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Combine Separations option  1-13
Comparison Page  2-8, 3-15
composites, printing  1-6, 1-8 , 1-13
Configuration page  2-5
Contrast ICC rendering style  1-5
Control Panel

calibration from 2-26
removing calibration 2-28

custom simulations 1-10

default colour controls set in Setup 1-3
densitometer

DTP32 2-21 to 2-22, A-9 to A-12
ED-100 2-14 to 2-17
ES-1000 2-11 to 2-14

density values

about 2-3, 2-5
importing B-1 to B -3

DIC, CMYK Simulation option 3-2
dot gain values, adjusting 3-12
drivers,

see

printer drivers

DTP32

calibrating with 2-21
instrument calibration A-12
setup A-9

DTP41

calibrating with 2-18
instrument calibration A-5
setup A-1

ED-100

calibrating with 2-15
importing measurements with 3-27
overview 2-14

EFI Densitometer,

see

ED-100

EFI Spectrometer,

see

ES-1000

EFIRGB, RGB Source Profile

option 1-9, 3-2

ES-1000 2-11

calibrating with 2-12
importing measurements with 3-27

Euroscale, CMYK Simulation option 3-2

Full (Output GCR) setting, CMYK

Simulation Method option 1-11

Full (Source GCR) setting, CMYK

Simulation Method option 1-11

Gamma option 1-3
Graphics ICC rendering style 1-5

ICC profiles

backing up  3-6
default directory  3-4
defined xiii
defining 3-7
deleting 3-6
descriptions 3-2
downloading 3-4
editing 3-9 to 3-16
rendering styles  1-5
setting defaults  3-3

Image ICC rendering style 1-5

Mac OS colour management options 1-16

to 1-18

Match Copy setting of CMYK Simulation

option 1-3

measurements page 2-4

None setting, RGB Source Profile

option 1-10

Other setting, RGB Source Profile

option 1-9

Summary of Contents for ES3640e MFP

Page 1: ...Fiery Colour Guide ES3640e MFP...

Page 2: ...es the printing features of the Fiery for users who send jobs from their computers using the EFI PostScript driver The Colour Guide provides information on managing the colour output of the Fiery It e...

Page 3: ...rce Profile 1 9 CMYK Simulation Profile 1 10 CMYK Simulation Method 1 11 RGB Separation 1 12 Output profile 1 13 Combine Separations 1 13 PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS 1 14 Setting...

Page 4: ...21 Using AutoCal and ColorCal 2 22 Calibrating with ColorWise Pro Tools and AutoCal or ColorCal 2 23 Calibrating from the Control Panel with AutoCal or ColorCal 2 26 Chapter 3 ColorWise Pro Tools Pro...

Page 5: ...truments Using the X Rite DTP41 spectrophotometer A 1 Setting up the DTP41 A 1 Calibrating the DTP41 A 5 Using the X Rite DTP32 densitometer A 9 Setting up the DTP32 A 9 Calibrating the DTP32 A 12 App...

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Page 7: ...l Digital StoreFront DocStream Fiery Link FreeForm Hagen Intelligent Device Management Logic OneFlow PrintFlow PrintMe PrintSmith Site PrintSmith PSI Flexo PSI SendMe Splash VisualCal the EFI logo Ess...

Page 8: ...rements are not met under certain unfavorable conditions in other installations It is the user who is responsible for compliance of his particular installation Dieses Ger t wurde sowohl einzeln als au...

Page 9: ...he above warranty period EFI makes no warranty or representation that the Software will meet your specific requirements that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted secure fault tolerant o...

Page 10: ...l 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 contracts between Califo...

Page 11: ...cessarily reflect the version of Windows that you use About this manual This manual is organized to supply you with key information about managing the colour output of your ES3640e MFP Chapter 1 descr...

Page 12: ...brate the ES3640e MFP on a regular basis ColorWise Pro Tools include an easy to use calibrator which allows you to calibrate using either the scanning unit that is part of the ES3640e MFP or a spectro...

