Xerox Fiery EX8000AP User Manual

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EX8000AP Color Server

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ONTENTS

CONTENTS

NTRODUCTION

Terminology and conventions

About this document

Graphic Arts Package

Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition

Setting up your monitor and the monitor proﬁle

APER

POT

OLOR

IMULATION

Paper simulation workﬂow

Printing with default Paper Simulation

Paper Simulation print option 12

Paper Simulation White Point editing

Paper Simulation White Point dialog box 13

Editing Paper Simulation White Point 14

Printing with custom paper simulation values

WITH

-O

Using Two-Color Print Mapping

Deﬁning a color for Two-Color Print Mapping 20

Printing a job with Two-Color Print Mapping 22

ETUP

ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup features

EATURES

-C

HITE

OLOR

OINT

RINT

DITING

APPING

Using Color Setup 25

CONTENTS

Control Bar

Control Bar workﬂow 26

Printing with the default Control Bar 26

Control Bar pane 28

Printing with a custom Control Bar 33

Conﬁgurable Auto Trapping

Conﬁgurable Auto Trapping workﬂow 34

Printing with default Auto Trapping 34

Auto Trapping pane 35

Setting the Apply Auto Trapping option to On 36

Deﬁning custom values for Auto Trapping 38

Printing with the conﬁgurable Auto Trapping feature 38

Progressives

Progressives workﬂow 39

Printing with default Progressives 40

Progressives pane 41

Specifying color channels 42

Printing with custom Progressives 42

Halftone Simulation

Halftone Simulation workﬂow 43

Halftone Simulation print option 43

Printing with pre-deﬁned halftone screens 44

Halftone Simulation pane 45

Setting a custom halftone screen 46

Printing with custom halftone screens 47

Supported applications 47

Calibrating for custom halftone screens 47

MAGE

IEWER

Accessing ImageViewer

OFT

ROOFING

Viewing soft proofs

CONTENTS

REFLIGHT

OLDERS

About ﬁle conversion

Filters

Specifying ﬁlter settings for a Hot Folder

About PS-> PDF Normalizer 59

Using the ﬁlters

Using the CT/LW to PostScript ﬁlter 60

Using the DCS 2.0 to PostScript ﬁlter 61

Using the EPS to PostScript ﬁlter 62

Using the ExportPS ﬁlter 63

ILTERS

Using the JPEG to PDF ﬁlter 64

Using the PDF/X Preﬂight ﬁlter 65

Using the PDF2Go ﬁlter 66

Using the TIFF to PDF ﬁlter 67

Using the TIFF/IT to PostScript ﬁlter 68

OSTFLIGHT

About Postﬂight

Postﬂight Test Page 71

Postﬂight color-coded pages 71

Postﬂight reports 72

Postﬂight print option

Postﬂight workﬂow

Scenario 1: Diagnose an unexpected color 76

Scenario 2: Check the calibration status 78

Scenario 3: Check the quality of the output proﬁle 79

Scenario 4: Diagnose a color problem of a speciﬁc object 80

CONTENTS

ULTIPLE

Multiple plate separations workﬂow

Combine Separations print option

Supported applications

APER

Paper Simulation workﬂow

Paper Simulation print option

NDEX

LATE

IMULATION

EPARATIONS

NTRODUCTION

Terminology and conventions

INTRODUCTION

This document explains the Graphic Arts Package features and how they work. Because of the ﬂexibility of the controls Graphic Arts Package provides, users in any environment can beneﬁt from the Graphic Arts Package features. Novice users can use the default settings to obtain optimal results. Expert users with speciﬁc needs and requirements in graphic arts and other markets can also obtain optimal results by customizing the settings.

The documentation for the Fiery EX8000AP Color Server uses the following terminology and conventions.

Term or convention Refers to

Aero Fiery EX8000AP (in illustrations and examples)

Digital press DocuColor 8000AP digital press

Fiery EX8000AP Fiery EX8000AP Color Server

Mac OS Apple Mac OS X

Titles in

Windows Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

italics

About this document

This document describes the features that are available through the print options and utilities such as ColorWise Pro Tools and Command WorkStation. The features are organized as follows:

•Features accessible from or used to set the values in ColorWise Pro Tools

Paper Simulation White Point Editing

–

Color Editor.

–

Spot-On with Two-Color Print Mapping

colors with print colors.

Color Setup

–

and Halftone Screen.

•Features accessible from Command WorkStation

–

ImageViewer

describes the white point editing feature with

describes the feature used to map document

describes the following features: Control Bar, Auto Trapping, Progressives,

describes how to start the ImageViewer application.

Soft Prooﬁng

–

Preﬂight

–

describes the Soft Proof feature.

describes how to perform the Preﬂight check of your job.

•Features accessible from or used to set the values in utilities other than ColorWise Pro Tools and Command WorkStation

–

Hot Folders Filters

describes the ﬁlters features.

•Other features

Postﬂight

–

Multiple Plate Separations

–

describes the Postﬂight feature and its workﬂow examples.

describes the combine separation feature for more than

four plates.

–

Paper Simulation

describes the ﬁxed Paper Simulation feature.

INTRODUCTION

Graphic Arts Package

The following features are included in Graphic Arts Package:

Feature Where to set values or access Print option name See

Halftone screening

Soft prooﬁng

Multiple plate separations

Fixed paper simulation

ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup

Command WorkStation Soft Prooﬁng

Halftone Screen Color Setup Features

Combine Separation Multiple Plate Separations

Paper Simulation Paper Simulation

Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition

The following features are included in Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition:

Feature Where to set values or access Print option name See

Paper simulation white point editing

Spot-On: two-color print mapping

Control bar

Conﬁgurable auto trapping

Progressives

Halftone screening

ImageViewer

Preﬂight

Hot Folders ﬁle ﬁlters

Postﬂight

Multiple plate separations

ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor

ColorWise Pro Tools Spot-On

ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup

Command WorkStation: ImageViewer

Command WorkStation: Preﬂight

Hot Folders Hot Folders Filters

Command WorkStation: ImageViewer

Paper Simulation Paper Simulation White Point

Editing

Two-Color Print Mapping Spot-On with Two-Color Print

Mapping

Control Bar Color Setup Features

Auto Trapping Color Setup Features

Progressives Color Setup Features

Halftone Screen Color Setup Features

ImageViewer

Preﬂight

Postﬂight Postﬂight

Combine Separation Multiple Plate Separations

Fixed paper simulation

Paper Simulation Paper Simulation

INTRODUCTION

Setting up your monitor and the monitor proﬁle

Some Graphic Arts Package features require that a job be displayed with correct colors on your monitor.

The following features require the correct monitor display:

•Paper Simulation White Point editing (see page 11)

•Soft Prooﬁng from Command WorkStation (see page 52)

•ImageViewer previewing from Command WorkStation (see page 50)

To display the colors correctly on your monitor, you must set up the monitor display according to the manufacturer’s recommendations, and specify the correct monitor proﬁle for your monitor.

Specify the following settings for the monitor display:

•At the monitor: Brightness, Contrast, and Temperature

•From the control panel of the operating system: Resolution, Refresh rate, and Number of colors

For more information about setting up your monitor and the monitor proﬁle, see the documentation that accompanies the monitor.

PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING

Although an ICC proﬁle contains a deﬁnition of “white,” the white may not always visually match the human eye, requiring a perceptual adjustment. The Paper Simulation White Point editing feature allows you to perceptually adjust the hue, brightness, and saturation of the simulated paper white deﬁned in the ICC proﬁle.

Paper simulation workﬂow

You can print a job with the Paper Simulation feature set to On from the printer driver without customizing paper simulation. Many jobs may print satisfactorily with the ﬁxed default Paper Simulation setting. However, you can customize the paper simulation by editing the white point values with ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor. After you customize the values, print the job with the custom paper simulation values from the printer driver by setting the Paper Simulation print option to On.

To print a job with the ﬁxed Paper Simulation setting, use the procedure on page 12. For more information about editing Paper Simulation White Point values and printing with custom paper simulation values, see page 13.

PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING

Printing with default Paper Simulation

Use the following procedure to print a job with the ﬁxed Paper Simulation value.

NOTE: The procedures for printing a job from a Mac OS or a Windows computer are similar.

TO PRINT A JOB WITH DEFAULT PAPER SIMULATION

1 Choose Print from your application.

2 Select Fiery EX8000AP as your printer and click Properties.

The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected.

3 Click the ColorWise icon.

4 Click Expert Settings.

The Expert Color Settings dialog box appears.

5 Select Paper Simulation.

6 Click OK to close the Expert Color Settings dialog box.

7 Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.

8 Click Print.

The job prints with the default Paper Simulation White Point setting.

Paper Simulation print option

The following values are available for the Paper Simulation print option:

•Off (Default)

•On

NOTE: If you have not edited the Paper Simulation White Point values with ColorWise Pro

Tools Color Editor and selected On for this option, your job is printed with the default Paper Simulation values. If you edited the values, your job is printed with the custom Paper Simulation values.

PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING

Paper Simulation White Point editing

Your job may print satisfactorily with the ﬁxed Paper Simulation setting. However, you can customize the Paper Simulation setting by editing the Paper Simulation White Point values with ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor.

Paper Simulation White Point dialog box

The Paper Simulation White Point dialog box displays Hue, Brightness, and Saturation sliders. A graphic under each slider displays the current setting. To adjust the settings, drag the slider left or right, or type a value in the editable text ﬁeld to the right of the slider bar.

NOTE: The sliders do not show absolute values. The slider position and associated values are

relative to the paper white deﬁnition in effect when you open the dialog box.

Hue

This setting allows you to change the hue of the Paper Simulation White Point. Specify a value between 0.0 and +359.9. If you specify a value greater than 359.9, it automatically changes to 359.9. If you specify a value less than 0.0, it automatically changes to 0.0.

Brightness

This setting allows you to change the brightness of the Paper Simulation White Point. Specify a value between 0.0 and 100.0 (inclusive). If you specify a value greater than 100.0, it automatically changes to 100.0. If you specify a value less than 0.0, it automatically changes to 0.0.

Saturation

This setting allows you to change the saturation of the Paper Simulation White Point. Specify a value between 0.0 and 100.0 (inclusive). If you specify a value greater than 100.0, it automatically changes to 100.0. If you specify a value less than 0.0, it automatically changes to 0.0.

PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING

Preview

This area in the lower-left corner of the dialog box displays a preview of the paper simulation color, surrounded by a white border for contrast. The preview is based on the monitor proﬁle you speciﬁed next to Current Monitor Proﬁle.

To preview the color correctly with your monitor, select the Monitor Compensation option, and then select the correct monitor proﬁle for your monitor. For more information, see

page 16.

NOTE: To display the colors correctly with your monitor, you must set the monitor and

monitor settings correctly. For more information, see page 10.

Editing Paper Simulation White Point

To edit a custom proﬁle, do the following:

•Select a CMYK Simulation Proﬁle.

•Select Full (Output GCR) for a simulation method.

• Link the simulation proﬁle to an output proﬁle.

Use the following procedure to access the Paper Simulation White Point dialog box to edit the values.

