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1. MN Magen Special colors settings hueman Multicolor SNIEN m hueman color engine Inkset CMYKOBR CMYKOBR Validity check of inkset For all intents Print In case you are not sure what ink order is loaded in you printer you can print out a chart showing a number for each printed base color Certain printers have a special ink order coming from the driver documentation e g Epson Mutoh It is recommended to print out this chart if you are not sure of the order or if you encounter strange color effects during the calibration process e g Black prints Cyan Set color order On the left side of the window set the inks in use according to your machine specifications or to the previously printed mini chart There are many inks available in neoStampa RIP and make sure you select the correct ones Be careful when selecting Gray and Light Gray as the latter can only be used if Gray is present Gray is sometimes called Light Black by certain ink suppliers and Light Gray would be Light Light Black for those too 3 2 2 Double Ink You can place the same ink into different slots multiple times If you do so the Double Ink button is activated and lets you specify the behavior of those inks Custom inks setup amp Double ink setup x i Toggle between multiple Color Ink name pa Channel Black 3 v i p inks MA Orange Cancel MA Cyan frita Yellow View curve Blue MM Red2. Copies 1 2 Seain S Morsano tia 100 00 Y Cut tat End vi iia Channel color Black MN Black Cyan i cyan Magenta MN Magenta Yellow Yellow 30 00 cm x 21 61 cm Print statistics and settings information Ok Cancel The Extra option allows for a calculation of different inks together The chart for this option differs from the other three ones 6160 H 9 Roll CutSheet 20000 00 cm V Bi directional Print F Cut Sheet at End _ Advanced _ Channel color MM su Black Mi Cyan cyan HMM Magenta MBM Magenta HM elow Yellow 29 69 cm x 64 09 cm Print statistics and settings information To evaluate the test charts in textile media make sure that it is steamed and washed before Proceed to cut the inks entering the percentage shown below the first patches that show bleeding Enter the value in the Ink limit text box 18 For some other medias like paper cutting inks criteria is different In those it should be entered the maximum percentage of ink before any irregularities blurred stripped matte wet print appear 4 2 Step 2 Single Ink Cut In Single Ink Cut you are able to cut single ink limit Therefore you need to print a CMYK plus light inks test chart with gradient O 100 Ink cut limit just for the main inks no lights as shown in screenshot below Channel color Test file print to cut the single ink limi
3. End at 100 e End This value should usually be set at 100 since the idea is to get darker color Note however that in some cases you might have too much ink and you may have to reduce it in the ink cut procedure which will be explained further on in this manual 3 2 3 Mask If you have special inks loaded such as a penetration liquid dilution ink mask or white inks you can set parameters for this in the Mask channel settings window The Mask button becomes available when you select one of the following inks Mask White background Dilution ink r Custom inks setup 23 Mask channel settings gt Color Ink name Ok Mode MO Slack Cancel Get from alpha channel MA Cyan i 9 Full mask E M ta san Shadow mask I Yellow e MI Orange Fill ink MN Green J Put ink in white pixels MN Red Dilution ink q _ma Mask Intensity 100 00 hueman Multicolor Minimum value 0 00 Engine Version 2 z Cancel Inkset CMYKOGR CMYKORG 13 Following you can find explanations for each of the options available in this window Get from alpha channel As the name says the image to print requires an additional Alpha channel added to the image e g manually created in Photoshop The ink then uses the channel information to print the content Depending on the printer the ink will be printed in a separate pass or simultaneously with the other inks Full mask n
4. 3 62 5 55 21 59 E 9 50 21 45 41 20 MA A 68 63 45 99 10 68 O 25 93 48 57 27 70 O 51 61 0 47 7 53 O 27 15 5 45 18 72 A o 30 28 44 50 LE 83 03 16 39 20 77 PE 80 96 28 465 27 48 26 71 12 82 69 71 TO 67 03 18 55 2 60 71 41 0 33 4 22 PE i 27 79 34 55 e Somme 38 42 65 41 23 60 5 20 8 79 18 67 If the obtained deltaE are larger than desired you can now proceed to generate a new profile pressing the Generate button and once you have it embed the new profile into the scheme Re Profilina If the obtained DeltaE results are larger than desired you can generate a new profile This tool re profiles your previous ICC profile using a combination of the initial measurements and the measurements from the control strip For the best result it is usually recommended to print a normal ICC target with 1500 patches or more 95 Generate 95 100 Embed the new profile into scheme Cotton_Reactive_720 x720_141202_reprofLicc Cotton_Reactive_720 x720_141202 Finally press Finish and a last dialog will pop up where you can give a new name to the scheme Enter a name to identify the generated printing scheme Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 x J cancel 10 3 Print Parameters Establish color specifications such as for Color mode Print quality and Dithering in the second window of the Wizard m neoStampa 8 o O etl Print configuration Driver Textile Printer Conne
5. Double ink ME Magenta EA Beginning of the curve hueman Multicolor a Shape of the curve oE End Inkset CMYKOBR CMYKOBR 3a E 65 y 100 amp Peak of the curve 50 00 For all intents ox Cancel 12 Channel Toggle between the multiple inks For each ink you can set an individual curve behavior The use of multiple inks is basically to make the total color get darker or more saturated Setting different behaviors for each channel enables special effects such as minimizing dithering in lighter areas A consideration in this software based approach of multiple inks lays upon the fact that certain printheads are more used than others Finally the combination of multiple inks including all the set parameters are linearized as one new ink We recommend that at least one channel should be linear and that you should NOT change the parameters after you have linearized the combo View curve It presents the behavior of the curve for the selected ink Make sure that it looks smooth if you want to obtain homogeneous results You can change the Start Body and End by increasing or decreasing the values below e Start This value defines where the ink starts 25 means that the selected channel will not print below 25 of original coverage e Body This value defines where the ink starts You can try different values to evaluate which ones are the most suited to deliver a smooth shape 75 is a good value if Start s at 25 and
