Xerox Fiery EX8000AP User Manual

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Fiery® EX8000AP Color Server

Color Printing

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ONTENTS

CONTENTS

NTRODUCTION

Terminology and conventions

About this document

Key features of ColorWise

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Setting up ColorWise Pro Tools on a Windows computer

Installing ColorWise Pro Tools 12

Installing the ICC proﬁles 12

Conﬁguring the connection 14

Editing the conﬁguration 15

Setting up ColorWise Pro Tools on a Mac OS computer

Installing ColorWise Pro Tools on a Mac OS computer 16

Installing the ColorSync proﬁles 17

Conﬁguring the connection 19

Editing the conﬁguration 20

Using ColorWise Pro Tools

Using Calibrator 21

Using Color Editor 21

Using Proﬁle Manager 23

Using Spot-On 28

Using Color Setup 29

CONTENTS

ALIBRATION

About this chapter

Calibrating with ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator

Starting Calibrator 33

Expert mode 34

Applying measurements to multiple calibration sets 35

Restoring default calibration measurements 36

Calibrating with the DTP32 or DTP32 Series II 37

Calibrating with the DTP41 39

Calibrating with the ES-1000 41

Understanding calibration

An overview of calibration 45

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Using Spot-On

How calibration works 45

Scheduling calibration 47

Checking calibration status 47

Starting Spot-On 49

Spot-On main window 50

Working with existing colors 51

Creating custom colors 53

Downloading custom color groups 54

Uploading custom color groups 55

Editing color values 55

Using a measurement instrument to target colors 59

Reverting default colors to factory settings 60

Saving changes and exiting Spot-On 61

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Spot-On with Substitute Colors

Creating a color for substitution 63

Deﬁning the color values for a substitute color 64

Printing a job with a substitute color 67

Substitute Color dialog box 68

Principles for Substitute Colors 69

Uploading and downloading a substitute color group 71

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About this chapter

Managing color on the Fiery EX8000AP

ColorWise print options

PTIONS

Auto Trapping 74

Black Overprint 75

Black Text/Graphics 76

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle 77

CMYK Simulation Method 78

Combine Separations 78

Composite Overprint 79

Output Proﬁle 80

Print Gray using Black Only 80

Rendering Styles 81

RGB Separation 82

RGB Source Proﬁle 82

Spot Color Matching 84

Substitute Colors 85

Printer drivers and print options

Setting print options for Windows 86

Setting color management print options for Mac OS 88

Using Expert Color Settings to enable Device Link Proﬁles 90

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MPORTING

Simple ASCII Import File Format

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Example of 1D Status T density for EFI 21 patch page 93

Example of 1D Status T density for EFI 34 patch page 93

Example of 1D Status T density for an arbitrary page 94

EASUREMENTS

NTRODUCTION

Terminology and conventions

INTRODUCTION

This document explains how to manage color output on the and provides information about calibration and color proﬁles.

This document is part of a set of documentation that includes manuals for users and system administrators. For a complete description of your Fiery EX8000AP Color Server, see the other documents available at your site.

For more information about supported operating systems and system requirements, see

Welcome .

Fiery EX8000AP Color Server

This document uses the following terminology and conventions.

Term or convention Refers to

Aero Fiery EX8000AP (in illustrations and examples)

Command WorkStation Command WorkStation, Windows Edition and

Command WorkStation, Macintosh Edition

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,

italics

About this document

This document is organized to supply you with key information about managing the color output of your Fiery EX8000AP.

This document covers the following topics:

•Installing and conﬁguring ColorWise Pro Tools

•Using Color Editor, Proﬁle Manager, and Color Setup

•Overview of calibration and description of how to calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP using various ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator methods

•Using Spot-On to manage spot colors

•Setting ColorWise print options from Windows and Mac OS computers

•Descriptions of Simple ASCII File Format (SAIFF), which can be used to import toner density measurements from measurement devices

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Glossary deﬁnes color terms and concepts in bold throughout this document, for

example, output proﬁle . If you are new to desktop color, or if any terms are unfamiliar, see

Glossary .

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Key features of ColorWise

ColorWise is the color management system ( CMS ) built into the Fiery EX8000AP and

designed to provide both casual and expert users with the best color output for a variety of purposes. The ColorWise default settings provide high-quality, out-of-box color from many Windows and Mac OS applications. This allows casual users to achieve quality output without knowing about or changing any color settings on the Fiery EX8000AP.

For consistent color, calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP on a regular basis. ColorWise Pro Tools includes an easy-to-use calibrator, which allows you to calibrate using an optional

spectrophotometer or densitometer (see “Calibration” on page 31).

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

•Set the behavior of CMYK printing to emulate DIC , Euroscale , SWOP , and other offset press standards.

•Match PANTONE and other spot colors for the best match when printing using four-color press conditions or presses with extra, custom plates.

•Select a color rendering dictionary (CRD), also called a rendering style, for RGB printing. CRDs allow for rich, saturated printing of presentation graphics , smooth, accurate printing of photographs, and relative or absolute colorimetric rendering for specialized needs.

•Deﬁne the source of incoming RGB color data for better color conversion of RGB data with no source information.

•Determine whether RGB data is converted into the full gamut of the digital press or is ﬁrst converted into the gamut of another device, such as a press standard. This feature is useful for making one device behave like another for RGB data. It also allows you to evaluate the appearance of an RGB ﬁle under different printing conditions without having to convert the RGB ﬁle to CMYK ﬁrst.

ColorWise color management ( ColorWise ) offers an open color architecture, allowing

users to customize the Fiery EX8000AP to meet new printing needs as they arise. ColorWise supports ICC proﬁles , which are industry standard color proﬁles that describe the color behavior of a device. Note that ICC speciﬁcation version 4 proﬁles (proﬁle version 4.2.0.0) are supported as well as version 2. Downloading ICC proﬁles to the Fiery EX8000AP enables the Fiery EX8000AP to simulate a custom press (or another digital press), as well as accurately print colors from a particular monitor or scanner. In addition, you can create customized ICC proﬁles for the digital press.

ColorWise also allows you to use any Status T densitometer by importing data in a standard ﬁle format (see “Importing Density Measurements” on page 92). In this case, it is important to note that the quality of the instrument used determines the quality of the calibration .

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The ColorWise default settings provide high-quality out-of-box color from many Windows and Mac OS applications. This allows casual users to achieve quality output without knowing about or changing color settings on the Fiery EX8000AP. The ColorWise color management system (CMS) also allows expert users to obtain the best color output. ColorWise Pro Tools allows users to customize settings to achieve the best output for a variety of purposes.

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

• Calibrator (calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP in various ways)

• Color Editor (customize simulation and output proﬁles)

•Proﬁle Manager (manage proﬁles)

•Spot-On (deﬁne CMYK equivalents for spot colors)

• Color Setup (set defaults for ColorWise print options)

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About this chapter

This chapter describes the procedures for installing, conﬁguring, and using ColorWise Pro Tools on Windows and Mac OS computers.

Platform To do this See

Windows Install ColorWise Pro Tools page 12

Mac OS Install ColorWise Pro Tools page 16

Install the ICC proﬁles page 12

Conﬁgure the connection page 14

Modify the conﬁguration page 15

Install the ColorSync proﬁles page 17

Conﬁgure the connection page 19

Modify the conﬁguration page 20

Windows and Mac OS Use Calibrator page 21

Use Color Editor page 21

Use Proﬁle Manager page 23

Use Spot-On page 28

Use Color Setup page 29

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Setting up ColorWise Pro Tools on a Windows computer

The following sections describe how to install ColorWise Pro Tools and other ﬁles and conﬁgure the connection on a Windows computer.

Installing ColorWise Pro Tools

All installation of user software on a Windows computer is done through the Fiery User Software Installer. The procedures in Utilities describe installing from the User Software DVD or the network.

To use ColorWise Pro Tools on a Windows computer, you must install Sun Java 5. If this ﬁle is not installed on your computer, the ColorWise Pro Tools installer automatically initiates the installation process. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Installing the ICC proﬁles

You can copy additional ICC proﬁles from the Fiery EX8000AP to your computer. Use the ICC proﬁles with applications that support ICC standards, such as Adobe Photoshop. For most ICC-aware applications, you must install the ﬁles in a folder named Color. For use with ColorWise Pro Tools, copy the ﬁles to a folder of your choice.

TO INSTALL THE ICC PROFILES ON A WINDOWS COMPUTER

1Browse for the Fiery EX8000AP over the network, using the IP address or the DNS server

name.

2Type the user name and password, if required.

Consult with your network administrator to see if this is required.

3 Double-click the PC_User_SW directory.

4 Open the ICC folder.

5 Right-click the proﬁle that you want, and then click Install Proﬁle.

The proﬁles are installed automatically to the Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color folder (Windows XP) or WINNT\System32\spool\drivers\color folder (Windows 2000) on your computer.

Color ﬁles

You can copy additional color ﬁles from the Fiery EX8000AP. Many of the ﬁles are PostScript ﬁles that you can download and print using Command WorkStation.

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Windows Color Files folder

Color Bars folder (inside the Windows Color Files folder)

PS Files folder (inside the Windows Color Files\ Calibration Files folder)

CMYK Color Reference.ps: An 11-page, Letter-size PostScript ﬁle

used for reference when deﬁning CMYK colors in applications.

PANTONE Book.ps: A 20-page, Letter-size PostScript ﬁle that

indicates the closest equivalent of PANTONE coated colors that the Fiery EX8000AP and your digital press model can produce. The method used to print the PANTONE Book.ps ﬁle differs depending on the Spot Color Matching setting. For more information, see “Spot Color Matching” on page 84.

RGB page 01.doc: A ﬁle you can print from Microsoft Word 97

or later to view available RGB colors.

RGB page 02.ppt: A ﬁle you can print from PowerPoint 6.0 or

later to view available RGB colors.

FieryColorBar.eps: A ﬁle used for the Control Bar option. For

more information about Control Bar, see Graphic Arts Package. Can be used to print a color control bar.

Custom21.ps, Custom34.ps, Standard21.ps, and Standard34.ps:

PostScript ﬁles of color patches for obtaining measurements.

The numbers in the ﬁle names refer to the number of patches on the page. The Custom ﬁles allow you to download measurement patches that incorporate the current calibration set of the digital press. The Standard ﬁles allow you to download standard measurement patches that bypass the current calibration set of the digital press.

Halftone Calibration Files folder (inside the Windows Color Files\ Calibration Files folder)

NOTE: These ﬁles are provided for expert users and should not be

used for day-to-day calibration.

Images of measurement pages for various calibration instruments and page sizes, used for calibrating the Fiery EX8000AP for different halftone screens. Files are provided for Photoshop and other applications. For more information about halftone calibration, see Graphic Arts Package.

NOTE: For the X-Rite DTP32 Series II densitometer, use the

calibration ﬁle for the X-Rite DTP32 densitometer.

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Conﬁguring the connection

The ﬁrst time you start ColorWise Pro Tools, you must conﬁgure the connection to the Fiery EX8000AP.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Print the Conﬁguration page from Command WorkStation and note the IP address of the Fiery EX8000AP.

This page contains information that you need when conﬁguring the connection, such as the IP address. For TCP/IP installations, you can use the Domain Name Server (DNS) name of the Fiery EX8000AP instead of the IP address. Make sure the Fiery EX8000AP is listed in a DNS used by your network. For more information, see the documentation that accompanies your Windows system.

TO CONFIGURE THE CONNECTION FOR COLORWISE PRO TOOLS

1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools.

2 If the Choose Printer Device dialog box appears, click Add.

3 Enter the appropriate information for the Fiery EX8000AP.

Nickname: Type a name for the Fiery EX8000AP. This name does not have to match the

actual Server Name of the Fiery EX8000AP.

NOTE: The nickname cannot contain the following characters:

[ ] _ " ' <space> <tab>

Server Name or Server IP address: Type the IP address (or DNS name) of the Fiery

EX8000AP.

New Device: Type the device name of the Fiery EX8000AP: DC8000AP.

4 After you type all the information, click Add.

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5 With the device name (DC8000AP) selected in the Devices list, click OK.

The Fiery EX8000AP appears in the list of Available Servers. The ﬁrst line of the entry displays the nickname you assigned the Fiery EX8000AP, followed by the protocol. The second line displays the device name.

6 With the device name selected in the list of Available Servers, click Select.

The ColorWise Pro Tools main window appears.

Editing the conﬁguration

Edit the conﬁguration whenever a change to your Fiery EX8000AP or network occurs, such as a server name or IP address change. Change the speciﬁc Fiery EX8000AP Setup information before you conﬁgure the connection.

TO EDIT THE CONFIGURATION

1To add a new Fiery EX8000AP, click Add. Conﬁgure the Add New Server dialog box as outlined

in steps 3 through 5 in the previous procedure.

2To remove a Fiery EX8000AP, select the Fiery EX8000AP by its nickname and click Remove.

3To modify information, select the Fiery EX8000AP by its nickname and click Modify. Edit the

information in the Modify Server Settings dialog box and click OK.

