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Xe r o x ® 490/980 TM Co l o r C ontinuous F eed P rinting S yst em C olor Management Guide 27 October 2008[...]

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Xe rox 490/98 0 Colo r Contin uous F eed Prin ting S ystem T able of C ontents Color Management Guid e i T able of C ont ents 1 Color Management Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 CMS Option Tool Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Major Funct[...]

T able of C onte nts Xero x 490/980 C olor Co ntinuous F eed P rinting S yst em ii Color Management Guide Create a new Simplex Qu eue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 Create a new Duplex Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13 Color Density[...]

Colo r Mana geme nt Guide 1- 1 C olor Management Ov erview The CMS (C olor Management S y stem) Option T ool is an add -on softw are f or the X erox 490/980 C olor C ontinuous F eed Prin ting S yst em, and it c an be inst al led on a r emote PC . The CMS Option T ool is the primary too l used whe n adjusting c olor on t he X ero x 490/980 Col or Co[...]

Color Manageme nt Overview Xerox 490/980 Color Continuou s F eed P rintin g System 1-2 C olor Mana gement Gui de CMS Option T ool Ov erview The CMS (Color Mana gemen t System) optional tool is installed using GUI so ftware adde d to the remote PC. The CMS Option tool has t h e fo l l o w i n g fe a t u r e s : • Creating a color conv ersion t abl[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuo us Feed Printi ng Sys tem Color Manageme nt Ove rview Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 1-3 CMS Option T ool Setup This section describes the s etup of the CMS Option T ool. The CMS Option T ool should be inst alled on a remot e PC wher e the GUI is als o presen t. P rerequisit es to setting up CMS Option T ool The f ollowin[...]

Color Manageme nt Overview Xerox 490/980 Color Continuou s F eed P rintin g System 1-4 C olor Mana gement Gui de Black Overprint This op tion is a vai lable f or PS/PDF. Y ou can cho ose whet her or not t o ov erpri nt on the blac k portion of a n input color s pace, without pri nting the under-colo r. The Black Overprint option is a vailabl e on t[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuo us Feed Printi ng Sys tem Color Manageme nt Ove rview Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 1-5 P rint Mode Select Color or B/W. (Color is th e Def ault.) R eso urce Grou p Na me The file name of th e color re sour ce group c an be spec ified (None is Def aul t.) User TRC Setting of th e User T oner R educti on Curve ( TRC). Thi[...]

Color Manageme nt Overview Xerox 490/980 Color Continuou s F eed P rintin g System 1-6 C olor Mana gement Gui de R elativ e (Def ault of CM Y K) After dynamic r ange compres sion is done, colors that c an not be reproduced will be conve rted, lightness will be sust ained as much as pos sible, and saturation will be d ecreased. This is not int ended[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuo us Feed Printi ng Sys tem Color Manageme nt Ove rview Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 1-7 P re-Pr inted P aper Select the ou tput screen characteristics of the pre-printed paper. Select the [ Setting ] button to open the [ Col or Char acteris tics [Ups tr eam] (P rin t Dat a) ] dial og box. Custom ink settings If an ink is[...]

Color Manageme nt Overview Xerox 490/980 Color Continuou s F eed P rintin g System 1-8 C olor Mana gement Gui de[...]

Colo r Mana geme nt Guide 2- 1 CMS Option T ool This chapter de ta ils the CMS Option T ool. Oper at ions perf ormed with the CMS O ption T ool are discus sed her e. F or det ailed in f orma tion on C ali br ation, pleas e see the r emaining cha pter s of the C olor M anagement Guide. Introduction to the CMS Option T ool Listed b elow a re th e com[...]

