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1. 1 Demo client 4 New Client Using this in window you can start with setting up a new job Use the New button for starting the wizzard Client ManualTest Client Ww Machine My Offset Press 6 color Ww Job number 007 Sheetno 0 Job name 6C CMC DEMO Sheet side n a C Top C Bottom Job description Demo Job 1 Demo client Daan Job preset Coated PCS225 Scolor Ww Customize settings Substrate Gloss ISO Gloss Coated N Tolerance set Offset ISO 12647 2 Spot color book My Demo Color book Measurement conditions Printing ISO 12647 Job colors K 1 8 C 1 5 M 1 45 Y 1 35 Li ID ey a Loe 3 3 d 3 2 3 3 N 3 610 109 ee et et ee 13 Ss eee R A Cancel Create job Color bar PCS 325 5 2011 747mm Create new job Set the custom job up as you see fit Everything above the black lines in the middle are free to enter or select Everything below the black line is currently based on the job preset that was used for the previous job If no preset has been made the software will provide you with default settings you can adjust PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 39 WWW ele fo di E Ia euU Click on Create job if the settings are conform the new job If not click on Customize Settings Edit job settings Pressviev Set main color settings and conditions Papertype ISO Gloss Coated lw Tolerance
2. PREVIOUS NEXT Only lets you toggle between measurements once you are viewing the details of a measurement MEASURE Both buttons add measurements for the selected job Your measurement device needs to be connected The Measure button on the right hand side will only activate when details of a measurement are viewed IMPORT Import external data For instance from other quality control systems EXPORT Helps you to export measurementdata in various selectable formats Obviously this is not all the functionality Pressview has to offer These are just most of the buttons which are regularly present if not always present Other equally important functionality will be explaind in the rest of the manual 12 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 colorware Exploring the modules amp tH ma ivi e G PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 www EEE cu e 4 Process control module The Process control module is the foundation of PressView3 It holds a hudge number of features like Job setup adding custom colors procescolor sequence data analysis amp correction So whatever you want to do with PressView it most likely starts with the Process control module e 2011 Nov 01 12 19 DigialprintQA Mediawedgev 2011 Oct312031 me 2011 Nov 01 1219 CTP compensation 10 step wedge 2011 Oct 31 20 14 10 2011 Nov 01 1219 E ist ec Sa 201 1 Oct 31 20 01 201 1 Oct 31 20 00 2011 Oct 31 20 00 Process co
3. PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 colorware Proof System Remote Process Control Caracaion Management Support Job info Job info Companies Duplicate Duplicate Users Measure Measure User groups Delete Delete Machines Z New e Color strips View View References Spot color books Teamviewer Conditions Paper types Ink sets Tolerance sets Clients Job presets O oO n Print Report Previous Next a a PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 WWW otel fo an ET CU 1 2 Client server setup All measurements and other created data is always stored on a PressView server This server either runs on your local system or depending on the configuration is situated somewhere on your LAN Local Area Network Because all data is stored on a server you don t have to perform separate saving actions during production Another advantage of having a server is global accessability This means that all data can be viewed used or interchanged with any PressView workstation anywhere else in the world Off course the server needs to be connected to the internet and it has to run PressView client with valid credentials To make sure your data stays safe have your administrator add the PressView server to the backup routine Internet cloud Intranet LAN 6 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 colorware 1 3 Measurement devices PressView connects directly to most commonly used s
4. PressView 3 user manual Introduction Thank you for using PressView the all in one color quality control software product All PressView users have one thing in common they all want to measure color and analyze how the color is behaving on a particular substrate It is our goal to give you the maximum amount of information of a specific color but on such a way that you intuitively understand the status of your measured color and know what to do to improve the situation With PressView you are now able to setup a completely new and reliable system for managing color from the defenition of your own custom color strip to even closed loop color control We hope that PressView suits your company to a level beyond satisfaction If you have questions or suggestions about PressView please feel free to contact your local PressView reseller or Colorware directly For additional information like specific technotes or update information on PressView please take a look at www colorware eu We wish you a lot of fun profit and success with PressView The Colorware team 2 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 Pressview Index 1 1 Basic system overview e oh ounces a ata ea atita pia a cease sees e Oa a ia pi 4 1 2 Client server setup sesssesssusesesessersrersseressererersereereresrerererrererseer 6 1 3 Measurement devices ice orase ase stai Aaa 0 nana ain 01 sd de ei a E ei a a da aa os 7 14 COLO SII DS 0000 eee ee A i ot et nl ene A a ce
5. v Reference patch SWOP2006_Coated5v2 icc 4 A popup window appears to let you choose the exact patch popii you need Check the reference checkbox if you want to Colormame po LWC standard ecice make use of an already existing patch from another strip for i N instance In any other case giva a Color name and select the ISOuncoatedyellowishicc My Demo Color book AA right Tolerance group X gt 13 1 Adding an extra channel Management module Custom color For using an extra color in the strip you use the Add color button at the right side of the process colorchannels This button will add an extra random color to the channel overview At this point it s not important to select the exact color you will use in the actual run During the setting up of the actual job s you can still select the right color Now you are just reserving the space in te color strip not depending on the kind of extra color s selected Next to several standard percentages you see a patch per channel with a This patch gives you the ability to set your own percentage n 1 7 E a xX 5 X Add color SLUR is a term for mechanical nh EE a deviation of the press itself E NSE NI NI To detect this behaviour you can ad a a x aT horiontal SLUR and or a vertical SLUR aa DD Ee ee 8 x 0 25 BD Es Ee 20 20 20 20 EEE Management module Extra channel s 46 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 colorware 13 2 Managing i
6. a e re n mg compared to ISOCoated v2 Clickable patches Clicking on one of the patches brings you to a more detailed view of in this case magentha The measured color is broken down to various values you are also able to measure this specific color again This is the first time we encounter the Lightness column For most people the way it displays the lightness top black bottom white is the correct way Because we believe there is no correct way we made it possible to switch this view To do so contact your reseller In the CIE Lab frame the bottom right corner of the frame a zoom symbol is placed By clicking this symbol you will zoom out for a gamut overview Job 1 Print quality analysis DeltaE Cie 76 Reference SOcoated v2 eciii Date Time 12 11 2011 4 41 30 PM Meas 18 of 18 Job Print quality analysis Reference SOcoated v2 eciicc Date Time 12 11 2011 4 41 30 PM erssion curve Reference 47 98 74 02 2 93 7407 357 73 Sample 45 71 73 56 4 38 7369 356 59 Delta 2 27 0 45 1 45 0 38 1 14 Visual Lightness Too light Chroma Too dull Hue Too green ample o Gd El a Ooo Patch details Patch details zoomed in GG In the zoomstage you will see four new indicators four white lines The first white line is the line connected to the white dot witch represents the measured color The T crossing of this line is the reference L value The other white line the one