The list of Available Servers reﬂects your modiﬁcations.

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Setting up ColorWise Pro Tools on a Mac OS computer

The following sections describe how to install ColorWise Pro Tools and other ﬁles and conﬁgure the connection on a Mac OS computer.

Installing ColorWise Pro Tools on a Mac OS computer

Before you begin each installation, determine where you want to install each item on your hard disk. Otherwise, the software is placed in the “Fiery” folder by default.

TO INSTALL COLORWISE PRO TOOLS ON A MAC OS COMPUTER FROM THE USER SOFTWARE DVD

1 Insert the User Software DVD into the DVD drive.

2Browse to the folder for your operating system.

3 Double-click the ColorWise Pro Tools installer icon.

4Follow the on-screen instructions.

5 If prompted, click Quit to close the installer.

TO INSTALL COLORWISE PRO TOOLS ON A MAC OS COMPUTER OVER THE NETWORK

1 Choose Connect to Server from the Go menu.

2Type smb:// followed by the IP address of the Fiery EX8000AP and click Connect.

If you cannot locate your Fiery EX8000AP, contact your network administrator.

3 Enter user name and password if required.

Check with your Network Administrator to see if this is required.

4 Double-click the icon for the Mac_User_SW directory.

5 Open the OS X folder.

6 Double-click the ColorWise Pro Tools installer icon.

7Follow the on-screen instructions.

8 If prompted, click Quit to close the installer.

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Installing the ColorSync proﬁles

You can copy additional ICC proﬁles from the Fiery EX8000AP to your computer, if required. Use the ICC proﬁles with applications that support ICC standards, such as Photoshop. For most ICC-aware applications, you must install the ﬁles in a folder named Proﬁles in the Library : ColorSync folder. For use with ColorWise Pro Tools, you can copy the ﬁles to a folder of your choice.

TO INSTALL THE COLORSYNC PROFILES ON A MAC OS COMPUTER

1 Choose Connect to Server from the Go menu.

2Type smb:// followed by the IP address of the Fiery EX8000AP and click Connect.

If you cannot locate your Fiery EX8000AP, consult your network administrator.

3Type user name and password if required.

Consult your network administrator to see if this is required.

4 Double-click the Mac_User_SW directory.

5 Open the ColorSync folder.

6 Install the proﬁles into Library: ColorSync: Proﬁles.

After you install the ColorSync ﬁles, see the ColorSync documentation for setting ColorSync proﬁles, such as EFIRGB.

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Color ﬁles

You can copy additional color ﬁles from the User Software DVD. Many of the ﬁles are PostScript ﬁles that you can download and print using Command WorkStation.

Mac Color Files folder

Color Bars folder (inside the Mac Color Files folder)

PS Files folder (inside the Mac Color Files: Calibration Files folder)

CMYK Color Reference.ps: An 11-page, Letter-size PostScript ﬁle to

use for reference when deﬁning CMYK colors in applications.

PANTONE Book.ps: A 20-page, Letter-size PostScript ﬁle that indicates

the closest equivalent of PANTONE coated colors that the Fiery EX8000AP and your particular digital press model can produce. The method used to print the PANTONE Book.ps ﬁle differs depending on the Spot Color Matching setting. For more information, see

“Spot Color Matching” on page 84.

RGB page 01.doc: A ﬁle you can print from Microsoft Word 97 or

later to view available RGB colors.

RGB page 02.ppt: A ﬁle you can print from PowerPoint 6.0 or later to

view available RGB colors.

FieryColorBar.eps: A ﬁle used for the Control Bar option. For more

information about Control Bar, see Graphic Arts Package. Can be used to print a color control bar.

Custom21.ps, Custom34.ps, Standard21.ps, and Standard34.ps:

PostScript ﬁles of color patches for obtaining measurements.

The numbers in the ﬁle names refer to the number of patches on the page. The Custom ﬁles allow you to download measurement patches that incorporate the currently installed calibration set. The Standard ﬁles allow you to download standard measurement patches that bypass the currently installed calibration set.

Halftone Calibration Files folder (inside the Mac Color Files: Calibration Files folder)

NOTE: These ﬁles are provided for expert users and should not be used for

day-to-day calibration.

Images of measurement pages for various calibration instruments and page sizes, used for calibrating the Fiery EX8000AP for different halftone screens. Files are provided for Photoshop and for other applications. For more information about halftone calibration, see

Graphic Arts Package.

NOTE: For the X-Rite DTP32 Series II densitometer, use the calibration ﬁle

for the X-Rite DTP32 densitometer.

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Conﬁguring the connection

The ﬁrst time you start ColorWise Pro Tools, you must conﬁgure the connection to the Fiery EX8000AP.

NOTE: ColorWise Pro Tools is supported only over TCP/IP networks.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

• Print the Conﬁguration page from Command WorkStation and note the IP address of the Fiery EX8000AP.

This page contains information that you need when you conﬁgure the connection. For TCP/ IP installations, you can use the Domain Name Server (DNS) name of the Fiery EX8000AP instead of the IP address. Make that sure the Fiery EX8000AP is listed in a DNS used by your network. For more information, see the documentation that accompanies your Macintosh system.

TO CONFIGURE THE CONNECTION FOR COLORWISE PRO TOOLS

1 Double-click the ColorWise Pro Tools icon.

The Choose Printer Device dialog box appears.

2 If the No Servers Conﬁgured dialog box appears, click OK. If the Choose Printer Device dialog

box appears, click Add.

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3Type the appropriate information for the Fiery EX8000AP.

Nickname: Type a name for the Fiery EX8000AP. It does not have to match the actual server

name of the Fiery EX8000AP.

NOTE: The nickname cannot contain the following characters:

[ ] _ " ' <space> <tab>

Server name or Server IP address: Type the IP address (or DNS or host name) of the Fiery

EX8000AP.

New Device: Type the device name for the Fiery EX8000AP: DC8000AP. This device name

appears in the Printer Setup section of the Conﬁguration page.

4 After you type all the information, click Add.

5 With the device name selected in the Devices list, click OK.

The Fiery EX8000AP appears in the list of Available Servers. The ﬁrst line of the entry displays the nickname you assigned the Fiery EX8000AP, followed by the protocol.

The second line displays the device name.

6 With the device name selected in the list of Available Servers, click Select.

The ColorWise Pro Tools main window appears.

Editing the conﬁguration

TO EDIT THE CONFIGURATION

1To add a new Fiery EX8000AP, click Add. Conﬁgure the Add Server dialog box as outlined in

steps 3 through 5 in the previous procedure.

2To remove a Fiery EX8000AP, select the Fiery EX8000AP by its nickname and click Remove.

3To modify information, select the Fiery EX8000AP by its nickname and click Modify.

Edit information in the Modify Server Settings dialog box and click OK.

The list of Available Servers reﬂects your modiﬁcations.

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Using ColorWise Pro Tools

ColorWise Pro Tools gives you ﬂexible control of color printing by allowing you to calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP, customize simulation and output proﬁles, manage proﬁles on the Fiery EX8000AP, manage spot colors, and set default values for ColorWise print options.

Using Calibrator

ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator allows you to calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP using a number of measurement methods. For information about calibrating the Fiery EX8000AP, see

page 31.

Using Color Editor

ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor allows you to create custom proﬁles by editing existing simulation or output proﬁles, and then saving the changes as a new proﬁle. Use Color Editor to ﬁne-tune a proﬁle on the Fiery EX8000AP to meet your exact speciﬁcations. Access Color Editor directly, by clicking its icon in the ColorWise Pro Tools main window, or indirectly, through Proﬁle Manager.

NOTE: You cannot edit source proﬁles. Only simulation and output proﬁles can be

customized.

TO USE COLOR EDITOR

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

2 Click Color Editor.

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3From the View menu, choose Simulation to list the simulation proﬁles resident on the Fiery

EX8000AP. Choose Output to list the output proﬁles resident on the Fiery EX8000AP.

4 Select a proﬁle and click Select.

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

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Using Proﬁle Manager

ColorWise Pro Tools Proﬁle Manager allows you to manage and edit ICC proﬁles.

TO USE PROFILE MANAGER

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

2 Click Proﬁle Manager.

The Proﬁle Manager window appears.

1 Output proﬁles

3 Click any proﬁle to select it.

Information about the proﬁle, such as its creation date and ICC speciﬁcation version, appears at the bottom of the window. Note that ICC speciﬁcation version 4 proﬁles (proﬁle version

4.2.0.0) are supported, as well as version 2.

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

For information about the Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁle option, see the following section.

For information about using Device Link Proﬁles, see page 24.

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Setting the default proﬁles

Use Proﬁle Manager to set a default RGB source proﬁle, simulation proﬁle, or output proﬁle. The default RGB source and simulation proﬁles that you set are applied to all print jobs sent to the Fiery EX8000AP, unless you override them using print options. The same is true of the default output proﬁle that you set, unless you select the Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁle option.

The Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁle option indicates whether or not to automatically apply the output proﬁle associated with the media type used in a print job. For more information, see the following section.

Using media-deﬁned output proﬁles

Instead of having Proﬁle Manager apply a default output proﬁle to all your print jobs, you can keep the Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁle option selected. This option automatically applies the output proﬁle predeﬁned for the media type in your print job. If your job contains mixed media, this option can apply different output proﬁles predeﬁned for the different media.

The Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁle option in Proﬁle Manager is selected by default. It is applied to all print jobs sent to the Fiery EX8000AP, unless a user overrides it for an individual job by changing settings in the printer driver.

TO USE MEDIA-DEFINED OUTPUT PROFILES

1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Proﬁle Manager.

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

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

“Using Color Setup” on page 29.

About Device Link Proﬁles

The Fiery EX8000AP supports the use of Device Link Proﬁles. A Device Link Proﬁle describes the conversion from one color space to another. Device Link Proﬁles are restrictive because they deﬁne the complete conversion from a source device to a destination device. When you print using a Device Link Proﬁle, you do not choose a source proﬁle or an output proﬁle because the Device Link Proﬁle speciﬁes both. ColorWise supports two kinds of Device Link Proﬁles: RGB source to CMYK destination and CMYK source to CMYK destination.

A Device Link Proﬁle bypasses most ColorWise color management because the information needed to convert from the source to destination is fully contained in a Device Link Proﬁle.

NOTE: Depending on your job’s workﬂow, you may not need to use Device Link Proﬁles.

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Installing Device Link Proﬁles

If you are an administrator, you can download Device Link Proﬁles to the Fiery EX8000AP using Proﬁle Manager. You must associate a Device Link Proﬁle with the following settings:

• An RGB Source Proﬁle or a CMYK Simulation Proﬁle setting and

• An Output Proﬁle setting

The Device Link Proﬁle is enabled when these two settings are selected.

You can enable a Device Link Proﬁle in three locations:

•In ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup, select the default settings for RGB Source Proﬁle,

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle, and Output Proﬁle. These settings apply to all jobs unless overridden for a particular job.

•Use Expert Color Settings in the Fiery EX8000AP printer drivers to select the settings for

RGB Source Proﬁle, CMYK Simulation Proﬁle, and Output Proﬁle when you print a job.

•Use Command WorkStation Job Properties to override the settings for RGB Source

Proﬁle, CMYK Simulation Proﬁle, and Output Proﬁle for a speciﬁc job.

For more information about enabling Device Link Proﬁles using Color Setup, see page 30. For more information about enabling Device Link Proﬁles using Expert Color Settings in the Fiery EX8000AP printer driver, see page 90.

TO DOWNLOAD DEVICE LINK PROFILES USING PROFILE MANAGER

1 In Proﬁle Manager, if you do not see the Device Link Proﬁle in the Description list, select the

folder that contains the Device Link Proﬁle by clicking Browse in the upper-left corner.

2 Click OK to add the folder contents to the Description list.

The Device Link Proﬁle is added to the Description list.

1Device Link Panel

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3To add the Device Link Proﬁle to the Device Link panel, select the Device Link Proﬁle in the

Description list, and click the green arrow pointing to the Device Link panel.

The Device Link Proﬁle Settings dialog box appears. To assign settings, see the following procedure.

Assigning Device Link Proﬁle settings

The following Device Link Proﬁle Settings dialog box images depict an RGB Source proﬁle description. If you use a CMYK Simulation proﬁle, the screen reﬂects a CMYK Simulation proﬁle description instead of an RGB Source proﬁle description.

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TO ASSIGN DEVICE LINK PROFILE SETTINGS

1 After you download the Device Link Proﬁle using Proﬁle Manager and add it to the Device

Link Proﬁle panel, select the source and output proﬁles for this Device Link Proﬁle in the Device Link Proﬁle Settings dialog box.

If the Device Link Proﬁle already has a source and output referenced, the Output and Source Proﬁles automatically appear.

If the source or output proﬁle referenced in the Device Link Proﬁle is not found on the Fiery EX8000AP, the source proﬁle shows “Unassigned” and a message appears, stating that the source or output proﬁle cannot be found.

Click Information for more detail about the missing proﬁle.