CMS Option T ool Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 2-2 C olor Mana gement Gui de Inst all the CMS Option T ool 1. Insert the CMS Option T ool CD into the CD -ROM of the remote PC. 2. Double cli ck [ setup.exe ]. The setup wizard w ill open. 3. Select [ Nex t ]. 4. Allo w the CMS Option T ool to in stall in the d ef aul t location[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System CMS Option Tool Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 2-3 CMS Option tool t ab menus The f ollowing t abs are lo cated o n the CMS Option T ool windo w. •P r i n t C o l o r i m e t r i c P a t t e r n • Creat e C alibr ation Dat a •C u s t o m P a p e r • Custom Ink Char acteristic • P aper Inf [...]

CMS Option T ool Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 2-4 C olor Mana gement Gui de C ancelling the installation If you wi sh to cancel the ins tallation proces s, sel ect [ Ca n c el ]. Sel ect [ Ye s ] to cancel ins tallation. Then sele ct [ Fin i sh ]. The f ollow ing dialog box will ap pear. Uninst all the CMS Option T ool T o u[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System CMS Option Tool Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 2-5 Using the CMS Option T ool The CMS tool can be used f o r a variet y of tas ks. The most common ta sk is printing a colorimetri c pattern to be used f or calibr ation. The f ollowing sections expla in how to use the options on the CMS Option tool. D[...]

CMS Option T ool Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 2-6 C olor Mana gement Gui de Lay out files f or the colorimetric patterns The l ayout file s f or t he col orime tric pat terns ar e sto red in the same f older where the C MS Option T ool is located. The de f aul t location is: C:P rogram Fi lesXeroxCMS Option T oolRef eren[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System CMS Option Tool Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 2-7 Sele cti ng a la y out f ile Each layout file is depe nde nt upon t he d esired m easu ring purpos e. The layout fi le chos en wi ll appe ar on the printed colorimetric pattern. Th e f o llowing t able d isplay s the measur ing purpose and the name [...]

CMS Option T ool Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 2-8 C olor Mana gement Gui de Create Calibr ati on Data Use the Creat e Cali br ation Dat a tab to cre ate a t able to be used f or c alibr ation. This t able is gener ate d based on meas ured colorime tric data. Se lect [ Res o u r c e S e t at D es t in a ti o n ] to send color[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System CMS Option Tool Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 2-9 Specify data file Use this option to select a data file to be applied to the desired printer. If you are using a duplex configur ation, the first pr inter is ref erred to as [ Upstream ], the second print er is ref erred to as [ Downs tream ]. Use t[...]

CMS Option T ool Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 2-10 Color Manag ement Gu ide Custom P aper Use th e Custom P aper tab to cr eate a c olor co nver sion t able to be use d f or custom pape r. This t able is based on mea sured col orimetric val ues f rom the dat a file. A color conv ersio n table c an also be created f or half t[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System CMS Option Tool Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 2-1 1 Specify data file Use this option to select a data file to be applied to the desired printer. If you are using a duplex configur ation, the first pr inter is ref erred to as [ Upstream ], the second print er is ref erred to as [ Downs tream ]. Use[...]

CMS Option T ool Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 2-12 Color Manag ement Gu ide R egist ering Cust om P a per T o re gister custo m pap er: 1. Enter the Pape r Setting. S et P aper Length to 18 inches. 2. Select a co lorimetric pattern fo r col or conversion. F or color conversion, u se Eye-One iSis. 3. The colorimetric pattern [...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System CMS Option Tool Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 2-1 3 Custom Ink Char acte ristic Use the Custom Ink Characteristic t ab to specify inf ormation f or a new custom in k. If you specify the Int ernational C olor C onsortium (ICC) profile and paper to be used, you can create a colo r co nversion table f[...]

CMS Option T ool Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 2-14 Color Manag ement Gu ide Commen t Any r egister ed comment s are lis ted in the properties of paper inf ormation. Download P a per Inf ormation P aper inf ormation can be downloaded to the print er. Select the paper inf ormatio n fr om the list and se lect [ Downlo ad ]. A c[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System CMS Option Tool Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 2-1 5 CM YK ink chara cteristics The regist ered ink charact eristics are liste d here. If you wish to rename or del ete a char acteristic, right-click on the specific charac t eristic. Printer def a ults cannot be rename d or deleted. Ink na me The in [...]

