Xerox DocuColor 3535 JOB MANAGEMENT GUIDE

FINAL DRAFT 7/16/03

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Fiery EX3535 Color Server

JOB MANAGEMENT GUIDE

About the Documentation

This manual is part of a set of Fiery EX3535 Color Server™ documentation that includes the following manuals for users and system administrators

• The

Quick Start Guide

Color Server and printing. It also describes how to access the online documentation.

• The

User Software Installation Guide

User Software CD to enable users to print to the Fiery EX3535 Color Server, as well as how to set up printing connections to the Fiery EX3535 Color Server.

• The

Conﬁguration Guide

Fiery EX3535 Color Server for the supported platforms and network environments. It also includes guidelines for setting up UNIX, Windows NT 4.0/2000, and Novell NetWare servers to provide printing services to users.

• The

Printing Guide

for users who send jobs from their computers.

• The

Color Guide

Fiery EX3535 Color Server. It explains how to calibrate your copier and take advantage of the ColorWise® color management system, as well as features in ColorWise Pro Tools™.

• The

Fiery Color Reference

color output of the Fiery EX3535 Color Server and outlines key workﬂow scenarios. In addition, it offers information on printing color documents from popular Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS applications.

summarizes the steps for conﬁguring the Fiery EX3535

describes how to install software from the

explains basic conﬁguration and administration of the

describes the printing features of the Fiery EX3535 Color Server

provides information on managing the color output of the

addresses concepts and issues associated with managing

• The

Job Management Guide

including Command WorkStation™ and DocBuilder Pro™, and how you can use them to monitor and control jobs on the Fiery EX3535 Color Server. This manual is intended for an operator or administrator, or a user with the necessary access privileges, who monitors and manages job ﬂow, performs color calibration, and troubleshoots problems that may arise.

•

Customer Release Notes

for some of the problems you may encounter.

explains the functions of the job management utilities,

provide last-minute product information and workarounds

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Contents

About the Documentation

Introduction

About this manual

Key features of ColorWise

Chapter 1: Fiery EXP6000 Color Management

Managing color on the Fiery EXP6000

Combine Separations 1-5

Rendering styles 1-7

RGB Source Proﬁle 1-8

RGB Separation 1-9

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle 1-11

CMYK Simulation Method 1-12

Output proﬁle 1-12

Pure Black Text/Graphics 1-13

Black Overprint 1-15

Spot Color Matching 1-16

Halftone Screen 1-17

PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS

Setting color management print options for Windows 1-20

Adobe PostScript printer driver for Mac OS 1-22

xii

1-1

1-19

Chapter 2:

Color Calibration

An overview of calibration

Understanding calibration

How calibration works 2-3

Scheduling calibration 2-4

2-2

viii Contents

Checking calibration status 2-5

Using Calibrator

Starting Calibrator 2-6

Expert Mode 2-8

Restoring default calibration measurements 2-10

Using the EFI Spectrometer ES-1000

Setting up the ES-1000 2-10

Calibrating the Fiery EXP6000 with the ES-1000 2-11

Calibrating the Fiery EXP6000 with the DTP41

Calibrating the Fiery EXP6000 with the DTP32

Chapter 3: ColorWise Pro Tools

Proﬁle Manager

Setting the default proﬁles 3-3

Downloading proﬁles 3-5

Editing proﬁles 3-6

Managing proﬁles 3-6

Deﬁning proﬁles 3-8

Color Editor

Editing proﬁles 3-11

Undoing CMYK simulation edits 3-18

Checking edited proﬁles 3-18

2-6

2-10

2-14

2-17

3-2

3-11

Using Spot-On (Fiery Graphic Arts Package)

Starting Spot-On 3-20

Using the Spot-On main window 3-21

Working with existing colors 3-23

Creating custom colors 3-24

Downloading custom color groups 3-26

Uploading custom color groups 3-27

Editing color values 3-28

Using a measurement instrument to target colors 3-32

Saving changes and exiting Spot-On 3-33

Color Setup

3-19

3-34

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Setting default ColorWise options 3-34

Appendix A: Color Measurement Instruments

Using the X-Rite DTP41 spectrophotometer

Setting up the DTP41 A-1

Calibrating the DTP41 A-4

Using the X-Rite DTP32 densitometer

Setting up the DTP32 A-8

Calibrating the DTP32 A-10

Appendix B: Importing density measurements

Simple ASCII Import File Format (SAIFF)

Example of 1D Status T density for EFI 34 patch page B-2

Example of 1D Status T density for EFI 21 patch page B-2

Example of 1D Status T density for an arbitrary page B-3

Index

A-1

A-8

B-1

xi About this manual

Introduction

This manual explains how to manage color output on the Fiery EX3535 Color Server, and provides 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 EX3535 Color Server.

OTE

The term “Fiery EX3535” is used in this manual to refer to the Fiery EX3535 Color Server. The term “copier” is used to refer to the DocuColor 3535. The name “Aero” is used in illustrations to represent the Fiery EX3535. The term “Windows” is used to refer to Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP wherever appropriate. Illustrations of Windows software may not necessarily reﬂect the version of Windows that you use.

About this manual

This manual is organized to supply you with key information about managing the color output of your Fiery EX3535.

• Chapter 1 describes the Fiery EX3535 print options and how to get the best color

results.

• Chapter 2 covers various methods of calibrating the Fiery EX3535.

• Chapter 3 takes you through the features of ColorWise Pro Tools. ColorWise Pro

Tools include Proﬁle Manager, used to manage color proﬁles on the Fiery EX3535, and Color Editor, which allows you to customize simulation and output proﬁles. This chapter also describes Spot-On®, which allows you to deﬁne CMYK equivalents for spot colors.

• Appendix A provides information about setting up and calibrating color

measurement instruments.

• Appendix B describes the Simple ASCII File Format (SAIFF), which can be used to

import toner density measurements from measurement devices.

xii Introduction

• The

Fiery Color Reference

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.

Glossary deﬁnes words in bold—for example,

Key features of ColorWise

output

ColorWise

designed to provide both casual and expert users with the best color output for a variety of purposes. The ColorWise default settings provide high-quality out-of-box color from many Windows and Mac OS applications. This allows casual users to achieve quality output without knowing about or changing any color settings on the Fiery EX3535.

For consistent color, calibrate the Fiery EX3535 on a regular basis. ColorWise Pro Tools include an easy-to-use calibrator, which allows you to calibrate using either the scanning unit that is part of the copier or a

Chapter 2).

ColorWise features allow you to modify printing results. Depending on your particular needs, you can:

•Set the behavior of press standards.

•Match PANTONE and other four-color press conditions or when printed using presses with extra, custom plates.

•Select a printing. CRDs allow for rich, saturated printing of accurate printing of photographs; and relative or absolute colorimetric rendering for specialized needs.

is the

color management system (CMS)

CMYK

printing to emulate

spot colors

color rendering dictionary

built into the Fiery EX3535 and

spectrophotometer

DIC, Euroscale

for the best match when printed using

(CRD), also called a rendering style, for

presentation graphics

densitometer

, and

SWOP

; smooth,

(see

offset

RGB

•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.

xiii Key features of ColorWise

•Deﬁne whether RGB data is converted into the full gamut of the copier or whether it is ﬁrst converted into the gamut of another device, such as a press standard. This feature is helpful for making one device behave like another. It is also useful for evaluating the appearance of the RGB ﬁle under different printing conditions without having to reprocess the RGB data each time.

ColorWise color management (ColorWise)

offers an open color architecture, allowing users to customize the Fiery EX3535 to meet new printing needs as they arise. ColorWise supports

ICC proﬁles

, which are industry standard color proﬁles that describe the color behavior of a device. Downloading ICC proﬁles to the Fiery EX3535 enables the Fiery EX3535 to simulate a custom press (or another copier), as well as accurately print colors from a particular monitor or a scanner. In addition, you can create customized ICC proﬁles for the copier.

ColorWise also allows you to use any

Status T

densitometer by importing data in a standard ﬁle format (see Appendix B). In this case, it is important to note that the quality of the instrument used will determine the quality of the

calibration

1-1 Managing color on the Fiery EX3535

Chapter 1: Fiery EX3535 Color Management

The following sections describe the options available from the management system and explains how to customize the color settings for your particular needs. They provide descriptions of the preset ColorWise default settings and cover additional options for users who need to customize ColorWise.

For information on also contains information on the capabilities of printer drivers and instructions for setting color options with the PostScript drivers for Windows and Mac OS computers.

OTE

Many of the color management options described in this chapter are only

available with the PostScript driver, not the PCL driver.

PostScript

Level 2 or 3 printer drivers, see page 1-33. The section

ColorWise

color

Managing color on the Fiery EX3535

To modify Fiery EX3535 printing behavior, do any of the following:

•Select ColorWise options for an individual print job using menus that appear in the

printer driver.

•Select most ColorWise options as server defaults from the Color Setup application

in ColorWise Pro Tools (see page 3-57). Defaults can also be set from Fiery EX3535 Setup, as described in the subsequent print jobs unless you override them.

•Select some ColorWise options, particularly default

calibration options, from ColorWise Pro Tools. These options include default Simulation Proﬁle (see page 1-21), CMYK Simulation Method (see page 1-24), Appear in Driver as (see page 3-13), default Source Proﬁle (see page 1-19), RGB Separation (see page 1-25), and associated calibration set (see page 2-6).

Conﬁguration Guide

. These defaults will apply to all

ICC proﬁle

settings and

Applications can generate color data for the Fiery EX3535 in many different

spaces

. The most common type of color data produced from RGB, while prepress applications generally produce can also generate single page may contain a mix of RGB, CMYK, and spot colors. The Fiery EX3535

spot colors

, such as PANTONE colors. To complicate matters, a

CMYK

ofﬁce applications

data. Desktop applications

color

1-2 Fiery EX3535 Color Management

allows users to control the printing of these mixed-color documents with features that apply speciﬁcally to RGB, CMYK, or spot color data. Fiery EX3535 color management generates CMYK data to be sent to the copier.

The following diagram illustrates the print options in the Fiery EX3535 color management process that affect color data conversions. You can access these print options when you send a print job to the Fiery EX3535. Most of these options and settings are described in subsequent sections of this chapter.

RGB data

CMYK data

Spot color data

RGB Source Proﬁle Gamma Phosphors White Point

Rendering Style (CRD) Black Overprint Brightness Pure Black Text/Graphics RGB Separation Output proﬁle

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle CMYK Simulation Method Black Overprint Brightness Pure Black Text/Graphics Combine Separations Output proﬁle Spot Color Matching

RGB Source Proﬁle is the only color option that applies strictly to RGB color data. The other options that affect RGB color also affect the more rarely used Lab, XYZ, and other calibrated color spaces.

NOTE: For users who are familiar with PostScript 3 color, RGB Source Proﬁle affects all

CIEBasedABC color spaces (if the source space is RGB). If you send CMYK data to the Fiery EX3535 in CIEBasedDEFG format, for example, by choosing PostScript Color Management in Adobe Photoshop, the Fiery EX3535 Rendering Style selection—which normally affects only RGB data—will also affect this CMYK data.

Fiery EX3535

color processor

Color data sent to copier

1-3 Managing color on the Fiery EX3535

You can specify settings for the following options by selecting print options when you send a job to the Fiery EX3535. Some can also be set as defaults by the administrator during Fiery EX3535 Setup or using ColorWise Pro Tools. Settings speciﬁed using print options override the defaults.

Fiery EX3535 color print option What it does

Brightness

85% Lightest to 115% Darkest

Color Mode (Mac OS)

CMYK/Grayscale or

Print Mode (Windows, PS driver)

Standard Color/Expert Color/Grayscale or

Print Mode (Windows, PCL driver)

CMYK/Grayscale

Rendering Style

Photographic/Presentation/Relative Colorimetric/Absolute Colorimetric (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools)

Pure Black Text/Graphics

On/Off (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools)

Black Overprint

On/Off (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools)

Performs a color adjustment on all color channels to make the printed output lighter or darker.

Speciﬁes the output color space of the job. Select CMYK, Standard Color, or Expert Color for a full-color document.

Applies a Fiery EX3535 (see page 1-12), or to any incoming data with a PostScript

space deﬁnition, including CMYK. The rendering styles associated with the

PCL driver do not match those associated with the PostScript driver.

