ProofMaster Calibrator v3 User Guide
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1. The all in one software solution suite for color accurate digital proofing printing and cutting ProofMaster Calibrator v3 User Guide a ER ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide ProofMaster 3 0 LIMITED WARRANTY PerfectProof warrants that for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of acquisi tion the Software if operated as directed will substantially achieve the function ality described in the Documentation PerfectProof does not warrant however that your use ofthe Software will be uninterrupted or that the operation ofthe Software will be error free PerfectProof also warrants that the media containing the Software if provided by PerfectProof is free from defects in material and workmanship and will so remain for ninety 90 days from the date you acquired the Software Perfect Proof s sole liability for any breach of this warranty shall be in PerfectProof s sole discretion i to replace your defective media or ii to advise you how to achieve substantially the same functionality with the Software as described in the Docu mentation through a procedure different from that set forth in the Documentation or iii if the above remedies are impracticable to refund the license fee you paid for the Software Repaired corrected or replaced Software and Documentation shall be covered by this limited warranty for the period remaining under the warranty that covered the original Software or if2. be effective if the following conditions are met e The reference profile must be suitable for proofing on the printer with the respective media If not the combination of the reference profile with the printer profile may not be optimal e The quality of the printer profile must be good enough Proceed as follows Click the DeviceLink tab Click Tune DeviceLink gt Tune Click Print target Select the target s position and orientation and click OK Click Next Measure the printed DeviceLink target with a spectrophotometer na vu Bb WN Wait until all the rows of patches display the measured data and then click Next An overview of all measured patches is displayed with their respective refer ence and measured Lab values and the difference between both as delta E values 8 Click Next A summary of the delta E statistics is displayed e If this is the first proof which you printed and measured this set of measure ments will be called Measuremento This is the current status as is without any adjustments made e Ifthis is the second proof and measurement the set of measurements will be called Measurement1 indicating that these are the first adjustments you have made 9 Youcan now do one of the following e Ifthe results are not satisfactory click Refine The target will automatically be reprinted and you can then measure this refined target again Repeat this step a number of times typicall
3. measuring linearization chart 18 media preparing 15 mixing curves ink 25 name of the printer profile specifying 16 P paper color simulation 51 percent break off editing 46 percentage editing break off 46 photo printing queues creating printer profile 14 preparing linearization target 34 media 15 printer 15 spectrophotometer 15 printer linearization 18 preparing 15 printer gamut optimization method selecting 21 PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Index printer profile creating 35 creating for screen printing queues 34 defining 16 editing spot color list 53 relinearizing 37 removing spot color 54 specifying name and info 16 printer profiles about 12 creating for 1 bit proofing queues 14 creating for color proofing queues 14 creating for photo printing queues 14 profile creating a printer 35 DeviceLink 48 printer 12 profiles regenerating ICC 38 ProofMaster color engine 30 properties of a spot color editing 54 R regenerating ICC profiles 38 relinearizing definition 37 printer profile 37 when 37 removing spot color from the printer profile 54 S screen printing queues creating printer profile 34 selecting substrates 44 simulation paper color 51 spectrophotometer preparing 15 spot colors adding to the printer profile 53 editing properties 54 editing the list of of a printer profi
4. selected channel at the current setting of the slider C You can click Reset to revert to the ink C rese gt limits set for all channels by ProofMaster D The L slider shows a cross section of the printer and reference gamuts at the requested L value E The chart shows the effects of the current setting on the printer gamut with the yellow and green outlines delimiting the printer and reference gamuts respectively Reference Lab L 49 6 a 35 6 b 63 0 Yellow printer gamut Green reference gamut 4 Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each of the ink channels ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT 24 Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only PROOF See also e Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink mixing curves expert calibration only on page 25 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink mixing curves expert calibration only Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink mixing curves expert calibration only Previous steps Make sure you have completed the previous steps 1 Specifying the printer profile name and info see page 16 2 Printer linearization see page 18 3 Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut optimization method see page 21 4 Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only see page 23 About adjusting ink mixing curves Ink mixing curves can som
5. 21 Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only 23 Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink mixing curves expert calibration only 25 Ink bleeding 27 Color engine 29 Finishing Calibration 33 Creating a printer profile for screen printing queues 34 Relinearizing the printer profile 37 Regenerating the ICC profile 38 Editing the dot gain or gray correction curve 39 PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Printer profiles PROOF Printer profiles About printer profiles ProofMaster controls the output of inkjet printers through the use of printer profiles Printer profiles optimize output for printing and proofing applications by e Maximizing the color accuracy and quality of printed output e Minimizing consumed quantities and costs of ink A printer profile targets a highly specific combination of driver settings for a printer model the printer setup and media Each printer profile bundles interdependent information into a neat package Bundled information includes e Printer model specific driver settings e Compensation data for ink limits and linearization A custom generated ICC profile Printer profiles and ProofMaster queues Each ProofMaster queue uses one printer profile Many queues can use the same profile PerfectProof provides a library of printer profiles that target standard printer setup media combinations You can find existing printer