CMS Option T ool Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 2-16 Color Manag ement Gu ide R estore of paper inf ormation P aper inf ormation c an be re stored if it was back ed up. If this opt ion is sel ected , it will o ve rwrit e the current inf o rmation. Select [ Re st or e ] an d a con firm ation w ind ow w ill appear . Sele ct [ Sa[...]

Colo r Mana geme nt Guide 3- 1 P repare f or C olor Ca l i b ra t i o n This chapt er discuss es what needs to be done be f ore the proce dures in the remai ning chapters of t he Co l o r M a na g e m en t G ui d e a re p e r for m e d . A m e t h o d o f d e t e r m i n i n g i f y o u a re a b l e t o s k ip the Set Up Imposition Files and Create[...]

Prepare f or C olor Calibration Xerox 490/980 C olor Continuou s F e ed P rintin g System 3-2 C olor Mana gement Gui de R ecommended C alibr ation C onditions This section describes the recommended conditions f o r pe rforming the pr e- calib ratio n an d col or calibr ation pr ocedures in the f ollowing chapters. 1. The print er should be properl [...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous Feed Pri nting Sys tem Prepare for Co lor Ca librati on Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 3-3 V erif y C olor C alibr ation R esources The purpose of this procedure is to verify that you have all of the fi les necessary to perf orm the pre-c alibr ation and col or calibr ation pro cedures in the later chapters of the C ol[...]

Prepare f or C olor Calibration Xerox 490/980 C olor Continuou s F e ed P rintin g System 3-4 C olor Mana gement Gui de Note The directo ry tree ref erenced in the f oll owing step is on pages 3-4 to 3-7. 3. Open the [ C olor C alibr ation Resour ces ] directo ry and verify that the f olders and f iles shown in the following directory tree ex ist: [...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous Feed Pri nting Sys tem Prepare for Co lor Ca librati on Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 3-5 T OF Mark • T O F M a r k 3 . t i f TR C View er • mf c71.dll • msvcr71.d ll • T R C V i e w e r . e x e[...]

Prepare f or C olor Calibration Xerox 490/980 C olor Continuou s F e ed P rintin g System 3-6 C olor Mana gement Gui de Note The contents of the following directory [ Re so u r c e Gr o u p N a m e s ] continues o nto the next page. R esource Gr oup Names • TR C_PRINTER1.cn tl • TR C_PRINTER1_ absolute .crd • TR C_PRINTER1_perce ptual.crd[...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous Feed Pri nting Sys tem Prepare for Co lor Ca librati on Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 3-7 Note The contents of the following directory [ Re so u r c e Gr o u p N a m e s ] is continued from the pre vious page. R esource Gr oup Names • TR C_PRINTER2.cn tl • TR C_PRINTER2_ absolute .crd • TR C_PRINTER2_perce p[...]

Prepare f or C olor Calibration Xerox 490/980 C olor Continuou s F e ed P rintin g System 3-8 C olor Mana gement Gui de C opy C olor C alibr ation R esources This procedure descr ibes how to c opy the contents of the [ Co l or Ca l ib ra ti o n Res o u rc e s ] directo ry on the Xe rox 490/980 C olor C ontinuous F eed P rin ting S ystem Custome r D[...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous Feed Pri nting Sys tem Prepare for Co lor Ca librati on Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 3-9 3. Righ t-click the f older [ Color Calibr a tion R esources ]. A pop-up menu will ap pear. 4. Select [ Cop y ]. 5. Right-click on the clock shown on the Wind ows tas kbar. A pop-up menu will ap pear. 6. Select [ Show the De skto[...]