6. Zimmer ChromojET800 this check box helps to create a blocking area around the colored image using dilution ink to prevent colors from bleeding into non printed areas Note that white pixels refer to an image information with an object containing no color with Photoshop always with Illustrator or CorelDraw whenever an object is found containing a white color Intensity The Fill ink method will fill up with dilution ink whenever this specified value is not reached by the absolute amount of other inks in the ink set So when you print 10 Cyan 25 Magenta 30 Gray the absolute amount of ink will be 65 In this case neoStampa will automatically add a 35 of dilution ink for better penetration Minimum value Specifying a minimum value for the Fill ink method adds a certain amount to an absolute ink amount in any case Scenario If you set intensity to 100 and the Minimum value to 10 and the absolute amount of ink of 25 Cyan 35 Magenta 75 Gray exceeds the 100 of specified Intensity then neoStampa will add another 10 on top of it This will help the ink to penetrate even more but can also cause a certain amount of bleeding if applied too much This value should be used with care 14 3 3 Dithering neoStampa 8 provides different raster methods Two of them are the most common to use Smooth Stochastic default This raster is a matrix based method that places the dot matrix in the most homogeneous way and it Is recommend
7. anager inthe Advanced tap Printer schema manager lt a Browse Add Save as Remove JT Print mode at ink fi Color El Advanced A PDF PostScript 8 1 Test print With the Test print option you are able to choose a test image and check the profile and print quality Test print Select the test file that you would like to print Inedit PrintTest_v1 2 tif a 3 Print With the plus button you will choose the file you need from your computer Once selected this will be included in the drop down list To test the image you like just press Print 39 8 2 Comments Quite self explanatory an empty area to include Comments belonging to the calibration is available Printer schema manager A Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 a Add I Save as I Remove IT Print mode 45 ink fe Color El advanced A PDF PostScript E Dimensional Correction 0 000 Length 0 000 Full page mirroring A E Full width ripping Information Log Media Cotton Created Ink Reactive Finished 18 12 2014 9 33 26 8 0 0 21218 Modified Inputdefaults 4 Legacy mode calibration Those will be seen when you open the Advanced tap of the Printer scheme manager 8 3 Schemes Backup In the Printer scheme manager window above at the bottom there are two buttons for you to save copies of the schemes created generate
8. ction TCPIP TCP IP Network gt m Quality 720 x 720 Advanced Color mode 8 Color v ha nh hueman V2 Dithering Diffusion v2 y usa 720 x 720_150112 Configure Exit lt Previous Next gt 3 1 Quality Quality is usually printer dependent and is provided by the driver specifications of each printer In the Advanced button next to it you can see and change if necessary printer specific parameters such as single or bi directional printing number of passes etc Also here the content of this window is driver specific 3 2 Color mode The Color mode is selected from a drop down list The available selection depends on the printer specifications For standard plotters from main companies such as Epson Canon Hp etc some presets will appear on the list where inkset and order are set automatically Press the three dots button to specify these parameters if the plotter has been modified by any third party or for direct printing models 11 3 2 1 Set color Order Press the three dots button on the right of Color mode to set the color order for the selected mode Apart from that you can also set other parameters such as multiple inks or special colors from the window that pops up Custom inks setup Es Color Ink name HE Orange Set color mode A Cyan MO Bla Print color order Yellow MA cray MU Blue o MMM Red Multiple inks with same color ta
9. d by the Backup button En l AAA A You can name and save your copies which will be stored as zip files A Created backup 000_zip0 cpz Whenever you want to use any of those copies press Restore and selected it from the given list Select the backup file that you want to restore D00_zip1 cpz z 000_zip0 cpz 000_zip1 cpz 000_zip2 cpz 000_zip3 cpz 40 8 4 Finish The last step will be to Finish the calibration by clicking on this button You will be prompted to give it a final name to complete the calibration Enter a name to identify the generated printing scheme Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 x cancel Once the wizard is closed your new calibration will automatically become available in the schemes list in the Printer scheme manager If no other routes have been expressly selected the usual path is neoStampa 8 Color Printername Calibration name A shortcut to reach this folder is using the Browse button Printer schema manager nee None Y a We hope this manual has been useful to you If you think the contents can be improved in any way you can send your suggestions to quality inedit com In our web www inedit com you will find further support materials such as video tutorials apart from all the information of the programs and solutions of In dit 41