The On setting optimizes the quality of black text and line art output (see

page 1-14). This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

The On setting overprints black text and text/graphics placed on colored backgrounds. Overprinting colored backgrounds eliminates white gaps and reduces halo effects or misregistration of colors. The On setting automatically activates the Pure Black Text/Graphics option (see page 1-14). This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

color rendering dictionary (CRD) to RGB data

source color

Spot Color Matching

On/Off (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools)

The On setting enables Fiery EX3535-deﬁned matching of spot colors to their best CMYK equivalents. With the Fiery Graphic Arts Package, you can use Spot-On to manage and edit these spot color matches (see page 3-38). Off instructs the Fiery EX3535 to match color output to a CMYK combination speciﬁed by the source application for the document (see page 1-18). This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

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Fiery EX3535 color print option What it does

RGB Source Proﬁle

EFIRGB/sRGB (PC) /Apple Standard/Other/ Source 1-10/None (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools)

(Other) Gamma

1.0/1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0/2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8/3.0 (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools)

(Other) White Point

5000 K (D50)/5500 K/6500 K (D65)/ 7500 K/9300 K (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools)

Applies an RGB source space deﬁnition to RGB data (see page 1-19). If you choose the Other setting, you must also specify particular settings for Gamma, Phosphors, and White Point. See the corresponding options in this table. This option, along with Gamma, Phosphors, and White Point, only affects DeviceRGB or calibrated RGB color spaces. This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

Applies the speciﬁed

page 1-19). To use this print option, you must choose Other as the RGB

Source Proﬁle setting. This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

Applies the speciﬁed deﬁnition (see page 1-19). To use this print option, you must choose Other as the RGB Source Proﬁle setting. This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

gamma value to the RGB source space deﬁnition (see

white point value to the RGB source color space

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Fiery EX3535 color print option What it does

(Other) Phosphors

Hitachi EBU/Hitachi-Ikegami/NTSC/ Radius Pivot/SMPTE/Trinitron (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools)

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle

SWOP-Coated/DIC/Euroscale/ Simulation 1-10/Match Copy/None (Default set at Setup or in ColorWise Pro Tools)

CMYK Simulation Method

Quick/Full (Source GCR)/Full (Output GCR) (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools)

RGB Separation

Output/Simulation (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools)

Digital Press Mode

Dot/Line

Applies the speciﬁed source space deﬁnition (see page 1-19). To use this print option, you must choose Other as the RGB Source Proﬁle setting. This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

Adjusts CMYK color data to simulate an offset press standard or a custom color

gamut deﬁned at your site. The Match Copy setting bypasses

Fiery EX3535 calibration and simulation to match a copy made from the copier glass. Choosing None bypasses simulation (see page 1-21). This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

Quick simulation applies one-dimensional transfer curves that adjust output density only. The Full simulations apply colorimetric transformations that adjust hue as well as output density (see page 1-24). This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

Determines which CMYK color space your original RGB data will be separated into—CMYK for the copier (Output) or CMYK for a speciﬁed simulation (Simulation). For more information, see page 1-25. This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

OTE: When RGB Separation is set to Simulation, RGB colors are affected by

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle and CMYK Simulation Method.

Select Dot or Line to have the copier use either a dot or line screen when printing a job. The dot or line represents the smallest unit used to form an image. This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

phosphor (monitor type) information to the RGB

Output Proﬁle

Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁles/Output 1-10 (Default set at Setup or with ColorWise Pro Tools)

Combine Separations

On/Off

output proﬁle is applied to all data in the print job (see page 1-26).

The Select Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁles to automatically use the output proﬁles predeﬁned for the media types you have chosen. The Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁles setting here overrides a similar setting in ColorWise Pro Tools. Userdeﬁned output proﬁles can be downloaded to the Fiery EX3535 using ColorWise Pro Tools. For more information about using ColorWise Pro Tools, see Chapter 3. This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

Speciﬁes whether to print separated CMYK data as a single, four-color composite document (see page 1-28). With the Fiery Graphic Arts Package, you can combine an unlimited number of spot the CMYK separations.

color separations along with

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Fiery EX3535 color print option What it does

Screen Switching

On/Off

Halftone Screen

Contone/Newsprint/Application Deﬁned/ User Deﬁned 1-3

Enable Trapping

On/Off

Black Detection

On/Off

Copier Mode

Photo/Map

Text and Graphics Enhancement

On/Off

Detailed explanations of how these and other settings affect your print jobs are provided in subsequent sections of this chapter.

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 Adobe Photoshop, select the appropriate Rendering Style. The Fiery EX3535 allows you to select from the four rendering styles currently found in industry standard

This option only applies to the Dot Screen. If you choose Off, all objects on the page use a low-frequency screen. If you choose On, text uses a highfrequency screen, and graphics and image objects use a low-frequency screen.

Speciﬁes how to simulate a halftone screen for your job.

Speciﬁes whether the job should automatically trap text and graphics independently of their application. Trapping is intended to correct the misalignment of solid tints in CMYK images. This option is only available with the PostScript driver.

If your job consists of black-only text pages combined with a signiﬁcant number of color pages, set this option to Off.

Select Photo if the ﬁle is a photograph; select Map if the ﬁle is a combination of text and photographs.

The On setting sharpens the edges of text and vector graphics.

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ICC proﬁles.

Fiery EX3535 rendering

style

Photographic—Typically results

in less saturated output than presentation rendering when printing out-of-gamut colors. It preserves tonal relationships in images.

Presentation

saturated colors but does not match printed colors precisely to displayed colors. In-gamut colors such as ﬂesh tones are rendered well; similar to the Photographic rendering style.

Relative Colorimetric—Provides

white-point transformation between the source and destination white points. For example, the bluish gray color of a monitor will map to neutral gray. You may prefer this style to avoid visible borders when not printing full-bleed.

—Creates

Best used for

Photographs, including scans and images from stock photography CDs and digital camera images.

Artwork and graphs in presentations. In many cases, it can be used for mixed pages that contain both presentation graphics and photographs.

Advanced use when color matching is important, but you prefer white colors in the document to print as paper white. It may also be used with PostScript color management to affect CMYK data for simulation purposes.

Equivalent ICC

rendering style

Image, Contrast, and Perceptual

Saturation, Graphics

Relative Colorimetric

Absolute Colorimetric

Provides no white point transformation between the source and destination white points. For example, the bluish gray of a monitor will map to a bluish gray.

NOTE: The rendering styles associated with the PCL driver do not match those

associated with the PostScript driver.

—

Situations when exact colors are needed and visible borders are not distracting. It may also be used with PostScript color management to affect CMYK data for simulation purposes.

Absolute Colorimetric

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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; CMYK = 0%, 0%, 0%, 100%; or K = 100%) are printed using the maximum amount of black toner allowed by the calibration curve. This means the black text and line art will not exhibit halftone artifacts (as long as the copier is calibrated correctly) and will not be misregistered, since there is only one toner used. In addition, this setting eliminates blasting. This option is automatically set to On when the Black Overprint option is set to On.

For some jobs, it is preferable to clear this option, for example, if the page includes

gradient ﬁlls that use black. The following table describes the behavior of the Pure

Black Text/Graphics option with black data deﬁned in different color spaces.

NOTE: Use the Pure Black Text/Graphics option only when printing composites, not

when printing separations.

Input

black color

RGB

CMYK

Spot

NOTE: PostScript applications (such as QuarkXPress) may convert elements deﬁned as

RGB = 0, 0, 0 to four-color CMYK black before sending the job to the Fiery EX3535. These elements are not affected by the Pure Black Text/Graphics option. For details, see the application notes. Also, black text and line art deﬁned as RGB = 0, 0, 0 in ofﬁce applications (such as Microsoft Word) are converted to single-color black (CMYK =

Prints 100% black With the default proﬁle, prints a rich black using

On Off

Pure Black Text/Graphics

all toners.

Prints only with black toner, because CMYK simulations preserve the black channel. The actual amount of toner used depends on the current simulation and the calibration state of the copier.

Prints only with black toner, because spot color simulations preserve the black channel. The actual amount of toner used depends on the current simulation and the calibration state of the copier.

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0%, 0%, 0%, 100%) by the Microsoft PostScript Level 3 driver for Windows 2000/XP. To print this single-color black at the maximum toner density of the copier, set the Pure Black Text/Graphics option to On.

NOTE: This feature is not available with the PCL driver.

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.

• Text—Black text overprints colored backgrounds, eliminating white gaps and

reducing halo effects or misregistration of colors. Choosing this setting automatically activates the Pure Black Text/Graphics option.

• Text & Graphics—Black text and graphics overprint colored backgrounds,

eliminating white gaps and reducing halo effects or misregistration of colors. Choosing this setting automatically activates the Pure Black Text/Graphics option.

•

Off—Black text or text/graphics knocks out colored backgrounds.

•With Black Overprint set to Text or Text & Graphics, the ﬁnal text or text/graphic

portions of the page are overprinted, or combined with the underlying colors. Black colors generated by applications (for example, RGB = 0%, 0%, 0%; CMYK = 0%, 0%, 0%, 100%) are printed using the maximum amount of black toner allowed by the calibration curve. This means that black text and line art will not exhibit halftone artifacts (as long as the copier is calibrated correctly). There is no transition in the cyan and magenta toners, and the quality of the output is improved since it will not show artifacts near the edges of the text or text/graphics. The option also works with text deﬁned in the RGB color space, that is RGB = 0, 0, 0.

•With Black Overprint Off, the border of the text or text/graphics is on an edge that

has cyan and magenta toners on one side (outside the text) and black toner on the other side (inside the text). This transition may cause visible artifacts because of the practical limitations of the copier.

NOTE: This feature is not available with the PCL driver.

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Spot Color Matching

The Spot Color Matching option provides automatic matching of spot colors with their best CMYK equivalents.

• On—The Fiery EX3535 uses a built-in table to generate the closest CMYK matches

of spot colors your copier can produce. (New tables are generated when you add new output proﬁles.) With the Fiery Graphic Arts Package, the Fiery EX3535 uses the CMYK matches determined through Spot-On (see page 3-38).

• Off—The Fiery EX3535 uses CMYK equivalents deﬁned by the spot color

manufacturer, such as PANTONE. These are the same CMYK equivalents used by applications that include spot color libraries.

For jobs that include spot colors, set Spot Color Matching to On unless you are printing press simulations. In that case, set Spot Color Matching to Off and choose the appropriate CMYK Simulation setting (see page 1-21).

For PDF jobs that include spot colors and where the spot colors are not included in the built-in table, setting Spot Color Matching to On retains the spot color originally speciﬁed. The Fiery EX3535 references the built-in table to generate the closest CMYK matches of the original spot color.

NOTE: Use the Spot Color Matching option only when printing composites, not when

printing separations.

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Spot Color Matching and the PANTONE Coated Color Reference

The PANTONE Coated Color Reference (described in the Fiery Color Reference) prints differently depending on the Spot Color Matching setting.

• On—The Fiery EX3535 uses a built-in table or, with the Fiery Graphic Arts Package,

the Spot-On color dictionaries (see page 3-38) to generate the best matches of the PANTONE colors that your copier can produce. The PANTONE number is printed below each swatch.

• Off—The Fiery EX3535 prints swatches using the CMYK values recommended by

Pantone, Inc. (and used by applications that provide PANTONE color libraries). The CMYK values used to generate the color, as well as the PANTONE number of the color, are printed below each swatch. These CMYK values are printed through the selected CMYK Simulation and Output Proﬁle settings.

NOTE: This feature is not available with the PCL driver.

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 EX3535. Commonly used monitor color spaces are available from the printer driver and from the ColorWise Pro Tools Proﬁle Manager. For special needs, use ColorWise Pro Tools to download custom monitor or scanner proﬁles.

When you specify a setting other than None for the RGB Source Proﬁle, the Fiery EX3535 overrides source color space deﬁnitions or proﬁles that other color management systems may have speciﬁed. For example, if you speciﬁed a ColorSync System Proﬁle on your Mac OS computer, the RGB Source Proﬁle setting overrides it. In cases where you do not want this setting to override another speciﬁed source color space, choose the None setting.

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When you specify a setting other than None for the RGB Source Proﬁle—since the color space deﬁnitions are overridden—the output from the Fiery EX3535 is consistent across platforms. The Fiery EX3535 RGB Source Proﬁle options are:

• EFIRGB speciﬁes an EFI-deﬁned color space recommended for users who have no

detailed information about their RGB data.

