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Calibrating from the Control Panel using VisualCal
When you examine the Test Page, keep in mind that all color patches should be visible,
even though they may be very faint in the five percent and two percent range, and each
color’s patch set should show uniform gradation from patch to patch as the color
lightens from 100 percent to zero percent.
If the solid density patches (100% cyan, magenta, yellow, or black) look less saturated
with time, show the pages to your printer service technician to find out whether
adjusting the printer can improve output.
Checking calibration status
You can check whether the Fiery 3850C is calibrated, which calibration set and output
profile were used, and when the printer was last calibrated:
• Print a Configuration page or Test Page from the Control Panel or the Command
WorkStation.
For information about printing these pages, see the Configuration Guide.
• When you select a calibration set in Calibrator, the last calibration and the user who
performed it are displayed.
Calibrating from the Control Panel using VisualCal
VisualCal is a calibration method that allows you to calibrate your printer to a color
output standard defined by the manufacturer. The calibration calculations performed
by the controller software are based on a series of values entered on the control panel.
The values used in the calculations are determined by evaluating toner densities and
color combinations produced on two specially designed calibration pages printed from
the control panel.
Limits and 30% Match
The first VisualCal page, “Limits and 30% Match,” provides the basis for calculating
the most acceptable luminosity (brightness) of the toners. This page consists of rows of
CMYK dots in a graduated range of toner densities.
The variables needed to recalculate the density of the colored toners are determined by
identifying the leftmost dots that can be fully distinguished against their fields in each
row, and sequentially entering their corresponding numeric values on the control