Fiery Training 1

Day 1 Introduction 1

Key Contacts 2

Course Slides 3

PS Print Driver Guide 4

Command WorkStation Module & Guide 5

Web Tools Module 6

Hot Folders Module 7

Virtual Printers Module 8

Paper Catalog User Guide & Module 9

Compose User Guide & Module 10

Impose/Business Card Module 11

Impose User Guide 12

Quick Doc Merge Module 13

Mixed Media Module 14

Print Next/Reorder/Schedule Module 15

Day 2 Calibrate & Shading Module 16

Canon Validation Module 17

Monitor Profile Module 18

ColorWise Settings 19

Profile Manager User Guide 20

Paper Profiling Module 21

Spot On Colour Module 22

Spot On Colour User Guide 23

Palette Function Module 24

Day 3 ImageViewer Module 25

Preflight Module 26

Postflight Module 27

PitStop Modules & Guide 28

Progressives Module 29

Configurable Auto Trapping Module 30

C O N T E N T S

Halftone Simulation Module 31

imagePRESS Workflow Training

imagePRESS Introduction

Introduction

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Introduction

The information contained in this folder has been designed to provide you, and all users of the Canon imagePRESS portfolio, within your organisation, with all of the information needed to gain the most out of your investment.

The User Guides and Modules will take you through, in detail, the steps you need to take to product high quality colour prints.

Talk to Canon to Complete built-in user documentation can be found in the media pack.

improve performance in your business.


imagePRESS Key Contacts

Key Contacts

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Key Contacts

To Register Service Calls contact the national service number: 0870 122 6986

For Consumables calls contact: 0870 122 6986

For Helpdesk enquries contact the Software Support Centre 0870 606 1595

Talk to Canon to improve performance in your business.


imagePRESS Print Driver User Guide

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Print Driver User Guide

Contents Information to Check before Printing 3

Print Driver Training Notes 4

Basic 5

Job Info 6

Media 9

Layout 11

Color 15

Color – Expert Settings 17

Image 18

Finishing 19

VDP .. 22

Stamping 23

Printing Documents from your Mailbox 24

General Information 25

Conflicts 26

Scanning To and From Fiery Mailboxes 27

Having Problems? 29



Information to Check before Printing

In the application you are printing from i.e. Microsoft Word etc go to:- • FILE • PAGE SETUP, then • PAPER SOURCE Make sure First and Other Pages are on DEFAULT TRAYS, if not this will show a conflict on the imagePRESS and the device will ask you to load paper before it will print your job. When you select FILE and PRINT, your printer dialogue box appears using the drop down arrow select the Canon Printer (see below)

Please make sure the collate box is UNTICKED, otherwise this will cause a conflict and if you select stapling, all of your sets will be stapled as one document. To select options like double sided, stapling etc click on PROPERTIES



Print Driver Training Notes

When you open the Canon Printer Driver the screen above will appear. The tabs along the top contain all the settings you will be able to change: • BASIC (no. of copies, 2 sided, collate/group, staple, paper source, booklet mode, layout) • JOB INFO (send to print/mailbox/secure print and secure password, dept ID, add notes) • MEDIA (paper size, mixed media, front/back cover settings, media type, transparency interleaving) • LAYOUT (enlarge/reduce, document layout/orientation, 2 sided, booklet mode, creep correction) • COLOR (colour/greyscale selection, expert settings, auto trapping) • IMAGE (quality, resolution, smoothing, halftone, brightness, toner saving) • FINISHING (collating, stapling, page order) • VDP (variable data printing with Freeform – mail merge type feature) • STAMPING (watermarks) • PRINTER (paper and toner information)



Basic

The Basic tab is an area under the Fiery Printing tab that you can customize with the print options you use frequently (up to 16). It saves time because you do not have to open all of the other tabs if you only want to set the options in the Basic tab. • Click the Basic tab and then click Customize. A dialog box appears that contains shortcuts for print

options. The print options that currently appear in the Basic tab are listed under Current Shortcuts. • To add an option to the Basic tab, select the desired option in the Available Shortcuts list and click

Add. • To remove an option from the Basic tab, select the desired option in the Current Shortcuts list and

click Remove. • Click OK to save your changes



Job Info

Job Info Tab features:- • Copies - enter the number of copies you wish to produce. • Schedule Printing – This selection allows you to select the date and time you want to print your

document. • Destination – select to send to a Mailbox or Secured Print. Select Mailbox – select the number

mailbox you wish to send your document to. Secured Password – enter a PIN code to secure print your document.

• Print Queue Action - select to Print, Print and Hold or Process and Hold (to be used in conjunction with Command Workstation software).

• File Name – enter a name for your document so you recognise which one it when printing it from the mailbox at the device.

• Notes – anything written in this box will show up on the device’s Job Log. For example, you may want to put a reference in for a specific print job, so you can identify it later on the Job Log.

• Dept ID/Password- if you have the Dept ID function enabled on your device, these fields should be filled out with your ID/Password before sending your print job.



• User Authentication – If the print server is configured to require user authentication for printing, you must enter your user name and password when you print using Driver. The login can be your network domain/user name or a local user name. Check with your system administrator about the requirements for your system. This section is normally administered on the server by IT departments.

• Secured Password – This allows you to select your own numerical password and send the document to the Secure Print area on the device, also allowing Notes and Instructions to be inserted. To retrieve your job at the device, press Print Job key then select the Secure Print Button (bottom right hand corner of screen), highlight the job you need to print then enter your Secure Password pin number.

• Control Bar – For proofing purposes you can switch the Control Bar on for a standard set of colours,

shades, tints, etc., this will print a bar down the left hand side of your document. This needs to be switched on in Command WorkStation, ColorWise Pro tools, Color Setup, click into Control Bar Tab, tick box. It will print every document with this Control Bar on it until you switch it off again.

• Postflight – Postflight is the process of analyzing processed files – PostScript, PDF, DCS2, and others – for quality control in a digital prepress workflow. It is a perceptive utility letting operators troubleshoot previous problems with the colour of a printed job or they may choose to use it as a preventative measure. Either way, the original document may be printed (or RIPped and previewed) with all objects (graphics and text) colour-coded. The report gives explanation about what colour spaces are utilized in the job and what ppd options affect those spaces. The report also gives information about the printing environment such as calibration date & time and calibration method. A test page may also be printed in order to verify the printing environment.



• Progressives – Progressives refers to printing variations of a multi-colour document, where pages are printed using one to all, the available colours in a printer: C, C+M, C+M+Y, and any combination. The ability to print the various states permits the user to inspect the result of each pass for a four colour document. The progressives function is designed to show the separations used by their job on an imagePRESS-driven device, helping operators to determine where a specific problem is occurring within the original file.



Media

Media Tab Features:- • Paper Catalogue – When you have created entries in the Paper Catalog in Command Workstation,

you would then be able to select the specific media required for the print job. (For more information see the Paper Catalog module in the course folder)

• Document Size - make sure your document size shows the correct size, if not choose the desired size from the drop-down list.

• Paper Source - allows the drawer or bypass selection. • Media Type – allows the different media types (standard catalogue selection) to be selected on the

device. • Mixed Media Define – allows documents to be printed with mixed paper types or mixed single or two

sided printing within the same document. There is a separate exercise available for this feature. • Tray Alignment – used in conjunction with Align Trays feature in Command

Workstation/imagePRESS Functions. • Select Tab Position - if you choose to print onto tabs (dividers) in Media Type, this feature allows you

to move a divider ‘label’ up to 25.4mm across from your A4 document onto the tab.



• Transparency Interleaving - this feature, when turned on, will interleave a sheet of paper in between

each transparency. You will have a choice of a BLANK or PRINTED interleave sheet. • Front/Back Cover Mode - you can choose to print your front cover different from the rest of you

document. From this list you can select NONE, FRONT PAGE PRINT, BACK PAGE PRINT, and BOTH PAGE PRINT.

• Front/Back Cover Source - coupled with the above feature, you can choose to print your front cover from a different tray.

• Paper Size – Default – Same As Document Size, can specify other output paper sizes.



Layout

Layout Tab features:- Normal • Scale - between 25%-400% (only works on some applications). • Scale To fit • Orientation - allows portrait and landscape printing. • Mirror - will give a mirrored image if printing onto transfer sheets. • Rotate 180 - will turn your document 180 degrees when printed. • Pages Per Sheet - similar to thumbnails. e.g. if you have a four page document and select 4-up

layout will put all four onto one sheet of paper. • 2-Sided Printing - for double-sided printing. Long Edge will read like a book, left to right. Short Edge

will read in calendar format, top to bottom.



Booklet • Select if you are producing booklets

• Select Settings to access the Booklet Maker Wizard • In the Basic Tab, follow through the wizard, selecting your options and pressing Next, selecting

Booklet Type, Paper Size, Page Alignment, Cover and accessing the Summary.



• Or use the Advanced tab for the ‘Drop Down’ options



Gang Up Print • Press Settings for options

• Cut & Stack allows you to print off the pages and cut then stack them on-top of each other. • Step & Repeat allows you to duplicate the document and repeat it on the page. • Paper Size – Select the actual Paper Size • Document Size – Select the size of the paper that you are actually printing out on. • Shrink To fit – allows you to shrink the document to fit the page • Orientation – select from Portrait & Landscape • Paper Alignment – changes gutter size. • 2 – Sided Printing – select Long or short edge for double siding.



Color

Finishing Tab Features:- • Print Mode – Standard Color will use the device defaults. Expert Color – allows configuration of

colour. Greyscale will print in black and white. (See next page for Expert Color settings) • Composite Overprint – Allows accurate representation of composite overprint elements in the

document to be printed. • Combine Separations – used when printing separations from professional applications. • Substitute Colors - This is used when certain colours are selected in a document by their RGB or

CMYK values, they can be substituted with a different colour having the CMYK values from the Spot-On Color dictionary. This permits exact colour control and overrides individual RGB and CMYK colours. They have no effect on raster images. NOTE: When a colour is defined as a Substitute Color, the settings for an RGB colour (such as RGB Source, Rendering Style, and RGB Separation) or CMYK colour (such as CMYK Simulation Profile, CMYK Simulation Method, and Paper Simulation) have no effect. The colour is converted with a process similar to Spot Color conversion. NOTE: You cannot use the Substitute Colors and Postflight features at the same time. These print options are available in the printer driver.

• Two-Color Print Mapping - The Two-Color Print Mapping feature is designed for print shop operators to do the proofing for a two-colour press. You can print a two-colour job to a two-colour device by mapping the colours in a job to the colours that are already created on the device. The following limitations apply when you use the Two-Color Print Mapping feature:

o The settings for Two-Color Print Mapping are ignored when the Composite Overprint and Combine Separation features are enabled.

o Postflight does not report on Two-Color Print Mapping, because Postflight reports the source state of a document. The colour space that the copier receives before any conversions is reported in Postflight.



o You cannot select the Two-Color Print Mapping and Substitute Color options at the same time. Also, you cannot select a Substitute Color to be used in the Two-Color Print Mapping feature.

• Auto trapping – allows elimination of halo effect when two solid colours are printed on top of each other.



Color – Expert Settings

Expert Color Settings • RGB Source Profile – this is the RGB working space for the elements of the document that have been

created in RGB e.g: digital pictures. • Rendering Style – this determines the method used to convert colours from RGB to CMYK.

Photographic is the recommended setting as this is optimises the range of colours to produce the best results.

• RGB Separation – select SIMULATION if you wish to simulate a press with your RGB data. Select OUTPUT if you wish to retain the RGB gamut.

• CMYK Simulation Profile/Method – used to simulate a press. If no simulation is required set to NONE, however if switched to off this will turn off simulation and calibration (not recommended). CMYK Simulation Method – how CMYK input is converted to CMYK output.

• Spot Color Matching – uses internal Pantone lookup tables to match the Pantone swatch. If disabled spot colours will be converted to CMYK using CMYK Simulation Profile.

• Black Text/Graphics – prints single colour black if enabled. Black Overprint prints a black outline to avoid haloing on a coloured background.

• Output Profile – defines the colour space of the print device to which the imagePRESS Server is connected. The list varies depending upon which paper type you are using. E.g. Plain, heavy, coated, thick, etc.



Image

Image Quality Tab features:- • Resolution – can be set to 600dpi or 1200dpi. • Image Smoothing - improves the print quality of low resolution images by smoothing jagged edges. • Brightness – changes levels of brightness by %. • Sharpness – changes by 3 levels of sharpness and 3 levels of softness (used for photographic or

large text options) • Colour Graphics/Line Control –can set priority to the resolution or the colour. • Printers Halftone – resolution is best for a document containing mostly text and line drawings.

Gradation is best for a document containing mainly images. Error diffusion (also known as dithering) is most suitable for a document containing small and fine text. The halftone patterns specify different processing methods for text, graphics and images.

• Halftone Simulation – allows the user to choose from Printers Halftone, Application Defined, Newsprint and User Defined Screen 1, 2 and 3. To set the User Defined Screens, you need to set them up in Command WorkStation with their own values then apply. The user can then select those values from this screen.

• Gradation Smoothing – choose off, fine or coarse for smoother printing of transitions between colours or shades. Toner Saving - if turned on is similar to printing in draft mode.

• Image Compression –can select speed priority or image priority (will slow the job down) or normal. • Density Fine Adjustment – if selected, can choose from lighter through a range to darker.

Advanced Smoothing – These will be preset in the device and would be used to operators own preference.



Finishing

(Please note – all finishing options are subject to options purchased, even though these options are shown in the printer driver, if the imagePRESS does not have these options, you will be unable to use them)

Finishing Tab features:- • Page Order – set to forward or reverse. • Output Destination Priority 1 – select Stacker A or Stacker B to output the job. (Stacker Unit is optional

extra). • Paper Output – used to select which tray your print job will be output to. • Sorter Mode – for collating and grouping, with and without shift. • Stapler Mode – select a position for a staple. Saddle Stitch combined with booklet mode to fold and

staple. • Face Up Printing – select on or off for face up printing. • Hole Punch – specify position of hole punch if the device has a puncher installed. • Gutter – change the distance between the left and right pages up to 50mm. • No. of Copies for Offset – can select the number of copies to be produced before the finisher offsets

the next batch. • Trimming Mode – tick to select trimming on (Optional Extra). • Select Trimming Position – sets the trimming position 2mm to 20mm. • Image Shift – can move the position of your document around the page. This is an extremely useful

feature to assist in aligning front and reverse sides when duplexing. When selected, Image Shift Options becomes available for selection, where you can put in your adjustments.



Perfect Binding Options:





VDP

Variable Data Printing Tab features:- • FreeForm – FreeForm allows easy to use variable data printing used in conjunction with the

Command Workstation software to create a wide variety of personalised documents. FreeForm rips the master data only once and then overlays variable data on the pages.



Stamping

Stamping Tab features:- • Watermarks – click New to type in a new word to have as a watermark on your document. Choose

different fonts, sizes, angles, colour and position. This can be printed on the first page of your document only, if check box ticked.

• Copy Set Numbering – if switched on, this will stamp the number of the copy set on to your document.



Printing Documents from your Mailbox

1. Select Mailbox, This is the button at the top of the screen. It will take you into the mailbox screen (see right). Once there, select your personal mailbox by pressing the relevant numbered button. If you have a password set, please enter it and press OK.

2. Select Document(s), Select from the screen which documents you would like to print or press SELECT ALL. You can view an individual document from the EDIT MENU, or just press PRINT.

3. Print Document(s), If you previously selected your settings from the print driver, you can press START PRINT to output your job(s). If you need to change your print settings, press CHANGE PR. SETTINGS, select the desired changes and press START PRINT.



General Information

If at anytime you wish to save settings that you use on a regular basis (i.e. stapling and double siding), set up your print job as required, and then click the JOB TEMPLATES drop-down list and select SAVE CURRENT JOB TEMPLATE. You will then be asked to name your template. Click OK. To use the profile just click on the drop down arrow in JOB TEMPLATES and select the template you require. Please remember when you go back into the printer driver most of the time it will show your last settings, i.e. stapling etc. To put the printer driver back to default settings, click on the drop down arrow JOB TEMPLATES and highlight and click the DEFAULT JOB TEMPLATES key. This will put all tabs back to default settings.



Conflicts

Whilst selecting settings from your print driver, a CONFLICT dialogue box may appear. This means that there are two or more features you have chosen are conflicting. In the example above, we have chosen to print on a TRANSPARENCY, but the TRANSPARENCY setting is conflicting with the 2-SIDED PRINTING chosen previously. We have two choices, we can click OK to fix the conflict and turn off 2-sided printing, or I can CANCEL the transparency setting.



Scanning To and From Fiery Mailboxes

This facility allows you to send a document from the copier to a Mailbox (NOT the same as copier Mailboxes – these mailboxes are internal to the device only), to which you can then open the scanned document through your chosen application on your workstation. 1 On the control panel of the device • Select PRINTER, PRINTER SETTINGS, FUNCTIONS, SCAN JOB • Select Source – choose either ADF or PLATEN, SIZE and ORIENTATION, SINGLE or DUPLEX • Select IMAGE OPTIONS – choose whether Colour Mode, Image Mode, Background Removal,

Brightness, Resolution and Binding Direction • Select DESTINATION, ADD DESTINATION, choose SEND TO MAILBOX. • Enter a previously created User Account*. • Click Done and Done again. • Select START SCAN – this will prompt you to type a filename for the document you are scanning,

Click OK. • Select START SCAN NOW, and press YES. 2a) From PC • Open your chosen application i.e. Adobe Photoshop or Acrobat (full version not reader) • Within the application select the Option to either Acquire or Import Image in the case of PDF, select

Create PDF from Scanner. • Select Fiery Remote Scan 5. • When the new page opens, type in your User Account * and Password. You may require to press

refresh • Your named document should now appear. • Highlight your document and select Acquire • This will bring the scanned image into your application. • The application you are using now deals with your scanned image.

OR 2b) Fiery Remote Scan Application If you have no software available on your Mac/PC to import the document, using this application you may save your scanned image as a Tiff, JPEG or PDF. • Open the application Fiery Remote Scan 5. • When the new page opens type in your User Account * and Password, and press refresh. • Your named document should now appear. • Highlight your document and select SEND. • Select File Format you wish to save Document as (PDF, TIFF, and JPEG). • Choose SAVE AS, in the next screen you need to locate where you want your document sent too. • Name your document and press SEND.

OR



2c) Fiery Web Tools To save the documents to your PC from the Fiery Mailbox. • Open your Web Browser Application, e.g., Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, etc. • Type in the IP address of the device. • Select the DOCS tab. • Enter the User Account * and Password. • Select the document by ticking the box on it’s left. • Click Download Icon on top left of screen (below main tabs). • Select file format, PDF, TIFF or JPEG and either All Pages or Select Pages. • Click Download button. • Either Save or Open the File. * Please refer to your Web Tools Exercise documentation for further information on creation of User Accounts



Having Problems?

Below you will find the answers to some common questions:

Why won’t my document print on the paper I have selected?

• Check PAGE SETUP within your application, click on the PAPER SOURCE tab and ensure that it is set to DEFAULT TRAY.

Why can I not get my document to print on the second side of the first page, when the remainder has?

• Check PAGE SETUP within your application, click on PAPER SOURCE tab and ensure that both FIRST PAGES and OTHER PAGES are set to DEFAULT TRAY.

Why does it staple all my sets together, when I want them to staple them separately?

