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Oki C9800hdn Color Manual

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  • Page 2 May 13, 2005 Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Oki assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. Oki also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents About the Documentation Introduction About this manual Key features of ColorWise Chapter 1: Fiery Color Management Managing color on the Fiery 1-14 Rendering Style 1-18 Pure Black Text/Graphics 1-19 Black Overprint 1-20 Spot Color Matching 1-21 RGB Source Profile 1-22 CMYK Simulation Profile 1-23...
  • Page 4 4 Contents Starting Calibrator 2-38 Expert Mode 2-40 Restoring default calibration measurements 2-41 Using the EFI Spectrometer ES-1000 2-43 Setting up the ES-1000 2-43 Calibrating the Fiery with the ES-1000 2-44 Using the EFI Densitometer ED-100 2-46 Setting up the ED-100 2-46 Calibrating the Fiery with the ED-100 2-47...
  • Page 5 5 Contents Color Setup 3-83 Setting default ColorWise options 3-83 Appendix A: Color Measurement Instruments Using the X-Rite DTP41 spectrophotometer A-84 Setting up the DTP41 A-84 Calibrating the DTP41 A-87 Using the X-Rite DTP32 densitometer A-91 Setting up the DTP32 A-91 Calibrating the DTP32 A-93...

  • Page 6: C9800 Color

    6 About the Documentation This manual is part of a set of Fiery Network Controller for C9800, herein referred to About the as the “Fiery,” documentation that includes the following manuals for users and system Documentation administrators. Most are available as Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) files on the User Documentation CD.

  • Page 7: C9800 Color

    Electronics for Imaging, Inc. This publication is provided in conjunction with an OKI Printing Solutionsproduct (the “Product”) which contains EFI software (the “Software”). The Software is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of the Software license set forth below.
  • Page 8 8 Copyright Class B Declaration of Conformity This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 9 9 Copyright right or license of any kind is granted. You receive no rights or license under any patents, copyrights, trade secrets, or trademarks (whether registered or unregistered). You agree not to adopt, register, or attempt to register any EFI trademark or trade name (“EFI Mark”) or any confusingly similar mark, URL, internet domain name, or symbol as your own name or the name of your affiliates or products, and not to take any other action which impairs or reduces the trademark rights of EFI or its suppliers.
  • Page 10 10 Copyright U.S. Government Restricted Rights: Use, duplication, or disclosure of the Software by the United States Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in FAR 12.212 or DFARS 227.7202-3 -227.7202- 4 and, to the extent required under U.S. federal law, the minimum restricted rights as set out in FAR 52.227-14, Restricted Rights Notice (June 1987) Alternate III(g)(3)(June 1987) or FAR 52.227-19 (June 1987).

  • Page 11: About This Manual

    11 About this manual This manual explains how to manage color output on the Fiery, and provides Introduction information on calibration and color profiles. This manual is part of a set of documentation that includes manuals for users and system administrators. The other manuals are available at your site—refer to them for a complete description of your Fiery.

  • Page 12: Key Features Of Colorwise

    12 Introduction • The Fiery Color Reference Glossary defines words in bold—for example, output profile—that appear throughout this manual. Color terms and concepts, such as “color space,” “spot color,” “gamut,” and “source profile,” are used throughout this manual. If you are new to desktop color, or if any terms are unfamiliar, check the Glossary.
  • Page 13 13 Key features of ColorWise • Define the source of incoming RGB color data for better screen matching and provide for better color conversion of RGB data with no source information. • Define whether RGB data is converted into the full gamut of the printer or whether it is first converted into the gamut of another device, such as a press standard.