6. Regenerate ICC profile gt Edit 4 Follow the instructions in the Calibrate profile wizard to regenerate the ICC profile See also e Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut optimization method on page 21 e Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only on page 23 e Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink mixing curves expert calibration only on page 25 e Ink bleeding on page 27 e Color engine on page 29 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Editing the dot gain or gray correction curve PERFECT PROOF 1 5 Editing the dot gain or gray correction curve About dot gain correction You can compensate for dot gain curves in the imagesetter or platesetter RIP You can also edit the dot gain curve if you want to make visual color adjustments The dot gain correction curve is saved in the ICC profile See also Curves in the Adobe Photoshop Help About gray balance correction You can use gray balance correction to visually correct the gray balance To edit the dot gain or gray correction curve Proceed as follows 1 If necessary click the Printer tab 2 Select the queue of which you wish to edit the dot gain or gray correction curve 3 Doone ofthe following e Click Dot Gain correction gt Edit e Click Gray correction gt Edit Select an ink channel 5 _ You can now do the following e Select the respective curve and drag it to the desi
7. Specify the Opacity by moving the slider or by entering a value e Measure the spot color using a spectrophotometer 4 Ifyou have purchased and installed the Advanced Color option you can also add tints of a spot color by specifying a percentage in the box and clicking the plus button L a b A 40 81 01 168 La lua A Tint of a spot color Click Change Click OK To remove a spot color from the printer profile Select a spot color in the list and click the minus button _ To edit the properties of a spot color 1 Selecta spot color in the list and click Edit 2 You can now the following e Change the name of the spot color e Select CIELab or CMYK and change the values of the spot color Change the Opacity of the spot color by moving the slider or by entering a value To tune the visual representation of the spot color 1 Select a spot color in the list and click Tune 2 _ If necessary move the slider from Fine to Coarse to increase the variations 3 Click Print to print the variations on the selected queue A job named SpotColors is added to the queue 4 Check the proof and determine the printed patch which matches your refer ence spot color best ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Editing the spot color list of a printer profile PERFECT PROOF 5 Indicate this best match Spot Color Tuning dialog box and click OK The values of the spot color are automatically adjusted to
8. previous steps 1 Specifying the printer profile name and info see page 16 2 Printer linearization see page 18 Defining the gamut of the target printer Define the gamut that you want the target printer to use for the target media Proceed as follows 1 Select one of the following options Option Meaning Maximum gamut Maximizes the printer gamut by optimizing the amounts of inks used This option is generally appropriate for photo printing queues Reference profile Matches the color space of the printer as closely as possible to that of the chosen reference profile by reduction This option is generally appropriate for proofing queues Select the target reference profile from the list of available profiles Gray balance clipping This option is appropriate for some solvent printers or if the other options do not produce satisfactory results You may select a CMYK reference profile for a photo printing queue ProofMaster allows you to set up a reference profile that is incompatible with the target printer setup media combination but warns you of incompatibility when you advance to the next step in the calibration process The calibration process never modifies a reference profile which represents a stan dard The reference profile is not embedded in the printer profile 2 Click Next ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut P
9. profiles in e The ProofMaster library of printer profiles which is distributed on CD and updated in the Support area of www proofmaster net e TheProofMaster 3 Calibration folder on your computer which can contain standard or user defined printer profiles See also e Creating and configuring ProofMaster queues gt Output in the ProofMaster RIP User Guide ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Printer profiles About calibration Using ProofMaster Calibrator you can create and maintain custom printer profiles that target user defined printer setup media combinations If you do so you will need to calibrate your printer Calibration comprises the following major steps 1 The calibration process proper describes unmanaged and managed behaviors of the target printer setup media combination by e Measuring unmanaged output to capture nonlinearized results e Modeling ink limits and linearization to optimize managed output 2 The characterization process generates a custom ICC profile by Measuring managed output to capture linearized results Generating and recording lookup data required for color conversion PERFECT PROOF PERFECT PROOF Process 1 1 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Creating a printer profile for photo printing color proofing and 1 bit proofing queues Creating a printer profile for photo printing color proofing and 1 bit proofing queues The process of creating a pr
10. A ee Mode Strip mu Please measure A More info Point to elements to get more information if present A Please Measure indicates that ProofMaster is waiting for you to measure the next step wedge This will change into Loading when ProofMaster is reading the measured data Do not go on until Please Measure reappears B Before you start measuring the Printer linearization window shows the linearization target as gray Each step wedge transforms into color patches as you measure the printed chart C The arrow indicates which step wedge to read next If it is necessary to reread a row for example because you read the wrong row or the meter was tilted use the arrow to reset focus to the beginning of the target row If necessary and if you are an expert user use the cutter tool and click the patches which have an undesired Lab value Print and remeasure the tar get Click Next ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Printer linearization PROOF See also e Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut optimization method on page 21 Relinearizing the printer profile on page 37 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut PERFECT optimization method PROOF Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut optimization method Previous steps Make sure you have completed the