NOTE: If Paper Simulation is set to On, and you have deﬁned a substitute color as

C=0, M=0, Y=0, K=0, the values deﬁned in Substitute Colors override those for Paper Simulation. For information about Substitute Colors, see Color Printing.

TO ACCESS THE PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT DIALOG BOX

1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EX8000AP.

Start ColorWise Pro Tools from a stand-alone application or Command WorkStation, at your computer or at the monitor connected to the Fiery EX8000AP.

2 Click Color Editor.

1 Select Simulation

PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING

3 Select Simulation from the View list.

NOTE: You can edit the white point values of simulation proﬁles only. You cannot edit those of

output proﬁles.

4 Select a simulation proﬁle and click Select.

The Color Editor dialog box appears.

1 Select Full (Output GCR) 2 Output proﬁle name

5 Select Full (Output GCR) in the Edit Mode menu.

1 2

6 Select an output proﬁle to link to the edited simulation proﬁle.

NOTE: When you print a job with the edited simulation proﬁle, you must select the same

output proﬁle you linked to here to realize the effect of the Paper Simulation White Point editing.

PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING

7 Click Paper Simulation.

The Paper Simulation White Point dialog box appears.

Use the following procedure to edit the Paper Simulation White Point values.

TO EDIT PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT VALUES

1 Select the Monitor Compensation option in the Paper Simulation White Point dialog box.

2 Make sure that the correct monitor proﬁle for your monitor is displayed next to Current

Monitor Proﬁle.

3 If the correct monitor proﬁle is not selected, click Monitor.

The Select Monitor Proﬁle dialog box appears.

4 Select ICC Proﬁles from the Format list.

5 Select the monitor proﬁle for your monitor and click Open.

The Paper Simulation White Point dialog box appears.

6 Edit the Hue, Brightness, and Saturation values.

Edit the values by dragging the sliders or typing values in the text ﬁelds. For detailed information about the Paper Simulation White Point dialog box, see page 13.

7 View the changes in the preview patch in the lower-left corner of the dialog box.

8 Click Print.

The Print Test dialog box appears.

PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING

9 Select settings from the Paper Size and Input Tray lists and click Print.

10 Click OK to close the Paper Simulation White Point dialog box.

11 Click Save in the Color Editor dialog box.

The Save dialog box appears.

12 Type a new name and click Save.

13 Quit Color Editor.

Printing with custom paper simulation values

After you edit the paper simulation values in Color Editor, you can print a document with the custom paper simulation values from the printer driver. You can also override the setting with Command WorkStation.

NOTE: The procedures for printing a job from a Windows or Mac OS computer are

fundamentally the same. The following procedure uses illustrations from a Mac OS computer.

Use the following procedure to print a job with the custom paper simulation values.

TO PRINT A JOB WITH EDITED PAPER SIMULATION VALUES

1 Choose Print in your application.

The print dialog box appears.

2 Click Copies & Pages and choose ColorSync from the menu.

The ColorSync pane appears.

3 Select In Printer from the Color Conversion list.

4 Click Copies & Pages and choose ColorWise from the menu.

The ColorWise pane appears.

5 Select Two-Way Communication.

For information about enabling Two-Way Communication, see Printing from Mac OS.

PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING

6 Click Expert Settings in the Print Mode area.

The ColorWise Expert Settings dialog box appears.

7 Select the custom simulation proﬁle from the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle list.

Select the simulation proﬁle you saved after editing the Paper Simulation White Point values in the previous section.

8 Select the Full (Output GCR) option.

9 Select Paper Simulation.

10 Select the output proﬁle that you linked to the custom simulation proﬁle from the Output

Proﬁle menu.

11 Click OK.

The ColorWise pane reappears.

12 Click Print.

The job is printed using your custom CMYK Simulation Proﬁle with the edited White Point values.

SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING

In addition to managing “named” colors, Spot-On allows you to assign spot colors and process colors to the generic colors that are used in a job. The Two-Color Print Mapping feature is designed for print shop operators to do the prooﬁng for a two-color press. You can print a two-color job to a two-color device by mapping the colors in a job to the colors that are already created on the device.

For information about managing named colors with Spot-On, see Color Printing.

NOTE: The RGB colors in a document are ﬁrst converted to CMYK colors and then the

Two-Color Print Mapping is applied.

The following limitations apply when you use the Two-Color Print Mapping feature:

• The settings for Two-Color Print Mapping are ignored when the Composite Overprint and Combine Separation features are enabled.

•Postﬂight does not report on Two-Color Print Mapping, because Postﬂight reports the source state of a document. The color space that the digital press receives before any conversions is reported in Postﬂight.

•You cannot select the Two-Color Print Mapping and Substitute Color options at the same time. Also, you cannot select a substitute color to be used in the Two-Color Print Mapping feature.

Using Two-Color Print Mapping

In the Two-Color Print Mapping feature, the colors that are used in a job are mapped with the colors to print. From the Spot-On main window, open the Deﬁne Two-Color Print Map dialog box and then reassign the document colors to the named or custom colors to print with. When the feature is turned on from the printer driver, Fiery EX8000AP replaces the document colors with the colors you deﬁned in the Deﬁne Two-Color Print Map dialog box. You can also override the print option setting using Command WorkStation.

SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING

Deﬁning a color for Two-Color Print Mapping

Use the following procedure to deﬁne the color mappings in the Two-Color Print Map dialog box.

TO DEFINE A COLOR FOR TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING

1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EX8000AP.

Start ColorWise Pro Tools from a stand-alone application or Command WorkStation, at your computer or at the monitor connected to the Fiery EX8000AP.

1 Output proﬁle

2 Click Spot-On.

The Select Output Proﬁle dialog box appears.

3 Select an output proﬁle and click OK.

The Spot-On main window appears.

NOTE: The Two-Color Print Mapping group always appears at the top of the list. It is not

included in the priority arrangements.

4 Double-click Two-Color Print Mapping.

The two colors for mapping appear.

SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING

5 Double-click one of the color lines.

The Deﬁne Two-Color Print Map dialog box appears.

The document colors on the left side represent the colors that are used in a job. Map these colors to the named or process colors that you select on the right. Initially, Black and Magenta appear as placeholder colors on the left.

NOTE: When you change the color selection on the left, the selection on the right changes to

Process Color with the same color name. This is to avoid accidentally mapping a color to a different process color.

6 Select a process color from the Print list on the left.

Select Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, or Black.

7 Select Named Color Group or Process Color on the right.

To select a named color, continue the steps. To select a process color, go to step 10.

8 Select a group from the Named Color Group list.

Select from the list of the named color groups that are already deﬁned in Spot-On.

The preﬁx of the selected group appears on the left side of the Named Color ﬁeld. The sufﬁx appears on the right side of the ﬁeld.

9Type the name of the named color in the Named Color ﬁeld.

NOTE: The names are case sensitive. Type the name exactly as it appears in the list in Spot-On.

If the name you typed in the Named Color ﬁeld is invalid, the Fiery EX8000AP displays an error message.

NOTE: If the Named Color Group option is selected and the Named Color ﬁeld is not ﬁlled,

the Fiery EX8000AP displays an error message. Type a name in the Named Color ﬁeld or select the Process Color option instead of the Named Color Group.

SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING

10 Select Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, or Black from the Process Color list.

11 Repeat steps 6 through 10 for the other color to map.

NOTE: You cannot select the same process color for both document colors. When a process

color is selected for a document color, it is grayed out for the other document color.

12 When you are done selecting the colors, click OK.

The changes in the Deﬁne Two-Color Print Map are saved and the newly assigned mapping colors and values appear in the Spot-On main window.

Printing a job with Two-Color Print Mapping

After you map the colors in the Two-Color Print Map dialog box in Spot-On, you can print a two-color job from the printer driver. You can also override the print option setting using Command WorkStation.

NOTE: When you print a job, select the same output proﬁle from the printer driver as the one

that was selected in the Select Output Proﬁle dialog box. Otherwise, print mappings that are deﬁned in Spot-On have no effect.

NOTE: The procedures for printing a job from a Mac OS and a Windows computer

are similar.

SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING

TO PRINT A TWO-COLOR JOB

1 Open a document in your application.

2 Choose Print.

3 Click Copies & Pages and choose ColorWise from the menu.

The ColorWise pane appears.

4 Select 2-Color Print Mapping.

5 Click Print.

The job is printed with the mapping you deﬁned in Spot-On.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

With Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition, ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup offers the following customizable features, in addition to the Color Process Flow feature:

• Control Bar

•Auto Trapping

•Progressives

•Halftone Simulation

For information about Color Process Flow, see Color Printing.

NOTE: The ColorWise Pro Tools applications for Windows and Mac OS computers

are similar.

ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup features

Access the Control Bar, Auto Trapping, Progressive, and Halftone Simulation features from Color Setup.

For information about these features, see the following sections:

• Control Bar (see page 26)

•Auto Trapping (see page 34)

•Progressives (see page 39)

•Halftone Simulation (see page 43)

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Using Color Setup

Use the following procedure to start Color Setup.

NOTE: For information about installing ColorWise Pro Tools and conﬁguring a connection,

see Color Printing.

TO START COLOR SETUP

1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EX8000AP.

NOTE: Start ColorWise Pro Tools from a stand-alone application or Command WorkStation,

at your computer or at the monitor connected to the Fiery EX8000AP.

2 Click Color Setup.

The Color Setup main window appears with the Color Process Flow tab selected.

Control Bar

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Control Bar allows you to add a static color bar and dynamic job information to each printed page at the user-deﬁned location. The feature can be set as a server default or overridden on a per-job basis.

The default Control Bar is designed to ﬁt the Fiery EX8000AP default paper size, Letter/A4, or larger. You can create Control Bars for other paper sizes.

NOTE: If a Control Bar does not ﬁt on the page, it will be clipped.

NOTE: If a background color is deﬁned as “white” for a user-deﬁned Control Bar, it must be

deﬁned in the CMYK color space for the Paper Simulation feature to take effect. For more information about Paper Simulation, see page 11.

Control Bar workﬂow

The default Control Bar provides a color bar and dynamic job information. Print a job with the default Control Bar by setting the Control Bar print option to On from the printer driver. Many jobs print satisfactorily with the default Control Bar, but if you require your own color bars, create them by deﬁning custom values in the Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box. After you deﬁne a custom Control Bar in the Control Bar pane in Color Setup, you can print a job with the custom Control Bar from the printer driver.

To print a job with the default Control Bar, see the following section. For information about the Control Bar pane, see page 28. To create your own Control Bars, see page 29. To print a job with a custom Control Bar, see page 33.

Printing with the default Control Bar

Print a job with the default Control Bar by setting the Control Bar print option to On from the printer driver.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

TO PRINT A JOB WITH THE DEFAULT CONTROL BAR

1 Choose Print from your application.

2 Select Fiery EX8000AP as your printer and click Properties.

The Properties dialog box appears, with the Fiery Printing tab selected.

3 Click the Job Info icon.

1 Job information 2 Static color bar

4 Select Control Bar.

5 Click OK.

6 Click Print.

The job is printed with the default Control Bar.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Control Bar pane

Access the Control Bar pane by clicking the Control Bar tab in the ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup dialog box (see page 29).