Page 13: ...ing users to customize the ES3640e MFP to meet new printing needs as they arise ColorWise supports ICC profiles which are industry standard colour profiles that describe the colour behavior of a devic...

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Page 15: ...tup 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 default ICC profile set...

Page 16: ...with PostScript 3 colour RGB Source Profile affects all CIEBasedABC colour spaces if the source space is RGB If you send CMYK data to the ES3640e MFP in CIEBasedDEFG format for example by choosing Po...

Page 17: ...see page 1 10 Color Mode Mac OS CMYK Grayscale or Print Mode Windows Standard Colour Expert Colour Grayscale Specifies the output colour space of the job Select CMYK Standard Colour or Expert Colour...

Page 18: ...ulation Simulation For more information see page 1 12 NOTE When RGB Separation is set to Simulation RGB colours are affected by CMYK Simulation Profile and CMYK Simulation Method RGB Source Profile EF...

Page 19: ...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 Satur...

Page 20: ...sites not when printing separations NOTE PostScript applications such as QuarkXPress may convert elements defined as RGB 0 0 0 to four colour CMYK black before sending the job to the ES3640e MFP These...

Page 21: ...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 22: ...the built in table setting Spot Colour Matching to On retains the spot colour originally specified The Fiery references the built in table to generate the closest CMYK matches of the original spot col...

Page 23: ...tions are overridden the output from the ES3640e MFP is consistent across platforms The Fiery RGB Source Profile options are EFIRGB specifies an EFI defined colour space recommended for users who have...

Page 24: ...ull 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 the ES3640e MFP If...

Page 25: ...tions Full Source GCR provides a complete and accurate simulation based on colorimetric transformations Hues are preserved even for primary colours The Gray Component Replacement GCR level that was sp...

Page 26: ...40e MFP 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 pres...

Page 27: ...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 setting...

Page 28: ...ter driver sends the PostScript file to the ES3640e MFP The Fiery then performs PostScript processing and colour conversions and sends raster colour data to the ES3640e MFP s print engine NOTE The fol...

Page 29: ...hich you select settings for your specific job 4 Click Update to display the current ES3640e MFP settings If Update does not appear make sure that Two Way Communication is set up as described in the U...

Page 30: ...addition to those presented in the printer driver For information on specific applications see the Fiery Colour Reference Setting colour management print options Choose settings for colour print opti...

Page 31: ...ttings When RGB Separation is set to Output CMYK data is converted to the selected output profile s CMYK colour space ColorSync Color Matching Provides for colour conversion on the host computer This...

Page 32: ...Color Grayscale from the Print Color menu 3 In the ColorWise menu choose settings for the print options described on page 1 3 If these settings are used regularly click Save Settings to save them for...

Page 33: ...ENT 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...

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Page 35: ...tact your service technician representative For information on setting up and operating the DTP41 and DTP32 see Appendix A Another way to obtain measurements is by using the ES3640e MFP s built in sca...

Page 36: ...his 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 associated with t...

Page 37: ...intaining optimal toner densities The density is the measure of the light absorbed by a surface By carefully regulating toner densities you obtain consistent printed colour Even with a calibrated syst...

Page 38: ...h one or more output profiles For more information on output profiles see page 1 13 Scheduling calibration In general you should calibrate the Fiery at least once a day depending on the volume of prin...

Page 39: ...the Fiery When you examine the Test Page all colour patches should be visible even though they may be very faint in the five percent and two percent range Each colour s patch set should show uniform g...

Page 40: ...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 Start Calibra...

Page 41: ...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 in subsequ...

Page 42: ...nt 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 and sa...

Page 43: ...file 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...

Page 44: ...table colour without calibration If the measurement device you use does not produce acceptable colour you can easily return to the default measurements TO RESTORE DEFAULT CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS 1 In...

Page 45: ...rinted 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 with your c...

Page 46: ...re 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 pane...

Page 47: ...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 paper beneat...

Page 48: ...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 Densitometer ED 1...