Prepare f or C olor Calibration Xerox 490/980 C olor Continuou s F e ed P rintin g System 3-10 Color Manag ement Gu ide Download C olorP ort Utility Software The pu rpos e of this s ecti on is to do wnlo ad t h e late st document ation-su p port ed v ersi on of the ColorP o rt Utility Software (version 1.5.4). This software i s required f or perf o[...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous Feed Pri nting Sys tem Prepare for Co lor Ca librati on Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 3-1 1 Check f or Queue and Imposition Files The pu rpose of th is secti on is to determ ine i f any o f the i mpositi on fi les o r queue s us ed in chapter 4 ha ve already been crea ted. The followin g proc edures expl ain h ow to c[...]

Prepare f or C olor Calibration Xerox 490/980 C olor Continuou s F e ed P rintin g System 3-12 Color Manag ement Gu ide[...]

Colo r Mana geme nt Guide 4- 1 Pr e - Ca l i b ra t i o n Engine Density Adjustment This chapter di scusses how to set the color dens ities of Y e llow, Mage nta, C y an and Black (Y/M/ C/K) to within optimal parameters f or color calibration. This proced ure sh ould be perf ormed as desir ed, bu t especially : • After changing the Dev eloper of [...]

Pre-Calibr ation Engin e Density Ad justment Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 4-2 C olor Mana gement Gui de Creat e an Empty C olor R esource In order to perf orm the pre-calibr ation engi ne density adjustment, a C olor R esource must be crea ted wi th no cali bratio n data as soc iat ed wit h it. Thi s is becaus e we want to s[...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous F eed Pri nting Sys tem Pre-Ca librati on Engi ne De nsity Adjustmen t Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 4-3 6. F or the Pa per Name fiel d, type [ TRC ]. 7. Select [ Sav e As ]. 8. After the pop-up windo w appea rs, select [ Ye s ]. 9. Select the P aper Name [ TR C ] f or P RINTER1. 10. Select [ Downloa d ]. 11. After th[...]

Pre-Calibr ation Engin e Density Ad justment Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 4-4 C olor Mana gement Gui de F o r Duplex S ystems 1. Ensure that the Xe rox 490/980 C olo r Con tinuous F eed P rinti ng Sy stem is po we red on and is connected to the PC-UI. 2. On the left-sid e navigati on pane of the X ero x 490/980 C olor C onti[...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous F eed Pri nting Sys tem Pre-Ca librati on Engi ne De nsity Adjustmen t Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 4-5 6. F or the Pa per Name fiel d, type [ TRC ]. 7. Select [ Sav e As ]. 8. After the pop-up windo w appea rs, select [ Ye s ]. 9. Under th e Paper Name field, sele ct [ Plai n Paper ] f o r PRINTER2 and r epeat ste p[...]

Pre-Calibr ation Engin e Density Ad justment Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 4-6 C olor Mana gement Gui de Set Up Imposition Files This section expl ains how to import either a si mplex or duplex imposition fil e f rom the [ Co lo r Calibr ation R esources ] directory copi ed to the Wi ndows Desktop i n Chapter 3, and how to ma[...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous F eed Pri nting Sys tem Pre-Ca librati on Engi ne De nsity Adjustmen t Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 4-7 Manipulat e the Impo rted Simp lex Imposition F ile Now that you have imported the simplex imposition file into the PC-UI, you must e nsure that the Logical Paper Settings of the imposition file match whateve r pap[...]

Pre-Calibr ation Engin e Density Ad justment Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 4-8 C olor Mana gement Gui de Manipulate the Imported Duplex Imposi tion File Now that you hav e imported the duplex impo sition file into the PC-UI, you must e nsure that the Logical Pape r Settings of the impositio n file match whate ve r paper stock[...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous F eed Pri nting Sys tem Pre-Ca librati on Engi ne De nsity Adjustmen t Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 4-9 Creat e a New Queue The purpose of this section is to su bmit the density test pattern using the proper imposition, queu e and co lor set ting s. W e do this by creati ng a new qu eue . Pleas e f ollow th e appropr[...]

