KPS 10.0 is a free upgrade for KPS 8.x contract customers. Note: Customer will need to call their local Kodak support to release the KPS 10 license before the license can be retrieved.
Note: KPS 10.x will support Virtual Environment options – HyperV and VMWare. For more info please see Supported servers and workstations.
New Features and Enhancements
| MPI-463 | Add ability to Verify a profile in KPS |
| MPI-264 | Allow user to set the calibration expiry date so that CPCC is not limited to the 7 days calibration period |
| MPI-270 | Implement new PANTONE v4 and v5 color libraries. |
| MPI-316 | Entrust Security Certificates are installed. Mac and Windows builds |
| MPI-402 | KPS - Add ability to Optimize DVL without ColorFlow |
| MPI-453 | G7 Verifier Color Bars |
| MPI-454 | New data sets to correct Grayscale Cast Error in G7 CRPC Device Conditions. See Grayscale Cast Error in G7 CRPC Device Conditions for the details. |
| MPI-464 | Add ability to Export profile measurements |
| MPI-474 | Support Spot mode measurement using the IO table |
| MPI-502 | KPS Install Windows 2019 Server |
| MPI-508 | Support macOS Ventura |
Problems Fixed
| MPI-148 | Resample of screened input files at 12x12 and 24x24 resolutions not available for P75/95 |
| MPI-248 | No Halftone screens available for Violet proofers |
| MPI-440 | Improvement to dongleless licensing |
| MPI-450 | Epson P-Series printers, when printing single-sided proofs using sheet, it will start printing when paper isn't loaded yet |
| MPI-452 | Epson x900, x890, x700 proofers should not use the paperWidth detection sensor for double Sided proofing |
| MPI-481 | Low Memory error in KPS Client when running 4 full production proofers |
| MPI-484 | Automatic License renewal fails to work over new year |
| MPI-489 | CGATS files have extra "" around 2 numeric fields |
| MPI-491 | KPS 8.5- Use Inline Spectro with Forced Air option is not available for the P7570/9570 series proofers |
| MPI-507 | MC Creation Fails because KPS selects wrong spectro |
| MPI-509 | 509 Profile Creation - 4900 inline ILS20 chart won't print |
Known Limitation
KPS 10.0 "prooferAdmin" no longer works as the default password to the KPS Client Administrator (MPI-596)
- Use the password "Pathfinder1"
Hot folder for color key feature is not supported in KPS 10.0.
- Do not upgrade to KPS 10.0 if you are using the hot folder for color key feature.
Dell 7050 controller
- DELL 7050 boxes do not have enough RAM to run Open Connect v10.0. 16GB of RAM is needed.
Change in KPS 10.x
To change the controller Software Version in KPS 10.x, you will need to do the following:
- Launch the Kodak Proofer Administrator
- In the Controller > Software Tab > Click on Change.... > Select the KPS version you want to switch to > Click Reactivate.
- Follow the instructions in the dialogue:
- Shutdown the client.
- As an administrator, run the script "active.cmd" in the folder of the KPS version you are switching to. For example: C:\Kodak\Proofer Server 10.0.0.x.
- Reboot the server