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ColorWise Pro Tools

C9800 Color Guide - 55

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

• Calibrator (see 

Chapter 2

)

• Color Editor

• Profile Manager

• Spot-On (C9800 GA only)

• Color  Setup

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

User Software Installation Guide

.

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If the connection to the Fiery from Command WorkStation/Command 

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

Chapter 3:
ColorWise 
Pro Tools

Summary of Contents for C9800hdn

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Page 2: ...referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it Mention of software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by Oki Whi...

Page 3: ...ofile 1 22 CMYK Simulation Profile 1 23 CMYK Simulation Method 1 24 RGB Separation 1 25 Output profile 1 26 Combine Separations 1 26 PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS 1 27 Setting color...

Page 4: ...2 2 53 Chapter 3 ColorWise Pro Tools Profile Manager 3 56 Setting the default profiles 3 57 Downloading profiles 3 58 Editing profiles 3 59 Managing profiles 3 60 Defining profiles 3 61 Color Editor 3...

Page 5: ...A 84 Calibrating the DTP41 A 87 Using the X Rite DTP32 densitometer A 91 Setting up the DTP32 A 91 Calibrating the DTP32 A 93 Appendix B Importing Density Measurements Simple ASCII Import File Format...

Page 6: ...y for users who send jobs from their computers using the EFI PostScript driver The Color Guide provides information on managing the color output of the Fiery It explains how to calibrate your Fiery an...

Page 7: ...Device Management Logic OneFlow PrintFlow PrintMe PrintSmith Site PrintSmith PSI Flexo PSI SendMe Splash VisualCal the EFI logo Essential to Print are trademarks of Electronics for Imaging Inc Best t...

Page 8: ...e Einhaltung der Funkentst rbestimmungen gepr ft Es ist jedoch m glich dass die Funkentst rbestimmungen unter ung nstigen Umst nden bei anderen Ger tekombinationen nicht eingehalten werden F r die Ein...

Page 9: ...ninterrupted secure fault tolerant or error free or that all defects in the Software will be corrected EFI makes no warranty implied or otherwise regarding the performance or reliability of any third...

Page 10: ...or Imaging General The rights and obligations of the parties related to this Agreement will be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of California exclusively as such laws apply to contrac...

Page 11: ...of Windows that you use About this manual This manual is organized to supply you with key information about managing the color output of your Fiery Chapter 1 describes the Fiery print options and how...

Page 12: ...eve quality output without knowing about or changing any color settings on the Fiery For consistent color calibrate the Fiery on a regular basis ColorWise Pro Tools include an easy to use calibrator w...

Page 13: ...ata each time ColorWise color management ColorWise offers an open color architecture allowing users to customize the Fiery to meet new printing needs as they arise ColorWise supports ICC profiles whic...

Page 14: ...set from Fiery Setup as described in the Configuration Guide Chapter 4 These defaults will apply to all subsequent print jobs unless you override them Select some ColorWise options particularly defau...

Page 15: ...users who are familiar with PostScript 3 color RGB Source Profile affects all CIEBasedABC color spaces if the source space is RGB If you send CMYK data to the Fiery in CIEBasedDEFG format for example...

Page 16: ...Tools Adjusts CMYK color data to simulate an offset press standard or a custom color gamut defined at your site Choosing None bypasses simulation see page 1 23 Color Mode Mac OS CMYK Grayscale or Prin...

Page 17: ...up or with ColorWise Pro Tools Determines which CMYK color space your original RGB data will be separated into CMYK for the printer Output or CMYK for a specified simulation Simulation For more inform...

Page 18: ...e rendered well similar to the Photographic rendering style Artwork and graphs in presentations In many cases it can be used for mixed pages that contain both presentation graphics and photographs Sat...

Page 19: ...en printing composites not when printing separations 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 F...

Page 20: ...K 40 30 0 0 and 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 c...

Page 21: ...e not included in the built in table setting Spot Color Matching to On retains the spot color originally specified The Fiery references the built in table to generate the closest CMYK matches of the o...

Page 22: ...efinitions are overridden the output from the Fiery is consistent across platforms The Fiery RGB Source Profile options are EFIRGB specifies an EFI defined color space recommended for users who have n...

Page 23: ...umber of custom Full simulations created using ColorWise Pro Tools On Mac OS computers you can view up to 10 Full custom simulations The number of custom simulations is limited by the disk space on th...

