User manual XEROX DOCUCOLOR 7000

Fiery® EXP8000/50 Color Server Graphic Arts Package © 2007 Electronics for Imaging, Inc. The information in this publication is covered under Legal Notices for this product. 45059280 09 February 2007 CONTENTS 3 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Terminology and conventions About this document Graphic Arts Package Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition Available upgrade Enabling the feature at the Fiery EXP50 Updating the status of Graphic Arts Package Updating the status on Windows Updating the status on Mac OS Setting up your monitor and the monitor profile 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 12 13 PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING Paper simulation workflow Printing with default Paper Simulation Paper Simulation print option Paper Simulation White Point editing Paper Simulation White Point dialog box Editing Paper Simulation White Point Printing with custom paper simulation values 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 20 SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING Using Two-Color Print Mapping Defining a color for Two-Color Print Mapping Printing a job with Two-Color Print Mapping 22 22 23 25 CONTENTS 4 COLOR SETUP FEATURES ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup features Using Color Setup Control Bar Control Bar workflow Printing with the default Control Bar Control Bar pane Printing with a custom Control Bar Configurable Auto Trapping Configurable Auto Trapping workflow Printing with default Auto Trapping Auto Trapping pane Setting the Apply Auto Trapping option to On Defining custom values for Auto Trapping Printing with the configurable Auto Trapping feature Progressives Progressives workflow Printing with default Progressives Progressives pane Specifying color channels Printing with custom Progressives Halftone Simulation Halftone Simulation workflow Halftone Simulation print option Printing with pre-defined halftone screens Halftone Simulation pane Setting a custom halftone screen Printing with custom halftone screens Supported applications Calibrating for custom halftone screens 27 27 28 29 29 29 31 36 37 37 37 38 39 41 41 42 42 43 44 45 45 46 46 46 47 48 49 50 50 50 CONTENTS 5 IMAGEVIEWER Accessing ImageViewer 53 53 SOFT PROOFING Viewing soft proofs 55 55 PREFLIGHT HOT FOLDERS FILTERS About file conversion Filters Specifying filter settings for a Hot Folder About PS->PDF Normalizer Using the filters Using the CT/LW to PostScript filter Using the DCS 2.0 to PostScript filter Using the EPS to PostScript filter Using the ExportPS filter Using the JPEG to PDF filter Using the PDF/X Preflight filter Using the PDF2Go filter Using the TIFF to PDF filter Using the TIFF/IT to PostScript filter 58 59 59 60 61 62 63 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 POSTFLIGHT About Postflight Postflight Test Page Postflight color-coded pages Postflight reports Postflight print option 73 74 74 74 75 76 CONTENTS 6 Postflight workflow Scenario 1: Diagnose an unexpected color Scenario 2: Check the calibration status Scenario 3: Check the quality of the output profile Scenario 4: Diagnose a color problem of a specific object 77 79 81 82 83 MULTIPLE PLATE SEPARATIONS Multiple plate separations workflow Combine Separations print option Supported applications 84 84 85 85 PAPER SIMULATION Paper Simulation workflow Paper Simulation print option 86 86 87 INDEX 89 INTRODUCTION 7 INTRODUCTION This document explains the Graphic Arts Package features and how they work. Because of the flexibility of the controls Graphic Arts Package provides, users in any environment can benefit from the Graphic Arts Package features. Novice users can use the default settings to obtain optimal results. Expert users with specific needs and requirements in graphic arts and other markets can also obtain optimal results by customizing the settings. Terminology and conventions The documentation for the Fiery EXP8000/50 Color Server uses the following terminology and conventions. Term or convention Aero Digital press Fiery EXP8000/50 Mac OS Titles in italics Windows Refers to Fiery EXP8000/50 (in illustrations and examples) DocuColor 8000/7000/5000 digital press Fiery EXP8000/50 Color Server Apple Mac OS X Other documents in this set Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 Graphic Arts Package Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition Topics for which additional information is available by starting Help in the software Tips and information Important information Important information about issues that can result in physical harm to you or others INTRODUCTION 8 About this document This document describes the features that are available through the print options and utilities such as ColorWise Pro Tools and Command WorkStation. The features are organized as follows: · Features accessible from or used to set the values in ColorWise Pro Tools ­ Paper Simulation White Point Editing describes the white point editing feature with Color Editor. ­ Spot-On with Two-Color Print Mapping describes the feature used to map document colors with print colors. ­ Color Setup describes the following features: Control Bar, Auto Trapping, Progressives, and Halftone Screen. · Features accessible from Command WorkStation ­ ImageViewer describes how to start the ImageViewer application. ­ Soft Proofing describes the Soft Proof feature. ­ Preflight describes how to perform the Preflight check of your job. · Features accessible from or used to set the values in utilities other than ColorWise Pro Tools and Command WorkStation ­ Hot Folders Filters describes the filters features. · Other features ­ Postflight describes the Postflight feature and its workflow examples. ­ Multiple Plate Separations describes the combine separation feature for more than four plates. ­ Paper Simulation describes the fixed Paper Simulation feature. INTRODUCTION 9 Graphic Arts Package The following features are included in Graphic Arts Package: Feature Halftone screening Where to set values or access ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup Command WorkStation Print option name Halftone Screen See Color Setup Features Soft Proofing Soft proofing Multiple plate separations Fixed paper simulation Combine Separation Paper Simulation Multiple Plate Separations Paper Simulation Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition The following