• When you first select print, before you go into the properties of the printer, ensure the collate option is not selected.

I have sent my document to print, the DATA and ERROR lights flash, but my prints don’t appear?

• It is likely that it may be asking for a paper size you don’t have i.e. LTR. Press the SYSTEM MONITOR key on the copier and choose an A4 paper tray.

• This occurs most often when printing from MICROSOFT OUTLOOK as the application is usually set to LTR size paper as a default. To change this to A4, go to PAGE SETUP within your application and choose A4 as your default. You may have to check each style separately.



imagePRESS Command WorkStation Module

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Command WorkStation Module

Contents TCommand Workstation 3 T

Exercise 1 – Server Log In and Set Up 4

Exercise 2 – CWS Preferences: PC & MAC 6

Exercise 3 – Inputting Jobs into CWS (Import, Print & Drag & Drop for MACs) 8

Exercise 4 – Find & Search for your jobs 11

Exercise 5 – Customising (Adding & Deleting) Column Headers 13

Exercise 6 – Job Control (Editing Job Properties) 14

Exercise 7 – Merging Documents 15



Command Workstation

Command WorkStation (CWS) is the print/job management utility used with imagePRESS servers. It allows users to log into (multiple) servers, control jobs, preview, hold, prioritise, apply print settings, re-print, archive and merge print jobs

• How to add a server and connect to multiple servers • How to set your CWS preferences • How to input a job into CWS • How to find and search for jobs • How to customise column headers by adding and deleting • Job Control • Document Merging



Exercise 1 – Server Log In and Set Up

In this exercise, we will learn how to log in to the imagePRESS server Method 1 – Auto Search

1. With Command WorkStation is launched for the first time it will enter ‘Autosearch’ 2. Once its completed its search select your server from the list of detected servers

found.

PC MAC You are able to select more than one server (if there are more servers available) and add it into Command WorkStation individually Adding Other Servers

1. Form the CWS menu, select Server and Log In/Out. 2. Click on Add button on the bottom of the Log In server window. You are able to

use the Auto Search as described above, or select Manual to manually input the ip address of the server you wish to add.

MAC

PC



Method 2 – Manual Search Sometimes due to network settings, the server is unable to be added by Autosearch, you are then able to select Manual Search.

1. Follow stages in Adding Other Servers and select the Manual tab/option. 2. Select Server IP address and key in the ip address of the server. Then press the Add

button.

PC MAC

Advanced Search You are also able to search using the Advanced button under Autosearch Using the stages in Adding Other Servers, select Advanced option and you can enter in a range of ip addresses to search between, specifying different subnets if applicable.



Exercise 2 – CWS Preferences: PC & MAC

In this exercise we will look at editing CWS preferences PC

1 From CWS Edit Menu select Preferences

3. Ensure Autologin is ticked and Enable Animation is unticked. 4. In the Units option select millimeters. 5. (Note only) Directory Locations are located here, and you are able to change the number

of jobs held in Job Log. Also the Imposition Preferences are located here, you are able to change the Adobe PDF settings if required.

6. Once all preferences are set, Press OK.



MAC 1. Go into CWS MAC OS in top menu bar and select Preferences

2. From units option select Milimeters and press OK Note: There are no ‘Imposition’ settings in the MAC as ‘Impose’ is not a feature compatible with MAC.



Exercise 3 – Inputting Jobs into CWS (Import, Print & Drag & Drop for MACs)

Method 1 - Import In this exercise, we will learn how to import a job into CWS. 1. From CWS Windows menu, select File, Imports, Job and select CWS4exerc1.pdf from the

Student Folder. 2. Select Add, then select the Hold queue under Logical Printer/Import Options and click on

Import/OK to download. Your job should now appear in the Active Job window.

PC MAC



Method 2 – Print

PC

1. From Student Folder (on the desktop) Open the file CWSexerc1.pdf and select File, Print, Properties.

2. Select the Job Info tab and Print Queue Action drop down to select Process & Hold. 3. Press OK then OK to submit the print job. The document will appear in the Active Job window in

CWS.

MAC 4. From Student Folder (on the desktop) Open the file CWSexerc1.pdf and select File, Print,

(ensuring the imagePRESS is the printer and correct PPDs are selected) then select Printer.

3. Select the Copies & Pages drop down option under Presets and select Printer Features, then

select Feature Sets and under Print Queue Action select Process and Hold 4. Select Print then Print again. The job should then appear in the Active Job window in CWS.



Method 3 – Drag & Drop (MAC only)

1. With CWS open, select the unopened document and drag & drop it into the Active Job window of CWS.



Exercise 4 – Find & Search for your jobs

In this exercise, we will use the Find & Search feature to locate a job on the server. 1. From CWS Edit menu, select Find. This will launch the Find menu. 2. Click the Search Server pull down menu and select one active server where the job might be

located. Check the Active Jobs, Printed Jobs, and Archived jobs boxes.

Basic Search 1. Under General Tab, Job title field enter: CWS4exerc1.pdf. 2. Select the Search/Find button.



Advanced Search 1. Select the Active Jobs, Printed Job, and Archived jobs check box in Search Server Section. 2. Select the Advanced tab. 3. Select the Job property setting options for advance search. 4. Right click the search values field box for page size and select A4 and click the Search/Find

button.



Exercise 5 – Customising (Adding & Deleting) Column Headers

PC 1. To Add - Right Click on the grey column header, Select Add, from the list select the option

required. 2. To Delete – Select the column header no longer required. Right click and select Delete.

MAC 1. To Add/Delete Columns – Use keyboard keys: Ctrl + Apple + Click Mouse on column header. 2. Select Edit Visible Columns



Exercise 6 – Job Control (Editing Job Properties)

1. In CWS Active Window click on job CWS4exerc1.pdf and select Properties icon. The screen looks very similar to the Printer Driver Options. Example: Select 2-Sided Printing - Short Edge Binding.



Exercise 7 – Merging Documents

Import Documents from Student Folder: 8Pages.pdf & 12Pages.pdf to add to the Hold Queue. 1. In the Active window select each job, select Process & Hold (dark yellow colour) 2. Select the 8Page.pdf document and select Preview. 3. Follow the same procedure for 12Page.pdf



Click Page 1 of the Green Page 1 and drag down to the space between Page 2 & 3, release the mouse button.

The Preview shows the page that has been inserted.

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Close the 8Page.pdf document and the 12Page.pdf document. When the Save As dialog window opens, re-name the merged document 12Page_merge.pdf and Click the Yes/Save button.

PC MAC

MAC



The Merged document is displayed in the Active Window. You are able to print the document out. Right Click and Select Print.

PC

MAC



imagePRESS Web Tools Module

Web Tools Module


Introduction

Web Tools is a browser-based tool, hosted on the imagePRESS server which delivers the power of the following functionalities within the imagePRESS.

• Downloads in the imagePRESS server – This feature of Web Tools allows the user to download both printer files and client applications (utilities) from the imagePRESS server to a client PC.

• Back-Up and restore settings. • Home – provides basic status and capabilities of the imagePRESS server. • Downloads – allows user to install client tools. • MyDocs v1 – user authenticated access to mailbox jobs and ability to download print jobs to

the imagePRESS server. • Configure – allows the administrator to configure the imagePRESS server. • User and Groups – user authentication management tool.

Objectives

Upon completion of this exercise you will:

• Know how to navigate through Web Tools. • Know how to download client utilities and drivers. • Have a brief understanding of the MyDocs tab. • Know how to access Fiery Setup from Web Tools.

Web Tools Module


Exercise 1- Launch Web Tools

1. In your Web Browser, type in the IP Address of your imagePRESS device and you should get

the Web Tools Home Page

Home Tab Shows the first home page of Web Tools. Downloads Tab Allows print driver and utilities downloads. Docs Tab Allows authenticated user’s access to their mailbox. Configure Tab Allows administrator’s configuration tools Processing Box Shows documents which are being processed now Printing Box Shows documents which are being printed now Capabilities Shows what optional extras have been permanently enabled

using an enable dongle 1. Downloads Tab

This tab allows print drivers and utilities to be installed on the client PC. Depending on which operating system you are using, select either Windows or MAC to install.

Click once on the blue number for either Windows or MAC –

Web Tools Module


The following screen will appear :

2. If you Run the file, this puts the print drivers in a specific folder (this can be user specified)

where you can then install the drivers whenever you need to.

Web Tools Module


Same with the client software installer for utilities like Command WorkStation v4, ColorWise Pro Tools, Hot Folders, etc. An example of the screen is below.

Web Tools Module


3. Docs Tab

Select the Docs tab and the MyDocs page appears. This provides you with a secure area to manage jobs. Each user can be assigned an account and password allowing them to send jobs to the imagePRESS with a protected account and password. It allows you to manage printed and scanned documents. (User names and passwords must contain only characters, no symbols or numbers).

To use the Docs area, the user must have a user account setup, or the imagePress configured to use LDAP services and the Windows Domain username has been added to the users list on the imagePRESS server.

You will see your MyDocs tab, the Printed Tab and the Held Jobs tab and can click on one of these tabs for your documents.

4. To Import a file from local hard drive, removable media or network partitions, click on the Import button on the Docs tab to import a document to Command WorkStation. This used to be called downloader and still has the same function.

5. The Send To: page appears, click on the Browse button to select a file to send to the

imagePRESS. Locate the file then click Open. The file will now be listed in the select file to print: text box. Select Send To menu and select print to Hold, Print or Direct queue.

Web Tools Module


6. Click on the Send button to submit the file. If you open Command WorkStation, you should now see the submitted file in the queue you sent it to.

7. Scanning a document into MyDocs using Fiery Remote Scan allows the documents to be

• Printed • Sent to an email address if email services are configured on the imagePRESS • Renamed • Deleted from the mailbox • Downloaded to the imagePRESS queues

If you do not sign in using your username and password, you will not be able to see the documents you have scanned in. If you have logged in using your username and password, once you have completed your tasks in Web Tools, please remember to LOGOUT.

8. Configure Tab

This tab allows users with administration rights to setup and configure how the printer functions. Click on Launch Configure – this opens a JAVA Applet connection to web security validation and onto the configuration screens.

It also allows the user to check for Product Updates. This will connect the user to the eFI Website and will display any updates to imagePRESS System Software or User Software.

Web Tools Module


9. Type in the username and password and click OK

When you have entered the correct username and password, the following screen appears.

Users and Groups Allows you to add users/groups for authentication Server Allows changes to general info, Jobs, password, job log, support,

system update and backup/restore Network Allows network port, protocol and services changes Printer Allows publication of direct, print and hold queues and

PDF XObjects PDL Allows changes to PS, VDP and native documents

10. Users and Groups

Create a new user by clicking on the Contact List button. Click on Add and then fill out New Contact information then Save and Add.

Web Tools Module


11. Once you have added new contacts, you can then select them into a group. Select Create

Group, give your Group a name then click on Save and Add Members

12. Select from Available Contacts screen then click on Add or Configure from LDAP (if it is setup)

Web Tools Module


13. Click Save when you have completed the Add Member List.



imagePRESS Hot Folders Module


Hot Folders Module

Contents Hot Folders 3

Key Benefits For Hot Folders 3

Objectives 3

EXERCISE 1 – Creating Hot Folders 4

EXERCISE 2 – Applying Imposition Settings To A Hot Folder 9

EXERCISE 3 – Edit Settings For Your Hot Folder 11

EXERCISE 4 – Disable A Hot Folder 12

EXERCISE 5 – Duplicating A Hot Folder 13

EXERCISE 6 – Submitting Jobs To A Hot Folder 14


Hot Folders Module

Hot Folders

A Hot Folder is a utility designed to provide the user with a simple and automated method for sending printing files to an imagePRESS server. Documents can be printed using Hot Folders via drag & drop or print-to-file. Depending on the configuration of the Hot Folder, jobs can be routed to the imagePRESS with a job ticket attached. Job Ticket setting includes print properties options and imposition attributes. From the user standpoint, Hot Folder acts as a macro that preserves printing settings and automates the printing process. Hot Folders relieves the user of the repetitive task of configuring print settings for multiple jobs. Since a Hot Folder appears as a folder on a host PC and can be shared on networks, they are also a very easy way of forwarding jobs without installing special software on each PC. The Hot Folder feature is an application that runs on either Windows or MAC OS X and provides a simplified job submission tool for all workflows. Hot Folders allow users to drag and drop files directly into a folder icon on the desktop. Once submitted, files are automatically processed with specific job properties and imposition requirements.

Key Benefits For Hot Folders

o Automate submission of VDP jobs, and VDP jobs with imposition o Automates PDF job printing making office use highly efficient o Cuts down on repetitive workflows for faster error-free printing o Can increase complexity of jobs beyond users own expertise o Provides driver overrides to jobs to reduce user error

Objectives

• Create a Hot folder applying print driver settings • Create a Hot folder applying imposition setting • Edit a Hot folder • Disable a Hot folder • Duplicate a Hot folder


Hot Folders Module

EXERCISE 1 – Creating Hot Folders

1. A new folder must be created on the desktop. Right click the desktop and choose New, Folder and

name the folder TEST.

2. Now that the folder is created, we can use the Hot Folder Utility to turn a generic folder into a Hot

Folder. 3. There are two ways to set up Hot Folders. The first can be by double clicking the Hot Folders icon

on the desktop. The second can be done by going through Start, Programs, Fiery, and Hot Folders. Either way opens the Hot Folders control panel.

4. In order to activate a Hot Folder, you must tell the control panel the name and location of the

generic folder. 5. Click the Add button.


Hot Folders Module

6. And Browse to the newly created TEST folder.

7. Then click OK. 8. The name and location for the Hot Folder is complete. Now you must assign the specific job

properties to the Hot Folder. The Folder Properties dialog box opens automatically.

9. The first thing it will need is the server information to which the Hot Folder is connecting. 10. Click the Select button to choose a specific server.


Hot Folders Module

11. Like Command WorkStation, the Hot Folder Utility will automatically search for available

imagePRESS servers. You can also use a manual entry of the server information.

12. Click the OK button once the server is selected.

13. Once a server connection has successfully been created, you must choose the appropriate printer

method to send the files. Most of the time, the “hold” queue is the best choice. 14. Select the hold queue.


Hot Folders Module

15. Now the server and printer have been established. 16. Select the Advanced Tab and tick the Keep Original check box. This will ensure that when you click

and drag files to the Hot Folder that the original document is kept.

17. Select Job Settings check box and then select the Define button

18. The Job Properties dialog opens, Choose the appropriate Job Properties from the properties list.

This would include all settings normally applied through the print driver.


Hot Folders Module

19. In this case, we have selected 2 sided Printing on long edge, with Stapler Mode set to Corner

Upper Left Portrait. Everything else has been set to Preserve Document Setting which is the default.

20. Click OK when all settings have been selected.


Hot Folders Module

EXERCISE 2 – Applying Imposition Settings To A Hot Folder

1. Now you can apply imposition templates as well as customer settings with Hot Folders. If your Hot

Folder jobs require no imposition, then you don’t need to select this box. In the event that you have many jobs which need the same imposition requirements, this setting will automatically apply imposition to all jobs through the Hot Folder, including VDP imposition.

2. Select the Imposition Settings check box and then select the Define button


Hot Folders Module

3. The first thing to do with imposition settings is to define a sheet size Select the Sheet Size box and

choose the appropriate Sheet Size

4. If you have a pre-existing Imposition Template or wish to use one of the pre-defined templates, you can choose them from the Select Template menu.

5. Choose the appropriate imposition template from the list or browse and attach one from another location.

If you do wish to perform a custom imposition, then choose the Custom button. The imposition settings found here are nearly identical to the tools found on Command WorkStation. Choose the appropriate settings for Sheet, Layout, Scale, Finishing and Finishing VDP. Once you have made your Imposition Settings, you can close this portion of the Hot Folders job properties 6. Click the OK button 7. After Job and Imposition settings have been made, your Hot Folder is configured to accept files

with a click and drag submission process. Click the OK button and save the settings to your new Hot Folder.


Hot Folders Module

EXERCISE 3 – Edit Settings For Your Hot Folder

1. If you need to edit or alter the settings of your Hot Folder, you can easily do so with the Hot Folders Control Panel. From the list of available Hot Folders, click to select the desired Hot Folder you wish to edit.

2. Click the Properties button in the menu bar to open the Hot Folder settings.

3. The Hot Folders dialog box will open. You can repeat the steps above for editing or changing the

settings of your Hot Folder. When the editing is complete, save the changes by selecting the OK button.

The Preferences button gives you control over setting up the network pathways for Hot Folder archiving locations, measurement units and Imposition Template paths.


Hot Folders Module

EXERCISE 4 – Disable A Hot Folder

Another useful tool within the Hot Folder Control Panel is the ability to disable Hot Folders. This is particularly useful when you have multiple Hot Folders and wish to temporarily turn off access without losing the settings through deletion. Select the Hot Folder you wish to disable through available Hot Folders listed in the Control Panel window. 1. Click the Disable button. The State check box to the left of the Hot Folder name will become

unchecked when disabled.

2. To turn it back on again, either click the State check box or click on Enable.


Hot Folders Module

EXERCISE 5 – Duplicating A Hot Folder

Sometimes it is useful to create new Hot Folders based on already existing Hot Folders plus some minor changes. Using the Duplicate button plus changing the properties allows you to do this. First create a new folder, then select the Hot Folder you wish to duplicate through the available Hot Folders listed in the Control Panel window. 1. Click the Duplicate button. The Duplicate Hot Folder dialog box appears automatically

2. In the duplicate to field, select the browse button, point to the newly created folder and click

duplicate.


Hot Folders Module

EXERCISE 6 – Submitting Jobs To A Hot Folder

1. In addition to clicking and dragging files directly into the Hot Folder, you can also browse and download to it from the Hot Folder Control Panel. Using the “Download” button allows you to browse and pick files to submit to the Hot Folder. You must first pick which Hot Folder you wish to use then select Download.

2. Browse for the appropriate file to download via the Hot Folder, click on the icon in the list and hit

the Select button. This will submit the file to the Hot Folder.



imagePRESS Virtual Printers Module

Virtual Printers Module


Introduction

The Virtual Printers option gives any user a method of printing to the imagePRESS server using predefined settings to configure the print job. The Fiery administrator can define a series of virtual printers for the imagePRESS to publish. The user can access a virtual printer via a print driver. In Comparison with Hot Folders, Virtual Printers is managed and configured centrally by the administrator and all settings take place at the Command Workstation. The imagePRESS Operator only can view the published Virtual Printers and details associated within them. The Administrator has the right to the following functions. Create new Virtual Printers View the available Virtual Printers Publish a Virtual Printer Delete a Virtual Printer Duplicate a Virtual Printer Edit a Virtual Printer The Administrator can define a combination of up to 255 virtual printers on an imagePRESS.



EXERCISE 1 - Creating a Virtual Printer

1. From Command Workstation select the Server menu, and Select Virtual Printers.

2. The Virtual printers dialog box opens, click the New button.



3. Enter the name that will be used to access the Virtual Printer, and select which action will

occur when the file arrives at the imagePRESS: Hold, Process and Hold, Print or Print & Hold.

4. Select the Comments box to enter comments describing the Virtual Printer.



5. Select the Use Custom Job Properties check box to assign Job properties to the Virtual

Printer, .Select Edit Job properties button to define job properties.



