Xerox Document centre 490, Color Management Manual

Page 1: ...Xerox 490 980TM Color Continuous Feed Printing System Color Management Guide 27 October 2008...

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Page 3: ...the CMS Option Tool 2 4 Using the CMS Option Tool 2 5 Create Calibration Data 2 8 Custom Paper 2 10 Registering Custom Paper 2 12 Custom Ink Characteristic 2 13 Paper Information 2 13 Color Resource M...

Page 4: ...For Duplex Systems 5 20 Create a New Queue for Calibration Confirmation 5 21 For Simplex Systems 5 22 For Duplex Systems 5 25 Post Calibration Density Check 5 28 Apply a Calibration TRC to existing Q...

Page 5: ...available today Utilizing four color housings the machine outputs CMYK at 600dpi and line screens from 85 to 300 lpi Color output of this machine is richer in tone and hue than comparable ink jet syst...

Page 6: ...ink characteristics You can add these selections when making job queue settings Over the course of time the printer s color characteristics are often altered during printing The process to correct th...

Page 7: ...or options for a job perform the following 1 Open Job Management 2 Select the desired job 3 Select Properties 4 Select the Color tab Any selections made on this color tab are characteristics of the pr...

Page 8: ...window is divided for Upstream and Downstream printers The Upstream refers to the first printer Downstream is the second printer If you are using a simplex printer you will make selections for only th...

Page 9: ...the Intent option specify the way to map the ink simulation from the pull down menu and select one of the following Perceptual Relative Saturation Absolute Color Space In the Color Space option specif...

Page 10: ...on allows colors of reproducible areas to be converted correctly When colors are converted lightness is similar to original and saturation will be decreased For colors in areas that are not reproduced...

Page 11: ...Color Characteristics Upstream Print Data dialog box Custom ink settings If an ink is to be used that is different than either of the two standard types it must be registered as a custom ink Calibrati...

Page 12: ...Color Management Overview Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System 1 8 Color Management Guide...

Page 13: ...the standard types listed Create custom ink settings Use this option to create CMYK ink settings to be used other than the two standard types listed Download Paper Information Use this option to downl...

Page 14: ...Option Tool to install in the default location C Program Files Xerox CMS Option Tool select Next 5 Specify a folder name or select the Program Folder where the program icon will be added and select Ne...

Page 15: ...bs are located on the CMS Option Tool window Print Colorimetric Pattern Create Calibration Data Custom Paper Custom Ink Characteristic Paper Information After the installation When the installation is...

Page 16: ...r Uninstall the CMS Option Tool To uninstall the CMS Option tool select Start Settings Control Panel Then select Add Remove Programs and select the CMS Option Tool If this is unsuccessful use the foll...

Page 17: ...ttern print If it is a simplex machine the word Upstream will also be printed If you have a duplex configuration a total of 12 prints will be printed There will be three prints for each of the Error D...

Page 18: ...s option when you are using the DTP70 color measuring device and wish to create a colorimetric pattern for the color conversion table iCColor Use this option for color conversion when using ICCOLOR Se...

Page 19: ...Calibration iCColor_up_Calib rnd_1 xml iCColor_up_Calib rnd_2 xml iCColor_up_Calib rnd_3 xml iCColor_dn_Calib rnd_1 xml iCColor_dn_Calib rnd_2 xml iCColor_dn_Calib rnd_3 xml DTP70 DTP70 rnd xml all t...

Page 20: ...from the pull down menu 4 Select the desired data file for the printer s When selecting the data file for Halftone Dot the file will be ht When selecting the data file for Error Diffusion the file wil...

Page 21: ...Dot Select Browse to specify the halftone dot data for the printer The file will be named ht For Error Diffusion Select Browse to specify the error diffusion data for the printer The file will be name...

Page 22: ...d on measured colorimetric values from the data file A color conversion table can also be created for halftone dot and error diffusion When Resource Set at Destination is selected color resources for...

Page 23: ...ftone Dot Select Browse to specify the halftone dot data for the printer For Error Diffusion Select Browse to specify the error diffusion data for the printer Colorimetric value data for sides Use thi...

Page 24: ...arget tab d Select EyeOneiSis rnd under Target e Select X Rite Eye One iSis under Measurement Device f Select Connect g Select No Filter h Insert the Halftone Dot pattern and select Close i Select OK...

Page 25: ...oaded in the Download paper information section 7 Select Execute Selecting the execute button will generate a color conversion table If resources are to be set at destination then color resources are...

Page 26: ...t a resource to be used when downloaded Select any paper information and then select Download Change Paper Properties To display the properties of a paper registered in the CMS Option tool select Prop...

Page 27: ...As Paper information will be saved as a name that you specify Close This option will close the Paper Properties window Delete Paper information Paper information can be deleted from the paper informa...