If you install the source or output proﬁle to the Fiery EX8000AP that matches the missing proﬁle referenced in the Device Link Proﬁle, the “Unassigned” setting is automatically updated.

NOTE: If the source or output setting is unassigned, the Device Link Proﬁle cannot be used.

You must assign settings.

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2 If the Device Link Proﬁle does not have a source or output assigned, select a Proﬁle

Description name, and the source and output proﬁles for the Device Link Proﬁle.

3 After you ﬁnish assigning settings to the Device Link Proﬁle, click OK.

Modifying Device Link Proﬁles

To modify the Device Link Proﬁle settings, use the following procedure.

TO MODIFY DEVICE LINK PROFILE SETTINGS

1 Double-click the Device Link Proﬁle in the Device Link panel.

The Device Link Proﬁles Settings dialog box appears.

2 Enter the new Source and Output proﬁles.

3 Click Apply and then click OK.

NOTE: You cannot edit the Device Link Proﬁle in ColorWise Pro Tools. You must use the

application that was used to create the Device Link Proﬁle.

Using Spot-On

Spot-On allows you to adjust and manage lists of spot colors and their CMYK equivalents. The matching lists of spot colors and CMYK values are known as Spot Color Dictionaries. Spot-On allows you to maintain multiple Spot Color Dictionaries for each output proﬁle on the Fiery EX8000AP. For more information about Spot-On, see page 48.

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Using Color Setup

ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup allows you to set the default values for the ColorWise print options and print settings for the Fiery EX8000AP.

These settings are applied to all print jobs sent to the Fiery EX8000AP, unless a user overrides them for an individual job by changing settings in the printer driver. These default settings can also be overridden using Command WorkStation. In addition, the defaults set in Color Setup are automatically reﬂected in other Fiery EX8000AP tools that list default settings.

The options in Color Setup are arranged in a pattern representing the ﬂow of color processing that takes place on the Fiery EX8000AP. To reset the Fiery EX8000AP to its factory default settings, click Factory Default in the lower-left corner of the Color Setup window.

TO USE COLOR SETUP

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

2 Click Color Setup.

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For information about the Control Bar, conﬁgurable Auto Trapping, Progressives, and Halftone Simulation features in Color Setup, see Graphic Arts Package.

Using Color Setup to enable Device Link Proﬁles

You can enable Device Link Proﬁles using Color Setup.

For information about installing and assigning Device Link Proﬁles, see page 25.

TO USE COLORWISE COLOR SETUP TO ENABLE DEVICE LINK PROFILES

1 Open Color Setup from ColorWise Pro Tools.

2 Select the RGB Source proﬁle or the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle and the Output Proﬁle.

When you select a source and output combination that is deﬁned as a Device Link Proﬁle, the Device Link Proﬁle is automatically activated.

When the Device Link Proﬁle is selected, the Color Process workﬂow updates and some of the Fiery print options may not appear.

1Device Link Proﬁle in use

You will see the message “Device Link Proﬁle in use” under the RGB Source Proﬁle or CMYK Simulation Proﬁle.

3 Click OK to exit Color Setup.

CALIBRATION

Calibrating the Fiery EX8000AP ensures consistent and reliable color output. Calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP using ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator with a densitometer or a spectrophotometer.

This document uses the following terminology for color measurement instruments:

Term Refers to

DTP32 or DTP32 Series II X-Rite DTP32 or DTP32 Series II automatic densitometer

DTP41 X-Rite DTP41 automatic spectrophotometer

ES-1000 Spectrophotometer ES-1000 hand-held spectrophotometer

CALIBRATION

About this chapter

This chapter describes the procedures for calibrating the Fiery EX8000AP using ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator with various color measurement instruments. The following table provides the location of each procedure.

Calibration method See

DTP32 or DTP32 Series II with Calibrator page 37

DTP41 with Calibrator page 39

ES-1000 with Calibrator page 41

If you deﬁned a custom halftone screen, you must calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP for that halftone screen before you print a job with it. For more information, see Graphic Arts

Package.

This chapter also describes important concepts and suggestions for understanding calibration. The following table provides the location of each description.

For more information about See

An overview of calibration page 45

How calibration works page 45

Scheduling calibration page 47

Checking calibration status page 47

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

Mac OS computers. Illustrations from a Windows computer are used in this chapter.

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Calibrating with ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator

ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator allows you to calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP using the measurement method of your choice.

Changing calibration has the potential to affect all jobs for all users, so consider limiting the number of people authorized to perform calibration. Set an Administrator password to control access to calibration (see Conﬁguration and Setup).

NOTE: Multiple users can be connected to one Fiery EX8000AP with ColorWise Pro Tools,

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

Starting Calibrator

Start Calibrator from the ColorWise Pro Tools main window.

TO CALIBRATE THE FIERY EX8000AP USING CALIBRATOR

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

For information about conﬁguring the connection to the Fiery EX8000AP, see pages 14 and 19.

2 Click Calibrator.

1 Calibration methods

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3 Choose a method from the Select Measurement Method menu.

1 Calibration methods

Procedures for each calibration method are described in subsequent sections of this chapter.

Expert mode

Calibrator provides two modes: Standard and Expert. You can perform all essential calibration tasks while in Standard mode. Expert mode offers two additional options: Print Pages and View Measurements.

1 Output proﬁle name

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With the Print Pages option, print Comparison Pages showing the results of the new measurements with any proﬁle associated with the currently selected calibration set. You can create a custom Comparison Page and save it as a PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) ﬁle called CALIB.PS. Print the ﬁle to the Hold queue of the Fiery EX8000AP from your application. You can also create a CALIB.PS ﬁle by renaming any job in the Hold queue using Command WorkStation (see Utilities).

With the View Measurements option, you can view the current set of measurements as a table or graph that shows both the measurements and the target curves.

When more than one proﬁle uses the same target, an additional menu called Plot Against appears in the upper-right corner of the dialog box. It lists all output proﬁles that use that same calibration set. Selecting an output proﬁle from this menu displays the target curves associated with that proﬁle. If each output proﬁle contains a unique calibration target, the curves displayed also change when you switch proﬁles.

Applying measurements to multiple calibration sets

The Apply to all calibration sets option in Calibrator allows you to copy the measurements from the calibration you are currently performing to all calibrations sets on the server. This option is only available if the Fiery EX8000AP has more than one calibration set. It is selected by default.

CALIBRATION

If you deselect Apply to all calibration sets, you can choose to apply the current calibration to a selected subset of the calibration sets on the server. To specify which sets, click Customize, which opens the Apply To dialog box.

Select or clear individual calibration sets, and then click OK.

If any of the selected calibration sets are not associated with an output proﬁle, a warning appears, but you can choose to apply the calibration measurements to that set anyway.

The calibration measurements are copied to the speciﬁed calibration sets at the end of the calibration process when you click Apply.

Restoring default calibration measurements

Use the following procedure to return to factory default calibration measurements.

TO RESTORE DEFAULT CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS

1 In the Calibrator dialog box, click Restore Device.

2 Click OK to restore the preset default calibration set.

NOTE: If the Apply to all calibration sets option is selected, all calibration sets on the server are

restored. If Apply to all calibration sets is cleared, Restore Device applies only to the calibration sets selected under Customize.

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Calibrating with the DTP32 or DTP32 Series II

Using the DTP32 or DTP32 Series II densitometer, you can measure color patches generated by the digital press and automatically download the measurements to the Fiery EX8000AP.

NOTE: Before you use ColorWise Pro Tools to calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP, set up and

calibrate the DTP32 or DTP32 Series II. For instructions, see the documentation that accompanies the instrument.

TO CALIBRATE THE FIERY EX8000AP USING THE DTP32 OR DTP32 SERIES II

1 Start Calibrator.

For instructions, see page 33.

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

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

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

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

more output proﬁles. The default calibration set is already associated with the default output proﬁle. You do not need to make any new associations.

4 Click Print in the Generate Measurement Page pane.

The Print Options dialog box appears.

5 Choose the appropriate options and click Print.

Page Type: Choose 21 or 34 Sorted Patches.

Paper Size: Automatically set to LTR/A4 for 21 Sorted Patches. Choose 11x 17/A3 or

12x18/SRA3 for 34 Sorted Patches.

Input Tray: Specify the paper source.

6 Retrieve the measurement page from the digital press.

7 Click Measure in the Get Measurements pane.

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

DTP32

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8 Click Measure.

Follow the on-screen instructions to feed the measurement page through the DTP32.

NOTE: The DTP32 Series II does not have an edge guide for the page. Position the page so

that the strip to be measured is lined up directly under the alignment mark.

The Status ﬁeld displays instructions for selecting the port and feeding the measurement page through the DTP32 four times, once for each color strip.

DTP32 Series II

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

10 Click OK in the Measure dialog box.

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

12 Click OK in the Information dialog box.

This completes the calibration process.

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Calibrating with the DTP41

Using the DTP41 spectrophotometer, you can measure color patches generated by the digital press and automatically download the measurements to the Fiery EX8000AP.

NOTE: Before you use ColorWise Pro Tools to calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP, set up and

calibrate the DTP41. For instructions, see the documentation that accompanies the instrument.

TO CALIBRATE THE FIERY EX8000AP USING THE DTP41

1 Start Calibrator.

For instructions, see page 33.

2 Choose X-Rite DTP41 as the measurement method.

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

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

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

more output proﬁles. The default calibration set is already associated with the default output proﬁle. You do not need to make any new associations.

4 Click Print in the Generate Measurement Page pane.

The Print Options dialog box appears.

5 Choose the appropriate options and click Print.

Page Type: Choose 21 or 34 Sorted Patches.

Paper Size: Automatically set to LTR/A4 for 21 Sorted Patches. Choose 11x 17/A3 or

12x18/SRA3 for 34 Sorted Patches.

Input Tray: Choose the paper source for printing the measurement page.

6 Retrieve the measurement page from the digital press.

7 In the Get Measurements pane, click Measure.

The Measurement Options dialog box appears, displaying the speciﬁed Page Type and Paper Size options.

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8 Click Measure.

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

and then click Start Measurements.

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

Align the page in the measurement page slot of the DTP41 so that the appropriate color column is centered below the alignment mark. Insert the page about three inches, past the front idler rollers, until it rests against the rear drive rollers and you feel resistance.

11 Click Read Strip.

The DTP41 pulls the measurement page through automatically.

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

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

A check mark appears on the circle of the color just read, and the Status ﬁeld indicates the color was measured successfully.

Use the Previous and Next buttons to reverse or advance to another step in the measurement sequence.

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

Accept Measurements.

14 Click OK in the Measure dialog box.

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

16 Click OK in the Information dialog box.

This completes the Fiery EX8000AP calibration process.

Calibrating with the ES-1000

Use ColorWise Pro Tools in conjunction with the ES-1000 spectrophotometer to calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP.

NOTE: Before you use ColorWise Pro Tools to calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP, set up and

calibrate the ES-1000. For instructions, see the documentation that accompanies the instrument.

TO CALIBRATE THE FIERY EX8000AP USING THE ES-1000

1 Start Calibrator.

For instructions, see page 33.

2 Choose ES-1000 as the measurement method.

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

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

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

more output proﬁles. The default calibration set is already associated with the default output proﬁle. You do not need to make any new associations.

4 Click Print in the Generate Measurement Page pane.

The Print Options dialog box appears.

5 Choose the appropriate options and click Print.

Page Type: Choose 21 or 34 Sorted Patches or 21 or 34 Randomized Patches. Sorted patches

are printed on the page in the order of their hue and saturation levels. Randomized patches are printed on the page in random order to help compensate for density inconsistencies on different areas of the page.

Paper Size: Automatically set to LTR/A4 for 21 patches. Choose 11x 17/A3 or

12x18/SRA3 for 34 patches.

Input Tray: Automatically set to Auto Select.

6 Retrieve the printed measurement page from the digital press.

7 Click Measure in the Get Measurements pane.

The Measurement Options dialog box appears.

Page Type is automatically set to the type that you selected in step 5.

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8 Check the settings and click Measure.

The Information dialog box appears.

9 Place the ES-1000 in the calibration cradle.

When you place the ES-1000 in the calibration cradle, white point calibration is used to calibrate the spectrophotometer and compensate for gradual drifts in the instrument. Make sure the sample aperture is in full contact with the white tile on the calibration cradle. If you do not place it correctly in the calibration cradle, the spectrophotometer does not return accurate measurements.

10 Click OK.

The Measurements dialog box appears. Instructions for measuring the strips appear in the Status ﬁeld.

11 For a more accurate measurement, place several sheets of plain white paper beneath the

measurement page.

The extra sheets block underlying colors from being read by the instrument.

12 Orient the measurement page so that strips are horizontal and the scan direction (indicated

by the arrows at the beginning of each strip) is left to right.

13 Hold the ES-1000 with its length perpendicular to the scan direction, and place the sample

aperture in the white space at the start of the speciﬁed color.

14 Press and hold the Measure button and wait for a beep or wait for the background color in the

dialog to change from green to white.

NOTE: To hear a beep with a Windows compatible computer, you must install a sound card

and speaker(s). You may have to turn up the volume on your computer to hear the beep.