Page 24: ...ations 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 sp...

Page 25: ...evice the Fiery 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 differ...

Page 26: ...tely If you are printing with the PostScript driver from a Windows computer and have enabled Two Way Communication the name of each downloaded or custom profile is represented in the Output Profile se...

Page 27: ...and the Fiery print options you chose The printer driver sends the PostScript file to the Fiery The Fiery then performs PostScript processing and color conversions and sends raster color data to the p...

Page 28: ...h you select settings for your specific job 4 Click Update to display the current Fiery settings If Update does not appear make sure that Two Way Communication is set up as described in the User Softw...

Page 29: ...nagement options in addition to those presented in the printer driver For information on specific applications see the Fiery Color Reference Setting color management print options Choose settings for...

Page 30: ...settings When RGB Separation is set to Output CMYK data is converted to the selected output profile s CMYK color space ColorSync Color Matching Provides for color conversion on the host computer This...

Page 31: ...olor Guide 31 2 Choose Color Grayscale from the Print Color menu 3 In the ColorWise menu choose settings for the print options described on page 1 16 If these settings are used regularly click Save Se...

Page 32: ...OPTIONS MAC OS X 1 In the Print dialog box choose Printer Features from the menu 2 In the ColorWise 1 ColorWise 2 and ColorWise 3 feature set menus choose settings for the print options described on p...

Page 33: ...ry NOTE To use the ES 1000 or ED 100 with a Mac OS computer you must connect the instrument to a USB port For more information contact your service technician representative For information on setting...

Page 34: ...s stored This calibration set will be used when it is associated with an output profile Every output profile has an associated calibration set If you have not specified one the calibration set associa...

Page 35: ...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...

Page 36: ...or more output profiles For more information on output profiles see page 1 26 Scheduling calibration In general you should calibrate the Fiery at least once a day depending on the volume of print jobs...

Page 37: ...calibrate the Fiery When you examine the Test Page all color patches should be visible even though they may be very faint in the five percent and two percent range Each color s patch set should show u...

Page 38: ...h ColorWise Pro Tools but only one user at a time can use Calibrator An error message appears if you try to calibrate when another user is using ColorWise Pro Tools to calibrate Starting Calibrator St...

Page 39: ...39 2 Click Calibrator The Calibration window appears in Standard mode 3 Use the Calibrator window to perform the calibration method of your choice Procedures for each calibration method are described...

Page 40: ...option print a calibration Comparison Page showing the results of the new measurements with any profile associated with the currently selected calibration set You can also create a custom comparison...

Page 41: ...rofiles 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 targe...

Page 42: ...uide 42 TO RESTORE DEFAULT CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS 1 In the main Calibrator window click Restore Device 2 Click OK to restore the preset default calibration set NOTE Restore Device applies only to th...

Page 43: ...nsity of printed ink and toner It uses the density measurements to effectively calibrate the Fiery Setting up the ES 1000 To use the ES 1000 for calibration purposes you must first set it up for use w...

Page 44: ...one or more output profiles There is no need to make any new associations for the default calibration set since it is already associated with the default output profile 4 In the Generate Measurement...

Page 45: ...nd click OK The EFI Spectrometer Measurement dialog box appears Directions for measuring the strips appear in the Status field NOTE For a more accurate measurement place several sheets of plain white...

Page 46: ...ccept 16 Click Apply in the Calibrator window to implement the new calibration measurement 17 Click OK in the Information dialog box This completes the Fiery calibration process Using the EFI Densitom...

Page 47: ...often NOTE For this calibration to take effect the calibration set must be associated with one or more output profiles There is no need to make any new associations for the default calibration set si...

Page 48: ...e clicks the average value of all measurements taken for the patch is returned to the Fiery Multiple measurements are more accurate but may take more time To hear a confirmation tone each time a measu...

Page 49: ...eck mark appears in the patch preview in the Measurements window The window identifies and highlights the next patch to be measured 10 Repeat step 9 to measure each successive patch on the Measurement...

Page 50: ...easurement method 3 In the Check Print Settings pane choose the desired calibration set Choose the appropriate calibration set for the type of media you use most often NOTE For this calibration to tak...