• sRGB (PC) speciﬁes the industry standard deﬁnition for a generic Windows

computer monitor.

• Apple Standard speciﬁes the deﬁnition of all standard Mac OS computer monitors.

• Other allows you to specify custom RGB source settings. If you choose Other as the

RGB Source Proﬁle setting, you must choose settings for the Gamma, Phosphors, and White Point options.

• Sources 1-10 specify the deﬁnitions you download as RGB source proﬁles. For more

information about downloading RGB source proﬁles, see page 3-10.

If you are printing with the PostScript driver from a Windows computer and have Two-Way Communication enabled, the name of each downloaded proﬁle is represented in the RGB Source Proﬁle setting menu. If you are printing with the AdobePS driver from a Mac OS computer, downloaded proﬁles appear as Source-1 through Source-10. For more information on Two-Way Communication, see the

User Software Installation Guide.

• None instructs the Fiery EX3535 to allow the RGB sources you deﬁned elsewhere,

such as in 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.

With RGB Source set to None, PostScript RGB data that contains a source color space deﬁnition is converted using the CRD speciﬁed by the Rendering Style option (see page 1-12). Non-PostScript RGB data and PostScript RGB data that does not contain a source color space deﬁnition are converted using a general undercolor

removal (UCR) conversion method.

NOTE: This feature is not available with the PCL driver.

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CMYK Simulation Proﬁle

The CMYK Simulation Proﬁle print option allows you to print press proofs or simulations. This setting speciﬁes the offset press standard or other color printing device that you want to simulate. This option affects CMYK data only.

With the Windows printer drivers, you can also view an unlimited number of custom Full simulations created using ColorWise Pro Tools. On Mac OS computers, you can view up to 10 Full custom simulations. The number of custom simulations is limited by the disk space on the Fiery EX3535.

If you are printing with the PostScript driver from a Windows computer and have Two-Way Communication enabled, the name of each downloaded or custom proﬁle is represented in the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle setting menu. If you are printing with the AdobePS driver from a Mac OS computer, downloaded or custom proﬁles appear as Simulation-1 through Simulation-10. For more information on Two-Way Communication, see the User Software Installation Guide.

The None setting sends your original CMYK data to the copier in its calibrated state, without conversions to simulate another printer. This setting is not generally recommended, unless you want to bypass the conversion by ColorWise and use another color management system.

The CMYK Simulation Proﬁle setting you specify depends on the press standard for which the CMYK data was separated.

•For images that were separated using a custom separation (such as a separation

produced with an ICC proﬁle), choose the corresponding proﬁle on the Fiery EX3535 with the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle setting.

•For images that were separated for SWOP, choose SWOP as the CMYK Simulation

Proﬁle setting.

NOTE: 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 EX3535. For more information about downloading ICC proﬁles to the Fiery EX3535, see “Downloading

proﬁles” on page 3-10.

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The Match Copy setting bypasses Fiery EX3535 calibration and simulation to simulate the color of a copy produced by the copier. Use this setting when you print images scanned with the Fiery Scan plug-in set to Match Copy.

NOTE: This feature is not available with the PCL driver.

CMYK Simulation Method

The CMYK Simulation Method allows you to deﬁne your preferred CMYK-to-CMYK conversion technique.

• Quick applies one-dimensional transfer curves to adjust output densities in the cyan,

magenta, yellow, and black channels. This technique leads to pleasant color output from your copier because pure primary colors are not “contaminated” by other

colorants. While it is the fastest simulation method and perfect for drafts, avoid

using it for ﬁnal documents that will be used as press proofs. Other techniques offer more color simulation accuracy, which is expected by prooﬁng applications.

• Full (Source GCR) provides a complete and accurate simulation based on colorimetric

transformations. Hues are preserved, even for primary colors. The Gray

Component Replacement (GCR) level that was speciﬁed in the original (source)

document is also preserved. Full (Source GCR) is therefore an excellent simulation technique for the highest quality press prooﬁng applications.

• Full (Output GCR) is also a complete and accurate simulation method based on

colorimetric transformations. Hues are preserved, even for primary colors. With this method, the Gray Component Replacement (GCR) level that was speciﬁed in the original document is not preserved. Instead, all CMYK data is reseparated using the GCR level speciﬁed by the Output Proﬁle. This simulation technique is similar to traditional ICC color matching methods and is appropriate for most documents designed for the press, but reproduced on your copier.

NOTE: When you specify On for Pure Black Text/Graphics, and specify Full (Output

GCR) for CYMK Simulation Method, the black text and graphics in your document are printed with 100% black-only toner.

NOTE: This feature is not available with the PCL driver.

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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 EX3535 to “separate” the RGB data into CMYK values.

The two choices available for this option determine whether RGB data is converted into the full gamut of the copier (output) or is ﬁrst converted into the gamut of another digital printer or press standard (simulation). This feature is helpful for making one device behave like another for RGB data. For example, if a high-quality ICC proﬁle is available for another print device, the copier can simulate the behavior of that device.

RGB Separation is also useful for prepress applications. For example, it allows you to experiment with the appearance of an RGB scan under different press printing conditions, without having to convert the RGB data to CMYK data for each condition. When the desired printing condition is found, convert the ﬁle to CMYK, using the same CMYK simulation proﬁle you used during the experimentation.

NOTE: The RGB Separation print option should be used in conjunction with the

Output Proﬁle or CMYK Simulation Proﬁle print options.

• Output converts all RGB colors into the CMYK color space of your copier (when set

to the printer’s default), or a customized CMYK color space for your copier (when set to Output 1-10).

• Simulation converts all RGB colors into the CMYK color space for a speciﬁed

simulation (select the desired simulation with the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle print option).

NOTE: This feature is not available with the PCL driver.

Output proﬁle

The output proﬁle is applied to all data in the print job, so make sure the selected proﬁle is the right one for your job. The default output proﬁle consists of both a proﬁle for your copier, describing its color characteristics, and a calibration target that describes the expected behavior of the copier.

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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 3-20). If you do so, the new customized output proﬁle is applied to all data in the print job. Changing the output proﬁle only does not affect its associated calibration target (since the target is based on a copier model). You can edit D-Max values of the calibration target separately (see page 3-20).

Use the ColorWise Pro Tools Proﬁle Manager to download your own output proﬁle to the Fiery EX3535 (see page 3-10). Downloaded output proﬁles are at ﬁrst associated with the calibration target that is tied to the default output proﬁle. You can edit calibration target D-Max values separately.

If you are printing with the PostScript driver from a Windows computer and have enabled Two-Way Communication, the name of each downloaded or custom proﬁle is represented in the Output Proﬁle setting menu. If you are printing with the AdobePS driver from a Mac OS computer, downloaded or custom proﬁles appear as Output-1 through Output-10. For more information on Two-Way Communication, see the User

Software Installation Guide.

NOTE: This feature is not available with the PCL driver.

Combine Separations

The Combine Separations setting speciﬁes how to print separated CMYK data. With the Fiery Graphic Arts Package, you can combine an unlimited number of spot color separations along with the CMYK separations.

The Combine Separations options are:

• Off prints each separation individually.

• On combines separations as a single, composite-color document and automatically

makes these settings for the following print options: Color Mode (CMYK), Rendering Style (None), Pure Black Text/Graphics (Off), Spot Color Matching (Off), or Black Overprint (Off).

For information about using the Combine Separations option with applications such as Adobe Photoshop, see the Fiery Color Reference.

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Halftone Screen

To correct problems with color quality when using a halftone screen, such as too much magenta in the printed image, make sure that the Fiery EX3535 is calibrated for the particular halftone screen you use. This is important if you expect to compare a continuous tone page printed from a calibrated Fiery EX3535 to a halftone printed page.

Changing halftone screens usually modiﬁes the color response of a printer. With most printers that offer multiple (but standard) halftone screens, ColorWise Calibrator lets you select the halftone screen to calibrate. A measurement calibration set is maintained for each printer color response that is produced by different halftones coupled with other parameters, such as media. The best color is achieved when a calibrated response and its corresponding output proﬁle are speciﬁed by means of setting print options at print time.

However, when user-deﬁned halftones are speciﬁed, the Fiery EX3535 does not have adequate information about the resulting color response. This is why you must consider the halftone screen for separate calibration and proﬁling.

When your custom halftone changes the color response of your printer, you need a custom output proﬁle. If you need to calibrate often (for example, once a day), you need to perform the following custom proﬁle creation procedure only once.

TO CALIBRATE THE FIERY EX3535 FOR CUSTOM HALFTONE

SCREENS

1. Determine the measurement instrument you use for calibration.

2. On the Fiery Graphic Arts Package CD, open the CustomHalftonesCalibration folder.

This folder contains images of the calibration pages for various instruments and page sizes. If you print halftone screens only from Photoshop, open the Photoshop folder; otherwise, open the Other Applications folder.

3. Locate the image ﬁle corresponding to the patch page for your instrument and paper size.

These images were prepared at the ﬁnal sheet page size. In your software application, place them using no margins. Ignore warnings that the image may be clipped. Never “color manage” these ﬁles when you open or print them.

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4. Open a blank document in the application you use for generating screened print jobs.

5. Place the image of the calibration pages into the document.

6. Print this custom calibration page, using your application-speciﬁc halftone settings

7. Open any output proﬁle with ColorWise Color Editor.

This document is now the custom calibration page.

and Fiery EX3535 print option settings.

You must print with the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle option set to Match Copy, which produces an uncalibrated patch page.

TIPS: Remember that you are printing CMYK patches in the raw state of the copier;

most other Fiery EX3535 print options are irrelevant and will be ignored. To increase the speed and reliability of the calibration, print your custom calibration page with the appropriate Fiery EX3535 print options to a PostScript ﬁle. The next time you calibrate, download this PostScript ﬁle. Retaining this ﬁle in the Fiery EX3535 Hold Queue makes the whole calibration process even faster.

For information about ColorWise Color Editor, see Chapter 3.

8. Resave the proﬁle under a new name descriptive of your custom halftone.

9. Use ColorWise Proﬁle Manager to associate this proﬁle with the proper calibration set.

For information about ColorWise Proﬁle Manager, see Chapter 3.

10. Use ColorWise Calibrator to perform the actual calibration.

Do not use the Print button to generate the patch page. Instead, use the custom calibration screen page that you just printed.

TO PROFILE CUSTOM HALFTONE SCREENS FOR THE FIERY EX3535

1. Calibrate your printer using the procedure on page 1-29.

2. Use ColorWise Proﬁle Editor to open the output proﬁle saved in step 10 of the procedure on page 1-31.

3. Change the Target Dmax Values to match the actually measured Dmax values.

4. Save this modiﬁed output proﬁle under the same name.

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5. Using EFI Color Proﬁler, print the calibration patches using the same halftone screens

6. Use ColorWise Proﬁle Manager to set the proﬁle saved in step 4 of the current

7. Download to the “Output Proﬁles” area the proﬁle(s) you just created.

you have just calibrated.

procedure as the system default proﬁle.

This is necessary because downloaded proﬁles take their calibration targets from the system default proﬁle.

PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS

To access the printer driver options described in this section, choose Start>Settings>Printers (Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000) or Printers and Faxes (Windows XP), right-click the appropriate printer (PPD) name, and choose Properties (Windows 9x/Me), Document Defaults (Windows NT), or Printing Preferences (Windows 2000/XP) from the pop-up menu. To access the Mac OS driver options, choose Print from the File menu of your application. These settings are also accessible from the Print Setup or Page Setup dialog boxes of most applications.

For Windows computers, the Fiery EX3535 driver interface allows you to save combinations of settings for later access. Additionally, you can choose different settings for individual jobs from the applications you use.

The printer driver writes a PostScript ﬁle containing the instructions generated by your application and the Fiery EX3535 print options you chose. The printer driver sends the PostScript ﬁle to the Fiery EX3535. The Fiery EX3535 then performs PostScript processing and color conversions and sends raster color data to the print device.

NOTE: The following illustrations and instructions do not apply to all applications.

Many applications, such as Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress, and CorelDRAW, have other color management options in addition to those presented in the printer driver. For information on speciﬁc applications, see the

Fiery Color Reference.

