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.

Eastman Kodak Company, 343 State St, Rochester, NY 14650-0519

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