The Control Bar tab allows you to do the following:

•Set the Print Control Bar option to On (see the following section).

•View the deﬁnition of a Control Bar (see page 29).

•Deﬁne a new Control Bar (see page 29).

•Edit a Control Bar (see page 32).

•Duplicate a Control Bar (see page 32).

•Delete a Control Bar (see page 32).

•Restore the factory default values (see page 33).

Setting the Print Control Bar option to On

Selecting the Print Control Bar option sets the Printer’s Default value to On. If this option is selected, a Control Bar is printed on all pages sent to the Fiery EX8000AP when Printer’s default is selected from the printer driver or with Command WorkStation.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Viewing the deﬁnition of a Control Bar

Selecting a Control Bar in the Available Control Bar list allows you to view the settings information in the Control Bar Deﬁnition area. With this feature, you can identify the Control Bar without opening the Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box.

The following information is displayed in the Control Bar Deﬁnition area:

• Color Bar EPS File

•Job Information

•Text Location

•Distance from edge

Deﬁning a new Control Bar

When you open the Control Bar pane for the ﬁrst time, only the default Control Bar is available in the Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box. You can create a custom Control Bar that better ﬁts your needs.

Use the following procedure to access the Control Bar pane and create a new Control Bar.

TO CREATE A CUSTOM CONTROL BAR

1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EX8000AP.

2 Click Color Setup.

3 Click the Control Bar tab.

4 Click New in the Control Bar pane.

The Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box appears.

5 Deﬁne the values for each option.

For information about Control Bar options, see “The Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box” on page 30.

6 Click OK.

A custom Control Bar is created.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

The Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box

The explanation of each section in the Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box is as follows:

NOTE: The Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box is displayed when you click New in the

Color Setup dialog box.

NOTE: Each ﬁeld of this dialog box initially displays the value from the Control Bar that is

currently set as default, except for the System Page Size.

• System Page Size: A System Page Size label with two numbers is printed with each Control Bar. These numbers are the exact numbers to enter when creating a custom Control Bar. Every page produced by the Fiery EX8000AP has a System Page Size. These two numbers represent the width and height of the page, in points, as processed by the system. Page sizes that are not deﬁned use the Default system Control Bar.

To ﬁnd the System Page Size for a job, see a previously printed Control Bar on a document using the targeted paper size and orientation.

• Description: This ﬁeld allows you to add a one-line description of the custom Control Bar for your future reference.

• Control Bar EPS File: This option allows you to select the following:

–Standard: (provided as a default)

–Custom: (user-designed EPS)

–None: (no EPS ﬁle is required)

The EPS ﬁle contains a color bar and any logo or static information that you want to include on the page.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

• Job Information: The options vary, but typically the following information is available, in addition to the print options you specify in the Color pane from the printer driver:

–Page Size

– Control Bar Name

–User Name

–Job Title

–Date/Time

–Server Name

–Printer Name

– Calibration Date/Time

–User Group

–User Notes

–User Instructions

• Text Location: This list allows you to select the location in which you want the job information printed on the page:

– Bottom

– Left

–Top

– Right

For the location and orientation of the job information, see the following illustration.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

• Distance from the edge: This text ﬁeld allows you to deﬁne the distance from the lower-left corner at which you want the job information to begin printing. The settings to deﬁne are as follows:

– Units: Select inches, millimeters, or points from the Units list.

– Horizontal: Type the value.

– Vertical: Type the value.

Editing a Control Bar

You can edit all of the values in the Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box, with the exception of System Page Size, which appears dimmed.

The System Page Size for the default Control Bar refers to different system page sizes. For other Control Bars, values are displayed in the text ﬁeld.

NOTE: To display the Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box for editing, select a Control Bar in

the Available Control Bar list, and then click Edit.

Duplicating a Control Bar

When you duplicate a Control Bar, all the values of the original Control Bar are displayed. You can edit and save the duplicate as a custom Control Bar.

If you edit and save a Control Bar as a custom Control Bar, you must change the System Page Size values. No two Control Bars can use the same values. If you try to save the custom Control Bar without changing the System Page Size values, a warning message appears.

Because a Control Bar is not a part of a job, a document can be printed with one Control Bar and then with another one if the Control Bar deﬁnition has changed. To keep the Control Bar and reuse it later, you must save the changes as a custom Control Bar.

NOTE: To display the Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box for duplicating, select a Control Bar

in the Available Control Bar list and click Duplicate.

Deleting a Control Bar

You can delete a Control Bar from the list in the Available Control Bar dialog box. You are prompted to conﬁrm the deletion.

NOTE: You cannot delete the default Control Bar.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Restoring the factory default values

The Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box allows you to delete all user-deﬁned Control Bars and restore the default Control Bar to its original state by clicking Factory Defaults.

Printing with a custom Control Bar

The procedure to print a job with a custom Control Bar is basically the same as to print with the default Control Bar (see page 26). Use the following procedure to print with a custom Control Bar.

TO PRINT A JOB WITH A CUSTOM CONTROL BAR

1 Choose Print from your application.

2 Select Fiery EX8000AP as your printer and click Properties.

The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected.

3 Click the Job Info icon.

4 Select On from the Control Bar list.

NOTE: Selecting On from the printer driver affects the current job only. If you selected Print

Control Bar in the Control Bar pane, selecting Printer’s Default has the same effect as On. Selecting Print Control Bar in the Control Bar pane sets the default value to On for all jobs.

5 Click OK.

6 Click Print.

The job is printed with the Control Bar speciﬁed in the Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Conﬁgurable Auto Trapping

Trapping is a technique where some objects are printed slightly larger or smaller than you have speciﬁed in an application, in order to prevent white edges around the objects. These white edges, or “hollows,” can be caused by factors such as misregistration, the physical properties of the toners, and the stiffness of the media.

The conﬁgurable Auto Trapping feature provides you with advanced trapping settings and gives you full control over their values. The Fiery EX8000AP is shipped with values that are optimized for the print device using regular paper, but if these values do not provide the results necessary for the media that you use, modify the values to meet your requirements.

Conﬁgurable Auto Trapping workﬂow

The ﬁxed values are set as default for Auto Trapping. The Fiery EX8000AP applies these ﬁxed values when you set Auto Trapping to On, with generally good results. However, to customize the values for Auto Trapping, deﬁne the values in the Auto Trapping pane in Color Setup. After you deﬁne the values, print a job with Auto Trapping set to On from the printer driver.

Printing with default Auto Trapping

You can print a job with default Auto Trapping by setting the Auto Trapping print option to On from the printer driver.

TO PRINT A JOB WITH DEFAULT AUTO TRAPPING

1 Choose Print from your application.

2 Select Fiery EX8000AP as your printer and click Properties.

The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected.

3 Click the ColorWise icon.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

4 Select Auto Trapping.

5 Click OK.

6 Click Print.

The job is printed with the default Auto Trapping values.

Auto Trapping pane

Access the Auto Trapping pane by clicking the Auto Trapping tab in the ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup dialog box (see page 38).

The settings in the Auto Trapping pane allow you to perform the following tasks:

•Set the Apply Auto Trapping option to On (see the following section).

•Specify the trap width (see page 36).

•Specify the trap color reduction (see page 36).

•Specify the trap shape (see page 37).

•Specify the trap object types (see page 37).

•Restore the factory default values (see page 37).

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Setting the Apply Auto Trapping option to On

When you select the Apply Auto Trapping option, you set the Printer’s default value to On. When you select Printer’s default from the printer driver, the conﬁgured auto trapping is applied to all jobs sent to the Fiery EX8000AP.

Specifying Trap Width

Trap Width values determine how thick the trapped areas are. Specify the following values:

• Horizontal: Deﬁnes the horizontal thickness of the trapped areas (0-10 pixels).

• Vertical: Deﬁnes the vertical thickness of the trapped areas (0-10 pixels).

When you select the Uniform option, the horizontal and vertical Trap Width values are the same. If the values were set before you selected Uniform, the higher of the two values is used for both.

A small bitmap image in the lower-left corner of the Trap/Width pane provides a dynamic visual example of the selected values.

Specifying Trap Color Reduction

Trap Color Reduction values determine how intense the trapping effect is. The values entered reﬂect the percent reduction of the toner in the trap. You can enter values for the following color channels:

• Cyan: Deﬁnes the trap reduction in cyan (0-100%).

• Magenta: Deﬁnes the trap reduction in magenta (0-100%).

• Yellow: Deﬁnes the trap reduction in yellow (0-100%).

• Black: Deﬁnes the trap reduction in black (0-100%).

A 100% reduction results in no toner intensity applied to the trap. A 0% reduction results in full toner intensity.

When you select the Uniform option, all four Trap Color Reduction values are the same. If the values were set before you selected Uniform, the highest value is used for all.

A small bitmap image to the left of each color in the Trap Color Reduction pane provides dynamic visual examples of the selected values.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Specifying Trap Shape

Trap Shape represents how a single pixel appears when trapped against a contrasting background. With elements bigger than one pixel, the shape, or part of the shape, is only visible at the corners of objects. Select any of the following shapes:

•Ellipse

•Diamond

•Rectangle

Specifying Trap Object Types

When no option is selected in the Trap Object Types area, only trapping of objects (text and graphics) against objects is applied. Select any of the following:

• Trap Objects to Images: Auto trapping is applied to boundary areas between objects and images.

• Trap Images Internally: Auto trapping is applied to every individual pixel of an image.

This option is available only when you select Trap Objects to Images. If the Trap Objects to Images option is cleared, the Trap Images Internally option appears dimmed.

Restoring factory defaults

Click Factory Defaults to delete all user-deﬁned settings for Auto Trapping and restore the factory default settings.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Deﬁning custom values for Auto Trapping

Use the following procedure to select the Auto Trapping settings and deﬁne custom values.

TO DEFINE AUTO TRAPPING VALUES

1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EX8000AP.

2 Click Color Setup.

3 Click the Auto Trapping tab.

4 Deﬁne a value for each option in the Auto Trapping pane.

For information about the options in the Auto Trapping pane, see page 35.

5 Click Apply.

The deﬁned Auto Trapping values are applied.

Printing with the conﬁgurable Auto Trapping feature

After you deﬁne the Auto Trapping values, print a job with the Auto Trapping feature by setting the Auto Trapping print option to On from the printer driver. You can change the setting for this print option using Command WorkStation.

NOTE: If the Auto Trapping values are changed, reRIPping is required to print a job with the

new values.

Use the procedure on page 27 to print a job with custom Auto Trapping values from the printer driver.

NOTE: Selecting On from the printer driver affects the current job only. Selecting Apply Auto

Trapping in the Auto Trapping pane in Color Setup sets the default value for all jobs, and allows you to select Printer’s default from the printer driver.

The job is printed with the Auto Trapping values deﬁned in the Auto Trapping pane.

Progressives

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

The term “Progressives” refers to printing variations in a multi-color document. The variations may use from one to all of the available color channels in a print device. The majority of printing processes that involve more than one or two colorants apply the colorants sequentially. Traditionally, progressives are the intermediate states after some and before all colorants have been applied. The Progressives feature is more ﬂexible, because it allows you to select which color is printed, using up to four sheets per original document page.