  • Page 14: Chapter 1: Fiery Color Management

    1-14 Managing color on the Fiery The following sections describe the options available from the ColorWise color Chapter 1: management system and explain how to customize the color settings for your Fiery Color particular needs. They provide descriptions of the preset ColorWise default settings Management and cover additional options for users who need to customize ColorWise.
  • Page 15 1-15 Managing color on the Fiery The following diagram illustrates the print options in the Fiery color management process that affect color data conversions. You can access these print options when you send a print job to the Fiery. Most of these options and settings are described in subsequent sections of this chapter.
  • Page 16 1-16 Fiery Color Management You can specify settings for the following options by selecting print options when you send a job to the Fiery. Some can also be set as defaults by the administrator during Fiery Setup or using ColorWise Pro Tools. Settings specified using print options over- ride the defaults.
  • Page 17 1-17 Managing color on the Fiery Fiery color print option What it does Output Profile The output profile is applied to all data in the print job (see page 1-26). User- Output1-10 defined output profiles can be downloaded to the Fiery using ColorWise Pro (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools.

  • Page 18: Rendering Style

    1-18 Fiery Color Management Rendering Style The Rendering Style option specifies a CRD for color conversions. To control the appearance of images, such as prints from office applications or RGB photographs from Photoshop, select the appropriate Rendering Style. The Fiery allows you to select from the four rendering styles currently found in industry standard ICC profiles.

  • Page 19: Pure Black Text/Graphics

    1-19 Managing color on the Fiery Pure Black Text/Graphics The Pure Black Text/Graphics option affects the printout for black text and vector graphics on a page. Under most circumstances, leave this option set to On. When Pure Black Text/Graphics is on, black colors generated by applications (for example, RGB = 0, 0, 0;...

  • Page 20: Black Overprint

    1-20 Fiery Color Management Black Overprint The Black Overprint option allows you to specify whether or not black text or text/graphics—defined as RGB = 0, 0, 0, or as CMYK = 0%, 0%, 0%, 100%— overprints colored backgrounds. • —Black text overprints colored backgrounds, eliminating white gaps and Text reducing halo effects or misregistration of colors.

  • Page 21: Spot Color Matching

    1-21 Managing color on the Fiery Spot Color Matching The Spot Color Matching option provides automatic matching of spot colors with their best CMYK equivalents. • —The Fiery uses a built-in table to generate the closest CMYK matches of spot colors your printer can produce.

  • Page 22: Rgb Source Profile

    1-22 Fiery Color Management RGB Source Profile The RGB source profile setting allows you to define the characteristics of the RGB data in your document so the appropriate color conversion can occur on the Fiery. Commonly used monitor color spaces are available from the printer driver and from the ColorWise Pro Tools Profile Manager.

  • Page 23: Cmyk Simulation Profile

    1-23 Managing color on the Fiery • instructs the Fiery to allow the RGB sources you defined elsewhere, such as in None the application, to be used. When you set RGB Source to None, the appearance of colors will not be independent of the file type. For example, RGB EPS files will look different from RGB TIFF files.

  • Page 24: Cmyk Simulation Method

    1-24 Fiery Color Management To properly simulate a printed image that was separated through the use of an ICC profile, the same profile must be present on the Fiery. For more information about downloading ICC profiles to the Fiery, see “Downloading profiles”...

  • Page 25: Rgb Separation

    1-25 Managing color on the Fiery RGB Separation The RGB Separation option determines how RGB colors (as well as Lab and XYZ colors) are converted to CMYK. The name of this option is meant to be descriptive, since the option defines the color spaces that will be used by the Fiery to “separate” the RGB data into CMYK values.

  • Page 26: Output Profile

    1-26 Fiery Color Management Output profile An output profile consists of a profile for your printer, describing its color characteristics. In certain cases, you may want to customize the default output profile using the ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor to achieve particular color effects (see page 3-63).

  • Page 27: Postscript Printer Driver For Windows And Mac Os

    1-27 PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS To access the printer driver options described in this section, choose Start > Settings > Printers (Windows 98/Me/NT/2000) or Printers and Faxes (Windows XP/Server 2003), right-click the appropriate printer (PPD) name, and choose Properties (Windows 98/Me), Document Defaults (Windows NT), or Printing Preferences (Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003) from the pop-up menu.
  • Page 28 1-28 Fiery Color Management O SET PRINT OPTIONS FOR INDOWS 1. Access the printer driver options, as described on page 1-27. 2. Click the Fiery Printing tab, and choose settings from the ColorWise menu for the print options described on page 1-16.