10. d has problems firing the large dot but this is quite a rare scenario As the name says the largest dot will not be produced during rastering We recommend however not to use this function as reducing ink in the per channel ink cut provides more control Disable small dot In some printing environment using certain printheads the small dot never reaches the media since a combination of a small dot with high printing carrier movement speed and or electrostatic charge e g using polyester fibre deviates the dot so much that it is literally blown away This can cause a lot of residual ink in the environment and the dust is placed anywhere an effect that is certainly not wanted Using this function switches off the usage of the smallest dots available with 2bit 3 or more level printheads only Only for black ink If this box is selected in combination with Disable small dot then the smallest dot is only omitted in the Black channel s Smoothness This value becomes available when working with Diffusion v2 raster method in combination with an n Bit n Level printhead The smoothness defines the amount of error introduced to the matrix raster to avoid stress from the nozzles when firing full time mentioned in Dithering Part 1 A smoothness of 10 means that Diffusion v2 does not have any error diffusion Smooth Stochastic By decreasing this value dots are removed from the regular matrix and the n Levels of variable drop techno
11. deal value is experimental and should result in a totally smooth behavior of the final curve as seen in the Black generation preview The default value for Body dark using Black Addition is 100 The default value for Body dark using GCR is 66 6 7 Ink limit method neoStampa includes two methods for ink limiting Smooth The default method provides an intelligent ink limiting without clipping behavior in heavy ink load areas It optimizes the ink amount in extreme areas to provide smoother behavior of gradients but sacrifices 2 3 of gamut Clip The clip method just cuts down the exceeding ink to the defined value Although the gamut might be 2 3 larger in these extreme areas it is possible that gradients in very dark areas are not as smooth as with the above method 6 8 BlackOptimizer This function improves the gamut behavior in colorful areas when moving towards saturated dark colors Since specially in digital textile printing the regular GCR method doesn t always directly make a color darker but turns it duller and sometimes even lighter an intelligent analysis of color to dark is required to improve the combination of colors in the black generation BlackOptimizer does this analysis based on whether a color is already dark and therefore uses less GCR to get darker It is recommended to leave this button always on If you encounter some dithering from color to dark e g if the black ink starts too early it migh
12. ears 21 These are the obtained density values and the automatic ink cut calculation results You can change any ink cut value as you want Tolerance for automatic ink cut 0 0 LA Save ink Al Ok 100 lt Oc 100 OY 100 4 10 20 30 4 50 60 70 80 90 100 Use these measurements for the next calibration step Ticking this option the measurements will be used and no other test charts will need to be printed as the densities performance is already done STEP 3 Linearization 4 3 Step 3 Linearization In Linearization you are able to see the performance of CMYK ink set with light ink set in post linearization curves Therefore you need to print a CMYK test chart with gradient of O 100 Even without using light inks you need to measure the Linearization If you made ink cut in step 2 forward to print in step 3 If you made no changes simply measure the printout from step 2 22 Print Test file wame E Page setup Width Roll Cut Sheet L Bi directional Print 7 Cut Sheet at End 30 04 cm x 19 03 cm 4 Print statistics and settings information After printing the test file proceed to connect the spectrophotometer as you did before Then start reading the lines according to given specifications When you finish the reading the Linearization performance will pop up The Wizard will make an aut
13. ed for all types of inkjet printers It has however some drawbacks specially with n level printheads as the nozzle can suffer from stress Diffusion v2 This raster is based on a Smooth Stochastic matrix but adds some error diffusion to the final raster In terms of performance this method puts holes into the regular matrix in order to give time for relaxation to the nozzle in order to prevent the previously mentioned stress factor The raster method is homogeneous as the first one but since certain dots are removed it might be that the dot placement does not look as perfect as with the Smooth Stochastic 3 3 1 Raster Settings The option Dithering unfolds a drop down list Dithering Diffusion v2 ly Floyd Steinberg Floyd Steinberg 2 way Floyd Steinberg smart Stochastic EX Stochastic Smooth Stochastic Diffusion Ordered Halftoning The button with three dots on the right of the list allows to set different types of dots which we explain following Error Diffusion Dithering Ins l Variable dot settings Disable large dot Fast dry mode Y Disable small dot In black ink only Maximize small dot usage Smoothness Scramble dots 1 0 00 r Reduce Max Lok cae 15 Disable large dot If you have a delicate media that cannot pick up a lot of ink disabling the largest dot available with 2bit 3 or more level printheads only can help It can also help if the printhea
14. eoStampa will create a flat color underneath the image whenever a pixel is present with Photoshop always with Illustrator or CorelDraw whenever an object contains a color information such as white Note that the full mask generation is only done if the image is in Grayscale RGB CMYK or LAB but not with multichannel files So when printing linearization targets the full mask will not print Shadow mask neoStampa will create an intelligent grayscale mask under the image information according to its color intensity and color darkness Usually this mode is used when printing white ink e g for T shirt printing Note that the Shadow mask generation is only done if the image is in Grayscale RGB CMYK or LAB but not with multichannel files So when printing linearization targets the shadow mask will not print but it will be generated when printing the ICC target Fill ink This method is usually used for penetration liquid or for a fill up ink such as dilution inks or similar The penetration liquid is provided by several ink suppliers with the idea of helping inks in lower percentages to penetrate through the textile media The fill ink method needs specifying an Intensity and Minimal value explained underneath Put ink in white pixels Usually white pixels do not require a penetration liquid or dilution ink since the area is not printed anyway which results in ink savings In certain printing environments e g carpet printing using