7. can take over your workstation remotely and securely When TeamViewer starts it needs a few seconds to initialize and get ready for remote connection You will be given an ID and a password Contact your dealer via phone of skype and give them the credentials to log in to your workstation Off course you have to make sure that your workstation is connected to the internet In any other case TeamViewer won t give you an ID colorware Colorware QuickSupport Please tell your partner the following ID to connect to your desktop Your ID Password Ready to connect secure connection WWW TeAMmVIeWwer com Cancel 38 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 12 Setting up a new job Process control Module Setting up a new job will take just minutes of your time The wizzard will take you through a few important steps of this process Before you start setting up a new job make sure that the correct client is selected from the dropdown menu or start by adding a new client first For adding a new client select new from the client dropdown menu and fill in the formalities A new client has no jobs and no measurements yet See below Not all fields are medatory but filling in as mutch information as possible makes retrieving this data easier at a later point in time scie ile PressView IT i Name f Manua est Client Tutorial Notes Optional data fields Field 1 will be included in the job list
8. ment is used for the OK sheet Hit this button again to undo DNA oomoon Gamut window The button for job mode holds two stages Make ready and Production For every measurement you can select the preferred mode The upper right side of the window can be seen as a clickable quick reference It shows the summary and score of the combined information of the measurement The bigger spectrum frame on the left holds the information about the actual color range compared to the given reference The smaller spectrum frames compare the measured colors for Paper High lights Midtones and Shadows against the reference marked by the center of the crosswire All density data shown in this window is based on the density values you defined when setting up the job In this case the values we defined for this job Changing these values can be done by clicking on this button Changing the desity values will not have any effect on the spectral references TVI Tone Value Increase information is just like the Solids information shown in columnstatistics These statistics all show dotted lines These dotted lines indicate the delta based on the industry standard you are using in this case CIE 76 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 17 The colorpatches for Solid Overprint Paper Paper Balance and Balance are all clickable ia In this view they show you the measured ome me B E _ BE Delta E and the pass or fail n
9. set Offset ISO 12647 2 Wy Spotcolorbook My Demo Color book lv Measurement conditions Printing ISO 12647 y Substrate Gloss Y Ink set Default ISO 2846 1 ly Color strip PCS 325 5 2011 747mm y Cancel Next Edit job settings customize settings The wizzard will adjust to the settings you make For instance if you choose to use a 6 colour printing machine CMYK 2 Spot the wizzard will ask you to select the Spot color book like in the window above Hit next when the settings comply to the job at hand The software will ask you to select the spot color for this job Still in case of the 6 color printing machine only utilizing 5 setectspotcolorstousebelow Edit job settings Pressview you can select one or more colors from My Demo Color book Selected colors the Spot Color Library of your previous a gt I evecare choise Go lt On the left side of the window you see SI j the full library you choose The filter below this area of the window can help you to find the right spot color Filter Number of colors selected 2 Use the arrow s in between the two mA e frames to move your selection to the ee we selected colors frame Using the filter to Select spot color find the desired color makes life easy and the process fast You can select multiple spot colors even though you can only use one for the actual run This makes you able to stay flexible Once the colors are known
10. the bottom of the window to deselect or select All run colors are shown by default Use the second tab in this window to see the averages over all the measurements for this job Hover over a knot in the curve to see the exact measured value Color Digital Target Printed Correctior Curve A The checkbox above the graph acts like a filter In this case there are 17 make ready measurements Not mutch average when unchecked C C C E C C C C c C C Trends average Dotgain amp CTP PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 23 www EESTI eu 4 1 11 Ink zones The past 10 steps have guided you through almost all windows of the Process Control module almost all There is still one left Ink Zones The job we started at the beginning was based on print quality analysis a job without inkzones in the color bar When measuring a color bar containing inkzones the software automatically gives you another window setup The Process button changes to an Ink zones button witch opens by default To view this window go back to the jobs overview and select a random measurement from the Process control demo job 2 Hit View to get to the Ink zones window Ink zones window The vertical white overlay detail ruler is present by default but can be hidden by clicking on the upper right arrow of the detail ruler itself When present the detail ruler can be dragged to the inkzone you prefer to ex
11. to the system the next step is to arrange the colors to the jobs selected color strip In this case the color strip is PressViews own PCS325 5c 747mm color strip Although we selected a 6 color printing machine the color strip is based on CMYK 1 5 colors Because of this in this case intended incoherence you will see that the wizzard can and will continue 40 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 Color mapping o La We gt 2 BAL N gt Reference Undefined X Undefined Reference c B my E Spot colors B DemoRedLike E Spot Orange Color mapping By clicking on the dropdown menus you can change the strips sequence The process colors have their fixed locations on the strip The spot color must be set and can be selected from the dropdown A not yet set color is recognized by the X mark undefined It doesn t matter what kind of strip you are using In chapter 13 of this manual we will show you how to build a custom color strip If all set and checked with the original you can click the next button The following window of the wizzard will let you decide how to setup the measurement data display Like the note in the window explains adjusting the densities will not affect the spectral references In a perfect situation you can already set the densities to the actual densities of the run In a later Stage like during production you can still adjust the densities of thes
12. 6 Adding colors to the color ISO 12647 2 Curve C 19 ISO 12647 2 Curve D 22 book you Just made can ISO 12647 2 Curve E 25 i CLM Addi lib be done in several ways First you can pe Mia sonz cueros E compose your own colors In this case you need the CIE lab values of the colors you would want to add to the colorbook Click on the icon for Add ZI Taal Pick a patch type in the Bcolordetails dropdown In this case we ll pick i a solid Give the new Dotgain Slur nAn solid a name and fill in e T Paperwhite the values for CIE lab Observer angle 7 yy maiera Click S ave CIE Lab 55 00 60 00 4299 BalanceMidtone w ii d Full spectrum False Full spectrum False x ey x gt Cancel Save Cancel Save CLM Patch type list CLM Adding a new solid 34 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 The Patch type dropdown menu contains Undefined Solid Dotgain SLUR Balance paperwhite BHighlights BMidtones BShadows Overprint Other DotgainOnly JE Difference between patch type selection da BEE sooo 4299 Name DemoRedLike Patchtype Solid CIE Lab 55 00 60 00 42 99 Density 1 10 si Conditions D50 2 CLM New patch added And second now the new color is added to the demo color book we would like to have the s