features are included in Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition: Feature Paper simulation white point editing Spot-On: two-color print mapping Control bar Where to set values or access ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor ColorWise Pro Tools Spot-On ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup Command WorkStation: ImageViewer Command WorkStation: Preflight Hot Folders Command WorkStation: ImageViewer Print option name Paper Simulation Two-Color Print Mapping Control Bar Auto Trapping Progressives Halftone Screen See Paper Simulation White Point Editing Spot-On with Two-Color Print Mapping Color Setup Features Color Setup Features Color Setup Features Color Setup Features ImageViewer Preflight Hot Folders Filters Configurable auto trapping Progressives Halftone screening ImageViewer Preflight Hot Folders file filters Postflight Postflight Combine Separation Paper Simulation Postflight Multiple Plate Separations Paper Simulation Multiple plate separations Fixed paper simulation INTRODUCTION 10 Available upgrade The following feature package is available for Fiery EXP50. Graphic Arts Package Fiery EXP50 Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition Optional To use Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition features Upgrade Graphic Arts Package to Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition Standard NOTE: Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition is supported as standard for Fiery EXP8000. There is no upgrade package available for Fiery EXP8000. Enabling the feature at the Fiery EXP50 To access the Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition features from your computer, the option must be enabled at the Fiery EXP50. A service technician enables the option at your site using the Feature Update or Restore/Update Server Software CD and the hardware key (dongle). To check whether the option is enabled at the Fiery EXP50, do one of the following: · Print the Configuration page (see Configuration and Setup) · Check the Command WorkStation main window (see Utilities) NOTE: Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition is supported as standard for Fiery EXP8000. It is not necessary to enable the feature. Updating the status of Graphic Arts Package Before using Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition features with the Fiery EXP50, you must enable the option at the Fiery EXP50 and update the status of the option on your computer. NOTE: Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition is supported as standard for Fiery EXP8000. It is not necessary to update the status on your computer. INTRODUCTION 11 Updating the status on Windows Use the following procedure to update the status of Graphic Arts Package on a Windows computer. NOTE: Before updating the status on a Windows computer, you must install the printer driver. For information about installing the printer driver, see Printing from Windows. TO UPDATE THE STATUS ON A WINDOWS COMPUTER 1 Windows 2000: Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. Windows XP: Click Start and choose Printers and Faxes. Windows Server 2003: Click Start, choose Control Panel, and then choose Printers and Faxes. 2 Right-click the Fiery EXP8000/50 and choose Properties. The Properties dialog box appears. 3 Click the Installable Options tab. 4 Select the Two-Way Communication option. 5 Type the Fiery EXP50 IP address or DNS name and click Update. The Graphic Arts Package option that is enabled at the Fiery EXP50 is displayed in the Installed Options area. NOTE: If you use the Point and Print method to install the printer driver and printer description file, you must enable Two-Way Communication on the Fiery Advanced Controller Interface monitor at the Fiery EXP8000/50 for each connection (print, hold, or direct) before you install them on your computer. For more information about Point and Print, see Printing from Windows. INTRODUCTION 12 Updating the status on Mac OS Use the following procedure to update the status of Graphic Arts Package on a computer running Mac OS X. NOTE: Before updating the status of Graphic Arts Package on a computer running Mac OS X, install the printer driver. For information about installing the printer driver, see Printing from Mac OS. TO UPDATE THE STATUS ON A COMPUTER RUNNING MAC OS X 1 Start Printer Setup Utility or Printer Center. 2 Select your printer in the Printer List. 3 Choose Show Info from the Printer menu. The Printer Info dialog box appears. 4 Click Name and Location and choose Installable Options. 5 Select Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition from the GA Package list. NOTE: If the Two-Way Communication feature is enabled, the option that is enabled at the Fiery EXP50 appears in the GA Package list. 6 Click Apply Changes. 7 Close the dialog box. INTRODUCTION 13 Setting up your monitor and the monitor profile Some Graphic Arts Package features require that a job be displayed with correct colors on your monitor. The following features require the correct monitor display: · Paper Simulation White Point editing (see page 14) · Soft Proofing from Command WorkStation (see page 55) · ImageViewer previewing from Command WorkStation (see page 53) To display the colors correctly on your monitor, you must set up the monitor display according to the manufacturer's recommendations, and specify the correct monitor profile for your monitor. Specify the following settings for the monitor display: · At the monitor: Brightness, Contrast, and Temperature · From the control panel of the operating system: Resolution, Refresh rate, and Number of colors For more information about setting up your monitor and the monitor profile, see the documentation that accompanies the monitor. PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING 14 PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING Although an ICC profile contains a definition of "white," the white may not always visually match the human eye, requiring a perceptual adjustment. The Paper Simulation White Point editing feature allows you to perceptually adjust the hue, brightness, and saturation of the simulated paper white defined in the ICC profile. Paper simulation workflow You can print a job with the Paper Simulation feature set to On from the printer driver without customizing paper simulation. Many jobs may print satisfactorily with the fixed default Paper Simulation setting. However, you can customize the paper simulation by editing the white point values with ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor. After you customize the values, print the job with the custom paper simulation values from the printer driver by setting the Paper Simulation print option to On. To print a job with the fixed Paper Simulation setting, use the procedure on page 15. For more information about editing Paper Simulation White Point values and printing with custom paper simulation values, see page 16. PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING 15 Printing with default Paper Simulation Use the following procedure to print a job with the fixed Paper Simulation value. NOTE: The procedures for printing a job from a Mac OS or a Windows computer are similar. TO PRINT A JOB WITH DEFAULT PAPER SIMULATION 1 Choose Print from your application. 