NOTE: The Progressives feature is designed to show you the toner separations used by the job

on the print device. The feature is not intended to be used to proof for another non-Fiery driven print device.

NOTE: Progressives show the separations that the Fiery EX8000AP sends to the print device,

not the separations contained in the job source ﬁle.

NOTE: Progressives is a “reporting” feature. It is not designed to be used with production

features such as VDP and Imposition. Progressives is offered for diagnostic situations. With high volume applications or production environments, use Progressives only on the individual pages that need testing.

Progressives workﬂow

You can inspect the result of each channel with the default values for color channels in Progressives. However, if you must customize the selection of color channels or number of sheets to print, you can do so by specifying the color channels in the Progressives pane in Color Setup. After specifying the color channels, print a job with the customized Progressives by setting the print option to On from the printer driver.

NOTE: You cannot use the Progressives and Postﬂight features at the same time. A constraint

is set for these print options from the printer driver.

NOTE: Clearing plates in ImageViewer does not have an effect on a Progressives job printed

from ImageViewer. It prints with the values speciﬁed in the Progressives pane. For more information, see “ImageViewer” on page 50.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Printing with default Progressives

Print a job with default Progressives by setting the Progressives print option to On from the printer driver.

TO PRINT A JOB WITH DEFAULT PROGRESSIVES

1 Choose Print from your application.

2 Select Fiery EX8000AP as your printer and click Properties.

The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected.

3 Click the Job Info icon.

4 Select Progressives.

5 Click OK.

6 Click Print.

The job is printed with the default Progressives.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Progressives pane

Access the Progressives pane by clicking the Progressives tab in ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup. For more information about accessing the pane, see the procedure on page 42.

The settings in the Progressives pane allow you to do the following:

•Specify sheets (1-4) and colors per sheet to print (see the following section).

•Restore the factory default values (see page 41).

Specifying sheets and colors

At least one colorant (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, or Black) must be selected for each sheet and at least one sheet must be selected.

Small bitmap images to the left of each row dynamically change to reﬂect your selections.

Restoring factory defaults

Clicking Factory Defaults allows you to delete all user-deﬁned settings for the Progressives feature and restore the default settings.

Factory default values are set as follows:

• Sheet 1: Black

• Sheet 2: Black + Cyan

• Sheet 3: Black + Cyan + Magenta

• Sheet 4: Black + Cyan + Magenta + Yellow

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

These selections are arbitrary, independent of the source job and the printing order of the copier. With this selection, the ﬁrst sheet includes the black plate only, because it is often the most important plate when looking at separations. The other colors are added in a “progressive” order.

When you return to the Progressives tab, the set of selections you last made is displayed.

The colors included do not have to represent the actual sequence applied by the copier, which provides more ﬂexibility for analyzing the image composition.

Specifying color channels

Use the following procedure to access the Progressives pane and specify color channels.

TO ACCESS THE PROGRESSIVES PANE AND SPECIFY COLOR CHANNELS

1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the FIERY EX8000AP.

2 Click Color Setup.

3 Click the Progressives tab.

4 Specify the color channels in the Progressives pane.

For information about the options in the Progressives pane, see page 41.

5 Click Apply.

The speciﬁed color channels are applied.

Printing with custom Progressives

After specifying the color channels, print a job with custom Progressives by setting the Progressives print option to On from the printer driver.

NOTE: Alternatively, you can send a job with default Progressives setting and change the print

option setting using Command WorkStation.

Use the same procedure on page 40 to print a job with the custom Progressives feature from the printer driver. The printed job reﬂects the Progressives settings you deﬁned in the Progressives pane.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Halftone Simulation

When prooﬁng, we recommend that you print in contone mode, which uses the best color in the Fiery system. For advanced prooﬁng purposes, Graphic Arts Package offers user-controlled halftone generation. Halftoned proofs simulate, with reasonable accuracy, the ﬁnal dots imaged on ﬁlms or plates for offset printing. The halftone screening feature allows you to deﬁne the custom screening functions applied to your print job.

Halftone Simulation workﬂow

You can select pre-set halftone screens to print jobs with good results. When you must customize the values for a halftone screen, deﬁne a custom halftone in your application or at Color Setup, and then select the screen in the Halftone Simulation print option from the printer driver.

For information about the print option and the procedure to print with the pre-deﬁned halftone screens, see the following section. For information about the Halftone Simulation pane and the procedure to specify custom halftone screen values, see page 45.

Halftone Simulation print option

Access the halftone screening feature through the Halftone Simulation print option. Select from the following option items:

• Printer’s default: Uses the pre-deﬁned device contone, unless a job contains an application speciﬁed halftone screen.

• Off: Uses the pre-deﬁned device halftone screen.

• Application Deﬁned: Uses a pre-deﬁned halftone screen speciﬁed in an application. For information about the supported applications, see page 47.

• Newsprint: Uses a pre-deﬁned halftone screen that looks and feels like a newspaper.

• User Deﬁned Screen1/2/3: Applies a user-deﬁned halftone screen based on the settings in ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup.

NOTE: Use Newsprint and User Deﬁned Screen1/2/3 with all applications, including

Microsoft Ofﬁce.

NOTE: The Halftone Simulation feature screens the data at the native contone device

resolution. The simulation is intended to be approximate for halftoned output. This feature is especially useful for prooﬁng newsprint where the contone output may look too smooth compared to the press output at 85 to 120 lpi.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Printing with pre-deﬁned halftone screens

Use the following procedure to print a job with a pre-deﬁned default halftone screen from the printer driver.

TO PRINT A JOB WITH A DEFAULT HALFTONE SCREEN

1 Choose Print from your application.

2 Select Fiery EX8000AP as your printer and click Properties.

The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected.

3 Click the Image icon.

4 Select a pre-deﬁned halftone screen from the Halftone Simulation list.

For more information, see page 43.

5 Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.

6 Click Print.

The job is printed to the Fiery EX8000AP with the pre-deﬁned halftone screen.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Halftone Simulation pane

You can deﬁne three custom halftone screens on the Halftone Simulation pane.

For each of these screens, you can deﬁne the following values:

Angle

Type a number (from 0-360) for each color: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black.

Frequency (LPI)

Type a number for each color: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. Select the check box next to the link icon to make the values for Frequency (LPI: lines per inch) the same for all four channels. Frequency refers to the number of rows of spots that combine to form a halftone dot.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Dot shape

Select a PostScript function for dot shape. When you select Custom, the Dot Shape dialog box appears. This dialog box provides a text ﬁeld in which you type a PostScript function. When this dialog box ﬁrst opens, it reﬂects the last custom-deﬁned dot shape.

Setting a custom halftone screen

Use the following procedure to access the Halftone Screens pane and specify a custom halftone screen.

TO SPECIFY A CUSTOM HALFTONE SCREEN

1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EX8000AP.

2 Click Color Setup.

3 Click the Halftone Screens tab.

4 Specify the angle, frequency, and dot shape for a custom halftone screen.

For information about the options on the Halftone Screens pane, see page 45.

5 Click Apply.

The speciﬁed settings for Angle, Frequency, and Dot Shape are applied to the custom halftone screen.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

Printing with custom halftone screens

After specifying the halftone screen values for User Screen 1, User Screen 2, or User Screen 3, select a corresponding custom screen name from the printer driver. Use the same procedure on page 44 to print a job with a custom halftone screen.

NOTE: Alternatively, you can send a job with a default halftone screen and change the print

option setting using Command WorkStation.

The printed job reﬂects the settings you deﬁned on the Halftone Screens pane.

Supported applications

The following applications have been tested with Mac OS and Windows for compatibility with the Application Deﬁned setting in the Halftone Simulation print option. Other applications should work as well, as long as they are using standard PostScript conversions on halftone screen deﬁnitions and the parameters used in the deﬁnitions are kept within the physical limitations of the copier.

•Adobe Acrobat

•Adobe Illustrator

•Adobe InDesign

•Adobe PageMaker

•Macromedia FreeHand

•QuarkXPress

Calibrating for custom halftone screens

When color quality is important, make sure that the Fiery EX8000AP is calibrated for the particular halftone screen you use. Changing a halftone screen usually modiﬁes the color response of the copier.

The best color is achieved when an Output proﬁle that is associated with the appropriate calibration response is selected at print time. However, when custom halftones are speciﬁed, the Fiery EX8000AP does not have adequate information about the resulting color response. For this reason, achieving good color with custom halftone screens is often possible only when you perform custom halftone calibration and use a proﬁle based on this custom halftone.

Use the following procedure to calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP for custom halftone screens.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

TO CALIBRATE THE FIERY EX8000AP FOR CUSTOM HALFTONE SCREENS

1Prepare the measurement instrument you use for calibration.

For information about supported measurement instruments, see Color Printing.

2 On the User Software DVD, open the folder that contains the custom halftone calibration

ﬁles.

The folder locations for Mac OS and Windows are as follows:

Mac OS: Mac Color Files:Calibration Files:Halftone Calibration Files:Photoshop or Other

Applications

Windows: Windows Color Files\Calibration Files\Halftone Calibration Files\Photoshop or

Other Applications

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

NOTE: When opening or printing these ﬁles, never “color-manage” using PostScript Color

Management or ICC proﬁles that provide color conversions.

3From Photoshop, open the image ﬁle that corresponds to your instrument and page size.

From other applications, open a blank document and place the EPS ﬁle that matches your instrument and page size.

The images were prepared for the ﬁnal sheet page size. If you are placing an image, do so using no margins. Ignore warnings that the image may be clipped.

NOTE: If you use these measurement pages with the Fiery EX8000AP standard screens, make

sure to properly set the PPD print option that controls the screen.

4 Print the measurement page using your custom halftone and other print option settings.

This page is now the custom calibration measurement page.

You must print this measurement page with the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle print option set to ColorWise Off, which produces an uncalibrated page.

NOTE: To calibrate your copier, you must print CMYK patches in the raw state of the printer.

Except for the Output Proﬁle print option, the ColorWise print options are irrelevant and will be ignored.

To increase the speed and reliability of the calibration, print your measurement page, with the appropriate print option settings, to a PostScript ﬁle. The next time you calibrate, download this PostScript ﬁle. Retaining this ﬁle in the Hold queue of the Fiery EX8000AP makes the entire calibration process even faster.

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

5 With ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor, open any Output proﬁle.

NOTE: You can select any Output proﬁle because you will be printing the measurement page

with the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle set to ColorWise Off. With this setting, color conversions using an Output proﬁle will not occur.

For information about Color Editor, see ColorWise Pro Tools Help.

6 Save this Output proﬁle under a new name descriptive of your custom halftone screen.

7Use ColorWise Pro Tools Proﬁle Manager to associate this Output proﬁle with an appropriate

Calibration Set.

Even though the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle print option is set to ColorWise Off, it is important to associate the appropriate Calibration Set to the Output proﬁle because its measurement is used for calibration.

For information about Proﬁle Manager, see ColorWise Pro Tools Help.

8Use ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator to perform the calibration.

NOTE: Do not use the Print button to generate the measurement page in Calibrator. Use the

measurement page that you printed in step 4.

For information about Calibrator, see Color Printing.