Page 49: ...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 since it is a...

Page 50: ...he 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 measurement is...

Page 51: ...ppears 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 Star...

Page 52: ...ent 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 take effec...

Page 53: ...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 Follow the...

Page 54: ...essfully Click Previous and Next to reverse or advance to another step in the measurement sequence 13 When the Status field indicates that all four colour strips have been read successfully click Acce...

Page 55: ...priate 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 default calibr...

Page 56: ...l AutoCal and ColorCal allow you to calibrate the Fiery without the use of an additional spectrophotometer or densitometer Instead these methods use the ES3640e MFP s built in scanner to measure toner...

Page 57: ...for AutoCal It is recommended to calibrate the scanner for ColorCal when the printer output has been adjusted such as after maintenance or service NOTE The instructions for ColorCal refer to the docu...

Page 58: ...when prompted 8 Retrieve the Measurement Page from the printer 9 Click Measure in the Get Measurements pane If you chose the AutoCal method skip to step 14 If you chose the ColorCal method an alert me...

Page 59: ...low the Gray Scale strip Finally place the scanner measurement page second one printed face down over the strips 13 To perform the scanner calibration click Continue in the ColorCal dialog box that ap...

Page 60: ...OR COLORCAL FROM THE PRINTER CONTROL PANEL 1 Using the buttons and the Enter button choose Calibration If a password is set on the Fiery enter it and press Enter 2 Using the buttons and the Enter but...

Page 61: ...top centre of the colour measurement page Make sure the patches on the grayscale strip do not overlap the colour patches Close the platen glass cover being careful not to move the grayscale strip and...

Page 62: ...rom the ES3640e MFP Printer Control Panel access the Calibration menu as described on page 2 26 2 Choose Remove Calibration 3 When prompted verify that you want to proceed with removing calibration Th...

Page 63: ...ifferences 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 So...

Page 64: ...nother device on the Fiery Output contains printer profiles that describe the printer For more information on output profiles see page 1 13 NOTE Changing the Fiery default profiles affects all jobs fo...

Page 65: ...he 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 be edited on...

Page 66: ...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 The left side...

Page 67: ...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 4 Click the ar...

Page 68: ...or 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 description o...

Page 69: ...ulation 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 printer drive...

Page 70: ...hough 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 with your own...

Page 71: ...tput profiles Access Colour Editor directly by clicking its icon in the ColorWise Pro Tools main window or indirectly through the Profile Manager Editing profiles Colour Editor allows you to create cu...

Page 72: ...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 custom linke...

Page 73: ...R or Full Output GCR mode see page 3 14 Use this dialog box to view or edit profiles The graph allows you to view and manipulate colour output values NOTE When you edit an output profile in Custom mod...

Page 74: ...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 to 20 g...

Page 75: ...e 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 part of the...

Page 76: ...e 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 Colour Editor 2 C...

Page 77: ...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 printer dr...

Page 78: ...nt Using Spot On The ColorWise Spot Colour Matching option automatically matches spot colours with their best CMYK equivalents so that spot colours can be simulated using the CMYK toner of the printer...

Page 79: ...u may switch to a different output profile at any time while working with Spot On NOTE The Fiery allows only one user connection through Spot On at a time TO START SPOT ON 1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools...

Page 80: ...raries 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 custom colour gr...

Page 81: ...e All from the Edit menu You can also close all colour groups by clicking the Close All icon above the colour list Working with existing colours With Spot On you can view and manage existing groups of...

Page 82: ...want to paste the cut or copied selection and click the Paste icon in the toolbar When you paste a default colour group or colour a warning message may appear asking you to rename the selection Use t...

Page 83: ...r addition is intended 2 Choose New Group from the Edit menu to insert a new group or choose New Colour to insert a new colour A new colour group entry or colour entry appears as Untitled TO RENAME A...

Page 84: ...he 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 e...

Page 85: ...he file and then click Save Editing colour values The Spot On Colour Search targets the exact CMYK toner equivalents required to simulate a desired spot colour on the printer If an existing spot colou...