Page 51: ...k Measure 9 If necessary choose the appropriate COM port for the DTP41 from the Available Ports menu Click Start Measurements 10 Insert the measurement page into the DTP41 starting with the cyan strip...

Page 52: ...ured successfully Click Previous and Next 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 cl...

Page 53: ...the appropriate calibration set for the type of media you will use most often NOTE For this calibration to take effect the calibration set must be associated with one or more output profiles The defa...

Page 54: ...ns for selecting the port and feeding the measurement page through the DTP32 four times once for each color strip 9 When the Status field indicates that the measurements were read successfully click A...

Page 55: ...ntally the same differences are noted in this chapter The windows and dialog boxes illustrated are the Windows versions For information on installing and configuring a connection to ColorWise Pro Tool...

Page 56: ...simulate another device on the Fiery Output contains printer profiles that describe the printer For more information on output profiles see page 1 26 NOTE Changing the Fiery default profiles affects...

Page 57: ...ofiles in the default directory of your computer the right side lists the three profiles on the Fiery The Lock icon to the left of a profile name indicates that the profile cannot be deleted and can b...

Page 58: ...rofiles The Fiery includes default profiles You can download additional profiles from any computer connected to the Fiery TO DOWNLOAD A PROFILE 1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Profile Manager Th...

Page 59: ...Although you can download CMYK printer profiles as Simulation or Output consider how they will be used If you want the Fiery prints to look like another printer download that profile as a Simulation...

Page 60: ...available for upload 3 Click the green arrow choose a name and location for the profile and click Save The name will be the file name of the profile but the profile description will be the original d...

Page 61: ...1 through Simulation 10 for Simulation or Output 1 through Output 10 for Output For Windows computers all profiles appear by their actual names in the printer driver These fixed names are used in the...

Page 62: ...me NOTE Although you cannot delete a preset profile you can use the name of a preset profile for your edited profile when you select the Appear in Driver as option This replaces the preset profile wit...

Page 63: ...ation and output profiles Access Color Editor directly by clicking its icon in the ColorWise Pro Tools main window or indirectly through the Profile Manager Editing profiles Color Editor allows you to...

Page 64: ...simulation method for which you have created a custom linked simulation that simulation is applied automatically to the job If you choose a simulation method or output profile for which there is no c...

Page 65: ...l Source GCR or Full Output GCR mode see page 3 68 Use this dialog box to view or edit profiles The graph allows you to view and manipulate color output values NOTE When you edit an output profile in...

Page 66: ...ues for North American at 50 input are from 0 to 50 gain on output The range of values for European at 40 input are from 0 to 59 gain on output the range of values for European at 80 input are from 0...

Page 67: ...profile The new custom profile is saved to the Fiery with the new name If you edit one of the press standard targets for example SWOP Coated DIC or Euroscale consider including the original name as pa...

Page 68: ...to one of the predefined custom names Select Printer s default from the printer driver TO EDIT A SIMULATION IN QUICK FULL SOURCE GCR OR FULL OUTPUT GCR MODE 1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Color...

Page 69: ...n Profile can have a custom Master and one or more custom links up to three links Quick mode and the two Full modes for each output profile on the system For the CMYK Simulation Profile option in the...

Page 70: ...K equivalents so that spot colors can be simulated using the CMYK toner of the printer However you may want to adjust the default CMYK equivalents to achieve a better match for your specific printing...

Page 71: ...ON 1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Spot On 2 Choose the desired output profile and click OK The Spot On main window appears The CMYK values you see in the window are calculated with respect to...

Page 72: ...PANTONE libraries along with a System library The DIC HKS and TOYO libraries are available with Spot On These factory default libraries appear marked with the default group icon You can also add custo...

Page 73: ...cking the Close All icon above the color list Working with existing colors With Spot On you can view and manage existing groups of colors on the Fiery You can also search for a particular color in the...

Page 74: ...n the toolbar When you paste a default color group or color a warning message may appear asking you to rename the selection Use the menus to choose the desired prefix and suffix for the new name and c...

Page 75: ...st where your addition is intended 2 Choose New Group from the Edit menu to insert a new group or choose New Color to insert a new color A new color group entry or color entry appears as Untitled TO R...

Page 76: ...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 a...

Page 77: ...e file name the file and then click Save Editing color values The Spot On Color Search targets the exact CMYK toner equivalents required to simulate a desired spot color on the printer If an existing...