IMAGEVIEWER

Accessing ImageViewer

IMAGEVIEWER

ImageViewer allows you to soft proof and adjust colors in a job before it is printed. You can use the preview in ImageViewer to verify job placement, orientation, and content, as well as general color accuracy. If the job contains halftone screened settings, the preview shows a composite view of all separations at the dot level. You can select to display the plate data for each process color independently or in combination with the other colors, allowing inspection of individual plate data or a combination of any range of plates.

Start ImageViewer from either the Actions menu or Preview window of Command WorkStation.

TO START IMAGEVIEWER FROM THE ACTIONS MENU

1 In the Active Jobs window of Command WorkStation, select the job that you want to preview.

NOTE: ImageViewer recognizes only jobs that show processed/held (dark yellow) status.

Processed/held jobs are also indicated by the raster job icon (page icon ringed with a halo).

2 If needed, choose Process and Hold from the Actions menu to move the job to processed/held

status.

3To start ImageViewer, do one of the following:

• Choose Launch EFI ImageViewer from the Actions menu.

• Right-click the selected job and choose Launch EFI ImageViewer from the menu that appears.

The ImageViewer main window appears.

IMAGEVIEWER

TO START IMAGEVIEWER FROM THE PREVIEW WINDOW

1 In the Active Jobs window of Command WorkStation, select the job that you want to preview.

NOTE: ImageViewer recognizes only jobs that show processed/held (dark yellow) status.

2 If needed, choose Process and Hold from the Actions menu to move the job to processed/held

status.

3 Choose Preview from the Actions menu.

Page thumbnails appear in the Preview window.

1 Click for full-screen preview

4To start ImageViewer, do one of the following:

•Select the thumbnail of the page that you want to soft proof, and click the Full-Screen Preview button.

•Double-click the thumbnail of the page that you want to soft proof.

The ImageViewer main window appears.

For information about using the ImageViewer application, see ImageViewer Help.

SOFT PROOFING

Viewing soft proofs

SOFT PROOFING

The Soft Prooﬁng feature allows you to view accurate color previews of print jobs on a monitor. Use soft proofs to preview colors as they will appear when the job is printed.

NOTE: Access Soft Prooﬁng through Command WorkStation.

The Soft Prooﬁng feature applies a speciﬁed color proﬁle to the preview of a job to compensate for the unique display characteristics of your monitor. As a result, the preview provides a more accurate representation of how the job will appear when printed.

TO VIEW A SOFT PROOF OF A JOB

1 Click for full-screen preview

1 In the Active Jobs window of Command WorkStation, select the job that you want to

soft proof.

Soft Prooﬁng is supported only for jobs that show processed/held (dark yellow) status.

2 If needed, choose Process and Hold from the Actions menu to move the job to processed/held

status.

3 Choose Preview from the Actions menu.

Page thumbnails appear in the Preview window.

SOFT PROOFING

4 Select the thumbnail of the page that you want to soft proof, and click the Full-Screen

Preview button.

The full-screen preview may take a few moments to open. The full-screen preview window is independent of and may appear behind the application on the screen. Bring the full-screen preview window to the front, if necessary.

1Soft-Proof option

5 Select the Soft-Proof option.

A dialog box prompts you to select a monitor proﬁle.

SOFT PROOFING

6 Locate and select the monitor proﬁle for your monitor.

Be sure to select a proﬁle customized for the characteristics of your monitor. Otherwise, the soft proof will not be accurate. Also, be sure to conﬁgure the monitor display according to the manufacturer’s recommended settings. For information about monitor proﬁles, see page 10.

7 Click Open.

The full-screen preview displays a soft proof of the original job, as interpreted through the monitor proﬁle you speciﬁed.

8To change the monitor proﬁle used for the soft proof, click the Load button next to the

proﬁle name in the full-screen preview window.

1 Click to change proﬁles

In the dialog box that appears, locate and select the new monitor proﬁle, and then click Open.

PREFLIGHT

The Preﬂight feature performs a simple check of the most common areas of error to ensure that the job will print successfully and to the expected quality on the selected printing device.

The Preﬂight feature is also offered as a part of the Production Printing Package. For more information about this feature, see Utilities.

HOT FOLDERS FILTERS

This chapter describes how to conﬁgure the Hot Folders ﬁlters to convert various ﬁles to PostScript or PDF (Portable Document Format), or to preﬂight certain ﬁles.

For information about operating systems that support Hot Folders, see Welcome. For information about installing the Hot Folders application, see Utilities.

For information about using the Hot Folders application, see Hot Folders Help.

About ﬁle conversion

Hot Folders ﬁlters allow you to convert certain ﬁle formats to PostScript or PDF or to preﬂight ﬁles for conformity. File conversion and preﬂighting take place on your computer within Hot Folders, which saves Fiery EX8000AP resources. You can print ﬁles directly from Hot Folders ﬁlters without starting the application from which they were created.

1 Hot folder with Exclusive

ﬁlter (Windows)

2 Standard Hot Folder

(Windows)

3 Hot Folder with Exclusive

ﬁlter (Mac OS)

4 Standard Hot Folder

(Mac OS)

Two types of ﬁlters are available: Exclusive and Non-exclusive. A Hot Folder conﬁgured with an Exclusive ﬁlter processes the deﬁned ﬁle type(s). No other ﬁle formats, including the default ﬁle formats, are processed. When you select an Exclusive ﬁlter, you disable all other ﬁlters.

Non-exclusive ﬁlters allow Hot Folders to accept multiple default ﬁle formats, such as PostScript, PDF, TIFF, and EPS. Non-exclusive ﬁlters can also be used with other Non-exclusive ﬁlters.

When you conﬁgure an Exclusive ﬁlter to a Hot Folder, the Hot Folder icon changes, and is renamed to reﬂect the Exclusive ﬁlter.

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HOT FOLDERS FILTERS

Filters

The following table describes the available ﬁlters and indicates whether the ﬁlter is Exclusive or Non-exclusive:

Filter name Type of ﬁlter Description See

CT/LW to PostScript Exclusive Converts multiple CT (Contone), LW (Line Work), or FP (Final Page)

ﬁles into a single combined PostScript ﬁle.

CT/LW ﬁles are ﬁles that contain information about photographic imagery, line art images, or text and lines from drawings. Together, CT and LW ﬁles determine the ﬁnal output that will appear.

DCS 2.0 to PostScript Exclusive Converts DCS 2.0 ﬁles to pre-separated PostScript ﬁles, with one

separation per page.

Developed by QuarkXPress, the DCS 2.0 ﬁle is a picture format deﬁnition for electronic color separations.

This ﬁlter accepts: Single/Multiple ﬁle DCS, no composite Single/Multiple ﬁle DCS with grayscale composite Single/Multiple ﬁle DCS with color composite

EPS to PostScript Exclusive Converts EPS ﬁles to PostScript ﬁles and provides options for scaling and

positioning the output.

ExportPS Exclusive Processes ExportPS ﬁles and converts them to PostScript or PDF ﬁles. page 63

JPEG to PDF Non-exclusive Converts JPEG ﬁles to PDF ﬁles and provides options for scaling and

positioning of the output.

PDF/X Preﬂight Exclusive Indicates if the PDF job meets PDF/X speciﬁcations.

This ﬁlter allows PDF/X-1a or PDF/X3-compliant jobs to be downloaded to the Fiery EX8000AP.

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PDF2Go Exclusive Processes PDF2Go ﬁles and converts them to PostScript or PDF ﬁles.

Developed by Creo-Scitex, the PDF2Go ﬁle is a PDF output that contains PDF layers or rasterized CT and LW, each with a different resolution.

TIFF to PDF Non-exclusive Converts TIFF ﬁles to PDF ﬁles and provides options for scaling and

positioning of the output.

This ﬁlter accepts all TIFF ﬁles up to TIFF 6.0.

TIFF/IT to PostScript Exclusive Converts TIFF/IT ﬁles to preseparated PostScript ﬁles, with one

separation per page.

TIFF/IT-p1 is a common ﬁle format for the transfer of ﬁnal print job data from one print platform to another. It is a widely used format for prepress preparation in traditional printing environments.

NOTE: Microsoft Ofﬁce ﬁlters are offered as part of the Production Printing Package. For more

information, see Utilities.

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HOT FOLDERS FILTERS

Specifying ﬁlter settings for a Hot Folder

After specifying the ﬁlter settings and options for your Hot Folder, drag and drop the proper ﬁle formats onto your Hot Folder to begin the conversion process.

Open the Filter Settings dialog box from the Folder Properties dialog box.

TO SELECT A FILTER SETTING

1From the Hot Folders Control Panel, select the Hot Folder and click Properties.

2 Select Filter Settings and click Deﬁne.

The Filter Settings dialog box appears, allowing you to select the ﬁlter and conﬁgure the settings.

For Windows, ﬁlters are color-coded. Exclusive ﬁlters are blue and Non-exclusive ﬁlters are black. For Mac OS, Exclusive and Non-exclusive ﬁlters are indicated after the ﬁlter type names.

3 Select the ﬁlter that you want to use for the Hot Folder.

If you select an Exclusive ﬁlter, you cannot select any other ﬁlter.

4 Right-click or double-click the ﬁlter name and select Properties.

For more information, see “Using the ﬁlters” on page 60.

5To convert all PostScript ﬁles to PDF automatically, select Convert PS to PDF and a job option

from the Distiller Proﬁle menu in the PS->PDF Normalizer pane.

For information about PS-> PDF Normalizer, see the following section.

NOTE: Adobe Acrobat Distiller must be launched once after it is installed so that the Hot

Folder application utilizes its function.

6 Click OK.

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About PS->PDF Normalizer

The PS->PDF Normalizer feature offers the Convert PS to PDF option.

NOTE: The Convert PS to PDF option is available only when Acrobat Distiller is installed on

the same system as the Hot Folders application. For more information about installing Acrobat Distiller, see Utilities.

Convert PS to PDF

Although many ﬁlters output PostScript by default, this option allows you to further convert PostScript to PDF. This is a global setting that affects all PostScript ﬁles for a particular Hot Folder. This setting affects all PostScript output from all ﬁlters.

Since Convert PS to PDF affects all PostScript output ﬁles, turning on this setting may not be suitable in certain printing workﬂows.

For example: Both the DCS 2.0 and TIFF/IT ﬁlters output pre-separated PostScript ﬁles, one separation ﬁle per page. In order to print these pre-separated ﬁles as a composite image, you must select the Combine Separation option in the Job Settings. However, the Combine Separation feature accepts only the PostScript type ﬁles. Selecting the Convert PS to PDF option results in printing multiple grayscale pages, instead of a composite color page of an image.

Distiller Proﬁle

This menu displays all the available Distiller job options. This setting is used to control the quality of the PostScript to PDF conversion. The Hot Folders application retrieves the job options from the location set by Distiller. If you create and save your custom Distiller job options elsewhere, the custom job options must be manually copied to the Distiller\Settings folder.

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Using the ﬁlters

Certain ﬁlters provide extra user control and conversion settings. To access these settings, right-click or double-click the Plugin Name in the Filter Settings dialog box.

This section describes each ﬁlter and its optional settings.

NOTE: The procedures for using the ﬁlters from a Mac OS or a Windows computer are

similar. The following procedures use illustrations from a Windows computer.