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12. ROOF optimization method See also e Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only on page 23 e Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink mixing curves expert calibration only on page 25 e Ink bleeding on page 27 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only 23 PERFECT PROOF Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only Previous steps Make sure you have completed the previous steps 1 Specifying the printer profile name and info see page 16 2 Printer linearization see page 18 3 _ Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut optimization method see page 21 About adjusting ink limits Inkjet printers sometimes cannot constrain output as required by the gamut of reference profiles selected for calibration You can manually increase or decrease the channel specific ink limits that ProofMaster sets for a printer profile on the basis of the spectral measurements of the linearization strip To adjust ink limits Proceed as follows 1 Select an ink channel from the list 2 Adjust the ink limit by moving the slider 3 Observe the dynamic effects of the change A Percentage shows the channel capacity Sevencolors X 1 2 B on utilized at the current setting position of the slider Percentage 67 1 a B Reference Lab shows the Lab value of the
13. When to relinearize You need to relinearize the printer profile in the following cases e When you notice a color shift in your prints When the printer shifts in such a way that the prints are out of tolerance of the ISO specifications To relinearize the printer profile Proceed as follows If necessary click the Printer tab 2 Select the queue which contains the printer profile which needs relinearizing 3 Click Relinearize profile gt Edit 4 Click Next to advance to the Printer linearization window 5 Print and measure the linearization target 6 Click Finish 7 Check your proofs by means of certified jobs Recalibrate your printer if the results of the relinearization are not satisfactory See also e Calibration on page 14 Printer linearization on page 18 e Certifying a job Certify option only in the ProofMaster RIP User Guide PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Regenerating the ICC profile PROOF 1 4 Regenerating the ICC profile About regenerating ICC profiles You can regenerate the ICC profile ifyou wish to recalculate it with different settings without having to go through the complete calibration process You may wish to do this to test which ICC profile produces the best results To regenerate the ICC profile Proceed as follows 1 If necessary click the Printer tab 2 Select the queue which contains the ICC profile which needs regenerating 3 Click
14. age 18 3 Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut optimization method see page 21 4 Inkbleeding see page 27 Characterizing Managed Output Set up generation of the ICC target and custom ICC profile to embed in the printer profile ProofMaster complies with the Committee for Graphic Arts Technologies Standards CGATS standards for data interchange format and is compatible with compliant applications such as GretagMacBeth ProfileMaker and Color Solutions BasicColor Proceed as follows 1 Select the preferred method for generating the ICC profile Options include Option Generation Methods ICC Target ICC Profile ProofMaster Color Engine ProofMaster internal color engine see page 30 Combination of color ProofMaster internal Any third party engines see page 31 color engine CGATS compliant application Third party color engine Existing third party ICC Any third party see page 31 target application The ProofMaster Color Engine method is available ifthe Advanced Color option is licensed In this case you do not need any third party applica tions 2 Click Next PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Color engine PROOF ProofMaster Color Engine Generate the ICC target for the compensated printer setup media combination Proceed as follows 1 Load media in the printer 2 Select the number of patches required in t
15. anced Color option Turn on the target printer and perform a nozzle check Log on with an administrator account to the ProofMaster computer Start ProofMaster RIP Set up the spectrophotometer vB U N e Configure the spectrophotometer for use by ProofMaster if necessary e Calibrate the spectrophotometer Optional See also e Setting up the spectrophotometer in the ProofMaster RIP User Guide PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Specifying the printer profile name and info PROOF Specifying the printer profile name and info To define the printer profile 1 Do one of the following Start ProofMaster Calibrator select a queue and click Create printer profile e If you re in ProofMaster RIP select a queue and click the Go to Calibrator button E in the main printer window Printers under calibration and affected queues can remain in use during the calibration process Calibration respects all driver settings of the selected queue and uses them for profiling It does not override or allow you to modify any driver settings However calibration overrides all queue settings relating to color manage ment Affected items include All settings on the Input tab e Reference profile e Solid black option e Paper color simulation option e Printer profile if not already set to lt none gt e Color edits 2 Entera unique descriptive file name for the new printer pr
16. ation if present Typical curve for textile printing the effect of the textile substrate is equally visible over the entire tonal scale Type a name for the changed reference profile and click OK From now on this reference profile will be used by your queue In ProofMaster RIP double click the queue and then click the Proofing tab Notice that the reference profile is now the one with the information for sub strate simulations 10 Select the option Substrate simulation and click OK ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Editing dot gain correction and break off percentage PROOF Advanced Color option only Editing dot gain correction and break off percentage Advanced Color option only About dot gain correction and break off percentage For flexography or gravure printing you can edit the dot gain curves of the refer ence profile of your queue and or insert a break in the curve to simulate loss of detail in the printing process which is typical for these printing techniques To edit dot gain correction and break off percentage Proceed as follows 1 InProofMaster RIP double click a queue then click the Proofing tab and check which reference profile this queue uses This reference profile will be replaced by the reference profile with the edited dot gain correction curves 2 IntheProofMaster Calibrator click the Reference tab w If necessary select the queue for which you want to e