6. The Job settings dialog box will open, job settings can now be assigned to the Virtual

Printer. Any combination of valid driver options can be applied to the Virtual Printer. In this example we have named the Virtual Printer ‘Booklet Printer’ so we will apply all settings relating to the creation of a booklet in the print driver.

7. When all the settings have been applied to the Virtual Printer click on OK.

8. The Virtual Printer Settings Dialog box will appear again. From here you can set up

Imposition Settings for the Virtual Printer. 9. Click Close



EXERCISE 2 - Configuring a Virtual Printer with Imposition Settings

1. This option will allow users to apply saved templates from EFI Impose or custom imposition settings to a Virtual Printer.

2. Select Edit Imposition Settings button.

3. This opens the EFI Impose window. From here you can select predefined templates for

example 1 up full bleed or 2 up perfect. 4. Click OK to complete the Virtual Printer Definition.



EXERCISE 3 - Connecting a Workstation to a Virtual Printer Queue

1. To connect to a Virtual Printer from a client workstation, add the Virtual Printer using the

Add Printer wizard.

2. Click the Start Button and select Printers and Faxes.



3. The printers and Faxes menu will open, Click the Add Printer Icon.

4. Click the Next Button

5. For this example the select Local Printer.



6. Select the Create New Port Button

7. Select LPR Port and select the Next Button.



8. Enter the IP Address of the imagePRESS server in the top Line of the dialog box and the

Name of the Virtual Printer that you created in the bottom line to Connect, and click the OK Button.

9. Select the appropriate Printer driver to install for the Virtual Printer, this can be obtained

from the User CD or Web tools. Click the Have Disk Button



10. The install disk dialog box opens, click the Browse button to search for the Printer Driver.

Click Ok

11. Select the Driver and click the Next button.



12. Create a name for the Virtual Printer to make it easy to identify the functionality of the

Virtual Printer. Click the Next Button.

13. Select Yes to Print the test Page and click the Next Button.

14. Click the Finish button to complete the installation of the Virtual Printer.



15. If a test page was printed, click OK to verify the Test Page was printed successfully. 16. Click the Add printer Wizard button and repeat the procedure to add additional Virtual

Printers for use on the workstation.

EXERCISE 4 - Printing to a Virtual Printer

1. Open the document that you wish to print to the Virtual Printer and select File and Print from the menu.



2. Select the Virtual Printer from the Printers menu and select OK. 3. Your document will now be printed with the predefined settings of that Virtual Printer. 4. If you need to edit the predefined settings of the Virtual Printer, select the Properties

Button and make the appropriate changes.



imagePRESS Paper Catalog User Guide

Paper Catalog User Guide


Contents About Paper Catalog 3

Administrator Level 4

Operator Level 4

Creating A New Catalog Entry 4

Duplicating a Catalog Entry 4

Editing a Catalog Entry 4

Deleting a Catalog Entry 5

Defining a custom page size 5

Customizing Media Type 5

Register Paper Type at the imagePRESSC7000 touch screen 6

Assigning Media to a job 6

Media Attributes 7

Media Texture 9



About Paper Catalog

Paper Catalog is a system-based paper warehouse database, which can store attributes of any media stock available in a production print shop. As soon as any media is loaded into the imagePRESS, you need to program the imagePRESS so the device knows the accurate paper description that is loaded in the trays. Access Paper Catalog via Command Workstation (CWS) Server then Paper Catalog.

The Paper Catalog database is colour coded. Green indicates the default Media types. Blue shows it has been edited by the user from the touch screen at the Canon Device, the White indicates a user created Media type.



The amount of Paper Catalog functionality available to you depends on how you log into Command WorkStation. The two access levels of Command WorkStation are: • Administrator • Operator

Administrator Level • define multiple media attribute combinations and assign unique names to each combination. • assign color profiles for each media. • assign trays with loaded media stock. • select predefined media when they submit their job. • specify which Paper Catalog columns are available for users. • centrally maintain their Paper Catalog database.

Operator Level

• assign trays with loaded media stock. • select predefined media when they submit their job.

Creating A New Catalog Entry

New catalog entries must have unique descriptive names. Duplicate names are ignored by Paper Catalog. To create a new catalog entry: 1. In the main Paper Catalog window, choose File > New Paper or click the New icon 2. In the New Media window, specify the attributes for your new paper catalog entry. (for a list of attributes see section 2 of the Guide) 3. Click OK.

Duplicating a Catalog Entry

You can duplicate an existing catalog entry and then customize it to create a new entry. New catalog entries must have unique descriptive names. Duplicate names are ignored by Paper Catalog. To duplicate a catalog entry: 1. In the main Paper Catalog window, select the paper catalog entry that you want to duplicate. 2. Click on the New icon, you are able to re-name and edit the media attributes (if necessary) The duplicated entry appears at the bottom of the list.

Editing a Catalog Entry

To edit a catalog entry within the main Paper Catalog window: 1. In the main Paper Catalog window, highlight the entry that you want to edit. 2. Click and hold down the mouse on an attribute in the entry line to display the options menu for that attribute. Then choose the new option as desired. All changes are automatically saved. To edit a catalog entry within the Edit Media window: 1. In the main Paper Catalog window, highlight the entry that you want to edit. 2. Choose Edit Paper Properties, or click the Properties icon The Edit Media window appears. 3. In the Edit Media window, highlight the attribute line that you want to edit. Then click the attribute value in the right column to display the options menu, and choose the new option as desired. Repeat this step for all other attributes that you wish to edit.



4. Click OK.

Deleting a Catalog Entry 1. In the main Paper Catalog window, select the paper catalog entry that you want to delete from the list. 2. Choose Edit > Delete or click the Delete icon An alert message asks if you want to delete the entry. 3. Click Yes.

Defining a custom page size

You can define a custom page size when creating or editing a paper catalog entry. To define a custom page size to a new catalog entry: 1. In the main Paper Catalog window, choose File > New Paper or click the New icon 2. In the New Media window, click the Paper Size field and enter the custom page values for that catalog entry. You must enter custom page values as "n x n", for example "8 x 10". If you do not specify units of measurement, such as in, mm, or pt, the default units specified in Preferences is used. If a unit measurement other then the default is specified, the value is converted and displayed in default measurement

Customizing Media Type

(True customizing can only be done from the imagePRESSC7000VP touch screen) You can create a new entry via the Command Workstation, but at the Engine (Canon Device touch screen) you are able to truly customize and edit specifics eg. Curl adjustment and Gloss increase. 1.From the touch screen panel Go to – Additional Functions – System Settings – Scroll to the 4th page and select PaperType Management Settings. 2. Select your Media Profile you wish to edit, Select Duplicate and re-name, scroll to the bottom of the screen, selecting your new duplicated media select Details/Edit button, scroll through the 4 pages editing the selection on the right hand side. 3.On page 2 of 3 you are able to change ‘Curl Correction’ +/- and also ‘Gloss Adjustment’ +/-. 4. Press Done, Done, Done. Once a Paper Catalog entry is created you are able to use the Paper Catalog to Register Paper Type and to select Paper Catalog from your Printer Driver on a job by job basis.



Register Paper Type at the imagePRESSC7000 touch screen As soon as any media is loaded into the imagePRESS it needs to be registered. At the touch screen of the imagePRESS select Additional Functions (Star head key) Common Settings – scroll to second screen, Select Register Paper Type, Select the tray the media was loaded into and Select Settings, set the Paper size and Press the Next arrow, From the list select the Paper Type, select the Detailed Settings option, select the loaded paper type from the Default Media types or from the Filter List select ‘Custom’ and you will be able to select from your created Paper Catalog, Press OK.

Assigning Media to a job

Paper Catalog is available from job properties in Command Workstation, or via the Printer Driver – Properties. To access Paper Catalog: 1. Double-click a job in the Active Jobs window, or select the job and either right-click to select Properties 2. Click on Media tab. 3. Click the Paper Catalog drop down option. 4. Select the desired entry from the Paper Catalog list, and then click OK.



Media Attributes Name Descriptive name for the catalog entry, such as "Special_A4". Type the desired name into this

field. Description Additional descriptive information for the catalog entry, such as the manufacturer, model, part

number, and type of media used. Type the desired description into this field. Paper Size Width and height dimensions of the media used. Weight (gsm) Weight of the media used, measured in grams per square meter (gsm). Colour name Color of the media used. To indicate translucent media, choose a "Clear" color option. Custom Colour Name

Custom color of the media used. Use this attribute if your desired color does not appear in the Color Name menu

Texture Surface texture of the media used * see list below Grain Direction Direction of paper grain on the media used. Choose from the following options:

Short - Grain runs parallel to the short edge of the media, as defined by paper size. Long - Grain runs parallel to the long edge of the media, as defined by paper size.

Brightness Light reflectance of the media used. Values can range from 0% (low reflectance) to 100% (high reflectance).

Hole Type Pattern of punched holes (if any) on the media used. Type Stock type of the media used. Choose from the following options:

Paper - Standard fiber-based paper stock. Transparency - Transparent media stock designed to be viewed by projection.

Type Details Additional details describing the stock type of the media used. Choose from the following options: Cardboard Media made from cardboard stock. Continuous Long Opaque media composed of sheets continuously connected along the long edge, as defined by Paper Size. Continuous Short Opaque media composed of sheets continuously connected along the short edge, as defined by Paper Size. Envelope Media that can be used for conventional mailing purposes. Can either be plain envelopes or envelopes with transparent address windows. Envelope Plain - Envelopes that are not pre-printed and do not have address windows. Envelope Window – Envelopes that have transparent windows for addressing purposes. Full Cut Tabs Media with a single long tab that extends along the full length of the sheet. Labels Adhesive label stock, such as a sheet of peel-off labels. Letterhead Cut sheets of opaque media that contain a pre-printed letterhead. Multi-Part Form Media designed for use as a multi-layer form. Individual layers of the form are detached from one another and may be drawn from separate paper trays. Photographic Cut sheets of opaque media designed to support photographic-quality images. Pre Cut Tabs Media with two or more tabs that extend along an edge of the sheet. Stationery Cut sheets of opaque media. Generic paper falls under this category. Tab Stock Media with one or more tabs. Can be either Full Cut Tabs or Pre Cut Tabs.

Set Count Defines the number of pieces in a grouped media set. For example, tab stock with five pre-cut tabs has a Set Count of "5".



Product ID Part number, item code, article number, or other identifier for the media used, as defined by a

Management Information System (MIS).

Feed Direction Specifies the orientation of the media as it feeds into the printhead. Choose from the following options: Long Edge Feed Media feeds into the printhead along the long edge of the sheet, as defined by Paper Size. Short Edge Feed Media feeds into the printhead along the short edge of the sheet, as defined by Paper Size.

Media Colour Profile Default color profile applied to both the front and back sides of the media. This attribute can be overridden by specifying a different color profile in Job Properties. When you specify an individual profile for either Media Front Color Profile or Media Back Color Profile, the Media Color Profile column in the Paper Catalog window displays the individual profiles in the format: <front color profile>/<back color profile>. You may need to widen the Media Color Profile column to see the entire display.

Media Front Colour Profile

Default color profile applied only to the front side of the media. This attribute can be overridden by specifying a different color profile in Job Properties.

Media Back Colour Profile

Default color profile applied only to the back side of the media. This attribute can be overridden by specifying a different color profile in Job Properties

Thickness Thickness of the media used, measured in microns. US Basic Size Type of media stock (measured in inches), as defined by US industry standards Imagable Sides Specifies which side(s) of the media support print imaging Grade The surface quality of the media, expressed as a grade level from 1 and 5. Use the following

guidelines: 1 - Gloss-coated paper 2 - Matte-coated paper 3 - Gloss-coated web paper 4 - Uncoated white paper 5 - Uncoated yellowish paper

Opacity The level of transparency of the media. Choose from the following options: Opaque The media is opaque. If the media is printed on both sides, the image on the other side does not show through under normal lighting conditions. Translucent The media is partially transparent, under certain lighting conditions such as back-lit viewing. Transparent The media is fully transparent, under all lighting conditions.

Opacity Level The media's percentage of opacity. 0% represents full transparency, and 100% represents full opacity

Pre-Printed Indicates whether the media contains pre-printed content. Choose from the following options: False The media is not pre-printed. True The media contains pre-printed content (for example, stationery paper with a pre-printed letterhead).

% Recycled Content The percentage of recycled material in the media Front Coating Indicates the type of pre-process coating applied to the front side of the media sheet Back Coating Indicates the type of pre-process coating applied to the back side of the media sheet. CIE Tint Describes how neutral, unsaturated, or non-chromatic the media is. Specify the media tint using

values in the CIE xyz coordinate system. A coordinate of (0, 0, 0) indicates a perfectly neutral tint. CIE Whiteness Describes the amount of overall light reflected by the media, as measured across the entire

visible spectrum. Specify the reflection amount using values in the CIE xyz coordinate system. A coordinate of (100, 100, 100) indicates perfect whiteness.

Front Gloss Value The percentage of light reflected by the front side of the media when it is viewed under illumination with a 75-degree angle of incidence. A higher percentage of reflection indicates a higher gloss value.

Back Gloss Value The percentage of light reflected by the back side of the media when it is viewed under illumination with a 75-degree angle of incidence. A higher percentage of reflection indicates a higher gloss value.

CIE Lab Colour The device-independent color of the media. Specify the color using CIE L*a*b* values.



Media Unit The physical format of the media that is fed into the print device. Choose from the following

options: Sheet - Individually cut sheets. Roll - Media that is continuously connected and wrapped around a spindle. Continuous - Media that is continuously connected and folded, as in a fan-folded format.

Media Texture Choose from the following options, or type in a custom description: Antique Surface that is rougher than vellum. Calendared Extra-smooth or polished uncoated paper. Cockle Surface that has a rough, wrinkled, irregular finish. Dull Machine-worn finish without gloss or luster. Eggshell Surface that has a texture similar to that of an eggshell. Embossed Linen Surface resembling coarse woven cloth, with a pronounced embossed texture. English Surface that is smoother than Machine Finished, but rougher than Super Calendared. Felt Finish applied by a special marking felt. Laid Surface with a pattern of vertical and horizontal lines. Light Cockle Surface that has a rough, wrinkled, irregular finish, with less pronounced wrinkles than in Cockle. Linen Surface that has the texture of coarse woven cloth. Luster Shiny surface. Machine Finished Extra-smooth or polished uncoated paper, rougher than English. Matte Dull finish without gloss or luster. Mottled Finish that shows diverse spots or blotches. Parchment Finish that resembles the appearance of parchment paper. Satin Smooth, dull finish that resembles satin fabric. Semi-Vellum Slightly rough finish, smoother than Vellum. Silk Smooth, dull finish that resembles silk fabric. Smooth Surface that has a smooth finish. Stipple Fine, pebbled finish. Suede Smooth, dull finish that resembles suede fabric.



Super Calendared Smoothest, most polished, uncoated paper. Super Smooth Very flat and even finish. Smoother than Ultra Smooth. Traditional Laid Surface with a heavier pattern of vertical and horizontal lines than Laid. Ultra Smooth Very flat and even finish, but not as smooth as Super Smooth. Uncalendared Rough, unpolished, and uncoated finish. Vellum Slightly rough and dull finish. Velvet Smooth, dull finish that resembles velvet fabric. Wove Soft, smooth finish.



imagePRESS Impose Business Card Module

Impose Business Card Module

Impose is all about combining pages before printing. Virtually every book or leaflet you pick up will have been imposed. Impose is a server-based document imposition application. The Fiery Edition uses a workflow based on Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF). It allows you to assemble and edit entire documents on the imagePRESS server before RIPing the files. This feature is not available directly from CWS on MACs. Objective To show how to create a business card imposition 4 x 4. Exercise 1 – Business Card Imposition 1. Launch Command WorkStation 2. From the File menu select import , Job

3. Navigate to the Student Folder and locate the file TravelBizCard_Sample.pdf. 4. Click the Add button 5. Select the Logical Printer Hold 6. Click the Import button 7. Right click and select Impose from the drop down menu.

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8. The impose window will open. 9. Select the Sheet tab. 10. Change the Sheet size to SRA3. 11. Change the Orientation to Landscape. 12. Change Duplex to On. 13. Click the Finishing Tab 14. Change the Gang-up to Repeat. 15. Click the Layout tab. 16. Change the Rows to 4. and Columns to 4. Click anywhere on the Workspace

window. Notice that Impose will now change to show up to 4 x 4 impositions. This will enable documents to be ganged up for a total of 16 images per page.

17. Tick Printers Marks (Bleed is greyed out as it recognises bleed has not been allowed in the artwork)



18. Click Use non-printable area in the layout window. The Imposition will use the entire sheet instead of just the imageable area, which may be up to one inch smaller on both the X and Y axis.

19. Close the Impose window. 20. The Save Document dialog window will be displayed 21. Enter the name 4 X 4 Imposed BizCards. 22. Click the Yes button 23. The file 4X4 Imposed BizCards will now be displayed in the Active Jobs Area.

24. Select the file 4 X 4 Imposed BizCards from the Active Jobs area. Ensuring the correct paper size is loaded into the imagePRESS, click on the Print button.




imagePRESS Impose User Guide


Impose User Guide

Contents

Introduction 3

Preparing Your File for Impose 4

Using the Pre-Defined Templates 5

Manually Imposing Your Document 6

Sheet Tab 7

Layout Tab 8

Layout Tab (Continued) 9

Scale Tab 10

Finishing Tab 11

Rotating, Changing Gutters and Page Ordering 12

Shortcut Menu (Right-Click) 13


Impose User Guide

Introduction This guide has been designed to provide you, and all users of Impose, with all of the information needed to use the solution effectively within your operation. This feature is not available directly from CWS on MACs.


Impose User Guide

Preparing Your File for Impose Impose works within your Command Workstation application so you will need to first make sure your document has been sent to the printer. You can do this by printing your document to the imagePRESS device or to the Hold queue of Command Workstation if you have the relevant printer driver set up.

Once the file is within Command Workstation you will need to make sure the document is held. If you have printed your document, you will find it in the lower pane (printed jobs). Select the relevant file, and select Hold (not Process and Hold) from the toolbar at the top. Your file will appear in the top pane with a light yellow box to the left. If your document is already held, but has a dark yellow box beside it, you will need to right-click the file and select Remove Raster. Before you Impose the file, you need to select the general print settings for the document, i.e. the paper tray, media type. Once imposed, you will not be able to change most print settings. You can do this by selecting Properties from the toolbar. Now your file is ready to be imposed. Make sure the file is selected and from the toolbar at the top of the screen select Impose.


Impose User Guide

Using the Pre-Defined Templates

For ease of use, templates have been pre-defined for most types of layout. You will find these at the top left of the screen (see picture above). For example, if you would like to create a saddle-stitched booklet, there is a 2-up saddle option. By choosing this option, Impose will select all the relevant settings for you to make this booklet. All you will need to do is then save the document. To save, just close the window by clicking on the cross in the top right-hand corner. A dialogue box will appear asking if you would like to save your document and give it a new name. Input as required and confirm by clicking OK. The file extension when saved will read .dbp You will be taken back to the main Command Workstation screen, and from there you can then print your document, by selecting it and clicking print from the toolbar.


Impose User Guide

Manually Imposing Your Document

Your menus down the side of the screen will give you the options you need to create your imposed file. You will need to click on each grey tab to open up the relevant options. There are four tabs:

1. Sheet - This tab will give you option to change the Size and Orientation of the paper you require. You can also select Duplex from here.

