KODAK SHOWS NEXT GENERATION OF DESKTOP IMAGING SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22--People attending the Seybold Computer Publishing Conference here will get a glimpse of the future of desktop imaging when they visit the Eastman Kodak Company booth. They'll see a brand-new technology, the Kodak Writable CD system, designed to offer commercial users a standardized, low-cost alternative to traditional methods of publishing data compact discs. Other products being shown at the Seybold Conference include a digital camera--built on a Nikon camera chassis--that can capture and store up to 50 high-resolution color images at a time; four new formats for the Kodak Photo CD system, including one that can store images scanned at very high resolutions from professional photographic films; and an automated Photo CD disc library system that makes selecting an image as easy as choosing a song from a music jukebox. "At Seybold, Kodak is demonstrating its intent and its ability to be the world leader in digital imaging," said Dr. Leo J. Thomas, Kodak group vice president and president Imaging . "The new Photo CD formats, writable CD technology, and electronic imaging products we're showing--combined with color management software that is rapidly becoming the industry standard-- offer Kodak customers a wider range of options than ever before for bringing images to the desktop." About the Products Kodak is showing products that span the entire imaging process, from capture to output. They include: * The Kodak Writable CD system, a compact disc publishing system that promises to make it economical for hundreds of applications to benefit from the ability to write, store and retrieve information on CD. The system includes the Kodak PCD Writer 200, which writes and reads data to and from discs at twice the speed of conventional CD writers; the Kodak Writable CD disc, a write-once medium that can be read in standard CD hardware devices, including CD-ROM and CD-audio; and Kodak Publishing Software to drive the PCD Writer 200 from a customer's host computer. (For more information on the Writable CD system, see separate news release in this kit.) * The Kodak ColorSense Color Manager, a complete package of hardware and software tools designed to let users achieve consistent, high-quality color across different software applications, computer platforms and peripheral devices. The color manager will also be available as a shrink-wrapped, end-user package targeted at the desktop color market and priced affordably at under $500. The initial release, available later this year, is designed for use with Macintosh color computers. * The Kodak Professional DCS 200 Digital Camera, introduced last month at the MacWorld Exposition in Boston. Available for less than $10,000, the camera features a 1.54 million pixel CCD array built into a special back to fit a Nikon 8008s camera body--a combination that allows rapid auto focus, exposure control, motorized advance and lens flexibility. A SCSI port enables the camera to link directly to a PC or Macintosh computer. Four models of the camera are available, including the DCS 200 ci, which includes an integrated hard drive to store up to 50 high-resolution color images. * Four new Photo CD formats, unveiled at a New York City press conference late last month. These include the Kodak Pro Photo CD Master disc, designed to meet the high-quality needs of professionals. The Pro discs store the larger film formats favored by professionals, including 120 and 4x5-inch, as well as 35 mm. Like consumer Photo CD Master discs, Pro discs store photographic-quality images that originated on film. Because larger film formats contain more image information, Pro Photo CD image files also are larger, with the ability to store images at even higher levels of resolution than standard discs. The result is images that have all the fine detail required by professional photographers. Depending on the film format, the discs can hold from six to 100 images. To help control how a professional's images are used, the Pro format offers a number of copyright and security features. The other Photo CD formats introduced last month are the Kodak Photo CD Portfolio disc, which extends picture capacity from the original Photo CD Master format and allows the creation of exciting on-disc programs that merge pictures with text, graphics, sound, and programmed access; the Kodak Photo CD Catalog disc, which allows easy distribution of disc catalogs containing thousands of pictures of images for rent, art works or retail products; and the Kodak Photo CD Medical disc, which can store diagnostic images, from a variety of image modalities, for medical applications. * The Kodak Professional Image Library system, also announced in New York City last month, which enables users to archive thousands of pictures on Photo CD discs--with on-line retrieval of any single image in a matter of seconds. The library system can hold as many as 100 Photo CD discs, with total image capacity as high as 100,000 or more, depending on which Photo CD format is used. With Kodak Software, an operator can use key words to search the library; view low-resolution "thumbnails" of images that fit the search criteria; and select those to be viewed, edited or printed at full resolution. * The Kodak Professional RFS 2035 Film Scanner, a desktop 35 mm scanner that was announced in June. The 2035 scans film or slides at high speed using 10 bits per channel analog-to-digital conversion. This provides a maximum resolution of 2,000 dots per inch (dpi). (Expressed another way, the scanner's sensor provides 3072 pixels x 2048 pixels, or 6 million pixels of resolution.) The scanner features auto exposure, auto color balance and an auto focus provision; its SCSI output port makes it compatible with both PCs and Macintosh computers. * The Kodak ColorEdge 1550 Copier-Printer, being shown at the Seybold Conference with the new Fiery controller from Electronics for Imaging, Inc. With this new controller, the ColorEdge 1550 Copier-Printer can produce very high-quality color continuous tone prints from Photo CD sourced images and a variety of other sources. The system is ideal for pre-press service bureaus, ad agencies and others who need to distribute images for review, proofing and presentations. "Kodak is recognized as the leader in imaging by customers and by the industry's leading companies," Thomas said. "Our intent is to remain at the forefront in the development of new imaging technology. "The products we're showing here at the Seybold Conference will help us achieve that vision." For more information about any Kodak Imaging Product, customers may call 1-800-242-2424. 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