Introduction and Overview

Before You Begin

It is important that you know when to calibrate and when to focus the scanner. The table below is a guideline for calibrating and focusing. Focusing can occur as infrequently as when a different film format is scanned or as frequently as every scan.

Action or Condition

Need to

Need to

Calibrate?

Focus?

 

 

 

 

Changing the magnification

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Replacing the lamp

Yes

No

 

 

 

Changing the balance filter position from negative

Yes

Yes

to positive or from positive to negative

 

 

 

 

 

The scanner has not been calibrated at least twice

Yes

No

during the first half of a production shift

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning the light bar

Yes

No

 

 

 

Replacing the balance filters or the IR filter

Yes

No

 

 

 

Changing the film holder without changing the

Yes

Operator

magnification

 

Preference

 

 

 

Scanning slides

No

Operator

 

 

Preference

 

 

 

Changing from scanning a long roll to scanning a

Yes

Yes

cut negative

 

 

 

 

 

You can manipulate scanned images using a program such as the Kodak

Professional Digital Print Production Software (DP2) or the Kodak Professional

HR 500 TWAIN Data Source before sending the images to your digital printer.

August 2001

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Kodak HR 500 manual Before You Begin, Action or Condition Need to Calibrate? Focus?