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KODAK ADDS HIGH-SPEED PROFESSIONAL PHOTO CD
IMAGING WORKSTATION TO PHOTO CD LINEUP

Kodak Professional Photo CD Imaging Workstation 4200
Creates Customized Professional-Quality Photo CD Discs__Fast

  NEW YORK, Aug. 25_Professional photography laboratories can
supply customers with pro-quality images on compact discs. And
they can edit and enhance images to meet the needs of
photographers.
  The Kodak Professional Photo CD Imaging Workstation 4200
(Professional PIW 4200) is a complete image-authoring station for
producing Kodak Pro Photo CD Master discs. The discs can store
photographs taken on a variety of film sizes__including 35 mm, 70
mm, 120, and 4 x 5-inch__at professional-quality resolutions.
The Kodak Professional PIW 4200 will also help professionals
protect their on-disc images against unauthorized use through
copyright identifiers, watermarks and encryption.
  "The Kodak Professional PIW 4200 was designed with features
that enable professional labs to provide the same level of
value-added custom service on Kodak Pro Photo CD Master disc
orders that they provide today with film processing," said David
P. Biehn, Kodak vice president and general manager, Professional
Imaging. "The result is a system that can meet the demanding
requirements of professional photographers and still be highly
productive."
  Like the PIWs used by consumer photofinishing labs to scan 35
mm negatives and slides onto standard Kodak Photo CD Master
discs, the Kodak Professional PIW 4200 is a turnkey system
designed to be operated by one person. It consists of five
components: a film scanner, a data manager workstation, a
compact disc writer, a Photo CD-compatible CD-ROM XA drive, and a
thermal printer.
High-Speed, Versatile Kodak Professional Photo CD Film Scanner
4045
  At the heart of the Kodak Professional PIW 4200 is the new
Kodak Professional Photo CD film scanner 4045, capable of
digitizing color negatives, color transparencies, and
black-and-white negatives in formats up to 4 x 5 inches. With
12-bit sampling and resolutions as high as 4K x 6K, the 4045
scanner generates 24-bit image files containing the fine detail
required by professional photographers.
  And the unit is fast, completing 4K x 6K scans in 90 seconds
and 2K x 3K scans in 45 seconds.
  The Kodak Professional PIW 4200's scanning process can be
adjusted using highly sophisticated look-up tables to accommodate
the wide variety of professional films. This feature allows the
system to capture the effect, or "look," the photographer was
striving for.
  The Kodak Professional PIW 4200 can also serve as the gateway
to more sophisticated image editing. For example, with a feature
that will be added later this year, users can network the Kodak
Professional PIW 4200 to an image-editing workstation_such as the
Kodak Premier image enhancement system or the Macintosh Quadra
computer_edit the content of an image, and return it to the Kodak
Pro Photo CD Master disc.
  The professional format is the only Photo CD disc that allows
digitally enhanced images to be returned to a Kodak Photo CD
Master disc. Discs created on the Pro PIW 4200__called Kodak Pro
Photo CD Master__can be viewed on TV using a Photo CD or CD-I
player or input to a desktop computer using a Photo CD-compatible
CD-ROM XA drive.

Coming Next Spring
  The first Kodak Professional PIW 4200s with the 4045 film
scanner will be available in spring 1993. Kodak will offer a
more advanced Kodak Professional PIW in the fall of 1993, with an
upgrade available for customers who purchase the initial
offering. Additional features available in the upgrade model
will include:
  ∙      Software to provide watermarking and encryption
    safeguards to protect Pro Photo CD Master image files from
    unauthorized use
  ∙ A more powerful workstation for faster processing
  ∙ A larger monitor for viewing images as they are scanned
  The Kodak Professional PIW 4200 can be used to process 35 mm
Kodak Photo CD Master disc orders for nonprofessionals,
functioning just like the PIWs used by wholesale consumer labs.
  "Because the basic technology of the Photo CD system was
developed with the efficiencies required by the consumer market,
we are able to offer our professional customers unprecedented
value," Biehn said. "With the Kodak Professional PIW 4200, we've
expanded the quality and flexibility of the Photo CD system to
meet the demands of professional photographers."
  Biehn also noted that Kodak is protecting the investment of
professional customers by designing products with future
enhancements in mind.
  "Just as consumers can use the players they buy today to take
advantage of these future capabilities, professional customers
who buy the first Kodak Professional PIW 4200, or today's
wholesale consumer Kodak PIW 2400 model, will be able to upgrade
their equipment," he said. "PIW customers can add hardware and
software components as they become available, taking full
advantage of Photo CD technology today and adding enhanced
functionality in the future."
  Prices for the Kodak Professional PIW 4200 and future upgrades
will be announced in the coming months. For more information,
prospective customers can call the Kodak Information Center at
1-800-242-2424, ext. 77.

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[Note: Kodak and Premier are trademarks.]