Kodak Kiosk and Compact Flash

Eric E wrote:
Hi,

I had the worst of surprises when I tried to use a Kodak kiosk the other
day in Wal Mart... These beasts don't support type II compact flash.
Their reader is for compact flash type I only... So I wasn't able to
copy the pictures from my microdrive on CD and I had to go and find some
other place to do it...
So if some of you guys hope to use these Kodak machines, be aware of
their limits.

Eric Escudier
I am not surprised. Type II cards are a very small percentage of the CF
cards out there, and the kiosk IS very much a low end consumer solution.
You might try Sam's Club as they also have readers on their PC.

Eric E wrote:
Hi,

I had the worst of surprises when I tried to use a Kodak kiosk the other
day in Wal Mart... These beasts don't support type II compact flash.
Their reader is for compact flash type I only... So I wasn't able to
copy the pictures from my microdrive on CD and I had to go and find some
other place to do it...
So if some of you guys hope to use these Kodak machines, be aware of
their limits.

Eric Escudier
I am not surprised. Type II cards are a very small percentage of the CF
cards out there, and the kiosk IS very much a low end consumer solution.
You might try Sam's Club as they also have readers on their PC.

Well the three machines in the area around me do.


"Eric E" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I had the worst of surprises when I tried to use a Kodak kiosk the other
day in Wal Mart... These beasts don't support type II compact flash.
Their reader is for compact flash type I only... So I wasn't able to
copy the pictures from my microdrive on CD and I had to go and find some
other place to do it...
So if some of you guys hope to use these Kodak machines, be aware of
their limits.

Eric Escudier

Hi,

I had the worst of surprises when I tried to use a Kodak kiosk the other
day in Wal Mart... These beasts don't support type II compact flash.
Their reader is for compact flash type I only... So I wasn't able to
copy the pictures from my microdrive on CD and I had to go and find some
other place to do it...
So if some of you guys hope to use these Kodak machines, be aware of
their limits.

Eric Escudier

Hi...

I'll add another heads-up to this...

Burned a cr-rw; took it in. Lots of jpg's; a couple
of tif's, and one bmp.

The bmp somehow lost its color

Ken

Greetings Ken,

Sorry to hear that you lost color? The Picture Makers will accept many file
types, but will work only with JPG files. At present the card types that
they will accept a

SecureDigital (SD), MultiMedia Card (MMC) , COMPACTFLASH, SMARTMEDIA, MEMORY
STICK, MEMORY STICK PRO, and xD-picture card media formats accepted. At the
same time, however, the KODAK Picture Maker with software version 7.X looks
for a "Pictures" directory off the root or base directory on the CD.
Software version 8.0 and later will find .JPG images in any folder.

The images must have a .JPG extension (and be JPEG images). This format is
only supported on Picture Makers running Version 7.0 software or higher.
The files must be in RGB mode. If the service provider is running software
Version 6.x on the Picture Maker, you can try writing the images as FLASHPIX
format (.FPX) to a directory called "IMAGES".

For compatibility, it is generally suggested that you use CDR media (some
newer systems will recognize CDRW). The CD should be burned in the ISO9660
format (check your software manual for details). Most CD burning software
packages, created in the last couple of years, have this format as an
option.Check in the corners of the computer screen for the version software
being used. Look in the upper right hand corner of the main screen for the
newer versions. Older versions, i.e. 6.03 and earlier, would be in the lower
left corner.

Hope this helps.

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company





"Ken Weitzel" wrote in message
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Hi,

I had the worst of surprises when I tried to use a Kodak kiosk the other
day in Wal Mart... These beasts don't support type II compact flash.
Their reader is for compact flash type I only... So I wasn't able to
copy the pictures from my microdrive on CD and I had to go and find some
other place to do it...
So if some of you guys hope to use these Kodak machines, be aware of
their limits.

Eric Escudier

Hi...

I'll add another heads-up to this...

Burned a cr-rw; took it in. Lots of jpg's; a couple
of tif's, and one bmp.