Page 78: ...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...

Page 79: ...ct Monitor Compensation to simulate how all the on screen color patches will appear when printed on paper This simulation depends on the monitor profile that has been configured for the display To spe...

Page 80: ...On Color Search window click OK The edited color appears in the color list of the main Spot On window TO TARGET A COLOR USING EXACT CMYK VALUES 1 Click the center patch in the Spot On Color Search wi...

Page 81: ...y clears stored data when it establishes a connection with the instrument For information on downloading stored data from the ED 100 or ES 1000 see the documentation included with the instrument TO IM...

Page 82: ...en you are finished taking color measurements choose Stop from the Instrument menu Spot On closes the connection to the instrument Saving changes and exiting Spot On To enable your spot color matches...

Page 83: ...so be overridden using Command WorkStation or Fiery Spooler Color Setup maintains a connection to the Fiery so changes made in Profile Manager appear automatically and the defaults set in Color Setup...

Page 84: ...data The DTP41 communicates directly with the Calibrator application in ColorWise Pro Tools sending measurements to the Fiery automatically Setting up the DTP41 Before you calibrate the Fiery you mus...

Page 85: ...quare end of the interface cable looks like a modular phone plug into the serial interface connection on the side of the X Rite DTP41 Instrument button LED indicator Power input Serial interface conne...

Page 86: ...pter Insert the 9 pin end into the COM1 or COM2 port on the computer and tighten the screws If the available port on your computer is 25 pin you must use the 8 pin to 25 pin adapter For a Mac OS compu...

Page 87: ...Rite DTP41 using ColorWise Pro Tools see the following section 8 Calibrate the Fiery using ColorWise Pro Tools and the DTP41 see page 2 50 Calibrating the DTP41 For the best color accuracy calibrate...

Page 88: ...rence strip that is included with the spectrophotometer Remove the strip from its protective envelope handling it by the edges only Keep the strip free of dust and smudges and always store it in the p...

Page 89: ...iate COM port for the DTP41 from the Available Ports menu The Instructions area displays instructions for selecting the port 7 Click Utilities The Utilities dialog box appears To view version and seri...

Page 90: ...e A 85 and slide the strip into the DTP41 until you feel the resis tance of the feed mechanism 11 Click Read Reference in the Instrument Calibration dialog box The DTP41 pulls the calibration strip th...

Page 91: ...up the DTP32 Before you calibrate the Fiery using the X Rite DTP32 you need to connect configure and calibrate the densitometer to prepare for measuring the printed patches see Calibrating the DTP32...

Page 92: ...vailable port on your computer is 25 pin you must use the 8 pin to 25 pin adapter For a Mac OS computer connect the 8 pin mini DIN plug directly into the serial port of the computer NOTE For Mac OS co...

Page 93: ...he DTP32 see page 2 53 Calibrating the DTP32 You will need the black and white X Rite Auto Cal Strip included with the densitometer Calibrating the densitometer does not require ColorWise Pro Tools TO...

Page 94: ...pears momentarily followed by the density values and CALIBRATION OK The densitometer automatically returns to the MAIN MENU If UNRECOGNIZABLE STRIP appears repeat the process or try cleaning the strip...

Page 95: ...c 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 reserv...

Page 96: ...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 Example of 1D Status T density for EFI 21 patch page This file format...

Page 97: ...the first column is the ink toner percentage of the patch The first percentage must be 0 and the last percentage must be 100 The percentages must increase in between EFI 3 EFI ColorWise 2 0 Data type...

Page 98: ...ion 1 16 1 24 CMYK Simulation Profile option 1 16 1 23 Color Charts 2 37 Color Editor dot gain adjustment 3 66 Edit Modes 3 64 importing calibration target 3 65 undoing simulation edits 3 69 color man...

Page 99: ...g CMYK Simulation Method option 1 24 Full Source GCR setting CMYK Simulation Method option 1 24 G Gamma option 1 16 Graphics ICC rendering style 1 18 I ICC profiles backing up 3 60 default directory 3...

Page 100: ...ofiles for 1 22 3 56 PostScript and non PostScript conversion 1 23 RGB Separation option 1 17 1 25 RGB Source Profile option 1 15 1 17 1 22 S SAIFF format B 95 to B 97 Saturation ICC rendering style 1...

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