Page 28: ...t and delete color resource files as well as functions to copy between resources It is also possible to create copy rename and delete resource sets 1 Open Resource Management 2 Select Color Resource 3...

Page 29: ...ne before the procedures in the remaining chapters of the Color Management Guide are performed A method of determining if you are able to skip the Set Up Imposition Files and Create a New Queue sectio...

Page 30: ...tion and color calibration have been successfully performed Note The lamp specification given in the following condition is only a recommendation not a requirement D50 Ra 99 Color rendering AAA 5000K...

Page 31: ...cedures in the later chapters of the Color Management Guide 1 Insert the Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System Customer Documentation CD into the CD ROM drive of the computer that contai...

Page 32: ...mes TOF Mark TRC Viewer ColorPort_DTP70 pdf ColorPort_iCColor pdf ColorPort_iSis pdf Duplex Xerox 490980 Color Test Pattern pdf Simplex Xerox 490980 Color Test Pattern pdf ColorPort Targets ATCN_DTP70...

Page 33: ...Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System Prepare for Color Calibration Color Management Guide 3 5 TOF Mark TOFMark3 tif TRC Viewer mfc71 dll msvcr71 dll TRCViewer exe...

Page 34: ...3c TRC_PRINTER1_sRGB_relative py3c TRC_PRINTER1_sRGB_saturation br3c TRC_PRINTER1_sRGB_saturation by3c TRC_PRINTER1_sRGB_saturation pr3c TRC_PRINTER1_sRGB_saturation py3c TRC_PRINTER1_T01_absolute py3...

Page 35: ...pr3c TRC_PRINTER2_sRGB_relative py3c TRC_PRINTER2_sRGB_saturation br3c TRC_PRINTER2_sRGB_saturation by3c TRC_PRINTER2_sRGB_saturation pr3c TRC_PRINTER2_sRGB_saturation py3c TRC_PRINTER2_T01_absolute...

Page 36: ...inuous Feed Printing System Customer Documentation CD to the computer containing the PC UI 1 Insert the Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System Customer Documentation CD into the CD ROM dr...

Page 37: ...p up menu will appear 6 Select Show the Desktop 7 Place the mouse cursor over a vacant area of the Windows Desktop and right click A pop up menu will appear 8 Select Paste The Color Calibration Resour...

Page 38: ...oftware and in Chapter 6 Color Calibration Using ColorPort Utility Software Note If you are viewing this document using a pdf reader the following URL is a hyperlink 1 Go to the following URL http www...

Page 39: ...ile called Simplex_PreCal_18in 4 If you find an imposition file that has the width of paper stock you are using you can skip the Set Up Imposition Files section of Chapter 4 5 If you do not find an im...

Page 40: ...Prepare for Color Calibration Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System 3 12 Color Management Guide...

Page 41: ...llow Magenta Cyan and Black Y M C K to within optimal parameters for color calibration This procedure should be performed as desired but especially After changing the Developer of a color After using...

Page 42: ...llow these steps to create an Empty Color Resource There is a separate procedure for Simplex Systems and for Duplex Systems For Simplex Systems 1 Ensure that the Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Pr...

Page 43: ...Save As 8 After the pop up window appears select Yes 9 Select the Paper Name TRC for PRINTER1 10 Select Download 11 After the pop up window appears select Yes 12 The message Resource file Download pr...

Page 44: ...Continuous Feed Printing System is powered on and is connected to the PC UI 2 On the left side navigation pane of the Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System PC UI select CMS Option Tool...

Page 45: ...me field select Plain Paper for PRINTER2 and repeat steps 4 8 of this procedure 10 Holding CRTL on the keyboard select the Paper Name TRC for both PRINTER1 and PRINTER2 11 Select Download 12 After the...

Page 46: ...In the Media Directory drop down menu select Local PC Note In the following step if the Color Calibration Resources does not appear the directory structure must be refreshed Refresh the directory stru...

Page 47: ...Name should follow the convention of Simplex_PreCal_ and the number in inches or millimeters of the paper stock width i e Simplex_PreCal_19 5in Simplex_PreCal_495mm Decimal points are not allowed in...

Page 48: ...lex_PreCal_ and the number in inches or millimeters of the paper stock width i e Duplex_PreCal_19 5in Duplex_PreCal_495mm Decimal points are not allowed in a Paper Identifier Name so substitute in a d...

Page 49: ...sition queue and color settings We do this by creating a new queue Please follow the appropriate procedure based on whether you have a simplex or duplex system Create a new Simplex Queue Use this proc...

Page 50: ...a whole number 3 In the Queue Name field type TRC_ Paper Stock Width 4 Under the Data Format drop down menu select PDF 5 In the Delete Job After Printing box select the Manual radio button 6 For Inpu...