15. er software 7 6 Smoothing amount With this option you can specify a certain amount to smooth out error measurements although much of it is avoided by choosing to do three measurements of each test file as the CW8 has newly incorporated Broadly speaking the more you smooth a profile the less precise this will be so smoothing should apply only if the global precision of an ICC profile is maintained and the most important aim is to achieve smoother gradients in printing None The options for smoothing are in general terms None should be used when measurements are good as with paper Few can be selected for stable readings on dense low structured textiles Normal would apply with unstable measurements on structured textiles finally High is only to be selected for extremely structured textiles like towels This latter is not recommended to use as it implies heavy Smoothing 7 Generating the profile After you have measured the target the Generate button will become available Select first from all the above parameters and then click on this button to generate de ICC RGB printer profile A window will pop up to ask how you d like to name the profile It is recommended to give the same name to the profile that you gave to the complete calibration to avoid confusion You can also specify where 36 you d like to save the generated profile typically in the desktop since you can easily distribute if from the
16. es control Black start 33 Body light 83 Body dark 100 Ink limit method Smooth BlackOptimizer 9 Shadow dot gain 10 y 6 1 Revision By default CW8 will automatically select the latest color separation technology in the revision list The latest revision usually delivers the best result for each specific ink combination We recommend not to change the revision unless specifically instructed by your distributor or by In dit 6 2 Profiling mode The default profiling mode for neoStampa is RGB profiling The profiler included in CW8 optional license that creates the ICC profile will only work if RGB is selected In addition to this all configuration parameters in the black generation will only be available with RGB profiling mode 30 CMYK profiles can also be generated However CMYK profiles are basic because no parameters of any kind can be selected for their generation you will notice that most of the options in this window become inactive when this mode is selected The black generation using CMYK profiling is usually defined by an external profiler 6 3 Balance The Balance parameter allows to increase or decrease individual inks to balance the black generation combination using Black Addition or GCR Since the profiling process will correct irregularities in the balance between inks the Balance option is not really required and the values should be left at 1 0 In very rare occasions a certa
17. ied Anyway the name of the scheme can be changed later on Action selection O Start a new calibration Media name Cotton gt Ink type Reactive Y Quality 720 x 720 Advanced l Legacy mode backward compatible with older application versions Scheme Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 Legacy mode when activated will use the older profiling engine of neoStampa 7 and therefore a different process Please refer to the Calibration Wizard 7 manual to know how to use it The second option is to Continue and existing calibration Just open the drop down list and choose the one you need and clicking on the checkbox allows to see the already completed calibrations 9 Continue an existing calibration Scheme Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 v Show already completed calibrations 2 4 Check printer and or profile consistency This function is new in respect to the Calibration wizard 7 This is a very useful tool to check if the profiles that you have already generated still keep the same quality However If you need to change inks or media this re profiling is not the thing to do as you should make a whole new calibration Search for the scheme in the drop down list and hit Next on the lower bar You will access the last profiling window of the calibration Check printer consistency and or re profile Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_ 141202 E S Gs neoStampa 8 gt _ II xX Com
18. igure it before Cut Sheet 20000 00 cm y Praise z Cut Sheet at End _ 28 65 cm x 9 52 cm Print statistics and settings information When the reading Is done you will get the compared DeltaE results Compare against measurements from initial profile or a previous measurement Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 icm a RGB 738 patches Target comparison results RGB LAB LAB 0 255 255 28 79 4 67 72 17 MMMM 28 24 5 68 72 23 0 255 153 25 99 34 34 36 51 MM 25 23 35 56 34 69 204 204 204 76 23 0 33 3 15 75 77 0 34 3 25 0 51153 9 17 23 61 43 78 MMMM 7 80 25 17 45 22 255 51153 74 87 43 44 75 69 42 10 153 153 255 13 32 47 40 12 59 47 12 204 51 0 23 54 99 62 59 48 75 54 88 63 50 166 166 166 2 03 0 36 5 99 94 0 43 6 11 64 64 64 60 0 53 8 98 74 0 13 9 28 255 51204 04 76 42 28 92 77 06 28 18 0 204 153 255 255 204 51 51 153 153 255 204 153 51255 140 140 140 0204 0 0 0204 204 255 255 204 255 153 51 153 255 204 153 204 191 191 191 51 153 153 204 0204 oo 51 SBBNE SGA ERE ST ee e BUR J D 28 12 26 28 44 62 93 94 5 54 21 12 11 19 20 34 38 77 68 55 46 22 10 31 26 16 48 19 26 21 52 43 0 61 7 08 27 17 61 61 18 34 8 88 27 04 40 63 82 76 16 48 20 57 80 92 28 36 29 87 27 02 12 29 69 55 67 63 18 83 2 73 71 93 0 26 400 28 03 27 84 35 87 39 20 64 66 24 42 7 63 A 4A 15 94 o 25 53 25 02 lt 5 2 9