13. JOB Client Color method is density Color strip Description Dotgain method is density Ink set Is production mode Job strip current end index Job strip current start index Last date Machine Measurement condition Measurement type Name Number Ok sheet Paper Paper white sample Reference Sequence Sheet number Tolerance set User group CLIENT Name Notes COLOR STRIP Active Company Default mapping Description Name Number of zones Patch height Patch width Patches per zone Repeats Row count INK SET Active Name Shared MACHINE Default tolerance Machine type Name Number of colors Number of ink zones Zone width MEASUREMENT COND Density standard Dotgain method Illuminant Name Observer angle Use density poll filter Use spectral poll filter White base OK SHEET Content Created at Flow change Is production mode Is wet Job Job strip Job strip end index Job strip start index Measurement type Name Ok sheet Reference PAPER Active Company Name Paper type Shared Weight REFERENCE Company Default dotgain list Is spot lib name Shared TOLERANCE SET Average calculated Average tolerance Default measurement condition Delta CMCC Delta CMCL Delta E method Delta H calculated Delta H primaries calc Delta H primaries tol Delta H tolerance Density calculated Density tolerance Density variation Dotgain calculated Dotgain spread To setup t
14. SSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 25 www EIRE cu Say inkzone 21 is the way you would like your oragne spot to be To ajust to these values set the ruler to this inkzone and click on the ref button Check the checkbox for the orange spot and click OK Spot orange AFTER custom reference In this case we have only checked spot orange so only the values for this spot will be recalculated You can see the difference in the images above Based on the new values you can start to adjust the other inkzones to inkzone 21 Use the Reset all button to undo the custom reference To get a better more detailed overview of a single run color you can use the bigger information buttons at the left side of the window Pa 55 SRI Statistics per run color 26 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 The Ink zones button icon holds a little black arrow in the upper right corner meaning there are options Click and hold this arrow to see or edit the options for Ink zones PressView Ink zone display bud Density mode Shows either densities or spectral values in the 3 Spectral mode ink zone overview Enable or completely disable the ruler The Detail ruler V Enabled ruler can also be temporarily hidden by using the button on the ruler itself E ore Enable or disable extended density Density details Disabled information per ink zone Ink keys in color Enabled G7 mode Disabled Enable or
15. This button sets or unsets the OK sheet status Switching the status is done by a single click There will be no confirmation popup Next to the OK sheet button you will find the Production mode button This but ton sets and shows the production mode per seperate measurement If the button is dark gray the mode is set to production The Densities button makes it able to adjust the densities for the job at hand By clicking this button you will reach a new area for customizing the densities per run color Last but not least in the job information area you see the Score overview at the most right side The Score overview a concise label containing a selection of the most valuable information for this measurement Is it used as a quick indicator This overview when clicked shows you the complete collection of measurement values in their comparison to the reference called the Raw list In the Raw list individual patches can be examined PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 11 WWW xe llan ET CU 3 2 The measurement detail area Depending on the kind of job ergo the default view this area will be set up different as you have seen on the pages before This area always shows the detailed content of a measurement in an appealing and considered way This window is optimized for specific roles Things you dont need to see as an press operator for instance you don t see But you can always find all the informatio
16. a new sentence adds up In the Selected part of the left side of the window you can give the new query a name Search for jobs in this case Don t use the checker for One time only search It will prevent you from saving the query The rules there is no right order in witch you should build your query In this case we ll start by adding a rule for the reference The next rule states something about Last date Fill in 90 for ninety days Last but not least we need Is production mode is true to finalize this query TANI tion mode Is true Job Is production mode w To save this query simply hit Save at the bottom of this window The query is for future use to be found in the drop down menu Criteria When the query is saved click on the magnifying glass icon De pending on the content of the database and the kind of connection isa eee wea Lastaate 11 1 2011 1210220 Is ok sheet data retrieval can take a few Job Last date last days 90 S e Measurements 21 seconds TA x id 4 Number 4 Lastdate 10 31 2011 8 31 16 PM Advanced statistics query result PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 37 WWW Cele fo an ET CU 11 Remote support module This module only has one feature and it s not even ours It does nothing more than starting an instance of TeamViewer with which we
17. a wedges PV PressView gray balance TK Techkon wedges Balance abbreviations UG UGRA wedges PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 47 Thank you for using PressView For more information about PressView please visit www colorware eu colorware Pressview
18. ame color in the new color book Select the new color from the My Demo Color book and click on the icon for Move Copy in zone 2 You can select multiple patches to move at once In this case we are just moving the new patch to the new color book Leave the checkbox unchecked in order to copy the new patch If checkbox is checked the patch will not be copied it will be moved This means RE moved from the color book of origin Number of patches selected for operation 1 Colorbook to copy to New Colorbook X New Colorbook i New Colorbook 2 Execute move action selected patches will be removed Use the Edit buttons to edit the selected items in the corresponding zones CLM Copy or move patches PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 35 WWW ele fo E Iaz euU 10 Advanced statistics module Like the module name already explains this module can be used for advanced data retrieval making use of user friendly database queries The advantage of this module comes to life in the middle or bigger production environments The more data in the database the more valuable it becomes Beginning with a clean install of PressView the database does not contain that much measurement data Off course you can still search for specific data The clean PressView install should contain just one query ok sheets Run this saved query to find all measurements in the complete database labelled as an OK sheet
19. amine You can only use the white transparant area s of the detail ruler to drag it Clicking in the inkzone itself will do the same trick the detail ruler will move itself to the clic ked position inkzone Ruler state present Ruler state hidden 24 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 When the detail ruler is present it shows you the detail information about the inkzone per run color By clicking on the detail information buttons you will see an already known window containing the specific color information Job 2 Process control DeltaE Gie 76 Reference ISOcoated v2 eci icc Date Time 10 31 2011 7 58 39 PM Meas 50f21 Ct EET Color detalls Spot Orange 100 ne L a Reference 69 13 44 76 Sample 67 44 44 43 Lightness Delta 1 69 0 33 1 1 19 Visual i Too light Too dull Too green Too blue 2 09 Delta E tolerance 5 00 0 30 Delta H tolerance 2 50 R Reference Sample DNA e8noacse Color detail window The Ref button on the detail ruler is mainly used before assigning an OK sheet The goal for this button is to be able to ajust to a or multiple specific inkzone s Set the ruler to the inkzone of your preference probably your clients preference and click on the ref button You will see the next window Spot Orange 68 10 43 25 75 72 Y 86 08 3 60 98 49 M 44 07 75 87 4 45 C 50 59 32 53 54 59 K 17 25 1 51 042 Custom reference window PRE
