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:
  ù      Software to provide watermarking and encryption 
    safeguards to protect Pro Photo CD Master image files from 
    unauthorized use
  ù A more powerful workstation for faster processing
  ù 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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