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The print options provide you access to all the special features of the
DocuColor 2006. Print options can be specified in several places—in
Printer Setup, from the printing application, from ColorWise Pro Tools,
and from Fiery WebSpooler.

The table in this chapter briefly describes each print option, gives its
default setting, and provides information on any constraints or
requirements in effect.

Where to set print options

• During Setup

Some settings are specified during Setup. For information on the
current default printer settings, check with the system
administrator or the printer operator.

Print options

• From applications

With the Adobe PostScript and PCL printer drivers, you can
specify job settings when you print a job. Refer to the chapter

Printing from the Windows workstations or Printing from the Mac
OS workstations for more information.

• From ColorWise Pro Tools

Refer to the chapter Using ColorWise Pro Tools to set the default
RGB Source Profile, CMYK Simulation Profile, Output Profile,
CMYK Simulation Method, and RGB Separation settings.

• Overrides from the Fiery WebSpooler

To change job settings from Fiery WebSpooler, double-click a job
to display the Override Print Settings dialog box. For more
information, refer to the chapter Using Fiery WebSpooler.

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Print option override hierarchy

Print options can be overridden in the following cases:

• Application settings will override the Printer Setup and ColorWise
Pro Tools settings

• Settings made from the Fiery WebSpooler will override user
printer driver settings

Default settings

In the following table, underlined settings in the Option and settings
column indicate default printer driver settings (PPD/PDD defaults). If
you do not use the printer driver interface to configure a particular
option, the DocuColor 2006 prints the job with the default setting.

For options that can be configured during Setup from the Control
Panel, WebSetup, or ColorWise Pro Tools selecting Printer default
results in a print job that uses the Setup settings. For options that
cannot be configured during Setup, the DocuColor 2006 prints the job
with a pre-configured printer default setting. Some options are not
supported by various operating system. For more information, refer to
the Requirements, constraints, and information column.

To review the current Printer Setup defaults, print the Configuration
page from the Printer Control Panel.

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Options and settings

(Default setting underlined)

(Other) Gamma
Printer default/1.0/1.2/1.4/1.6/

1.8/2.0/2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8/3.0

(Other) Phosphors
Printer default/Hitachi EBU/
Hitachi-Ikegami/NTSC/
Radius Pivot/SMPTE/Trinitron

Description Requirements, constraints,

Specify a source gamma value
for printing RGB images,
objects, and text.

Specify a source phosphors
value for printing RGB images,
objects, and text.

and information

Setting this option to Printer
default produces the same

result as the 2.2 setting.

To enable this option, RGB
Source Profile must be set to
Other.

For more information, refer to
Using ColorWise Pro Tools.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

Setting this option to Printer
default produces the same
result as the SMPTE setting.

To enable this option, RGB
Source Profile must be set to
Other.

For more information, refer to
Using ColorWise Pro Tools.

(Other) White Point
Printer default/5000 K (D50)/
5500 K/6500 K (D65)/7500
K/9300 K

Specify a source white point
value for printing RGB images,
objects, and text

This option is not available for
PCL printing

Setting this option to Printer
default produces the same
result as the 5000 K (D50)
setting.

To enable this option, RGB
Source Profile must be set to
Other.

For more information, refer to
Using ColorWise Pro Tools.

This option is not available for
PCL printing

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Black Overprint
Printer default/Off/On

Brightness
Printer default/85% Lightest/
90% Lighter/95% Light/
100% Normal/105% Dark/
110% Darker/115% Darkest

Select Off to print black text
with knockouts.

Select On to overprint black
text.

Select 85% for a substantially
lighter image, 115% for a
substantially darker image, or
use one of the settings in
between.

The Printer default setting
reflects the setting specified
in Printer Setup.

For Windows, select Expert
Color as the Color Mode to
access this option.

If this option is set to On, the
Combine Separations option
must be set to Off.

Setting this option to On
automatically sets the Pure
Black Text/Graphics option to
On.

More information follows this
table.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

Setting this option to Printer
default produces the same
result as the 100% Normal
setting.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

CMYK Simulation Method
Quick/Full

Select Quick to utilize
one-dimensional transfer
curves to adjust density output
of individual color channels.