Pre-Calibr ation Engin e Density Ad justment Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 4-10 Color Manag ement Gu ide Note F or the nex t step, th e Queue Name sh ould f ollow the con ve ntion of [ TR C_ ] and the num ber in inch es or mill imet ers of the pape r stock wi dth (i.e ., [ TR C_1 9-5in ], [ TR C_495mm ]). Decimal poi nts are [...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous F eed Pri nting Sys tem Pre-Ca librati on Engi ne De nsity Adjustmen t Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 4-1 1 12. Select the [ C olor ] tab. 13. In the Co lor Char acteristics [Ups tream] box, in the P rinte r Name drop-down menu, se lect [ PRINTER1 ]. 14. In the Co lor Char acteristics [Ups tream] box, select [ Setting [...]

Pre-Calibr ation Engin e Density Ad justment Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 4-12 Color Manag ement Gu ide Note In the f ollowing s tep, whil e using Inches is recommende d, it is no t requir ed. Mil limeter s are also su ppor ted b y this document ati on. 19. F or Unit, select [ Inch ]. 20. In the Wid th field typ e [ 5.6 ] (1[...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous F eed Pri nting Sys tem Pre-Ca librati on Engi ne De nsity Adjustmen t Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 4-1 3 Create a ne w Duple x Queue On the left-sid e navigati on pane of the X ero x 490/980 C olor C ontinuous F eed P rinting S ys tem PC-UI, select [Queue Ma nagement]. 1. Select [ Queue Manageme nt ] on the left-sid[...]

Pre-Calibr ation Engin e Density Ad justment Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 4-14 Color Manag ement Gu ide Note F or the nex t step, th e Queue Name sh ould f ollow the con ve ntion of [ TR C_ ] and the num ber in inch es or mill imet ers of the pape r stock wi dth (i.e ., [ TR C_1 9-5in ], [ TR C_495mm ]).[...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous F eed Pri nting Sys tem Pre-Ca librati on Engi ne De nsity Adjustmen t Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 4-1 5 Decimal poi nts are not allo we d in a Queue Name, so substitute i n a dash [ - ] if the paper stock width is in a half-inch increment. 3. In the Queu e Nam e fi eld, t ype [ TRC _ [P aper Stock Width] ]. 4. Unde[...]

Pre-Calibr ation Engin e Density Ad justment Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 4-16 Color Manag ement Gu ide 12. Select the [ C olor ] tab. 13. In the Co lor Char acteristics [Ups tream] box, in the P rinte r Name drop-down menu, se lect [ PRINTER1 ]. 14. In the Co lor Char acteristics [Ups tream] box, select [ Setting ]. 15. In [...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous F eed Pri nting Sys tem Pre-Ca librati on Engi ne De nsity Adjustmen t Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 4-1 7 21. Select the [ PDF ] tab. 22. In the P age Size dr op-down menu, se lect [ Non-standa rd ]. Note In the f ollowing s tep, whil e using Inches is recommende d, it is no t requir ed. Mil limeter s are also su ppo[...]

Pre-Calibr ation Engin e Density Ad justment Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 4-18 Color Manag ement Gu ide C olor Density Adjustment The purp ose of the following proce dure is t o achi eve the proper colo r densi ty levels for optimum color calibra tion. Note The f ollowing pr ocedur e must be per f or med: • F or a Simpl ex[...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co ntinu ous F eed Pri nting Sys tem Pre-Ca librati on Engi ne De nsity Adjustmen t Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 4-1 9 Note As a remi nder, the qu eue name used to submit the job in the next st ep is [ TR C _ [Pa pe r Stock Width] ]. 3. R ef erence Appendix B and submit the appropria te te st pattern to the printer usi ng Line Pr[...]

Pre-Calibr ation Engin e Density Ad justment Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 4-20 Color Manag ement Gu ide Note In order to change colo r density va lues, t he syste m must be paused (in NOT READ Y mode) and the user must be l ogged in as a S yst em Administr ator. Once both of these requirements have been met, the col or densi[...]

