NP Series Support
Product Discontinued
Release Notes
Technical Briefs
3.1 software release only
These briefs cover features available in the 1660 but not the 1600 series printer.
- Adjusting
Film Type
How to use the Film Type
encoding feature to compensate for changes in density between film lots. This
is a more precise tool than adjusting DMAX.
- Adjusting
DMAX
How to change the Maximum
Density setting for DV Film.
- Software
Installation Guide
Start-to-finish NP-1660
software installation guide including Printhead Profile calibration and an
upgrade path chart.
- DirectVistaTM
Paper Media Installation
This document is used
in addition to the Media Loading and Handling guide below.
- Soft
Shutdown
Front-panel shutdown
feature. It is very important to perform a soft shutdown before switching
the printer off.
- Calibration
Profile Update Diskette
Describes how to load
the NP-1660 thermal printhead Calibration Profile Update Diskette. NOTE: Before
loading the diskette it is necessary to enter an activation key in the form
"99printheadserialnumber00." The print head serial number
is a 6-digit alphanumeric found on the calibration diskette.
- Media
Loading and Handling for 1660 Series Printers
Installing DirectVistatm
and ChromaVistatm media in the NP-1660 printer.
- NP-1660
Menu Hierarchy
A diagram showing the
front panel menu hierarchy for Operating Software Release 2.2.1.
- NP-1660
Menu Hierarchy
A diagram showing the
front panel menu hierarchy for Operating Software Release 2.3.0.
- NP-1660
Menu Hierarchy
A diagram showing the
front panel menu hierarchy for Operating Software Release 2.3.x and higher.
- Dmax
Setting
Allows the optical density
of the black component of DirectVistatm Film to be specified.
- Image
Polarity
An extension to the Gamma
color management setting which allows image colors to be inverted. Black is
mapped to white, and vice-versa.
- Advanced
Queuing Keys
A new feature which allows
the user to enter an Activation key specifying the type of media that color
and grayscale images will be printed on when using DICOM or magneto-optical
drives.
- Media-Based
User Preferences
Allows Gamma, Contrast,
Scaling, etc. to be specified for each media type from the front panel or
via logical device 0.
- Advanced
Queueing
Allows jobs to be processed
and held until the correct media is loaded in the printer. Simplifies printing
when using both DirectVistatm and ChromaVistatm media
types.
- Job
Preferences
An extension to logical
devices which allows media type, size, color management and image processing
options to be specified per print job.
Here are a complete set of our technical briefs for both the
NP-1600 and NP-1660 in Adobe PDF format:
- 35mm
SlideMaker
Introduces and explains
Codonics' 35mm SlideMaker, the special FMF device which prints images identical
to 35mm slides.
- Activation
Keys
How to install, uninstall,
and change PostScript, DICOM, ISG, etc. option activation keys.
- Apple
EtherTalk
How to configure the
Codonics printers to print using Apple's EtherTalk protocol.
- Automatic
Image Scaling
Explains the 5 image
scaling options built into the Codonics, their effects on image quality, and
how to select them on the printer.
- Bracketing
of Gamma, Contrast, and TCR
Explains the usefulness
of Gamma, Contrast and TCR bracketing and how to make a bracketing print.
- Captions
How to install and remove
captions. Captions are small images that appear on every page printed from
the Codonics printer.
- CE
Declaration of Conformity
CE conformance statement
for all 1600, 1650 and 1660 printers.
- Changing
the Printer's EtherTalk Name and Zone
How to telnet into the
printer and change the EtherTalk Name and Zone. Please also see the Administration
section of ImageWeb.
- Contrast
Enhancement
Definition of contrast,
and how to apply it to an image.
- Fixed
Multiformatting (FMF)
An explanation of Fixed
Multiformatting, the easy-to-use way to place multiple images on a single
page.
- FTP
How to send images to
the printer using FTP.
- Gamma
Correction
Discusses the effects
of gamma correction. The printer ships with a default gamma of 1.0, which
many users find to be too dark. Usually, gammas between 1.5 and 2.5 work well.
- ImageSense
Imagesense is the technology
that allows the printer to automatically recognize various file formats.
- ImageWeb
Integrated Printer Web Server
An introduction to ImageWeb,
the Netscape interface for uploading images to the Codonics NP-1600 and 1660.
- Level-0
Reset
Explains the function
of a level-0 reset; in a nutshell, it returns the printer to its original
configuration.
- Logical
Devices
Introduces the various
Logical or Virtual Devices on the Codonics printer and how to access them
using LPR or FTP.
- LPR
and LP
How to configure and
use LPR or LP print services for UNIX. For information on installing LPR for
Windows see the NP1600 Troubleshooting Guide.
- Media
Loading, International Version
Includes instructions
in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish for installing media into
the NP-1600 series printers.
- Medical
Color Matching (MCM)
Medical Color Matching
is an image quality setting designed to match prints made from the Codonics
printer to the images displayed on the monitors, particularly medical images.
- NT
4.0 Driver Installation
Instructions for installing
the NT 4.0 driver, including LPR print services, on a Codonics printer. This
driver will not work for NT workstations running on an Alpha processor. Please
contact Codonics for more information if you are using NT for DEC Alpha.
- Parallel
Interface
Configuring the printer
to receive images using the parallel interface. Also includes instructions
for command-line copying to the parallel port.
- Paper
and Transparency Sizes
Lists the various media
sizes available for the NP-1600 printer and their printable areas. Please
contact Codonics for information on extra-long-wide and film medias for the
NP-1660.
- PostScript
Antialiasing
Antialiasing is a technique
used to improve the look of text for PostScript images. If text is printing
blocky or pixellated antialiasing can help smooth it out.
- Soft
Shutdown
Software Release 1.6.0
and higher only: Front-panel shutdown feature. It is very important to perform
a soft shutdown before switching the printer off.
- Telnet
Telnet is an indispensable
tool for troubleshooting printing problems from the NP series printers.
- TrueColorRendering
(TCR)
True-Color Rendering
is an image correction used to desaturate prints.
- Update
Diskette Installation Procedure
How to install an update
diskette.
- User
Preferences
User preferences allow
each user to apply different gamma, contrast, TCR, etc. from the front-panel
settings.
- Variable
Multiformatting (VMF)
Variable Multiformatting
allows the greatest possible control over placing, scaling individually, and
overlaying images on a page.
Manuals
Description |
Catalog Number |
NP Series User's Manual
Manual, User's, NP 1600
|
1600-MNLU
|
NP Series User's Manual
Manual, User's, NP 1660
|
1660-MNLU
|
NP Series Service Manual
Manual, Service, NP 1600
|
1600-MNLS
|
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