  • Page 29: Adobe Postscript Printer Driver For Mac Os

    1-29 PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS Adobe PostScript printer driver for Mac OS This section explains how to set color management print options with the AdobePS printer driver for Mac OS, a PostScript 3 driver that takes full advantage of the color features of the Fiery and allows you to save a set of print option settings.
  • Page 30 1-30 Fiery Color Management If you use the PostScript Color Matching option, the driver may, depending on the application in use, attach a CMYK source definition to the CMYK data in your document. In such a case, the CMYK data in the document is reseparated using a Fiery CRD.
  • Page 31 1-31 PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS 2. Choose Color/Grayscale from the Print Color menu. Choose Color/Grayscale 3. In the ColorWise menu, choose settings for the print options described on page 1-16. If these settings are used regularly, click Save Settings to save them for subsequent jobs.
  • Page 32 1-32 Fiery Color Management OS–X) O SET IERY COLOR MANAGEMENT OPTIONS 1. In the Print dialog box, choose Printer Features from the menu. Choose Printer Features 2. In the ColorWise 1, ColorWise 2, and ColorWise 3 feature set menus, choose settings for the print options described on page 1-16.

  • Page 33: Chapter 2: Color Calibration

    2-33 An overview of calibration Calibrating the Fiery ensures consistent, reliable color output. This chapter explains Chapter 2: Color how calibration works and provides instructions for all calibration procedures. You can Calibration calibrate the Fiery using ColorWise Pro Tools in combination with any of the following color measurement instruments: •...

  • Page 34: An Overview Of Calibration

    2-34 Color Calibration An overview of calibration Calibration generates curves that adjust for the difference between the actual toner densities (measurements) and the response expected by the output profile. • Measurements represent the actual color behavior of the printer. • Calibration sets are sets of measurements. •...

  • Page 35: Understanding Calibration

    2-35 Understanding calibration Understanding calibration Although most users’ needs are met by the default calibration set, the Fiery allows you to choose a calibration set to customize calibration for specialized jobs. Calibration allows you to: • Maximize the color reproduction capabilities of the C9800. •...

  • Page 36: Scheduling Calibration

    2-36 Color Calibration Measurements Measurement files contain numerical values that correspond to the toner density produced by the printer when it prints solid cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, and graduated tints of those colors. To create a measurement file, print a page of color patches. Then measure the patches using a color measurement instrument connected to a computer on the network.

  • Page 37: Checking Calibration Status

    2-37 Understanding calibration To monitor print quality, print the following color reference pages: • Color Charts from the Control Panel (see the Configuration Guide Chapter 4) • Color Charts from Command WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE (see “Printing Fiery Information Pages” in the Job Management Guide Chapter 2) •...

  • Page 38: Using Calibrator

    2-38 Color Calibration Using Calibrator ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator allows you to calibrate the Fiery using the measurement method of your choice. Changing the calibration has the potential to affect all jobs for all users, so consider limiting the number of people authorized to perform calibration. Set an Administrator password to control access to calibration (see “Setting Passwords”...
  • Page 39 2-39 Using Calibrator 2. Click Calibrator. The Calibration window appears in Standard mode. 3. Use the Calibrator window to perform the calibration method of your choice. Procedures for each calibration method are described in subsequent sections of this chapter. C9800 Color Guide - 39...

  • Page 40: Expert Mode

    2-40 Color Calibration Expert Mode Calibrator provides two modes: Standard Mode and Expert Mode. You can perform all essential calibration tasks while in Standard Mode. Expert Mode offers two additional options: Print Pages and View Measurements. XPERT • Move the sliding button at the top of the Calibration window from Standard to Expert. The Expert Mode window appears.