17. blue e a E A wagers D Four ink combination of CMYK s cs OS o E Select the inks and click the 2 3 and 4 buttons to e Ines add ink combinations JA Em _More info Point to elements to get more information if present ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Ink bleeding PROOF 3 Select media size and source if not already set up on the Layout tab of the tar get queue in ProofMaster RIP Load target media in the printer Click Print to produce the ink bleeding chart ProofMaster starts a print job named Inkbleeding 6 Examine the ink bleeding chart immediately without waiting for it to dry Study the patches from top to bottom right to left more ink to less ink Paying particular attention to the diagonal white lines that bisect each patch identify phys ical problems such as e Obviously wet Dry but too thick too wet on application Non uniform in gloss e Mottled e Sticky e Swollen Identify the first patches at which the above problems do not occur anymore Enter the values of these patches for each of the ink limits These data points are used for generating an ICC target 9 Click Next See also e Color engine on page 29 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Color engine Color engine Previous steps Make sure you have completed the previous steps 1 Specifying the printer profile name and info see page 16 2 Printer linearization see p
18. d to be specified for this queue 3 Fillin the target values in Lab or LCh of the simulation of your choice Notice the CMYK values of the inks at the bottom of the White point correction dialog box 4 Click Print to print two patches one with the current values and one with the adjusted values A job named paper white target is added to the queue If the values you specified are out of the printer s gamut it will be indicated on the print L 95 9 C 3 5 h 277 7 L 80 0 C 4 0 h 300 1 Out of gamut ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Editing the paper color simulation white point correction PROOF Adjust and print the values until the result is satisfactory Click Save and if necessary change the name of the printer profile The printer profile you have just saved will automatically be used by the respective queue gt A pr bis amp Queue type Workflow Layout Input Proofing Output Driver Output Printer Profile E 8kPP_MattePaper_MK_N with white point com Creation date 19 06 2007 21 08 03 Description E78kPP_MattePaper_MK_N with white point correction Creator PerfectProof A ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Editing the spot color list of a printer profile PERFECT PROOF Editing the spot color list of a printer profile About editing the spot color list of a printer profile You can add spot colors to a printer profile and you can do thi
19. dit a dot gain correction curve Click Dot Gain correction and break off gt Edit Select the ink channel for which you want to specify dot gain correction Specify the Break off position and click Break to apply it na wu A Do one of the following Enter the input percentage and measured output percentage in the In and Out text boxes respectively e Click on the curve to add an adjustment point and drag the point to the required position The input and output percentages change correspond ingly in the In and Out text boxes 8 Repeat steps 5 through 7 for all the ink channels 9 Click Save 10 Type a name for the changed reference profile and click OK ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Editing dot gain correction and break off percentage Advanced Color option only 11 In ProofMaster RIP double click the queue and then click the Proofing tab Notice that the reference profile is now the one with the edited dot gain curves gt a B Ola ips Workflow Layout Input B3 E Q Proofing Output Driver Reference Profile ISO Coated with my dot gain curve 150 Coated with my dot gain curve Lena Le PERFECT PROOF PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Using a DeviceLink profile Using a DeviceLink profile About DeviceLink profiles To improve the color accuracy of your proofs you can create and use a DeviceLink profile A DeviceLink is a link bet
20. e target printer with the selected media Proceed as follows 1 2 Load media in the printer Click Print to produce the linearization target ProofMaster starts a print job named Linear The resulting linearization tar get contains one 18 patch step wedge for each channel print head Allow at least 15 30 minutes for the linearization target to dry unless the chart is obviously too wet Check the linearization target and make sure that it does not contain any patches which are e Too wet to measure Dry but too thick too wet on application e Non uniform in gloss e Mottled e Sticky e Swollen If the target shows any of these above mentioned symptoms you will have to cut off patches and reprint it to be able to take accurate measurements You are most likely to observe these symptoms when printing on plastic media or with ultraviolet resistant inks but they can also occur in other situations 5 If necessary use the cutter tool and click the patches which are too wet or too solid ProofMaster marks patches selected for cropping with an X and does not allow you to skip over adjacent patches ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Printer linearization 6 8 PERFECT PROOF Measure the dry linearization target with the spectrophotometer gt Wena X Printer linearization O c S Can III ms ma B Y 70 Click to reset the strip limit
21. e upper limit 3 Click Generate to produce a unique ICC target The Save and Load buttons support access to previously generated ICC targets 4 Click Print to produce the ICC target ProofMaster starts a print job named Target Click Next to advance to the Measure color chart window Using a spectrophotometer measure the color patches in the ICC target Click Export to export the reference CMYK values and measured data for importing into the CGATS compliant profiling application 8 _ Generate the ICC profile e Through the CGATS compliant profiling application load the exported data and generate the ICC profile Through ProofMaster click Choose to import the generated ICC profile Do not quit ProofMaster during the process of generating and calculating the ICC profile Instead minimize the ProofMaster RIP and Calibrator windows Third party color engine Generate the ICC target for the compensated printer setup media combination Proceed as follows 1 From ProofMaster obtain the ink limit that the third party application of your choice should use for generating the ICC target 2 Through the third party application generate the ICC target using the ink limit Load media in the printer In ProofMaster Calibrator click Choose to import and print the ICC target Browse to and select each of the files that comprises the ICC target ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Color engine PROOF 6 Through