20. b setups here is a preview of a 5C CMC 2 1 job setup Because the job is set up with other standards the perfect circular shapes on the previous pages CIE 76 have changed into CMC ellipsoids Next to that there are 5 colors on display Added to the known four notice there is a spotOrange Displaying the same measured Semana values but in an other view List View Multi Spot scatter view 5C The list view gives you an at a glance overview when it comes to failing values When selected use the Analyse sample or double click on a single color row to single out the specific measurement values 1958 20 23 eo 55 98 1807 17 79 1 69 1958 2023 GD 5526 1808 1326 1 27 1664 68 05 GD 6802 1487 6278 1 61 16 64 68 05 a 72 70 11 00 68 60 4 04 1664 68 05 SD 67 12 1419 6421 1 91 16 64 6805 SD 6679 1424 64 46 1 90 27 84 22 33 6 14 28 42 2082 7 15 1 31 j 4 gt 2784 2233 6 14 QD 2874 2079 680 1 24 zu Next 2784 2223 6 14 QD 21 28 1026 a 3 17 Remarks Spot Orange 69 13 44 76 77 69 68 46 43 39 75 03 0 96 i gt suc Second Pull roll start Previous isi sii Spot Orange 69 13 44 76 77 69 68 70 43 33 75 10 0 92 Ac gt esec gt oc m ooo cong Multi Spot list view 5C When measuring for this module make sure that the device options are set to Spot If device mode is set to Strip it wo
21. connected to the center of the inner and outter circle shows the direction in witch magentha is placed within the CIE Lab spectrum Delta E is actually a 3D ellipsoid composed of L a and b The thinner white line is your max delta e 4 00 when there is no delta L Because the device measured a delta L of 2 27 the inner white line thick represents the concavity of the 4 00 delta E ellipsoid When delta L is extreme mutch darker r lighter the inner white line could not even be shown at all You can experience a 2D spot on but a fail on the actual patch because is it outside of the el lipsoid 18 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 colorware 2D representation in PressView 3D drawing of the actual ellipsoid A E ellipsoid amp 2D PressView The above feature shows two spots pass and fail Even though the fail spot falls within the 2D circle the spot is a fail because it is outside of the ellipsoid This can be confusing when examining measurements so always take the L value in consideration first In this case both C and M are in the upper half of the ellipsoid meaning that they are both darker than the reference The spot M and spot C in the drawing approximately refer to the spot M on the previous page and the spot C on the next page PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 19 www EESTI eu Once examining a patch both the spectrum frame view and the detail frame view have a second tab This second
22. disable G7 balance display x Default Ink zone options Just to show you the difference here is the same window but with other options Shows either densities or spectral values in the ink zone overview Enable or completely disable the ruler The ruler can also be temporarily hidden by using the button on the ruler itself pr Enable or disable extended density aa information per ink zone Inkkeysincolor Disabled a r 5 ei 7 PA EEP ane Ink zones window custom options PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 27 WWW Cele fo an ET CU ttt 5 System management module To manage the system this module contains all required elements Adding deleting and editing various key parts of the system makes sure that all the nessesary information is available As an administrator of the Press View system you are able to set the rights for all other users In order to be able to manage this as well PressView provides in a User groups centre Start by making the preferred user groups like Demo Admin Regular or based on the buisiness roles Every new user has to be part of a user group Create item Pressview This module is ment to organize 7855 J the PressView system locally Of course a remote administrator can make use of the webclient for configuring the system If PressView is part of a network connected to the internet a remote administrator only has to know the IP adress of th
23. e Dotgain icon You can analyse the four solids dotgain dot size and CTP curve The axel graph shows the actual curve for E the selected solid The black line repre ni sents the measured color and the white line represents the reference curve By clicking on the different tabs of the lower left frame you can toggle between different combinations of information Color Digital Target Printed Correctior Curve A 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 1 99 1 66 0 24 5 26 3 95 3 29 0 51 10 51 0 73 15 75 7 60 0 92 9 20 82 1 08 The raw data of the lower right frame corresponds with the selected solid on the left side frame This goes back and forth You can use the solids tabs at the right side frame to do exactly the same i gt 10 68 ce A Pi FH A A A A A Dotgain C TVI olor Digital Target Printed Correctior Curve K 0 0 00 0 00 T Y K Y 10 3 95 4 16 0 14 986 Y 586 Y K 20 7 60 7 83 0 18 19 82 5 5 5 02 8 2 35 66 Y 40 13 00 1211 0 74 40 74 IE EREI Y 45 1377 13 18 048 4548 o 10 20 20 40 s0 60 70 80 90 wo 17 00 14 88 SS 1497 142 Note the gray values are interpolated DEE AICI Oo t Dotgain K Dot size Hee Boao PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 21 www EE eu 4 1 9 step 9 Quick spot measurement The Button for Spot is just a small quick check feature It is meant to let you do some spot measu rements as an additional check Hit the button Spot and find yours
24. e PressView server s and an valid login Via the web Management module various presets can be exported en transferred to other PressView systems User group Admin Machine My Offset Press 6 color Tolerance set Offset ISO 12647 2 Measurement condition Printing ISO 12647 a F Reference GRACoL2006_Coated1v2 icc If the browser window is too small the actual menu item information can appear under the menu on the left side of the window Management Module ep IER SSS job_presets X c Google P t D Logged in as admin logout z Showing jobpresets companies User Paper Tolerance Measurement Client R dients Name group Machine t oa E zii ii Paper Inkset Color strip Description users serials Coated ECI My ISO Offset ISO Printing ISO Gloss Default ECI GrayCon M Offset Gloss 12647 2 12647 ISO GrayConM i1 gt i1 Press 6 Coated 2846 1 si a machines color devices color strips aie Coated My ISO Ofiset ISO Printing ISO MyDemo Gloss Default PCS325 5 PCS325 Offset Gloss 12647 2 12647 Color ISO 2011 references 5color Press 6 Coated book 2846 1 747mm asi color paper types tolerance sets Coated My ISO Ofiset ISO Printing ISO Gloss Default PressView z CTP Offset Gloss 12647 2 12647 ISO CTP combi Press 6 Coated 2846 1 o iz ink manufacturers color ink sets paper Coated My ISO OfisetiSO PrintingIso Gloss Default Ugra Fogra paper manufacturers M
25. e colors to the desired values The default densities shown below are based on market averages Again changing the desity values will not have any effect on the spectral references Job default densities E 10 iz E 150 150 A 45 145 I i hie 135 135 9 a 1 10 10 9 Please note that these density adjustments do not affect the spectral references Job color densities PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 41 www ERECT eu When you ve set the densities to the preferred values click Next Run sequence Drag the color towers in the order of the actual run When the towers are set in the right order click Next Run sequence Run sequence After clicking Next the following window shows the exact settings for the job you have just setup In this window you can save the preset Saving a preset makes sure that you can use this exact job for later purposes Review settings Reference SOcoated v2 eci icc Color strip PCS 325 5 2011 747mm Substrate Gloss Tolerance set Offset ISO 12647 2 Ink set Default ISO 2846 1 Measurement conditions Printing ISO 12647 Spot color book My Demo Color book Job colors K 1 8 C 1 5 M 1 45 Y 1 35 DemoRedLike 1 1 mam Preset name Demo Manual PressView Cancel Previous Save and continue Review settings amp save preset The above window is an overview of the settings you made for this particular job but to crea