Using the CT/LW to PostScript ﬁlter

The CT/LW ﬁlter accepts multiple CT (Contone) and LW (Line Work) ﬁles and an FP (Final Page) ﬁle. It determines the page dimensions of the combined ﬁle based on the FP, LW, and CT ﬁles, in that order. Spot colors are converted to process CMYK using conversion values speciﬁed in the CT/LW ﬁles. The combined ﬁle is a single RLE compressed CMYK image, and you can specify the resolution.

When you drag and drop your CT, LW, or FP ﬁles, your output is a single PostScript ﬁle.

NOTE: Some CT/LW ﬁles may include a “.” (period) at the beginning of the ﬁle name,

indicating that they are hidden ﬁles. Make sure that you turn on Show Hidden Files in your folder settings. For more information, see the documentation that accompanies your system. To ensure that all ﬁles, including hidden ﬁles, are copied and processed, drop the entire CT/ LW page folder containing all the necessary ﬁles.

TO USE THE CT/LW TO POSTSCRIPT FILTER

1Follow steps 1 through 4 in “To select a ﬁlter setting” on page 58.

The CT/LW Filter Options dialog box appears.

2 Select the ﬁnal resolution (Auto, 200, 400, or 600) for your image.

NOTE: Select Auto to use the device resolution of the digital press.

3 Click OK.

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Using the DCS 2.0 to PostScript ﬁlter

The DCS 2.0 (Desktop Color Separation) to PostScript ﬁlter accepts DCS 2.0 ﬁles and outputs a single preseparated PostScript ﬁle.

This ﬁlter accepts the following DCS 2.0 ﬁles:

•Single/Multiple DCS ﬁles, no composite

•Single/Multiple DCS ﬁles with grayscale composite

•Single/Multiple DCS ﬁles with color composite

The DCS 2.0 ﬁlter has no conﬁgurable options; however, you must follow these guidelines to convert your DCS 2.0 job:

•Enable the Combine Separations print option. For more information about setting print options, see Print Options.

•Make sure that you have necessary multiple ﬁles for a DCS 2.0 job and in one folder. If a ﬁle is missing, the ﬁlter fails to process and an error message appears.

•If multiple ﬁles for a DCS 2.0 job are stored in a folder, you may place the entire folder in the Hot Folder.

•If you download a DCS 2.0 job using the Download command, all ﬁles may be inside a folder. You must download the entire folder.

NOTE: If you conﬁgure the DCS 2.0 to PostScript ﬁlter, the Imposition feature is not

available.

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Using the EPS to PostScript ﬁlter

The EPS to PostScript ﬁlter accepts all EPS ﬁles. This ﬁlter gives you the ﬂexibility to force changes in the ﬁnal dimensions and page size of a ﬁle.

TO USE THE EPS TO POSTSCRIPT FILTER

1Follow steps 1 through 4 in “To select a ﬁlter setting” on page 58.

The EPS to PostScript Filter Options dialog box appears.

2 Specify the following options:

Scale Image Width and Height To:

Select this option to scale all EPS ﬁles to the desired image

size. Select inches or millimeters from the list, and then specify the values.

PS Page Size: Select this option to print all EPS ﬁles to the page size that you specify. Select a

page size from the list or click Custom and specify a custom page size in the Enter Custom Paper Size dialog box.

When this option is selected, you can:

•Ignore unprintable margins to print the image to the entire page size.

•Shrink oversized images to ﬁt proportionately.

•Expand small images to ﬁt proportionately.

•Automatically rotate images to the page orientation.

•Set the position of the image to Top-Left, Top-Right, Center, Bottom-Right, or Bottom-Left.

3 Click OK.

HOT FOLDERS FILTERS

Using the ExportPS ﬁlter

ExportPS was developed by Creo-Scitex as an option to their Brisque print workﬂow. ExportPS translates Brisque jobs into portable, raster PostScript or EPS output that can be processed on the digital press.

The ExportPS ﬁlter processes the ExportPS ﬁle by rendering and resampling it to the resolution of the digital press. You can select the output to be PostScript or PDF.

TO USE THE EXPORTPS FILTER

1Follow steps 1 through 4 in “To select a ﬁlter setting” on page 58.

The ExportPS Filter Options dialog box appears.

2 Specify the following options:

Output (PS or PDF):

Resolution (Auto, 200, 400, or 600): Select the ﬁnal resolution of the output. Select Auto to

Select the ﬁnal output.

use the device resolution of the digital press.

3 Click OK.

HOT FOLDERS FILTERS

Using the JPEG to PDF ﬁlter

The JPEG to PDF ﬁlter accepts all standard JPEG ﬁles. In addition to allowing you to convert JPEG ﬁles automatically without opening them from the application from which they were created, the JPEG to PDF ﬁlter allows you to change the ﬁnal page size of print jobs and adjust the resolution.

This ﬁlter is Non-exclusive, so you can download basic ﬁle formats. For more information about Non-exclusive ﬁlters, see “About ﬁle conversion” on page 56.

TO USE THE JPEG TO PDF FILTER

1Follow steps 1 through 4 in “To select a ﬁlter setting” on page 58.

The JPEG to PDF Filter Options dialog box appears.

2 Specify the following options:

Scale Image Size To:

Select this option to scale all JPEG ﬁles to the desired image size or resolution. Select Width and Height, select inches or millimeters from the list, and specify the values for the image size. Select Resolution, select pixels/inch or pixels/cm from the list, and specify the value for the resolution.

PDF Page Size: Select this option to print all JPEG ﬁles to the page size that you specify. Select

a page size from the list or click Custom and specify a custom page size in the Enter Custom Paper Size dialog box.

When this option is selected, you can:

•Shrink oversized images to ﬁt proportionately.

•Expand small images to ﬁt proportionately.

•Automatically rotate images to the page orientation.

•Set the position of the image to Top-Left, Top-Right, Center, Bottom-Right, or

Bottom-Left.

3 Click OK.

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Using the PDF/X Preﬂight ﬁlter

PDF/X (PDF Exchange) Preﬂight is a subset of Adobe PDF designed speciﬁcally for prepress data interchange. It deﬁnes how applications that read and create PDF/X ﬁles should behave.

Two PDF/X standards are commonly used:

• PDF/X-1a standard: This standard addresses blind exchanges to verify that ﬁles contain

only CMYK (and/or spot colors), with no RGB or device independent (color-managed) data.

• PDF/X3: This standard meets all the requirements of a PDF/X-1a, but contains device

independent (color-managed) data.

The PDF/X Preﬂight ﬁlter allows you to verify that a PDF document is PDF/X-compliant with either the PDF/X-1a or PDF/X3 standard. If the PDF ﬁle is not PDF/X-compliant, the job fails to process and an error report appears.

TO USE THE PDF/X PREFLIGHT FILTER

1Follow steps 1 through 4 in “To select a ﬁlter setting” on page 58.

The PDF/X Preﬂight Options dialog box appears.

2 Specify the following options:

Speciﬁcations (PDF/X-1a or PDF/X3):

Save Error Report: Select to generate an error report for failed jobs.

Error Report Path: Browse to select an error report location.

3 Click OK.

Select to verify PDF/X-1a or PDF/X3 compliance.

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Using the PDF2Go ﬁlter

PDF2Go is a PDF output developed by Creo-Scitex as an option to their Brisque workﬂow. It usually contains PDF layers of rasterized CT and LW job pages, each with a different resolution, in one PDF ﬁle.

The PDF2Go ﬁlter processes the PDF2Go ﬁle by rendering and re-sampling it to the resolution of the digital press. You can select PostScript or PDF output.

TO USE THE PDF2GO FILTER

1Follow steps 1 through 4 in “To select a ﬁlter setting” on page 58.

The PDF2Go Filter Options dialog box appears.

2 Specify the following options:

Output (PS or PDF): Select the ﬁnal output.

Resolution (Auto, 200, 400 or 600): Select the ﬁnal resolution of the output. Select Auto to

use the device resolution of the digital press.

3 Click OK.

HOT FOLDERS FILTERS

Using the TIFF to PDF ﬁlter

The TIFF to PDF ﬁlter accepts TIFF ﬁles up to TIFF 6.0. In addition to allowing you to convert TIFF ﬁles automatically without opening them from the application from which they were created, the TIFF to PDF ﬁlter allows you to change the ﬁnal page size of print jobs and adjust the resolution.

This ﬁlter is Non-exclusive, so you can download basic ﬁle formats. For more information about Non-exclusive ﬁlters, see “About ﬁle conversion” on page 56.

TO USE THE TIFF TO PDF FILTER

1Follow steps 1 through 4 in “To select a ﬁlter setting” on page 58.

The TIFF to PDF Filter Options dialog box appears.

2 Specify the following options:

Scale Image Size To:

Select this option to scale all TIFF ﬁles to the desired image size or resolution. Select Width and Height, select inches or millimeters from the list, and specify the values for the image size. Select Resolution, select pixels/inch or pixels/cm from the list, and specify the value for the resolution.

PDF Page Size: Select this option to print all TIFF ﬁles to the page size that you specify. Select

a page size from the list or click Custom and specify a custom page size in the Enter Custom Paper Size dialog box.

When this option is selected, you can:

•Shrink oversized images to ﬁt proportionately.

•Expand small images to ﬁt proportionately.

•Automatically rotate images to the page orientation.

•Set the position of the image to Top-Left, Top-Right, Center, Bottom-Right, or

Bottom-Left.

3 Click OK.

HOT FOLDERS FILTERS

Using the TIFF/IT to PostScript ﬁlter

TIFF/IT (Tagged Image File Format/Image Technology) is a common TIFF standard. The TIFF/IT-p1 ﬁle format usually consists of three ﬁles. All TIFF/IT-p1 ﬁles contain an FP (Final Page) ﬁle. The FP ﬁle includes page dimension and position required subﬁles, such as CT (Contone) and LW (Line Work) ﬁles. CT ﬁles contain all photographic imagery. LW ﬁles contain high resolution data, such as line art images, text, or lines from drawings.

TIFF/IT-p1 ﬁles may also include MP (Monochrome Picture), HC (High resolution Contone), BL (Binary Line), or BP (Binary Picture) ﬁles.

When you drag and drop your TIFF/IT-p1 ﬁles, your output is a pre-separated PostScript with one separation per page.

Follow these guidelines to convert your TIFF/IT-p1 job:

Enable the Combine Separations print option. For more information about setting print options, see Print Options.

•Make sure that you have all the necessary ﬁles for the TIFF/IT-p1 job. You must place all

of the ﬁles in the Hot Folder at the same time. If there is a ﬁle missing, the job will not process and you will receive an error.

•If the multiple ﬁles for the TIFF/IT-p1 job are stored in a folder, you may place the entire

folder in the Hot Folder.

•If you download the TIFF/IT-p1 job using the Download command, all ﬁles may be inside

a folder and the entire folder may be downloaded.

NOTE: The imposition feature is not available if you conﬁgure the TIFF/IT to PostScript ﬁlter.

HOT FOLDERS FILTERS

TO USE THE TIFF/IT TO POSTSCRIPT FILTER

1Follow steps 1 through 4 in “To select a ﬁlter setting” on page 58.

