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6-4 Color Calibration
Set up a standard printing environment in Control Panel Setup by selecting printing
options that correspond to the way you usually print. Then print one or more standard
color pages. You can print the Color Charts from the Control Panel and the Color
Reference pages that are included with your user software. See "Using the color
reference pages" on page 2-5 or page 3-15. All of these pages include fully saturated
color patches and pale tints of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Images with skin
tones offer a very good basis for comparison. You can save and compare pages you
printed at different times. If there is a noticeable change in appearance, you should
calibrate or linearize your Fiery SI system.
If your solid density patches (100% cyan, magenta, yellow or black) look less saturated
with time, show the pages to the copier or printer technician to find out if an
adjustment can be made to improve the output.
Checking calibration status
Before printing a job, you should check to see whether the Fiery SI is calibrated, what
target was used, and when the printer was last calibrated. You can view information
about the last calibration:
• At the Fiery SI, by printing a Configuration page or Test Page from the Control
Panel Functions menu.
• With the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator by choosing Calibration Status from the Server
menu. This method gives you additional information. See "To view information
with the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator:" on page 6-13.
Using a densitometer
If you calibrate your Fiery SI from either the Control Panel or the Fiery XJ Print
Calibrator, you can use a densitometer to input color information. The procedure is
the same in both cases.
For additional information about setting up and using your densitometer, see the
documentation that came with it.
Setting up the densitometer
Before you calibrate the Fiery SI, configure and zero your reflection densitometer to
prepare for measuring the printed patches.
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