26. e white dot in the graph The graph drawing reads the same as we have seen earlier in this manual Double clicking on a measurement value in the tab like list brings forth the soot measurement Even so does just clicking on the Spot button at the bottom of the window However there is one big difference double clicking a value brings the values over to the spot measurement Measuring a new reference will lead to new values in this window This way you can compare the already measured values from a pull to a new sample in a later stage for instance Using the Spot button the window will be without any values You still have to measure both reference as well as the sample By selecting Automatic job reference selection PressView referres to an already measured color in this job It uses it s reference automatically mediaNOVA Reference My Demo Color book ar apm Date time 10 31 2011 85051PM Seq 1 2 ready Color details Purple 100 _ Lightness Sample BOeaS L a 27 84 22 33 33 48 22 06 5 64 0 27 Too dark Too strong Too red Too light Too dull Too green Too blue Too yellow 5 73 Delta E tolerance5 00 A 1 00 Delta H tolerance2 50 NANE ralar AR Pal HLA ARI Te Na N Multi spot color detail singled out value 30 ee PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 So far you have only seen the scatter view in a four color job setup To show you the different views and jo
27. ediawedge Offset Gloss 12647 2 12647 ISO Mediawedge mere per para measurement conditions v3 Press 6 Coated 2846 1 v3 color jobs r create new jobpreset A Wl sears 1 jal transfer jobs machine overview import references nl i imnart ralaretrine http 2 job_presets a fit wal 4 WebClient Management module 28 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 EA 6 Multi spot module Measuring a job without the nessesity of a color strip present Some jobs have no color strip but you still have to make sure that the colors are according to standards or the clients wishes In this case you can use the Multi Spot module All jobs in this module need to be based on a colorbook for reference You will see when you set up a new job Preferably you choose solids in the job to measure no gradients what so ever Try to choose a physical spot on the printed object to measure with each pull you do In PressView a pull is called a sequence To get a feel for this module use the four color patch squares directly under the PressView logo on the color bar sampler When you start this module you will see a window with a demo job PVO2 mediaNOVA This job contains two measurements Kimes Fa a a first pull and a second pull Select the first pull of the mediaNOVA job and click on the View button Scatter View As you can see the scatter view sorts the colors that are measured for this sequence PressView will react
28. elf in the below window If your device is still properly connected you can start measuring In any other case you first have to con nect and calibrate your device First measure a reference followed bij a sample to compare Job 1 Print quality analysis DeltaE Cie 76 ISO pyr w2 eciioc Date Time 12 11 2011 4 41 30 PM Meas 180f18 Too light Too dark Too dull Too strong Too green Too red Too blue Too yellow 0 00 Reference Sample Hoe Beene ade BD Spot measurements 4 1 10 step 10 Evaluating trends Trends This part of the Process Control module is most suitable for overviewing measurement results Working with different dropdown menus you can setup this screen is various preferred combinations Job i FD ainu bry in DeltaE Cie 76 Reference SOcoated_v Date Time 220 2003 44130 PM Meas 180f 18 Doo ADDED oes Spot measurements 22 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 Trends information selection oss JE 20 The two red lines in the dotgain graph show you the max delta E r The little white dots in the colored spiked mH iat bh lines are the measurements i The white dots are clickable Once clicked ona white dot you will see the vertical black line snap to the same position Use View to look at the details of the selected white dot measurement If you use a 5 th or more color this would be in this the graph as well Click on the Show colors patches at
29. et 1 Reference ISOcoated w2 eciioc Date Time 12 11 2011 4 41 30 PM Meas 180 None Highhghts Midtones Shadows PPPppp Paper Balance EN Mama e BABE 514 117 678 433 0 99 O80 425 ft m s l Gamut view The above example displays a typical measurement result window All the details of a job can be derivated from this single view In this case you are looking at measurement results of a job without ink zones First you need to know that the window is devided into four separate areas 1 the job information area 2 the measurement detail area 3 the generic buttons area and 4 the module depending buttons area On page nr 11 top you see the job detailes of a job with ink zones This appears to be different at first glance but now you know more about the common interpretation method this window suddenly seems similar Other examples 10 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 ISOcoated_v2_eci icc Date Time 10 31 2011 7 58 39 PM Meas Sof 2I i ee ae ee ae a E SS be ee LES Re bati OG Gd EI EI 12 00 18 12 20 29 Ink zone view 3 1 The job information area In the upper area the job information area you first see P ee left to right a concise job label This Label is clickable and Reference oii brings you to the job settings overview rii les he Right of the job label there is the OK sheet button
30. he job will be saved in the job overview You can see that the job has no measurements yet Jobs and measurements Client ManualTest Client Wy Filter acc Measurements for job 6C CMC DEMO Number Name Demo client Date if Ok Pr Date Time Remarks 4 x i D v gt Jobinfo Duplicate Measure Delete New Defete View Saved new job no measurements When you are not measuring the new job this is the end of setting up a new job You can continue to measure this job at any given time You do have to make sure that your measurement device is connected and calibrated off course PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 43 www EESTI eu 13 Defining a custom color strip The module to use for this job is the System Management module But before we go into setting up the actual color strip there are basically two kinds of color strips The ones with inkzones and the ones without Because the color strips with inkzones are bigger most of the time we will be defining a color strip without inkzones Off course we will show you how to work with inkzones What do you need to define a custom color strip You need to have a custom color strip You can have a physical printed color strip it can be a digital version in any kind of file format it can be almost anything For this case we will be looking at defining the ECI GrayCon strip Mi1 FOGRA39 the same strip we used for getting to kno
31. he right query you can select just one or make a combination of the following terms Dotgain tolerance Dotgain variation Graybalance calculated Graybalance tolerance Graybalance variation Max calculated Max tolerance Name Paperwhite calculated Paperwhite tolerance Primaries calculated Primaries tolerance Primaries variation Score for gray balance Score for other Score for overprint Score for paperwhite Score for primaries Score for secundaries Secondaries calculated Secondaries tolerance Secondaries variation Spotcolor calculated Spotcolor tolerance Spotcolor variation Use densitom dotgain USER GROUP Admin Description Name In the next case we will be searching for all jobs with reference ISOcoated measured within the last 90 days and where the job mode is set to Production Above all this query needs to be saved with the name Coated Production for future use 36 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 To get the right information topside you need to get used to the many different combinations for setting up the right query Allthough all the options may have a dazzeling effect rest asured that retrieving the wrong information or composing the wrong query wont hurt the data at all Just start over For setting up an new query click on the icon in the Criteria section Where once was ok sheets it now says sentence_1 witch means a new query For every other single click on the icon