2 Select Fiery EXP8000/50 as your printer and click Properties. The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected. 3 Click the ColorWise icon. 4 Click Expert Settings. The Expert Color Settings dialog box appears. 5 Select Paper Simulation. 6 Click OK to close the Expert Color Settings dialog box. 7 Click OK to close the Properties dialog box. 8 Click Print. The job prints with the default Paper Simulation White Point setting. Paper Simulation print option The following values are available for the Paper Simulation print option: · Off (Default) · On NOTE: If you have not edited the Paper Simulation White Point values with ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor and selected On for this option, your job is printed with the default Paper Simulation values. If you edited the values, your job is printed with the custom Paper Simulation values. PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING 16 Paper Simulation White Point editing Your job may print satisfactorily with the fixed Paper Simulation setting. However, you can customize the Paper Simulation setting by editing the Paper Simulation White Point values with ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor. Paper Simulation White Point dialog box The Paper Simulation White Point dialog box displays Hue, Brightness, and Saturation sliders. A graphic under each slider displays the current setting. To adjust the settings, drag the slider left or right, or type a value in the editable text field to the right of the slider bar. NOTE: The sliders do not show absolute values. The slider position and associated values are relative to the paper white definition in effect when you open the dialog box. Hue This setting allows you to change the hue of the Paper Simulation White Point. Specify a value between 0.0 and +359.9. If you specify a value greater than 359.9, it automatically changes to 359.9. If you specify a value less than 0.0, it automatically changes to 0.0. Brightness This setting allows you to change the brightness of the Paper Simulation White Point. Specify a value between 0.0 and 100.0 (inclusive). If you specify a value greater than 100.0, it automatically changes to 100.0. If you specify a value less than 0.0, it automatically changes to 0.0. Saturation This setting allows you to change the saturation of the Paper Simulation White Point. Specify a value between 0.0 and 100.0 (inclusive). If you specify a value greater than 100.0, it automatically changes to 100.0. If you specify a value less than 0.0, it automatically changes to 0.0. PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING 17 Preview This area in the lower-left corner of the dialog box displays a preview of the paper simulation color, surrounded by a white border for contrast. The preview is based on the monitor profile you specified next to Current Monitor Profile. To preview the color correctly with your monitor, select the Monitor Compensation option, and then select the correct monitor profile for your monitor. For more information, see page 19. NOTE: To display the colors correctly with your monitor, you must set the monitor and monitor settings correctly. For more information, see page 13. Editing Paper Simulation White Point To edit a custom profile, do the following: · Select a CMYK Simulation Profile. · Select Full (Output GCR) for a simulation method. · Link the simulation profile to an output profile. Use the following procedure to access the Paper Simulation White Point dialog box to edit the values. NOTE: If Paper Simulation is set to On, and you have defined a substitute color as C=0, M=0, Y=0, K=0, the values defined in Substitute Colors override those for Paper Simulation. For information about Substitute Colors, see Color Printing. TO ACCESS THE PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT DIALOG BOX 1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EXP8000/50. Start ColorWise Pro Tools from a stand-alone application or Command WorkStation, at your computer or at the monitor connected to the Fiery EXP8000/50. 2 Click Color Editor. PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING 18 3 Select Simulation from the View list. 1 Select Simulation 1 NOTE: You can edit the white point values of simulation profiles only. You cannot edit those of output profiles. 4 Select a simulation profile and click Select. The Color Editor dialog box appears. 5 Select Full (Output GCR) in the Edit Mode menu. 1 2 Select Full (Output GCR) Output profile name 1 2 6 Select an output profile to link to the edited simulation profile. NOTE: When you print a job with the edited simulation profile, you must select the same output profile you linked to here to realize the effect of the Paper Simulation White Point editing. PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING 19 7 Click Paper Simulation. The Paper Simulation White Point dialog box appears. Use the following procedure to edit the Paper Simulation White Point values. TO EDIT PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT VALUES 1 Select the Monitor Compensation option in the Paper Simulation White Point dialog box. 2 Make sure that the correct monitor profile for your monitor is displayed next to Current Monitor Profile. 3 If the correct monitor profile is not selected, click Monitor. The Select Monitor Profile dialog box appears. 4 Select ICC Profiles from the Format list. 5 Select the monitor profile for your monitor and click Open. The Paper Simulation White Point dialog box appears. 