The bmp somehow lost its color

Ken

Hi Ron,

could you confirm that the Picture Makers don't support Type II compact
flash ? I went to 2 stores in the US last week, both with Kodak
machines, and they both could not process my compact flash microdrive :
the compact flash reader was too small to let me plug in my card...
At one of these places they told me that they already had seen clients
with the same problem. It's too bad a big corporation like Kodak did
such a mistake.

Eric ESCUDIER

Ron Baird wrote:
Greetings Ken,

Sorry to hear that you lost color? The Picture Makers will accept many file
types, but will work only with JPG files. At present the card types that
they will accept a

SecureDigital (SD), MultiMedia Card (MMC) , COMPACTFLASH, SMARTMEDIA, MEMORY
STICK, MEMORY STICK PRO, and xD-picture card media formats accepted. At the
same time, however, the KODAK Picture Maker with software version 7.X looks
for a "Pictures" directory off the root or base directory on the CD.
Software version 8.0 and later will find .JPG images in any folder.

The images must have a .JPG extension (and be JPEG images). This format is
only supported on Picture Makers running Version 7.0 software or higher.
The files must be in RGB mode. If the service provider is running software
Version 6.x on the Picture Maker, you can try writing the images as FLASHPIX
format (.FPX) to a directory called "IMAGES".

For compatibility, it is generally suggested that you use CDR media (some
newer systems will recognize CDRW). The CD should be burned in the ISO9660
format (check your software manual for details). Most CD burning software
packages, created in the last couple of years, have this format as an
option.Check in the corners of the computer screen for the version software
being used. Look in the upper right hand corner of the main screen for the
newer versions. Older versions, i.e. 6.03 and earlier, would be in the lower
left corner.

Hope this helps.

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company





"Ken Weitzel" wrote in message
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Hi,

I had the worst of surprises when I tried to use a Kodak kiosk the other
day in Wal Mart... These beasts don't support type II compact flash.
Their reader is for compact flash type I only... So I wasn't able to
copy the pictures from my microdrive on CD and I had to go and find some
other place to do it...
So if some of you guys hope to use these Kodak machines, be aware of
their limits.

Eric Escudier

Hi...

I'll add another heads-up to this...

Burned a cr-rw; took it in. Lots of jpg's; a couple
of tif's, and one bmp.

The bmp somehow lost its color

Ken

Hi Ron,

could you confirm that the Picture Makers don't support Type II compact
flash ? I went to 2 stores in the US last week, both with Kodak
machines, and they both could not process my compact flash microdrive :
the compact flash reader was too small to let me plug in my card...
At one of these places they told me that they already had seen clients
with the same problem. It's too bad a big corporation like Kodak did
such a mistake.

Eric ESCUDIER

Ron Baird wrote:
Greetings Ken,

Sorry to hear that you lost color? The Picture Makers will accept many file
types, but will work only with JPG files. At present the card types that
they will accept a

SecureDigital (SD), MultiMedia Card (MMC) , COMPACTFLASH, SMARTMEDIA, MEMORY
STICK, MEMORY STICK PRO, and xD-picture card media formats accepted. At the
same time, however, the KODAK Picture Maker with software version 7.X looks
for a "Pictures" directory off the root or base directory on the CD.
Software version 8.0 and later will find .JPG images in any folder.

The images must have a .JPG extension (and be JPEG images). This format is
only supported on Picture Makers running Version 7.0 software or higher.
The files must be in RGB mode. If the service provider is running software
Version 6.x on the Picture Maker, you can try writing the images as FLASHPIX
format (.FPX) to a directory called "IMAGES".

For compatibility, it is generally suggested that you use CDR media (some
newer systems will recognize CDRW). The CD should be burned in the ISO9660
format (check your software manual for details). Most CD burning software
packages, created in the last couple of years, have this format as an
option.Check in the corners of the computer screen for the version software
being used. Look in the upper right hand corner of the main screen for the
newer versions. Older versions, i.e. 6.03 and earlier, would be in the lower
left corner.