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15 After you hear a beep or see the dialog background color change, slide the ES-1000 at a slow

but consistent pace across the strip.

Allow about ﬁve seconds to slide the length of the strip.

16 Release the button when all the patches in the strip have been measured and you reach the

white space at the end of the strip.

When a strip is measured successfully, the dialog background color changes to green, and the cross hair moves to the next color. If the strip is not measured successfully, the dialog background color changes to red, and a message directs you to try again.

17 Repeat steps 13 through 16 until all the strips are measured.

NOTE: You must measure in the order outlined in the Status ﬁeld.

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

19 Click Apply in the Calibrator dialog box.

The new calibration measurement is applied.

20 Click OK in the Information dialog box.

This completes the Fiery EX8000AP calibration process.

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Understanding calibration

The following sections describe important concepts and suggestions for understanding calibration.

An overview of calibration

Calibration generates curves that adjust for the difference between the actual toner densities (measurements) and the response expected by the output proﬁle.

•Measurements represent the actual color behavior of the digital press.

• Calibration sets are sets of measurements that combine media and screen options provided

for Calibrator.

• Each output proﬁle contains a calibration target that describes the expected behavior of the

digital press.

After you calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP, a calibration set is stored. This calibration set is used when it is associated with an output proﬁle. Every output proﬁle has an associated calibration set. If you have not speciﬁed one, the calibration set associated with the default output proﬁle is used.

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

NOTE: Changing calibration has the potential to affect all jobs for all users, so consider

limiting the number of people authorized to perform calibration. Set an Administrator password in Fiery EX8000AP Setup to control access to calibration (see Conﬁguration and

Setup).

How calibration works

Although the needs of most users are met by the default calibration set, the Fiery EX8000AP allows you to choose a calibration set to customize calibration for specialized jobs.

Calibration allows you to:

•Maximize the color reproduction capabilities of the Fiery EX8000AP.

•Ensure consistent color quality over time.

•Produce consistent output across Fiery EX8000AP servers.

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

other named color systems.

•Optimize the Fiery EX8000AP for using ColorWise rendering styles (CRDs), CMYK

simulations, and ICC proﬁles.

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Success in obtaining satisfactory print quality from the Fiery EX8000AP depends on many factors. Among the most important are establishing and maintaining optimal toner densities. The density is the measure of the light absorbed by a surface. By carefully regulating toner densities, you obtain consistent printed color.

Even with a calibrated system, toner density is affected by the settings of digital press, humidity, and temperature. Density also tends to drift over time. Uneven toner density on paper affects calibration results. Regular measurement detects day-to-day variations in density, gradation, and color reproduction. Calibration corrects these variations.

Calibration works by creating calibration curves on the Fiery EX8000AP that compensate for the difference between actual (measured) and desired (target) density values. These calibration curves are the graphic equivalent of transfer functions, which are mathematical descriptions of changes that are made to the initial data. Transfer functions are often graphed as input or output curves.

The Fiery EX8000AP generates calibration curves after comparing measured values to the ﬁnal target values for each of the four toner colors. The target values are based on the output proﬁle speciﬁed.

Measurements

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

To create a measurement ﬁle, print a page of color patches. Measure the patches using a color measurement instrument connected to a computer on the network The new measurements are automatically downloaded to the Fiery EX8000AP.

Output proﬁles and calibration sets

Output proﬁles and calibration sets deﬁne desired calibration results. One or more output proﬁles and calibration sets are provided with the Fiery EX8000AP. When you calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP, select the calibration set that corresponds to the typical printing jobs at your site. This same calibration set can be associated with one or more output proﬁles. For more information about output proﬁles, see page 80.

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Scheduling calibration

Calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP at least once a day, depending on the volume of print jobs. If it is very important to maintain consistent color, or your digital press is subject to wide ﬂuctuations in temperature or humidity, calibrate every few hours. For optimal performance, calibrate whenever there is a noticeable change in print quality or printing results are not as expected.

If you must split a print job into two or more batches to print at different times, it is important to calibrate before you print each batch. You should also calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP after digital press maintenance. However, because the digital press may be less stable immediately after maintenance, wait until you have printed approximately 50 pages before you calibrate.

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

temperature and humidity, do not install the digital press near a window, in direct sunlight, or near a heater or air conditioner. Paper is also sensitive to climate changes. Store it in a cool, dry, stable environment, and keep reams sealed until they are used.

To monitor print quality, print the following color pages:

• Color Charts (from Command WorkStation)

• Color reference pages included in the User Software DVD (see pages 12 and 18)

These pages include fully saturated color patches and pale tints of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Images with skin tones offer a good basis for comparison. Save and periodically compare the pages you print. If a noticeable change in appearance occurs, calibrate the Fiery EX8000AP.

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

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

Checking calibration status

To verify whether the Fiery EX8000AP is calibrated, which calibration set and output proﬁle were used, and when the digital press was last calibrated, perform the following:

•Print a Conﬁguration page or Test Page from Command WorkStation.

•Select a calibration set in Calibrator. The last calibration and the user who performed it

are displayed.

SPOT-ON

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

In addition to managing “named” colors, Spot-On allows you to create a list of “substitute” colors. These are colors that, when called for in a document by their RGB or CMYK values, are substituted with a different color having the CMYK values from the Spot-On color dictionary. This permits exact color control and overrides individual RGB and CMYK colors.

Using Spot-On

NOTE: To use the Spot-On features with named colors, you must enable the Spot Color

Matching print option. For more information about this option, see page 84.

NOTE: Spot colors identiﬁed by names are printed with their deﬁned CMYK values. The edits

to the output proﬁle made with Color Editor do not affect how spot colors print.

Some Spot-On features require that a job be displayed with correct colors on your monitor. 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.

NOTE: The edits to a job made with the color adjustment features in ImageViewer affect all

colors in the job, including spot colors. For more information about ImageViewer, see

Graphic Arts Package.

SPOT-ON

Starting Spot-On

To use Spot-On, you must specify the output proﬁle associated with the Spot Color Dictionary that you want to edit.

If you select Output proﬁle X and redeﬁne PANTONE 123 from 30%M to 50%M using Spot-On, you will get 50%M when you print a job with Output proﬁle X. If you print a job with Output proﬁle Y, you will get the original value. If you select Output proﬁle X and create a custom color named “My Purple” and deﬁne it as 80C 40M, ColorWise automatically calculates the Lab values using Output proﬁle X and creates new CMYK values for use with Output proﬁle Y.

NOTE: The Fiery EX8000AP allows only one user to connect to Spot-On at a time.

TO START SPOT-ON

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

1 Current output proﬁle 2 Output proﬁles to link

2 Click Spot-On.

The Select Output Proﬁle dialog box appears.

3 Choose an output proﬁle and click OK.

The Spot-On main dialog box appears. The CMYK values displayed in the dialog box are calculated with respect to the speciﬁed proﬁle.

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

one that is selected in the Select Output Proﬁle dialog box. Otherwise, color adjustments based on Spot-On have no effect.

SPOT-ON

Spot-On main window

The Spot-On main window list color groups that represent libraries of spot colors on the Fiery EX8000AP. Tool icons for working with colors appear at the top of the window.

1 Output proﬁle 2 Save 3 Upload 4Download 5 Cut 6 Copy 7Paste 8 Close All 9 Print 10 Up 11 Down 12 Custom color group 13 Default color group

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1101

By default, the Fiery EX8000AP includes several PANTONE libraries along with a System library. These factory default libraries appear marked with the default group icon ( ).

The DIC, HKS, and TOYO libraries are also available with Spot-On.

You can add custom color groups and colors to the Spot-On window (see page 53). Added groups appear marked with the custom group icon ( ). Both default and custom groups can be opened to display the included colors.

SPOT-ON

TO OPEN AND CLOSE A COLOR GROUP

1To open a color group, click the icon to the left of the group name.

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

2To close a color group, click the icon to the left of the group name.

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

Working with existing colors

Spot-On allows you to view and manage existing groups of colors on the Fiery EX8000AP and search for a particular color in the Spot-On list.

Color groups in the Spot-On window appear in order of their priority. Highest priority is assigned to color groups at the top of the list. For instance, if two colors from two different color groups have the same name, the Fiery EX8000AP uses the color from the higher group and disregards the other color. By managing the priority of colors in this way, you can maintain several CMYK variants for the same spot color.

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TO REARRANGE THE PRIORITY OF COLORS

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

To rearrange an individual color, select the desired color.

Individual spot colors are marked with circular color icons.

2To move the selection up or down in the list, click the Up or Down icon in the toolbar.

3To paste the selection in a different location in the list, click the Cut or Copy icon in

the toolbar.

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

4 Click the location in the list where you want to paste the cut or copied selection, and then

click the Paste icon in the toolbar.

When you paste a default PANTONE color or group, a warning message appears asking you to rename the selection because of the multiple preﬁxes and sufﬁxes for the PANTONE colors and groups. Use the menus to choose the desired preﬁx and sufﬁx for the new name, and then click OK. The pasted selection becomes a custom color or group with the speciﬁed name.

TO FIND A SPECIFIC COLOR

1 Choose Find from the Edit menu.

The Find dialog box appears.

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

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

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

Edit menu.

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Creating custom colors

Spot-On provides a number of default color groups in the color list. You can add your own custom spot colors and groups to the list.

TO ADD A NEW COLOR OR COLOR GROUP

1 Select the location in the group or color list where you want the addition to be placed.

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

new color.

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

TO RENAME A CUSTOM COLOR OR GROUP

1 Select the speciﬁc color or group that you want to rename.

2 Double-click the name of the color or group.

3Type the new name exactly as it appears in the job, including uppercase and lowercase

characters and spaces, as needed.

This new name is supplied by the source application (such as Adobe Illustrator or QuarkXPress) to your PostScript job.

If you do not have access to the source document, use Postﬂight to view the list of the exact color names used in your job. A Postﬂight Detailed Report prints all the named colors used in a document. For more information about using Postﬂight, see Graphic Arts Package.

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

SPOT-ON

Downloading custom color groups

You can download custom color groups from your computer to the Fiery EX8000AP. Downloaded groups are added as custom groups to the Spot-On color list and are immediately enabled for use on the Fiery EX8000AP.

TO DOWNLOAD CUSTOM COLOR GROUPS

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

2 Choose Download from the File menu.

The Select ﬁle dialog box appears.

NOTE: The supported ﬁle format for download is ICC Named Color Proﬁle.

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

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

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

SPOT-ON

Uploading custom color groups

You can upload custom color groups from the Fiery EX8000AP to your computer as ICC ﬁles. The upload feature allows you to share a group by creating a local copy that can be downloaded to another Fiery EX8000AP.

You must save a color group to the Fiery EX8000AP before you can upload it to your computer. To upload a factory default group, copy and paste the group as a new custom group, and upload the group as required.

TO UPLOAD CUSTOM COLOR GROUPS

1 Select the name of the color group that you want to upload.

2 Choose Upload from the File menu.

The Save As dialog box appears.

3Browse to the location where you want to save the ﬁle, name the ﬁle, and then click Save.

Editing color values

If an existing spot color is not printing as intended, edit the color values as needed to achieve your intended result. Edit color values by entering the exact CMYK values in the Spot-On main window or in the Set Center Patch Color dialog box, or using the Spot-On Color Search feature.

Use the following procedures to edit a named color by entering the exact CMYK values. To target a color using Spot-On Color Search, see page 57.

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TO EDIT A COLOR IN THE SPOT-ON MAIN WINDOW

1 Select the color that you want to edit.

2 Double-click the value under C, M, Y, and K, and enter a new number for each color channel.

The edited color appears in the color list.

NOTE: The edited color is not saved until you choose Save from the File menu.

TO EDIT A COLOR IN THE SET CENTER PATCH COLOR DIALOG BOX

1 Select the color you want to edit.

2 Double-click the color icon.

The Spot-On Color Search dialog box appears with the selected color in the center.

3 Click the center patch.

The Set Center Patch Color dialog box appears.

4 Indicate whether you want to enter CMYK values as percentages or Device Codes.

The Percentages option allows you to enter color values between 0 and 100%, in increments of 0.5. Values out of this range are rounded to the nearest whole or half percentage.

The Device Codes option allows you to enter color values between 0 and 255. This option reﬂects the full range of color values that the Fiery EX8000AP can reproduce and provides ﬁner gradations of color than are possible with Percentages.

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5 Enter the C, M, Y, and K values of your speciﬁc color in the appropriate ﬁelds.

Use the Tab key to move from ﬁeld to ﬁeld. As you enter each new value, the preview patch updates to reﬂect the old and new colors.

6 Click OK.

The new color is displayed in the center of the Spot-On Color Search dialog box.

7 Click OK.

The edited color appears in the color list of the Spot-On main window.

Use the following procedure to target a color using the Spot-On Color Search dialog box. Beginning with an approximate color in the Spot-On Color Search dialog box, adjust the hue, saturation, and lightness of the color until you achieve an acceptable match.