1-20 Fiery EX3535 Color Management

Setting color management print options for Windows

This section explains how to set Fiery EX3535 color print options with the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver for Windows. This driver is a PostScript 3 printer driver that takes full advantage of the color features of the Fiery EX3535. Before you proceed, complete the following procedures:

•Install the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver and the Fiery EX3535 PPD (see the User

Software Installation Guide).

•Set up the Fiery EX3535 for printing (see the Conﬁguration Guide).

•Install the ICC output proﬁle for the Fiery EX3535 on your Windows computer

(see the User Software Installation Guide).

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS FOR WINDOWS

1. Access the printer driver options, as described on page 1-33.

2. Click the Fiery Printing tab, and choose settings from the ColorWise menu for the print options described on page 1-5.

Choose ColorWise

3. Click Expert Settings.

Click Expert Settings to access

additional ColorWise options

1-21 PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS

4. Click Update to display the current Fiery EX3535 settings.

5. To specify custom RGB source settings, select Other for the RGB Source Proﬁle and

The Expert Color Settings ﬂowchart appears. This window displays additional color settings for the Fiery EX3535. Each option includes a menu from which you select settings for your speciﬁc job.

If Update does not appear, make sure that Two-Way Communication is set up as described in the User Software Installation Guide.

click Custom Setup.

The Custom Setup dialog box allows you to specify custom RGB source settings (see

page 1-19).

For most users, the default settings provide the right level of color control. For more information about individual print options, see page 1-5.

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 EX3535 and allows you to save a set of print option settings.

Before you continue, complete the following procedures, as described in the User

Software Installation Guide:

•Install the AdobePS printer driver and the Fiery EX3535 PPD.

•Select the Fiery EX3535 in the Chooser and set it up with the Fiery EX3535 PPD.

•Install the ICC output proﬁle for the Fiery EX3535 on your Mac OS computer (see

the User Software Installation Guide).

1-22 Fiery EX3535 Color Management

NOTE: The following illustrations and instructions do not apply to all applications.

Fiery Color Reference.

Setting color management print options

Choose settings for color print options from the various panes of the AdobePS driver dialog box. To access the initial AdobePS dialog box, choose Print from the File menu of your application.

NOTE: The term “pane” is used to describe the different pages that appear in the driver

dialog box when you make selections from the menu at the upper-left corner of the dialog box. Each pane presents a particular set of print options.

The AdobePS driver includes the following Color Matching options.

Color/Grayscale—When this setting is used to print to the Fiery EX3535,

•

ColorWise provides all color conversions on the Fiery EX3535. Typically, use this option when printing to the Fiery EX3535.

• PostScript Color Matching—Can be used with PostScript devices, such as the

Fiery EX3535. It provides for color conversion using a color rendering dictionary (CRD) that is downloaded with the print job. This method requires that the ﬁle is saved as an EPS with PostScript Color Management selected.

NOTE: 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 EX3535 CRD. The destination color space for the CRD is determined by the RGB Separation print option. When RGB Separation is set to Simulation, CMYK data is printed according to all speciﬁed CMYK Simulation Proﬁle and CMYK Simulation Method settings. When RGB Separation is set to Output, CMYK data is converted to the selected output proﬁle’s CMYK color space.

• ColorSync Color Matching—Provides for color conversion on the host computer. This

option can be used with PostScript devices such as the Fiery EX3535, but it is intended for use with PostScript Level 1 devices. If you use this option, you must specify the Fiery EX3535 ICC proﬁle as the Printer Proﬁle. ColorSync Color

TO SET FIERY EX3535 COLOR MANAGEMENT OPTIONS

Choose Color Matching from this menu

1-23 PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS

Matching is not a suggested color matching method because it does not work in conjunction with all applications and requires that you disable features of ColorWise on the Fiery EX3535.

1. In the AdobePS Print dialog box, choose Color Matching from the menu.

2. Choose Color/Grayscale from the Print Color menu.

Choose Color/Grayscale

3. In the Printer Speciﬁc Options menus, choose settings for the print options described on page 1-5. If these settings are used regularly, click Save Settings to save them for subsequent jobs.

TO SET FIERY EX3535 COLOR MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FROM M

Choose Printer Features from this menu

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AC OS X V10.2 OR LATER

1. In the Print dialog box, choose Printer Features from the menu.

2. In the Printer Features menus, choose settings for the print options described on

page 1-5.

2-1 An overview of calibration

Chapter 2: Color Calibration

Calibrating the Fiery EX3535 ensures consistent, reliable color output. This chapter explains how calibration works and provides instructions for all calibration procedures. You can calibrate the Fiery EX3535 using ColorWise Pro Tools in combination with any of the following color measurement instruments:

• EFI Spectrometer ES-1000 hand-held spectrometer

• EFI Densitometer ED-100 hand-held densitometer

• X-Rite DTP41 automatic scanning spectrophotometer

• X-Rite DTP32 automatic scanning densitometer

By connecting an instrument to a serial or USB port on your computer, you can quickly measure calibration color patches and download measurements to the Fiery EX3535. For information on setting up and operating the DTP41 and DTP32, see Appendix A.

NOTE: To use the ED-100 with a Mac OS computer, you must connect the instrument

to a USB port. You also need an adaptor to connect the ED-100 to the Mac OS computer. For more information, contact your service technician/representative.

Another way to obtain measurements is by using the copier’s built-in scanner as part of ColorCal™, which does not require the use of a measurement instrument and can be run from ColorWise Pro Tools or the Fiery EX3535 Control Panel.

For information on advanced calibration and simulation features available with ColorWise Pro Tools, such as editing proﬁles and creating custom proﬁles, see

Chapter 3. A format for inputting color measurements from other densitometers is

described in Appendix B.

NOTE: The procedures described in this chapter are fundamentally the same for

Windows and Mac OS computers. The main differences are the interface cable and the port used to connect to the measurement instrument. The illustrations in this chapter describe the Windows version.

NOTE: The term computer is used to refer to any computer running

ColorWise Pro Tools.

2-2 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 copier.

• Calibration sets are sets of measurements.

•A calibration target that describes the expected behavior of the copier is contained in

each output proﬁle.

After you have calibrated the Fiery EX3535, a calibration set is stored. This calibration set will be used when it is associated with an output proﬁle. Every output proﬁle has an associated calibration set. If you have not speciﬁed one, the calibration set associated with the default output proﬁle is used.

If you change the calibration after a saved job has been processed (RIPped), you do not need to reprocess (reRIP) the job. The new calibration affects the job without needing to be reprocessed.

NOTE: Changing 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 in Fiery EX3535 Setup to control access to calibration (see the Conﬁguration

Guide).

Understanding calibration

Although most users’ needs are met by the default calibration set, the Fiery EX3535 allows you to choose a calibration set to customize calibration for specialized jobs.

2-3 Understanding calibration

Calibration allows you to:

•Maximize the color reproduction capabilities of the Fiery EX3535.

•Ensure consistent color quality over time.

•Produce consistent output across Fiery EX3535 servers.

•Achieve better color matches when reproducing spot colors, such as PANTONE

colors or other named color systems.

•Optimize the Fiery EX3535 for using ColorWise rendering styles (CRDs) and

CMYK simulations, and for using ICC proﬁles.

How calibration works

Success in obtaining satisfactory print quality from the Fiery EX3535 depends on many factors. Among the most important are establishing and maintaining optimal toner densities. The density is the measure of the light absorbed by a surface. By carefully regulating toner densities, you obtain consistent printed color.

Even with a calibrated system, toner density is affected by service settings, humidity, and temperature; density also tends to drift over time. Regular measurement detects day-to-day variations in densities, and calibration corrects for them.

Calibration works by creating calibration curves on the Fiery EX3535 that compensate for the difference between actual (measured) and desired (target) density values. These calibration curves are the graphic equivalent of transfer functions, which are mathematical descriptions of changes that will be made to the initial data. Transfer functions are often graphed as input or output curves.

The Fiery EX3535 generates calibration curves after comparing measured values to the ﬁnal target values for each of the four toner colors. The target values are based on the output proﬁle speciﬁed.

Measurements

Measurement ﬁles contain numerical values that correspond to the toner density produced by the copier when it prints solid cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, and graduated tints of those colors.

2-4 Color Calibration

To create a measurement ﬁle, print a page of color patches. Then measure the patches using either a color measurement instrument connected to a computer on the network or, if it is available, the print device’s scanner. The new measurements are automatically downloaded to the Fiery EX3535.

Output proﬁles and calibration sets

Output proﬁles and calibration sets deﬁne desired calibration results. One or more output proﬁles and calibration sets are provided with the Fiery EX3535. When you calibrate the Fiery EX3535, select the calibration set that corresponds to the typical printing jobs at your site. This same calibration set can be associated with one or more output proﬁles.For more information on output proﬁles, see page 1-15.

Scheduling calibration

In general, you should calibrate the Fiery EX3535 at least once a day, depending on the volume of print jobs. If it is very important to maintain consistent color, or if the copier is subject to wide ﬂuctuations in temperature or humidity, calibrate every few hours. For optimal performance, calibrate whenever there is a noticeable change in print quality.

If you need to split a print job into two or more batches to be printed at different times, it is especially important to calibrate before printing each batch. You should also calibrate the Fiery EX3535 after copier maintenance.

NOTE: Because printed output from the copier is very sensitive to changes in

temperature and humidity, the copier should not be installed near a window or in direct sunlight, or near a heater or air conditioner. Paper is sensitive to climate changes as well. It should be stored in a cool, dry, stable environment, and reams should remain sealed until they are needed.

2-5 Understanding calibration

To monitor print quality, print the following color reference pages:

• Color Charts from Command WorkStation (see the Job Management Guide)

• Color reference pages included with the user software (see the User Software

Installation Guide)

All 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. Save and compare pages you printed at different times. If there is a noticeable change in appearance, calibrate the Fiery EX3535.

When you examine the Test Page, all color patches should be visible, even though they may be very faint in the ﬁve percent and two percent range. Each color’s patch set should show uniform gradation from patch to patch as the color lightens from 100 percent to zero percent.

If the solid density patches (100% cyan, magenta, yellow, or black) look less saturated with time, show the pages to your copier service technician to determine whether adjusting the copier can improve output.

Checking calibration status

To verify whether the Fiery EX3535 is calibrated, which calibration set and output proﬁle were used, and when the copier was last calibrated:

•Print a Conﬁguration page or Test Page from the Control Panel or Command

WorkStation.

•Select a calibration set in Calibrator (available from ColorWise Pro Tools)—the last

calibration and the user who performed it are displayed.

2-6 Color Calibration

Using Calibrator

ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator allows you to calibrate the Fiery EX3535 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 the Conﬁguration Guide).

NOTE: Multiple users can be connected to one Fiery EX3535 with ColorWise Pro

Tools, but only one user at a time can use Calibrator. An error message appears if you try to calibrate when another user is using ColorWise Pro Tools to calibrate.

Starting Calibrator

Start Calibrator from the ColorWise Pro Tools main window.

TO CALIBRATE THE FIERY EX3535 USING CALIBRATOR

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EX3535.

For instructions on conﬁguring the connection to the Fiery EX3535, see the User

Software Installation Guide.

NOTE: If the connection to the Fiery EX3535 from Command WorkStation (which

also allows for access to ColorWise Pro Tools) is not established, you can start ColorWise Pro Tools independently of Command WorkStation.

2. Click Calibrator.

2-7 Using Calibrator

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.

2-8 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.

With the Print Pages option, print a calibration Comparison Page showing the results of the new measurements with any proﬁle associated with the currently selected calibration set. You can also create a custom comparison page and save it as a PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) ﬁle called CALIB.PS. Next, print the ﬁle to the Hold queue of the Fiery EX3535 from your application, or download it to the Hold queue with Fiery Downloader. An additional way to create the CALIB.PS ﬁle is to rename any job in the Hold queue using Command WorkStation (see the Job

Management Guide).

2-9 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. It lists all output proﬁles that use that same calibration set. Selecting an output proﬁle from this menu displays the target curves associated with that proﬁle. If each output proﬁle contains a unique calibration target, the curves displayed also change when you switch proﬁles.

2-10 Color Calibration

Restoring default calibration measurements

The Fiery EX3535 is shipped with default calibration measurements that can offer you the ability to achieve acceptable color without calibration, depending on the copier you use. If the measurement device you use does not produce acceptable color, you can easily return to the default calibration measurements.