Colo r Mana geme nt Guide 5- 1 s C o lor C alibr ation P rocess f or v1.1.6 Software This chapter di scusses how to prope rly cali br ate the color outpu t of the printer. 5[...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-2 C olor Mana gement Gui de Creat e a TR C File The purpose of this procedure is to set up a queue f or printing the color c alibration grids. T here is a sep ar ate pro cedure f or simplex and duplex sy stems . F or Simp lex S ystems 1. On the lef[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-3 11. On the left-sid e navigati on pane of the X ero x 490/980 C olor Co ntinuous F eed P rinting S yst em PC-UI, se lect [ Qu eue Management ]. 12. Select [ New ] at the bottom right of the window. 13. In the Queu e Na[...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-4 C olor Mana gement Gui de 23. Select the [ C olor ] tab. 24. In the Color Char acteristics (Upstream) box, in the Printe r Name drop-down menu s elect [ PRINTER1 ], the n select [ Setting ]. 25. In the R esource Group Name dr op-down menu, select[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-5 Note As a remi nder, the qu eue name used to submit the job in the next st ep is [ Cali bra t i o n ]. 33. R ef erence A ppendix B and s ubmit the ColorP ort test pattern [ ColorP ort_iSis ] locat ed in the fo l d e r [...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-6 C olor Mana gement Gui de F o r Duplex S ystems 1. On the left-sid e navigati on pane of the X ero x 490/980 C olor C ontinuous F eed P rinting S yst em PC-UI, se lect [ R esource Ma nage ment ]. 2. In the Media/ Directory dr op-down menu , selec[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-7 11. On the left-sid e navigati on pane of the X ero x 490/980 C olor Co ntinuous F eed P rinting S yst em PC-UI, se lect [ Qu eue Management ]. 12. Select [ New ] at the bottom right of the window. 13. In the Queu e Na[...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-8 C olor Mana gement Gui de 23. Select the [ C olor ] tab. 24. In the Color Char acteristics (Upstream) box, in the Printe r Name drop-down menu s elect [ PRINTER1 ], the n select [ Setting ]. 25. In the R esource Group Name dr op-down menu, select[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-9 32. Select the [ PDF ] tab. 33. In the P age Size dr op-down menu, se lect [ Non-standa rd ]. Note In the f ollowing s tep, whil e using Inches is recommende d, it is no t requir ed. Mil limeter s are also su ppor ted [...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-10 Color Manag ement Gu ide Note As a remi nder, the qu eue name used to submit the job in the next st ep is [ Cali bra t i o n ]. 37. R ef erence A ppendix B and s ubmit the ColorP ort test pattern [ ColorP ort_iSis ] locat ed in the fo l d e r [ [...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-1 1 R egional Settings This i s to en sure tha t the ColorPort Utility S oftware can function prop erly when m easu ring t argets in the next section. 1. Select [ Start ] a nd [ Control Panel ]. 2. Select [ R egio nal an[...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-12 Color Manag ement Gu ide Use C olorP ort to Measure T argets This is to measure the pri nted test grids using the ColorPort Utility Software. 1. Open the C olo rP ort Util ity Softwar e (v1.5.4). 2. Select the [ Measur e T arget t ab ]. 3. Under[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-1 3 Note Each test pattern tak es about two minutes f or the Eye-One iSis to process. 6. Insert a test pattern into the Ey e-One iS is with the soli d black bar f acing upwards. 7. After the color data has been successfu[...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-14 Color Manag ement Gu ide Creat e TR C File with TR C View er Depe nding on wheth er you have a si mple x syst em or a dup lex s ystem, use the appropri ate proced ure. F or Simp lex S ystems 1. Ensure that the 490/980 C olor C ontinuous F eed P [...