32. int production digital proofs Measurements Support Usermanual module order To get to know PressView more easy we have printed a special sheet called Press View Color Bar Sampler This Color Bar Sampler contains a number of sample jobs for you to measure with PressView Based on job number one Print quality analisys we will take you through the Process control module Ifyou do not have a PressView Color Bar Sampler sheet available ask your local reseller for one l a n r l T i tery 4 n 2 i _ aE A ii 2 Li i a a A t i E k i i E i ma mle t z P 7 i N 1 H f m i B i Li gt i B A i f l i i E i m bi E sn ai a H 4 E 3 i d p e 3 i p i l 5 f i i t i pe rst E a 3 j I ri ees eceeese e000 i A A ml lin ee ee ee eee ee ee ae A j i J g 8 t f Oo im How to use the PressView Color Bar Sampler ae es re en e imple sheet palaria surements with a eres system Job number Purpose Color bar used Typically measured with 7c BI EI ti EA Zee Tra daluk databasa already contain rohan met setup to measure these specific color bars wa E E O lu rint quality anal rayCon X Rite EyeOne Pro 500 939 To start measuring these atria der eta Techkon SpectroDens SpectroJet Launch PressView and log in with the default username and password Click on the Process Cont ol Modul e The Jobs and Measurements view is
33. job PVO1 View the measurement or make one if you have a mediawedge v3 at you disposal Of course you can also start this module by building your own colorbar PressView Hee Bok Again all te patches are clicka ble for further examination Paper Balance n mama os 498 101 3 18 250 260 121 1 33 1 10 208 193 1 25 DEE Eggen Proof certification windows PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 33 www ERE eu 9 Color libraries module The color libraries module holds all color libraries color books A color book can be used for a specific job or it can contain colors needed for reoccuring jobs Any other color book can be imported if it is in one of the supported formats CSV CGATS CXF1 CXF3 MIF Manual input PressView can only handle CIE lab information Open the module by clicking on the icon The window in front of you shows My Demo Color Book used for explaining the actions in this manual Select the demo color book you will see 5 colors PressView This window contains 3 zones 1 Color book library 2 Color book 3 Color e aa i e Density 1 36 The buttons at the cai Ei bottom of each zone corres pond to the zone they are in _ Starting a new library is done in zone 1 Simply click on the icon and fill in a name and choose a dotgain pecentage Name New Colorbook preset SET ISO 12647 2 Curve A 12 ISO 12647 2 Curve B 1
34. n within a mouseclick 3 3 The generic buttons area The generic buttons area needs no further explanation because they are always there and never change function HOME Is always present and bings you back to the module overview DEVICES Is always present and shows you an overview of supported devices It also lets you know if your device is recognized active and calibrated or not PRINT SCREEN Is always present and will make a screendump and prints it to your printer 3 4 The module depending buttons area This area contains buttons that can and will differ depending on the kind of job that is viewed Not every job vieuwing needs the same views to interpret the information and not every production role needs aal the information So this is all considered for enjoying the most optimal representation of measurement data JOBS Gets you back to the joblist overview and selects the first job of the current client GAMUT Shows the colorgamut corresponding to the selected measurement PROCESS Shows the details of the job compared to the standard for production you selected when setting up the job DOTGAIN Focusses on the dotgain in the selected measurement Hereby using several advanced graphs for curves numbers and gamuts SPOT Is a quick and reliable way to analyse the details of a spot color Its is also most suitable to just measure a spot and compare it to a reference TRENDS Helps you compare and analyse the measurementdata
35. n t measure and will make a higher pitched noise when trying to measure PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 31 www EET eu 7 Spot color tool module Spot color tool Module This module is nothing more and sertainly nothing less than the spot color feature within the Process Control module The fact that is a separate module as well only has to do with efficiency Pressview Lightness Too dark Too strong Too Red Too Yellow Reference Sample z p mm te A d T l i 1s ie Spot color tool window N _ This module does not hold any measurements It s designed to compare against a reference in the quickest way The default window of this module does not contain any information The above preview is done using the Color Bar Sampler We used the upper left square of the four bigger squares in the middle of the sampler 32 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 8 Proof certification module Proof Certification Module Even though parts of the digital print market are trying to work without hard proofs the bigger part still is Because of this PressView contains a special module for checking your proof Thinking outside the box brings us to maybe managing office environments with a strong need for color accurate reproduction on internal printers It can be used to verify the accuracy of the printers themselves for instance Most proofs provide a Mediawedge just like the demo
36. na Ea le du i a af nen 7 2 IPRESSVICWCIEREIOOIN msi tone visai atace ra tei 0 i a de sea at ale ATEA EEEE r 8 3 Basie WI OOWIAVOUL AFTES uite Ati acte oa deo a a EREE a ata 10 3 1 The job information area i ste en aie a ai aa m aa cae i ie aa e one ate ac al d 00 3 0 d dota 11 3 2 The measurement detail area lt dicavesd54tsdeneiou dda casete ea aa e ia ai dt d are a 12 3 3 The generic buttons 22 PEG ae pensii ua ar ta cook ie iai da aa i cn ln Rese i tc a tal 12 3 4 The module depending butoons area eee eee eee 12 4 Process control module suiutohertee setei ca ei O iii nt e a pr at e ii d ta e ia te 14 4 1 Process control exploring this module in 10 steps cece eee eees 15 4 2 1 step 1 CONNECTING a dEVICE 6 ccc eee 15 4 2 2 step 2 Calibrating a device ani cseadade days chee eyetesgekedseseesadass 15 4 2 3 step 3 Select a client 2 ac i cetate a e tt ini e eta a dec ante a E dea ine ie ara 15 4 2 4 step 4 SELECE a JOD eseist e ie it setei ie e e cnd let 16 4 2 5 step 5 Ajusting the job view eee 16 4 2 6 step 6 Mea pace ee aman oper aa cap EEE 17 4 2 7 step 7 OIE LEA se oii noi oua etnie n arie bude ho ANER ati tdi arie 0 idee d dn 0 20 4 2 8 step 8 DSTE a a a a mate ne sn 8 atasa E nt E 9 a da aa 21 4 2 9 step 9 Quick spot measurement ccc cee cece teen teen eens 22 4 2 10 step 10 Evaluating TOMOS sin ante cate seit dat ou eed ace sais ease eee data 22 4 2 11 nkz
37. nkzones It really only takes one click to add an inkzone to a color strip ColorStrip patches i VI ma aaa aa a m RIR 4 h d i 1 0 l j 1 D I i J J 2 i 2 J F i i d l a Cy Copy Repeat zone Shift inkzones lt lt gt gt e Insert patch 0 new intone Management module New inkzone Because the checkbox is activated a new inkzone will be started after the position where the arrow is displayed Using the bi arrowed buttons on the right side of Shift inkzones you are able to set the right inkzones in case not all inkzones are used Shifting inkzones only works when the color strip contains more than 1 inkzone The Repeat zone button does nothing more than copying the active inkzone ColorStrip patches E 7 B 9 O ee Br i 1 D T 1 E I i J J 2 J Fi J j VI a 12 4 0 Copy Repeat zone Shift inkzones 9 Insert patch i New inkzone Management module Shift inkzones 13 3 Gray balance patches At the bottom of the Color strip editor you find a few special predefined patches These patches need to be explained because of the dropdown abbreviations Eatch abbreviations stands for a different way of calculating balance Except for the USA there is no 1 agreed on standard for composing neutral CMY gray BH Balance Highlights BM Balance Midtones BS Balance Shadows BR Brunner G7 G7 USA standard GC ECI Gray control wedges MW UGRA FOGRA medi