2. Layout - click on this key to select how many Rows or Columns you would like and whether you would like any printer marks or bleeds.

3. Scale - This tab enables you to select any scaling you require, and will also allow you to align your pages if needed.

4. Finishing - You can choose which Finishing options you require from here. There are many different options to choose from and this is perhaps the most important of the tabs.

As an example, we are now going to create a saddle-stitched booklet without using the predefined template. This example shows that there is more than one way of getting the same end result.


Impose User Guide

Sheet Tab

Originally, the document above appeared as a straight forward A4 document. To change this into a booklet format, we need to change the orientation to Landscape. Next we will need to decide what size the booklet needs to be. For an A4 booklet, you will need to choose A3 Paper (which will eventually fold into and A4 Booklet). For an A5 booklet, you will need to choose A4 as the size. Finally, Duplex needs to be selected Now you are ready to go to the Layout Tab. To do this, select the grey tab header on the left marked Layout


Impose User Guide

Layout Tab

The main option in here is Rows and Columns. For a booklet, you will need to set the rows to 1 and the columns to 2. If you were creating tickets, and you wanted 4 on one page, you can easily change this to create your required amount.


Impose User Guide

Layout Tab (Continued) Also on this page are your printer marks and bleed options.

By ticking the box beside Bleeds and clicking the button you will see the box to the left You can select how much of a bleed you would like. For this example, however, we will not be using this function.

By ticking the box beside Printer Marks and clicking the button you will see the box to the left You can select the length of the trim marks and the fold marks from here. For this example, however, we will not be using them


Impose User Guide

You are now ready to go to the Scale Tab.

Scale Tab

In the Scale Tab, you are able to choose to scale or align your document. Scaling - You can choose to leave the scaling to Scale to Fit, or you can Scale the pages by ratio or by finished size. For either of the two, choose custom from the Scale menu and input the relevant information. If you need to align the pages within the document, you can choose to align the pages from the grid on the left. You can also choose whether to align just one section, all sections, or rows or columns. If you are scaling down your booklet, you can adjust your document so the pages will meet in the middle. Please Note: to be able to align your document, you will to choose a different view of the document, i.e. it needs to be on layout view (numbers on pages rather than image on pages) – the button is shown by the red square above. For this example, you do not need to adjust anything.


Impose User Guide

Finishing Tab

The Finishing Tab is probably the most important. This is where you can choose how your pages will be ordered.

Binding 1. Saddle – This option will order the pages into a booklet format. When it is printed, folded and stapled, it

will read as a book should.

2. Nested Saddle – Choosing this option will order you pages in such a way so that you will end up with a selected number of separate booklets in chapters.

3. Perfect – Choosing this option will automatically create individual paged booklets that can be folded and put together to be perfect bound.

Gang Up 4. Unique – This option will collate your document as normal

5. Repeat – Choosing this option will repeat your pages across one sheet so you will be able to guillotine

them in half.

6. Unique – Collate Cut – Choosing this option will order your pages in such a way so that when you guillotine them in half for example, you will be able to stack one side on top of the other.


Impose User Guide

Rotating, Changing Gutters and Page Ordering

By selecting the button shown (called layout mode) you will see the layout preview. By clicking just once on a page number it will allow you to manually change the page order of the document.

By selecting the arrow in the corner of each page, you can rotate the pages manually.

If you click into the box shown, you can add or change a gutter for the document. Please note that although the gutter is shown in pts, you can add a value with ‘mm’ or ‘in’ after and the ‘pt’ value will be calculated for you.


Impose User Guide

Shortcut Menu (Right-Click) By right-clicking on the document you will find a few extra options:

Zoom In/Zoom Out will allow you to enlarge or reduce your view of the document. Edit Page will take you into Acrobat, where you will have basic editing functionality within a plug-in called Pitstop. Reset to Default Media will take all your paper settings back to default

Add Sheet will allow you to add sheets to your document. Please note that you are adding sheets not pages so if you are duplexing your document, it will add two sides.

Duplicate Sheet will allow you to duplicate sheets in your document. Please note that you are duplicating sheets not pages so if you are duplexing your document, it will duplicate both sides.

Delete Sheet will allow you to delete sheets in your document. Please note that you are deleting sheets not pages so if you are duplexing your document, it will delete both sides.



imagePRESS Quick Doc Merge Module


Quick Doc Merge Module

Contents Quick Doc Merge 3

Exercise 1 – Importing & Combining Files 3

Exercise 2 – Previewing the Quick Doc Merge (QDM) File 5

Exercise 3 – Printing the QDM File 5

Exercise 4 – Creating Subset / Batch Files 6



Quick Doc Merge

Quick Doc Merge allows you to combine multiple documents as a single job on the imagePRESS server, without the time intensive step of merging the pages of the document into a single PDF file. The user can select multiple jobs without opening them and instruct the imagePRESS server to treat them as a single file. A single job ticket can be applied to the entire merged job, or an individual job ticket can be used for each document. It accepts both PostScript and PDF documents that can reside either in an accessible network directory or within the Hold queue. This exercise allows users are able to: • merge multiple documents into one document • import multiple files individually to the imagePRESS Server that requires the same job properties

for each document.

Exercise 1 – Importing & Combining Files

1. Launch Command WorkStation 2. From the File menu select Import, Job. 3. Navigate to the Student Folder, select the QuickDocMerge folder containing the sample files. 4. In the Select Files to Import window, select all 4 files in the folder. 5. Select the Hold queue as the printer destination for the imported sample files and click the Add

button. 6. Click the Import button to move the sample files to the Active Jobs queue. 7. Highlight the files in the Active Jobs queue in Command WorkStation. 8. Right click with the mouse and choose Quick Doc Merge from the menu.



9. In the Quick Doc Merge window, highlight Report.pdf. 10. Click on the Move Up button three times to reposition the selected file to the top of the list. 11. Highlight the files in the Selected Documents to Merge field. 12. In the Save QDM Job as field type QuickDocMergeFiles. 13. Click the Save button. All selected documents are merged into one (119 pages).



Exercise 2 – Previewing the Quick Doc Merge (QDM) File

Note: This preview step is included in the exercise to prompt you to verify that all pages in the combined QDM document are present and correctly positioned. It is not necessary to include this step during typical production print runs. 1. Highlight the QuickDocMergeFiles.QDM file in the Active Jobs queue in Command WorkStation. 2. Right click on the highlighted file name and select Process and Hold from the menu. 3. After the QuickDocMergeFiles.QDM file is RIPped and Held, locate it toward the bottom of the

Active Jobs queue. 4. Select the file and right click. 5. From the menu choose Preview to open the thumbnail preview window. 6. When the thumbnail previews for the QuickDocMergeFiles.QDM file are displayed, scroll through

the document and look for the first and last page of each of the four sample files.

7. Confirm that all four sample files are displayed in their entirety (119 pages). 8. Click the "x" (close) button in the upper right corner to close the thumbnail preview window.

Exercise 3 – Printing the QDM File

1. Highlight the Processed and Held file, QuickDocMergeFiles.QDM 2. Right click and select Properties. 3. Select the Basic Tab. 4. Set Copies: 2, Staple Mode: Corner Upper Left and 2-Sided Printing: to Long Edge Binding. 5. Click the Print button to print document. 6. Watch the progress icon in the blue "Printing" field on the right side of Command WorkStation. 7. When the QDM file is finished printing retrieve it from the print engine and review to confirm that

all pages of the four original documents have been printed. Keep the output for later use.



Exercise 4 – Creating Subset / Batch Files

This option allows you to upload multiple files individually to the Fiery Server that requires the same job properties for each document. The files will be printed a separate documents, either in a subset or a batch. 1. Follow the instructions from step 1-10 from the first exercise. 2. Tick the Apply job properties to each document individually check box. 3. In the Save QDM Job as field type SampleBatch.QDM. 4. Click the Save button. All selected documents will be imported into the Active Queue where you

can apply the desired settings. 5. Highlight the Processed and Held file, SampleBatch.QDM 6. Right click and select Properties. 7. Select the Basic Tab. 8. Set Copies: 2, Staple Mode: Corner Upper Left and 2-Sided Printing: to Long Edge Binding. 9. Click the Print button to print document. 10. Watch the progress icon in the blue "Printing" field on the right side of Command WorkStation. 11. When the QDM file is finished printing retrieve it from the print engine and compare the output

with the output from exercise 3.



imagePRESS Mixed Media Module


Mixed Media Module

Contents Mixed Media 3

Exercise 1 – Mixed Media Printing 3

Defining Front & Back Covers 3

Sheet Insertion 5

Chapter Start Pages 5


Mixed Media Module

Mixed Media

This feature is not available on MAC Printer Drivers Mixed Media allows you to use different media types and finishing settings to individual pages or multiple pages within a single document. This allows users to: • Automate document finishing properties within the imagePRESS Servers and enabled within the

Mixed Media user interface • Create more sophisticated print jobs that can be readily produced with automated digital printing

and finishing capabilities • Show the visual impact and appeal of printed documents that result from utilizing automated

finishing options to enhance functionality

Exercise 1 – Mixed Media Printing

1. Import the Student Folder Mixed Media 5 Pager Covers.pdf to the Logical Printer: Hold. 2. Right click the Held job and Select Properties. 3. Click the Media Tab and scroll down to Mixed Media and click the [ ] button. Mixed Media dialog

box opens.

Defining Front & Back Covers

4. In the Mixed Media dialog box, click the Define Cover... button.


Mixed Media Module

5. Select the Front Cover check box 6. In the 2-Sided Printing pull-down menu, select Off. 7. In the Cover Page Mode pull-down menu, select Print on Front Only. 8. Leave Media Type setting as Document Setting. 9. In the Paper Source pull-down, select Deck 4. 10. Select the Back Cover check box. 11. In the 2-Sided Printing pull-down menu, select Long Edge Binding. 12. In the Cover Page Mode pull-down menu, select Print on Back Only. 13. Leave Media Type and Paper Source settings as Document Setting. 14. Click the OK button. 15. Observe the two new entries created as a result of the cover media settings. 16. In the Job View Media Window, observe the Media Exceptions area. Cover page is displayed single

sided and the Back Cover 2 Sided.


Mixed Media Module

Sheet Insertion

17. Select the New Insert button. 18. Select After from the Insert Blank pull-down menu. 19. Select the Page Number radio button and enter 2 in the field to the right. 20. Leave the Media Type, Page Size and Paper Source settings as Document Default. 21. Click the Insert button once. 22. Click the Close button. 23. In the Mixed Media window observe the new Blank after 2 entry, showing a blank page will appear

after the page number.

Chapter Start Pages

24. Select the Chapter Start Page(s) text box 25. In the Chapter Starts Page(s) enter 2, 5 to create two chapters within the document, one starting

on page 2, the other on page 5. 26. Note: Always consider blanks that are automatically added due to Insert Blank and Define Cover as

these will change the original page count of the document. 27. Select the New Page Range... button. 28. In the Page Range field, enter 2-3 Choose a different Media Type from the pull-down menu. In this

example, Plain 80-105 gsm was chosen. 29. Leave 2-Sided Printing and Paper Source settings as Document Setting. 30. Click the Add Definition button once and select the Close button 31. In the Mixed Media window observe the new “2-3” page range entry. This entry will create a

chapter on a special (mixed) media within the document.


Mixed Media Module

32. Click the OK button twice to return to the basic Command Workstation screen. 33. Right Click the Held job 34. Select Process and Hold 35. After the job has processed, right-click the Held job and select Print. To view page exceptions click the Show: All check box. To view all Covers only click the Covers check box.



imagePRESS Print Next/Reorder/Schedule Module


Print Next/Reorder/Schedule Module

Contents Print Next/Reorder/Schedule 3

EXERCISE 1 – Print Next 4

EXERCISE 2 – Rush Print 4

EXERCISE 3 – Job Reorder 4

EXERCISE 4 – Schedule Printing 6



Print Next/Reorder/Schedule

Offer greater job management versatility for production printing environments resulting in increased work throughput. Print/Process Next Print/Process Next lets you reprioritize a job allowing it to process and print before other jobs that are not currently printing. The feature is enabled by selecting the desired job from Command WorkStation’s held queue and choosing the “Print/Process Next” command from the drop down menu. Rush Print The Rush Printing feature allows operators to intelligently interrupt printing jobs to print urgent jobs. Using this feature, the currently printing job is intelligently paused while the urgent job is rushed. Jobs with finishing options that could be affected, such as stapling, are not interrupted. The Rush Print job would be printed immediately after completing the stapled job. Job Reorder Job Reorder allows the re-prioritization of all held jobs in the Active Jobs window that are Waiting to Process on a single server. The Job Manager window, where the user interface for job reordering is located, displays a snapshot of the Active Jobs window. The actual job order displayed after rearrangement is the order in which waiting jobs are processed and/or printed. The above features are not available directly from CWS on MACs. Schedule Printing (also available from CWS on MACs) The Schedule Printing feature allows operators to schedule the print time of a document. The function is initiated from the Command WorkStation interface or from Fiery Driver. The operator sets the date and time to release the document for processing. This enables operators to begin printing at off-peak times without further operator intervention. Objective • Familiarize users with the differences between Print/Process Next, Rush Printing, Job Reordering,

and Schedule printing features. • Learn how to enable Print/Process Next, Rush Printing, Job Reordering, and Schedule printing

features.



EXERCISE 1 – Print Next

Print/Process Next allows you to print high priority jobs with minimal waiting following the currently printing job. 1. Launch Command WorkStation 2. From the File menu select Import, Job. 3. Navigate to the Student Folder to Print Process Next/Rush Printing folder containing the sample

files. 4. Select all 31 files in the sample directory item by clicking on the first file, holding the Shift key and

clicking on the last file in list. 5. Select the Fiery Logical printer: Hold and click the Add button. 6. Click the Import button to move the sample files to the Active Jobs queue. 7. Highlight the first 20 jobs and select Print. The jobs will begin to process and print. 8. Select the job Price List Tab Sample.pdf and select Print 9. Scroll through the list of jobs with a status of "Waiting". 10. Right click on the job Price List Tab Sample.pdf and select the Print Next menu item Note: Using the Print Next function will not interrupt the printing of the current job. The Print Next job will start printing after the current job has completed printing. Rush Print would interrupt the current printing document unless the finishing option would be adversely effected.

EXERCISE 2 – Rush Print

Rush Printing allows for intelligent interruption of currently printing job, so that high priority jobs can be printed with little or no delay 1. From the Active Queue highlight the PrintExample30.PDF, right click and select Rush Print.

EXERCISE 3 – Job Reorder

With Job Reorder, you can reorder the queue to group jobs that have similar print options, such as media or tray selections. When you select the jobs and apply the Print command, batches of jobs with similar options are printed together. 1. Launch Command WorkStation 2. From the File menu select Import, Job. 3. Navigate to the Print Process Next/Rush Printing folder containing the sample files. 4. Select all 31 files in the sample directory item by clicking on the first file, holding the Shift key and

clicking on the last file in list. 5. Select the Fiery Logical printer: Hold and click the Add button. 6. Click the Import button to move the sample files to the Active Jobs queue. 7. Select the Reorder Jobs from the Server Menu. 8. Select the spooled/held tab.



9. Select the Print Example 30.pdf. Click the Move Up button and notice how the selected file moves

up the list. 10. Select the PriceList Tab Sample.pdf. 11. Click the Move Bottom button and notice how the selected file moves to the bottom of the list. 12. Reorder the jobs to suit your preference. When you have finished reordering the jobs click the

Done button. 13. You will notice the grey area and the up-arrow icons in the Order column alerting you that changes

have been made to the job order.



EXERCISE 4 – Schedule Printing

Schedule Printing allows you to print low priority jobs during non-peak hours. 1. Right click on the header column to add the Schedule Printing Tab. Relocate the header between

the Order and Job Title columns. 2. Select the Schedule Printing menu item 3. Right Click the Price List Tab Sample.pdf file and select Schedule Printing from the drop-down

menu. 4. The Schedule Printing: dialog opens 5. Change the time to a few minutes later and click OK. 6. Notice that the date and time entered has been added to the Schedule Printing column.

To enable Schedule Printing from the Printer Driver 1. Right click any held file and select the Properties... menu item 2. The Job Properties - Print Example 8.pdf dialog opens 3. Select the Destination tab. 4. Select the Schedule Printing check box 5. Enter the date and time to start printing the job. 6. Click the OK button.



imagePRESS Shading Correction & Calibration Module


Shading Correction & Calibration Module

Contents Shading Correction & Calibration 3

SHADING CORRECTION 4

AUTO GRADATION 7

CALIBRATION 8



Shading Correction & Calibration

Calibrating the imagePRESS is one of the most important things you can do, if you want to obtain the optimal colour output. It is a 3 step process of adjusting the basic settings of the imagePRESS, to standard known values, in order to ensure uniform and consistent results. Calibration helps assure predictable and consistent printing results. Calibration Tools You will need the following: 1. Process Control Tool as you will be using the GretagMacbeth/X-Rite Eye-One to calibrate the

imagePRESS Server. 2. Canon High Grade 100gsm paper, by Mondi/Neusiedler (Color Copy). A ream of paper is supplied

with the device. Objectives • Learn to use the Calibration functions • Practice the calibration procedures using the GretagMacbeth/X-Rite Eye-One • Evaluating the Comparison Pages • Overview of editing calibration curves (for expert users)



SHADING CORRECTION

Step 1

1. Launch Command Workstation and ensure that you login as Administrator. The default password is Fiery.1.

2. Select Manage Color from the Server drop down menu. 3. Select Calibrator from the ColorWise Pro Tools suite of utilities 4. Select Expert mode in the Calibrator tool and then click the Shading Correction tab.



Expert

Eye-One GretagMacbeth

Shading Correction 5. Select GretagMacbeth Eye-One in. 1.Select Measurement Method. 6. Follow the instructions in 2. Generate Measure Page (as shown in the green box above) to print

the following page from the imagePRESS. 7. Please ensure that you have Canon High Grade 100g/m2 A3 paper as shown below loaded in the

imagePRESS, and registered as Plain Paper in the machine under Additional Functions.



8. Click the Measure Button in 3. Get Measurements Measure. 9. Place the spectrophotometer in the white area at the beginning of the Cyan strip and hold the

button and wait for the beep. Scan in the direction of the large red arrow and ensure that Eye-One scans the white area at the end Strip A before releasing the button. Ensure that you receive a ‘tick’ in Cyan of the dialogue box and then repeat for the other strips.

10. Once completed the following dialogue will be displayed. Click OK. 11. Click the Apply button in the Calibrator dialogue. 12. Click OK in the above dialogue box and return to the imagePRESS device operator panel to Store

and Finish the shading correction process and repeatedly select Done to exit Additional Functions on the device.