Select Full to utilize four­dimensional transfer curves,
which adjust for hue as well as
density of individual color
channels.

For Windows, select Expert
Color as the Color Mode to
access this option.

For more information, refer to
Using ColorWise Pro Tools.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

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CMYK Simulation Profile
SWOP-Coated/
DIC/Euroscale/Simulation-1/
Simulation-2/Simulation-3/
Simulation-4/Simulation-5/
Simulation-6/Simulation-7/
Simulation-8/Simulation-9/
Simulation-10/None

Electronic Collation
Off/On

Color Mode
CMYK/Grayscale
(from the Mac OS driver)

OR

Standard Color/Expert
Color/Grayscale
(from the Windows drivers)

Copies
1-999

Specify the simulation goal to
be used for the current print
job

.

Specify how to output multiple­page/multiple-copy jobs.

Specify the color mode for the
current print job.

Select CMYK, Standard
Color, or Expert Color for a
full-color document.

Select Grayscale for a
grayscale or black-and-white
document.

Specify the number of copies
of the job to print.

For Windows, select Expert
Color as the Color Mode to
access this option.

More information follows this
table.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

More information follows this
table.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

For Windows, you must
select Expert Color to set
other color print options,
including Pure Black Text/
Graphics.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

Do not enter a value greater
than 999.

Duplex
Off/Long Edge Binding/Short
Edge Binding

Layout
1-up through 16-up

Specify whether the job should
print one-sided or two-sided
(duplex), by specifying the
orientation of printed images.

Select the Layout print bar and
the desired orientation. Select
the desired Layout setting to
place multiple pages on a
single sheet of paper.

The Duplex option cannot be
selected with the 12x18
Paper Size or the
Heavyweight Media Type.

Face-Down Printing must be
set to On and Page Order set
to Forward for all two-sided
jobs.

More information follows this
table.

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Media Type (Paper Type)
Plain Paper /Transparency/
Cover/Glossy/Coated/Labels/
Heavyweight/Card/Envelope/
Side 2 Plain Paper/Side 2
Cover/Side 2 Coated/Side 2
Glossy/Side 2 Heavyweight

Mirror
On/Off

Negative
On/Off

Orientation
Portrait/Landscape

Output
Top Output Tray (Face­Down)
Side Output Tray (Face-Up)

Select Transparency if you will
be printing on transparencies.

Select Transparency
Interleave to print multiple
transparency sheets with a
blank, plain paper sheet
inserted between each
transparency.

Select the Layout print bar and
the desired orientation. Select
the Mirror check box to print a
backward or mirror image of
the page or document.

Select the Layout print bar and
the Negative check box to
reverse colors in printing.

Select the Layout print bar and
specify whether the job should
be printed long-edge feed
(portrait) or short-edge feed
(landscape).

Select Off to print your
document on the top of the
paper.

Select On to print your
document on the bottom of the
paper (i.e., the document will
output from the copier with the
text facing down).

PCL supports only Normal
and Transparency.

Not available in Windows
NT 4.0

The Printer default setting
reflects the setting specified
in Printer Setup

The Printer default setting
reflects the setting specified
in Printer Setup.

The Media Type option must
be set to Plain Paper or
Heavyweight if Face-Down
Printing is set to On.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

Output Profile
Printer default/
Output-1/Output-2/
Output-3/Output-4/Output-5/
Output-6/Output-7/Output-8/
Output-9/Output-10

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Specify the output profile to be
used for the current print job.

The Printer default setting
reflects the setting specified
in ColorWise Pro Tools.

For Windows, select Expert
Color as the Color Mode to
access this option.

More information follows this
table.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

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Page Order
Forward/Reverse

Page Range

All/From/To

Select Forward to print the
pages of your job from first to
last.

Select Reverse to print the
pages of your job from last to
first.

Specify which pages of the
document to print.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

Note: If you set Page Order to
Reverse and print a job with
more than 1000 pages, or a
job that is too large to be
saved to the printer memory
and disk (based on currently
available space), then the job
may print in sections that
have to be manually
rearranged after printing.
For example, if you print a
1500-page document in
reverse order, the printer
might divide the job into two
portions, first printing page
1000 to page 1, and then
page 1500 to page 1001.