22. essary you can now switch to ProofMaster RIP and test your queue to see whether the printer profile produces satisfactory results The output of a color proofing queue can be verified if the ProofMaster Certify option is licensed See also e Creating and configuring ProofMaster queues gt Output in the ProofMaster RIP User Guide ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Creating a printer profile for screen printing queues PROOF 1 2 Creating a printer profile for screen printing queues Process The process of creating a printer profile for screen printing queues goes as follows 1 Preparing a linearization target using ProofMaster RIP 2 Creating the printer profile using ProofMaster Calibrator Preparing a linearization target ProofMaster provides a standard halftone step wedge whose percentages are read by the densitometer The name of this step wedge is Silk calibration wedge pdf and you can find it in the ProofMaster 3 Utilities folder Proceed as follows to prepare the linearization target 1 Prepare the following items e Printer of the target model and connected to the ProofMaster computer e Film media of the target type e Densitometer Turn on the target printer load film and perform a nozzle check Log in with an administrator account to the ProofMaster computer Start ProofMaster RIP Double click the screen printing queue in the Output to pane a u Bb WN Click the Input and Outp
23. etimes direct printers to lay down more ink than target media can absorb for sufficient drying You can reduce ink output by manually adjusting the channel specific ink mixing curves that ProofMaster sets for a printer profile For example you can correct over inking by adjusting the mixtures of light and dark inks applied by individual channels to low quality paper or plastic media To adjust ink mixing curves Proceed as follows 1 Select an ink channel from the list 2 Adjust the ink mixing curve in terms of light and solid ink utilization by moving either handle of the ink mixing lever A A A The ink mixing lever functions as a virtual border that ink mixing curves cannot cross Pulling the lever down changes the mixture such that less light ink and more solid ink is used B The black diagonal line B models the linearity of the ink channel given the proposed settings Pulling the ink mixing lever too hard can result in a non linear curve that compromises the quality of printer output C The colored background C models ink laydown given the proposed settings D You can click Reset to undo manual edits performed on the curves themselves This action does not undo manipulation by the ink mixing lever PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink mixing curves PROOF expert calibration only 3 Repeat steps 1 through 2 for each
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25. gray balance 39 white point 51 PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Index creating DeviceLink profile 48 printer profile for 1 bit proofing queues 14 printer profile for color proofing queues 14 printer profile for photo printing queues 14 printer profile for screen printing queues 34 curves ink mixing 25 D defining printer profile 16 DeviceLink profile about 48 creating 48 tuning 49 using 48 dot gain correction about 39 46 editing 46 dot gain curve editing 39 editing break off percentage 46 dot gain correction 46 dot gain curve 39 gray correction curve 39 percent break off 46 properties of a spot color 54 spot color list of a printer profile 53 spot color list of a printer profile about 53 substrates 44 engine color 29 evaluating managed output 27 G gamut of the printer defining 21 selecting a printer gamut optimization method 21 gray balance correction 39 gray correction curve editing 39 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Index PERFECT PROOF ICC profiles regenerating 38 ink limits adjusting expert calibration only 23 ink mixing curves about 25 adjusting expert calibration only 25 L linearization chart measuring 18 linearization target preparing 34 linearizing printer 18 loading spot colors from an existing printer profile or spot color library 55 M managed output characterizing 29 evaluating 27
26. he ICC target PerfectProof recommends 3000 patches as the upper limit 3 Click Generate to produce a unique ICC target The Save and Load buttons support access to previously generated ICC targets 4 Click Print to produce the ICC target ProofMaster starts a print job named Target Click Next to advance to the Measure color chart window Using a spectrophotometer measure the color patches in the ICC target Do not quit ProofMaster during the process of generating and calculating the ICC profile Instead minimize the ProofMaster RIP and Calibrator windows 7 Specify the Black start value e Ifyour printer has light black ink you can leave the Black start value set at 0 If your printer does not have light black ink it is recommended to set this value between 40 for high resolution printers and 60 Specify the Max black value Select a color replacement technique GCR Gray Component Replacement to replace process colors with black over a greater tonal range e UCR Undercolor Removal to replace process colors with black ink in the shadow areas of an image and in neutral shades ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Color engine PERFECT PROOF Combination of color engines Generate the ICC target for the compensated printer setup media combination Proceed as follows 1 Load media in the printer 2 Select the number of patches required in the ICC target PerfectProof recommends 3000 patches as th
27. ink channel See also e Ink bleeding on page 27 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Ink bleeding PERFECT PROOF Ink bleeding Previous steps Make sure you have completed the previous steps 1 Specifying the printer profile name and info see page 16 2 Printer linearization see page 18 3 Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut optimization method see page 21 4 Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only see page 23 5 Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink mixing curves expert calibration only see page 25 Evaluating Managed Output Evaluate the effects of the proposed ink limits and linearization on the behavior of the target printer setup media combination The ink bleeding chart demonstrates ink usage as limited by the previous steps in this procedure Visual examination is the basis for further limiting ink usage Proceed as follows 1 If necessary click Customize to customize the ink bleeding target You may wish to do customize ink combinations for proofers which can print more than the four process colors for example a seven color proofer because you will otherwise have a too large number of color combinations 2 Setthe ink combinations to be printed on the bleeding chart Customize ink combinations A Ink names doc amen dan B Two ink combination of red and blue A EE C Three ink combination of red green and