  • Page 41: Restoring Default Calibration Measurements

    2-41 Using Calibrator With the View Measurements option, you can view the current set of measurements as a table or graph that shows both the measurements and the target curves. When more than one profile uses the same target, an additional menu called Plot Against appears in the upper-right corner of the dialog box.
  • Page 42 2-42 Color Calibration O RESTORE DEFAULT CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS 1. In the main Calibrator window, click Restore Device. 2. Click OK to restore the preset default calibration set. Restore Device applies only to the currently selected calibration set. C9800 Color Guide - 42...

  • Page 43: Using The Efi Spectrometer Es-1000

    2-43 Using the EFI Spectrometer ES-1000 Using the EFI Spectrometer ES-1000 The EFI Spectrometer ES-1000 is a hand-held spectrophotometer that measures the spectral light reflected from printed output and other colored materials, as well as the density of printed ink and toner. It uses the density measurements to effectively calibrate the Fiery.

  • Page 44: Calibrating The Fiery With The Es-1000

    2-44 Color Calibration Calibrating the Fiery with the ES-1000 You can use ColorWise Pro Tools in conjunction with the ES-1000 to calibrate the Fiery. ES-1000 O CALIBRATE THE IERY USING THE 1. Start Calibrator. For instructions on starting Calibrator, see page 2-38.
  • Page 45 2-45 Using the EFI Spectrometer ES-1000 7. In the Get Measurements pane, click Measure. The Measurement Options dialog box appears. Page Type is automatically set to the type that you selected in step 8. Check the settings, and click Measure. The Information dialog box appears.

  • Page 46: Using The Efi Densitometer

    2-46 Color Calibration 12. After you hear a beep, slide the ES-1000 at a slow but consistent pace across the strip. 13. Release the button when all the patches in the strip have been measured, and you have reached the white space at the end of the strip. When a strip is measured successfully, the cross hair moves to the next color.

  • Page 47: Calibrating The Fiery With The

    2-47 Using the EFI Densitometer ED-100 Calibrating the Fiery with the ED-100 You can use ColorWise Pro Tools in conjunction with the ED-100 to calibrate the Fiery. ED-100 O CALIBRATE THE IERY USING THE 1. Start Calibrator. For instructions on starting Calibrator, see page 2-38.
  • Page 48 2-48 Color Calibration 7. Click Measure in the Get Measurements pane. The Measurement Options dialog box appears. 8. Choose the appropriate options, and then click Start. Page Type is automatically set to the measurement page type that you printed in step Use the arrow buttons next to the Clicks Per Patch field to choose the number of...
  • Page 49 2-49 Using the EFI Densitometer ED-100 9. Place the ED-100 over the specified patch on the Measurement Page, making sure to center the sample aperture over the patch. Press Measure to take the measurement. For a more accurate measurement, place several plain sheets of paper beneath the Measurement Page to block underlying colors from being read by the instrument.

  • Page 50: Calibrating The Fiery With The Dtp41

    2-50 Color Calibration Calibrating the Fiery with the DTP41 Using the ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator application and the DTP41 spectrophotometer, you can quickly measure color patches printed by the C9800 and automatically download these measurements to the Fiery. Before using ColorWise Pro Tools and the DTP41 to calibrate the Fiery, follow the instructions on page A-87 for calibrating the DTP41 spectrophotometer.
  • Page 51 2-51 Calibrating the Fiery with the DTP41 6. Retrieve the measurement page from the printer. 7. In the Get Measurements pane, click Measure. The Measurement Options dialog box displays the specified Page Type and Paper Size options. 8. Click Measure. 9.
  • Page 52 2-52 Color Calibration 12. Repeat the measurement process for the magenta, yellow, and black strips. A check mark appears on the circle of the color just read, and the Status field indicates the color was measured successfully. Click Previous and Next to reverse or advance to another step in the measurement...