TO RESTORE DEFAULT CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS

1. In the main Calibrator window, click Restore Device.

2. Click OK to restore the preset default calibration set.

OTE: Restore Device applies only to the currently selected calibration set.

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 EX3535.

Setting up the ES-1000

To use the ES-1000 for calibration purposes, you must ﬁrst set it up for use with your computer. For complete instructions on setting up the ES-1000, see the documentation that is included with the instrument.

Measure button

Sample aperture

White tile reference

2-11 Using the EFI Spectrometer ES-1000

The following illustration shows the different parts of the ES-1000.

Calibration cradle

Calibrating the Fiery EX3535 with the ES-1000

You can use ColorWise Pro Tools in conjunction with the ES-1000 to calibrate the Fiery EX3535.

TO CALIBRATE THE FIERY EX3535 USING THE ES-1000

1. Start Calibrator.

For instructions on starting Calibrator, see page 2-10.

2. Choose EFI Spectrometer ES-1000 as the measurement method.

3. In the Check Print Settings pane, choose the desired calibration set.

Choose the appropriate calibration set for the screen and type of media which are needed for calibration.

NOTE: For this calibration to take effect, the calibration set must be associated with one

or more output proﬁles. There is no need to make any new associations for the default calibration set, since it is already associated with the default output proﬁle.

4. In the Generate Measurement Page pane, click Print.

The Print Options dialog box appears.

2-12 Color Calibration

5. Choose the appropriate options and click Print.

For Page Type, choose either 21 or 34 Sorted Patches, or 21 or 34 Randomized Patches. Sorted patches are printed on the page in the order of their hue and saturation levels. Randomized patches are printed on the page in random order, to help compensate for density inconsistencies on different areas of the page.

Page Size is automatically set to LTR/A4 for 21 patches, or 11x17/A3 for 34 patches.

Input Tray is automatically set to Auto Select.

6. Retrieve the printed measurement page from the copier.

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 5.

8. Check the settings, and click Measure.

2-13 Using the EFI Spectrometer ES-1000

9. Place the ES-1000 in the calibration cradle, and click OK.

The Information dialog box appears.

The EFI Spectrometer Measurement dialog box appears. Directions for measuring the strips appear in the Status ﬁeld.

NOTE: For a more accurate measurement, place several sheets of plain white paper

beneath the Measurement Page to block underlying colors from being read by the instrument.

10. Place the sample aperture in the white space at the start of the speciﬁed color.

11. Press and hold the measure button and wait for a beep.

OTE: To hear a beep with a Windows compatible computer, you must have a sound

card and speaker(s) installed.

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.

2-14 Color Calibration

14. Repeat step 10 through step 13 until all the strips have been measured.

15. When all the patches have been read successfully, click Accept.

16. Click Apply in the Calibrator window to implement the new calibration measurement.

17. Click OK in the Information dialog box.

When a strip is measured successfully, the cross hair moves to the next color.

OTE: You must take the measurements in the order outlined in the Status ﬁeld.

This completes the Fiery EX3535 calibration process.

Using the EFI Densitometer ED-100

The EFI Densitometer ED-100 is a hand-held instrument that measures the density of printed ink and toner. Like the DTP32, the ED-100 is a reﬂection densitometer that you can use to calibrate the Fiery EX3535.

Indicator light

Measure button

Sample aperture (underneath)

Setting up the ED-100

To use the ED-100 for calibration purposes, you must ﬁrst set it up for use with your computer. For complete instructions on setting up the ED-100, see the documentation that is included with the instrument.

The following illustration shows the components of the ED-100.

2-15 Using the EFI Densitometer ED-100

Calibrating the Fiery EX3535 with the ED-100

You can use ColorWise Pro Tools in conjunction with the ED-100 to calibrate the Fiery EX3535.

TO CALIBRATE THE FIERY EX3535 USING THE ED-100

1. Start Calibrator.

For instructions on starting Calibrator, see page 2-10.

2. Choose EFI Densitometer ED-100 as the measurement method.

3. In the Check Print Settings pane, choose the desired calibration set.

Choose the appropriate calibration set for the type of media you will use most often.

NOTE: For this calibration to take effect, the calibration set must be associated with one

or more output proﬁles. There is no need to make any new associations for the default calibration set, since it is already associated with the default output proﬁle.

4. In the Generate Measurement Page pane, click Print.

The Print Options dialog box appears.

5. Choose the appropriate options and click Print.

For Page Type, choose 21 Sorted Patches. Sorted patches are printed on the page in the order of their hue and saturation levels.

Paper Size is automatically set to LTR/A4 for 21 Patches.

For Input Tray, specify the paper source for printing the measurement page.

2-16 Color Calibration

6. Retrieve the measurement page from the copier.

7. Click Measure in the Get Measurements pane.

8. Choose the appropriate options, and then click Start.

The Measurement Options dialog box appears.

Page Type is automatically set to the measurement page type that you printed in step 5.

Use the arrow buttons next to the Clicks Per Patch ﬁeld to choose the number of measurements you want to take for each patch on the page. When you choose multiple clicks, the average value of all measurements taken for the patch is returned to the Fiery EX3535. Multiple measurements are more accurate, but may take more time.

To hear a conﬁrmation tone each time a measurement is recorded, select the Audio Feedback option. A single tone indicates a successful measurement; two tones indicate a measurement error. If you have speciﬁed multiple clicks per patch, the tone sounds after you take the ﬁnal measurement.

If necessary, choose the appropriate COM port for the ED-100 from the Port menu.

2-17 Using the EFI Densitometer ED-100

9. Place the ED-100 over the speciﬁed patch on the Measurement Page, making sure to

When you click Start, the Measurements window appears. Directions for measuring the patches appear in the Status area.

center the sample aperture over the patch. Press Measure to take the measurement.

OTE: 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.

If you have speciﬁed multiple clicks per patch, continue pressing Measure to take the required number of measurements. We recommend that you move the ED-100 slightly after each measurement while keeping it within the patch circle.

2-18 Color Calibration

When the patch has been measured successfully, a check mark appears in the patch preview in the Measurements window. The window identiﬁes and highlights the next patch to be measured.

10. Repeat step 10 to measure each successive patch on the Measurement Page.

Start with A1 and continue down Column A. When you have ﬁnished measuring all the patches in Column A, proceed to Column B in the same manner until all columns have been measured.

To retake a measurement, select the desired patch preview in the Measurements window and measure the patch on the page using the ED-100.

NOTE: You must take the measurements in the order outlined in the Measurements

window and on the measurement page.

11. When all the patches have been read successfully, click Accept.

12. Click Apply in the Calibrator window to implement the new calibration set.

13. Click OK in the Information dialog box.

OTE: This completes the Fiery EX3535 calibration process.

2-19 Calibrating the Fiery EX3535 with the DTP41

Calibrating the Fiery EX3535 with the DTP41

Using the ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator application and the DTP41 spectrophotometer, you can quickly measure color patches generated by the copier and automatically download these measurements to the Fiery EX3535.

NOTE: Before using ColorWise Pro Tools and the DTP41 to calibrate the

Fiery EX3535, follow the instructions on page A-4 for calibrating the DTP41 spectrophotometer.

TO CALIBRATE THE FIERY EX3535 USING THE DTP41

1. Start Calibrator.

For instructions on starting Calibrator, see page 2-10.

2. Choose X-Rite DTP41 as the measurement method.

3. In the Check Print Settings pane, choose the desired calibration set.

Choose the appropriate calibration set for the type of media you use most often.

NOTE: For this calibration to take effect, the calibration set must be associated with one

or more output proﬁles. There is no need to make any new associations for the default calibration set, since it is already associated with the default output proﬁle.

4. In the Generate Measurement Page pane, click Print.

The Print Options dialog box is displayed.

5. Choose the appropriate options, and click Print.

For Page Type, choose either 21 or 34 Sorted Patches.

2-20 Color Calibration

6. Retrieve the measurement page from the copier.

7. In the Get Measurements pane, click Measure.

8. Click Measure.

9. If necessary, choose the appropriate COM port for the DTP41 from the Available Ports

Paper Size is automatically set to LTR/A4 for 21 Sorted Patches, or 11x17/A3 for 34 Sorted Patches.

For Input Tray, choose the paper source for printing the measurement page.

The Measurement Options dialog box displays the speciﬁed Page Type and Paper Size options.

menu. Click Start Measurements.

2-21 Calibrating the Fiery EX3535 with the DTP41

10. Insert the measurement page into the DTP41, starting with the cyan strip.

11. Click Read Strip.

Follow the on-screen instructions to align the page properly.

The DTP41 pulls the measurement page through automatically.

After the measurement page is read, Calibrator instructs you to insert and align the page again for the next color.

12. Repeat the measurement process for the magenta, yellow, and black strips.

2-22 Color Calibration

13. When the Status ﬁeld indicates that all four color strips have been read successfully,

14. In the Measure dialog box, click OK.

15. Click Apply in the Calibrator window to implement the new calibration set.

16. Click OK in the Information dialog box.

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 sequence.

click Accept Measurements.

This completes the Fiery EX3535 calibration process.

Calibrating the Fiery EX3535 with the DTP32

Using the DTP32, you can quickly measure color patches and download these measurements to the Fiery EX3535 using ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator.

NOTE: Before using ColorWise Pro Tools and the DTP32 to calibrate the

Fiery EX3535, follow the instructions on page A-10 for calibrating the DTP32 densitometer.

TO CALIBRATE THE FIERY EX3535 USING THE DTP32

1. Start Calibrator.

For instructions on starting Calibrator, see page 2-10.

2. In the Select Measurement Method pane, choose X-Rite DTP32.

3. In the Check Print Settings pane, choose the desired calibration set.

Choose the appropriate calibration set for the type of media you will use most often.

NOTE: For this calibration to take effect, the calibration set must be associated with one

or more output proﬁles. The default calibration set is already associated with the default output proﬁle, so there is no need to make any new associations.

4. In the Generate Measurement Page pane, click Print.

The Print Options dialog box appears.

2-23 Calibrating the Fiery EX3535 with the DTP32

5. Choose the appropriate options, and click Print.

For Page Type, choose either 34 or 21 Sorted Patches

Paper Size is automatically set to LTR/A4 for 21 Sorted Patches, or 11x17/A3 for 34 Sorted Patches.

For Input Tray, specify the paper source.

6. Retrieve the measurement page from the copier.

7. Click Measure in the Get Measurements pane.

The Measurement Options dialog box displays the speciﬁed Page Type and Paper Size options.

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.

2-24 Color Calibration

9. When the Status ﬁeld indicates that the measurements were read successfully, click

10. Click OK in the Measure dialog box.

11. Click Apply in the Calibrator window to implement the new calibration set.

12. Click OK in the Information dialog box.

Accept.

This completes the Fiery EX3535 calibration process.

Using ColorCal

ColorCal allows you to calibrate the Fiery EX3535 without the use of an additional spectrophotometer or densitometer. Instead, this method uses the copier’s built-in scanner to measure toner density values. Using ColorCal provides an equally accurate calibration of the Fiery EX3535.

ColorCal lets you calibrate the scanner (copier feeder) using the Kodak Color and Gray Scale strips. Square black-and-white and color patches are randomly printed on the ColorCal Measurement Page. This allows ColorCal to be less inﬂuenced by copier conditions, providing greater accuracy in color reproduction and calibration.

You can perform ColorCal calibration from either ColorWise Pro Tools or the Fiery EX3535 Control Panel. For troubleshooting during the AutoCal procedure, see the Job Management Guide.

NOTE: To calibrate using ColorCal, you will need the Kodak Gray Scale strip included

in the customer media pack that came with your Fiery EX3535. You also need the Kodak Gray Scale strip and Kodak Color Control Patches strip to calibrate the scanner of the copier for ColorCal.

Calibrating with ColorWise Pro Tools and ColorCal

When you run ColorCal from ColorWise Pro Tools, you have the option to calibrate the copier’s scanner before calibrating the Fiery EX3535 itself. It is recommended to calibrate the scanner for ColorCal when the copier output has been adjusted, such as after maintenance or service.

NOTE: The instructions for ColorCal refer to the document feeder (DF) on the copier

as the scanner.