AUTO GRADATION

Step 2

Automatic Gradation Adjustment is a function that helps imagePRESS to automatically adjust toner density from the touch panel display. It has Quick Adjustment and Full Adjustment to choose from. Quick Adjustment Quick Adjustment quickly and simply adjusts the gradation, density, and colour by performing calibration without outputting test prints. Full Adjustment Full Adjustment performs precise calibration by outputting and scanning test prints. Auto Gradation Procedure - this must be carried out at the device and conducted every time you profile a media or Printer. 1. Press the Additional Functions button on the control. 2. Select the button 'System Settings'. 3. Select the down arrow button and go to Screen 4/4. 4. Select the button 'Device Management Settings'. 5. Select the button 'Auto Gradation Adjustment'. 6. Select the button 'Auto gradation Adjustment Method'. 7. Select the option for 'Printer Only'. 8. Select the button 'Full Adjustment'. 9. Make sure that A3 and or 11x17 Canon High Grade by Mondi/Neusiedler (Color Copy) 100gsm

paper is used to for Auto Gradation Adjustment. 10. Select the button 'OK'. 11. Select the Button 'Start' 12. NOTE: Make sure that 10 or more sheets to be used for the test print are loaded in the specific

paper source. 13. 'Auto Gradation Adjustment' commences. 14. When 'Auto Gradation Adjustment' is completed, select the button 'Done'. 15. Select the button 'Done' you are now back at the copier screen and ready to do the next step.



CALIBRATION

Step 3

1. Click the Calibration tab, and ensure that 1. Select Measurement Method is set to GretagMacbeth Eye-One and that the 2. Check Print Settings is set to Neusiedler 100gsm.

2. Please ensure that you have Canon High Grade 100g/m2 A3 paper as shown below loaded in the

imagePRESS and registered as Plain Paper in the machine under Additional Functions

3. Select the Print button from 3. Generate Measurement Page. Ensure the Page Type is set to 34

Randomized Patches and the Paper Size is set to 11x17/A3. If the imagePRESS has only just been turned on set the Number of copies to 30 to warm the print engine and maintain greater colour consistency. Click on the Print button to print the measurement page.



4. Select the Measure button from 4. Get Measurements. Ensure that Page Type and Paper Size

match the measurement page you previously printed. Click Measure. 5. As the following dialogue instructs place the Eye-One on its calibration cradle with the white

ceramic tile and click OK. 6. Collect the Calibrator Measurement page that has printed, if multiple copies have been set then

select the last one that has printed. Place this on top of a blank sheet of which A3 paper and measure the strips steadily as instructed below.



7. Place the spectrophotometer in the white area at the beginning of Strip A and hold the button and

wait for the beep. Scan in the direction of the large red arrow and ensure that Eye-One scans the white area at the end Strip A before releasing the button. Ensure that you receive a ‘tick’ in Strip A of the dialogue box and then repeat for the other strips.

8. Once completed the following dialogue will be presented. Click OK. 9. Select the Print button from 5. Comparison Page. 10. Retrieve the Comparison page from the imagePRESS’s output tray and evaluate the results.

RGB Path CMYK Path

Tone

Portrait

11. Evaluate the thumbnails of portraits first. The top 2 rows show the RGB path through the Fiery, and

the bottom 2 rows show the CMYK path. Are the skin tones rendered accurately in rows 2 & 4? 12. Next look at the RGB and CMYK tone scales. Are there 2% highlight dots printing in each channel?

Is the transition form one tonal step to the next a smooth even increment, or are there jumps. 13. Also evaluate the RGB and CMYK tone scales for hue errors that indicate problems with toner lay

down. These are most noticeable in the 2 colour overprints of RED, GREEN and BLUE. 14. If there are no 2% dots displayed, or occasionally no 2% or 5% dots displayed, this is an indication

that the imagePRESS has gone for weeks or months without being serviced or calibrated. 15. At the shadow end of the tone scales are the 100% patches of CMYK. Pay particular attention to

the rendering of the 100% black patch. It should be displayed as a rich solid black.



16. After you have completed a visual evaluation of the printed Comparison Page, the final step is to

view the tone curves representing measured and target d-max values in the Color Editor – View Measurements vs. Target. This option is only used by expert users.

17. Select View Measurement from 6. View Measurement. 18. The window displays graphical view of tone curves, which can be expanded or contracted by

clicking and dragging with your cursor in the lower right corner. D-max values should not fall more than 10% below target d-max value.

19. When you have finished viewing the tone curves, select the button ‘Done’. 20. To apply the new calibration click the Apply button to save the calibration and the following

dialogue will be presented. 21. Click the OK button. 22. Click the Done button to exit the Calibrator utility and then close ColorWise Pro Tools and exit

Command Workstation.



imagePRESS Evaluating Comparison Page


Evaluating Comparison Page

Contents Evaluating Comparison Page 3

Comparing Measured vs. Target Values 4




Calibration techniques rely upon the human eye to ‘judge’ the output however there are more sophisticated methods as we will see later. Comparison Page allows you to see how the proposed calibration affects printed photographs and tone scales.

Evaluate the thumbnails first. The top 2 rows show the RGB path through the Fiery. The 1st row of thumbnails displays the default calibration only. The 2nd row shows the same images with the proposed calibration. The bottom 2 rows show the CMYK path through the Fiery. The 3rd row shows the default calibration with no CMYK Simulations applied. The 4th row displays the thumbnails with the proposed calibration and CMYK Simulation.

Next look at the RGB and CMYK tone Scales. Are there 2% highlight dots printing in each channel? Is the transition from one tonal step to the next a smooth even increment, or are there jumps.

Evaluate the RGB and CMYK tone scales for hue errors that indicate problems with toner lay down. These are most noticeable in the 2 colour overprints of RED, GREEN and BLUE. If there are no 2% dots displayed, or occasionally no 2% or 5% dots displayed, this is an indication that the imagePRESS has gone for weeks or months without being serviced or calibrated.

At the shadow end of the tone scales are the 100% patches of CMYK. Pay particular attention to the rendering of the 100% black patch. It should be displayed as a rich solid black.



• In general, the steps between highlight and shadow for each channel should be evenly spaced with no visual jumps to indicate uneven lay down of toner. The single exception to this pattern is the 90% and 100% black patches with will show greater difference than that displayed in the CMY channels. This is caused by activation of the Pure Black Text ad Graphics and Black Over Print PPD settings.

• The RGB and CMYK tone scales can also be used to isolate hue shifts that indicate unequal

toner lay down between channels.

• Shifts are uncommon in the individual CMYK channels, but can be more readily detected in the RGB overprints. If the blue channel is slightly purplish in appearance this may indicate that magenta is predominant because the cyan toner level is low.

• Likewise, an orange shift in the red channel resulting from too much yellow may indicate that the magenta toner level needs to be replenished.

• A cool shift in the green channel could indicate that cyan is too dominant because the yellow toner level is low.

• Both these calibration techniques rely upon the human eye to ‘judge’ the output, however there are more sophisticated methods as we will see later.

Comparing Measured vs. Target Values

After you have completed a visual evaluation of the printed Comparison Page, the final step is to view the tone curves representing measured and target d-max values in the Color Editor. View Measurements vs. Target. The window displays graphical view of tone curves, which can be expanded or contracted by clicking and dragging with your cursor in the lower right corner. Measured d-max values and target d-max values are displays a side by side. These are the maximum density values for each channel to produce 100% CMYK, with an occasional exception of the black channel. • It is necessary to have at least 90% of

these values to reproduce shadow detail accurately.

• If measured d-max falls more than 10% below target d-max value, service is recommended

• If measured value falls short of the target value by more than 10% (the distance between 90% and 100% grid lines) there are likely to be visible problems with print reproduction.

If measured d-max is within 10% of target d-max values, no edits are needed



imagePRESS Canon Validation Module

February 2008 Page 2 of 9

Canon Validation Module

Contents imagePRESS Server Color Setup for Canon Validation 3

EXERCISE 1 - Command WorkStation Color Setup 3



imagePRESS Server Color Setup for Canon Validation

The Process Control software contains a media wedge which is printed and then measured in to the software to check that the imagePRESS is working to specified level before we make Media profiles. This section of the document will outline the setup required in Command Workstation and how to print and measure the media wedge to validate the imagePRESS is working OK and is running within a specified tolerance. *Only carry out this test after you have performed a Shading Correction, Auto Gradation Adjustment, then Calibration.

EXERCISE 1 - Command WorkStation Color Setup

1. Print the wedge for Canon Validation using the following instructions.

Open Command WorkStation, File, Import Job, and search for the file below.

For a default install of Eye-One Process Control the wedge can be found in the following location: PC: C:\Program Files\Eye-One Process Control\Targets\Fogra Media Wedge Mac: Applications\Eye-One Process Control\Targets\Fogra Media Wedge



2. Select the wedge you require:

Fogra Media Wedge Eye-One Pro.tif - measured with the Eye-One Fogra Media Wedge iO.tif - measured with the iO Table

3. Click 'Add' to add it to the import list and then click ‘Import’ 4. In Command Workstation Active Jobs queue right-click on the imported wedge and select

'Properties' 5. In the job properties you need to make sure you have the correct settings under the Media tab. Paper Source – Stack Bypass or Cassette (wherever your paper is loaded) Paper Size – A4

Media Type – this is very important. It needs to be set to ‘Plain’

6. In Color, Expert Settings make sure the settings are set to the selections below



The above Screen Shot shows the color setup for printing the Canon Media Wedge. They are the default settings for the imagePRESS Server. The settings are also listed below: RGB Source Profile Adobe RGB Rendering Style Relative Colormetric Print Gray as Black OFF CMYK Simulation Profile ISO Coated CMYK Simulation method Full (Output GCR) Print grey as black (CMYK) Text/Graphics Spot Color Matching OFF Black/TextGraphics Normal Output Profile Canon imagePRESS C7000VP Plain (N) v1F Select OK once when finished



7. Click the ‘Print’ button to print the Wedge 8. Measuring the wedge for Canon Validation

9. Launch the Eye-One Process Control software

10. In the measure target section of the software use the drop down menu to select your target Select 'Canon High Grade 100 GSM…..'

11. Select the measurement device (either Eye-One Pro, IO table) and click on Connect



12. Select the measurement mode to calibrate with: Select 'Strip' mode

13. Click the 'Calibrate' button

14. Read the printed wedge with your selected measurement device. Both of the lines of the wedge need to be measured in the same direction as outlined with the arrows

15. The software will show the measurement results and if the machine passes or fails the Canon

Validation You can then click the 'Save Data…'button to save a report in HTML format



16. Choose the location to save the report and click 'Save'

The report will look something like this below:

To view the report, browse to where you saved the report and double-click the 'Report.html' file and the report will be opened in your web browser



imagePRESS Monitor Profile Module


Monitor Profile Module

Contents MONITOR PROFILE CREATION 3

EXERCISE 1 – Create A Monitor Profile 4



MONITOR PROFILE CREATION

Why do we need to create a Monitor Profile? Creating a Monitor Profile is an important part of the colour management process and should be one of the first processes that you do. An example of why we need to profile a monitor can be seen if you look at the same file on several different LCD or CRT screens, what you will notice is that the same image will look different on each screen. When a monitor is profiled the image should look similar colourmetrically across all of the screens, as the monitor is profiled to a know ICC standard.



EXERCISE 1 – Create A Monitor Profile

1. Select start, programs, Eye One Process Control software. Select 'Monitor' Tab to open the Monitor

profiling section of the software. You have 3 options relating to the type of monitor you are using:

CRT Laptop LCD

You also have the choice on options you would like to adjust during the calibration:

Select White Point, Gamma and Luminance Calibrate Contrast, Brightness and RGB

2. Select the options supported by your monitor and click the 'Create Profile' button.

3. The software will check if the Eye-One is connected. 4. If you selected the option for 'Select White Point, Gamma and Luminance' you will be prompted

with the screen so you can adjust these options depending on your monitor, operating system and lighting conditions.

5. The recommended settings are White Point -6500K, Gamma- 2.2 and Luminance -120. 6. Then click the '>' button



7. If you selected the option for ' Calibrate Contrast, Brightness and RGB ' you will be prompted with

the screen to allow you to choose exactly what options your monitor will support. 8. You can turn items off by removing the ' ' from the boxes then click the '>' button

9. Follow the on-screen instructions and place the Eye-one in it’s calibration cradle and click the ‘>’

button 10. The Eye-One will then calibrate itself, you will be shown a white screen with text explaining this.



11. Place the Eye-One in the monitor holder, you are then prompted to place the Eye-One on the

screen and click the ‘>’ button.

12. Follow the instructions on screen which may vary according to your monitor, and make

adjustments where necessary.

13. The profile creation starts and the Eye-One is measuring the colours on the screen. You will be

prompted in the bottom right of the screen if any adjustments need to be made. 14. When all of the measuring is complete you will be able to name the profile and then click on the

‘>’ button.



15. You will then be prompted with a ‘Profile is ready’ message. The monitor profile is set as the

default Monitor profile within your operating system



imagePRESS ColorWise Expert Colour Settings Module


ColorWise Expert Colour Settings Module

Contents ColorWise 3

RGB Channel 4

Rendering Style (or Intents) 5

Print Grey as Black (RGB) 6

RGB Separation 6

Simulation Profiles 7

CMYK Simulation Method 8

SPOT. 8

BLACK Channel 9

Black Text/Graphics 9

Output Profile 9



ColorWise

ColorWise is the “End of the Line” Colour Management, providing greater control “Right from the Server”. It offers basic colour management tools for both advanced users and beginners.

It’s a translator between the colour spaces of the source data to the colour space of the printer.

Users can use the default values with ColorWise and achieve excellent out of the box colour – without having to change settings.

ColorWise takes the source data and generates CMYK data to be sent to the printer.

Benefits:

1. Relieves the computer from having to perform additional processing

2. Sends RGB files instead of larger CMYK files from the applications, will reduce network traffic and jobs will generally print faster.

3. Allows the use of ICC profiles in your workflow

4. Different paths allow users to handle RGB, CMYK and Spot Colours differently.

5. Increased Workflow Flexibility:

• Match Output between Printers

• Proof various Press conditions

Defaults stored on the RIP

Settings can be changed on the Control Panel, ColorWise Pro Tools or the Driver.



RGB Channel

RGB Source Profile – describes the source of input e.g. Monitor, Scanner, Digital Camera, Photoshop’s colour space.

Apple Standard

sRGB (PC)

Adobe RGB

ECI-RGB.icc

Fiery RGB

EFIRGB

Mac environment (Larger colour gamut than sRGB)

Microsoft Office, standard colour space for windows

Photoshop’s default colour space, when working with RGB images

Industry Standard for digital photographs

Larger colour space than EFIRGB

Mixed environment PCs/Macs. Smaller colour space than Apple Standard, but bigger than sRGB (PC)



Rendering Style (or Intents)

Rendering styles describe how the colours that fall beyond the printer’s colour space are managed. It adjusts the colours of RGB images, objects and text using CRDs (Colour Rendering Dictionary).

Photographic (Perceptual)

Presentation (Saturation)

Colorimetric Absolute

Colorimetric Relative

Alters the colour space of all or most of the colours proportionally, but keeps the relationship between the colours. Colours may look different. The human eye is most sensitive to colour relationships rather than to specific wavelengths. Since the relationships are preserved, most people are unaware that colours have been altered. Best rendering method to use

Moves (Stretches/squashes) all colours to the outer edge of the colour gamut. All colours are scaled to their brightest saturation producing the most vibrant colour range achievable, but distorting the relationship of colours…. loud and brash. Only use for PowerPoint Slides

In gamut colours remain unchanged but any out of gamut colours are clipped to the closest achievable colour. Clipping will flatten a colour or incorrect colour is added to darken the image in an attempt to boost saturation. Will render the white point of the paper – Differences in the profile’s ‘white points’ (paper colours) are accommodated – e.g. the simulation of white copier paper of how an advert will look on off-white newspaper media.

Same as Colorimetric Absolute, but will ignore the white point of the paper.



Print Grey as Black (RGB)

For Microsoft Office applications to replace greys with black and white – prints greys as blacks. Will only click as black and not colour.

Off

Text/Graphics

Text/Graphics/Images

Uses the documents settings

Text and clipart (vector graphics)

For text and photographs – can cause imaging problems ….Output grainy/specked.

RGB Separation

Determines how the RGB colours are converted into CMYK.

CMYK Output

CMYK Simulation

RGB colours are converted into the full CMYK gamut of the Printer

Simulates off-set press, proofing and other devices. It is first converted into the gamut of another printer or a press standard. This feature is helpful for making one device behave like another for RGB data. Allows the users to proof for various CMYK devices or press conditions without changing the original RGB image files.



Simulation Profiles

Simulation Profiles allows users to work in CMYK workflow, providing precise definition of the required output. Users can simulate CLC/IP to an offset press or other digital printers. This only affects CMYK data only.

DIC(EFI)

Euroscale (EFI)

ISO Coated

ISO Uncoated

SWOP Coated

TOYO

FOGRA

ColorWise Off

Far East printing standard

European standard for printing

European standards to match different press paper types

European standards to match different press paper types

American Standard

Asian/Pacific

For serious printers, not standard, has to be setup in the ColorWise Pro Tools/Colour Setup.

No simulations are applied – bypasses the RIP colour changes.



CMYK Simulation Method

Used where the Server is the final destination, or where it needs to match the output from another device.

Quick

Full Source GCR

Full Output GCR

Bypasses the CIELab only prints CMY, needs K for definition. Not used by colour critical customers.

Grey Component Replacement - takes colour (CMY) out and replaces it with black grey instead of colour grey. Only replaces the shades in shadow/dark areas, where CMYK used, as its dark it will use just K. Text is not affected. Source % GCR is set in the application.

% set in the output profile for the engine (lower cut off % e.g. 240%). 100% GCR set in Profile Manager.

SPOT

Automatically matches PANTONE named colours in your job with their best CMYK equivalents. Spot colours or named colours represent special colours such as corporate colours that need to be reproduced accurately.

OFF

ON

Converts the named spot colours to CMYK values based on selected simulation profile.

Converts named spot colours to device specific values based on pre-generated Spot Colour look up tables.



BLACK Channel

Black Text/Graphics

How the Server deals with the black channel

Pure Black On

Rich Black

Normal

Black Only

Overlays black with Cyan – gives depth to black

Takes the black settings from application.

Black Overprint When black text or graphics are printed on top of a background colour, the output can result in haloing or mis-registration. Black Overprint solves this problem by simply printing text or graphics on top of the background rather then knocking out areas to place text or graphics in.

Output Profile

Use Media Defined Profile

Use Server’s Default

Use Output Profile

Users can generate a custom printer profile using Color Profiler.



imagePRESS Colour Flow Demonstration (Trainer)


Colour Flow Demonstration - Trainers Module

Contents Colour Workflow 3

Rendering Style 4

CMYK Simulation Profile 4

CMYK Simulation Method 4



Colour Workflow

(Defaults shown via ColorWise – Change per job in Printer Driver)

Demonstration if at customer’s premises - Trainer to explain & show Colour Flow via ColorWise as Printers default settings.

If training room - Trainer to allow delegates to go to Printer Driver,

• Open up the CWS, Server, Manage Colour, open ColorWise Pro Tools, Color Set Up.

• Explain again the 4 channels: RGB, CMYK, Spot & Black

RGB Source Profile

Source Profile: Apple Standard – for MAC usage (Uses a LARGE colour Space)

SRGB (PC) suited for Microsoft Windows environment (smaller colour space),

Adobe RGB – suited for Adobe applications,

ECI RGB – Industry standard for Digital photographs

Fiery RGB V2 – New option for System 8 (Optimised for digital photographs),

EFIRGB – Suited for a mixed environment MACS & PCs.

User should use the settings to match the application.



Rendering Style

Fiery use slightly different terminology than ICC to describe the Rendering styles, but they still mean the same thing. I.e. Photographic is Perceptual and Presentation is Saturation. Q. Can anyone describe to me what the term ‘Rendering’ means? A. Squeeze, shrink, move, change etc.