19. in ink may be much stronger or weaker in relation to others and can be corrected here The resulting curve will be displayed in the Black generation preview on the right of the window 6 4 Black start The curve control area allows to specify certain conditions on the curve such as Black start Body light and Body dark The Black start sets the start position of the black ink to the defined value The default value for Black start using Black Addition is 33 It means that the additional colors to achieve a richer black will start to enter after 33 and will reach the specified value at 100 Below 33 only black ink including gray will be used The default value for Black start using GCR is 20 This means that below 20 of black generation no black ink will be present but instead it will be replaced with a combination of C M and Y inks This is to prevent dithering of the black ink if no gray ink light black inks is present in the ink set 6 5 Body light The Body light parameter shapes the curve in the lower area of black generation The ideal value is experimental but should result in a smooth and regular total curve shape which can be seen in the Black generation preview The default value for Body light using Black Addition is 83 The default value fro Body light using GCR is 33 31 6 6 Body dark The Body dark parameter shapes the curve in the upper area of black generation Also here the i
20. logy are diffused into each other A value of 6 9 delivers a good balance between quality and stress reduction to printheads with variable dot technology If you go lower than this value there can be too much noise in the result and the print out will go grainy We recommend a value of 7 if you encounter such a firing stress problem Note that changing to Diffusion v2 or changing the amount of Smoothness requires re linearizing the printing conditions Dot multiplier This value must be left at 1 We recommend NOT to change it 16 4 Absolute Ink Limit Single Ink Limit and Linearization Once we have set up the different printing parameters now it is time to start printing Step one of the calibration process To complete this window of the Wizard there are three very important steps that need to be done and they need to follow an order always from top to bottom 4 1 Step 1 Ink Limit In Ink Limit you are able to print up to a 300 of ink to find the best absolute ink limit for your media on the test file Test file print to cut the absolute ink limit Before the actual print a window opens with a preview of the charts where you can adjust some parameters ink channel print direction position orientation and page setup 17 Position and orientation Page setup 9 Portrait Width 61 60 cm E Mirror Landscape Horz pos 0 00 cm Roll Cut Sheet 20000 00 cm Vert pos 0 00 cm
21. mat so you can arrange the channel order in the Print window We recommend that you put at least 4 spot channels and name then with Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black so that CW8 can auto assign them to the proper ink channel Note that the multichannel file is a special color mode in Photoshop and may not contain CMYK or RGB color channels on top Save them in psd format 5 4 Print Print the selected chart for visual analysis In digital textile printing you should steam and wash the chart since you want to see the final result as with all charts except with the ink limit charts in most scenarios gt a 5 hueman LENA lt IOK on lt ErK on LEC ENE lt EMK lt I ager arer por agx agor agx agor gR gor on ENE SFO LENTE on LEN ON ENE o apor lt I gor ager gor lt r gor LE gor FOF iia PON ii lt 2 ox ia lt 2 The default charts contain different combinations of black with the other process colors In the center of each patch you ll find the 100 pure black ink Around the center is 100 black plus the combination of inks with the values noted aside If you really find a black that is better outside than inside better darker and or more neutral etc you can use these values to fill them into the Rich black fields 5 5 Rich black Inthe example above the red circled patch has a better black outside than in the center We will use K100 C60 M60 Y6O for the Rich black fields fo
22. mbination of inks is better than your pure black ink and if you don t have a gray ink light black in your printer With this method CW8 will replace light areas of black witha combination of CMY inks to visually minimize the dithering from the black ink Be aware that such a GCR can be critical since the light fastness of C M and Y are not always the same and that after a certain time one of the inks might fade faster than others resulting in a non neutral behavior of gray areas e g outdoor flag printing omponent Replacement GCR consumption of inks metamerism dithering stability on PostProcess 5 2 Patch file In order to evaluate whether a combination of inks is better than your pure black ink you can use the Print button to print out a chart for visual analysis You can select one of the charts in the list For most printers the BlackAdd_CMYK psd or the smaller A4 sheet fitting BlackAdd_cmyk_A4 psd will be enough If you have additional process colors such as Orange Blue or Red not light inks you can select the according patch file Example If you have loaded Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Gray Orange Blue Red in your printer chose the BlackAdd_CMYK 3 psd or _small psd Since Gray is a light ink do not count it as 1 ink 27 5 3 Add function You can add individual charts to print if you would like to test another set of combinations Be aware that the chart MUST be in multichannel for