28. inter profile for photo printing color proofing and 1 bit proofing queues goes as follows Calibration Preparing the printer media and spectrophotometer Specifying the printer profile name and info Printer linearization Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut optimization method Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only a u fF WUN Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink mixing curves expert calibration only Characterization 1 Ink bleeding 2 Color engine 3 Finishing Calibration See also Creating a printer profile for screen printing queues on page 34 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Preparing the printer media and spectrophotometer Preparing the printer media and spectrophotometer Preparatory steps 1 Prepare the following items e Printer of the target model and connected to the ProofMaster computer e Media of the target type Spectrophotometer of a supported model e Third party ICC profiling software Optional ProofMaster displays Lab values but actually uses spectral data to perform linearization You must use a spectrophotometer to input spectral measurements of linearization targets Colorimeters do not provide spectral data On Windows PCs driver software for the spectrophotometer must be installed on the computer to which the printer is connected ICC profile generation by ProofMaster is a feature of the Adv
29. le 53 loading from an existing printer profile or spot color library 55 remove from printer profile 54 tuning the visual representation 54 substrates about 44 editing 44 selecting 44 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Index PERFECT PROOF T target preparing a linearization 34 target printer defining gamut 21 tuning DeviceLink 49 visual representation of a spot color 54 WwW white point correction 51 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Index PROOF
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31. me of the profile For example you may wish to enter record details of the target media 5 Click Next to advance to the Ink mixing window To create a printer profile for screening you must generate a compensation curve for the dot gain that occurs when printing halftone dots on film The compensation curve ensures that output managed by the queue is linearized 6 Measure the patches using a densitometer 7 Calculate the values to enter using this formula Compensation StepPercentage StepPercentage Measurement For example if the densitometer measures 61 on the 50 patch the calculation is 50 50 61 40 98 which rounds off to 41 8 Enter the result of the calculation in the corresponding box and click Change 9 Click Next to advance to the Build printer profile with external ICC window PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Creating a printer profile for screen printing queues 10 If necessary click Choose to import an existing ICC profile for a press or other CMYK target into ProofMaster The selected ICC profile is a CMYK profile that e Is chosen for embedding in the printer profile set on the Output tab of the Queue Options dialog box e Serves as a separation profile ProofMaster produces rasterized CMYK output from RGB images by converting incoming images colors e From those in the profiles set on the Input tab e To those in the embedded separation profile Do not qui
32. ofile The default name includes the date and printer type PerfectProof recommends also including printer model and paper type and using underscore characters _ instead of spaces to separate elements of the name ProofMaster adds the desktop fingerprint extension dfp to the file name 3 If necessary provide a more detailed description of the printer profile in the text box under the name of the profile For example you may wish to enter record details of the target media 4 Select Typical or Expert calibration Expert calibration allows you to perform the following additional tasks Optimizing the printer gamut by adjusting individual ink channels e Modifying mixtures of light and solid inks by adjusting mixing curves for individual ink channels 5 Click Next ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Specifying the printer profile name and info PERFECT PROOF See also Printer linearization on page 18 Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only on page 23 e Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink mixing curves expert calibration only on page 25 PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Printer linearization Printer linearization Previous steps Make sure you have completed the previous steps 1 Specifying the printer profile name and info see page 16 Measuring the linearization chart Measure the nonlinearized behavior of th
33. or representations discussions undertakings end user agreements communications or advertising relating to the Software 2007 PerfectProof Europe NV All rights reserved PERFECT PROOF PERFECT ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Contents PERFECT PROOF Contents Chapter 1 Calibrating Printers sccsicsscccsssessscccccteccasssssssecssesncsansssadesnsscosasenssaascensecssades 11 O 12 1 1 Creating a printer profile for photo printing color proofing and 1 bit proofing queues sussnssnssnsnssnssnssnsnnsnnsnnsnnnnnnnannnunnen 14 Preparing the printer media and spectrophotometeT conocimos 15 Specifying the printer profile name and info Printer LIMA ZATION cssaicssssssssessecovasdchaceunevascconasccodeensi ignconneegycrtdiasoccnseisssetadtnsccensel ces dbingstiasnnesssdb nnes Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut optimization method 21 Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only 23 Color gamut of the printer adjusting ink mixing curves expert calibration only 25 Inkbleeding een ica aaa 27 Color ake oE AEE TE E E A E EE 29 Finishing Calibration sssinsssccsessecasscsnssenseesnsasscensusesonstvasssensonasessattaasegocennanssasiosuvsesepnanstasciesossesbenbecat onnss 33 1 2 Creating a printer profile for screen printing QUeUGS scsccsssesrssessesresees 34 1 3 Relinea
34. red position and or e Click on a point in the curve and fill in the input and output percentages of this point 6 Repeat steps 4 through 5 for each of the ink channels Click Save You can always click Reset to revert to the original position of the curves even after you have saved the curves ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Editing the dot gain or gray correction curve PROOF 8 If necessary change the name of the printer profile You may wish to change the name of the printer profile to indicate that dot gain compensation or gray correction has been used If you do so ProofMaster will automatically use this new printer profile for the queue you selected in step 2 9 Click OK See also e Creating and configuring ProofMaster queues gt Output in the ProofMaster RIP User Guide Chapter 2 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Advanced applications Chapter 2 Advanced applications Topics In this chapter Selecting and editing substrates Advanced Color option only 44 Editing dot gain correction and break off percentage Advanced Color option only 46 Using a DeviceLink profile 48 Editing the paper color simulation white point correction 51 Editing the spot color list of a printer profile 53 PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Selecting and editing substrates Advanced Color option only PROOF Selecting and editing substrates Advanced Color op