CMYK Simulation Profile

None – CMYK values are true and as application specifies (usually professional application, no simulations). SWOP – Standard Web Offset Press (Printing Press American Standard) Euroscale – Printer to match Press European Standards ISO Coated / ISO Uncoated – European standards match different press paper types TOYO – Asian / Pacific standards.

CMYK Simulation Method

Delegate Q. Can anyone tell me what GCR stands for? A. That’s right Grey Component Replacement Q. Anyone want to have a go at describing what this feature does? A. That’s right – it allows the user to determine the cut off point to use just Black instead of the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black Full (Source GCR) – the % is set up in application Full (Output GCR) – the % set up in o/p profile to suit the Canon device (Engine), lower cut off % eg. 240%., Quick – The Canon device (Engine) converts it to what it feels it should be (not used for colour critical docs)



For changing setting job by job go to the Printer Driver, Expert settings:

All the same options as Colou Set Up – with an additional option: Paper Simulation (tick to enable) Paper Simulation , when ticked signals the Fiery RIP to use the embedded Paper Simulation in the CMYK Simulation Profile – this takes into account the white point of the paper type – e.g. Paper type could be Pink Financial Times Newspaper, Grey Cereal box etc.



imagePRESS Profile Manager Module


Profile Manager Module

Contents Profile Manager 3

Profile Manager Interface 3

Profile Descriptions 5

Managing Profiles 7

Deleting Profiles 9

Editing Profiles 9



Profile Manager

Profile Manager allows users to download source Simulation or Output profiles directly to the imagePRESS Server. Profiles can be added or modified using the Profile Manager tool. The profiles are divided into:

• RGB Source contains all monitor profiles resident on the imagePRESS Server. RGB Source profiles are used to define the source colour space for RGB colours processed by the imagePRESS Server.

• Simulation contains printer profiles used to simulate another device on the imagePRESS Server.

• Output contains device profiles that describe the device

Profile Manager Interface

To open Profile Manager launch Command WorkStation. From the Command WorkStation Server menu select Manage Color. From the ColorWise Pro Tools, select Profile Manager.



The main Profile Manager window appears. The Description window lists the ICC profiles in the default directory of your computer.

The right side lists the three profiles on the imagePRESS Server

• Click on the appropriate button to download a profile.

• The Lock icon to the left of a profile name indicates that the profile cannot be deleted and can be edited only if saved under a new name. Only Simulation and Output profiles can be edited.

• A small icon to the left of a profile name indicates the default profile for each category. If you designate a different profile as the default, the icon appears next to your designated profile.

• The icon indicating the default Simulation profile changes in appearance depending on whether the default

• RGB Separation setting is set to Simulation or Output .



Profile Descriptions

The imagePRESS Server uses a device independent colour space to translate between the source colour space and the colour space to the output device. The profiles are divides into four regions.

RGB Source Profile

RGB Source Profile describes the source of input e.g. Monitor, Scanner, Digital Camera, Photoshop’s colour space. The source profile defines the RGB colour space, this will include source characteristics such as the white point, gamma and type of phosphors used.

Simulation

Simulation profiles allow the users to work in CMYK workflow, providing precise definition of the required output. Users can simulate imagePRESS to an offset press or other digital devices. This only affects CMYK data only. Simulation profile describes the colour characteristics of another print device, such as a printing press, that you want the imagePRESS Server to simulate.

Output

The output profile describes the colour characteristics of a printing device. It consists of both a profile for your device and a calibration target that defines the expected density response of the device.



Device Link

Transformation of an input device colour space into an output device colour space. The device colour spaces may include RGB and CMYK. Dedicated device to device, containing a colour transformation from an initial device colour space into a second device colour space. This profile could differ from the above, which transforms the input or output colour space into a device independent colour space. This means that there are always 2 profiles required in order to transform data from one device colour space into another device colour space. Device Link profiles are able to transform data directly but are not flexible in use as the other profiles.



Managing Profiles

Profile Manager allows you to back up profiles to ensure that no custom profiles are lost when the imagePRESS software is updated. You can also upload a copy of a built-in imagePRESS Server profile to your workstation in order to use it with an ICC-aware application, such as Photoshop. Profile Manager also allows you to delete unwanted profiles.

1. From Command Workstation open ColorWise Pro Tools. Click on Server -> Manage Color.

2. In ColorWise Pro Tools click on Profile Manager

3. In Profile Manager select your profile in the Description window on the left. 4. Click the Green arrow to add your profile to the Output profiles list.

5. A message appears to indicated result of the download - 'successful download' message, click OK

6. You are then prompted for the Output Profile Settings



7. Here you can set the name of how the profile will appear in the list of output profiles. Then click Apply'.

8. The profile is then listed in the 'Output' profile list.

9. The profile can now be set as the 'Output' Profile in the Color Setup in Colorwise.



Deleting Profiles

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Profile Manager. 2. Select the profile you want to delete and click Delete. 3. Click Yes to delete the profile. 4. To delete a profile currently set as the default or associated with a custom name, click

Profile Settings and clear the default option.

Editing Profiles

Profiles can be customized on the imagePRESS Server to meet your specific needs and the characteristics of your device using Color Editor. For more information on editing profiles, see Color Editor User Guide.



imagePRESS Paper Profiling Module


Paper Profiling Module

Contents EXERCISE 1 – Paper Profiling 3

Measuring the Targets EYE ONE PRO 7

Measuring the Targets EYE ONE iO TABLE 12

EXERCISE 2 - Uploading the Profile to Command Workstation 15

Adding the Paper Profile to the Paper Catalog 17



EXERCISE 1 – Paper Profiling

Introduction This is an important part of Colour Tools Training as with the imagePRESS Devices, the new V-Toner fills the uneven surfaces between media types and makes it super smooth. Because attributes of each paper type are different, they require to be “Profiled” in order to get the best out of the imagePRESS devices. Before setting any new Paper Profiles, you should complete a Shading Correction, Auto Gradation Adjustment and Calibration – making sure that the device is in an optimum state. 1. First, import the Target Charts into Command Workstation

From Command Workstation go to File -> Import -> Job and then browse to the targets folder to find the Target charts. As default they will be installed to the following location:

PC: C:\Program Files\Eye-One Process Control\Targets\PDFs

Mac: Applications\Eye-One Process Control\Targets\PDFs

(If you are using A3 paper select the A3 PDF, if you are using A4 paper select the A4 PDF. Please note - if you are using the Eye-One iO table, select iO A3 PDF or iO A4 PDF)

2. Open the folder with the charts you want to use and click on ‘Add’ making sure they are added to the Logical Printer “Canon Hold”



3. The click the ‘Import’ button to import the file into the Command Workstation Active Jobs list

4. Select your imported Target charts in the Active Jobs list and right-click and select ‘Properties’



The print settings need to be set with specific selections to have the closest match to the paper type you are going to profile. For example, if you are profiling a new type of Heavy 180gsm stock, make sure under the Media Tab, the Media Type is set to Heavy 3, the Paper Source is set to Auto Tray Select. Under the Image Tab, make sure the Toner Reduction button is unchecked and Toner Saving is set to OFF. If you also use Halftone Simulation or Resolution settings normally, make sure you have these set to your own requirements.



5. Under the Color, Expert Settings make sure the RGB Source Profile is set to None, the CMYK Profile Simulation is set to None, the Spot Colour Matching box is unchecked, Black Text/Graphics is set to Normal and the Output Profile is set to Heavy Thick [Remember we are profiling Heavy 180gsm stock – but this setting would depend on what media you are profiling]

THE TARGET FILES MUST BE PRINTED WITH THE CORRECT JOB PROPERTIES AS SHOWN ABOVE. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL CREATE UNEXPECTED RESULTS FROM YOUR PROFILE.



Measuring the Targets EYE ONE PRO

1. When you have printed out the target charts you need to measure them into the Process

Control software following the examples below depending on which type of device you have.

Mount the first printed patch page in the supplied backing board and ruler for the Eye-One Pro. If you are profiling A3 paper, the patches will print out on 4 pages. If you are profiling A4 paper, the patches will print out on 6 pages.

Example of using Eye-One Pro

Mount the first printed patch page on the iO Table for the Eye-One iO. The patches will print out on 4 A4 pages.

Example of using the Eye-One iO table

2. Launch the Eye-One Process Control software



3. In the measure target section of the software use the drop down menu to select your target

4. Select the target that matches the charts you printed and the device you are going to use for

the measurement

(i.e. if you printed the ECI_i1_A3 targets and using the Eye-One for measuring the charts select ECI Visual Eye-One A3 from the drop down)

5. Select the measurement device that matches the target you selected (either Eye-One Pro, IO

table) and click on Connect



6. Select the measurement mode to calibrate with: Select 'Strip' mode Click the 'Calibrate' button

7. Click on the 'Calibrate' button to calibrate your device. When the calibration is complete close the Eye-One configuration window

8. Using the Eye-One Pro, read the printed patch targets with your selected measurement device.

All of the lines of the chart need to be measured in the same direction as outlined with the arrows, the black bar is the starting point for the readings and each column is numbered in order. It is not bi-directional and will error if you measure in the wrong direction. See instructions on page 13 if using the Eye-One iO table.



9. When you have measured the entire patch pages click on the ‘Build Profile’ button in the

bottom right of the window

0. You will then be shown the ‘Save Profile’ window where you can set the separation settings for

1

use in the profile.

There are some pre-defined separation settings for the imagePRESS C1 and C7000VP or the user can create their own settings if required

The pre-defined settings have different toner limits depending on the work that the profile is going to be used for (i.e. Proofing, high detailed work, etc):

Canon ImagePRESS C1 – 1 (CMYK Canon ImagePRESS C1 – 2 (CMYK Canon ImagePRESS C700Canon ImagePRESS C700

Max 250) Max 340)

0 – 1 (CMYK Max 270) 0 – 2 (CMYK Max 340)



11. lick the ‘Neutralize’ button. This ill neutralize the CMYK grey and gives values on the “Define Black Point”, then click ‘Save’

When you have set the separation setting you should then cw

12. Choose the location to save the ICC Profile, the default

PC: c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\color Mac: Library\colorsync\profiles

name the profile and click 'Save'

location is



Measuring the Targets EYE ONE iO TABLE

1. Using the Eye-One iO table, follow the step by step instructions

2. Record the positions of patches 1, 2 and 3

3. Once the corner patches have been recorded successfully, click Read All Patches

Change the page on iO table when the last column on each page is scanned (each page is numbered 1 of 4, 2 of 4, etc.)



4. When you have measured the entire patch pages click on the ‘Build Profile’ button in the bottom right of the window

5. ’ window where you can set the separation settings for You will then be shown the ‘Save Profile

use in the profile.

There are some pre-defined separation settings for the imagePRESS C1 and C7000VP or the user can create their own settings if required

The pre-defined settings have different toner limits depending on the work that the profile is going to be used for (i.e. Proofing, high detailed work, etc):

Canon ImagePRESS C1 – 1 (CMYK Canon ImagePRESS C1 – 2 (CMYK Canon ImagePRESS C700Canon ImagePRESS C700

Max 250) Max 340)

0 – 1 (CMYK Max 270) 0 – 2 (CMYK Max 340)



6. lick the ‘Neutralize’ button. This ill neutralize the CMYK grey and gives values on the “Define Black Point”, then click ‘Save’

When you have set the separation setting you should then cw

7. Choose the location to save the ICC Profile, the default

PC: c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\color Mac: Library\colorsync\profiles

Name the profile and click 'Save'

location is

If you would like to create a new profile with different separation settings for media you have already created a profile for, you do not have to print another set of target charts and measure them. You can open a previously created profile and use the measurement data contained within, all you will have to do is change the separation settings as you require. *It is important that the profile you open is based on the same media and output device as the new one you i.e. if you have a profile for the Canon 100 GSM paper and it is using a CMYK limit of 250 and you want to create another one with a CMYK limit of 270.

uggested file name for saving would be : C7000VP Canon 100gsm 100 250 5 25

to recall the profiles.

wish to create.

If you are creating multiple profiles, make sure you differentiate your profiles when saving them, otherwise how will you know which profile is for which media and measurement data? e.g. Profiling Canon 100gsm Plain paper on the C1 device with the measurement data of Black Max 100, CMYK Max 250, Black Start 5 and Black Width 25 S If you get used to saving like this, it will be easier



to upload it to the imagePRESS controller so it an be used in your workflow.

his is done via Profile Manager in ColorWise tools which you can access via Command Workstation

. From Command workstation open ‘ColorWise’, ‘Server -> Manage Color

EXERCISE 2 - Uploading the Profile to Command Workstation

When you have created your Media profile you will needc T 1

2. In ColorWise click on ‘Profile Manager’

3. In Profile Manager select your profile In the 'Description' window on the left, click the Green arrow

to add your profile to the 'Output' profiles list



4. You will receive a 'Download Finished successfully' message, click 'OK'

5. You are then prompted for the 'Output Profile Settings'

If MAC drivers ill NOT appear hence it is important to tick the check box “Appear in One- Driver as …” and set as Output-1, etc. Then click 'Apply'

are used, the profile description wWay Communication

' profile list 6. The profile is then listed in the 'Output

7. The profile can now be set as the 'Output' Profile in the Color Setup in Colorwise

The Default on an ImagePRESS already uses a Media Profile. If you need to make a new profile it will come up with a warning message to tell you the media is being used with another profile. You can override the previous settings where the media profile is being used.

OTE: Canon 100gsm Plain Paper is already profiled and it is not necessary to recreate this profile. N



Adding the Paper Profile to the Paper Catalog

1. You can add the paper profile of the Paper created in the Paper Catalog.

2. In CWS go to Server in the top Menu bar and select Paper Catalog. 3. Highlight and double click the paper you have profiled and Sel ct Media Colour Profile.

4. Select the profile you have created, from the drop down list

5. Click OK to save.

e



imagePRESS Spot-On Colour Module

Revised 2nd March 2008 Page 2 of 10

Spot-On Colour Module

EXERCISE 1 – Creating A New Colour Library 1. Open the file Spotmenu.pdf located in the Student Folder. 2. Print the document and keep for comparison later. 3. Launch Colorwise Pro Tools by clicking on SERVER, MANAGE COLOUR in Command Workstation. 4. Select Spot-On

5. Ok the Current Output Profile selected

6. From the EDIT menu, choose NEW GROUP



7. The new colour group appears with the name Untitled 1. Double click on name, and rename

the group. House Colours (your name). 8. Open the Group Pantone Coated 9. Select the Colour Red 032 (make a note of the CMYK values)

10. Go to the edit menu and select copy 11. Double-click on House Colour (Name) 12. Select Edit and Paste, and OK the name. 13. The colour will now appear in your Group House Colours 14. Double click the coloured circle in the centre and the following window will open



15. Select print pattern and the following screen appears. Click OK 16. From the output printed, double click another Red Square on the page that suits your desired

result. 17. Click on the centre patch and note the new percentage differences. Here you can change the

percentages to create a totally different colour.



18. Click File and Save and Close. 19. Open the Document “SpotMenu.pdf” and select File and Print 20. Go to the Colour Tab and select Expert Settings

21. Ensure that Spot Colour Matching is ticked and print your document. 22. Compare the differences between the first print and this last one.



EXERCISE 2 – Substitute Colours For this exercise you will require the file MS Word Substitute Colour.doc located in the Student Folder

1. To be able to use the Substitute Colour feature of Spot-On effectively you must first determine the source colour of the object you wish to change.

2. Launch Microsoft Word and from the File menu navigate to the directory containing Substitute Colour.doc file.

3. Double-click the “L’essentiel” logo at the top of the page to highlight it 4. Choose Format, Font, Colours and the More Colours Option and select Custom. Here you will

see the RGB make up of the colour. Please take a note of the RGB values for this colour.

5. Launch Command Work-Station and from the Server menu choose Manage Colours.



6. From the ColorWise Pro Tools menu choose Spot On. 7. OK the Current Output file selected

8. The Spot-On menu appears. From the Edit menu, choose New Substitute Group.

9. The new substitute group appears with the default name “Untitled1”. 10. Double-click on the name Untitled1 to rename the new substitute group to a custom name of

your choice such as House Substitute Colours. 11. Highlight your new colour group. 12. From the Edit menu, select New Substitute Colour.



13. In the Add Substitute Colour menu, select RGB (Device Code 0 -255) and enter the values from the Microsoft Word File: R5, G147, B226 press OK.

14. The new substitute colour now appears in the library list. Default CMYK values appear to the

right of the RGB recipe. The strength of the Spot-On feature rests in its ability to change CMYK conversion values in order to establish more accurate colour matching in print.

15. Highlight the new substitute colour in the library list and from the Edit menu choose Colour Search.

16. Spot-On offers several ways to create alternate colour recipes for CMYK conversion: 17. Printing patches of the target colour and surrounding neighbours to perform a visual

evaluation of the closest colour match from the printed sheet. This is an iterative process that is streamlined and efficient or editing the substitute colour table directly.

18. Double-click the Centre Patch to edit the colour table directly. 19. In the Set Centre Patch Colour menu, we will make a dramatic colour change to exaggerate

the difference for demonstration purposes. The default conversion recipe was: c72 m43 y15 k0 Make the new conversion recipe: c0 m100 y100 k50 After processing with Spot-On, the original blue logo colour is changed to the new Substitute Color, brown.



Click OK to exit the Spot On Color Search menu. Choose File, Save to save the new Substitute Color settings to the server.

20. Minimize the Spot-On menu on the screen display. 21. Return to the original Word Document. 22. Select File and Print and enter the Properties 23. Go to the Colour Tab and TICK the Substitute Colour option.

24. Select OK and Print 25. The Substitute Colour function successfully changed the RGB blue source colour to the new

CMYK brown.



imagePRESS Spot-On Colour Module

Substitute Colour



EXERCISE 2 – Substitute Colours (Pdf Document)

For this exercise you will require the file Substitute Colour MS Word Sample. PDF located in the Student Folder

1. To be able to use the Substitute Colour feature of Spot-On effectively you must first determine the source colour of the object you wish to change.

2. Launch Substitute Colour MS Word Sample. PDF and from the menu navigate to ‘Show

Inspector’ icon.

3. Select the Eyedropper tool from the menu bar. 4. Click your cursor onto the Coloured logo and address on the page, Note the RGB values.

5. Launch Command Work-Station and from the Server menu choose Manage Colours.



6. From the ColorWise Pro Tools menu choose Spot On.

7. OK the Current Output file selected

8. The Spot-On menu appears. From the Edit menu, choose New Substitute Group.

9. The new substitute group appears with the default name “Untitled1”. 10. Double-click on the name Untitled1 to rename the new substitute group to a custom

name of your choice such as House Substitute Colours.

11. Highlight your new colour group.



12. From the Edit menu, select New Substitute Colour.

13. In the Add Substitute Colour menu, select RGB (0-100%) and enter the values from the Substitute Colour MS Word Sample.pdf: R14.9%, G76.86%, B98.04% (the values will need to be either rounded up or down) press OK.

14. The new substitute colour now appears in the library list. Default CMYK values appear to the right of the RGB recipe. The strength of the Spot-On feature rests in its ability to change CMYK conversion values in order to establish more accurate colour matching in print.

15. Highlight the new substitute colour in the library list and from the Edit menu choose

Colour Search.