23. mode which uses the Perceptual mode and thus provides more realistic colors and ColorBoost which uses saturated colors and renders brighter colors Color preset ColorBoost Saturation Standard Perceptual Full page mirroring ColorBoost Saturation Mirroring is usually used for transfer In this window you have the option of applying Full page mirroring which will obviously change the whole page Input defaults displays a new window E Input ICC profiles RGB Adobe RGB 1998 CMYK Euroscale Coated v2 GRAY Black Ink ISO Coated Use embeded ICC profile in the document L Proofing Adobe RGB 1998 Method Absolute colorimetric Color precision E Design orientation and mirroring A ig v gt RA loa J cms 38 By default Input ICC profiles is not activated as changing them may completely change the colors you will print The same goes for Proofing This consists of obtaining from our printer the results which would be obtained using another printing system Please refer to point 5 2 of neoStampa s manual to understand the main rendering intents offered Also beware in the above window if you are going to use the Design orientation and mirroring options because if you have already selected Full page mirroring in the previous window these buttons will now double the effect Full page mirroring and Input defaults provide the same setting options given in the Printer scheme m
24. n on the window and if necessary they can also be Imported When you finish the reading the Densities and Ink cut dialog will pop up The Wizard will perform an automatic ink cut based on the values obtained The new values are based on 100 of ink These are the obtained density values and the automatic ink cut calculation results You can change any ink cut value as you want 1 0 0 9 0 8 0 7 0 6 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 i 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Data model faiU AT X Show chroma 20 In Light inks transition you can pre set the best ink transition Light inks transition Preset Normal Less Light Ink More Light Ink Below the Light inks preset the Advanced button will take to another window where more settings can be applied for the light inks Only very expert technicians should change any of them Preset Less Light Ink Ink transitions Ink Black Gray 4 2 1 Without Light inks If your calibration is done without Light Inks then step 3 can be avoided if none of the inks are cut at less than 60 These are the obtained density values and the automatic ink cut calculation results You can change any ink cut value as you want Tolerance for automaticink cut 0 0 2 Save ink 9 All Ok 100 Oc 100 OM 59 Oy 100 When the inks are cut at a 60 or more an option at the bottom right of the window app
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26. omatic ink cut based on the values obtained 23 Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 Clicking on the Densities button you will see the density values and the automatic ink cut calculation results You can view all the curves together or one by one These are the obtained density values and the automatic ink cut calculation results E 7 0 5 x oo 0 10 20 30 4 50 60 7 80 90 100 Show chroma import Export The Linearization button shows the response curves window We can make some adjustments So as to improve the result if certain tones aren t as expected It is possible to modify graphically any of the color channels adding new points by pressing on the line in a zone where there is no point or modify the position of a point by pressing on it and displacing it onto a new position 24 Input and Output values of each curve can also be modified manually from the fields on the right The option Reset Ink erase all the points of the selected curve which implies that no linearization will be made The button Copy to all allows copying the reference points of a curve to all the other ones In case few points are entered the option Smooth can be selected so that the resulting curve is smooth and doesn t have rough changes in tonality adjustments 25 5 hueman V2 Black Generation In this new window you get to the part to define the Black generation of your printer s calibra
27. pOrtdata rado oca ii ASEO io ooo oia 7 6 SMOOLMING amount Tel Genera ung UNE prole taut E aiden eae O Add Prone tO tii dl do 739 Gamut and QUalty VIEW sata rada 8 Workflow o TESA I p EAEE EEP O TE E A a a a ce ee O 8 3 SEMEME BACKUD nena a eee nai a 8 4 Finish 32 32 32 32 34 34 35 35 36 36 36 36 37 37 38 39 40 40 41 1 Introduction The main purpose of the Wizard 8 is to create new scheme calibrations Those are used by neoStampa 8 to print under the same conditions on the desired media Following through the Wizard 8 you can print different kind of test charts in order to control and set ink amounts linearization curves and maximum ink limits as well as printing an ICC target and create an ICC printer profile The most important difference from neoStampa 7 calibration wizard is that this new version offers a better control of the ink limit and therefore better dark and light transitions and in some cases larger gamut This Wizard 8 also offers the option to check existing calibrations without having to go through the whole process of measurements In this User Manual you will find descriptions of the options that the Calibration Wizard offers and extensive explanations as of various processes and aspects involved in this process 1 1 Starting the Wizard Access the Calibration Wizard 8 from the Printer Scheme Manager in neoStampas 8 uppe
28. pare measurements This tool allows you to measure the control strips and compare against the result of the initial measurement when profiling RGB 152 patches Compare against measurements from initial profile or a previous measurement Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 icm RGB 738 patches Results dE76 dE2000 View all results E If the obtained DeltaE results are larger than desired you can generate a new profile This tool re profiles your previous ICC profile using a combination of the initial measurements and the measurements from the control strip For the best result it is usually recommended to print a normal ICC target with 1500 patches or more Generate Embed the new profile into scheme None Cotton_Reactive_720 x720_141202 Since this process is just a check the profile that will be generated is based on about 150 patches Choose the type of profile according to the reading device Compare measurements This tool allows you to measure the control strips and compare against the result of the initial measurement when profiling RGBReprofileChart1516_v3_i1 ti2 RGBReprofileChart1516_v3_i1 ti2 RGBReprofileChart2250_v3_i1 ti2 RGBReprofileChart750_v3_i1 ti2 RGBReprofileChart1516_v3_SpectroLFP ref RGBReprofileChart2250_v3_SpectroLFP ref RGBReprofileChart750_v3_SpectroLFP ref Proceed now to Print the target and measure It As in all Prints in the Wizard you will be able to conf