The TIFF/IT Filter Options dialog box appears.

2 Specify the following options:

Resolution (Auto, 200, 400, or 600): Select the ﬁnal resolution of the PostScript output from

the list. Select Auto to use the device resolution of the digital press.

Compression (None or RLE Lossless): Select if you want compression for your PostScript

output.

Anti-Aliasing (Nearest Neighbor Faster or Bilinear Better): Select how you want to partially

ﬁll the edge pixel by choosing the Anti-Aliasing method for your PostScript output.

3 Click OK.

POSTFLIGHT

The Postﬂight feature helps you determine why some printed jobs may not deliver expected color. Acting as a diagnostic and training tool for all users, it provides helpful global and object-speciﬁc information about how a job is actually received and processed by the Fiery EX8000AP.

Use Postﬂight to troubleshoot color problems with a previously printed job or as a preventive measure. You can print the original document (or RIPped and previewed) with all objects (images, graphics, and text) color-coded. A report explains what color spaces are used in the job and what print options affect those spaces. The report also provides information about the printing environment, such as calibration date, time, and method. Print a Test Page to verify the condition of the printing environment.

Postﬂight is a powerful analysis tool that enumerates in its reports not only those color spaces that are used by visible objects, but any color space called by a job. This can be very useful in diagnosing puzzling situations that may require correction. For example: using one speciﬁc combination of a printer driver, an OS, and a desktop publishing application emitting separations for plates, you might ﬁnd that: 1) the Postﬂight color-coded pages show the Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow separations in the “DeviceGray” color space, while the Black separation is shown in the “DeviceCMYK” color space; 2) the Postﬂight report enumerates: DeviceGray, DeviceCMYK and DeviceRGB. What once required a PostScript expert to decipher can now be interpreted in minutes using Postﬂight reports: the Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow pages are deﬁned in “DeviceGray”, the Black page is using the “K” channel of DeviceCMYK, and the job is calling for the RGB color space, without applying it on any user-visible object.

POSTFLIGHT

About Postﬂight

When the Postﬂight print option is set to values other than Off, it provides the following information to help you identify possible problems: Postﬂight Test Page, Postﬂight colorcoded pages, and Postﬂight reports.

Postﬂight Test Page

You can print the Postﬂight Test Page alone or in combination with the color-coded pages. The Test Page is printed using the exact same media and global settings (such as calibration) as your job. However, color objects on this page are printed independently of the user-speciﬁed source color deﬁnitions (such as CMYK simulation and RGB).

If the color on this page is not accurate, the problem lies with the printing environment (such as the calibration, output proﬁle, or print device).

If the color on this page prints correctly but objects in your job do not print in expected colors, it is likely that the problem lies with the color setting speciﬁc to these objects. Problems with objects can be: wrong color values for text and graphics, bad quality images, or out-of-gamut colors.

Postﬂight color-coded pages

With this option, Postﬂight prepares a color-coded version of the original document that displays each object with a color corresponding to the color space that the Fiery EX8000AP received for the object.

The colors used to represent the color spaces for objects are as follows:

•Gray objects: Gray

• CMYK objects: Cyan

•RGB objects: Red

•Device-Independent objects: Indigo

•Spot color objects: Yellow

By reviewing the colors for all objects, you can identify the print option settings that affect the color conversion of the objects and make appropriate modiﬁcations.

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Postﬂight reports

You can print two types of reports on color-coded pages, either alone or combined with the color-coded document. These reports are printed on the Fiery EX8000AP default paper size (Letter for US, A4 for metric) and use the default calibrated color mode.

Select the Postﬂight report from the following two types:

• Detailed Report includes detailed static information with advice on possible procedures

and values. An icon identiﬁes the “detailed” information areas of the report.

• Concise Report includes only job-speciﬁc information. This option is good for advanced

users who do not want the instructions which may seem redundant to them.

Detailed and Concise Reports

The reports provide a document header with information (such as job name, date and time printed, and user name), a ColorWise global settings page, and object-speciﬁc settings pages. All pages include the job name, postﬂight date/time, and pagination in the bottom margin.

ColorWise global settings page provides information that affects every object in a job, such

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as Calibration Set, the date the Fiery EX8000AP was calibrated, the method used for calibration, and the output proﬁle that was used.

• Object-speciﬁc settings pages provide a list of the settings that were used to process every

object in each color space, thus suggesting the locations to correct problems. For example, if you see a problem with an object that is displayed in Cyan in a color-coded page, review the settings listed in the CMYK Objects page and try changing those settings.

• Spot colors page lists all spot colors.

For spot colors, the Postﬂight report lists the colors that are used in a job. It also indicates whether these colors are deﬁned in the Fiery EX8000AP. When a spot color is deﬁned in the Fiery EX8000AP, a patch is printed next to the color name. When a color is not deﬁned in the Fiery EX8000AP, a white patch with an X is printed.

Important notes on Postﬂight reports

The main purpose of Postﬂight is to help you detect, diagnose, and prevent color-related problems. In contrast to generic preﬂight software, which attempts to predict how a job would be processed, a postﬂighted job is fully processed by the Fiery EX8000AP, allowing accurate reporting on the settings with which the job processed.

This Postﬂight feature is especially useful in cases where a workﬂow that was used to submit a job inadvertently converts colors. This conversion occurs with some printer drivers, printing options, and conversions to PDF.

This report focuses on color processing and does not list every printing option that affects your job. For more information about the ColorWise print options, see Color Printing.

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NOTE: Postﬂight reports list only those color spaces that were submitted to the Fiery

EX8000AP with your job. You may occasionally ﬁnd that a job produces a Postﬂight report that includes information about color spaces that you cannot locate in the job’s color-coded pages. This occurs when an object in the color space is used in the job but is masked by another object, when an object is very light (for example, 0% of a spot color), or when the speciﬁc application or printer driver asks the Fiery EX8000AP to process a particular color space but does not use it for user-visible objects.

NOTE: A Postﬂight report contains only one page on global settings, and it can include only

one Test Page; therefore Postﬂight cannot describe an entire job accurately unless all pages are printed with the same options and on the same media. This is the case, for instance, with Mixed Media jobs, because they can use multiple output proﬁles, up to one proﬁle per media in the job. If the page range is set to the pages that use one media only, Postﬂight produces reliable results for the speciﬁed range.

NOTE: Postﬂight is a “reporting” feature that is designed for diagnostic purposes. It is not

designed for use with production features such as VDP and Imposition. For high-volume applications in production environments, use Postﬂight only on the individual pages that need testing.

Postﬂight print option

Access the Postﬂight feature through the Postﬂight print option. You can select a single component or all components for the Postﬂight information.

The following values are available for the Postﬂight print option:

•Off (Default)

•Detailed Report Only

• Concise Report Only

•Test Page Only

• Color-Coded Pages Only

• All Components (Color-Coded document pages, Test Page, and Detailed Report)

NOTE: Select a portion of a job to print the Postﬂight pages by selecting the appropriate page

range of a job from the printer driver.

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Postﬂight workﬂow

The default settings in the ColorWise print options are such that in most cases you should not have to change them. However, there may be times when you receive unexpected colors for your job. Postﬂight is a procedure performed after you print a document and receive unexpected or inadequate color. If you have access to Command WorkStation, Postﬂight also helps you catch color problems before you actually print. Postﬂight processes your job and collects information about the color objects throughout. The information is then displayed in Color-Coded document pages, a Test Page, and a Detailed or Concise Report.

NOTE: The background deﬁned in the Paper Simulation is not indicated as a CMYK object in

the Postﬂight reports. For more information about Paper Simulation, see page 11.

NOTE: You cannot use Postﬂight at the same time that you use the following features:

Progressives, Substitute Colors, or Combine Separations. Constraints are set for these print options from the printer driver.

The follows scenarios show how Postﬂight can be helpful to users who demand high color quality.

To diagnose an unexpected color (see page 76)

Use Postﬂight to diagnose unexpected color in a job, or determine which print or calibration settings apply to a job.

To check the calibration status prior to printing a job (see page 78)

Consider the following before printing a job:

• The Fiery EX8000AP may include many Calibration Sets. Which Calibration Set applies

to my job?

• When was the Fiery EX8000AP last calibrated?

• Which instrument was used for the last calibration?

To check the quality of the output proﬁle (see page 79)

If you are considering using a new paper for which you do not have a custom proﬁle, or if you suspect that the output proﬁle for your print device may not precisely describe its color behavior, check your output proﬁle by printing the Postﬂight Test Page.

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To diagnose a color problem of a speciﬁc object (see page 80)

When experts have veriﬁed that the calibration is correct and that the global settings, including the output proﬁle, are correct, but the color of a speciﬁc object is still not as intended, you can print a color-coded document and diagnose the problem.

The detailed procedures of these scenarios are described in the following sections.

NOTE: For each of the following procedures, instead of printing the report to the Fiery

EX8000AP, you can also send it to the Hold queue of the Fiery EX8000AP and preview the information (of a job with raster data) in ImageViewer. For more information about ImageViewer, see ImageViewer. To view the color of a job correctly, you must set your monitor and monitor proﬁle correctly. For more information about the monitor and monitor proﬁles, see page 10.

NOTE: The procedures for printing a job from a Windows and a Mac OS computer are

similar.

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Scenario 1: Diagnose an unexpected color

Use the following procedure to print a job with Postﬂight set to Off.

TO PRINT A JOB

1 Open a job from your application.

2 Choose Print.

3 Select Fiery EX8000AP as your printer and click Properties.

The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected.

4 Click each option icon, and specify the values for each print option.

5 Click the Job Info icon.

6 Select Off from the Postﬂight list.

7 Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.

8 Click Print.

The job is printed to the Fiery EX8000AP.

After you print a job, use the following procedure to diagnose an unexpected color and print the job with edited color settings.

POSTFLIGHT

TO DIAGNOSE AN UNEXPECTED COLOR AND PRINT WITH EDITED COLOR SETTINGS

1 Click the Job Info icon.

2 Select All Components from the Postﬂight list.

For information about the components of Postﬂight, see page 71.

3 Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.

4 Click Print.

Postﬂight Test Page, color-coded document pages, and Postﬂight Reports are printed.

5Review all Postﬂight pages.

For information about the Postﬂight pages, see page 71.

6 Make appropriate changes based on all Postﬂight pages.

For more information about the changes, see the following section.

7 Select Off from the Postﬂight list.

8 Click OK.

9 Click Print.

The job with the edited color settings is printed to the Fiery EX8000AP.

10 Return to Step 1, if needed.

Repeat the steps until you get satisfactory color results.

Making changes

After reviewing the Postﬂight information, determine what changes are necessary and apply the changes. Depending on your printing environment, the condition of the print device, and the color settings, possible changes are as follows:

• Correct problems with the print device (see the documentation that accompanies the

print device).

• Calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP (see Color Printing).

•Edit the colors of the output proﬁle with Color Editor (see Color Printing).

• Change the default settings in the Color Process Flow tab in Color Setup (see Color

Printing).

• Change the job speciﬁc print option settings using Command WorkStation overrides.