This option is available only
as an override from Fiery
WebSpooler.

More information follows this
table.

Paper Size
Standard sizes include:
11x17-Tabloid/
12x18-Tabloid extra
13x18-inch/
A3/A4/ A4-SEF/A5/ B4/B5/
Legal/Letter/Letter-SEF/
A3 Over/ Executive/DL/
Monarch/Comm10
Custom page 1/
Custom page 2/
Custom page 3

Paper Source
AutoSelect/Tray 1/ Tray 2/
Tray 3/ Bypass Tray/
A3 OversizeTray/
Transparency Tray

Specify the size of the paper
on which to print the
document.

Specify the paper tray to use
for your job.

For a complete list of
supported media, refer to the

Recommended Materials List

for this product.

The AutoSelect setting
automatically selects the tray
containing the paper size
specified for the job.

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Pure Black Text/Graphics
Off/On

Rendering Style
Photographic/
Presentation/
Relative Colorimetric/
Absolute Colorimetric

RGB Separation
Output/Simulation

Select Off to print black text
and graphics as a four color
black using C, M, Y, and K dry
ink, and to use normal
PostScript rendering.

Select On to print black text
and graphics as a one color
black, using 100% black dry
ink only.

Specify a default color
rendering dictionary (CRD) to
be used when you print RGB
images, objects, and text.

Select Output for RGB jobs
which you are printing to the
final output device.

Select Simulation for RGB
jobs for which you want to
simulate an output device that
is not the device to which you
are printing.

For Windows, select Expert
Color as the Color Mode to
access this option.

This option is automatically
set to On if the Black
Overprint option is set to On.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

For Windows, select Expert
Color as the Color Mode to
access this option.

More information follows this
table.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

For Windows, select Expert
Color as the Color Mode to
access this option.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

RGB Source Profile
EFIRGB/sRGB (PC)/
Apple Standard/
Other/Source-1/
Source-2/Source-3/
Source-4/Source-5/
Source-6/Source-7/
Source-8/Source-9/
Source-10/None

Scale
25 through 400%

Specify a source color space
definition for printing RGB
images, objects, and text.

Select the Layout print bar and
specify whether the job should
be reduced or enlarged when
printed.

For Windows, select Expert
Color as the Color Mode to
access this option.

More information follows this
table.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

Printer default is 100%.

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Spot Color Matching
Off/On

More about print options

The following sections provide additional information about print
options. See the table above for information on the settings,
requirements, and constraints in effect for these options.

Black Overprint

Select Off to print specified
PANTONE colors in your job
using the current
CMYK Simulation and CMYK
Simulation Method.

Select On to activate the
PANTONE Lookup Table. The
printer uses specified
PANTONE colors in your job
by matching the CMYK print
blend to the same color from
the PANTONE library.

For Windows, select Expert
Color as the Color Mode to
access this option.

This option is not available for
PCL printing.

When printing black text in combination with a color background or
graphics, the text can be printed in one of two ways: either as part of
the color background, or on top of the color background. Black
Overprint allows you to select a specific way to print the black text for
such a job.

• Off—Prints the black text with knockouts. The DocuColor 2006
first prints the color background with the black text areas knocked
out (no color is printed in the text areas); the black text is then
printed in the knocked out area, filling in the areas not printed in
color. The result is a flatter appearance for the black text.

• On—Overprint the black text. Used in combination with the Pure
Black Text/Graphics option, the DocuColor 2006 first prints the
full color background, then lays the black text on top of the color
background as 100% K dry ink. The result is a darker and glossier
appearance for the black text. Overprinting also minimizes
misregistration and ‘haloing’ problems.

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CMYK Simulation Profile

You can use the DocuColor 2006 to proof offset press jobs or to
simulate the output of other print devices by specifying settings for two
print options: CMYK Simulation Profile and CMYK Simulation Method.
These options affect CMYK data only.

CMYK Simulation Profile allows you to change the simulation goal for
the current print job. As the job begins processing, the simulation goal
selected in CMYK Simulation Profile is applied before printing.

Selecting the Printer default results in the job being printed with the
simulation goal currently set on the DocuColor 2006.