TO TARGET A COLOR USING SPOT-ON COLOR SEARCH

1 Select the color that you want to edit.

2 Double-click the color icon.

The Spot-On Color Search dialog box appears with the current color in the center.

3To update the center patch to a neighboring color that more closely matches the target, click

the corresponding neighbor patch.

Neighboring patches represent variations from the center patch and can be selected if they offer a closer match to the desired color. Clicking one of these patches updates the center patch to the new color and provides a new selection of neighboring colors. These patches are either lightness or saturation neighbors, depending on the option you choose in the following step.

NOTE: When you select certain colors, an exclamation point icon may appear in the

upper-right corner of the dialog box. This icon indicates that one or more colorants have reached their maximum values.

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4Use the following techniques to control how neighboring color patches are generated:

Select Lightness or Saturation in the Color Directions Legend.

Lightness generates neighbor patches based on darker to lighter shades of the original color. This variation is displayed from left to right, with the original color remaining in the center of the middle group.

Saturation generates neighbor patches based on less saturated to more saturated variations of the original color. This variation is displayed from left to right, with the original color remaining in the center of the middle group.

Choose a setting from the Color Spacing menu to control the closeness of the neighbor patches.

A higher setting generates neighbor patches that differ more noticeably from the center color. As you get closer to your target color, reduce the color spacing to a smaller value.

Select Monitor Compensation to simulate how all the on-screen color patches appear when printed on paper.

This simulation depends on the monitor proﬁle conﬁgured for your monitor. To specify the monitor proﬁle, choose Preferences from the Edit menu in the Spot-On main window.

Make sure that you set your monitor according to the manufacturer’s recommendations and select the correct monitor proﬁle for your monitor, including the FACI monitor.

5 Continue adjusting the color patch controls and clicking neighbor patches until the color you

want appears in the center patch.

6 Click Print Pattern.

NOTE: It is very difﬁcult to accurately match spot colors on a monitor. You should always test

print to get the proper color match.

7 Choose the appropriate settings from the Output Style, Paper Size, and Paper Tray menus.

For Output Style, choose Color Search Pattern or Color Neighbor Pattern. Color Search Pattern prints patches with the same pattern as displayed in the Color Search dialog box. Color Neighbor Pattern prints patches in a three column by eight row format.

For Paper Size, choose the size of the paper that you want to use for printing the patches.

For Paper Tray, specify the paper source for the paper that you want to use.

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8 Click OK to print the patches.

The Print Pattern test page provides the following information:

• Center patch color CMYK value

• Color spacing

• Lightness or Saturation neighbors selected

•Output proﬁle selected

The goal of Spot-On Color Search is to ﬁnd the color values that make a printed color patch match a target, not its screen simulation of it. Printing a Print Pattern of neighbor color patches allows you to compare the printed patches to the color target. After you compare the printed patches and ﬁnd the one that matches most closely, you can select the corresponding patch on-screen.

9 Select the desired target color in the Spot-On Color Search dialog box and click OK.

The edited color appears in the color list of the Spot-On main window.

Using a measurement instrument to target colors

If you have the Spectrophotometer ES-1000, you can import measured color values directly into Spot-On. This feature allows you to target matches based on the actual colors of immediate objects, such as the red of a printed logo or the yellow of a packaging envelope.

TO IMPORT COLOR MEASUREMENTS INTO SPOT-ON

1 Install and set up the ES-1000 for use with your computer.

For installation and setup instructions, see the documentation that accompanies the instrument.

2 Choose Start from the Instrument menu.

The Choose Port dialog box appears.

3For Instrument, choose the instrument that you will use to take measurements. For Port,

choose the serial port connection of the instrument. Click OK.

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4 Place the ES-1000 over the target color, making sure to center the sample aperture over the

color. Press Measure to take the measurement.

The measured CMYK values are imported into Spot-On as follows:

•If an individual color is selected in the color list, it updates to the measured color.

•If a group is selected in the color list, a new color with the measured values is created

within the group.

•If the Spot-On Color Search dialog box is open, the center patch updates with the

measured values, and the neighbor patches update accordingly.

•If the Set Center Patch Color dialog box is open, the measured values are imported into

the CMYK entry ﬁelds.

5 After you ﬁnish taking color measurements, choose Stop from the Instrument menu.

Spot-On closes the connection to the instrument.

Reverting default colors to factory settings

You can revert default colors to their factory default settings. Revert all colors within a default color group, or revert one or more speciﬁc colors within a default color group, so that only those colors are reset to the factory default settings.

TO REVERT ALL COLORS WITHIN A DEFAULT COLOR GROUP TO FACTORY DEFAULTS

1 Click the icon to the left of the name of the group that you want to revert.

2 Choose Revert Group from the File menu.

A warning message appears.

3 Click OK.

TO REVERT SPECIFIC COLORS WITHIN A DEFAULT COLOR GROUP TO FACTORY DEFAULTS

1 Click the icon to the left of the name of the group that contains the colors you want to revert.

2 Select the colors that you want to revert to the factory defaults.

To select more than one color, Shift+click to select an adjacent color or CTRL+click to select a nonadjacent color.

3 Choose Revert Factory Color from the File menu.

A warning message appears.

4 Click OK.

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Saving changes and exiting Spot-On

To enable your spot color matches for use with the Fiery EX8000AP, save your edits before you exit Spot-On. This ensures that all your changes to Spot-On color deﬁnitions are stored on the Fiery EX8000AP and available for use when printing documents that contain spot colors.

The following edits do not require saving to take effect:

•Rearranging the priority level of a color group

• Downloading a color group

• Clearing or deleting a color group

TO SAVE THE SPOT-ON COLOR LIST

1 Choose Save from the File menu.

2 Click Close in the upper-right corner of the Spot-On main window to exit the utility.

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Spot-On with Substitute Colors

The Substitute Colors workﬂow involves deﬁning the substitute color values with Spot-On, and then printing a document with the Substitute Colors print option set to On from the printer driver. You can also override the print option setting using Command WorkStation.

NOTE: Color substitutions affect only text, vector, and line art. They have no effect on

raster images.

NOTE: When a color is deﬁned as a substitute color, the settings for an RGB color (such as

RGB Source, Rendering Style, and RGB Separation) or CMYK color (such as CMYK Simulation Proﬁle and CMYK Simulation Method) have no effect. The color is converted with a process similar to spot color conversion.

NOTE: You cannot use the Substitute Colors and Postﬂight features at the same time.

These print options are constrained from the printer driver.

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Creating a color for substitution

Use the following procedure to add a new substitute color in a substitute group and specify the value-name for a color to substitute.

NOTE: A new substitute color can be added only to a substitute group.

TO ADD A NEW SUBSTITUTE COLOR AND SPECIFY THE VALUE-NAME FOR SUBSTITUTION

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 Save 3 Upload 4Download 5 Cut 6 Copy 7Paste 8 Close all 9 Print 10 Up 11 Down

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.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1101

4 Select the location in the group list where you want to place the addition.

5 Choose New Substitute Group from the Edit menu.

A new substitute group entry appears as Untitled.

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6 Double-click Untitled and type a new name.

7 Select the substitute group and choose New Substitute Color from the Edit menu.

NOTE: If the substitute group already contains substitute colors, select the color above the

location where you want to add a new substitute color.

The Add Substitute Color dialog box appears.

8 Select a color mode for the substitute color.

9 Select a tolerance degree for the substitute color.

For information about Tolerance, see page 69.

10 Type the values for the color that you want to substitute.

11 Click OK.

The substitute color appears at the speciﬁed location.

Deﬁning the color values for a substitute color

After you specify the original color to substitute, deﬁne CMYK values for the substitute color by typing the exact CMYK values in the Spot-On main window or Set Center Patch Color dialog box, or use Spot-On Color Search.

For instructions on deﬁning a substitute color by typing the exact CMYK values, see the following sections. To deﬁne a substitute color in the Spot-On Color Search dialog box, see page 66.

TO DEFINE A SUBSTITUTE COLOR IN THE SPOT-ON MAIN WINDOW

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

2 Click Spot-On.

The Select Output Proﬁle dialog box appears.

3 Select an output proﬁle and click OK.

The Spot-On main dialog box appears.

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4 Select the color that you want to substitute.

1 Output proﬁle

1 Center patch

5 Double-click the value under C, M, Y, and K, and type a new number for each color channel.

The new values for the substitute color appear in the color list.

NOTE: The edited color is not saved until you choose Save from the File menu.

TO DEFINE A SUBSTITUTE COLOR IN SET CENTER PATCH COLOR

1 Select the color that you want to substitute.

2 Double-click the color icon.

The Spot-On Color Search dialog box appears with the selected color in the center.

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3 Click the center patch.

The Set Center Patch Color dialog box appears.

4Type values for each C, M, Y, and K color channel.

For information about using Set Center Patch Color, see page 56.

5 Click OK.

The new color appears in the center in the Spot-On Color Search dialog box.

1 Neighboring patch

6 Click OK.

The new color appears in the color list of the Spot-On main window.

NOTE: The edited color is not saved until you choose Save from the File menu.

Use the following procedure to target a substitute color using the Spot-On Color Search dialog box.

TO DEFINE A SUBSTITUTE COLOR USING SPOT-ON COLOR SEARCH

1 Select the color that you want to substitute.

2 Double-click the color icon.

The Spot-On Color Search dialog box appears, displaying the current color in the center.

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3 Click neighboring patches until you ﬁnd the color that you want to use for the substitution.

For information about using Spot-On Color Search, see page 57.

4 Click OK.

The new substitute color appears in the color list of the Spot-On main window.

NOTE: The edited color is not saved until you choose Save from the File menu.

Printing a job with a substitute color

After you deﬁne CMYK values for substitution in Spot-On, you can print a document with the substitute color 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, color substitutions that are deﬁned on Spot-On have no effect.

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

are similar.

TO PRINT A JOB WITH A SUBSTITUTE COLOR

1 Open a document in your application.

2 Choose Print.

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

The ColorWise pane appears.

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4 Select Substitute Colors.

5 Click Print.

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

Substitute Color dialog box

You can deﬁne the color mode and tolerance range for a substitute color in the Add Substitute Color or Rename Substitute Color dialog box.

NOTE: The Add Substitute Color dialog box appears when you choose Edit>New Substitute

Color after selecting a substitute color group in the list. The Rename Substitute Color dialog box appears when you double-click the bracketed section of a substitute color.

NOTE: The Add Substitute Color and Rename Substitute Color dialog boxes offer the same

control in deﬁning a substitute color.

• Substitute Color: Select the following color modes for a substitute color:

– CMYK (0-100%)

–RGB (Device Code 0-255)

–RGB (0-100%)

• Tolerance: Select the following tolerance ranges for a substitute color:

–Small (indicated in lowercase)

– Large (indicated in uppercase)

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To avoid entry errors, the Add Substitute Color and Edit Substitute Color dialog boxes display the values in the following predeﬁned formats. The dialog boxes also display uppercase or lowercase characters and a percentage (%) symbol, depending on the selections.

• CMYK (0-100%) mode

–Small: <“0”%c, “0”%m, “0”%y, “0”%k>

– Large: <“0”%C, “0”%M, “0”%Y, “0”%K>

• RGB (Device Code 0-255) mode

–Small: <“0”r, “0”g, “0”b>

– Large: <“0”R, “0”G, “0”B>

• RGB (0-100%) mode

–Small: <“0”%r, “0”%g, “0”%b>

– Large: <“0”%R, “0”%G, “0”%B>

Principles for Substitute Colors

In setting the values for Substitute Colors, keep in mind the following principles.

Tolerance range

The accuracy of the substitute color is affected by various elements, such as applications, operating systems, printer drivers, and distilling processes. To accommodate the “errors” that occur because of the rounding rules between the numbers entered by users and the numbers received by the Fiery EX8000AP, the options of the small and large tolerance ranges are provided for color substitution.

The following table provides Small and Large substitution tolerance ranges for each color mode.

Color mode Small tolerance range Large tolerance range

CMYK (0-100%) +/- 0.25% +/- 0.5%

RGB (Device Code 0-255) +/- 0.25 +/- 1

RGB (0-100%) +/- 0.25% +/- 0.5%

NOTE: Values for tolerance ranges are approximate.

• CMYK (0-100%)

–Small: A substitute color replaces any color that falls within the nearest +/- 0.25% of

the color value entered.

– Large: A substitute color replaces any color that falls within the nearest +/- 0.5% of the

color value entered.

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• RGB (Device Code 0-255)

–Small: A substitute color replaces any color that falls within the nearest +/- 0.25 of the

color value entered.

– Large: A substitute color replaces any color that falls within the nearest +/- 1 of the

color value entered.

• RGB (0-100%)

–Small: A substitute color replaces any color that falls within the nearest +/-0.25% of the

color value after scaling.

– Large: A substitute color replaces any color that falls within the nearest +/-0.5% of the

color value after scaling.

Color substitution

A color substitution takes place when a substitute color is deﬁned with a different set of CMYK values for the same value-name as the original color.

The following color examples show how a substitution works.