38. ntrol opening window 14 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 colorware 4 1 Process control exploring this module in 10 steps You now need A running version of PressView3 A connected measurement device A Color bar sampler Devices D EyeOne P og ZA V Connected Calibrated F 500 900 Series lt Connected A Calibrated 4 1 1 step 1 Connecting a device Click the icon for Devices and select your device Check if your device is recognized by the software EyeOne It should display a checkmark Connected Calibrated i l ee l a 500 900 Series In the Devices overview is a button for options You can use this Z m R i j Connected Calibrated feature to select the way you want your device to work Spot or mostly used Strip intelliTrax a Connected E Calibrated SpectroJet i E Connected Calibrated 4 1 2 step 2 Calibrating a device If the device is connected click on Calibrate SpectroDrive Depending on the device the calibration wissard will first calibrate on the tile followed by a paperwhite calibration Once both are calibrated succesfully you can continue Connected E Calibrated f SpectroDens cs Connected E Calibrated met Perform a device calibration i CAL Calibrate Perform a paperwhite calibration RS J PEE Options Calibrate N F Compatible devices 4 1 3 step 3 Select a client Click
39. nts jobs and measurements is growing the importance of the filters grows Click on the colomnheader of your choise If a filter is enabled the colomnheader is marked with a little white arrow Filter enabled 16 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 colorware 4 1 6 step 6 Measuring Use the Measure button to measure the ECI GrayCon Mi1 situated on the upper left side of the Color Bar Sampler This Color Bar is marked as 1 If you are measuring with the Eye One Pro use the ruler to get this measurement done If you are using another measuringdevice you might want to cut the color bar out first m o o Fi n ow w o a m o o n w as u og op m ino on Ba Arn rap Cal ip MIN FOGADD K0 10872 im ace conic KLAR ac it at ana ut coed pap P n ISO W220 nd T Aturana OGRA at pga wag Once you completed the measurement the measurementdata is shown in a new window the Gamut window At the top of the Gamut window you see measurement 18 of 18 the measurement you just did ee 7 AA With this window you are able to analyse the measurement informa m tion in the blink of an eye Top left the banner bar displays the job information By clicking this you are able to change job information The OK sheet button lets you know that there is no OK sheet selected yet When this os E mec i am wk button is clicked on the current measure Mow an 2000 oomo m ows 000 as
40. on the amount of measured colors You dont have to add referen ces first PressView will setup this window depending on the different colors you mea sure In this case there are four specific colors measured Multi Spot scatter view Looking at a single color In the color graph part of the window you can see the amount of measurements for that specific color each represented by a blue dot in the graph itself At the right of every graph there is an average A L indicator Right of the graphs you will find the sequence information As mentioned before a sequence is exactly the same as a pull a physical sapmple of the printrun Using the add button you can add new sequences Fill in the right remarks for a sequence to better track the right measurements at a later point in time Use the arrows to toggle between sequences Click on one of the graphs for a more detailed overview of the measured physical spots To examine a specific measurement click on a tab like sample at the lower part of the window see next page PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 29 Average delta Purple Delta E Delta Density 1 17 0 10 23 16 23 18 0 01 0 07 344 62 342 16 2 46 The above window shows all the measured purple ish spots within the first sequence When a measurement value is selected from the horizontal tab like list the information for that specific color is shown The selected value corresponds with th
41. ones pucca mure et esau i e tt d i da 8 d 0 8 d Pa i d aa e a 24 5 System management module ccceee eee eee eee eee eeeeeeeeee 28 6 Multispotmoaul e OO sto cea aa ont ie oare tate te calita 9 in da ur a it Aia andes 29 7 Spot color TOOL module mei set ami i nete ea te i aa 3 dn ae a 0 ti sa d a n e iat 32 8 Proof certification module s ssersrisiiesssdissored tr cadena ee ede nen 8 A 8 i 33 9 Colorlibraries Mod le macinarea m mei idei piei otil 20 do ce a aa iai la dt e oii 34 10 Advanced statistics MOAUlE 6 64 65 or ate ce ow ca inceta teste de ei a ul e i a 0 0 3 ol rai 36 11 Remote support module cc eee eee eeeeeeenes 38 12 Setting UDA newjob sect ture ate etate it cn ee di ai a d ai aa n Aia ir ei 39 13 Defining a custom color SUID sesir se iapa tasta a asi lit de ta a i dcr a i e ata 44 13 1 Adding an extra CVA LE natsaze o so ase scr atzi rc ia a a i ad rr 46 13 2 Managing inkzones ccanccs aa ani Avizeci Gudea ocoli zi ns la ia e ai aa dal id ti 47 13 3 Gray balance patches sn ne oceane arina e n a d aurii at pl a n ia e 00 po a oa z n a 47 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 WWW Cele elan ET CU 1 1 Basic system overview PressView 3 Advanced Statistics Color Libraries Multi Spot Measure Reference Delete Sample New Spot Color Tool New Edit Delete dd Copy Move Tr IP 7TP JP 17 1 PO 0 7 17 View Home Devices Print screen EI TC S l T i VIew
42. pectral measurement devices New devices are added on a regular base Today we support the following devices e X Rite EyeOne e X Rite IntelliTrax e X Rite 530 amp 939 e Techkon SpectroDens e Techkon SpectroDrive e Techkon SpectroJet e Techkon RS800 PressView is able to import and present data from various other brands like Komori and Heidelberg Image Control for correct quality control 1 4 Color strips PressView is very flexible and is able to measure nearly any color bar that you can measure with your device The system supports many color bars out of the box and you can create your custom color bar definitions from within the Management module o __emy 70 k70 emy 50 k 50 cmy 30 k30 Stop cmy70 Paper k70 my cmy 50 cm k 50 vy cmy 30 ony k30 100 20 80 40 60 60 40 80 20 100 100 20 80 40 60 60 40 80 20 100 lt Start TE Rit gst cH ISO y condition CIELAB black ink Offset on gloss or matt coated paper PT 1 2 ISO 12647 2 2004 Amd 1 Reference FOGRA39 txt www fograorg wwweciorg www bydmorg ECi bvdm Gray Control Strip Mi1 FOGRA39 ISO 12647 2 gray balance ISO 12647 2 2004 Amd 1 Reference cmy70 k70 cmy50 k50 cmy30 k30 cmy cm y my 20 40 60 80 100 20 40 60 80 100 20 40 60 80 100 20 40 60 80 100 i 4 57 i ECi bvdm Gray Control Strip M FOGRA39 ISO 12647 2 gray balance condition CIELAB black ink Offset on gloss or matt coated paper PT 1 2 ISO FOGRA39 txt www fogra org www eci org w
43. presented 2 Processconi trol PCS 325 5 2011 X Rite Intellitrax 5 From ecler pull down menu on the top left select the client named My Demo Client Techkon SpectroJet SpectroDrive imber of Jobs willbe can either review the measurements that are already available for these jobs 3 CTP compensation PressView CTP Combi X Rite EyeOne Pro 500 939 or open the job and simply measure cheese orrespondng color bar with you own device Techkon SpectroDens SpectroDrive Next you can choose to create a new job yourself and measure the selected color bar from this demo sheet 4 Proof certification Ugra Fogra Mediawedge v3 X Rite EyeOne Pro 500 939 mji The i presets will help you setup everything you aa you want to change the settings for your new job Techkon SpectroDens SpectroJet just pick a base job preset and customize the settings when you create a new job Ugra Fogra Media Wedge CMYK EPS V3 00 Proof Color Bar Sampler PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 9 www EE eu 3 Basic window layout Before we dive into the depts of PressView we feel the need to explain the common interpretation method Most modules start by showing you an overview of jobs and measurements This overview contains all available jobs and corresponding measurement data This is also the place to start a new job or measurement Viewing measurement data in detail needs a bit more explaining aie BG es Job 1 Print quality analysis DeltaE Cie 76 Ok she
