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Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service
To qualify for KODAK PROFESSIONAL Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service pro labs must be validated 100 percent users of all KODAK PROFESSIONAL E-6 Chemicals. This service is charged on an annual basis.
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The Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service is an extensive technical process tool that utilizes specific E-6 film Audit Strips, a chemical test kit, and critical physical parameters. The audits are run every two weeks to show that your lab is meeting the Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service worldwide quality standards.
Labs that join the Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service must be trained in the use of the service. The training enables lab staff to use the chemical test kit for process analysis and to execute the physical measurements correctly. Learn more about training.
How The KODAK PROFESSIONAL Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service Works
You input your sensitometric, physical, and chemical data into the Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service online program for analysis. Kodak then generates reports from the data that tells you at a glance if your process is on specification and within tolerances for the Q-LAB Process E-6. All standard biweekly, monthly, and quarterly audit data for your lab will be available to Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service members to view on-screen or to print.
And, of course, the Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service helps ensure you provide excellent processing so that your customers obtain high quality results from their KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTACHROME Films.
As with all the KODAK Pro Lab Resource Center Workflow and Technical support services, the KODAK PROFESSIONAL Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service will be available in English, German, French, and Spanish languages.
Pro Lab Benefits
- Rapid On-Site auditing of Process E-6 to KODAK PROFESSIONAL Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service standards with instant access to results.
- Automatic access to KODAK Audit Strips, Process E-6 aims, so lab staff does not have to enter data.
- Direct data access by Kodak allows quick problem analysis and resolution.
- Fast, accurate, computerized statistical plotting that's easy to read and understand.
- Improved detection and correction of process problems before they affect customers' films.
- Labor savings, thanks to fewer process corrections due to higher process consistency.
- User manuals and help functions are accessible from within the system via the Internet.
- Simultaneous viewing of multiple reports and plots. (This feature will be made available at a later date.)
- Convenient central process control for various lab subsidiaries.
- No more 'physical mailing' of Audit Strips to Kodak.
- Greater customer satisfaction.
- Marketing support though KODAK PROFESSIONAL Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service signage that clearly positions your lab as a high-quality supplier of E-6 processing.
Pro Labs Client Benefits
- Greater assurance that their lab maintains the quality that meets professional standards.
- Reduced processing variations for KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTACHROME Films as well as other manufacturers E-6 films.
Requirements
To take advantage of the KODAK PROFESSIONAL Q-LAB E-6 Process Auditing Service, your lab must be equipped with: - A computer and operating system that supports INTERNET EXPLORER v5.5 or later with appropriate data ports to connect to a densitometer.
- A densitometer that can read single point, RGB values from an exposed and processed film or paper strip with standard status filters and RS 232 interface, e.g., X-rite, Macbeth, Barbieri.
- An Internet connection.
- Labs must use exclusively KODAK PROFESSIONAL E-6 Chemicals: Process E-6.
- At this time, these services work only on a WINDOWS Operating System, not a MACINTOSH Operating System. Please contact your Kodak account representative should you require further assistance.
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