  • Page 53: Calibrating The Fiery With The Dtp32

    2-53 Calibrating the Fiery with the DTP32 Calibrating the Fiery with the DTP32 Using the DTP32, you can quickly measure color patches and download these measurements to the Fiery using ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator. Before using ColorWise Pro Tools and the DTP32 to calibrate the Fiery, follow the instructions on page A-93 for calibrating the DTP32 densitometer.
  • Page 54 2-54 Color Calibration 8. Click Measure. In the dialog box that appears, follow the directions for feeding the measurement page through the X-Rite DTP32. The Status field displays instructions for selecting the port and feeding the measurement page through the DTP32 four times, once for each color strip.

  • Page 55: Chapter 3: Colorwise Pro Tools

    3-55 ColorWise Pro Tools Designed to give you flexible control of color printing, ColorWise Pro Tools include Chapter 3: the following color management tools: ColorWise Pro Tools • Calibrator (see Chapter • Color Editor • Profile Manager • Spot-On (C9800 GA only) •...

  • Page 56: Profile Manager

    3-56 ColorWise Pro Tools Profile Manager Profile Manager allows you to manage and edit ICC profiles. In the case of the Fiery, these profiles are divided into RGB Source, Simulation, and Output profiles: • contains all monitor profiles resident on the Fiery. RGB Source profiles RGB Source are used to define the source color space for RGB colors processed by the Fiery.

  • Page 57: Setting The Default Profiles

    3-57 Profile Manager When you use Profile Manager from some Windows NT computers, the default color directory may not be created automatically when ColorWise Pro Tools are installed. Create the color folder in the appropriate directory (for example, C:\WinNT\system32\color) and Profile Manager will be able to download and upload from the default location as expected.

  • Page 58: Downloading Profiles

    3-58 ColorWise Pro Tools If no default is set for RGB Source, the RGB Source print option is set to None. If no default profile is set for Simulation, the CMYK Simulation print option is set to None. For more information on print options, see Chapter The Output profile always has a default profile.

  • Page 59: Editing Profiles

    3-59 Profile Manager 3. When the profile you want to download appears in the list in the main Profile Manager window, select it. If the profile is compatible with the Fiery, a green arrow indicates that the profile is available for downloading. Only output device profiles are downloadable to Simulation and Output.

  • Page 60: Managing Profiles

    3-60 ColorWise Pro Tools Managing profiles Profile Manager allows you to back up profiles to ensure that no custom profiles are lost when the Fiery software is updated. You can also upload a copy of a built-in Fiery profile to your workstation in order to use it with an ICC-aware application, such as Photoshop.

  • Page 61: Defining Profiles

    3-61 Profile Manager 3. Click Yes to delete the profile. 4. To delete a profile currently set as the default or associated with a custom name, click Profile Settings and clear the default option. Defining profiles For Mac OS computers, before you apply any downloaded or edited profile to a print job, that profile must be linked to one of the predefined custom names, or you can set the profile as the default for all print jobs (see “Setting the default profiles”...
  • Page 62 3-62 ColorWise Pro Tools You can define custom profiles only. Default profiles are predefined and cannot be changed. 2. Select DIC-new in the Simulation list, and click Profile Settings or double-click DIC-new. 3. Select the “Appear in Driver as” option, choose one of the predefined custom simulation names (Simulation-1 through Simulation-10) from the menu, and then click Apply.