• Original color: <100, 0, 0, 0> for the CMYK values (cyan)

• Substitute 1: <0, 100, 100, 0> (red)

• Substitute 2: <100, 0, 100, 0> (green)

NOTE: In the examples, the extreme values and terms “red” and “green” are used for illustrative

purposes only. In practice, color substitution is not used for extreme color shifts.

The following table shows color substitution with different sets of CMYK values assigned to the same original color.

Substitution value-name

Original color — <100, 0, 0, 0> — —

Substitute 1 <100.0c, 0.0m, 0.0y, 0.0k> <0, 100, 100, 0> cyan red

Substitute 2 <100.0c, 0.0m, 0.0y, 0.0k> <100, 0, 100, 0> cyan green

CMYK values

Before substitution

After substitution

Priority scheme

If two substitute colors are deﬁned with the same value-names, but with different sets of CMYK values and different tolerance ranges, Spot-On resolves the priority of substitution according to the order of color in the group.

Spot-On process color substitution is based on the order of color in the group. The color entries at the top of the list have priority over the colors at the bottom of the list. Spot-On scans the list from top to bottom and processes substitution in linear order. When a color is remapped, it is not overridden by any subsequent substitution call.

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The following color examples show how the priority scheme works.

• Original color: <100, 0, 0, 0> for the CMYK values (cyan)

• Substitute 3: <0, 100, 100, 0> (red) with a small tolerance

• Substitute 4: <100, 0, 100, 0> (green) with a large tolerance

NOTE: In the examples, the extreme values and terms “red” and “green” are used for illustrative

purposes only.

Order of the colors

• Case 1: Substitute 3 (red) is higher than Substitute 4 (green) in the list.

• Case 2: Substitute 4 (green) is higher than Substitute 3 (red) in the list.

The following table shows the scheme of priority when the same value-names are assigned to the original color with different sets of CMYK values and different tolerance ranges.

Color order

Original color <100, 0, 0, 0>

Case 1 Substitute 3

Substitute 4

Case 2 Substitute 4

Substitute 3

Substitution value-name

<100.0c, 0.0m, 0.0y, 0.0k> <100.0C, 0.0M, 0.0Y, 0.0K>

<100.0C, 0.0M, 0.0Y, 0.0K> <100.0c, 0.0m, 0.0y, 0.0k>

CMYK values Before

<0, 100, 100, 0> <100, 0, 100, 0>

<100, 0, 100, 0> <0, 100, 100, 0>

Substitute 3 and Substitute 4 have the same value-names, but depending on their order in the list, Spot-On produces different results.

•In Case 1, Substitute 3, red, is given higher priority because it is higher in the list. All

occurrences of the original color, cyan, within the Small tolerance range are substituted with red. Occurrences of cyan within the Large tolerance range, but not within the Small tolerance range, are substituted with Substitute 4, green.

•In Case 2, Substitute 4, green, is given higher priority because it is higher in the list.

Substitute 3, red, can only substitute for occurrences of the original color, cyan, within the Small tolerance range, and those occurrences have already been substituted with green. Therefore, no substitution with red takes place.

Uploading and downloading a substitute color group

After

substitution

cyan red

cyan green

substitution

(see the following)

Like named color groups, you can upload or download a substitute color group as an ICC proﬁle. The substitute color deﬁnitions are saved with private tags as part of an ICC proﬁle, allowing you to export the Substitution Group deﬁnitions between multiple print servers. However, Substitution Group deﬁnitions are recognized only by the Fiery EX8000AP with Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition enabled.

COLORWISE PRINT OPTIONS

The ColorWise color management system provides print options that affect the output of objects in various color spaces. By specifying the appropriate settings for each print option, you can obtain the expected results for your jobs.

About this chapter

This chapter provides an overview of the ColorWise management system, which controls color on the Fiery EX8000AP (see page 73). It also includes a detailed explanations of each print option. For the location of each print option, see the following table.

ColorWise print option See

Auto Trapping page 74

Black Overprint page 75

Black Text/Graphics page 76

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle page 77

CMYK Simulation Method page 78

Combine Separations page 78

Composite Overprint page 79

Output Proﬁle page 80

Print Gray using Black Only page 80

Rendering Styles page 81

RGB Separation page 82

RGB Source Proﬁle page 82

Spot Color Matching page 84

Substitute Colors page 85

This chapter also provides information about PostScript printer drivers and instructions for setting the ColorWise print options for Windows and Mac OS computers. For information about printer drivers, see page 86.

COLORWISE PRINT OPTIONS

Managing color on the Fiery EX8000AP

To modify Fiery EX8000AP printing behavior, do any of the following:

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

printer driver.

•Specify most ColorWise options as server defaults from Color Setup in ColorWise Pro

Tools (see page 29). You can also set default values from Fiery EX8000AP Setup, as described in Conﬁguration and Setup. The defaults apply to all subsequent print jobs unless you override them.

•Specify ColorWise options, particularly default ICC proﬁle settings and calibration

options, from ColorWise Pro Tools. These options include default Simulation Proﬁle (see

page 77), Simulation Method (see page 78), default Source Proﬁle (see page 82), RGB

Separation (see page 82), and associated calibration set (see page 33).

Applications allow you to generate color data for the Fiery EX8000AP in many different color

spaces. The most common type of color data produced from ofﬁce applications is RGB,

while prepress applications generally produce CMYK data. Desktop applications also generate

spot colors, such as PANTONE colors. To complicate matters, a single page may contain a

mix of RGB, CMYK, and spot colors. The Fiery EX8000AP allows you to control the printing of mixed-color documents with features that apply speciﬁcally to RGB, CMYK, or spot color data.

The following diagram illustrates the print options in the Fiery EX8000AP color management process that affect color data conversions. You can access these print options when you send a print job to the Fiery EX8000AP. Most of these options and settings are described in subsequent sections of this chapter.

RGB data

CMYK data

Spot color data Spot Color Matching

RGB Source Proﬁle Print Gray using Black Only (RGB) Rendering Style (CRD) Brightness Black Text/Graphics RGB Separation Output Proﬁle

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle CMYK Simulation Method Print Gray using Black Only (CMYK) Brightness Black Text/Graphics Combine Separations Output Proﬁle

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

Fiery EX8000AP color processor

Color data sent to digital press

COLORWISE PRINT OPTIONS

NOTE: With PostScript 3, a PostScript job can include calibrated CMYK (or

CIEBasedDEFG) data. The Rendering Style print option, which normally affects only RGB data, affects calibrated CMYK data as well. The RGB Source Proﬁle setting does not affect calibrated CMYK data.

ColorWise print options

The following sections provide detailed explanations of the ColorWise print options and how these options affect print jobs.

NOTE: For information about the following print options, see Graphic Arts Package.

•Halftone Screen

•Paper Simulation

•Substitute Colors

• 2-Color Print Mapping

Auto Trapping

Trapping is a technique where the size of objects is modiﬁed so that colors printed next to each other overlap slightly, to prevent white spaces between two colors. These white spaces, or “halos,” can be caused by factors such as misregistration, the physical properties of the toners, and the stiffness of the media. The following illustration shows the same image with and without trapping.

If you enable the Auto Trapping option, trapping is applied to all the objects in a job.

The Fiery EX8000AP is shipped with trapping values that are optimized for a Fiery-driven print device using regular paper. If these values do not provide the results necessary for the media that you use, and if Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition is conﬁgured on the Fiery EX8000AP, you can modify the values to meet your requirements. For more information, see

Graphic Arts Package.

COLORWISE PRINT OPTIONS

Black Overprint

The Black Overprint option allows you to specify whether or not black text or black text and graphics, deﬁned as RGB=0, 0, 0, or as CMYK=0%, 0%, 0%, 100%, overprints colored backgrounds.

• Text: Black text overprints colored backgrounds, eliminating white gaps and reducing the

halo effect or misregistration of colors. You can choose this setting only if the Black Text/ Graphics option is set to Pure Black On.

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

white gaps and reducing halo effects or misregistration of colors. You can choose this setting only if the Black Text/Graphics option is set to Pure Black On.

• Off: Black text or text/graphics knocks out colored backgrounds.

NOTE: Before sending the print job to the digital press, PostScript applications may perform

their own black overprint conversions.

One example of how you might use this setting is a page that contains black text on a light blue background. The background blue is CMYK=40%, 30%, 0%, 0%. The black text is CMYK=0%, 0%, 0%, 100%.

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

portions of the page are overprinted, or combined with the underlying color. Black colors generated by applications (for example, RGB=0, 0, 0 or CMYK=0%, 0%, 0%, 100%) are printed using the black toner. This means that black text and line art does not exhibit halftone artifacts (as long as the digital press is calibrated correctly). No transition in cyan and magenta toners occurs. The quality of the output is improved because it does not show artifacts near the edges of the text deﬁned in the RGB color space (RGB=0, 0, 0).

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

cyan and magenta toners on one side (outside the text) and black toner on the other side (inside the text). This transition may cause visible artifacts due to the practical limitations of the digital press.

NOTE: Setting Black Overprint to Text/Graphics allows black text or graphics to overprint

color backgrounds (see “CMYK Simulation Method” on page 78).

NOTE: The reproduction of CMYK components is affected by the CMYK Simulation setting

and calibration curve when CMYK is not 0%, 0%, 0%, 0%.

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Black Text/Graphics

The Black Text/Graphics option affects black text and vector graphics. Under most circumstances, set this option to Pure Black On. When Black Text/Graphics is set to Pure Black On, black colors generated by applications (for example, RGB=0, 0, 0 or CMYK=0%, 0%, 0%, 100%) are printed using black toner only. The black text and line art do not exhibit halftone artifacts (as long as the digital press is calibrated correctly) and are not misregistered, since one toner is used. In addition, this setting eliminates blasting. This option must be set to Pure Black On if you want to set the Black Overprint option to Text or Text/Graphics.

For some jobs, it is preferable to clear this option, for example, if the page includes gradient ﬁlls that use black. The following table describes the behavior of the Black Text/Graphics option with black data deﬁned in different color spaces.

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

separations.

Color Black Text/Graphics = Normal Black Text/Graphics = Pure Black On or

Rich Black On

RGB=0,0,0

(all other RGB values are unaffected by the Black Text/ Graphics setting)

CMYK=0%,0%,0%,100%

(all other CMYK values are unaffected by the Black Text/ Graphics setting)

Spot Colors

(unaffected by the Black Text/ Graphics setting)

RGB=0,0,0 is printed according to the deﬁnition for RGB=0,0,0 in the output proﬁle. This may be a rich black using all toners if the output proﬁle speciﬁes a rich black, or may be K-only if the output proﬁle speciﬁes K-only for RGB=0,0,0. The output is affected by the calibration curve.

CMYK=0%,0%,0%,100% may be printed as K-only or as a rich black using all toners, depending on the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle and CMYK Simulation Method settings.

For Quick and Full (Source GCR), CMYK=0%,0%,0%,100% prints as K-only and the amount of black toner is limited by the simulation proﬁle and the calibration curve.

For Full (Output GCR), CMYK=0%,0%,0%,100% prints as K-only and the amount of black toner is limited by the simulation proﬁle and the calibration curve.

Setting CMYK Simulation to ColorWise Off disables the simulation proﬁle and the calibration curve. In this case, the black toner is not limited by the calibration curve.

Standard spot color processing Standard spot color processing

RGB=0,0,0 is printed as K-only, using the black toner (Pure Black On) or 100% K plus 50% Cyan (Rich Black On) using black and cyan toners. All other RGB values are unaffected by the Black Text/Graphics setting.

CMYK=0%,0%,0%,100% is printed as K-only, using the black toner (Pure Black On) or 100% K plus 50% Cyan (Rich Black On) using black and cyan toners, regardless of the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle and CMYK Simulation Method settings. All other CMYK values are unaffected by the Black Text/Graphics setting.

Setting CMYK Simulation to ColorWise Off disables the simulation proﬁle and the calibration curve. In this case, the black toner is not limited by the calibration curve.

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NOTE: PostScript applications, such as QuarkXPress, may convert elements deﬁned as

RGB=0, 0, 0 to four-color CMYK black before sending the job to the Fiery EX8000AP. These elements are not affected by the Black Text/Graphics option. For more information, see

Fiery Color Reference. Also, black text and line art deﬁned as RGB=0, 0, 0 in ofﬁce

applications, such as Microsoft Word, are converted to single-color black (CMYK=0%, 0%, 0%, 100%) by the Microsoft PostScript 3 printer driver for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003. To print this single-color black at the maximum toner density of the digital press, set Black Text/Graphics to Pure Black On.

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle

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

With Windows printer drivers, you can also view an unlimited number of custom Full simulations created using ColorWise Pro Tools. On Mac OS computers, you can view up to 10 Full custom simulations. The number of custom simulations is limited by the available disk space on the Fiery EX8000AP.

If you are printing with the PostScript driver and have Two-Way Communication enabled, the name of each downloaded or custom proﬁle appears in the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle menu. If Two-Way Communication is not enabled, downloaded or custom proﬁles appear as Simulation-1 through Simulation-10. For more information about Two-Way Communication, see Printing from Windows or Printing from Mac OS.