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-1 5 7. Click into the f ourth field down from the top of the window . Delete the _1 from the end of the filename (e nds with .t rc). Note The TR C V iewer w ill automatic ally p rocess the Upstream_1.txt, Upstream_2.txt [...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-16 Color Manag ement Gu ide F o r Duplex S ystems 1. Ensure that the 490/980 C olor C ontinuous F eed P rinti ng Sys tem Custo mer Document ation CD is inser ted int o the CD-R OM Driv e of the P C-UI comput er. 2. Open the TR C View er softwar e f[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-1 7 6. Click into the f ourth field down from the top of the window . Delete the _1 from the end of the filename (e nds with .t rc). Note The TR C V iewer w ill automatic ally proce ss the Upst ream_1.txt, Upstream_2.txt[...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-18 Color Manag ement Gu ide Import TR C File into PC-UI F or Simp lex S ystems 1. On the left-sid e navigati on pane of the X ero x 490/980 C olor C ontinuous F eed P rinting S yst em PC-UI, se lect [ R esource Ma nage ment ]. 2. Select the [ Col o[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-1 9 6. Select the ap propria te director y (i.e. SYSTEM_DE F AUL T ) and select [ OK ].[...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-20 Color Manag ement Gu ide F o r Duplex S ystems 1. On the left-sid e navigati on pane of the X ero x 490/980 C olor C ontinuous F eed P rinting S yst em PC-UI, se lect [ R esource Ma nage ment ]. 2. Select the [ Col or Re so u rc e ] tab. 3. Sele[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-2 1 Creat e a New Queue f or C alibr ation C onf irmation Dependi ng on whether a simpl ex or duplex syst em exists, us e the ap propriat e proc edure on the f o llowing page s.[...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-22 Color Manag ement Gu ide F or Simp lex S ystems Creat e a queue that uses the TR C cr eate d f or the upstre am User TR C. 1. On the left-sid e navigati on pane of the X ero x 490/980 C olor C ontinuous F eed P rinting S yst em PC-UI, se lect [ [...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-2 3 12. Select the [ C olor ] tab. 13. In the Co lor Char acteristics [Ups tream] box, in the P rinte r Name drop-down menu, se lect [ PRINTER1 ]. 14. In the Co lor Char acteristics [Ups tream] box, select [ Setting ]. 1[...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-24 Color Manag ement Gu ide Note In the f ollowing s tep, whil e using Inches is recommende d, it is no t requir ed. Mil limeter s are also su ppor ted b y this document ati on. 20. F or Unit, select [ Inch ]. 21. In the Wid th field typ e [ 8.50 ][...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-2 5 F o r Duplex S ystems Creat e a queue that uses the TR C’s cr eated f o r the upstr eam and downst ream as User TR C’s. 1. On the left-sid e navigati on pane of the X ero x 490/980 C olor C ontinuous F eed P rint[...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-26 Color Manag ement Gu ide 11. Select the [ C olor ] tab. 12. In the Co lor Char acteristics [Ups tream] box, in the P rinte r Name drop-down menu, se lect [ PRINTER1 ]. 13. In the Co lor Char acteristics [Ups tream] box, select [ Setting ]. 14. I[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-2 7 22. Select the [ PDF ] tab. 23. In the P age Size dr op-down menu, se lect [ Non-standa rd ]. Note In the f ollowing s tep, whil e using Inches is recommende d, it is no t requir ed. Mil limeter s are also su ppor te[...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-28 Color Manag ement Gu ide P ost-C alibr ation Density Check The purp ose of th e f ollowing procedure is to conf irm tha t the prop er co lor den sity levels have been achiev ed f or optimum color calibr ation. Note This proc edure must be perf o[...]