Hope this helps.

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company





"Ken Weitzel" wrote in message
news:Gi91d.406411$gE.8246@pd7tw3no...


Hi,

I had the worst of surprises when I tried to use a Kodak kiosk the other
day in Wal Mart... These beasts don't support type II compact flash.
Their reader is for compact flash type I only... So I wasn't able to
copy the pictures from my microdrive on CD and I had to go and find some
other place to do it...
So if some of you guys hope to use these Kodak machines, be aware of
their limits.

Eric Escudier

Hi...

I'll add another heads-up to this...

Burned a cr-rw; took it in. Lots of jpg's; a couple
of tif's, and one bmp.

The bmp somehow lost its color

Ken

Ron Baird wrote:

Greetings Ken,

Sorry to hear that you lost color? The Picture Makers will accept many file
types, but will work only with JPG files. At present the card types that
they will accept a

SecureDigital (SD), MultiMedia Card (MMC) , COMPACTFLASH, SMARTMEDIA, MEMORY
STICK, MEMORY STICK PRO, and xD-picture card media formats accepted. At the
same time, however, the KODAK Picture Maker with software version 7.X looks
for a "Pictures" directory off the root or base directory on the CD.
Software version 8.0 and later will find .JPG images in any folder.

The images must have a .JPG extension (and be JPEG images). This format is
only supported on Picture Makers running Version 7.0 software or higher.
The files must be in RGB mode. If the service provider is running software
Version 6.x on the Picture Maker, you can try writing the images as FLASHPIX
format (.FPX) to a directory called "IMAGES".

For compatibility, it is generally suggested that you use CDR media (some
newer systems will recognize CDRW). The CD should be burned in the ISO9660
format (check your software manual for details). Most CD burning software
packages, created in the last couple of years, have this format as an
option.Check in the corners of the computer screen for the version software
being used. Look in the upper right hand corner of the main screen for the
newer versions. Older versions, i.e. 6.03 and earlier, would be in the lower
left corner.

Hope this helps.

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company


Hi Ron...

Thanks for the reply; I appreciate it.

No problem, no loss... my first look at your system,
I wanted to see what it did, so copied a few jpg's to
the root of a cd-rw. Then as an afterthought copied
a bmp calibration target image as well.

The machine did show the bmp on the screen minus color,
so I just didn't print it

They're mighty impressive prints! And a really nice touch
is it printed a portion of the filename on the back of the
print, too. At 25 cents (canadian) each I suspect my
printer is retired for 4x6's

Which begs a question, if I may? Why the pricing
differential? 4x6's are 24 sq in of ink and paper.
8x10's are 80 sq inches, virtually 3 times as much.
So why are 4x6's 25 cents and 8x10's 5 dollars?
For that matter why are 5x7's 3 dollars?

Doesn't make sense, unless pricing is based on what the
market will bear?

Anyway, congrats - mighty fine results. Drop them off
on the way in, do your shopping, and they're ready

Take care.

Ken

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:37:25 GMT, Ken Weitzel
wrote:



Ron Baird wrote:

Greetings Ken,

Sorry to hear that you lost color? The Picture Makers will accept many file
types, but will work only with JPG files. At present the card types that
they will accept a

SecureDigital (SD), MultiMedia Card (MMC) , COMPACTFLASH, SMARTMEDIA, MEMORY
STICK, MEMORY STICK PRO, and xD-picture card media formats accepted. At the
same time, however, the KODAK Picture Maker with software version 7.X looks
for a "Pictures" directory off the root or base directory on the CD.
Software version 8.0 and later will find .JPG images in any folder.

The images must have a .JPG extension (and be JPEG images). This format is
only supported on Picture Makers running Version 7.0 software or higher.
The files must be in RGB mode. If the service provider is running software
Version 6.x on the Picture Maker, you can try writing the images as FLASHPIX
format (.FPX) to a directory called "IMAGES".

