.8 billion in 2002, the company comprises several businesses: Health, supplying the healthcare industry with traditional and digital image capture and output products and services; Commercial Printing, offering on-demand color printing “colour separation” redirects here. For other uses, see colour-separation overlay. Color printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). and networking publishing systems; Commercial Imaging, offering image capture, output and storage products and services to businesses and government; Display & Components, which designs and manufactures state-of-the-art organic light-emitting diode Noun 1. organic light-emitting diode - a self-luminous diode (it glows when an electrical field is applied to the electrodes) that does not require backlighting or diffusers OLED displays as well as other specialty materials, and delivers optics and imaging sensors to original equipment manufacturers; and Digital & Film Imaging Systems, providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : For additional information about Kodak, visit our web site on the Internet at: www.kodak.com |
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