Canon C2620, C3220 User Manual
Color Calibration Utility
CC-100
User's Guide
Please read this guide before operating this equipment.
After you finish reading this guide, store it in a safe place for future reference.
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CC-100
Color Calibration Utility
How This Manual Is Organized
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Before You Start
Installing the Color Calibration Utility CC-100
Calibrating Color with the Color Calibration Utility CC-100
Appendix
Includes the index.
Considerable effort has been made to ensure that this manual is free of inaccuracies and omissions. However, as we are constantly improving our
products, if you need an exact specification, please contact Canon.
Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
How to Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Symbols Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Buttons Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Displays Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Abbreviations Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Legal Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Tr ademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Disclaimers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Chapter 1 Before You Start
What Is Color Calibration? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Color Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Chapter 2 Installing the Color Calibration Utility CC-100
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Installing the Color Calibration Utility CC-100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Uninstalling the Color Calibration Utility CC-100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-7
Chapter 3 Calibrating Color with the Color Calibration Utility CC-100
Color Calibration Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Creating Calibration Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Applying Calibration Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Deleting Calibration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Chapter 4 Appendix
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2
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Preface
Thank you for purchasing this Canon product. Please read this manual thoroughly before
operating the product in order to familiarize yourself with its capabilities, and to make the
most of its many functions. After reading this manual, store it in a safe place for future
reference.
How to Use This Manual
Symbols Used in This Manual
The following symbols are used in this manual to explain procedures, restrictions,
handling precautions, and instructions that should be observed for safety.
IMPORTANT
NOTE
Indicates operational requirements and restrictions. Be sure to read
these items carefully in order to operate the product correctly, and to
avoid damage to the product.
Indicates a clarification of an operation, or contains additional
explanations for a procedure. Reading these notes is highly
recommended.
Buttons Used in This Manual
The following button names are a few examples of how buttons to be clicked are
expressed in this manual:
Buttons on Computer Operation Screens: [Button Name]
Examples: [Yes]
[Next]
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Displays Used in This Manual
Screen shots of computer operation screens used in this manual may differ from
the ones you actually see, depending on the operating system and the model or
options that come with your machine. (All screen shots in this manual were taken
from Windows 2000.)
The buttons that you should click are marked with a , as shown below.
When multiple buttons can be clicked, they are highlighted and mentioned in the
order in which they should be clicked.
5
Click [Next].
Click this button
for operation.
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Abbreviations Used in This Manual
In this manual, product names and model names are abbreviated as follows:
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
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Windows
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Windows
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Windows
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Windows
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98 operating system: Windows 98
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Millennium Edition operating system: Windows Me
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2000 operating system: Windows 2000
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XP operating system: Windows XP
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Legal Notices
Trademarks
Canon and the Canon logo are trademarks of Canon Inc.
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Intel
and Pentium
United States and other countries.
Microsoft, the Windows logo, and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Other product and company names herein may be the trademarks of their
respective owners.
Copyright
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are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the
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information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of
Canon Inc.
Disclaimers
The information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, OR LOSSES OR EXPENSES
RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS MATERIAL.
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Before You Start
This chapter outlines the features of the Color Calibration Utility CC-100 and describes the
color calibration function.
What Is Color Calibration? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Color Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4
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CHAPTER
1-1
What Is Color Calibration?
1
Before You Start
A printer's output characteristics vary from those set at its design due to local
conditions, including temperature, humidity, and other miscellaneous factors. The
Color Calibration Utility CC-100 restores the printer's output characteristics to its
original design specifications by adjusting the characteristics of each color (CMYK).
These characteristics, which are defined as the relationship between input values
and output densities, are reset according to a Target Curve. Color calibration is
achieved by calculating the calibration data and applying the calibration data to the
printer. Calibration data is composed of the calibration curves for each color
(CMYK).
The Color Calibration Utility CC-100 first prints the color chart from the printer. Then
the current output density of each color in each grade is measured as the scanner
scans the printed chart. In this way, the calibration curves for each color are
calculated from the measured characteristics of the current printer and the target
curves for the printer. Upon being sent to the printer, a print job's printing image
data is transformed using the calibration curves for each color (CMYK). The
resulting output density in an ideal setting is thus a combination of the calibration
curve and the current unadjusted characteristics curve. By matching these
calculated output densities to the target curves, the original printer characteristics
are restored.
Calibration Process Model
1-2
output
input values
Calibration Curve
What Is Color Calibration?
density
input values
Output Characteristics
density
input values
Target Curve
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