Page 86: ...hese patches updates the centre patch to the new colour and provides a new selection of neighbouring colours These patches are either lightness or saturation neighbours depending on the option you cho...

Page 87: ...colour As you get closer to your target colour reduce the colour spacing to a smaller value Select Monitor Compensation to simulate how all the on screen colour patches will appear when printed on pap...

Page 88: ...lour target Once you compare the printed patches and find the one that matches most closely you can then select the corresponding patch on the screen 7 When you have selected the desired target colour...

Page 89: ...iate objects such as the red of a printed logo or the yellow of a packaging envelope For best results download and save any measurement data you have gathered with the ED 100 or ES 1000 in its offline...

Page 90: ...the measured values are imported into the CMYK entry fields 5 When you are finished taking colour measurements choose Stop from the Instrument menu Spot On closes the connection to the instrument Savi...

Page 91: ...ridden using Command WorkStation or Fiery Spooler Colour Setup maintains a connection to the Fiery so changes made in Profile Manager appear automatically and the defaults set in Colour Setup are auto...

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Page 93: ...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 must connect...

Page 94: ...f 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 connection Align...

Page 95: ...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 computer connect...

Page 96: ...com 5 Use the AC adapter to provide power Plug the small connector on the adapter cable into the power input of the X Rite DTP41 and plug the AC adapter into the power cord Plug the power cable into...

Page 97: ...ultiple users can be connected to one Fiery with ColorWise Pro Tools but only one user at a time can use the Calibrator module An error message appears if you try to calibrate when another user is alr...

Page 98: ...rement Instruments 5 In the Measurement Options dialog box click Measure 6 Choose the appropriate COM port for the DTP41 from the Available Ports menu The Instructions area displays instructions for s...

Page 99: ...ox appears To view version and serial number information click Show DTP 41 Info When you are finished click Done 8 Click Calibrate DTP 41 The Instrument Calibration dialog box appears 9 If you have no...

Page 100: ...sm 11 Click Read Reference in the Instrument Calibration dialog box The DTP41 pulls the calibration strip through automatically A message appears in the Status area when the calibration is finished 12...

Page 101: ...32 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 on page A 1...

Page 102: ...ort 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 computers wi...

Page 103: ...or on the adapter cable into the side of the X Rite DTP32 and plug the AC adapter into a wall outlet 5 Turn on the computer 6 Calibrate the DTP32 see page A 12 7 Calibrate the Fiery using ColorWise Pr...

Page 104: ...layed followed by the words INSERT CAL STRIP 4 Insert the X Rite Auto Cal Strip into the 35mm slot on the front of the X Rite DTP32 arrow end first until it stops or the densitometer starts pulling th...

Page 105: ...Comments may be on any line in the file Comment lines must start with a hash sign followed by a space A line with a hash sign followed by any character other than a space has been reserved Comments m...

Page 106: ...0 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 is used to s...

Page 107: ...lumn 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 1DST percnt...

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Page 109: ...t Mode 2 8 printing Comparison Page 2 8 restoring defaults 2 10 using 2 6 to 2 10 viewing measurements 2 9 CMYK Simulation Method option 1 3 1 11 CMYK Simulation Profile option 1 3 1 10 ColorCal calib...

Page 110: ...g with 2 15 importing measurements with 3 27 overview 2 14 EFI Densitometer see ED 100 EFI Spectrometer see ES 1000 EFIRGB RGB Source Profile option 1 9 3 2 ES 1000 2 11 calibrating with 2 12 importin...

Page 111: ...Graphics option 1 4 1 6 Q Quick setting CMYK Simulation Method option 1 11 R Relative Colorimetric rendering style 1 5 Rendering Style option 1 4 rendering styles xii 1 2 1 4 1 5 RGB images defining s...

Page 112: ...I 4 Index U undercolour removal UCR 1 10 W White Point option 1 3 Windows colour management options 1 14 to 1 15...

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