KODAK PROFESSIONAL 9810 Digital Photo Printer and KODAK Photo Printer 6850 Offer Faster Print Speeds for Professional Quality Pictures -- Anytime, Anywhere

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 20 Expanding its portfolio of KODAK professional thermal photo printers, Eastman Kodak Company today announced the new KODAK PROFESSIONAL 9810 Digital Photo Printer and the KODAK Photo Printer 6850.

These fast digital photo printers, complete with built-in cutters, are ideal for event and professional photographers who need to deliver durable, high-quality prints immediately at the studio or on location.

“As the printing demands of professional photographers grow, Kodak continues to develop faster, smaller, more efficient printing solutions to meet their needs,” said John Blake, general manager, Professional Output Group, Digital and Film Imaging Systems, Eastman Kodak Company. “These new printers easily integrate into photographers’ existing workflows.

They’re simple to operate and maintain, allowing them to quickly set up on-site to create prints in seconds and send customers or event-goers away with memories in an instant.”

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KODAK PROFESSIONAL 9810 Digital Photo Printer
The new KODAK PROFESSIONAL 9810 Digital Photo Printer is ideal for studio and location-based photographers who need to have high quality photo proofs or prints to immediately show or sell to customers.

This roll-fed printer has the capability to produce up to 8x12-inch glossy prints and features a 50-percent print speed improvement over previous sheet-fed models -- the first 8x10 prints in 45 seconds and subsequent prints only take 39 seconds each. Additionally, the 9810 offers 8x10 borderless prints as well as a minimal 3/8-inch trim between sheets, generating improved productivity and savings. The KODAK PROFESSIONAL 9810 Digital Photo Printer weighs only 40 pounds, enabling photographers to provide professional quality prints anytime, anywhere.

With an attractive price-per-print of approximately US$1.85, the KODAK PROFESSIONAL 9810 Digital Photo Printer provides both value and efficiency, enabling photographers to better service their customers.

The KODAK PROFESSIONAL 9810 Digital Photo Printer is supported by WINDOWS XP and 2000 operating systems, offers package print capabilities and supports photo editing software such as ADOBE PHOTOSHOP.

With worldwide availability set for June 2005, the KODAK PROFESSIONAL 9810 Digital Photo Printer will retail for US$3,499 (MSRP).

KODAK Photo Printer 6850
The new KODAK Photo Printer 6850 meets event photographers’ on-demand printing needs, providing customers with immediate results. Additionally, independent portrait studios will benefit from this low-cost way to produce small format, glossy photos immediately for proof or print delivery.

With improved printing speeds -- 15 seconds for 6x8-inch prints and eight seconds for 4x6-inch prints -- the KODAK Photo Printer 6850 delivers as many as 375 6x8-inch prints or 750 4x6-inch prints without operator intervention, improving workflow efficiency.

Supported by WINDOWS XP and 2000 operating systems, the print drivers on the KODAK Photo Printer 6850 interface directly with personal computers and laptops, making for hassle-free portability. The KODAK Photo Printer 6850 will replace the 6800 model beginning in the third quarter of 2005, while maintaining the print quality that won the Digital Imaging Marketing Association (DIMA) printer shootout and Technical Imaging Press Association (TIPA) awards in 2004.

Available worldwide in August 2005, the KODAK Photo Printer 6850 will retail for US$2,900 (MSRP).

About Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, print and view images – for memories, for information, for entertainment. With sales of $13.5 billion in 2004, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on the following businesses: Health - supplying the healthcare industry with traditional and digital image capture and output products and services; Graphic Communications - offering on-demand color and black and white printing, wide-format inkjet printing, high-speed, high-volume continuous inkjet printing, as well as document scanning, archiving and multi-vendor IT services ; Digital & Film Imaging Systems - providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services; and Display & Components - which designs and manufactures state-of-the-art organic light-emitting diode displays as well as other specialty materials, and delivers imaging sensors to original equipment manufacturers. More information about Kodak (NYSE: EK) is available at www.kodak.com.
Kodak and Kodak Professional are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.
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