  • Page 63: Color Editor

    3-63 Color Editor Considerations for defining Output Profiles The procedures for defining Output Profiles is similar to the preceding example for defining Simulations profiles. However, note these differences: For output profiles, the predefined custom names are Output-1 through Output-10. When you choose Profile Settings for an output profile, the Use Calibration Set options also appear.
  • Page 64 3-64 ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor also has several Edit Modes for editing simulations: • —Create a custom master simulation that affects all print jobs to which it is Master applied, unless a linked simulation exists for the selected combination of simulation profile, simulation method, and output profile.
  • Page 65 3-65 Color Editor 3. Choose a profile to edit and click Select. Another method is to open the Profile Manager, select a profile, and then click Edit. 4. For a simulation profile, choose Master from the Edit Mode menu. For an output profile, choose Custom from the Edit Mode menu.
  • Page 66 3-66 ColorWise Pro Tools 5. Select the colors you want to edit by turning colors off and on. The Eye icon to the left of each color indicates whether that color is visible on the graph and will be affected by changes to the curves, brightness, and dot gain controls.
  • Page 67 3-67 Color Editor A curve with this shape A curve with this shape makes a color appear makes a color appear darker by adding density lighter by reducing in the midtones. density in the midtones. A curve with this shape increases contrast.
  • Page 68 3-68 ColorWise Pro Tools the printer driver at any one time. For information on linking custom profiles to the predefined custom profile names, see “Defining profiles” on page 3-61. If you are using the printer driver for Windows computers, custom profiles will appear in the driver window without being associated with a predefined profile name.

  • Page 69: Undoing Cmyk Simulation Edits

    3-69 Color Editor When editing a simulation profile in Quick mode, clicking Import at the bottom of the Color Editor window allows you to import a custom Quick Simulation created on another Fiery using the previous version of ColorWise. The current version of ColorWise does not allow you to save custom CMYK Quick, Full (Source GCR) or Full (Output GCR) Simulations independently;...

  • Page 70: Using Spot-On

    3-70 ColorWise Pro Tools You can create a custom comparison page and save it as a PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file called CALIB.PS. Print the file to the Hold queue of the Fiery from your application, or download it to the Hold queue with Fiery Downloader (see page 2-40).
  • Page 71 3-71 Using Spot-On O START 1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Spot-On. 2. Choose the desired output profile and click OK. Output profile names appear here The Spot-On main window appears. The CMYK values you see in the window are calculated with respect to the specified profile.

  • Page 72: Using The Spot-On Main Window

    3-72 ColorWise Pro Tools Using the Spot-On main window The Spot-On main window displays a list of color groups which represent libraries of spot colors on the Fiery. Tool icons for working with colors appear at the top of the window.

  • Page 73: Working With Existing Colors

    3-73 Using Spot-On O OPEN AND CLOSE A COLOR GROUP 1. To open a color group, click the icon to the left of the group name. You can also open a group by double-clicking the blank area to the right of the group name.
  • Page 74 3-74 ColorWise Pro Tools Individual spot colors are marked with circular color icons. 2. To move the selection up or down in the list, click the Up or Down icon in the toolbar. 3. To paste the selection in a different location in the list, click the Cut or Copy icon in the toolbar.

  • Page 75: Creating Custom Colors

    3-75 Using Spot-On Creating custom colors Spot-On provides a number of default color groups, such as PANTONE and DIC, in the color list. You can add your own custom spot colors and groups to the list. O ADD A NEW COLOR OR COLOR GROUP 1.

  • Page 76: Downloading Custom Color Groups

    3-76 ColorWise Pro Tools Downloading custom color groups You can download custom color groups from your computer to the Fiery. Downloaded groups are added as custom groups to the Spot-On color list and are enabled immediately for use on the Fiery. O DOWNLOAD CUSTOM COLOR GROUPS 1.

  • Page 77: Editing Color Values

    3-77 Using Spot-On O UPLOAD CUSTOM COLOR GROUPS 1. Select the name of the color group you want to upload. 2. Choose Upload from the File menu. The Save As dialog box appears. 3. Browse to the location where you want to save the file, name the file, and then click Save.
  • Page 78 3-78 ColorWise Pro Tools O TARGET A COLOR USING OLOR EARCH 1. Select a color icon from a color group and choose Color Search from the Edit menu. The Spot-On Color Search window appears. You can also display this window by double-clicking a color icon in the color list.
  • Page 79 3-79 Using Spot-On Select either Lightness or Saturation in the Color Directions Legend. Lightness generates neighbor patches based on darker to lighter shades of the original color. This variation is displayed from left to right, with the original color remaining in the centerof the middle group.
  • Page 80 3-80 ColorWise Pro Tools • Color spacing • Lightness or Saturation neighbors selected • Output profile selected The goal of the Spot-On Color Search is to find the color values that make a printed color patch match a target, not the screen simulation of it. Printing a Print Pattern of the neighbor color patches allows you to compare the printed patches to the color target.