When printing simulations on the DocuColor 2006, select the CMYK
Simulation Profile setting corresponding to the press standard for
which the CMYK data was prepared, or select a custom simulation
profile. You can also create, save, and import custom simulation
profiles using ColorWise Pro Tools.

• SWOP-Coated—Uses the United States press standard.

• DIC—Uses the Japanese press standard.

• Euroscale—Uses the European press standard.

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• Simulation-1 (2,3,4,5...10)—Uses a custom simulation goal.
Before selecting this setting, you are required to create a new
simulation goal with ColorWise Pro Tools and link the new
simulation to one of the custom simulation names, e.g.,
Simulation-1.

• None—Uses no simulation goal. Select this setting when the
CMYK data for your job has already been separated for your
specific printer (for example, when using the Color Management
System built into your computer to convert the CMYK data to the
color space of the printer).

Use the CMYK Simulation Method print option to specify the quality of
simulation desired: Quick or Full.

For more information, refer to the chapter Using ColorWise Pro Tools.

Electronic Collation

Use this option to specify sorting options.

• Off—Copies of a complete job are output, uncollated into the top
tray.

• On—Copies of a complete job are collated and output into the top
tray.

Custom Output Direction

You can specify whether a custom page size job prints with the short
edge first (SEF) or the long edge first (LEF) along the width of the
media.

To specify the output direction of a standard page size, use the
corresponding page size. Page sizes such as Letter and A4 print with
the long edge first. Page sizes that have SEF as part of their names
print with the short edge first.

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Duplex

If your DocuColor 2006 has a duplexing unit for two-sided printing, you
can print with the Duplex Long Edge Binding or Short Edge Binding
settings.

To print two-sided pages using a duplexing unit:

1. Select Print in your application, and locate the Duplex print

2. Select one of the Duplex settings:

option.

The location of DocuColor 2006 print options varies, depending
on the printer driver you are using.

• Long Edge Binding—Prints the top of the long edge side 1

image on the same edge of the page as the top of the side 2
image. For Portrait documents, this creates a book effect.
For Landscape documents, this creates a landscape effect.

• Short Edge Binding—Prints the top of the side 1 short edge

image on the opposite edge of the page from the top of the
side 2 image. For Portrait documents, this creates a
calendar effect. For Landscape documents, this creates a
book effect.

3. Set other options and select OK.

4. Select Print.

5. Print the job.

The following table shows how the Duplex settings correspond to
printed output:

Long Edge Binding Short Edge Binding

Portrait

Landscape

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Output Profile

Output-1 through Output-10—Uses a custom output profile. Before

selecting this setting, you are required to download or create the output
profile with ColorWise Pro Tools, then link it with one of the custom
output profile names, e.g., Output-1.

Page Range

The operator can specify a page range override, but this range applies
only to the pages included in the active job. For example, if a user
specifies Odd for Page Range in the original job, even if the operator
specifies a Page Range override of All, only the odd pages of the
original document are printed (all the odd pages).

Rendering Style

Use this option to select a default color rendering dictionary (CRD) to
be used when you print RGB images, objects, and text.

• Photographic—Optimizes the range of colors on the DocuColor
2006 to produce the best results for photographic or bitmapped
images.

• Presentation—Optimizes the output of pure, saturated colors
such as those used in business presentations.

• Relative Colorimetric— Provides a close match to the CMYK
device being simulated, regardless of the media being used.

• Absolute Colorimetric— Provides the closest match to the
CMYK device being simulated, including rendering the paper
color as the background.

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RGB Source Profile

This option is used to specify a source color space for RGB data.

• EFIRGB—Optimal source space for printing to the DocuColor

• sRGB (PC)—Specifies the source space of a generic Windows

• Apple Standard—Specifies the source space of a Mac OS

• Other—Allows you to specify a custom RGB source setting using

• Source-1 through Source-10—Uses a custom source profile.

2006. This setting provides consistent output across platforms.

computer monitor.

computer monitor.

the (Other) Gamma, (Other) Phosphors, and (Other) White Point
print options.

Before selecting this setting, you are required to download the
source profile to the printer with ColorWise Pro Tools, then link it
with one of the custom source profile names, e.g., Source-1.

For information more information about color management, refer to the
chapter Using ColorWise Pro Tools.

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