Page 51: ...the Color tab 13 In the Color Characteristics Upstream box in the Printer Name drop down menu select PRINTER1 14 In the Color Characteristics Upstream box select Setting 15 In the Resource Group Name...

Page 52: ...Color Management Guide Note In the following step while using Inches is recommended it is not required Millimeters are also supported by this documentation 19 For Unit select Inch 20 In the Width fiel...

Page 53: ...r Management Guide 4 13 Create a new Duplex Queue On the left side navigation pane of the Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System PC UI select Queue Management 1 Select Queue Management on...

Page 54: ...erox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System 4 14 Color Management Guide Note For the next step the Queue Name should follow the convention of TRC_ and the number in inches or millimeters of the...

Page 55: ...he Data Format drop down menu select PDF 5 In the Delete Job After Printing box select the Manual radio button 6 For Input Process Mode select the Spool and Do Not Hold Job radio buttons 7 For Output...

Page 56: ...p down menu select PRINTER1 14 In the Color Characteristics Upstream box select Setting 15 In the Resource Group Name drop down menu select TRC_PRINTER1 cntl 16 Select OK 17 In the Color Characteristi...

Page 57: ...F tab 22 In the Page Size drop down menu select Non standard Note In the following step while using Inches is recommended it is not required Millimeters are also supported by this documentation 23 For...

Page 58: ...color calibration Note The following procedure must be performed For a Simplex System One time For a Duplex System One time for each printer 1 Open the Color Calibration Resources folder that was copi...

Page 59: ...of the test pattern Note In the following step the white paper is used as a backdrop under the test pattern print to prevent the viewing surface from interfering with the color squares 8 Place a piece...

Page 60: ...lor square on the test pattern on average is lighter in density than the Light color square on the SIR darken increase the print density of that color by 1 using the PC UI 15 Select Setting after maki...

Page 61: ...Color Management Guide 5 1 s Color Calibration Process for v1 1 6 Software This chapter discusses how to properly calibrate the color output of the printer 5...

Page 62: ...elect Resource Management 2 In the Media Directory drop down menu select System Directory 3 In the Save to list of directories on the left side of the screen right click the mouse A pop up menu will a...

Page 63: ...e Data Format drop down menu select PDF 15 In the Delete Job After Printing box select the Manual radio button 16 For Input Process Mode select the Spool and Do Not Hold Job radio buttons 17 For Outpu...

Page 64: ...drop down menu select TRC_PRINTER1 cntl 26 For both RGB and CMYK under the Simulation drop down menus ensure Device is selected 27 Select OK 28 Select the PDF tab 29 In the Page Size drop down menu se...

Page 65: ...when you are finished 34 The command prompt window should look similar to the following when you are finished typing 35 After you have confirmed that you have the appropriate text in the command prom...

Page 66: ...tory 3 In the Save to list of directories on the left side of the screen right click the mouse A pop up menu will appear 4 Select New 5 Type ColorCal and select OK 6 In the Media Directory drop down m...

Page 67: ...he Data Format drop down menu select PDF 15 In the Delete Job After Printing box select the Manual radio button 16 For Input Process Mode select the Spool and Do Not Hold Job radio buttons 17 For Outp...

Page 68: ...ing 25 In the Resource Group Name drop down menu select TRC_PRINTER1 cntl 26 For both RGB and CMYK under the Simulation drop down menus ensure Device is selected 27 Select OK 28 In the Color Character...

Page 69: ...PDF tab 33 In the Page Size drop down menu select Non standard Note In the following step while using Inches is recommended it is not required Millimeters are also supported by this documentation 34 F...

Page 70: ...e when you are finished 38 The command prompt window should look similar to the following when you are finished typing 39 After you have confirmed that you have the appropriate text in the command pro...

Page 71: ...ensure that the ColorPort Utility Software can function properly when measuring targets in the next section 1 Select Start and Control Panel 2 Select Regional and Language Options 3 Select Customize...

Page 72: ...e Targets This is to measure the printed test grids using the ColorPort Utility Software 1 Open the ColorPort Utility Software v1 5 4 2 Select the Measure Target tab 3 Under the Target drop down menu...

Page 73: ...ists the first file scanned from each engine should be denoted with an _1 txt at the end of the filename The second file with a _2 txt etc 11 For the filename type in an appropriate name i e Upstream_...

Page 74: ...ing System Customer Documentation CD is inserted into the CD ROM Drive of the PC UI computer 2 Open the TRC Viewer software from the main menu of the Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing Syste...

Page 75: ...the window Delete the _1 from the end of the filename ends with trc Note The TRC Viewer will automatically process the Upstream_1 txt Upstream_2 txt and Upstream_3 txt files and average the results 8...