16. Spot-On offers several ways to create alternate colour recipes for CMYK conversion:



17. Printing patches of the target colour and surrounding neighbours to perform a visual evaluation of the closest colour match from the printed sheet. This is an iterative process that is streamlined and efficient or editing the substitute colour table directly.

18. Double-click the Centre Patch to edit the colour table directly.

19. In the Set Centre Patch Colour menu, we will make a dramatic colour change to exaggerate the difference for demonstration purposes. Make the new conversion by entering in: c0 m100 y100 k0 After processing with Spot-On, the original blue logo colour is changed to the new Substitute Color, Red.

20. Click OK to exit the Spot On Color Search menu. Choose File, Save to save the new Substitute Color settings to the server.

21. Minimize the Spot-On menu on the screen display. 22. Return to the original Substitute Colour MS Word Sample. PDF.

23. Select File and Print and enter the Properties

24. Go to the Colour Tab and TICK the Substitute Colour option.

25. Select OK and Print



26. The Substitute Colour function successfully changed the RGB blue source colour to the new CMYK Red.



imagePRESS Spot On Colour Guide


Spot On User Guide

Contents Spot On 3

Changing a Colour in the library 4

Creating a Colour Library 6

Substitute Colours 8

Using the Substitute Colour 11


Spot On User Guide

Spot On

This programme will allow you to fine tune Pantone Colours to your requirements. Launch Colorwise Pro Tools from Start, Program, Fiery, Colorwise Pro Tools , or from within Command Work Station by selecting ‘Server’ and ‘Manage Colour’.

When the above screen appears select Spot-On, and the following window will open.

Select OK. This reveals all the different types of Colours that are available to adjust.


Spot On User Guide

Changing a Colour in the library

To change a colour in the library, click on the type of colour you wish to change. In this example we chose to change a Pantone Uncoated. Selecting Red 032. Double Click on the PANTONE UNCOATED ‘swatch’

To adjust the colour, you need to double click on the centre of the Red 032 colour to open the following window.

The colour spacing if adjusted will allow you to see the different shades between each colour. If set to a small number, you will only see minimal changes between each shade. However the bigger that number the more visible the shade differences become. The squares of colour located in the centre are the current default for the server when printing this colour. The squares around this are the variants you may select to get a closer match.


Spot On User Guide

Select the ‘Print Pattern’ button, and choose to print a Pattern Page by selecting OK. The following will be printed. From the printed test sheet you can choose which colour most represents the closest to your chosen colour.

If you double click on the centre square the values for the colour will appear on screen.

Here the colour values may be adjusted if required. For comparison this will show you your old colour and the new colour you have created. If you save this colour now this will always be the choice printed whenever this colour is named in a document and you have Spot On Colour Matching selected in the printer driver. However if you wish to keep the original colour you can create your own library.


Spot On User Guide

Creating a Colour Library

To make your own library, select Edit in the menu bar and select New Group, a new entry will appear in the Color Names area. Name the colour library to your own choice.

Open up the colour window (Pantone Uncoated and select the colour you want to change, then from the edit menu, select copy. Choose your newly created library and from the edit menu select paste and OK. This will show you your colour in your new library. Now you have this colour saved twice. One in its original library and the other in the newly created library. Adjust the coolour as before and save.


Spot On User Guide

Which Library Will It Use When Printing? When you send your document to print, in the print driver you need to ensure that Spot On Colour Matching is selected in the Expert Settings in the Colour Tab of the Printer Properties.

When the print is submitted the imagePRESS server will look for the colour in the Spot On Colour Table. When it finds the first instance of he colour this will be the one it uses. To determine which colour it uses you will need to change the priority levels to meet your requirements. To do this with the Library selected you want to use you need to select the arrow up or down to move the library within the table.


Spot On User Guide

Substitute Colours

Substitute Colours allow the replacement of RGB & CMYK values to an alternative replacement with CMYK values, ideal when printing colours that have been used in Microsoft Applications. When the above screen appears select Spot-On, and the following window will open:

Select OK. This reveals all the different types of colours that are available to adjust. Go to Edit in the menu bar and select New Substitute Group

Click on the name Untitiled 1 and rename to a name of your choosing.


Spot On User Guide

In the Add Substitute Colour Menu, select the type of colour you are adding and set the values (using CMYK percentage, RGB Device code or RGB percentage). Click OK.

The new substitute colour appears in the library list.

Highlight the new substitute colour in the library list and from the Edit menu, choose colour search. When the pattern appears below, please note that if an exclamation mark appears in the top right hand corner, this identifies that the colour is ‘out of gamut’.


Spot On User Guide

Double click the centre circle and you can now edit the values with your new colour you wish to substitute (as a percentage or as a device code value – shown here as a totally different colour for training purposes) and click OK. Your new colour will be displayed in the table Click on the Save icon and exit out of Spot On.


Spot On User Guide

Using the Substitute Colour

To apply the substitute colour change, this occurs within the driver when submitting a job to print. Select File - Print - Properties (of from Command Workstation – Properties) Select the Color Tab and ‘tick’ the Substitute Colors tick box

When the imagePRESS server recognises the colour being sent down within the document, it will substitute it with the colour you created in Spot On.



imagePRESS Palette Function Module


Palette Function Module

Contents Palette Function in Eye One Process Control 3

Exercise 1 – Using Pantone Libraries 4

Exercise 2 – Saving & Exporting a Palette 7

Exercise 3 – Importing your named Colour Profile into Spot On 8

Exercise 4 – Creating Custom Colour Libraries 10

Exercise 5 – Adding more Colours to a Custom Library 15

Exercise 6 - Merging Custom Libraries 17

Exercise 7 – Exporting your Palette as a Photoshop Swatch 18

Exercise 8 – Importing your Swatch into Photoshop 19



Palette Function in Eye One Process Control

The Palette function in Process Control allows a user to check the ability of the device by comparing the spot colours in a PANTONE or user created palette, to how your device will produce them when using the ICC profile you have created. You can then export the Library as a 'Named Color Profile' for use on your ImagePRESS server or export it as a Swatch for use within Adobe applications. Users will be able to: • Edit a Colour in the Pantone Color Bridge EC Library • Create a Custom Color Library, inserting colours via imputing lab values and using the eye-one • Merge a Custom Library • Save and Export your palette as a Named Colour Profile for use within Spot –On • Import your palette into Spot On • Export your palette as a Photoshop Swatch and Import it into Photoshop



Exercise 1 – Using Pantone Libraries

1. Open Eye One Process Control application and select the Palette tab, select Library and select the Pantone Library you would like to work with. For a complete digital workflow the recommendation would be to use the Pantone Color Bridge EC library.

2. Then select the output profile you are using on your imagePRESS server. (This is the icc media profile you would have created and uploaded to the server and set as the output profile in Colorwise -> Color Setup).



3. Select the Build Settings you would like to use. As standard the following would be the settings used:

DeltaE method: DeltaE 2000 Min Dot: 2 Max Channels: 4 Exhaustive: Ticked 4. Click the 'Build' Button

5. The library will build and show the original colour (top) and the colour based on the output profile you have selected (bottom). You will also see the DeltaE 2000 (or whichhever method you have chosen) difference between the original colour and the updated colour. After building the library you can also see the CMYK make up of the updated colour.

6. You can edit the CMYK make up of a specific colour if needed. In some cases doing this will lower the DeltaE difference to give you a better result.



7. Click on the colour you would like to edit and click the 'Edit' button

*You can only edit one colour at a time. 8. You are then presented with the Edit Patch window. you can edit the colour by adding or removing

CMYK, when you have made any changes you would like click OK. 9. Any changes you have made are then applied and the DeltaE difference is updated. *in this case it has increased the difference



Exercise 2 – Saving & Exporting a Palette

When you have finished making changes to your library you can save it and use it in 2 ways: • Named Color Profile - for use in Spot-On • Adobe Photoshop Swatch - for use in your workflow Exporting your Palette as a Named Colour Profile

1. When you have built your library/palette click on the Save Palette button in the bottom right of the

window.

2. You will be shown the save dialog box. 3. In the format drop down menu choose Named Color Profile.

You have 2 choices: • Original Lab: the Lab values from the Pantone swatch book, spectral values of the original colour. • Device Lab: the spectral values optimized using the information from the output profile generated

for your device. 4. Choose Device Lab and click Save

The profile should automatically be saved to C:WINDOWS,System32,Spool, Drivers, Color as an ICC named profile.



Exercise 3 – Importing your named Colour Profile into Spot On

** you need to have uploaded your profile to the controller before carrying out this next step.

1. From Command workstation go to Server – Manage Colour to open ColorWise Pro Tools

2. In ColorWise Pro Tools select Spot-On.

3. You will be asked to select an Output Profile to use with Spot-On. The profile you select should be the same as the one used to create the Named Color Profile from within Eye-One Process Control. *refer to using Pantone Palettes section of this document



4. In Spot-On you will need to download your Named Color Profile you exported from within Eye-One

Process Control. *refer to Exporting Palette as Named Color profile section of this document.

5. Browse to your named colour profile, select it and click Open.

6. The named colour profile library will now appear in Spot-On.



Exercise 4 – Creating Custom Colour Libraries

(Note: On MACs there is no option to create Custom Libraries. You can only customize the existing colour by altering the Lab values and upload colour swatches into Photoshop)

You can create custom palettes for use within Adobe Photoshop and Spot-On. 1. Open the Process Control software and on the Measure Target section as you will need to calibrate

the Measuring device.

*You must calibrate the Measuring device if you want to use it to measure custom colours.

2. Select the Eye-One Pro as the measurement device that you will use and click on Connect.

3. Select the measurement mode to calibrate with: Select Spot, then click on the Calibrate button.



4. Click on the Calibrate button to Calibrate your device.

5. Then open the Palette Section of the Process Control software.

6. In the Library drop down menu select New.

7. Then the Library Manager window will open.



8. There are 2 ways you can add colours to the library: • 1 - Click the 'Add' button (use this if you know the Lab values of the colours you would like to use). • 2 - Measure the color with your Eye-One. 9. First we will manually add colours by clicking 'Add'

10. Input the information for the Name of the colour and then input the Lab information as required

(you will need to know these lab values).

11. When you have entered the information click Save.

12. The colour will be added to the Library and the Lab values can be seen.



13. Repeat the process outlined above until you have all of the colours you require. Now we will look at the second method of adding colours to a New Library.

14. This method allows you to measure colours into the New Library using the Eye-One measurement

device, just place the Eye-One on the colour you want and press the button on the side of the Eye-One.

15. The colour will be added to the library palette automatically.



16. You can then Edit the Information for the colour as required by selecting the colour in the list and

clicking the Edit button in the Top-right of the window.

17. You can re-name the colour or even adjust the Lab values if required.

18. Click save.

19. The colour information is updated as required. You can repeat process as many times as needed to

build up your library.

20. When you have finished adding colours click save.

21. Type the name you want the library to use and click save.

22. Close the Library manager and look at the list of libraries in the Palette section of the software you

will see your new library listed. You can select this library and use it in the same way as the included Pantone Libraries and Export it into Spot On.



Exercise 5 – Adding more Colours to a Custom Library

1. In the Palette section of the software select New in the library drop down menu.

2. The Library Manager window opens.

3. Select the Library you want to edit from the Library drop down menu.

4. Click Load to open the Library.

5. When the library has loaded you can add colours either by using the Add button or by using the

Eye-One to measure colours.

*for information on adding colours to a library please refer to the creating ‘custom colour libraries’ section of this document



6. When you have added all the extra colours you need you need to save the library.

7. In the New Library save box give the library a name and click save.

8. If you want to give the Library the same name as the existing name you will be prompted with a

message explaining this, just click ok.

9. Your library has now been updated with the new colours added.



Exercise 6 - Merging Custom Libraries

It is possible to merge multiple custom libraries together to create one Library.

1. Open the Library Manager window.

2. Select the Library you want add to from the Library drop down menu

3. Click Load to open the Library.

4. The library will be loaded into the Library Manager.

5. Then you need to select a library you want to merge with. You need to tick the Append check box and select the library that you want to merge and click Load.



6. The Libraries will be merged into 1, now save this new Library.

Exercise 7 – Exporting your Palette as a Photoshop Swatch

1. When you have built your library/palette click on the save palette button in the bottom right of the

window.

2. You will be shown the save dialog box. In the format drop down menu choose Photoshop Swatch.

3. You have 3 choices: • Device Values: CMYK Data • Original Lab: the Lab values from the Pantone swatch book, spectral values of the original colour.

You may use this if you wanted to output to another device. • Device Lab: the spectral values optimized using the information from the output profile generated

for your device.



4. Choose Device Lab and click save.

5. Choose the location you would like to save your Photoshop Swatch to, it is recommended to save this to: C:PROGRAMFILES, Adobe,Photoshop,CS2,Presets,Colorswatches and click save.

Exercise 8 – Importing your Swatch into Photoshop

1. Open the Swatch palette in Adobe Photoshop. Window -> Swatches.

2. In the Swatch palette click on the triangle icon in the top-right corner.

3. In the menu that appears choose the Load Swatches option.



4. Browse to where you saved the swatch and click Open.

5. The updated palette colours from the swatch you exported from Process Control are now available

for you to work with in Photoshop.



imagePRESS Image Viewer Module


Image Viewer Module

Contents Image Viewer 3

Exercise 1 – Image Viewer Navigation / Tools 3

Exercise 2 – Colour Adjust Tools 6

Exercise 3 – Creating a Soft Proof for PDF Export 9


Image Viewer Module

Image Viewer

The Image Viewer is a powerful zoom tool that lets the user preview a rasterised document before printing. The zoom percentage goes up to 3200%, which allows viewing the document down to the pixel level. With this tool, users can quickly check for errors related to colours, moiré patterns, trapping errors etc. Additionally it is possible to adjust colour using slides bars or a colour wheel. The document may be saved and printed with the changes without re-ripping. It is also possible to convert the document into PDF and distribute it for remote soft-proofing. In this exercise users will be able to: • Navigate to different areas of the image or the pages of a job. • View the effects of trapping, screen patterns, moiré patterns, output color profile shifts, etc. • Apply color modifications to that particular job and print it without the need of re-rasterizing the

job. • Zoom-in 3200% to evaluate halftone dots and screen rulings at pixel level. Reviewing dot shape,

screen angles, traps, etc. • Use the EFI ImageViewer application as viable alternative to visual evaluation of hard copy proofs. • Use the Color Adjust tools and quick application of edits without re-ripping. • Convert raster file previews into Export Soft Proof PDF.

Exercise 1 – Image Viewer Navigation / Tools

1. Import the sample file in Student Folder - EFI ImageViewer 11 x 17 Sample.pdf into Command WorkStation.

2. Highlight the sample file EFI ImageViewer 11 x 17 Sample.pdf and select Properties. 3. Select the Image tab, under Halftone Simulation, drop down box select Newsprint, then OK. 4. From the menu choose Process and Hold. 5. Locate the rasterized sample file near the bottom of the Active Jobs queue, and right click. 6. Select Launch EFI ImageViewer from the menu. 7. Click on the View menu in upper right to access the Zoom In selection. Ways to zoom in/zoom out

in EFI ImageViewer include: View menu > Zoom In (Out), Keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl++, Ctrl +-), Viewer Controls Magnifying Glass tools Viewer Controls Slider tool.


Image Viewer Module

8. Notice that each Zoom In request updates both the Image Preview window and the size and

placement of the red selection box in the Navigator window. The red box indicates preview dimensions and location within the larger page size currently displayed in the Image Preview window. You can drag the Navigator box to a new location to control the image appearing in the preview window at right. Notice, too, along the window’s bottom edge at lower left are shown the zoom percentage, resolution, image dimensions, and job name.

9. Click on the "+" Magnifying Glass tool to zoom in from 25% to 50%. As the image preview becomes larger, notice that the red navigator box becomes smaller.

10. Another way to reposition the image is to click-and-hold in the Image Preview window to call up a floating compass point tool. Users can accomplish the same task using the traditional scroll bars at the edges of the image preview.

11. From the View menu choose actual pixels. The keyboard shortcut Alt-Ctrl-0 (PC) or Alt+Apple+0

(MAC) changes the zoom factor to 100%. 12. Actual pixels (100%) reveal the Newsprint Halftone Screen simulation that we requested in Job

Properties earlier. 13. Users can decide at any time to select/deselect any combination of separations to appear in the

preview display. Deselect magenta and yellow now. From the keyboard choose Ctrl-I to demonstrate how to invert the selected colour channels being displayed. The Image Preview window will change to magenta and yellow separations only.


Image Viewer Module

14. In the Viewer Controls menu move the zoom in slider all the way to the right to achieve a maximum zoom factor.

15. Place a check in the boxes next to the cyan and black separations to view the halftone spots in full colour.

16. In the page field at upper right above the Image Preview window, enter the number 3 and press

Enter on the keyboard. This takes you to the 3rd page of the document. 17. Click and hold in the Image Preview window to call up the Compass Zoom. 18. Use the Slider tool to demonstrate how quickly users can change the zoom factor. This ends the section on navigational speed and performance in EFI ImageViewer. Next, we will look at the Color Adjust tools.


Image Viewer Module

Exercise 2 – Colour Adjust Tools

1. If your Colour Adjust palette is not open, click on the white triangle that preceeds the name. 2. The Colour Adjust menu offers two tools for making colour edits on RIPped files. These include the

Colour Wheel and Curves. 3. Select the 2nd page of the sample file, align the red navigation tool on the image of the nautilus

shell and zoom in until it fills the preview frame. 4. Beneath the colour wheel in the Colour Adjust palette, there are three buttons on the right side.

When you make colour wheel edits the buttons allow you to apply changes that affect all of the tones in the image, or just a portion of the tonal range.

5. The button on the left applies edits to the highlight end of tonal range; the button in the middle applies edits to the midtones and the button on the right applies edits to the shadow end of the range.

6. You can further control colour edits by using the settings in the menu just to the left of the tonal range buttons. These include: Black Control, Saturation, Hue Angle and Brightness

7. First experiment with the Black Control. Select it from the pull-down menu. 8. Next move the Colour Adjust slider all the way to the left until the readout says 0. 9. Observe the changes in the preview image. Notice the reduction in black allows you to see more

shadow detail. 10. Move the Colour Adjust slider all the way right until the display reads 100. Notice how the

shadows become darker and overall the preview image has more contrast. 11. Click on the Curves tab to open the curves tool. Notice how adjustments made in the Colour Wheel

interface can also be viewed as adjustments to the tone reproduction curve. By positioning your cursor over an anchor point on the curve (small circles), you can activate it so that density values can be read both before (input) and after (output) the edit. In this example, an input value of 50% will be output at 75% if we accept the colour adjustments.

12. Changes become final when you choose Save from the file menu.


Image Viewer Module

13. Click on the cyan anchor point at 50x, 50y on the curves grid and drag it straight up until the

coordinates 50x, 75y are displayed. 14. Observe the colour change in the preview image resulting from a 25% increase in cyan midtone

values. 15. Click the cyan anchor point at 50x, 75y on the curves grid and drag it straight down until the

coordinates 50x, 25y are displayed. 16. Observe the change in colour cast cyan to red. 17. Click on the Colour Wheel tab and select Saturation from the pull down menu. Notice the small

black square centred in the middle of the colour wheel and the Slider value at 0. These settings indicate that gray balance is neutral and there are no colour casts in the preview.