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

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

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

with an ICC proﬁle), choose the corresponding proﬁle on the Fiery EX8000AP with the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle setting.

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

setting.

To properly simulate a printed image that was separated using an ICC proﬁle, the same proﬁle must be present on the Fiery EX8000AP. For more information about downloading ICC proﬁles to the Fiery EX8000AP, see page 12.

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CMYK Simulation Method

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

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

magenta, yellow, and black channels. This technique leads to eye-pleasing color output from your digital press because pure primary colors are not “contaminated” by other

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

for ﬁnal documents that are used as press proofs. Other techniques offer the color simulation accuracy required by prooﬁng applications.

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

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

Replacement (GCR) level that was speciﬁed in the original (source) document is also

preserved for K-only text and graphics. Processed black expressed in CMY is reproduced using CMY toner. Full (Source GCR) is recommended for the highest quality press prooﬁng applications.

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

transformations. Hues are preserved, even for primary colors. With this method, the Gray Component Replacement (GCR) level that was speciﬁed in the original document is not preserved. Instead, all CMYK data is reseparated using the GCR level speciﬁed by the output proﬁle. This simulation technique is similar to traditional ICC color matching methods and is more appropriate than Full (Source GCR) for full color printing designed for the press, but reproduced on your digital press.

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

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

Combine Separations

The Combine Separations setting speciﬁes how to print separated CMYK data. It supports: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, and one or more spot colors. With the Graphic Arts Package, you can combine an unlimited number of spot color separations along with the CMYK separations.

• Off prints each separation individually.

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

the settings for the following print options: Color Mode (CMYK), Black Text/Graphics (Normal), Black Overprint (Off), and Spot Color Matching (Off ).

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.

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The following applications have been tested with Mac OS and Windows for compatibility with the Combine Separations option:

•Adobe Illustrator

•Adobe InDesign

•Adobe PageMaker

•Macromedia FreeHand

•QuarkXPress

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

Composite Overprint

When overlapping objects are printed, the foreground object can either overprint or knock out the background object. With overprinting, the color of the background object shows through the foreground object where they overlap, and the resulting color is a combination of the colors of the two objects. With a knock-out, the foreground object hides the background object where they overlap.

The Composite Overprint print option allows you to print overprinted objects as speciﬁed in the source ﬁle. By default, the Composite Overprint print option is off and overlapping objects print as knockouts.

The Composite Overprint print option is supported for PostScript and PDF jobs produced by the following applications:

•Adobe Acrobat

•Adobe Illustrator

•Adobe InDesign

•Macromedia FreeHand

•QuarkXPress

• CorelDRAW

If Composite Overprint is enabled for a job that contains spot colors, Spot-On must be enabled on the Fiery EX8000AP.

A job with more than 32 spot colors may not print as expected.

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Output Proﬁle

Because the output proﬁle is applied to all data in the print job, make sure the proﬁle you select is the right one for your job. The default output proﬁle consists of a proﬁle for your digital press that describes its color characteristics and a calibration target that describes the expected behavior of the digital press.

Use the ColorWise Pro Tools Proﬁle Manager to download your own output proﬁle to the Fiery EX8000AP (see “Using Proﬁle Manager” on page 23). Downloaded output proﬁles are at ﬁrst associated with the calibration target that is tied to the default output proﬁle. You can edit calibration target D-Max values separately.

If you are printing with the PostScript driver and have enabled Two-Way Communication, the name of each downloaded or custom proﬁle appears in the Output Proﬁle menu. If Two-Way Communication is not enabled, downloaded or custom proﬁles appear as Output-1 through Output-10. For more information about Two-Way Communication, see Printing

from Windows or Printing from Mac OS.

Select the Use Media Deﬁned Proﬁle setting to automatically apply the output proﬁle associated with the media type used in a print job, rather than setting a speciﬁc output proﬁle. For more information, see “Using media-deﬁned output proﬁles” on page 24.

Select the Use Server’s Default setting to use the default Output Proﬁle set in Color Setup. For more information about Color Setup, see “Using Color Setup” on page 29.

Print Gray using Black Only

When Print Gray using Black Only is enabled, any gray (any color where R=G=B or C=Y=M, or any K-only color) in a job is printed using only black toner instead of processed black.

You can choose to apply the Print Gray using Black Only option to either Text and Graphics or to Text, Graphics, and Images.

The following limitations apply:

• The Print Gray using Black Only option has no effect on a job that is pre-separated, except

that if Print Gray using Black Only (CMYK) is off, each separation, which is a grayscale image, is printed in a 4-color gray.

•If CMYK Simulation Method is set to Full (Source GCR) or Quick, the Print Gray using

Black Only (CMYK) setting does not affect the output.

•If RGB Separation is set to Simulation, the Print Gray using Black Only (RGB) option is

disabled. Likewise, if the Print Gray using Black Only (RGB) option is enabled, you cannot set RGB Separation to Simulation.

•If Black Text/Graphics is set to Pure Black On or Rich Black On, it takes precedence over

Print Gray using Black Only for 100% black text and graphics.

•If a gray is speciﬁed as a spot color, the Print Gray using Black Only option does not affect

that gray.

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Rendering Styles

The Rendering Style option speciﬁes a CRD for color conversions. To control the appearance of images, such as prints from ofﬁce applications or RGB photographs from Photoshop, select the appropriate rendering style. The Fiery EX8000AP allows you to choose from the four rendering styles currently found in industry standard ICC proﬁles.

Fiery EX8000AP rendering style

Photographic: Typically results

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

Presentation:

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

Relative Colorimetric:

white-point transformation between the source and destination white points. For example, the bluish white color (gray) of a monitor is replaced by paper white. This style avoids visible borders between blank spaces and white objects.

Absolute Colorimetric:

no white point transformation between the source and destination white points. For example, the bluish white color (gray) is not replaced by paper white.

Creates saturated

Provides

Best used for Equivalent ICC

rendering style

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

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

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

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

Image, Contrast,

and

Perceptual

Saturation, Graphics

Relative Colorimetric

Absolute Colorimetric

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RGB Separation

The RGB Separation option determines how RGB colors (as well as Lab and XYZ colors) are converted to CMYK. The name of this option is meant to be descriptive because the option deﬁnes the color spaces that are used by the Fiery EX8000AP to “separate” the RGB data into CMYK values.

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

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

NOTE: Use the RGB Separation print option in conjunction with the Output Proﬁle or

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle print options.

• Output converts all RGB colors into the CMYK color space of your digital press (when

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

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

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

RGB Source Proﬁle

The RGB source proﬁle setting allows you to deﬁne the characteristics of the RGB data in your document so that the appropriate color conversion occurs on the Fiery EX8000AP. Commonly used monitor color spaces are available from the printer driver and the Fiery EX8000AP. For others, use ColorWise Pro Tools Proﬁle Manager to download custom monitor or scanner proﬁles.

When you specify a setting other than None for the RGB Source Proﬁle, the Fiery EX8000AP overrides source color space deﬁnitions or proﬁles that other color management systems may have speciﬁed. For example, if you speciﬁed a ColorSync System Proﬁle on your Mac OS computer, the RGB Source Proﬁle setting overrides it. In cases where you do not want this setting to override another speciﬁed source color space, choose None.

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When you specify a setting other than None, because the color space deﬁnitions are overridden, the output from the Fiery EX8000AP is consistent across platforms. The Fiery EX8000AP RGB Source Proﬁle options are as follows:

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

information about their RGB data.

• sRGB (PC) speciﬁes the deﬁnition of a Windows computer monitor proﬁle used as the

default.

• Apple Standard speciﬁes the deﬁnition of a Mac OS computer monitor proﬁle used as the

default.

• Adobe RGB (1998) is an Adobe-deﬁned color space for use in pre-press as the default

working space in Photoshop 5.

• ECI-RGB is the European Color Initiative (ECI) recommended space. Use as an RGB

working color space and color data exchange format for ad agencies, publishers, reproduction and printing houses.

• Fiery RGB is an EFI-deﬁned color space recommended for users of ofﬁce applications. This

color space is similar to EFIRGB, but is larger and can provide a more desirable blue output.

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

If you are printing with the PostScript driver and have enabled Two-Way Communication, the name of each downloaded proﬁle appears in the RGB Source Proﬁle setting menu. If Two-Way Communication is not enabled, downloaded proﬁles appear as Source-1 through Source-10. For more information about Two-Way Communication, see Printing

from Windows or Printing from Mac OS.

• None instructs the Fiery EX8000AP to use the RGB sources you deﬁned elsewhere, such as

in the application. When you set RGB Source to None, the appearance of colors is not independent of the ﬁle type. For example, RGB EPS ﬁles looks different from RGB TIFF ﬁles.

With RGB Source set to None, PostScript RGB data that contains a source color space deﬁnition is converted using the CRD speciﬁed by the Rendering Style option (see

“Rendering Styles” on page 81). Non-PostScript RGB data and PostScript RGB data that

does not contain a source color space deﬁnition are converted using a general undercolor

removal (UCR) conversion method.

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Spot Color Matching

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

• On: The Fiery EX8000AP uses a built-in table to generate the closest CMYK matches of

spot colors your digital press can produce. (New tables are generated when you add new output proﬁles.)

With Spot-On, the Fiery EX8000AP uses the CMYK matches determined through SpotOn (see page 48).

• Off: The Fiery EX8000AP processes the spot color as CMYK data and uses CMYK

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

NOTE: Spot colors that are not included in the built-in table are treated as CMYK.

For jobs that include spot colors, set Spot Color Matching to On unless you are printing press simulations. In that case, set Spot Color Matching to Off and choose the appropriate CMYK Simulation setting (see page 77).

For a PDF job that includes spot colors that are not included in the built-in table, setting Spot Color Matching to On retains the original spot colors. The Fiery EX8000AP references the built-in table to generate the closest CMYK matches of the original spot color.

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

separations.

Spot Color Matching and the PANTONE Coated Color Reference

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

• On: The Fiery EX8000AP uses a built-in table or, with Spot-On, the Spot-On color

dictionaries to generate the best matches for the PANTONE colors that your digital press can produce. The PANTONE number is displayed below each swatch.

For more information about Spot-On, see page 48.

• Off: The Fiery EX8000AP prints swatches using the CMYK values recommended by

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

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Substitute Colors

Spot-On allows you to create a list of substitute colors. These are colors that, when called for in a document by their RGB or CMYK values, are substituted with a different color having the CMYK values from the Spot-On color dictionary. This permits exact color control and overrides individual RGB and CMYK colors.

To enable substitute colors for a job, select the Substitute Colors option.

For more information about creating and using substitute colors, see “Spot-On with

Substitute Colors” on page 62.

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Printer drivers and print options

The printer driver writes a PostScript ﬁle containing the instructions generated by your application and the settings for the ColorWise print options you selected. The printer driver then sends the PostScript ﬁle to the Fiery EX8000AP. The Fiery EX8000AP performs PostScript processing and color conversions and sends raster color data to the digital press.

Setting print options for Windows

This section explains how to set color management print options with the Adobe and Microsoft PostScript printer drivers for Windows, PostScript 3 printer drivers that take full advantage of the color features of the Fiery EX8000AP.

Before you proceed, do the following:

•Install the printer driver and the Fiery EX8000AP PPD (see Printing from Windows).

•Set up the Fiery EX8000AP for printing (see Printing from Windows).

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

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

Use the following procedure to set the color options for Windows computers.

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS FOR WINDOWS COMPUTERS

1 Choose Print in your application.

2 Select Fiery EX8000AP as your printer and click Properties.

In the Properties dialog box, the Fiery Printing tab is displayed.

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3 Click the ColorWise icon.

4 Specify the settings for the print options in the Color window.

For information about ColorWise print options, see page 74.

5 Click Expert Settings.

The Expert Color Settings dialog box appears.

This dialog box displays most of the ColorWise print options for the Fiery EX8000AP.

6 Click Update to display the current Fiery EX8000AP settings.

If the Update button does not appear, make sure that Two-Way Communication is set up. For information about enabling Two-Way Communication, see Printing from Windows.

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7 Specify the settings for the main ColorWise print options.

For most users, the default settings provide adequate color control. For information about individual print options, see page 74.

8 Click OK to exit Expert Color Settings.

9 Click OK to close the Properties window, and then click OK to send your job.

Setting color management print options for Mac OS

This section explains how to set color management print options with the printer drivers for Mac OS.

Before you proceed, do the following:

•Install the Fiery EX8000AP PPD (see Printing from Mac OS).

•Set up the Fiery EX8000AP for printing (see Printing from Mac OS).

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS FOR MAC OS X COMPUTERS

1 Choose Print in your application.

The Print dialog box appears.

2 Choose ColorSync from the drop-down list.

The ColorSync pane appears.

3 Choose In Printer from the Color Conversion menu.

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4 Choose ColorWise from the drop-down list.

The ColorWise pane appears.

5 Select Two-Way Communication.

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

6 Specify the settings for the print options in the ColorWise pane.

For information about ColorWise print options, see page 74.