6 Edit the Hue, Brightness, and Saturation values. Edit the values by dragging the sliders or typing values in the text fields. For detailed information about the Paper Simulation White Point dialog box, see page 16. 7 View the changes in the preview patch in the lower-left corner of the dialog box. 8 Click Print. The Print Test dialog box appears. PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING 20 9 Select settings from the Paper Size and Input Tray lists and click Print. 10 Click OK to close the Paper Simulation White Point dialog box. 11 Click Save in the Color Editor dialog box. The Save dialog box appears. 12 Type a new name and click Save. 13 Quit Color Editor. Printing with custom paper simulation values After you edit the paper simulation values in Color Editor, you can print a document with the custom paper simulation values from the printer driver. You can also override the setting with Command WorkStation. NOTE: The procedures for printing a job from a Windows or Mac OS computer are fundamentally the same. The following procedure uses illustrations from a Mac OS computer. Use the following procedure to print a job with the custom paper simulation values. TO PRINT A JOB WITH EDITED PAPER SIMULATION VALUES 1 Choose Print in your application. The print dialog box appears. 2 Click Copies & Pages and choose ColorSync from the menu. The ColorSync pane appears. 3 Select In Printer from the Color Conversion list. 4 Click Copies & Pages and choose ColorWise from the menu. The ColorWise pane appears. 5 Select Two-Way Communication. For information about enabling Two-Way Communication, see Printing from Mac OS. PAPER SIMULATION WHITE POINT EDITING 21 6 Click Expert Settings in the Print Mode area. The ColorWise Expert Settings dialog box appears. 7 Select the custom simulation profile from the CMYK Simulation Profile list. Select the simulation profile you saved after editing the Paper Simulation White Point values in the previous section. 8 Select the Full (Output GCR) option. 9 Select Paper Simulation. 10 Select the output profile that you linked to the custom simulation profile from the Output Profile menu. 11 Click OK. The ColorWise pane reappears. 12 Click Print. The job is printed using your custom CMYK Simulation Profile with the edited White Point values. SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING 22 SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING In addition to managing "named" colors, Spot-On allows you to assign spot colors and process colors to the generic colors that are used in a job. The Two-Color Print Mapping feature is designed for print shop operators to do the proofing for a two-color press. You can print a two-color job to a two-color device by mapping the colors in a job to the colors that are already created on the device. For information about managing named colors with Spot-On, see Color Printing. NOTE: The RGB colors in a document are first converted to CMYK colors and then the Two-Color Print Mapping is applied. The following limitations apply when you use the Two-Color Print Mapping feature: · The settings for Two-Color Print Mapping are ignored when the Composite Overprint and Combine Separation features are enabled. · Postflight does not report on Two-Color Print Mapping, because Postflight reports the source state of a document. The color space that the digital press receives before any conversions is reported in Postflight. · You cannot select the Two-Color Print Mapping and Substitute Color options at the same time. Also, you cannot select a substitute color to be used in the Two-Color Print Mapping feature. Using Two-Color Print Mapping In the Two-Color Print Mapping feature, the colors that are used in a job are mapped with the colors to print. From the Spot-On main window, open the Define Two-Color Print Map dialog box and then reassign the document colors to the named or custom colors to print with. When the feature is turned on from the printer driver, Fiery EXP8000/50 replaces the document colors with the colors you defined in the Define Two-Color Print Map dialog box. You can also override the print option setting using Command WorkStation. SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING 23 Defining a color for Two-Color Print Mapping Use the following procedure to define the color mappings in the Two-Color Print Map dialog box. TO DEFINE A COLOR FOR TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING 1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EXP8000/50. Start ColorWise Pro Tools from a stand-alone application or Command WorkStation, at your computer or at the monitor connected to the Fiery EXP8000/50. 2 Click Spot-On. The Select Output Profile dialog box appears. 3 Select an output profile and click OK. The Spot-On main window appears. NOTE: The Two-Color Print Mapping group always appears at the top of the list. It is not included in the priority arrangements. 4 Double-click Two-Color Print Mapping. The two colors for mapping appear. 1 1 Output profile SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING 24 5 Double-click one of the color lines. The Define Two-Color Print Map dialog box appears. The document colors on the left side represent the colors that are used in a job. Map these colors to the named or process colors that you select on the right. Initially, Black and Magenta appear as placeholder colors on the left. NOTE: When you change the color selection on the left, the selection on the right changes to Process Color with the same color name. This is to avoid accidentally mapping a color to a different process color. 6 Select a process color from the Print list on the left. Select Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, or Black. 7 Select Named Color Group or Process Color on the right. To select a named color, continue the steps. To select a process color, go to step 10. 8 Select a group from the Named Color Group list. Select from the list of the named color groups that are already defined in Spot-On. The prefix of the selected group appears on the left side of the Named Color field. The suffix appears on the right side of the field. SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING 25 9 Type the name of the named color in the Named Color field. NOTE: The names are case sensitive. Type the name exactly as it appears in the list in Spot-On. If the name you typed in the Named Color field is invalid, the Fiery EXP8000/50 displays an error message. NOTE: If the Named Color Group option is selected and the Named Color field is not filled, the Fiery EXP8000/50 displays an error message. Type a name in the Named Color field or select the Process Color option instead of the Named Color Group. 