Xerox 490 /980 Co lor Con tinuous Feed Printing System Color Calibr ation Process for v1.1.6 Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 5-2 9 Note As a remi nder, the qu eue name used to submit the job in the next st ep is [Cal ibr ation Confir mation]. 3. R ef erence Appendix B and submit the appropria te te st pattern to the printer usi ng Line Pr inter [...]

Color Calibration Process f or v1.1.6 Software Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous F eed Printing System 5-30 Color Manag ement Gu ide Ap ply a C alibr ation TR C to existing Queues using the User TR C option F or the queues that you w ould lik e cali brat ed, f ollow this proce dure. F or Simp lex S ystems 1. On the left-sid e navigati on pane of the X[...]

Colo r Mana geme nt Guide 6- 1 C o lor C alibr ation Using C olorP ort Utility Software This chapter dis cusse s how to pe rf orm Calibration. All proc esse s that need to be pe rf orme d bef ore calibr ation ar e discussed in ea rlier chapters. Cal ibr ation is when you check an d adjust (b y comp arison with a stan dard p rint) the accur acy of t[...]

Co lor C alibr atio n Using C olorP ort Utility Sof tware Xe rox 490/ 980 CCF P rin ting S yste m 6-2 C olor Mana gement Gui de C olor C alibr ation Bef ore perf ormi ng color calibra tion, set the cutter to A3 and e nsure that all color settings f or both print ers are set at 4 (C,M,Y,K). 1. Sel ect the CMS Opti on T ool ic on f rom t he PC-G UI. [...]

Xerox 490/980 CCF P rinting System Color Calibratio n Using ColorPort Utility Software Color Ma nagem ent Gu ide 6-3 Using C olorP ort f or C olor C alibr ation Open the Colorport soft ware. Select [ Start: P rogr ams: C olorport ] on your PC or sel ect [ Colorpor t.exe ] on the desktop. 1. Select the [ Measur e T arget ] t ab. 2. Sele ct the T arg[...]

Co lor C alibr atio n Using C olorP ort Utility Sof tware Xe rox 490/ 980 CCF P rin ting S yste m 6-4 C olor Mana gement Gui de[...]

Printer Operator Guide A-1 Ap pendix L ogical P age Setting The purpose of this ap pendix is to help y ou create imposition files in the pre-calibr ation and color calibr at ion chapters of the C olor Managemen t Guide. The Logical P a ge Setting is one of the necessary properties that needs to be c onfigured when creati ng an imposition file. Note[...]

Appendix Xerox 490/980 C olor Cont inu ous F eed Printing System A-2 Printer Operator Guide Off set Sp ecif i cation an d Logical P a ge Size Expla ined The t wo se ts of numer ical va lues that make up the O ffset Spec ificati on and the Logi cal Page Size are de pendent on two variables : 1. T he DPI (do ts per i nch) sel ected in t he im posi ti[...]

Xerox 490 /980 C olor Co nti nuous F eed Pri nting System Appendi x Printer Operator Guide A-3 C alculate Off set Specif ication and L ogical P age Size V alues The f ollowing s ample pro cedur e uses the f ollowin g h ypothetical pap er stock width, logical page size (image area) and DPI sett ings: • P aper Stock Width: 8.3 i n (457 mm) • Logi[...]

Appendix Xerox 490/980 C olor Cont inu ous F eed Printing System A-4 Printer Operator Guide T able of Offset Specif ication and L ogical P age Size V alues The f ollowing t able shows the numeric al val ues f o r the Offset Specif ication and Logical P age Size for: • Widths of pape r stock f rom 8.3 in (267 mm) to 19.5 in (495 mm) at 0.5 in or 1[...]

Printer Operator Guide B-1 Ap pendix P rint Using LPR The purpose of this appendix is to help you submit the various test patterns necessary to perf orm the pr e-calibr ation and col or calibr ation pr ocedures f ound in this guide to the printer. The f ollowing proced ure uses LP R (Line P rint er R emote ) to submit a job to the pr inter. 1. Sele[...]

Appendix Xerox 490/980 C olor Cont inu ous F eed Printing System B-2 Printer Operator Guide 6. Dra g and drop the .pdf into the command-pro mpt window . The location o f the .pdf w ill automatically be e ntered into the co mmand-prompt window in double-quotes. 7. Ensure that the command pr ompt wi ndow is selected . Enter o ne space after th e l as[...]

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