7 Click Expert Settings in the Print Mode pane.

The ColorWise Expert Settings dialog box appears.

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8 Choose settings for the main ColorWise print options.

For information about ColorWise print options, see page 74.

9 Click OK.

The ColorWise pane reappears.

10 Click Print.

Using Expert Color Settings to enable Device Link Proﬁles

When you print a job, you can enable Device Link Proﬁles by using the Fiery EX8000AP printer driver if you have Two-Way Communication enabled. When you enable a Device Link Proﬁle, you will be able to see the Device Link Proﬁle in use in Expert Color.

NOTE: If Two-Way Communication is not enabled and you select an RGB Source Proﬁle and

Output Proﬁle that correspond to a Device Link Proﬁle, the Device Link Proﬁle is activated, although you do not see the Device Link Proﬁle in use in Expert Color.

For information about installing and assigning Device Link Proﬁles, see page 24.

NOTE: The procedures for enabling Device Link Proﬁles using Expert Color Settings for

Windows and Mac OS X are similar. The following illustrations use Windows screens. Any differences are noted.

TO USE THE FIERY EX8000AP PRINTER DRIVER TO ENABLE DEVICE LINK PROFILES

1 Enable Two-Way Communication.

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

2From your application, select Print.

3 Select Fiery EX8000AP as your printer and click Properties.

4 Click the Color icon.

5 Click Expert Settings.

1Device Link Proﬁle in use

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6 Select the Source Proﬁle and the Output Proﬁle.

When you select a Source Proﬁle and Output Proﬁle combination that is deﬁned in a Device Link Proﬁle, the Device Link Proﬁle is automatically enabled.

When the Device Link Proﬁle is selected, the Color Process workﬂow updates and some options may not appear. You will see the message “Device Link Proﬁle in use” under the RGB Source Proﬁle or CMYK Simulation Proﬁle.

7 Click OK to exit Expert Color Settings.

8 Click OK to close the Properties window, and then click OK to send your job.

IMPORTING DENSITY MEASUREMENTS

This chapter describes Simple ASCII File Format (SAIFF), which you can use to import density measurements from measurement devices. To use your own measurement data from an alternate measurement instrument, record your individual readings in a text ﬁle, and then structure the ﬁle as follows.

Simple ASCII Import File Format

This format describes Status T measurement data for import into the ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator. The three possible ﬁle formats are:

• 1D Status T density for EFI 21 patch page

• 1D Status T density for EFI 34 patch page

• 1D Status T density for other pages (maximum of 256 patches per ink)

The ﬁle format is ASCII and has no tabs. A single space or multiple spaces are used as delimiters. Blank lines are not allowed. Each line in the ﬁle represents four patches (C, M, Y, K) of a speciﬁc ink value. Comments may be on any line in the ﬁle. Comment lines must start with a pound sign (#) followed by a space. (A line with a pound sign followed by any character other than a space has been reserved.) Comments must be on a line by themselves.

Each line of data contains ﬁve values. The ﬁrst number is the sequential patch number (for EFI 21 and EFI 34 pages) or the ink value percentage (for other pages). The four values that follow are the density values of C, M, Y, and K of the corresponding patch. Lines are ordered either by increasing sequential patch numbers, or by increasing the ink percentage.

For Windows computers, the ﬁle extension must be .cm1. For Mac OS computers, the ﬁle type must be ‘TEXT’.

Measurement data in EFI 21 and EFI 34 are paper-relative. For other pages, if the ﬁrst line corresponds to zero ink value, the Calibrator assumes that the measurement data is absolute and adjusts it to become paper-relative by subtracting the density values of the ﬁrst line from the remaining patches.

IMPORTING DENSITY MEASUREMENTS

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

This ﬁle format is used to specify the Status T density measurements of the EFI 21 patch page. The value in the ﬁrst column is the patch number. The ﬁrst patch must be 1 and the last must be 21.

#!EFI 3 # EFI ColorWise 2.0 Data type: 1DST21 # Cyan Magent Yellow Black 1 0.0300 0.0400 0.0200 0.0400 2 0.0600 0.0700 0.0800 0.0700 3 0.1000 0.1000 0.1000 0.1000

(…more data…)

20 1.6700 1.3400 0.8900 1.6700 21 1.7200 1.4300 0.9300 1.7500

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

This ﬁle format is used to specify the Status T density measurements of the EFI 34 patch page. The value in the ﬁrst column is the patch number. The ﬁrst patch must be 1 and the last must be 34.

#!EFI 3 # EFI ColorWise 2.0 Data type: 1DST34 # Cyan Magent Yellow Black 1 0.0300 0.0400 0.0200 0.0400 2 0.0600 0.0700 0.0800 0.0700 3 0.1000 0.1000 0.1000 0.1000

(…more data…)

33 1.6700 1.3400 0.8900 1.6700 34 1.7200 1.4300 0.9300 1.7500

IMPORTING DENSITY MEASUREMENTS

Example of 1D Status T density for an arbitrary page

This ﬁle format is used to specify the Status T density measurements of a user-deﬁned patch page. The value in the ﬁrst column is the ink/toner percentage of the patch. The ﬁrst percentage must be 0 and the last percentage must be 100, and the percentages in between these numbers must increase.

#!EFI 3 # EFI ColorWise 2.0 Data type: 1DST # percnt Cyan Magent Yellow Black

0.0000 0.0300 0.0400 0.0200 0.0400

0.3922 0.0600 0.0700 0.0800 0.0700

1.1765 0.1000 0.1000 0.1000 0.1000

(…more data…)

98.0000 1.6700 1.3400 0.8900 1.6700

100.0000 1.7200 1.4300 0.9300 1.7500

INDEX

Absolute Colorimetric rendering style 81 Apple Standard setting, RGB Source Proﬁle

option 83

Auto Trapping option 74

Black Overprint option 75 Black Text/Graphics option 76

calibration

checking status 47 Comparison Page 35 curves 35, 46 DTP32 37 DTP41 39 ES-1000 41 importing density measurements 92 measurement page 46 measurements 45 overview 45 patches 46 restoring defaults 36 scheduling 47 targets 45, 46

viewing measurements 35 Calibration Files folder 13, 18 Calibrator

Expert mode 34

printing Comparison Page 35

restoring defaults 36

using 21, 33

viewing measurements 35 CMYK Color Reference.ps 13, 18 CMYK Simulation Method option 78 CMYK Simulation Proﬁle option 77 Color Chart 47 Color Editor 21 color management system (CMS) 9 color proﬁles 10

color reference ﬁles

for Windows users 13 Color Reference pages 47 color rendering dictionary (CRD) 9, 81 Color Setup 29 color space 73 ColorWise

key features 9

print options 29

workﬂow diagram 73 ColorWise Pro Tools

Calibrator 21, 33

checking calibration status 47 Combine Separations option 78 Comparison Page 35 Composite Overprint option 79 composites, printing 76, 78, 84 Conﬁguration page 14, 19, 47 connection, conﬁguring 14, 15, 19, 20 Contrast ICC rendering style 81 CRD 9, 81 custom simulations 77 Custom21.ps 13, 18 Custom34.ps 13, 18

densitometer, DTP32 37 density

deﬁned 46

importing 92

look less saturated 47 Device Link Proﬁles

about 24

assigning settings 26

enabling using Color Setup 30

enabling using Expert Color Settings 90

installing 25 device name 15, 20 DNS name 14, 19 Domain Name Server 19 DTP32, calibrating with 37 DTP41, calibrating with 39

INDEX

EFIRGB, RGB Source Proﬁle option 83 ES-1000

calibrating with 41 importing measurements with 59, 60

Fiery utilities, conﬁguring the connection

for 15, 20 FieryColorBar.eps 13, 18 Full (Output GCR) setting, CMYK Simulation

Method option 78 Full (Source GCR) setting, CMYK Simulation

Method option 78

Graphic Arts Package

unlimited separations 78

Graphics ICC rendering style 81

ICC proﬁles 10

deﬁned 9 downloading 24 editing 21 rendering styles 81

Image ICC rendering style 81

Lightness, Spot-On 58

Mac OS color management options 88 measurements page 46 monitor compensation

Spot-On 58

None setting, RGB Source Proﬁle option 83

output proﬁle

Spot-On 28, 48, 49, 59, 63, 64, 67 Output Proﬁle option 80 output proﬁles 46

PANTONE Book.ps 13, 18 PANTONE Coated Color Reference 84 passwords, for calibration 33, 45

patches page 46 Perceptual ICC rendering style 81 Photographic rendering style 81 Postﬂight

named colors 53 PostScript color issues 74, 75, 77, 83 PowerPoint, RGB color reference ﬁle 18 PPD 86, 88 Presentation rendering style 81 Print Gray using Black Only option 80 print options

Mac OS 88

setting defaults 29

Windows 86 printer drivers

Mac OS 88

two-way communication 77, 80, 83

Windows 86 Proﬁle Manager

downloading proﬁles 24

using 23 proﬁles 10

Quick setting, CMYK Simulation Method

option 78

Relative Colorimetric rendering style 81 rendering styles 9, 74 Rendering Styles option 81 RGB images

deﬁning source proﬁles for 82

PostScript and non-PostScript

conversion 83 RGB page 01 18 RGB page 01.doc 13 RGB page 02 18 RGB page 02.ppt 13 RGB Separation option 82 RGB Source Proﬁle option 73, 82

SAIFF format 92 Saturation

Spot-On 58

Saturation ICC rendering style 81

INDEX

separations

printing 76, 78, 84

target color space 82 simulations, custom 77 Source 1-10 setting, RGB Source Proﬁle

option 83

spectrophotometer

DTP41 39 Spot Color Dictionaries 28, 48 Spot Color Matching option 84 spot colors, CMYK equivalents 84 spot colors, matching to CMYK

equivalents 28, 48

Spot-On 28, 48

adding color 53

Color Spacing 58

downloading color group 54

editing 55

Set Center Patch Color 56 Spot-On Color Search 57

Spot-On main window 56 ES-1000 59 factory defaults 60 Lightness 58 main window 50 monitor compensation 58 named colors 48 output proﬁle 49, 63, 64 rearranging color group 52 renaming color 53 RGB or CMYK values 48 Saturation 58 Spot Color Matching 48 substitute colors 48 uploading color group 55 using measurement instruments 59

sRGB, RGB Source Proﬁle option 83 Standard21.ps 13, 18 Standard34.ps 13, 18 Status T 92

Substitute Colors

accuracy 69 adding substitute colors 64, 68 CMYK (0-100%) mode 69 color substitution 70 deﬁning 64

Set Center Patch Color 65 Spot-On Color Search 66

Spot-On main window 64 downloading substitute groups 71 new 63 new substitute group 63 principles 69 printing 67 priority scheme 70 renaming substitute colors 68 RGB (0-100%) mode 69 RGB (Device Code 0-255) mode 69 tolerance 68 tolerance range 69 uploading substitute groups 71 vs. Postﬂight 62 workﬂow 62

Substitute Colors option 85 SWOP 77

targets, for calibration 46 terminology 7, 31 Test Page 47 transfer functions 46 Two-Way Communication 77, 80, 83

undercolor removal (UCR) 83

Windows Color Files folder 13 Windows, print options 86 Word, RGB color reference ﬁle 18

Xerox Fiery EX8000AP User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Terminology and conventions

INTRODUCTION

About this document

Key features of ColorWise

COLORWISE PRO TOOLS

About this chapter

Installing ColorWise Pro Tools

Setting up ColorWise Pro Tools on a Mac OS computer

Installing ColorWise Pro Tools on a Mac OS computer

Using ColorWise Pro Tools

Using Calibrator

Using Color Editor

Using Spot-On

Using Color Setup

CALIBRATION

About this chapter

Calibrating with ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator

Starting Calibrator

Expert mode

Applying measurements to multiple calibration sets

Restoring default calibration measurements

Calibrating with the DTP32 or DTP32 Series II

Calibrating with the DTP41

Calibrating with the ES-1000

Understanding calibration

An overview of calibration

How calibration works

Scheduling calibration

Checking calibration status

SPOT-ON

Using Spot-On

Working with existing colors

Creating custom colors

Downloading custom color groups

Uploading custom color groups

Editing color values

Using a measurement instrument to target colors

Reverting default colors to factory settings

Spot-On with Substitute Colors

Creating a color for substitution

Printing a job with a substitute color

Substitute Color dialog box

Principles for Substitute Colors

Uploading and downloading a substitute color group

COLORWISE PRINT OPTIONS

About this chapter

Managing color on the Fiery EX8000AP

ColorWise print options

Auto Trapping

Black Overprint

Black Text/Graphics

CMYK Simulation Method

Combine Separations

Composite Overprint

Print Gray using Black Only

Rendering Styles

RGB Separation

Spot Color Matching

Substitute Colors

Printer drivers and print options

Setting print options for Windows

Setting color management print options for Mac OS

IMPORTING DENSITY MEASUREMENTS

Simple ASCII Import File Format

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

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

Example of 1D Status T density for an arbitrary page

INDEX