29. profiles so if you don t have it the Measure and Generated buttons won t be available and related options like Smoothing Select the desired profiling target reference file and push the Print button After that take your spectrophotometer and push Measure to read the target vevlage v Po RAZA RGB 2250 patches Smoothing Profiler log Generate Printer profile selection Import and select the desired printer profile to be used in this scheme Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 7 1 Select target fle In order to print a target for your spectrophotometer select from the drop down list the appropriate target Small Medium Large Very large Custom For a high quality profile you should print at least 1500 patches for paper prints and 2250 for textile prints neoStampa 8 ana Printer profiling i Select the desired profiling target reference file and push the Print button After that take your spectrophotometer and push Measure to read the target RGB 2250 patches roe log Custom 34 Then choose the device from the drop down list Very large w iiPro_2250 RGB_Zebra ti2 Generate SpectroLFP_8_2250_RGB ref 7 2 Print After you have selected the right target use the Print button to print out the target file on your media As with all charts you have to steam and wash it or have it dry for a couple of minutes paper printing Configure the Print of the ta
30. r bar on the main window frs neoStampa 8 Tulips jpg gt File Edit View Tools Window Help X 000m SAN S 20 32m gt 100 00 5 i y 0 00m FE Z 270900 oon a A lt Y DORA src D pop Textile Printer TCP 1P 192 168 0 1 9100 Printer schema manager None v a Add Save as Remove JT Print mode dt ink fis Color El Advanced A POF Postscript Mode 8 Color v Quality 720 x 720 y Resolution 720 0 x 720 0 dpi Bits per pixel 2 bpp Dot type Variable 2 Y Bi directional Print E Cut Sheet at End The program opens at clicking on the Wizard button 2 Print Configuration In the first window of the Wizard you are required to introduce the most basic information for the calibration f Printer selection Driver Textile Printer Connection TCPIP TCP IP Network vs Action selection 9 Start a new calibration Media name Ink type Quality 720 x 720 v Advanced Scheme 720 x 720_141215 Legacy mode compatible with older application versions Continue an existing calibration Scheme 720 x 720_141202 Show already completed calibrations Check printer consistency and or re profile 720 x 720_141202 The buttons at the bottom apart from Configure allow to move through the different windows of the Wizard and to Exit the Calibration whether saving it or not Crema Ces 2 1 Printer
31. r either Black Addition or GCR Note Do not use extreme combinations such as K100 C90 M90 YO since you might encounter other problems that are not seen in this chart e g light fastness steaming stability etc We recommend to use a combination containing all values such as K100 C60 M60 Y30 or K100 C30 M30 Y30 for stability purposes 28 Of course only select a Rich black if the combination is really better than the black only since you will increase the ink amount leading to higher production costs Fill the determined values into the fields You can only use Rich black in combination with Black Addition or Gray Component Replacement method 29 6 Advanced settings The advanced settings of black generation are provided format experienced users only Usually using the regular black generation window will be sufficient to get a high quality profile Advanced settings allow to fine tweak or control certain printing environments but it can also lead to wrong results if not used properly Proceed with care and use the default settings whenever possible Here is the window that opens when selecting Advanced settings Hueman V2 mm PA Separation module Profiling mode Revision y RGB Default CMYKORB_v3 2 hml CMYK Black generation Method Black Addition w Rihblak 0 50 5 amp 10 53 oO A E M Y K e B R Balance 1 00 1 00 Ll 1 00 Ll 1 00 Ll 1 00 Ll 1 00 1 00 amp Curv
32. re or within your profile folder 7 8 Add profile to list Once you have your ICC profile generated this will appear on the profile list automatically Printer profile selection Import and select the desired printer profile to be used in this scheme Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 icc 7 9 Gamut and quality view View the linearization and the projection of the profile in the gamut viewer Import and select the desired printer profile to be used in this scheme Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 icc Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 If you make a click in the gamut area another window will pop up showing a color picker with the printable colors Here you can scroll through the bar to detect errors or smoothness issues coming from irregular measurements or misreadings RGB matte_1440 x 1440_140324 repro icc Scroll bar 37 8 Workflow We have reached the last window of the Calibration Workflow The following settings will be used for your calibration and printing Color preset Standard Perceptual Full page mirroring E Input defaults Test print Select the test file that you would like to print Inedit_PrintTest_v1 2 tif i Print RGB sRGB IEC61966 2 1 Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 In the upper part of the window the Workflow options can be used to define some initial parameters Color Preset offers two methods the Standard
