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Managing color on the Fiery 3850C
The first part of this chapter describes the options available from the
ColorWise
color
management system and explains how to customize the color settings for your
particular needs. It provides descriptions of the preset ColorWise default settings and
covers additional options for users who need to customize ColorWise.
Beginning on page 1-11, there is a detailed explanation of what a
PostScript
Level 2 or
PostScript 3 printer driver does, as well as information on the capabilities of various
printer drivers and instructions for setting color options with the PostScript drivers
for Windows and Mac OS computers.
PCL printer drivers are also available, but they support only a few of the color features
described in this manual. To take full advantage of the color management features, use
the PostScript printer drivers.
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If you use Windows XP, follow the procedures for Windows 2000.
Managing color on the Fiery 3850C
You can modify the Fiery 3850C printing behavior in several ways:
• Select ColorWise options for an individual print job using menus that appear from
the printer driver.
• Select most ColorWise options as server defaults from the Color Setup application
in ColorWise Pro Tools (see page 4-19). Defaults can also be set from Fiery 3850C
Setup or from the Control Panel, as described in the
Configuration Guide
. These
defaults apply to all subsequent print jobs unless you override them.
• Select some ColorWise options, particularly default
ICC profile
settings and
calibration options, from ColorWise Pro Tools. These options include default
Simulation Profile (see page 1-6), Appear in Driver as (see page 4-8), default Source
Profile (see page 1-5), and associated calibration set (see page 3-4).
The table below illustrates the print options in the Fiery 3850C color management
process that affect color data conversions. You access these print options when you
send a print job to the Fiery 3850C. Most of these options and settings are described in
subsequent sections of this chapter.
Chapter 1:
Fiery 3850C
Color
Management