35. rizing the printer profile cccccscscsssscessssccssscscescssscesccsscesescscesecesees 37 1 4 Regenerating the ICC profile moomomommsmssmssss 39 1 5 Editing the dot gain or gray correction Curve eursnssnssnennsnnsnnsnnsonensnsnnsnnsnnennsunee 39 Chapter 2 Advanced applications oooomosmsmm 43 Selecting and editing substrates Advanced Color option only 44 Editing dot gain correction and break off percentage Advanced Color option OMMy ssscssssccssseccsssssccsseccesseesssseccesuecsssuseesseecssnsecesseesessueeessaeessaseeesaes 46 Using a DeviceLink profile esssssssssssscessessscessssssscsssessescessssessesssessescsssessccesneeecessnsssessesnseesseete 48 Editing the paper color simulation white point correction uunsnseenmmeeeennsseeeennne 51 Editing the spot color list of a printer profile unnsmsennneennseeeennnnseeneennsereennnnn 53 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Contents PROOF Chapter 1 ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Calibrating printers Chapter 1 Calibrating printers Topics In this chapter 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 Printer profiles 12 Creating a printer profile for photo printing color proofing and 1 bit proofing queues 14 Preparing the printer media and spectrophotometer 15 Specifying the printer profilename and info 16 Printer linearization 18 Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut optimization method
36. s in various ways You can load spot colors from an existing printer profile or a spot color library You can measure a spot color on a proof and save the measured values You can specify the spot color s values and opacity Once you have defined spot colors you can also tune their visual representation The spot colors which you add to the printer profile take precedence over any other custom or standard spot color libraries See also Spot color handling in the ProofMaster RIP User Guide To edit the spot color list of a printer profile Proceed as follows 1 Click the Spot Color tab 2 Select the queue which has a printer profile of which you want to edit the spot color list Click Select and Tune Spot Colors gt Edit 4 You can now do one of the following e To add spot colors to the printer profile e To remove a spot color from the printer profile e To edit the properties of a spot color e To tune the visual representation of the spot color e To load spot colors from an existing printer profile or spot color library To add spot colors to the printer profile 1 Click the plus button below the spot color list 2 Type a name for your spot color ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Editing the spot color list of a printer profile PROOF 3 Doone of the following e To enter the values of your spot color manually select CIELab or CMYK values and specify the respective values
37. t ProofMaster during the process of generating and calculating the ICC profile Instead minimize the ProofMaster RIP and Calibrator windows 11 Click Finish to save the desktop fingerprint dfp file ProofMaster automatically sets this printer profile for your queue Calibrate profile ix Profile name and info xa m 78 Queue type Workflow Layout Input Output Please enter a name for the printer profile you are about to create Output My Printer Profile Printer Profile My Printer Profile Please enter extra info for the printer profile you are about to create ail Creator PerfectProof Creation date 16 05 2007 14 47 34 Description My Printer Profile If necessary you can now switch to ProofMaster RIP and select input profiles for your screen printing queue This is not necessary however for applications that rasterize only CMYK files See also e Creating and configuring ProofMaster queues gt Input and Output in the Proof Master RIP User Guide ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Relinearizing the printer profile 1 3 Relinearizing the printer profile What does relinearizing mean Relinearization is the process of adjusting the existing calibration of the printer to the color shift that this printer has gone through This color shift can have various reasons e Changing environmental conditions e Degrading print heads e Differences in media quality
38. the third party application use the spectrophotometer to measure the color patches in the ICC target 7 Generate the ICC profile e Through the third party application of choice generate the profile Through ProofMaster import the generated profile Do not quit ProofMaster during the process of generating and calculating the ICC profile Instead minimize the ProofMaster RIP and Calibrator windows ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Finishing Calibration PERFECT PROOF Finishing Calibration Previous steps To finish calibration Make sure you have completed the previous steps 1 Specifying the printer profile name and info see page 16 2 Printer linearization see page 18 3 Color gamut of the printer selecting a printer gamut optimization method see page 21 Ink bleeding see page 27 Color engine see page 29 Proceed as follows 1 Click Finish to save the desktop fingerprint dfp file ProofMaster automatically sets this printer profile for your queue Calibrateprofle Kg Queue Options z D A BR 3 Layout Output Queue type Workflow Input Please enter a name for the printer profile you are about to create Output My Printer Profile Printer Profile My Printer Profile Please enter extra info for the printer profile you are about to create treat PafoaPoo Creation date 16 05 2007 14 47 34 Description My Printer Profile If nec
39. the values of the patch you selected 6 Click OK To load spot colors from an existing printer profile or spot color library 1 Click Load 2 Selecta printer profile dfp or spot color library cxf and click Open The ProofMaster folders where you can find printer profiles and spot color libraries are e ProofMaster Calibration for printer profiles e ProofMaster Libraries for spot color libraries You can also use cxf libraries from other cxf compatible programs 3 Click Done ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Editing the spot color list of a printer profile PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Index PERFECT PROOF Index Numerics 1 bit proofing queues creating printer profile 14 A adding spot colors to the printer profile 53 adjusting ink limits 23 ink limits expert calibration only 23 ink mixing curves 25 ink mixing curves expert calibration only 25 bleeding ink 27 break off about 46 editing percentage 46 C calibrating about 13 printers 29 calibration finishing 33 characterizing managed output 29 chart measuring linearization 18 color engines 29 combination 31 proofmaster 30 color gamut of the printer adjusting ink limits expert calibration only 23 adjusting ink mixing curves expert calibration only 25 color proofing queues creating printer profile 14 combination of color engines 31 correction dot gain 46