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TO CALIBRATE WITH COLORWISE PRO TOOLS AND COLORCAL

1. On the DocuColor 3535 control panel, press the Access button (key icon).

2. Enter your password.

3. Select Conﬁrm.

4. Choose System Settings > System Settings > Scan Mode Setting > Others.

5. Scroll down and select Color_space.

6. For Color_space, select 1 (dRGB).

7. Select Close until the System Settings screen is displayed.

8. Select Exit.

9. Start ColorWise Pro Tools (on your Mac OS or Windows computer).

10. Start Calibrator.

For instructions on starting Calibrator, see page 2-10.

11. In the Select Measurement Method pane, choose ColorCal.

12. In the Check Print Settings pane, choose the desired Media and Screen (Dot or Line).

If more than one option appears, choose the appropriate calibration set for the type of ink and media you will use most often.

NOTE: For this calibration to take effect, the calibration set must be associated with an

output proﬁle. If you choose the default calibration set, you do not need to make a new association. The default calibration set is already associated with the default output proﬁle.

13. Click Print in the Generate Measurement Page pane.

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14. Choose the Input Tray to use for the measurement page and click Print.

The Page Type is automatically set to ColorCal Measurement Page. The Paper Size is automatically set to LTR/A4.

NOTE: If you print a measurement page from the Stack Bypass tray, you must select SB

(Stack Bypass) or SB-Size Set at Copier in the Input Tray menu. Choose SB Set at Copier if you specify SB-Size Set at Copier as the Paper Source option in the printer driver. Load the appropriate paper in the Stack Bypass tray and select the correct paper size from the copier touch panel display.

15. Use the EPSON Color Calibrator to read the measurements page data into a ﬁle.

See your EPSON Color Calibrator documentation for instructions.

16. Click OK when prompted.

17. Retrieve the Measurement Page from the copier.

18. Click Measure in the Get Measurements pane.

An alert message appears, asking if you want to calibrate the copier’s scanner.

19. To calibrate the scanner, click Yes.

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20. Choose the Input Tray to use for the scanner measurement page and click Print.

21. Place the Kodak Gray Scale strip, Kodak Color Control Patches strip, and scanner

22. From the DocuColor 3535 control panel, select Menu > Job Template > Scan.

23. Choose ColorCal as the desired calibration template.

24. Press the DocuColor 3535 Scan button (large green button).

25. To perform the scanner calibration, click Continue in the ColorCal dialog box that

Retrieve the scanner measurement page from the copier.

measurement page in the correct positions on the copier glass for scanner calibration.

Place the Gray Scale strip face down on the copier glass so that it will be centered along the top edge of the scanner measurement page. Then place the Color Scale strip face down on the copier glass so it is centered below the Gray Scale strip, keeping a distance of 0.25 inch to 0.5 inch between the two strips. Finally, place the scanner measurement page (second one printed) face down over the strips.

Do not use the screen to edit the Template Description or make any other changes.

appears.

To perform the scanner calibration, click Continue in the dialog box that appears.

After the scanner has been calibrated, another dialog box appears, prompting you to calibrate the Fiery EX3535.

26. ColorCal Get Measurements pane.

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27. Follow the directions in the dialog box for placing the Gray Scale strip and the

28. From the DocuColor 3535 control panel, select Menu > Scan > Job Template.

29. Choose ColorCal as the desired calibration template.

30. Press the DocuColor 3535 Scan button (large green button).

31. Click OK in the Calibrator Information dialog box (on your Windows or Mac OS

measurement page on the copier glass. Click Continue.

Do not use the screen to edit the Template Description or make any other changes.

computer).

32. Click Apply in the main Calibrator window to implement the new calibration set.

33. Click OK in the Information dialog box.

This completes the calibration process.

34. On the DocuColor 3535 control panel, press the Access button.

35. Enter your password.

36. Select Conﬁrm.

37. Choose System Settings > System Settings > Scan Mode Setting > Others.

38. For Color_space, select 0 (sRGB).

39. Select Close until the System Settings screen is displayed.

40. Select Exit.

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Calibrating from the Control Panel with ColorCal

If an Administrator password has been set, you will need it to perform calibration from the Control Panel. For instructions on using the Fiery EX3535 Control Panel, see the

Conﬁguration Guide.

It is also possible to remove calibration measurements from the Fiery EX3535. In general, it is not necessary, because any new calibration replaces the existing one if the same calibration set is selected.

TO USE COLORCAL FROM THE CONTROL PANEL

1. At the Idle screen, press Functions to enter the Functions menu.

2. Using the up and down arrow buttons and the Line Selection buttons, choose Calibration, and then choose Set Up Calibration.

If a password is set on the Fiery EX3535, enter it and press OK.

3. Make sure the information screen on the Control Panel reads Ready.

4. Press the Utility button on the Control Panel.

5. In the Touch Panel, press the Controller Detail button.

6. Press the Menu button.

7. Use the down arrow button to scroll to Calibration.

8. Choose Set Up Calibration.

If a password is set on the Fiery EX3535, enter it and press OK.

9. For Calibration Mode, choose Standard or Expert.

With Expert Mode, you can print a Comparison Page (see page 2-17).

10. For Tray, choose the paper source for the patch page and press OK.

Choose LTR/A4 from the Fiery EX3535 Control Panel.

NOTE: If you print a measurement page from the Manual Feed tray, you must load the

appropriate paper in the tray and select the correct paper size from the copier touch panel display.

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11. For Measurement Method, choose ColorCal.

12. Choose Calibrate.

13. Choose the desired Media and Screen (Dot or Line).

14. When prompted, choose Yes to print the measurement page.

15. Choose Yes in the Measure Page screen.

16. When prompted on the Control Panel, place the Kodak Gray Scale strip face-down on

This page is comprised of swatches of color that will be measured by the copier’s scanner and then compared to the target color values. After the page is printed, the Measure Page screen appears.

the copier glass.

Place the strip along the top edge of the copier so that it is centered between the paper width marks on the copier.

Place grayscale strip face down

Place color measurement page face

down over grayscale strip

17. Place the color measurement page face-down over the grayscale strip.

Place the page at the upper-left corner of the copier glass. Slide the grayscale strip to the top center of the color measurement page. Make sure the patches on the grayscale strip do not overlap the color patches.

Close the platen glass cover, being careful not to move the grayscale strip and color measurement page.

18. On the Control Panel, choose OK.

Status messages display the progress of scanning and calculating measurements.

19. When prompted to Print Comparison Page (Expert Mode only), choose Yes to print a preview of the selected calibration.

Choose from a list of output proﬁles that use the same calibration set and press OK. This option appears only in Expert Mode calibration.

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20. When prompted to apply or overwrite the calibration, choose Yes.

21. Choose Yes to conﬁrm.

Status messages display progress information. When calibration is complete, the Control Panel display returns to the Functions menu.

TO REMOVE CALIBRATION FROM THE CONTROL PANEL

1. From the Fiery EX3535 Control Panel, access the Calibration menu as described on

page 2-46.

2. Choose Remove Calibration.

3. When prompted, verify that you want to proceed with removing calibration.

The current measurements are removed and a default calibration is restored.

Calibrating from the DocuColor 3535 panel

You can also calibrate from the DocuColor 3535 control panel without using Calibrator. For more information, see your DocuColor 3535 documentation.

TO CALIBRATE USING DOCUCOLOR 3535 CALIBRATION

1. On the DocuColor 3535 control panel, press the Access button (with key icon).

2. Enter your password.

3. Select Conﬁrm.

4. Choose System Settings > System Settings > Common Settings > Image Quality Adjustment > Auto Gradation Adjustment.

5. In the Auto Gradation Adjustment screen, select the appropriate option:

•Print Job—to calibrate the Screen-FX calibration set.

•Network Controller 1 or Network Controller 2—to calibrate the Screen-EFI

calibration set.

6. Follow the on-screen instructions to load the print media and Press Start.

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7. Follow the on-screen instructions to place the printed test pattern on the copier glass

8. When the scanning and calibration is complete, select Close until the System Settings

and press Start.

screen is displayed.

Select Exit.

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Chapter 3: ColorWise Pro Tools

Designed to give you ﬂexible control of color printing, ColorWise Pro Tools include the following color management tools:

• Calibrator (see Chapter 2)

• Color Editor

•Proﬁle Manager

•Spot-On (available with the Fiery Graphic Arts Package)

• Color Setup

ColorWise Pro Tools for Windows and Mac OS computers are fundamentally the same; differences are noted in this chapter. The windows and dialog boxes illustrated are the Windows versions. For information on installing and conﬁguring a connection to ColorWise Pro Tools, see the User Software Installation Guide.

NOTE: If the connection to the Fiery EX3535 from Command WorkStation (which

also allows for access to ColorWise Pro Tools) is not established, you can start ColorWise Pro Tools independently of Command WorkStation.

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Proﬁle Manager

Proﬁle Manager allows you to manage and edit ICC proﬁles. In the case of the Fiery EX3535, these proﬁles are divided into RGB Source, Simulation, and Output proﬁles:

• RGB Source contains all monitor proﬁles resident on the Fiery EX3535. RGB Source

proﬁles are used to deﬁne the source color space for RGB colors processed by the Fiery EX3535.

NOTE: If you use Photoshop 5.x or 6.x, you can upload the proﬁle for your selected

working space to the Fiery EX3535 and choose that as your RGB Source Proﬁle. For more information, see the Fiery Color Reference.

• Simulation contains printer proﬁles used to simulate another device on the

Fiery EX3535.

• Output contains copier proﬁles that describe the copier. For more information on

output proﬁles, see page 1-15.

NOTE: Changing the Fiery EX3535 default proﬁles affects all jobs for all users.

Consider limiting the number of people authorized to use ColorWise Pro Tools by setting an Administrator password.

The following proﬁles are provided with the Fiery EX3535.

•RGB Source:

• Apple Standard—standard source color space for Mac OS computer monitors with older versions of ColorSync

• sRGB (PC)—source color space for a generic Windows computer monitor

• EFIRGB—preset default setting for a Fiery EX3535

•Simulation:

• DIC—Japanese press standard

• Euroscale—European press standard

• SWOP-Coated—United States press standard

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In addition, one or more output proﬁles are provided with the Fiery EX3535.For information about output proﬁles, see page 1-15.

NOTE: 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.

Setting the default proﬁles

The default proﬁles are applied to all print jobs sent to the Fiery EX3535, unless you override them using print options. Therefore, the defaults should be the most commonly used proﬁles.

TO SPECIFY A DEFAULT PROFILE

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Proﬁle Manager.

The left side of the main Proﬁle Manager window lists the ICC proﬁles in the default directory of your computer; the right side lists the three proﬁles on the Fiery EX3535.

The Lock icon ( ) to the left of a proﬁle name indicates that the proﬁle cannot be deleted and can be edited only if saved under a new name. Only Simulation and Output proﬁles can be edited.

3-4 ColorWise Pro Tools

2. Select the proﬁle you want as the default for a proﬁle type and click Proﬁle Settings.

3. In the Proﬁle Settings dialog box, click Default and click Apply.

4. Click OK.

A small icon to the left of a proﬁle name indicates the default proﬁle for each category (RGB Source, Simulation, and Output). If you designate a different proﬁle as the default, the icon appears next to your designated proﬁle. The icon indicating the default RGB Source and Output proﬁles looks like a target ( ). The icon indicating the default Simulation proﬁle changes in appearance depending on whether the default RGB Separation setting is set to Simulation ( ) or Output ( ).

The Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁle option located in the Output bar indicates whether or not the output proﬁles predeﬁned for the media types you have chosen in your print jobs are applied automatically. For more information, see “Using media-deﬁned output

proﬁles” on page 3-8.

In the main Proﬁle Manager window, the target icon appears next to the new default proﬁle you speciﬁed.

5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each type of proﬁle.

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 1.

The Output proﬁle always has a default proﬁle. To change the Output default, select a preset proﬁle you want as the default and click Proﬁle Settings. Or create a new default under a new name by selecting a preset proﬁle and specifying your choice of the calibration set in the Use Calibration Set menu and a new name in the Proﬁle Description menu.

Using media-deﬁned output proﬁles

As an alternative to setting up Proﬁle Manager to apply a default output proﬁle to all your print jobs, you can select the Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁle option. This option automatically applies the output proﬁle predeﬁned for the media type you have chosen in your print job. If your print job contains mixed media, this option can apply different output proﬁles predeﬁned for the various media.

3-5 Proﬁle Manager

The Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁle option in ColorWise Pro Tools is selected by default in ColorWise Pro Tools. It is applied to all print jobs sent to the Fiery EX3535, unless a user overrides it for an individual job by changing settings in the printer driver.