44. s but after this chapter you will master even this part of the PressView system It is by far not as complicated as it looks Pressview ColorStrip patches cory Shift inkzones lt lt gt gt Insertpatch Newinkzone n 1 3 2 Add color ma aa sa amp oe om Ss B Ee ED amp Be m En m 29 E oe Management module Color strip editor PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 45 WWW Cele elan ET CU The color strip editor lets you define any color strip you would want to define You can make use of the pre defined patches in the color channels or use the buttons below the channels to set paperwhite balance overprint and custom patches By clicking on a button you add this patch to the color strip To rebuild the ECI GrayCon strip we need to make use of mostly pre defined patches and a few custom patches Get your color bar sampler and start to built the ECI GrayCon strip 31 ptaches The first 21 patches are easy For patch 22 you need to define a custom To define a custom patch use the button Custom at the bottom of the window ColorStrip patches ft JF E aE i l aaa 33 na MENM A Pe PR as ee FE E ee E O E E OS Se Re oP Se HI oO 4H HI 0 i Copy Repeat zone Shift inkzones lt lt gt gt 9 Insert patch New inkzo C Replace salectad Custom color Press vi gt mea Patches v Use referenc Reference GRACOL2006 Coatediv2icc
45. tab shows a 2D remission curve of the measurement oer 1100 a b 74 02 2 93 74 07 45 71 73 56 4 38 73 69 2 27 0 45 1 45 0 38 Too light Too dull Too green Too blue Remission curve Situated at the lower right side of the gamut window the Raw list button gives you access to all the measured color information in a raw format By selecting a color you can examine this specific color in the way we just did with solid M 49 98 62 19 5287 63 44 2 88 1 25 Too light Too dull Too green Too blue 5 14 Delta E tolerance 4 00 3 24 Delta H tolerance 2 50 Compare the diameter of the inner white circle of this cyan with the diameter of the inner white circle of the magentha The cyan is a fail mostly because of it s delta L 4 1 7 step 7 Gamut view Click on the Process icon The window that appears see next page is a simplified version of the gamut view It s purpose is mutch more for the press operator The press operator just wants the basics to look at during the run Therefore this is a static window Outside the banner bar at the top and the button bar at the bottom this window does not contain any other clickable elements Based on only this view the make ready time can be shortened and color control will increase during production 20 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 5 7 7 3 DEO agaaga DIDaI Gamut view 4 1 8 step 8 Dotgain view Click on th
46. te the job another window needs to appear Click Create job Client ManualTest Client w E y Olat Fress 6 cola w Job number 007 Sheet no 0 Job name 6C CMC DEMO Sheet side n a C Top _ Bottom Job description Demo Job 1 Demo client Daan Job preset Demo Manual PressView w _ Customize settings Substrate Gloss ISO Gloss Coated Tolerance set Offset ISO 12647 2 Spot color book My Demo Color book Measurement conditions Printing ISO 12647 Job colors K 1 8 C 1 5 M 1 45 Y 1 35 DemoRedLike 1 1 Color bar 1 Li 1 1 1 1 1 PCS 325 5 2011 747mm TAT 253 2 BR 2 2 Review settings amp save preset PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 colorware When the job is created PressView immediately wants you to measure the job If you are not able to measure at this moment you can just cancel this window Measurement Pressview Selected device EyeOne sacma Vv Mode row Colorbar alignment Center y PPP Auto See eee ee eee SESE SESE SSSR ESSE SESS SERS S ESTES RESETS SES SRE TESTER E STRSTR EERE REECE lt Left gt tik 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 1 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8s i mas ME GM Re Ree AN Right Densities Din Paper POL Spectral 050 2 NoPOL Color strip PCS 325 5 2011 747mm Cancel Reset Options Calibrate Paperwhite Measure Finish Measure new job Even though measurement is cancelled t
47. the icon for Process Control and se Jobs and measurements lect Colorware for client When PressView is just installed and activated the Client list only contains Colorware as a client Client Colorware 7 A 4 Digital print QA Mediawedgav 2011 Oct 31 20 31 1 3 CTP compensation 10 stepwedge 2011 Oct 31 20 14 1 1 Print quality analys QA with ECI Gray amp 2011 Oct 31 19 51 1 Selected job PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 15 www EE eu 4 1 4 step 4 Select a job Select the demo job Print quality analysis job nr 1 The right side of the window now contains the demo measurements belonging to this job This demo job is a good example for checking the quality of your pressrun during production We can simulate this by using the Color Bar Sampler b E 2011 0ct 31 19 50 E 2011 Oct 31 19 50 4 201 1 Oct 31 19 50 Measurement list 4 1 5 step 5 Ajusting the job view The headers of the measurement columns are width adjustable hover over column edges and drag Process control sInk zones PCS325 2011 Nov 0112 19 gtt oct 31 19 50 Digital print QA Mediawedgev3 2011 Oct 31 20 31 201 1 Oct 31 19 50 CTP compensation 10 stepwedge 2011 Oct 31 20 14 a 2011 Oct 31 19 50 2011 Oct 31 19 49 2011 Oct 31 19 49 2011 Oct 31 19 48 2011 Oct 31 19 48 2011 Oct 31 19 48 201 1 Oct 31 19 47 Selecting a measurement Once you have been working with PressView and the number of clie
48. w the Process control module Navigate yourself to the management module and click on Color strips At the right bottom side of the color strips window you will find two active buttons First Import the button you would use for importing standard color strips and second Add the button we are going to use for defining a new color strip PressView ECI GrayControl Medium ECI GrayControl strip medium size 7 3 Ugra Fogra Mediawedge Ugra Fogra Mediawedge V2 0a 9 45 Ugra Fogra Mediawedgev3 Ugra Fogra Mediawedge v3 9 45 IDEAlliance DCS 2009 ISO 12647 7 Digital Control Strip 201 8 9 PressView Proofing Wedge 3 PressView Proofing Wedge 3x 9 Management module Color strips Click on the Add button to start the wizzard for defining a custom color strip The following window will need some basic information and fysical dimensions This is needed for alignment Using an Intellitracks spectral measurement device setting the proper patch height and width is of utmost importance 44 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 Colorstrip editor PreSSVIEW ID 0 Management module Color strip editor For the patch dimensions you can simply get a ruler and measure the height and width in millimeters Because we are copying the ECI GrayCon we know that it is a single row of patches There are no repeats in the strip When all done click Next This will take you to a seemingly complicated screen with lots of button
49. ww bwdm org PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 www EET eu 2 PressView client login When you launch PressView for the first time click on Advanced options and provide the proper IP address of the PressView server e g http 192 168 56 101 By default the username password colorware colorware or pv 1234 can be used to login to the system After you click login the system tries to connect to all installed devices which might take a few seconds If the login procedure is successful you are taken to the main Home view of PressView Depending on your license level and installed features different modules can become visible PressView 14 2 Dos i ul 0 E 11 1Z zUll Pro Packaging all modules 8 PRESSVIEW 3 USER MANUAL v6 0 colorware Now let s see what this software can do From this point on this manual is going to take you for a ride through all modules of PressView 3 Pro Packaging The modules will be treated in the order in which they are numbered in the Home window below aves oli 4 aT Advanced statistics Color libraries Multi spot System Management Search and provede statistics of Manage custom colors and client Measure and analyse color Setup amd manage the complete jobs libranes patches without color bars System ai ews g be Measure and anak color bars in Miemure ardi cesty al your Measure and analyse single spot Get help via TeamViewer Remate pr

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