Page 76: ...Documentation CD is inserted into the CD ROM Drive of the PC UI computer 2 Open the TRC Viewer software from the main menu of the Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System Customer Documenta...

Page 77: ...Viewer will automatically process the Upstream_1 txt Upstream_2 txt Upstream_3 txt files and average the results The same process applies to the Downstream_1 txt Downstream_2 txt and Downstream_3 txt...

Page 78: ...he Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System PC UI select Resource Management 2 Select the Color Resource tab 3 Select Local PC under the Media Directory drop down menu and browse for the Lo...

Page 79: ...Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System Color Calibration Process for v1 1 6 Software Color Management Guide 5 19 6 Select the appropriate directory i e SYSTEM_DEFAULT and select OK...

Page 80: ...urce Management 2 Select the Color Resource tab 3 Select Local PC under the Media Directory drop down menu and browse for the Local Disk C Documents and Settings Current Windows XP Profile My Document...

Page 81: ...ing System Color Calibration Process for v1 1 6 Software Color Management Guide 5 21 Create a New Queue for Calibration Confirmation Depending on whether a simplex or duplex system exists use the appr...

Page 82: ...In the Queue Name field type CalibrationConfirmation 4 Under the Data Format drop down menu select PDF 5 In the Delete Job After Printing box select the Manual radio button 6 For Input Process Mode se...

Page 83: ...Color Characteristics Upstream box in the Printer Name drop down menu select PRINTER1 14 In the Color Characteristics Upstream box select Setting 15 In the User TRC drop down menu select Upstream trc...

Page 84: ...or Management Guide Note In the following step while using Inches is recommended it is not required Millimeters are also supported by this documentation 20 For Unit select Inch 21 In the Width field t...

Page 85: ...lect Queue Management 2 Select New 3 In the Queue Name field type CalibrationConfirmation 4 Under the Data Format drop down menu select PDF 5 In the Delete Job After Printing box select the Manual rad...

Page 86: ...istics Upstream box select Setting 14 In the User TRC drop down menu select Upstream trc 15 In the Resource Group Name drop down menu select TRC_PRINTER1 cntl 16 Select OK 17 In the Color Characterist...

Page 87: ...tab 23 In the Page Size drop down menu select Non standard Note In the following step while using Inches is recommended it is not required Millimeters are also supported by this documentation 24 For U...

Page 88: ...achieved for optimum color calibration Note This procedure must be performed For a Simplex System One time For a Duplex System One time for each printer 1 Open the Color Calibration Resources folder...

Page 89: ...Place a piece of white paper on a table then place the test pattern on top of the white piece of paper 9 Place the SIR on top of the test pattern Ensure that the square cut outs are in line with the...

Page 90: ...stics Upstream box select Setting 5 Under the User TRC drop down menu select the Upstream trc file that was created previously 6 Select OK 7 Select OK again For Duplex Systems 1 On the left side navig...

Page 91: ...eed Printing System uses the calibration process to ensure the best possible printed output To perform calibrations you must have the CMS Option Tool loaded Information on how to install the CMS Optio...

Page 92: ...iSis 4 Select Print 5 Select Yes to continue After printing is complete select one sample of the following test patterns and cut around the dotted lines neatly Test Pattern Names For Upstream Halftone...

Page 93: ...open Select the name that matches the name of the test pattern upstream downstream error diffusion halftone dot Older files can be used as naming templates to create a name An example of how a file s...

Page 94: ...Color Calibration Using ColorPort Utility Software Xerox 490 980 CCF Printing System 6 4 Color Management Guide...

Page 95: ...calibration chapters of this manual The Logical Page Setting is comprised of two sets of numerical values Offset Specification The Offset Specification determines the positioning of the printed page...

Page 96: ...because 5 6 in 142 mm by 12 in 305 mm is the size of the test pattern printed to perform color calibration using the Xerox 490 980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System SIR Later in this chapter there...

Page 97: ...ize in inches by the DPI 12 x 300 3600 Logical Page Size Height To Calculate Offset Specification X direction 1 Multiply the width of the paper stock in inches by the DPI 8 3 x 300 2490 2 Divide the n...

Page 98: ...n 211 mm 205 0 2180 3600 8 5 in 216 mm 235 0 2180 3600 9 in 229 mm 310 0 2180 3600 9 5 in 241 mm 385 0 2180 3600 10 in 254 mm 460 0 2180 3600 10 5 in 267 mm 535 0 2180 3600 11 in 279 mm 610 0 2180 360...

Page 99: ...elect OK 3 A command prompt window will appear Type the following exactly as shown substituting the IP Address of the printer for printer IP address the and any underscores for spaces do not type the...

Page 100: ...tered into the command prompt window in double quotes 7 Ensure that the command prompt window is selected Enter one space after the last double quotes of the filename 8 Go back to the original procedu...

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