10 Select Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, or Black from the Process Color list. 11 Repeat steps 6 through 10 for the other color to map. NOTE: You cannot select the same process color for both document colors. When a process color is selected for a document color, it is grayed out for the other document color. 12 When you are done selecting the colors, click OK. The changes in the Define Two-Color Print Map are saved and the newly assigned mapping colors and values appear in the Spot-On main window. Printing a job with Two-Color Print Mapping After you map the colors in the Two-Color Print Map dialog box in Spot-On, you can print a two-color job from the printer driver. You can also override the print option setting using Command WorkStation. NOTE: When you print a job, select the same output profile from the printer driver as the one that was selected in the Select Output Profile dialog box. Otherwise, print mappings that are defined in Spot-On have no effect. NOTE: The procedures for printing a job from a Mac OS and a Windows computer are similar. SPOT-ON WITH TWO-COLOR PRINT MAPPING 26 TO PRINT A TWO-COLOR JOB 1 Open a document in your application. 2 Choose Print. 3 Click Copies & Pages and choose ColorWise from the menu. The ColorWise pane appears. 4 Select 2-Color Print Mapping. 5 Click Print. The job is printed with the mapping you defined in Spot-On. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 27 COLOR SETUP FEATURES With Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition, ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup offers the following customizable features, in addition to the Color Process Flow feature: · Control Bar · Auto Trapping · Progressives · Halftone Simulation For information about Color Process Flow, see Color Printing. NOTE: The ColorWise Pro Tools applications for Windows and Mac OS computers are similar. ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup features Access the Control Bar, Auto Trapping, Progressive, and Halftone Simulation features from Color Setup. For information about these features, see the following sections: · Control Bar (see page 29) · Auto Trapping (see page 37) · Progressives (see page 42) · Halftone Simulation (see page 46) COLOR SETUP FEATURES 28 Using Color Setup Use the following procedure to start Color Setup. NOTE: For information about installing ColorWise Pro Tools and configuring a connection, see Color Printing. TO START COLOR SETUP 1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EXP8000/50. NOTE: Start ColorWise Pro Tools from a stand-alone application or Command WorkStation, at your computer or at the monitor connected to the Fiery EXP8000/50. 2 Click Color Setup. The Color Setup main window appears with the Color Process Flow tab selected. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 29 Control Bar Control Bar allows you to add a static color bar and dynamic job information to each printed page at the user-defined location. The feature can be set as a server default or overridden on a per-job basis. The default Control Bar is designed to fit the Fiery EXP8000/50 default paper size, Letter/ A4, or larger. You can create Control Bars for other paper sizes. NOTE: If a Control Bar does not fit on the page, it will be clipped. NOTE: If a background color is defined as "white" for a user-defined Control Bar, it must be defined in the CMYK color space for the Paper Simulation feature to take effect. For more information about Paper Simulation, see page 14. Control Bar workflow The default Control Bar provides a color bar and dynamic job information. Print a job with the default Control Bar by setting the Control Bar print option to On from the printer driver. Many jobs print satisfactorily with the default Control Bar, but if you require your own color bars, create them by defining custom values in the Control Bar Definition dialog box. After you define a custom Control Bar in the Control Bar pane in Color Setup, you can print a job with the custom Control Bar from the printer driver. To print a job with the default Control Bar, see the following section. For information about the Control Bar pane, see page 31. To create your own Control Bars, see page 32. To print a job with a custom Control Bar, see page 36. Printing with the default Control Bar Print a job with the default Control Bar by setting the Control Bar print option to On from the printer driver. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 30 TO PRINT A JOB WITH THE DEFAULT CONTROL BAR 1 Choose Print from your application. 2 Select Fiery EXP8000/50 as your printer and click Properties. The Properties dialog box appears, with the Fiery Printing tab selected. 3 Click the Job Info icon. 4 Select Control Bar. 5 Click OK. 6 Click Print. The job is printed with the default Control Bar. 2 1 2 Job information Static color bar 1 COLOR SETUP FEATURES 31 Control Bar pane Access the Control Bar pane by clicking the Control Bar tab in the ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup dialog box (see page 32). The Control Bar tab allows you to do the following: · Set the Print Control Bar option to On (see the following section). · View the definition of a Control Bar (see page 32). · Define a new Control Bar (see page 32). · Edit a Control Bar (see page 35). · Duplicate a Control Bar (see page 35). · Delete a Control Bar (see page 35). · Restore the factory default values (see page 36). Setting the Print Control Bar option to On Selecting the Print Control Bar option sets the Printer's Default value to On. If this option is selected, a Control Bar is printed on all pages sent to the Fiery EXP8000/50 when Printer's default is selected from the printer driver or with Command WorkStation. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 32 Viewing the definition of a Control Bar Selecting a Control Bar in the Available Control Bar list allows you to view the settings information in the Control Bar Definition area. With this feature, you can identify the Control Bar without opening the Control Bar Definition dialog box. The following information is displayed in the Control Bar Definition area: · Color Bar EPS File · Job Information · Text Location · Distance from edge Defining a new Control Bar When you open the Control Bar pane for the first time, only the default Control Bar is available in the Control Bar Definition dialog box. You can create a custom Control Bar that better fits your needs. Use the following procedure to access the Control Bar pane and create a new Control Bar. TO CREATE A CUSTOM CONTROL BAR 1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EXP8000/50. 