For compatibility, it is generally suggested that you use CDR media (some
newer systems will recognize CDRW). The CD should be burned in the ISO9660
format (check your software manual for details). Most CD burning software
packages, created in the last couple of years, have this format as an
option.Check in the corners of the computer screen for the version software
being used. Look in the upper right hand corner of the main screen for the
newer versions. Older versions, i.e. 6.03 and earlier, would be in the lower
left corner.

Hope this helps.

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company


Hi Ron...

Thanks for the reply; I appreciate it.

No problem, no loss... my first look at your system,
I wanted to see what it did, so copied a few jpg's to
the root of a cd-rw. Then as an afterthought copied
a bmp calibration target image as well.

The machine did show the bmp on the screen minus color,
so I just didn't print it

They're mighty impressive prints! And a really nice touch
is it printed a portion of the filename on the back of the
print, too. At 25 cents (canadian) each I suspect my
printer is retired for 4x6's

Which begs a question, if I may? Why the pricing
differential? 4x6's are 24 sq in of ink and paper.
8x10's are 80 sq inches, virtually 3 times as much.
So why are 4x6's 25 cents and 8x10's 5 dollars?
For that matter why are 5x7's 3 dollars?

For the same reason a two-carat diamond costs substantially
more than twice the price of a one-carat diamond?

Doesn't make sense, unless pricing is based on what the
market will bear?

Anyway, congrats - mighty fine results. Drop them off
on the way in, do your shopping, and they're ready

Take care.

Ken

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:37:25 GMT, Ken Weitzel
wrote:



Ron Baird wrote:

Greetings Ken,

Sorry to hear that you lost color? The Picture Makers will accept many file
types, but will work only with JPG files. At present the card types that
they will accept a

SecureDigital (SD), MultiMedia Card (MMC) , COMPACTFLASH, SMARTMEDIA, MEMORY
STICK, MEMORY STICK PRO, and xD-picture card media formats accepted. At the
same time, however, the KODAK Picture Maker with software version 7.X looks
for a "Pictures" directory off the root or base directory on the CD.
Software version 8.0 and later will find .JPG images in any folder.

The images must have a .JPG extension (and be JPEG images). This format is
only supported on Picture Makers running Version 7.0 software or higher.
The files must be in RGB mode. If the service provider is running software
Version 6.x on the Picture Maker, you can try writing the images as FLASHPIX
format (.FPX) to a directory called "IMAGES".

For compatibility, it is generally suggested that you use CDR media (some
newer systems will recognize CDRW). The CD should be burned in the ISO9660
format (check your software manual for details). Most CD burning software
packages, created in the last couple of years, have this format as an
option.Check in the corners of the computer screen for the version software
being used. Look in the upper right hand corner of the main screen for the
newer versions. Older versions, i.e. 6.03 and earlier, would be in the lower
left corner.

Hope this helps.

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company


Hi Ron...

Thanks for the reply; I appreciate it.

No problem, no loss... my first look at your system,
I wanted to see what it did, so copied a few jpg's to
the root of a cd-rw. Then as an afterthought copied
a bmp calibration target image as well.

The machine did show the bmp on the screen minus color,
so I just didn't print it

They're mighty impressive prints! And a really nice touch
is it printed a portion of the filename on the back of the
print, too. At 25 cents (canadian) each I suspect my
printer is retired for 4x6's

Which begs a question, if I may? Why the pricing
differential? 4x6's are 24 sq in of ink and paper.
8x10's are 80 sq inches, virtually 3 times as much.
So why are 4x6's 25 cents and 8x10's 5 dollars?
For that matter why are 5x7's 3 dollars?

For the same reason a two-carat diamond costs substantially
more than twice the price of a one-carat diamond?

Doesn't make sense, unless pricing is based on what the
market will bear?

Anyway, congrats - mighty fine results. Drop them off
on the way in, do your shopping, and they're ready

Take care.

Ken