Color Management Inside Fiery XF & Fiery proserver

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1 Color Management Inside Fiery XF & Fiery proserver Wide Format Series Kerry Moloney Field & Channel Marketing Manager Fiery Wide Format John Nate WW Technical Product Training Manager Fiery Wide Format

2 Session overview Understanding RIP level color management will ensure the best possible color results in the least amount of time Fiery XF settings that impact color, plus, which settings to apply for a job type and end product Linearizing, profiling and optimizing and working with spot colors Take a poll... 2

3 Today s topics Traditional color management options Proofing Production Calibration & profiling Adjusting color Spot color handling G7 Verification 3

4 Traditional color management options Proofing vs. production 4

5 System Manager 5

6 ICC profiles & rendering intents 6

7 Turning color management off 7

8 and back on 8

9 Honoring embedded profiles Production 9

10 Overriding embedded profiles Proofing 10

11 RGB ICC Profiles 11

12 CMYK ICC Profiles 12

13 Grayscale ICC Profiles 13

14 Multicolor ICC Profiles 14

15 Color management panel 15

16 Rendering intents 16

17 Rendering intents 17

18 Black point compensation Production 18

19 Black point compensation 19

20 Dynamic rendering intent Production 20

21 Dynamic rendering intent 21

22 Dynamic rendering intent Relative Colorimetric used 22

23 Dynamic rendering intent Perceptual used 23

24 Dynamic rendering intent 24

25 Color management panel 25

26 Simulation - CMYK ICC Profiles 26

27 Improving RGB file reproduction 27

28 Use media profile Production 28

29 Media selection 29

30 Color Management Inside Fiery XF & Fiery proserver Questions? Please use the Q & A Window 30

31 Improving color reproduction It s just a matter of opinion 31

32 L*a*b* optimization 32

33 Reducing process Delta-E values Proofing 33

34 Spot color optimization 34

35 Reducing spotcolor Delta-E values Proofing 35

36 Color optimization 36

37 Clean colors Production 37

38 Clean colors Off Simulate reference/source profile On No contaminant color added 38

39 Clean colors Clean Colors on Clean Colors off 39

40 Black as inkjet black Production Proofing 40

41 Clean colors and black vector Production 41

42 Clean colors and black vector & raster Production 42

43 Tolerances 43

44 Plate compensation 44

45 Affects contone and screened CMYK 45

46 Light Adaption Production 46

47 Defaults to D50 47

48 Light Adaption D-50 Incandescent Store Light 48

49 Light Adaption D-50 Incandescent Store Light 49

50 Custom values 50

51 Spot color handling 51

52 Input handling 52

53 Spot color input handling Multichannel Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Orange Green CMYK Process Two Spot Colors 53

54 Spot color libraries 54

55 Spot color libraries 55

56 Search priority 56

57 Search priority 57

58 Search priority 58

59 Color adjustments 59

60 RGB, CMYK, but no spot colors! Production 60

61 Color adjustments 61

62 Color adjustments 62

63 Visual feedback 63

64 Visual feedback 64

65 PS/EPS/PDF options 65

66 In-Rip separation 66

67 Pantone bridge book Enabled Disabled 67

68 PS/EPS/PDF options 68

69 Working color space 69

70 Color management panel 70

71 PDF print engine 71

72 PostScript or PDF? PostScript Engine automatically used if: More than 31 color channels (including CMYK) Cut paths present 72

73 PDF, PostScript, & raster, file handling 73

74 Building the files 74

75 Color Tools visual correction Production Proofing 75

76 Visual Correction 76

77 Add a point 77

78 modify the curve 78

79 Isolate individual curves 79

80 add additional points 80

81 and modify individual curves 81

82 Visual Correction 82

83 Color Tools re-linearization Production Proofing 83

84 Relinearization 84

85 Color Tools optimization Proofing Production 85

86 Optimization 86

87 Select your workflow 87

88 Files are automatically loaded 88

89 Print/measure/optimize 89

90 Delta-E values improved 90

91 You determine what is acceptable 91

92 Saving the optimization file 92

93 Selecting the optimization file Proofing Production 93

94 Calibration and profiling Creating the ideal starting point 94

95 Color Tools - linearization Production Proofing 95

96 Set the desired variables 96

97 print/measure/next x4 97

98 VUTEk 6.1 Advanced Linearization 98

99 VUTEk pre-6.1 Advanced Linearization 99

100 Color Tools - profiling Production Proofing 100

101 ICC Profile device & target selection 101

102 ICC Profile settings 102

103 Black generation settings 103

104 Color Tools - editing Production Proofing 104

105 ICC Profile Editor interface 105

106 Global edits 106

107 Curve editing 107

108 ICC Profile Editor interface 108

109 Hue editing 109

110 ICC Profile Editor interface 110

111 Selective color edits 111

112 ICC Profile Editor interface 112

113 3 rd party tools G7 and Fiery XF & Fiery proserver 113

114 Fiery XF/proServer and G7 114

115 Select EFI.vcc option 115

116 Save your G7 curve 116

117 into the Balance folder 117

118 On the device/media panel 118

119 select the curve 119

120 Fiery XF/proServer and G7 Production Proofing 120

121 Expanded gamut printing Production Use ICC Profiles Use G7 Curve only 121

122 Verification How did we do? 122

123 Verification - setup Production Proofing 123

124 The Dynamic Wedge Standard Wedge Dynamic Wedge Process Colors Spot Colors Process and Spot Colors Production Proofing 124

125 The Dynamic Wedge Production Proofing Dynamic Wedge 125

126 Verification specifications, aims, and tolerances Production Proofing 126

127 Verification label printing 127

128 Session summary We learned Fiery XF s Color Management is very comprehensive, the correct settings for the job type and expected result is key Knowing which settings are applicable to Production printing versus Proofing is also a must Tools to check your results are essential for quality control, regardless of the kind of work you produce Unique color features of Fiery XF, the Dynamic Rendering Intent, the Light Adaption feature and the Dynamic Wedge To learn more, we have some resources for you 128

129 Additional resources efi.com Fiery XF & Fiery proserver Color Management Color Editor Technote Black Separation Settings Guide Fiery XF in a Nutshell Overview tutorial video of the capabilities and features of Fiery XF & Fiery proserver 129

130 Additional World of Fiery sessions Color Series May 27 Color Management Fundamentals June 17 Color Standards & Specifications July 8 Color Management Inside Fiery XF & Fiery proserver Production Series September 30 File Preparation for Specialty Printing October 21 - Cutting Options & Job Layout using Fiery XF November 11 - Fiery XF's Layout Option Register today! 130

131 CM Inside Fiery XF & Fiery proserver Questions? 131

132 CM Inside Fiery XF & Fiery proserver Thank you! 132