2 Click Color Setup. 3 Click the Control Bar tab. 4 Click New in the Control Bar pane. The Control Bar Definition dialog box appears. 5 Define the values for each option. For information about Control Bar options, see "The Control Bar Definition dialog box" on page 33. 6 Click OK. A custom Control Bar is created. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 33 The Control Bar Definition dialog box The explanation of each section in the Control Bar Definition dialog box is as follows: NOTE: The Control Bar Definition dialog box is displayed when you click New in the Color Setup dialog box. NOTE: Each field of this dialog box initially displays the value from the Control Bar that is currently set as default, except for the System Page Size. · System Page Size: A System Page Size label with two numbers is printed with each Control Bar. These numbers are the exact numbers to enter when creating a custom Control Bar. Every page produced by the Fiery EXP8000/50 has a System Page Size. These two numbers represent the width and height of the page, in points, as processed by the system. Page sizes that are not defined use the Default system Control Bar. To find the System Page Size for a job, see a previously printed Control Bar on a document using the targeted paper size and orientation. · Description: This field allows you to add a one-line description of the custom Control Bar for your future reference. · Control Bar EPS File: This option allows you to select the following: ­ Standard: (provided as a default) ­ Custom: (user-designed EPS) ­ None: (no EPS file is required) The EPS file contains a color bar and any logo or static information that you want to include on the page. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 34 · Job Information: The options vary, but typically the following information is available, in addition to the print options you specify in the Color pane from the printer driver: ­ Page Size ­ Control Bar Name ­ User Name ­ Job Title ­ Date/Time ­ Server Name ­ Printer Name ­ Calibration Date/Time ­ User Group ­ User Notes ­ User Instructions · Text Location: This list allows you to select the location in which you want the job information printed on the page: ­ Bottom ­ Left ­ Top ­ Right For the location and orientation of the job information, see the following illustration. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 35 · Distance from the edge: This text field allows you to define the distance from the lower-left corner at which you want the job information to begin printing. The settings to define are as follows: ­ Units: Select inches, millimeters, or points from the Units list. ­ Horizontal: Type the value. ­ Vertical: Type the value. Editing a Control Bar You can edit all of the values in the Control Bar Definition dialog box, with the exception of System Page Size, which appears dimmed. The System Page Size for the default Control Bar refers to different system page sizes. For other Control Bars, values are displayed in the text field. NOTE: To display the Control Bar Definition dialog box for editing, select a Control Bar in the Available Control Bar list, and then click Edit. Duplicating a Control Bar When you duplicate a Control Bar, all the values of the original Control Bar are displayed. You can edit and save the duplicate as a custom Control Bar. If you edit and save a Control Bar as a custom Control Bar, you must change the System Page Size values. No two Control Bars can use the same values. If you try to save the custom Control Bar without changing the System Page Size values, a warning message appears. Because a Control Bar is not a part of a job, a document can be printed with one Control Bar and then with another one if the Control Bar definition has changed. To keep the Control Bar and reuse it later, you must save the changes as a custom Control Bar. NOTE: To display the Control Bar Definition dialog box for duplicating, select a Control Bar in the Available Control Bar list and click Duplicate. Deleting a Control Bar You can delete a Control Bar from the list in the Available Control Bar dialog box. You are prompted to confirm the deletion. NOTE: You cannot delete the default Control Bar. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 36 Restoring the factory default values The Control Bar Definition dialog box allows you to delete all user-defined Control Bars and restore the default Control Bar to its original state by clicking Factory Defaults. Printing with a custom Control Bar The procedure to print a job with a custom Control Bar is basically the same as to print with the default Control Bar (see page 29). Use the following procedure to print with a custom Control Bar. TO PRINT A JOB WITH A CUSTOM CONTROL BAR 1 Choose Print from your application. 2 Select Fiery EXP8000/50 as your printer and click Properties. The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected. 3 Click the Job Info icon. 4 Select On from the Control Bar list. NOTE: Selecting On from the printer driver affects the current job only. If you selected Print Control Bar in the Control Bar pane, selecting Printer's Default has the same effect as On. Selecting Print Control Bar in the Control Bar pane sets the default value to On for all jobs. 5 Click OK. 6 Click Print. The job is printed with the Control Bar specified in the Control Bar Definition dialog box. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 37 Configurable Auto Trapping Trapping is a technique where some objects are printed slightly larger or smaller than you have specified in an application, in order to prevent white edges around the objects. These white edges, or "hollows," can be caused by factors such as misregistration, the physical properties of the toners, and the stiffness of the media. The configurable Auto Trapping feature provides you with advanced trapping settings and gives you full control over their values. The Fiery EXP8000/50 is shipped with values that are optimized for the print device using regular paper, but if these values do not provide the results necessary for the media that you use, modify the values to meet your requirements. Configurable Auto Trapping workflow The fixed values are set as default for Auto Trapping. The Fiery EXP8000/50 applies these fixed values when you set Auto Trapping to On, with generally good results. However, to customize the values for Auto Trapping, define the values in the Auto Trapping pane in Color Setup. After you define the values, print a job with Auto Trapping set to On from the printer driver. Printing with default Auto Trapping You can print a job with default Auto Trapping by setting the Auto Trapping print option to On from the printer driver. TO PRINT A JOB WITH DEFAULT AUTO TRAPPING 1 Choose Print from your application. 2 Select Fiery EXP8000/50 as your printer and click Properties. The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected. 3 Click the ColorWise icon. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 38 4 Select Auto Trapping. 5 Click OK. 6 Click Print. The job is printed with the default Auto Trapping values. Auto Trapping pane Access the Auto Trapping pane by clicking the Auto Trapping tab in the ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup dialog box (see page 41). The settings in the Auto Trapping pane allow you to perform the following tasks: · Set the Apply Auto Trapping option to On (see the following section). · Specify the trap width (see page 39). · Specify the trap color reduction (see page 39). · Specify the trap shape (see page 40). · Specify the trap object types (see page 40). · Restore the factory default values (see page 40). COLOR SETUP FEATURES 39 Setting the Apply Auto Trapping option to On When you select the Apply Auto Trapping option, you set the Printer's default value to On. When you select Printer's default from the printer driver, the configured auto trapping is applied to all jobs sent to the Fiery EXP8000/50. Specifying Trap Width Trap Width values determine how thick the trapped areas are. Specify the following values: · Horizontal: Defines the horizontal thickness of the trapped areas (0-10 pixels). · Vertical: Defines the vertical thickness of the trapped areas (0-10 pixels). When you select the Uniform option, the horizontal and vertical Trap Width values are the same. If the values were set before you selected Uniform, the higher of the two values is used for both. A small bitmap image in the lower-left corner of the Trap/Width pane provides a dynamic visual example of the selected values. Specifying Trap Color Reduction Trap Color Reduction values determine how intense the trapping effect is. The values entered reflect the percent reduction of the toner in the trap. You can enter values for the following color channels: · Cyan: Defines the trap reduction in cyan (0-100%). · Magenta: Defines the trap reduction in magenta (0-100%). · Yellow: Defines the trap reduction in yellow (0-100%). · Black: Defines the trap reduction in black (0-100%). A 100% reduction results in no toner intensity applied to the trap. A 0% reduction results in full toner intensity. When you select the Uniform option, all four Trap Color Reduction values are the same. If the values were set before you selected Uniform, the highest value is used for all. A small bitmap image to the left of each color in the Trap Color Reduction pane provides dynamic visual examples of the selected values. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 40 Specifying Trap Shape Trap Shape represents how a single pixel appears when trapped against a contrasting background. With elements bigger than one pixel, the shape, or part of the shape, is only visible at the corners of objects. Select any of the following shapes: · Ellipse · Diamond · Rectangle Specifying Trap Object Types When no option is selected in the Trap Object Types area, only trapping of objects (text and graphics) against objects is applied. Select any of the following: · Trap Objects to Images: Auto trapping is applied to boundary areas between objects and images. · Trap Images Internally: Auto trapping is applied to every individual pixel of an image. This option is available only when you select Trap Objects to Images. If the Trap Objects to Images option is cleared, the Trap Images Internally option appears dimmed. Restoring factory defaults Click Factory Defaults to delete all user-defined settings for Auto Trapping and restore the factory default settings. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 41 Defining custom values for Auto Trapping Use the following procedure to select the Auto Trapping settings and define custom values. TO DEFINE AUTO TRAPPING VALUES 1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery EXP8000/50. 2 Click Color Setup. 3 Click the Auto Trapping tab. 4 Define a value for each option in the Auto Trapping pane. For information about the options in the Auto Trapping pane, see page 38. 5 Click Apply. The defined Auto Trapping values are applied. Printing with the configurable Auto Trapping feature After you define the Auto Trapping values, print a job with the Auto Trapping feature by setting the Auto Trapping print option to On from the printer driver. You can change the setting for this print option using Command WorkStation. NOTE: If the Auto Trapping values are changed, reRIPping is required to print a job with the new values. Use the procedure on page 30 to print a job with custom Auto Trapping values from the printer driver. NOTE: Selecting On from the printer driver affects the current job only. Selecting Apply Auto Trapping in the Auto Trapping pane in Color Setup sets the default value for all jobs, and allows you to select Printer's default from the printer driver. The job is printed with the Auto Trapping values defined in the Auto Trapping pane. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 42 Progressives The term "Progressives" refers to printing variations in a multi-color document. The variations may use from one to all of the available color channels in a print device. The majority of printing processes that involve more than one or two colorants apply the colorants sequentially. Traditionally, progressives are the intermediate states after some and before all colorants have been applied. The Progressives feature is more flexible, because it allows you to select which color is printed, using up to four sheets per original document page. NOTE: The Progressives feature is designed to show you the toner separations used by the job on the print device. The feature is not intended to be used to proof for another non-Fiery driven print device. NOTE: Progressives show the separations that the Fiery EXP8000/50 sends to the print device, not the separations contained in the job source file. NOTE: Progressives is a "reporting" feature. It is not designed to be used with production features such as VDP and Imposition. Progressives is offered for diagnostic situations. With high volume applications or production environments, use Progressives only on the individual pages that need testing. Progressives workflow You can inspect the result of each channel with the default values for color channels in Progressives. However, if you must customize the selection of color channels or number of sheets to print, you can do so by specifying the color channels in the Progressives pane in Color Setup. After specifying the color channels, print a job with the customized Progressives by setting the print option to On from the printer driver. NOTE: You cannot use the Progressives and Postflight features at the same time. A constraint is set for these print options from the printer driver. NOTE: Clearing plates in ImageViewer does not have an effect on a Progressives job printed from ImageViewer. It prints with the values specified in the Progressives pane. For more information, see "ImageViewer" on page 53. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 43 Printing with default Progressives Print a job with default Progressives by setting the Progressives print option to On from the printer driver. TO PRINT A JOB WITH DEFAULT PROGRESSIVES 1 Choose Print from your application. 2 Select Fiery EXP8000/50 as your printer and click Properties. The Properties dialog box appears with the Fiery Printing tab selected. 3 Click the Job Info icon. 4 Select Progressives. 5 Click OK. 6 Click Print. The job is printed with the default Progressives. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 44 Progressives pane Access the Progressives pane by clicking the Progressives tab in ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup. For more information about accessing the pane, see the procedure on page 45. The settings in the Progressives pane allow you to do the following: · Specify sheets (1-4) and colors per sheet to print (see the following section). · Restore the factory default values (see page 44). Specifying sheets and colors At least one colorant (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, or Black) must be selected for each sheet and at least one sheet must be selected. Small bitmap images to the left of each row dynamically change to reflect your selections. Restoring factory defaults Clicking Factory Defaults allows you to delete all user-defined settings for the Progressives feature and restore the default settings. Factory default values are set as follows: · · · · Sheet 1: Black Sheet 2: Black + Cyan Sheet 3: Black + Cyan + Magenta Sheet 4: Black + Cyan + Magenta + Yellow COLOR SETUP FEATURES 45 These selections are arbitrary, independent of the source job and the printing order of the copier. With this selection, the first sheet includes the black plate only, because it is often the most important plate when looking at separations. The other colors are added in a "progressive" order. When you return to the Progressives tab, the set of selections you last made is displayed. The colors included do not have to represent the actual sequence applied by the copier, which provides more flexibility for analyzing the image composition. Specifying color channels Use the following procedure to access the Progressives pane and specify color channels. TO ACCESS THE PROGRESSIVES PANE AND SPECIFY COLOR CHANNELS 1 Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the FIERY EXP8000/50. 2 Click Color Setup. 3 Click the Progressives tab. 4 Specify the color channels in the Progressives pane. For information about the options in the Progressives pane, see page 44. 5 Click Apply. The specified color channels are applied. Printing with custom Progressives After specifying the color channels, print a job with custom Progressives by setting the Progressives print option to On from the printer driver. NOTE: Alternatively, you can send a job with default Progressives setting and change the print option setting using Command WorkStation. Use the same procedure on page 43 to print a job with the custom Progressives feature from the printer driver. The printed job reflects the Progressives settings you defined in the Progressives pane. COLOR SETUP FEATURES 46 Halftone Simulation When proofing, we recommend that you print in contone mode, which uses the best color in the Fiery system. For advanced proofing purposes, Graphic Arts Package offers user-controlled halftone generation. Halftoned proofs simulate, with reasonable accuracy, the final dots imaged on films or plates for offset printing. The halftone screening feature allows you to define the custom screening functions applied to your print job. Halftone Simulation workflow You can select pre-set halftone screens to print jobs with good results. When you must customize the values for a halftone screen, define a custom halftone in your application or at Color Setup, and then select the screen in the Halftone Simulation print option from the printer driver. For information about the print option and the procedure to print with the pre-defined halftone screens, see the following section. For information about the Halftone Simulation pane and the procedure to specify custom halftone screen values, see page 48. Halftone Simulation print option Access the halftone screening feature through the Halftone Simulation print option. Select from the following option items: · Printer's default: Uses the pre-defined device contone, unless a job contains an application specified halftone screen. · Off: Uses the pre-defined device halftone screen. · Application Defined: Uses a pre-defined halftone screen specified in an application. For information about the supported applications, see page 50. · Newsprint: Uses a pre-defined halftone screen that looks and feels like a newspaper. · User Defined Screen1/2/3: Applies a user-defined halftone screen based on the settings in ColorWise Pro Tools Color Setup. NOTE: Use Newsprint and User Defined Screen1/2/3 with all applications, including Microsoft Office.