TO USE MEDIA-DEFINED OUTPUT PROFILES

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click the Proﬁle Manager.

2. Select Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁle in the Output bar of Proﬁle Manager.

Changing the setting for the Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁle option in Proﬁle Manager automatically changes the same setting in Color Setup. For more information, see

“Color Setup” on page 3-57.

Downloading proﬁles

The Fiery EX3535 includes default proﬁles. You can download additional proﬁles from any computer connected to the Fiery EX3535.

TO DOWNLOAD A PROFILE

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click the Proﬁle Manager.

The left side of the main Proﬁle Manager windows lists the ICC proﬁles in the default location on your computer.

Windows 9x/Me—Windows\System\Color

•

• Windows NT 4.0—Winnt\System32\Color

• Windows 2000—Winnt\System32\Spool\Drivers\Color

• Windows XP—Windows\System32\Spool\Drivers\Color

Mac OS 9.x—System Folder:Preferences:ColorSync Proﬁles for ColorSync 2.0, and

• System Folder:ColorSync Proﬁles for ColorSync 2.5 or later

•

Mac OS X—System:Library: ColorSync:Proﬁles

2. If the desired proﬁle does not appear, click Browse to go to a different directory. Browse to the directory containing the proﬁle you want to download and click OK.

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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 EX3535, a green arrow indicates that the proﬁle is available for downloading. Only output device proﬁles are downloadable to Simulation and Output. Only input device proﬁles are downloadable to RGB Source.

NOTE: On Windows computers, the proﬁles must have an extension of .icc or .icm to

be listed. On Mac OS computers, the proﬁles must have a ﬁle type of “proﬁle.”

All ICC proﬁles in the selected directory on your computer are displayed in the list in the main Proﬁle Manager window. However, because a proﬁle is listed does not necessarily mean it can be downloaded to the Fiery EX3535.

Simulation proﬁles should be proﬁles only for those devices you want the Fiery EX3535 to match in terms of color output characteristics. Output proﬁles should be proﬁles only for the copier to which you print. Although you can download CMYK printer proﬁles as Simulation or Output, consider how they will be used. If you want the Fiery EX3535 prints to look like another printer, download that proﬁle as a Simulation. If you have a custom proﬁle of the copier you print to, download that proﬁle as an Output proﬁle.

4. Click the arrow to download the proﬁle and click OK when the download is complete.

The new proﬁle now appears in the list of proﬁles on the right side of the Proﬁle Manager main window.

For Mac OS computers, this proﬁle must be associated with one of the predeﬁned names (Source-1 through Source-10 for RGB Source, Simulation-1 through Simulation-10 for Simulation, or Output-1 through Output-10 for Output) or set as the default before it can be used. For Windows computers, all proﬁles can appear in the printer driver by their proﬁle descriptions (see “Deﬁning proﬁles” on page 3-13).

NOTE: When an output proﬁle is downloaded, it inherits the calibration target of the

current default output proﬁle.

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Editing proﬁles

You can customize the proﬁles on the Fiery EX3535 to meet your speciﬁc needs and the characteristics of your copier using Color Editor, either directly or through Proﬁle Manager. For more information on editing proﬁles, see “Color Editor” on page 3-20.

Managing proﬁles

Proﬁle Manager allows you to back up proﬁles to ensure that no custom proﬁles are lost when the Fiery EX3535 software is updated. You can also upload a copy of a builtin Fiery EX3535 proﬁle to your workstation in order to use it with an ICC-aware application, such as Photoshop. Proﬁle Manager also allows you to delete unwanted proﬁles.

NOTE: You can back up and delete only those proﬁles that appear in the main Proﬁle

Manager window without a Lock icon next to them. Locked proﬁles cannot be deleted, but most can be backed up.

TO BACK UP PROFILES

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Proﬁle Manager.

2. Select the proﬁle on the Fiery EX3535 to upload.

The arrow in the middle of the Proﬁle Manager window turns green and points to the left, indicating the proﬁle is available for upload.

3. Click the green arrow, choose a name and location for the proﬁle, and click Save.

The name will be the ﬁle name of the proﬁle, but the proﬁle description will be the original description, or the one you entered in the Proﬁle Settings dialog box.

NOTE: When saving the proﬁle on a Windows computer, include the extension .icm. If

the extension is not included, additional dialog boxes appear.

4. Click OK when you are notiﬁed that the proﬁle was successfully uploaded.

Delete proﬁles to ensure that the wrong proﬁles are not used, and to free up disk space on the Fiery EX3535 (although proﬁles are small and do not take up much space).

3-8 ColorWise Pro Tools

TO DELETE PROFILES FROM THE FIERY EX3535

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Proﬁle Manager.

2. Select the proﬁle you want to delete and click Delete.

A Warning dialog box asks you to conﬁrm the deletion.

NOTE: You cannot delete preset proﬁles, proﬁles that are currently set as default, or

proﬁles that are linked to any of the predeﬁned custom names, for example Simulation-1.

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” on page 3-6). Ten names are available for custom proﬁles—Source-1 through Source-10 for RGB Source, Simulation-1 through Simulation-10 for Simulation, or Output-1 through Output-10 for Output.

For Windows computers, all proﬁles appear by their actual names in the printer driver. These ﬁxed names are used in the printer driver, so you can select proﬁles per job even if your driver does not have the capability to obtain an updated list from the Fiery EX3535.

NOTE: A custom simulation proﬁle is used to illustrate this procedure. The same steps

apply for deﬁning output proﬁles.

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TO DEFINE A CUSTOM SIMULATION PROFILE

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Proﬁle Manager.

Custom proﬁle

created with

Color Edito

For the purposes of this example, assume DIC-new is a custom simulation proﬁle created with Color Editor and, as such, no information is displayed for DIC-new under the heading “Appear in Driver as.”

NOTE: 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.

OTE: Choose a name that is not already linked with another simulation. You cannot

deﬁne two proﬁles with the same name.

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NOTE: Although you cannot delete a preset proﬁle, you can use the name of a preset

proﬁle name for your edited proﬁle when you select the “Appear in Driver as” option. This replaces the preset proﬁle with your own proﬁle.

In Proﬁle Settings, you can also change proﬁle descriptions for all non-locked proﬁles.

4. Click OK.

DIC-new will appea

in driver as

Simulation-1

Simulation-1 now appears under the “Appear in Driver as” column for DIC-new. Choosing Simulation-1 from the CMYK Simulation option of the printer driver applies the DIC-new simulation to the print job.

3-11 Color Editor

If you do not deﬁne a custom simulation proﬁle, your job will print with CMYK Simulation Proﬁle set to None. If you do not deﬁne a custom RGB Source or Output proﬁle, the default proﬁle is used.

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. You must calibrate the Fiery EX3535 with this calibration set before this option has any effect. If you have never measured for this calibration set, default measurements are used. For more information about calibration sets, see

page 2-2.

Color Editor

Color Editor allows you to customize simulation and output proﬁles. Access Color Editor directly by clicking its icon in the ColorWise Pro Tools main window, or indirectly, through the Proﬁle Manager.

Editing proﬁles

Color Editor allows you to create custom proﬁles by editing existing simulation or output proﬁles and saving the changes as a new proﬁle. Use Color Editor to ﬁne-tune a proﬁle on your Fiery EX3535 to meet your exact speciﬁcations. For example, you can create a custom proﬁle for printing to a speciﬁc media type.

NOTE: You cannot edit source proﬁles; only simulation and output proﬁles can be

customized.

Color Editor has two Edit Modes for editing output proﬁles:

• Custom—Edit output proﬁles and save customized versions of them.

• % Density—View the calibration target, which is one component of the output

proﬁle. You cannot make changes to the calibration target in this window, but you can import a new target (see page 2-2).

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Color Editor also has several Edit Modes for editing simulations:

• Master—Create a custom master simulation that affects all print jobs to which it is

applied, unless a linked simulation exists for the selected combination of simulation proﬁle, simulation method, and output proﬁle.

• Quick, Full (Source GCR), or Full (Output GCR)—Create custom linked simulations.

Linked simulations affect the print job only if the corresponding simulation proﬁle, simulation method, and output proﬁle are selected. If you choose an output proﬁle and simulation method for which you have created a custom linked simulation, that simulation is applied automatically to the job. If you choose a simulation method or output proﬁle for which there is no custom linked simulation, the master simulation is automatically applied. For detailed information about simulation methods, see

page 1-14.

NOTE: If you made edits to a master simulation after you created a linked simulation,

the edits are not applied to the linked simulation.

TO EDIT A SIMULATION PROFILE IN MASTER MODE OR AN

OUTPUT PROFILE IN CUSTOM MODE

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Color Editor.

2. Choose Simulation or Output from the View menu.

Simulation lists the simulation proﬁles resident on the Fiery EX3535, and Output lists the output proﬁles resident on the Fiery EX3535.

3-13 Color Editor

3. Choose a proﬁle to edit and click Select.

4. For a simulation proﬁle, choose Master from the Edit Mode menu. For an output

Another method is to open the Proﬁle Manager, select a proﬁle, and then click Edit.

proﬁle, choose Custom from the Edit Mode menu.

For instructions for using Quick, Full (Source GCR), or Full (Output GCR) mode, see

page 3-28.

Use this dialog box to view or edit proﬁles. The graph allows you to view and manipulate color output values.

NOTE: When you edit an output proﬁle in Custom mode, clicking Import at the

bottom of the Color Editor window allows you to import a calibration target ﬁle (.trg) created on another Fiery EX3535 using the previous version of ColorWise. The current version of ColorWise does not allow you to save a target separately; rather, it saves the target in conjunction with an output proﬁle.

3-14 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. You can view and edit all four colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) at once, or in any combination. Working with only one or two colors at a time allows you to ﬁne-tune your adjustments. To turn off a color, click its Eye icon. In the following example, cyan and magenta are visible and can be edited.

6. To adjust the dot gain value for simulating press output, click Dot Gain.

Choose either the North American or European standard. Use the sliders to adjust to the desired Dot Gain:

• The range of values for North American at 50% input are from 0% to 50% gain on

output.

• The range of values for European at 40% input are from 0% to 59% gain on output;

the range of values for European at 80% input are from 0% to 20% gain on output.

A curve with this shape makes a color appear lighter by reducing density in the midtones.

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If you use Dot Gain values, apply the settings ﬁrst, so that the curves are deﬂected from their straight-line positions. Then make edits to the new curves. When you adjust Dot Gain values, all existing points on the curve are removed. A warning dialog box allows you to cancel Dot Gain settings before they are applied.

7. Use the plus and minus buttons to adjust brightness.

Changes to the brightness are reﬂected in the curve(s).

8. To adjust the curves directly, click and drag points on the curve or enter numbers into the input and output boxes.

The graph maps the input percentage to the output percentage. (These percentages refer to the size of the CMYK halftone dots.) The curve you selected appears, and points along the curve are marked so you can adjust them.

A curve with this shape makes a color appear darker by adding density in the midtones.

A curve with this shape increases contrast.

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NOTE: You should adjust points in this way only after you have entered the Dot Gain

and Brightness values.

For greater precision, type percentages in the Input and Output ﬁelds or use the arrow keys on the keyboard to adjust the curve. To use the arrow keys, you must ﬁrst click the curve to establish an anchor point that serves as a reference.

9. For an output proﬁle, set maximum densities of the C, M, Y, and K channels.

Enter the maximum densities, called D-Max values, of individual colors for proﬁles that support density settings. D-Max settings are not available when you edit Simulation proﬁles in Master mode.

10. When you are ﬁnished, click Save and enter a name for the new proﬁle.

The new custom proﬁle is saved to the Fiery EX3535 with the new name. If you edit one of the press standard targets (for example, SWOP-Coated, DIC, or Euroscale), consider including the original name as part of the new target name (for example, DIC-new) to help you remember the source of the new target.

NOTE: Preset default proﬁles are locked and must be saved with a new name.

For Mac OS computers, custom proﬁles must be linked to one of the 10 predeﬁned custom proﬁle names (Simulation-1 through Simulation-10 for Simulation, or Output-1 through Output-10 for Output) to be accessible from the printer driver. Create as many custom proﬁles as you want, but a maximum of 10 are available from the printer driver at any one time. For information on linking custom proﬁles to the predeﬁned custom proﬁle names, see “Deﬁning proﬁles” on page 3-13. 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.