40. tion only About substrates If you have licensed the Advanced Color option you can set up your ProofMaster queue to simulate substrates The process goes as follows 1 You create an image of your substrate for example by scanning it 2 _ You select the substrate in ProofMaster Calibrator and edit it 3 You select the option Substrate simulation for your queue To select and edit substrates Proceed as follows 1 Create a grayscale image of your substrate and save the file as PDF in the ProofMaster 3 Substrates folder In ProofMaster Calibrator click the Reference tab If necessary select the queue for which you want to select and edit substrates Click Select and edit substrates gt Edit U A WN Select your substrate from the list ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Selecting and editing substrates Advanced Color option only PERFECT PROOF 6 Adjust the curve as shown in the examples below Select and Edit substrates 2S l P gt F E More info Point to elements to get more information if present Typical curve for lower quality media used in offset and gravure printing A Intensity of the simulation B Tonal scale C Curve rises to 90 in the midtones D Curve falls to 60 in the shadows E Curve has 30 effect in the highlights 7 Click Save Select and Edit substrates mo de os More info Point to elements to get more inform
41. ut tabs and make sure that all the profiles are set to lt none gt 7 Click the Screening tab and make sure that the halftone angle frequency and dot shape are set correctly Click OK to close the Queue Options dialog box In the main printer window click the Add Job button a 10 Locate and select ProofMaster 3 Utilities Silk calibration wedge pdf 11 Select the appropriate print options and click OK ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Creating a printer profile for screen printing queues PERFECT PROOF See also In the ProofMaster RIP User Guide Creating and configuring ProofMaster queues gt Input e Creating and configuring ProofMaster queues gt Output e Creating and configuring ProofMaster queues gt Screening Creating the printer profile 1 InProofMaster RIP select the queue that you just configured for creating the profile and where you printed the target on 2 Click the Go to Calibrator button iu in the main printer window 3 _ Enter a unique descriptive file name for the new printer profile The default name includes the date and printer type PerfectProof recommends also including printer model and paper type and using underscore characters _ instead of spaces to separate elements of the name ProofMaster adds the desktop fingerprint extension dfp to the file name 4 Ifnecessary provide a more detailed description of the printer profile in the text box under the na
42. ween the reference profile and the printer profile of your queue The DeviceLink profile directly transforms color from one color space to another without using an intermediate device independent color space CIELab L X Lab XK CMYK CMYK You can use a DeviceLink profile in the standard version of ProofMaster To create and tune a DeviceLink profile however you need to license the Advanced Color option To create a DeviceLink profile Advanced Color option only Proceed as follows 1 In ProofMaster RIP make sure that the queue in which you want to use a DeviceLink has a reference profile and a printer profile Double click the queue and check the Proofing and Output tabs Click OK to close the Queue Options dialog box In ProofMaster Calibrator click the DeviceLink tab If necessary select the queue for which you want to create a DeviceLink Click Create DeviceLink gt Create Type the name of the DeviceLink and click Generate na vu A WN In ProofMaster RIP double click the queue and then click the Proofing tab Notice that the DeviceLink which you just created is now selected for this queue ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Using a DeviceLink profile PERFECT PROOF To tune a DeviceLink Advanced Color option only Tuning a DeviceLink can improve the delta E values for proofing and can make color reproduction more accurate through an iterative process However tuning can only
43. y shall immediately be terminated This warranty shall not apply if the Software is used on or in conjunction with hardware or software other than the unmodified version of hardware and software with which the software was designed to be used as described in the Documentation This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may have other legal rights that vary by jurisdiction PERFECT PROOF PERFECT PROOF ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SCOPE OF GRANT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN NO EVENT SHALL PerfectProof ITS EMPLOYEES OR LICENSORS OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS REVENUE SALES DATA OR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTI TUTE GOODS OR SERVICES PROPERTY DAMAGE PERSONAL INJURY INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION OR FOR ANY SPECIAL DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL ECONOMIC COVER PUNITIVE SPECIAL OR CONSEQUEN TIAL DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER ARISING UNDER CONTRACT TORT NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND OR THE DOCUMENTATION OR ARISING OUT OF MISINTERPRETATION OR LACK OF CLARITY OF THE DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF PerfectProof OR ITS LICENSORS OR AFFILIATES ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES BECAUSE SOME COUNTRIES STATES JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY BUT MAY ALLOW LIABILITY TO BE LIMITED IN SUCH CASES PerfectProof ITS EMPLOYE
44. y three to four times until the results are satisfactory ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide PERFECT Using a DeviceLink profile PROOF e Ifthe results of a particular set of measurements are satisfactory select the set in the list and click Finish For example you may have four sets of measurements of which the set Measurement3 had the best results If so select Measurement3 in the list and click Finish ProofMaster Calibrator User Guide Editing the paper color simulation white point correction PERFECT PROOF Editing the paper color simulation white point correction About paper color simulation white point correction If you selected the option Paper Color Simulation when you configured your queue Proofing tab of the Queue Options you can change the simulation of the paper color in ProofMaster Calibrator This function changes the white point in the printer profile in accordance with the reference profile nee Queue Options E Zi AS gt gt D gt A DINO Queue type Workflow Layout Input Proofing Output Driver LL u ES 1 _ ss a u Reference Profile ISO Coated DeviceLink Profile My device link To edit the paper color simulation white point correction Proceed as follows 1 In ProofMaster Calibrator click the DeviceLink tab 2 Select the queue of which you want to change the paper color simulation A reference profile and a printer profile nee
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