POSTFLIGHT

Scenario 2: Check the calibration status

Use the following procedure to check the calibration status prior to printing a job.

TO CHECK THE CALIBRATION STATUS AND PRINT WITH THE OPTIMUM CALIBRATION CONDITION

1 If you have not printed the Detailed Report, select Detailed Report Only from the Postﬂight

menu.

If you have printed the Detailed Report and are familiar with the content, select Concise Report Only.

For information about Postﬂight reports, see page 72.

2 Click OK.

3 Click Print.

The Detailed Report or Concise Report page is printed.

4Review the information in the ColorWise global settings page.

5Perform calibration, if needed.

If service has been performed on the print device since the last calibration, or calibration has not been performed, perform calibration using the Calibration Set speciﬁed in the Postﬂight report.

For more information about Calibration Set, see Color Printing.

6 Select Off from the Postﬂight list.

7 Click OK.

8 Click Print.

9 The job is printed to the newly calibrated Fiery EX8000AP.

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Scenario 3: Check the quality of the output proﬁle

Use the following procedure to check the quality of the output proﬁle of the print device.

TO CHECK THE QUALITY OF OUTPUT PROFILE AND PRINT WITH THE OPTIMUM OUTPUT PROFILE

1 Click the Job Info icon.

2 Select Test Page Only from the Postﬂight list.

For information about the Postﬂight Test Page, see page 71.

3 Click OK.

4 Click Print.

Postﬂight Test Page is printed to the Fiery EX8000AP.

5Review the quality of the color on the Postﬂight Test Page.

NOTE: Make sure this page was printed with the same media and print option settings as

the job.

6Review the instructions on the Postﬂight Test Page.

7 Edit the color of the output proﬁle, or create a proﬁle, if needed.

It may be necessary to customize the output proﬁle or create one to get optimal results on the media the job is using.

8 Select Off from the Postﬂight list.

9 Click OK.

10 Click Print.

The job is printed to the Fiery EX8000AP with the edited or newly created output proﬁle.

POSTFLIGHT

Scenario 4: Diagnose a color problem of a speciﬁc object

Use the following procedure to diagnose a color problem.

TO DIAGNOSE A COLOR PROBLEM OF A SPECIFIC OBJECT AND PRINT WITH THE EDITED COLOR SETTINGS

1 Click the Job Info icon.

2 Select Color-Coded Page Only from the Postﬂight list.

For information about Postﬂight color-coded pages, see page 71.

3 Click OK.

4 Click Print.

Postﬂight color-coded pages are printed to the Fiery EX8000AP.

NOTE: Alternatively, you can send the Postﬂight color-coded pages to the Hold queue of the

Fiery EX8000AP and preview them using ImageViewer. To preview the pages using ImageViewer, make sure that your monitor is set up according to the manufacturer’s recommendations and that the correct monitor proﬁle is speciﬁed for your monitor. For information about monitor proﬁles, see page 10.

5Review the Postﬂight color-coded pages.

6 Make changes to the color settings, if needed.

For information about the ColorWise print options for various color spaces, see Color

Printing.

NOTE: Use the Color-Coded Pages Only setting to send a job to another print device that has

a speciﬁc color-space requirement. For example, a document targeted to a CMYK-only press must have only Cyan-colored objects.

7 Select Off from the Postﬂight list.

8 Click OK.

9 Click Print.

The job is printed to the Fiery EX8000AP with the edited color settings.

MULTIPLE PLATE SEPARATIONS

The Multiple Plate Separations feature allows you to combine the multiple pre-separated color plates of a PostScript job into a composite color print. It supports: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, and one or more spot colors.

The results of combining the multiple plates are predictable and accurate, regardless of the original application used. This feature also fully supports DCS 2.0 ﬁle formats when included in a PostScript print job from a page layout application.

Multiple plate separations workﬂow

Use the following procedure to print a composite color print from the printer driver.

NOTE: The procedures for printing a composite color print from a Windows and a Mac OS

computer are similar.

TO PRINT A COMPOSITE COLOR PRINT

1 Open a color-separated document in a supported application.

2 Choose Print.

3 Select Fiery EX8000AP as your printer and click Properties.

The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected.

4 Click Print.

A composite color print is printed to the Fiery EX8000AP.

Combine Separations print option

Access the Multiple Plates Separations feature through the Combine Separations print option from the printer driver.

The following values are available for the Combine Separations print option:

•Off (Default)

•On

MULTIPLE PLATE SEPARATIONS

Supported applications

The following applications have been tested with Mac OS and Windows for compatibility with the Multiple Plates Separations feature:

•Adobe Illustrator

•Adobe InDesign

•Adobe PageMaker

•Macromedia FreeHand

•QuarkXPress

PAPER SIMULATION

The Paper Simulation feature gives you the beneﬁt of the absolute colorimetric rendering that renders the white point of the source color space as a visible color in the output proﬁle color space.

Paper Simulation workﬂow

Use the following procedure to print a job with the ﬁxed Paper Simulation feature On.

NOTE: The procedures for setting the Paper Simulation print option from a Windows and a

Mac OS computer are similar.

PAPER SIMULATION

TO PRINT WITH THE FIXED PAPER SIMULATION FEATURE ON

1 Choose Print from an application.

2 Select Fiery EX8000AP as your printer and click Properties.

The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected.

3 Click the ColorWise icon and then click Expert Settings.

The Expert Color Settings dialog box appears.

4 Select the Paper Simulation print option and click OK.

5 Click Print.

The job is printed with the ﬁxed Paper Simulation feature.

PAPER SIMULATION

Paper Simulation print option

Turn the Paper Simulation feature on or off through the print option from the printer driver.

• On: Performs Absolute Colorimetric rendering.

• Off (Default): Performs Relative Colorimetric rendering.

INDEX

Auto Trapping

about 34 Apply Auto Trapping option 36 Color Setup 24 conﬁgurable 34 default 34 deﬁning 38 factory defaults 37 pane 35 printing 38 tab 35, 38 trap color reduction 36 trap object types 37 trap shape 37 trap width 36 workﬂow 34

Brightness, Paper Simulation 13

Color Setup

Auto Trapping 24, 38 Color Process Flow 24 Control Bar 24 Progressives 24

starting 25 colors, prooﬁng 52 Combine Separation

print option 81 Control Bar

about 26

Color Setup 24

Control Bar Deﬁnition dialog box 29

Control Bar EPS File 30

creating 29

default control bar 27

deﬁning 29

deﬁnitions 29

deleting 32

Distance from the edge 32

duplicating 32

editing 32

factory defaults 33 Job Information 31 pane 28 Print Control Bar option 28 print option 26 printing 33 Reporting print

option 27, 33, 76, 77, 79, 80 System Page Size 30 tab 28 Text Location 31 workﬂow 26

CT/LW to PS Filter

about 60 conﬁguring 60

DCS 2.0 to PS Filter

about 61 conﬁguring 61

EPS to PS Filter

about 62 conﬁguring 62

Exclusive ﬁlters 56 Expert Color Settings 83 ExportPS Filter

about 63 conﬁguring 63

ﬁle conversion

about 56

File Filters

about 57 conﬁguring 60 selecting settings 58 specifying 58

Graphic Arts Package

features 9

Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition

features 9

INDEX

Halftone Screen

angle 45 Application Deﬁned 43 calibrating 47 Contone 43 Dot Shape 46 LPI (screen frequency) 45 Mac Color Files folder 48 Newsprint 43 printing 44 User Screen 43 Windows Color Files folder 48 workﬂow 43

Halftone Simulation

print option 43 Halftone Simulation tab 45 Hot Folders

about 56

File Filters 56 Hue, Paper Simulation 13

ImageViewer

accessing 50

jobs, viewing soft proof of 52 JPEG to PDF Filter

about 64

conﬁguring 64

monitor compensation

Paper Simulation 16 monitor proﬁle, specifying 10 monitor, setting up 10 Multiple plate separations

workﬂow 81

Non-exclusive ﬁlters 56

output proﬁle

Paper Simulation 14, 15, 18, 83

Postﬂight 74, 77, 79

Spot-On 20, 22

Paper Simulation

Brightness 13 ﬁxed values 12, 83 Full (Output GCR) 15, 18 Hue 13 monitor compensation 16 output proﬁle 15 preview 14 print option 12, 83, 84 printing 17, 83 Saturation 13 Save 17 simulation proﬁle 15, 18 white point editing 13 workﬂow 11, 83

Paper Simulation White Point

dialog box 13 editing 14

PDF/X Preﬂight Filter

about 65 conﬁguring 65

PDF2GO Filter

about 66 conﬁguring 66

Postﬂight

about 71 accurate reporting 72 calibration status 74, 78 color problems 75, 80 color-coded pages 71, 80 ColorWise global settings page 72 ColorWise print options 72 Concise Report 72, 78 Detailed Report 72, 78 diagnosing 77 global settings page 78 Hold queue 80 ImageViewer 80 information 77 making changes 77 monitor proﬁle 80 Object-speciﬁc settings pages 72 Paper Simulation 74 print option 73 quality of output proﬁle 74, 79 reports 72

INDEX

Spot colors 72

Test Page 71, 79

unexpected colors 74, 76

vs. Combine Separations 74

vs. Progressives 74

vs. Substitute Colors 74

workﬂow 74 Preview, Paper Simulation 14 Progressives

color channels 42, 46

Color Setup 24

default 40

factory defaults 41

pane 41, 42, 46

print option 40

printing 42

sheets and colors 41

tab 41

workﬂow 39 prooﬁng colors 52

Saturation

Paper Simulation 13 Soft Prooﬁng 52 Spot-On

output proﬁle 20

terminology 7 TIFF to PDF Filter

about 67

conﬁguring 67 TIFF/IT to PS Filter

about 68

conﬁguring 68 Two-Color Print Mapping

deﬁning 20 printing 22

Xerox Fiery EX8000AP User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Terminology and conventions

INTRODUCTION

About this document

Graphic Arts Package

Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition

PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING

Printing with default Paper Simulation

Paper Simulation print option

Paper Simulation White Point editing

Paper Simulation White Point dialog box

Editing Paper Simulation White Point

Printing with custom paper simulation values

SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING

Using Two-Color Print Mapping

Printing a job with Two-Color Print Mapping

COLOR SETUP FEATURES

ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup features

Using Color Setup

Control Bar

Printing with the default Control Bar

Control Bar pane

Printing with a custom Control Bar

Printing with default Auto Trapping

Auto Trapping pane

Setting the Apply Auto Trapping option to On

Progressives

Printing with default Progressives

Progressives pane

Specifying color channels

Printing with custom Progressives

Halftone Simulation

Halftone Simulation print option

Halftone Simulation pane

Setting a custom halftone screen

Printing with custom halftone screens

Supported applications

Calibrating for custom halftone screens

IMAGEVIEWER

Accessing ImageViewer

SOFT PROOFING

Viewing soft proofs

PREFLIGHT

HOT FOLDERS FILTERS

Filters

POSTFLIGHT

Scenario 1: Diagnose an unexpected color

Scenario 2: Check the calibration status

MULTIPLE PLATE SEPARATIONS

Combine Separations print option

Supported applications

PAPER SIMULATION

Paper Simulation print option

INDEX