If you set a custom proﬁle as the default, you can access it from the printer driver without linking it to one of the predeﬁned custom names. Select Printer’s default from the printer driver.

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TO EDIT A SIMULATION IN QUICK, FULL (SOURCE GCR),

OR FULL (OUTPUT GCR) MODE

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Color Editor.

2. Choose Simulation from the View menu, select the simulation proﬁle to edit, and then click Select.

Another method is to open the Proﬁle Manager, select a simulation proﬁle, and click Edit.

3. Choose Quick, Full (Source GCR), or Full (Output GCR) from the Edit Mode menu, and choose an output proﬁle with which your edited simulation will be linked from the Link with menu.

The edited simulation will be linked with the output proﬁle you choose from the “Link with” menu.

NOTE: 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 EX3535 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; rather, they are saved as components of the same proﬁle.

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4. Edit and save the simulation, as described in steps 5 through 10 of the procedure starting on page 3-24.

For this new simulation to be automatically applied to a print job, the CMYK Simulation, Simulation Method, and Output Proﬁle settings must be the same as those used when you edited the proﬁle. If the Simulation Method is different or a different output proﬁle is selected, the Master simulation is applied.

NOTE: A CMYK Simulation Proﬁle can have a custom Master and one or more custom

links—up to three links (Quick mode and the two Full modes) for each output proﬁle on the system. For the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle option in the printer driver, note that if you select a custom proﬁle for which the output ink percentage is greater than 0 and the input ink percentage is 0, the Use Master print option will have no effect.

Undoing CMYK simulation edits

You can undo the changes you made to CMYK simulations (master and linked) in the following ways:

•If you have not yet saved your edits, click Done on the Color Editor menu bar and

do not save the changes.

•If you saved your edits under a new CMYK simulation name and want to delete all

edits—in Master, Quick, and Full (Source GCR) or Full (Output GCR) modes—to the simulation, see page 3-12.

Adjusting gray balance

The AutoGray feature allows you to use the copier’s built-in scanner as a measurement device for adjusting the gray balance of output proﬁles. Gray balance refers to the quality of neutral gray tones in a proﬁle. In many cases, gray tones may contain a bluish or reddish color cast. AutoGray helps shift these tones back toward neutral grays. If you are satisﬁed with the gray balance of the copier, you do not need to use AutoGray.

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TO CORRECT THE GRAY BALANCE OF AN OUTPUT PROFILE

1. On the DocuColor 3535 control panel, press the Access button (key icon).

2. Enter your password.

3. Select Conﬁrm.

4. Choose System Settings > System Settings > Scan Mode Setting > Others.

5. Scroll down and select Color Space.

6. For Color Space, select 1 (dRGB).

If the current setting for Color Space is other than 1, select Change Settings, select 1 for New Value, and select Save.

7. Select Close until the System Settings screen is displayed.

8. Select Exit.

9. Start ColorWise Pro Tools (on your Mac OS or Windows computer).

10. Click Color Editor.

11. Choose Output from the View menu.

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12. Select a proﬁle to edit and click Select.

Or, open the Proﬁle Manager, select a proﬁle, and then click Edit.

13. Choose Custom from the Edit Mode menu.

14. Click AutoGray.

15. If the output proﬁle contains no edit points, continue to step 17. If the output proﬁle contains edit points from a previous AutoGray session, choose an action from the following warning.

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16. If the output proﬁle contains edit points that were entered by a user, choose Proceed

Reﬁne reuses edits points from a previous session in an attempt to make them more

accurate. Reﬁne is optional; use it only if the gray balance in your test document still needs improvements after the ﬁrst AutoGray session. If two Reﬁne applications cannot ﬁx the situation, it is probably because your test document is not correctly addressing the output proﬁle, or because the output proﬁle that you are editing does not adequately describe the actual copier and printing conditions. Applying Reﬁne more than twice is not recommended.

New starts a fresh AutoGray session by ﬁrst removing all edit points from a previous

session. New is recommended when you have applied Reﬁne more than twice.

to remove the points and continue with the AutoGray adjustment.

Proceed starts a fresh AutoGray session by ﬁrst removing all user edit points. This is because AutoGray cannot modify user-entered points.

17. In the Print Options dialog box that appears, choose the Input Tray to use for the measurement page and click Print.

The Page Type is automatically set to AutoGray Measurement Page.

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The Paper Size is automatically set to LTR/A4.

18. Click OK to conﬁrm printing of the measurement page.

The AutoGray dialog box appears.

19. Follow the directions in the dialog box for placing the Kodak Gray Scale strip and the AutoGray measurement page on the copier glass, and click Continue.

Messages display the progress of the gray balance adjustment.

20. From the DocuColor 3535 control panel, select Menu > Scan > Job Template.

21. Choose the desired calibration template: ColorCal.

22. Press the DocuColor 3535 Scan button (large green button).

23. When the adjustment is complete, click OK.

Color Editor displays the adjusted output proﬁle curve. New edit points have been inserted by AutoGray to modify the gray balance, in much the same way an expert user would have done manually.

24. To make edits to the output proﬁle curve, click AutoGray again.

25. Choose Reﬁne to ﬁne-tune the curve, or New to acquire a new curve for editing.

For more information on these steps, see page 3-33.

26. On the DocuColor 3535 control panel, press the Access button.

27. Enter your password.

28. Select Conﬁrm.

29. Choose System Settings > System Settings > Scan Mode Setting > Others.

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30. For Color Space, select 0 (sRGB).

31. Select Close until the System Settings screen is displayed.

32. Select Exit.

If the current setting for Color Space is other than 0, select Change Settings, select 0 for New Value, and select Save.

Checking edited proﬁles

To view a printed sample of a proﬁle before you save it to the Fiery EX3535, print one of the following:

• Comparison Page provided with ColorWise Pro Tools, which shows a comparison of

images and colored patches with and without edits

•User-deﬁned CALIB.PS in the Hold queue

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 EX3535 from your application, or download it to the Hold queue with Fiery Downloader (see page 2-8).

TO CHECK A PROFILE

1. Click Test Print from the Color Editor window.

2. Select a page to print. If you selected Comparison Page, choose a paper size and input tray. If you selected Sample Image Page, choose an output proﬁle. Then click Print

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Using Spot-On (Fiery Graphic Arts Package)

The ColorWise Spot Color Matching option automatically matches spot colors with their best CMYK equivalents so that spot colors can be simulated using the CMYK toner of the copier. However, you may want to adjust the default CMYK equivalents to achieve a better match for your speciﬁc printing conditions.

Spot-On allows you to adjust and manage lists of spot colors and their CMYK equivalents. The matching lists of spot colors and CMYK values are known as Spot Color Dictionaries. Spot-On allows you to maintain multiple Spot Color Dictionaries—one for each output proﬁle on the Fiery EX3535.

NOTE: In order to use Spot-On CMYK equivalents, you must enable the Spot Color

Matching option (see page 1-10).

Starting Spot-On

You can start Spot-On from ColorWise Pro Tools. To work with Spot-On, you must ﬁrst specify the output proﬁle associated with the Spot Color Dictionary that you want to edit. However, you may switch to a different output proﬁle at any time while working with Spot-On.

NOTE: The Fiery EX3535 allows only one user connection through Spot-On at a time.

TO START SPOT-ON

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Spot-On.

Output proﬁle names appear here

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2. Choose the desired output proﬁle and click OK.

The Spot-On main window appears. The CMYK values you see in the window are calculated with respect to the speciﬁed proﬁle.

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 EX3535. Tool icons for working with colors appear at the top of the window.

Cut

Download

Upload

Save

Custom color group

Default color group

Copy

Paste

Down

Close All

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By default, the Fiery EX3535 includes several PANTONE libraries along with a System library. The DIC, HKS, and TOYO libraries are available with the Fiery Graphic Arts Package. These factory default libraries appear marked with the default group icon ( ).

You can also add custom color groups and colors to the Spot-On window (see

page 3-45). Added groups appear marked with the custom group icon ( ). Both

default and custom groups can be opened to display their included colors.

TO 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.

When you open a group, all colors in the group are displayed, and the group icon changes appearance.

2. To close a color group, click the icon to the left of the group name, or double-click the blank area to the right of the name.

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3. To close all color groups in the list, choose Close All from the Edit menu.

You can also close all color groups by clicking the Close All icon above the color list.

Working with existing colors

With Spot-On, you can view and manage existing groups of colors on the Fiery EX3535. You can also search for a particular color in the Spot-On list.

Color groups in the Spot-On window appear in order of their priority. Highest priority is given to color groups at the top of the list. For instance, if two colors from two different color groups have the same name, the Fiery EX3535 uses the color from the higher group and disregards the other color. By managing the priority of colors in this way, you can maintain several CMYK variants for the same spot color.

TO REARRANGE THE PRIORITY OF COLORS

1. To rearrange an entire color group, select the desired color group.

To rearrange an individual color, select the desired color.

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.

OTE: The Cut operation is only available for custom colors.

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4. Click the location in the list where you want to paste the cut or copied selection, and click the Paste icon in the toolbar.

When you paste a default color group or color, a warning message may appear asking you to rename the selection. Use the menus to choose the desired preﬁx and sufﬁx for the new name, and click OK. The pasted selection becomes a custom color group or color with the speciﬁed name.

TO FIND A SPECIFIC COLOR

1. Choose Find from the Edit menu.

The Find dialog box appears.

2. Enter the name of the color you want to ﬁnd and click OK.

Spot-On searches for the speciﬁed color, starting from the top of the color list. The located color appears selected in the color list.

3. To ﬁnd additional colors based on the same search criteria, choose Find Again from the Edit menu.

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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.

TO ADD A NEW COLOR OR COLOR GROUP

1. Select the line in the group or color list where your addition is intended.

2. Choose New Group from the Edit menu to insert a new group or choose New Color to insert a new color.

A new color group entry or color entry appears as Untitled.

TO RENAME A CUSTOM COLOR OR COLOR GROUP

1. Select the Color Name or speciﬁc color you want to edit.

2. Type the new name exactly as it appears in the print job documents, including upper and lowercase characters and spaces, as needed.

OTE: Default groups or colors (such as PANTONE) cannot be renamed.

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Downloading custom color groups

You can download custom color groups from your computer to the Fiery EX3535. Downloaded groups are added as custom groups to the Spot-On color list and are enabled immediately for use on the Fiery EX3535.

TO DOWNLOAD CUSTOM COLOR GROUPS

1. Select the line in the color list where you want to add the downloaded group.

2. Choose Download from the File menu.

The Select ﬁle dialog box appears.

3. Locate and select the desired color group, and click Open.

The downloaded group is added to the speciﬁed location in the Spot-On list. If you did not specify a location, the group is added to the top of the list.

If the downloaded group has the same name as an existing group in the list, you are prompted to rename the downloaded group.

Uploading custom color groups

You can upload custom color groups from the Fiery EX3535 to your computer as ICC ﬁles. The upload feature allows you to share a group by creating a local copy that can be downloaded to another Fiery EX3535.

A color group must be saved to the Fiery EX3535 before you can upload it to your computer. To upload a factory default group, copy and paste the group as a new custom group. You can then upload the group as desired.

Xerox DocuColor 3535 JOB MANAGEMENT GUIDE

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Introduction

About this manual

Key features of ColorWise

Rendering Style

Pure Black Text/Graphics

Black Overprint

Spot Color Matching

CMYK Simulation Method

RGB Separation

Combine Separations

Halftone Screen

PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS

Setting color management print options for Windows

Adobe PostScript printer driver for Mac OS

Chapter 2: Color Calibration

An overview of calibration

Understanding calibration

How calibration works

Scheduling calibration

Checking calibration status

Using Calibrator

Starting Calibrator

Expert Mode

Restoring default calibration measurements

Using the EFI Spectrometer ES-1000

Setting up the ES-1000

Using the EFI Densitometer ED-100

Setting up the ED-100

Using ColorCal

Calibrating with ColorWise Pro Tools and ColorCal

Calibrating from the Control Panel with ColorCal

Chapter 3: ColorWise Pro Tools

Color Editor

Undoing CMYK simulation edits

Adjusting gray balance

Using Spot-On (Fiery Graphic Arts Package)

Starting Spot-On

Using the Spot-On main window

Working with existing colors

Creating custom colors

Downloading custom color groups

Uploading custom color groups