33. rget first Position and orientation Page setup Portrait Width 61 60 cm 9 Roll Horz pos 0 00 cm Cut Sheet 20000 00 cm Vert pos 0 00 cm y e eiel Scaling 100 00 a iia Channel color 42 00 cm x 29 70 cm V Print statistics and settings information Ok Cancel 7 3 Measure You are now ready to measure the target Make sure you select the same target file that you have previously printed and click on the Measure button to open the measurement dialog and to connect with the spectrophotometer E E DOS aq qee a 4n CE A E NE EEREN EEEN NE E Eun E EEEE Dona arn DoeSA AN ANDA BEeBBT HR BS 35 When you finish reading the target hit Ok to close the measurement dialog and you will see that the Generate button becomes selectable 7 4 Import data If you wish to Import a previously stored measurement you can use the Import button to do so Note that the CW8 will check whether the data content corresponds to the correct reference file e g amount of patches etc 7 5 Export data You may need to Export data for example if you d like to create an ICC profile with an external application such as i1Profiler CW8 creates CGATS which are measurement files that are compatible with most ICC profiling software Select the 1Profiler format if you want to generate the ICC profile with i1Profil
34. selection Inthe upper part of the window are the settings of the printer you want to make the calibration with Ge neoStampa 8 Printer selection over E Connection TCPIP TCP IP Network ua Hitting the square button with three dots will allow to add a printer to the list of printers that you already have 2 2 Configuration of the spectrophotometer At the bottom of the window as we have seen there is the Configure button which will open the window to set the device you are going to use for measurements Settings x Measurement device Setup the instrument that you have and the reading mode Device x Rite i1 Pro v COM1 Transparency Manual mode Zebra ruler Test Use UV cut filter Color management Profiling engine for legacy mode calibrations Version 7 default cas Depending on the device you use the options for Transparency Zebra ruler or UV filter will be activated or not The Color management option in this window allows to select whether to work with the new neoStampa 8 profiler set as recommended or the old neoStampa 7one 2 3 Action selection There are three options in the Action selection field The two first ones are described following The first is to Start a new calibration in which you need to fill in the information as for Media name Ink type and Quality Inedit recommends to include all this information as your scheme will be easily identif
35. t il a A il 7 Once again before the actual print and measurement a window opens with a preview of the chart where you can adjust parameters ink channel print direction position orientation page setup Linearization for full ink set as seen in screenshot below Position and orientation Page setup i F Width 61 60 cm 9 Portrait F Mirror Landscape Horz pos 0 00 cm 9 Roll Cut Sheet 20000 00 cm Vert pos 0 00 cm Copies 1 2 e ibn Scaling 100 00 eee Channel color Black MN Black Cyan M cyan Magenta J Magenta Yellow Yellow 05 M Orange 06 M Gray 07 E Blue 08 HB Red 30 04 cm x 19 03 cm Z Print statistics and settings information ok caca 19 When the above parameters are set press Ok to print the test file Once the print is ready washed and dried or vaporized proceed with the Measurement Press the Measure button and connect the spectrophotometer Follow the instructions for the specific device you are working with Notice that the Calibration Wizard 8 offers the possibility to get 3 measurements for each print This is useful when for example the media is rough and we want to get much precise results The Wizard will produce average values from the 2 or 3 measurements Notice also that the data for this measurements and of each reading can be Exported with the bottom left butto
36. t help to switch the function off although it might make the printer gamut less linear 6 9 Shadow dot gain A dot gain can be added to improve overprinting of colors also in darker areas An insufficient saturation in dark areas is sometimes caused by an intermediate ink limit behavior which causes a bump between absolute ink limit 2 mix colors and the relative ink limit set in the RIP e g 240 A regular dot gain is usually applied to all colors but from the CIELab point of view the linearity is not given anymore The Shadow dot gain parameter adds a dot gain only where is it required in already saturated colors to counteract the bump effect The default value of 15 is a good balance between improving the bump effect and laying down too much ink but mainly depends on how heavy the colors have been linearized 32 The Early black improves the gradient and linearity from dark saturated to dark unsaturated color affecting the black ink directly in normal cases and should be switched on by default Switch it off only if you experience strong jumps in dark unsaturated areas from the black ink or arich black combination 33 7 Printer profiling This is the step in the calibration process where the ICC profile is generated After completing the hueman v2 black generation window you will get to the printer profiling one when hitting next Remember that this option is only activated if you have purchased the license to generate ICC
37. tion This process allows to determine which combination of inks provide the best black as well as it prevents dithering of the black ink in the light areas in case you don t have any gray ink in combination hueman V2 Black generation Default Black only 7 BlackAdd_CMYK psd Cotton_Reactive_720 x 720_141202 5 1 Method hueman v2 Black generation provides 3 methods to generate the black ink e Default Black only This method is recommended if you have a very good strong black ink in your printer and if you also have a gray ink light black that prevents dithering from the black ink in light areas In this case the black generation will be black only Default Black only consumption of inks metamerism dithering Stability on PostProcess 26 e Black Addition This method is recommended if a combination of inks is better than your pure black ink only and if you also have a gray ink light black in the printer to prevent dithering from the black in light areas Here the black generation will add the defined values of the additional inks to improve the overall darkness of the result You can use the Print button to determine whether a combination of colors including black is better than the black ink only Black Addition consumption of inks J metamerism dithering Stability on PostProcess e Gray Component Replacement GCR This method is recommended if a co
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