  • Page 81: Using A Measurement Instrument To Target Colors

    3-81 Using Spot-On Use the Tab key to move from field to field. As you enter each new value, the preview patch updates to reflect the old and new colors. 4. Click OK. The new color appears as the center patch in the Spot-On Color Search window. Using a measurement instrument to target colors If you have the EFI Densitometer ED-100 or EFI Spectrometer ES-1000, you can import measured color values directly into Spot-On.

  • Page 82: Saving Changes And Exiting Spot-On

    3-82 ColorWise Pro Tools The measured CMYK values are imported into Spot-On as follows: • If an individual color is selected in the color list, it updates to the measured color. • If a group is selected in the color list, a new color with the measured values is created within the group.

  • Page 83: Color Setup

    3-83 Color Setup Color Setup Use Color Setup to set the default ColorWise settings for the Fiery. To access Color Setup, click its icon in the ColorWise Pro Tools main window. Setting default ColorWise options Color Setup allows you to configure the default color management settings for the Fiery.

  • Page 84: Appendix A: Color Measurement Instruments

    A-84 Color Measurement Instruments This appendix explains how to set up and calibrate the following color measurement Appendix A: instruments: Color Measurement • X-Rite DTP41 automatic scanning spectrophotometer Instruments • X-Rite DTP32 automatic scanning densitometer Using the X-Rite DTP41 spectrophotometer ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator supports the X-Rite DTP41 spectrophotometer, a device that measures density and color data.
  • Page 85 A-85 Color Measurement Instruments 3. Plug the square end of the interface cable (looks like a modular phone plug) into the serial interface connection on the side of the X-Rite DTP41. Instrument button Alignment mark LED indicator Measurement page slot Power input Calibration strip entrance Serial interface connection...
  • Page 86 A-86 Color Measurement Instruments 4. Attach the connector to the computer. For a Windows computer, insert the 8-pin mini-DIN end of the interface cable into the 9-pin DB9 Connector cable adapter. Insert the 9-pin end into the COM1 or COM2 port on the computer and tighten the screws. If the available port on your computer is 25-pin, you must use the 8-pin-to-25-pin adapter.

  • Page 87: Calibrating The Dtp41

    A-87 Color Measurement Instruments For Mac OS computers with a USB port (for example, an iMac), you need an adapter to connect the DTP41 to your computer. For information on supported adapters, see the X-Rite, Inc. web site (www.x-rite.com). 5. Use the AC adapter to provide power. Plug the small connector on the adapter cable into the power input of the X-Rite DTP41 and plug the AC adapter into the power cord.
  • Page 88 A-88 Color Measurement Instruments Multiple users can be connected to one Fiery with ColorWise Pro Tools, but only one user at a time can use the Calibrator module. An error message appears if you try to calibrate when another user is already using ColorWise Pro Tools to calibrate. You will need the Color Reflection Reference strip that is included with the spectrophotometer.
  • Page 89 A-89 Color Measurement Instruments 6. Choose the appropriate COM port for the DTP41 from the Available Ports menu. The Instructions area displays instructions for selecting the port. 7. Click Utilities. The Utilities dialog box appears. To view version and serial number information, click Show DTP-41 Info. When you are finished, click Done.
  • Page 90 A-90 Color Measurement Instruments 8. Click Calibrate DTP-41. The Instrument Calibration dialog box appears. 9. If you have not already done so, remove the shipping spacer from the measurement page slot. 10. Insert the end of the Color Reflection Reference strip into the calibration strip entrance on the DTP41.

  • Page 91: Using The X-Rite Dtp32 Densitometer

    A-91 Color Measurement Instruments Using the X-Rite DTP32 densitometer ColorWise Pro Tools are designed to work with the X-Rite DTP32 reflection densitometer, which feeds color measurements to the Fiery automatically. Measurements from other densitometers can be input using a simple ASCII file format (see Appendix Setting up the DTP32...
  • Page 92 A-92 Color Measurement Instruments 3. Attach the connector to the computer. For a Windows computer, insert the 8-pin mini-DIN end of the interface cable into the 9-pin DB9 Connector cable adapter. Insert the 9-pin end into the COM1 or COM2 port on the computer and tighten the screws. If the available port on your computer is 25-pin, you must use the 8-pin-to-25-pin adapter.

  • Page 93: Calibrating The Dtp32

    A-93 Color Measurement Instruments 4. Plug the small connector on the adapter cable into the side of the X-Rite DTP32 and plug the AC adapter into a wall outlet. Small connector AC adapter 5. Turn on the computer. 6. Calibrate the DTP32 (see the following section). 7.
  • Page 94 A-94 Color Measurement Instruments 4. Insert the X-Rite Auto-Cal Strip into the 35mm slot on the front of the X-Rite DTP32— arrow end first—until it stops or the densitometer starts pulling the strip. appears momentarily, followed by the density values and CALIBRATION OK . Reading The densitometer automatically returns to the MAIN MENU .

  • Page 95: Appendix B: Importing Density Measurements

    B-95 Importing Density Measurements This appendix describes Simple ASCII File Format, which can be used to import Appendix B: density measurements from measurement devices. To use your own measurement data Importing from an alternate measurement instrument, record your individual readings in a text Density file and structure it as follows.

  • Page 96: Example Of 1D Status T Density For Efi 34 Patch Page

    B-96 Importing Density Measurements Example of 1D Status T density for EFI 34 patch page This file format is used to specify the Status T density measurements of the EFI 34 patch page. The value in the first column is the patch number. The first patch must be 1 and the last must be 34.

  • Page 97: Example Of 1D Status T Density For An Arbitrary Page

    B-97 Importing Density Measurements Example of 1D Status T density for an arbitrary page This file format is used to specify the Status T density measurements of a user-defined patch page. The value in the first column is the ink/toner percentage of the patch. The first percentage must be 0 and the last percentage must be 100.
  • Page 98 Index Index CMYK Simulation Method option 1-16, 1-24 Absolute Colorimetric rendering style 1-18 CMYK Simulation Profile option 1-16, 1-23 Apple Standard setting, RGB Source Profile Color Charts 2-37 option 1-22, 3-56 Color Editor dot gain adjustment 3-66 Black Overprint option 1-20 Edit Modes 3-64 black text and line art 1-17 importing calibration target 3-65...
  • Page 99 I-99 Index densitometer DTP32 2-53 to 2-54, A-91 to A-94 ICC profiles ED-100 2-46 to 2-49 backing up 3-60 ES-1000 2-43 to 2-46 default directory 3-58 density values defined 13 about 2-35, 2-37 defining 3-61 importing B-95 to B-97 deleting 3-60 DIC, CMYK Simulation option 3-56 descriptions 3-56 dot gain values, adjusting 3-66...
  • Page 100 I-100 Index PostScript Color Matching option 1-29 printing 1-19, 1-21, 1-26 PPD 1-27, 1-29 target color space 1-17, 1-25 Presentation rendering style 1-18 Setup, default color controls set in 1-16 Print Mode option 1-16 simulations, custom 1-23 print options Source 1-10 setting, RGB Source Profile ColorWise 1-16 to 1-21 option 1-22 Mac OS 1-29 to 1-31...

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