18. Move the Colour Adjust slider to the right until 50 is diplayed in the readout. Notice how the small black square is now positioned midway between the neutral centre point where it was previously and the saturated red hues at the edge of the colour wheel.

19. Move the Colour Adjust slider to the right, again, until 100 is diplayed in the readout. Notice how

the small black square is now positioned on the right edge of the colour wheel. The preview image displays maximum red saturation. This is the same visual result that you would obtain if you dragged the midtone anchor point of the cyan tone curve from 50x, 50 y to 50x,0y. Try it and see for yourself.

20. Return the Colour Adjust slider to balance to the preview image. 21. From the Colour Adjust pull down menu select Brightness. Notice that the neutral point for the

slider is 50.


Image Viewer Module

22. Move the Colour Adjust slider all the way to the left until the display reads 0. Notice the preview image has become very dark. This is caused by a shift in the tonal range of the preview image toward the shadows. See how the bright highlights have been reduced to a few tiny spots in the centre of the nautilus?

23. Move the Colour Adjust slider all the way to the right until the display reads 100. Notice the

preview image is now very light. This is caused by a shift in the tonal range of the preview image toward the highlights. See how the dark shadows are nearly gone?

24. The last Colour Adjust setting is Hue Angle. The neutral position for the Colour Adjust slider is 180 on a scale of 360. This refers to the number of degrees in a circle and is referenced to the HSB colour model. You can make quick colour changes by clicking-and-dragging the black square in the centre of the colour wheel or by moving the slider.

25. Click-and-drag the black square along the yellow hue angle on the colour wheel until the display reads 60. Observe the pronounced yellow cast in the preview image.

26. Click-and-drag the black square through the centre and along the blue hue angle on the colour wheel until the display reads 240. Observe the pronounced blue cast in the preview image.


Image Viewer Module

Exercise 3 – Creating a Soft Proof for PDF Export

1. Return to the Black Control slider in the Colour Adjust tool under the Colour Wheel tab. Confirm that the slider is set to the midpoint for normal tone reproduction. This is the file we will use for a Soft Proof Export example.

2. Under the File menu, select Export for Soft Proof PDF. 3. In the Soft Proof PDF options window, select Current page under Page Range. 4. Under Options, click the radio button for Save one PDF containing selected pages. 5. Click OK to close the window. 6. Locate the saved Soft Proof PDF file and open it using Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or later. 7. When the Soft Proof PDF file opens in Acrobat zoom in to view the image quality at greater

magnification. This is the file to which JPEG 2000 compression has been applied. 8. Under the File menu choose Document Properties. 9. In the Document Properties window highlight the Security pane. 10. Review Document Restrictions Summary and note these settings:

• Printing: Not Allowed • Changing the Document: Not Allowed • Content Copying or Extraction: Not Allowed • Acrobat settings provide assurance that the Soft Proof PDF format is secure and there is

minimal risk of unauthorized usage. 11. Click the OK button to close the Document Properties window.



imagePRESS Preflight Module

Preflight Module


Introduction

Checks for most common printing errors to ensure files print successfully. It assesses the print-worthiness of a job by determining whether it will print successfully and with the expected level of quality.

Objective

Familiarize yourself with setting flags in the Preflight Report window How to show severity of the Preflight problem with various flags How to use EFI ImageViewer as a diagnostic tool for isolating page element problems Explain what remedies might be applied to eliminate or reduce Preflight troubleshooting

Preflight Module


Exercise 1 - Preflighting

1. From the File menu in Command WorkStation, select Import > Job. 2. Browse to Student Folder, select Preflight Sample A3 V1.pdf. 3. Select the Hold queue and click the Add button. 4. Click the Import button to move the file to the Active Jobs queue. 5. Highlight the file that you just imported. 6. Right click and choose Preflight from the drop down menu. 7. In the Fonts field, set the warning for When Missing to Critical. 8. Next to When Courier is present set the warning to Information. 9. In the Spot Colors field, set the When Missing warning to Critical. 10. In the Low-Res Images field, set When image resolution is less than to 150 dpi. 11. In the field to the right for Low-Res Images choose Warning. 12. Next to VDP Resources, in the When resources not found field set the flag to Ignore. 13. Next to Hairlines, in the When line width is less than field enter 0.25 pt.

Preflight Module


14. In the other field for Hairlines, set the flag to Warning. 15. In the Overprint field, next to "When overprint is detected" set the flag to Warning. 16. In the PostScript field, set the flag to Critical. Many PostScript errors prevent the sample file from

printing until they are corrected. 17. Click the Save button at the top of the Preflight window. 18. In the Save Preset pop up, key in the name Preflight Sample Settings. 19. Click the Save button.

Preflight Module


Preflighting the Sample File

1. Confirm that your Preflight settings have been saved. The name of the Preset file should be

displayed in the Preset field at the top of the window. 2. Click on the Preflight button at the bottom of the window. 3. A Preflighting progress bar will appear in the Preflight window. The process typically takes only a

few seconds to complete. 4. In the Preflight Report window notice the summary highlighted in red. 5. Open the display for each page layout element by clicking the [+ or ] button that precedes it. 6. If you want a hard copy of the Preflight Report, click the Print Report button at the bottom of the

window. 7. Click on Close to return to Command WorkStation.

File Preview and Evaluation of Page Elements

1. Locate the sample file in the Held queue of Command WorkStation. 2. Highlight the file and right click. 3. Choose Process and Hold from the menu. 4. Locate the sample file in the queue of Processed and Held jobs. 5. Highlight the file and right click. 6. Select Preview from the drop down menu.

Preflight Module


7. In the Preview window, examine the two A4 pages printed as a spread on the tabloid sheet. 8. Confirm that page elements are positioned correctly on the sheet. 9. Click the red "X" in the upper right to close the Preview window. 10. Right click on the RIPped and held file in Command WorkStation. 11. Choose Launch EFI ImageViewer from the menu. 12. Use the red navigation tool in the upper left corner of ImageViewer to position the preview images

so that hairlines can be examined. 13. The hairline surrounding the orange image is 0.20 pt thick. In the image to the right, the hairline

thickness is increased to 0.24 pt. Still too thin to be visible in most printed documents as indicated by the Preflight flag

14. Although a native file is not included with the exercise, the recommended corrective action would be to increase the minimum hairline thickness to 0.50 pt to improve the chances of it being visible when printed. Scroll to the next image on the right to see a 0.50 pt hairline.

15. This image is surrounded by a 0.50 pt hairline. Zoom slowly out to 100% reproduction size and watch to see if it remains visible.

16. The light blue tint to the right, where the cursor is pointing, is the spot color named Preflight Sample Blue.



imagePRESS Postflight Module

Postflight Module


Introduction

Postflight is a diagnostic tool used to determine which objects in a document represent which color spaces. It provides global and object-specific information about how files are processed by ColorWise. Users will receive a colour-coded print of the document and supporting report pages upon requesting a Postflight.

Objective

• Learn how to access the Postflight Report options from the Job Properties. • Use Postflight Test Page elements for comparison with a job • How to access ColorWise global settings in the report.

Postflight Module


EXERCISE – Printing Postflight

1. Launch Command WorkStation. 2. From the File menu select Import > Job. 3. From the Select Files to Import menu, navigate to the Student Folder and select Postflight

Sample.pdf. 4. From the Logical Printer: pull-down menu choose the hold queue. 5. Select Add then Import. 6. From the Active Queue window, right click on the job and Print job for future reference. 7. When finished printing, right click on the file and select Properties. 8. Select the Job Info Tab, scroll down to the Postflight options drop down list and select Color

Coded Pages Only.

9. Click OK. 10. Process and Print the job. The job now prints only the report as you requested.

11. Compare the color-coded page that prints with the actual job (on the right). Note that there are 3 colour spaces identified:

Postflight Module


• Cyan – CMYK elements • Red – RGB elements • Yellow – Named color elements • Gray – Grayscale elements (there are none in this sample)

12. Review the rest of the report. Note the color settings used, hints and tips as to what affects each color space.



imagePRESS Pitstop – Editing Text Module


Pitstop – Editing Text Module



Contents

Contents 3

Pitstop 4

Exercise 1 – Editing Text 4

Exercise 2 – Embedding Fonts 4



Pitstop

Pitstop is a Adobe plug-in which enables you to edit and correct PDFs. In this module you can edit text, change and embed fonts.

Exercise 1 – Editing Text

• From the Student Folder open the Pitstop folder and select the AliceInWonderland.pdf file. • Select the Edit Text Line icon (A) in the menu bar.

• Click to the right of the ‘d’ of Alice in Wonderland, you should see a flashing cursor.

• Using the Backspace key on the keyboard, delete Wonderland and then retype Canon.

Exercise 2 – Embedding Fonts

• From the Student Folder open the Pitstop folder and select the AliceInWonderland.pdf file. • Using the Select Objects (arrow) in the menu bar.

• Double click on the website address in the AliceInWonderland document (when selected it gets underlined in blue)



• Click on the Show Inspector icon in the menu bar.

• Click on the Text Tab (noting on the Right hand side of this window it states Font is not embedded)

and select Font Picker



• Font Picker shows the Fonts in the Page, Document and System. Select the System Tab, click on the first font entry in the window, then tick the Embed Font box. then scroll to TimesNewRomanPSMT Select OK

• Note the changes in the Inspector Window showing the Font is now embedded.



imagePRESS Pitstop – Changing Colours Module


Pitstop – Changing Colour Module



Contents

Contents 3

Pitstop 4

Exercise 1 – Changing Single Colours (eg. RGB to CMYK) 4

Exercise 2 – Changing Colours Throughout The Document 5



Pitstop

Pitstop is a Adobe plug-in which enables you to edit and correct PDFs. In this module you can change colours and Colour models (CMYK/RGB/Grey/Pantones)

Exercise 1 – Changing Single Colours (eg. RGB to CMYK)

• Open the Student Folder and select the PowerPoint Sample.pdf file • Click on ‘Show Inspector’ icon (icon with magnifying glass)

• This opens the Enfocus Inspector Tool. • Select the ‘Selects Objects’ (Arrow icon)



• In the PowerPoint Sample.pdf document – select the ‘Yellow’ colour coded block indicating Travel (once selected the item will have a blue box round the edge indicating it is selected) You will also notice the Enfocus Inspector Tool shows the RGB values.

• In the Enfocus Inspector Tool – select Change Into – select the CMYK option • The new CMYK values are displayed. • To Indicate that we are changing the colours enter the values: • C= 15, M=85, Y=25, K=0, noting the values change the colour to Pink. • Close the Enfocus Inspector tool

Exercise 2 – Changing Colours Throughout The Document

• If not already open, Open the file PowerPoint Sample.pdf • Select the ‘Show Global Change’ icon in the menu bar (next to the Enfocus Inspector icon)



• Click on All & Change Colour options, then press the ‘next’ arrow. • You are able to enter the RGB & CMYK values, or ‘Grab’ the colour from the document. Using the

Select object tool from the main Pitstop window, click on the Pale Blue colour indicating Fashion in the spreadsheet, on the ‘From’ left hand side of the Enfocus Global Change panel select Grab then Fill.



• In the ‘To’ panel on the right hand side click on the CMYK option and input the following values: C=15, M=85, Y=25, K=0

• Select the ‘next’ Arrow to perform the changes • In the next dialog box, select Apply to: Complete Document, All and Show results – never. • Then select the Run button. • Thoughout the entire document, the colour select will have been replaced. Press Close on the Enfocus Global Change window



imagePRESS Pitstop User Guide


Pitstop User Guide


Pitstop User Guide

Contents

Contents 3

Pitstop 4

Launching Pitstop 4

Editing Objects 4

Editing & Inserting Text 5

Inspector Tool 6

Global Changes 7

Action List 8


Pitstop User Guide

Pitstop

Pitstop is a Adobe plug-in which enables you to edit and correct PDFs.

Launching Pitstop

• Open Adobe Acrobat or open a PDF file. • From the top menu bar, click on Plug Ins – select Enfocus Pitstop Professional SE (options listed) • Or from the top menu bar select Window and Pitstop utilities are listed (eg. Show Enfocus Inspector) • Pitstop utilities are displayed as purple icons.

Editing Objects

Pitstop allows you to delete, move, scale and replace objects. From the icons bar, select the ‘Select Object’ icon (Arrow) to access the 2 options.

• Select Objects option, allows you to select one object and Select Similar Objects allows you to select

multiple similar objects. • To Delete - Once selected, press the Delete key on your keyboard to delete. • To Move / Scale / Rotate– Once selected, from the icons bar select the Move Selection tool, selecting

from move (drag & drop to desired location), rotate (click on the corner and drag to rotated position), shear (click on the corner and drag to position), scale (click on one corner and drag in or out to re-size proportionally).


Pitstop User Guide

• To Replace – To replace one object with another object, Use the Select Object tool, select the New

object first, Select Edit in the top menu bar then select Copy, click on the Old object (the one you want to replace) Select Edit on the top menu bar and select Replace.

Editing & Inserting Text

Text Editing tool allows you to make minor adjustments, such as correcting typing errors. • Edit Single Line Text – Select the Select Object icon in the icon menu bar. The selected text becomes

underlined in blue, Select the Edit Text tool from the icon menu bar Click on the text line and make the necessary changes.

• Insert a line of Text – Select Edit Text Line and click on the area the text is to be inserted and type in the new text.

• Inter a paragraph – Select the Edit Paragraph tool, draw a bounding box where the paragraph is to be inserted. The bounding box can be re-sized by clicking either on left or right edge of bounding box until a double headed arrow appears, drag the box to correct size the text will auto-wrap within the box.


Pitstop User Guide

Inspector Tool

Inspector Tool displays the properties of current text or object selection. The selected object can be modified. • Click on the Show inspector icon and using the Select Object tool click on the item, Inspector will

then show all options (Color, Fill/Stroke, Text, Image, Prepress, Position, Statistics)

• Modifying Text – With the Select Objects Tool, click on the text you want to modify then open

Inspector tool, Selecting the Text tab you can change the font size and to change the font select Font Picker and then select the System tab, select the required font from the list.

• Moving Page Content – With the Select Objects Tool, click on the text/object you want to modify then open the Inspector Tool, selecting the Position tab you can adjust, rotate the position of the text/object.


Pitstop User Guide

Global Changes

Pitstop can make object, page or changes throughout the whole document using the Global Change panel. • In the icon menu select the Global Changes icon

• Select a Category – All, Page, Image etc. • Select the change you wish to make from the All Changes list, to save the changes for future use

select Add to Favourites. • Select the next arrow for other settings and select Run to make the changes, in the final screen you

can set the changes to be run as an Action List.


Pitstop User Guide

Action List

An Action list is a sequence of tasks brought together in a single command, saving repetition of tasks that are frequently required. Once saved Action List will carry out the tasks in the defined sequence. There are 2 ways of creating an Action List, • One way is by carrying out the task using Global Change then saving the changes as an Action list. • Or Open the Action List and either select from the generic Action Lists to edit or create a new one. To

Edit an existing Action List, select from Action List Window and click on Manage, then Edit and change or Duplicate and Edit the duplicate created.

• To Create a New Action List, Click on Manage and New, Give the Action List a name and click on the ‘+’ sign at the bottom, the next window looks very similar to the Global Change option, go through this selecting the changes you wish to make and select OK, Once created you are able to use the Action List by selecting the ‘Run’ button



imagePRESS Progressives Module

Progressives Module


Introduction

The new Progressives feature in the Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition makes it easy for users to understand the concept of process colour separations. Experienced commercial printers are aware that control of process colour is achieved by adjusting the individual densities that comprise each colour separation. Progressives is a tool for evaluating the individual colour channels in various colour combinations. Our eyes view the world in RGB, but we print in CMYK. Therefore reproducing nature’s reds, greens and blues requires careful colour-balancing of the CMY overprints (any combination of two CMY primaries, such as magenta plus yellow makes red). A child growing up near the Equator, being thus influenced by the abundant sunshine possesses an inherent sense of bright, saturated colour (the pure overprints). A child living in a northern industrial city in wintertime is surrounded by a landscape of muted hues and grey. Greyness in the context of colour separation is controlled by the amount of third colorant added to the overprint mixture. For example, adding a small amount of cyan to a pure red produces a new red that is slightly greyed or de-saturated. Continuing to add the third colour will eventually produce a nearly-neutral grey. Combining CMY at full strength produces a dark colour, but the mixture is insufficient for printing black text, so instead we use black ink (or toner). The introduction of black provides an opportunity for reproducing the colourful greys of nature (CMY) using a lower-cost, easier to control substitute; black. Black is not a property of light, however, so during the colour separation of an RGB image into CMY, the K channel must be created mathematically using a function called grey component replacement (GCR). It requires craft as well as science to determine the optimal amount of GCR to use on a given image in order to maximize its print-ability without damaging its visual characteristics. The new Progressives tool offers users a chance to reprint a process colour job using any combination of colour separations. This enables users to build-up through a series of sequential print-outs the overprint colour groups, the greying component or third colour channel, and the black separation, in order to evaluate the colour management decisions that combine to produce the final channel densities that are being sent to the printer.

Objective

• Evaluate CMYK colour channels as individual entities and in overprint combinations • Show how to use Progressives with a printed and held file in Command WorkStation • Learn how to turn the Progressives feature ON and OFF in Job Properties

Progressives Module


Exercise 1

Import the Progressives Sample.pdf to Command Workstation. 1. Launch Command WorkStation and from the File menu choose Import Job. 2. From the Select Files to Import menu, navigate to the directory that contains the Progressives

Sample.pdf file (found in your Student Folder). 3. From the Logical Printer: pull-down menu choose the hold queue. 4. Select Add then Import.

5. Right-click on the Progressives Sample.pdf and choose Process and Hold.

Progressives Module


6. Right-click on the processed and held job and choose Print (to take a print of the job for comparison before Progressives is switched on).

7. From the Command WorkStation Server menu choose Manage Color.

8. In the ColorWise Pro Tools menu choose Color Setup.

9. In the Color Setup menu choose the Progressives tab.

Progressives Module


The Progressives tab will appear with Factory Defaults selected. Any changes users make can quickly be eliminated by clicking on the Factory Defaults button at lower left.

Progressives Module


10. Change the default settings to see how users can specify the Sheets that are printed and which color separations appear on the printed sheet.

Sheet1 – Black only Sheet2 – Cyan plus magenta and yellow

Notice how the icon at left in Color Setup menu changes according to the selections you have made.

11. Click OK. 12. From Command WorkStation Active Jobs menu right-click on the sample job and choose

Remove Raster Data.

Progressives Module


13. Right-click on the sample job and choose Properties. 14. In the Job Properties, Job Info menu click on the Reporting sub-menu and choose Progressives

On.

15. Click OK. 16. From Command WorkStation right-click on the sample job and choose Print and Hold. Gather

up the print-out and check to see your changes.

Progressives Module


17. Repeat the procedure, returning to the Progressives tab to configure other colour

combinations.

Progressives Module




imagePRESS Configurable Auto Trapping Module

Configurable Auto Trapping Module


Introduction

Trapping is the intentional overlap of colours in a printed project that prevents inevitable printing errors from shown. It is compensation – in advance of production – for the human and mechanical errors that result in mis-registration. Gaps and Halos can appear between printed objects on a colour copier due to the physical limitations of the printing process. The configurable Auto Trapping compensates for this and the menu offers control over parameters such as trap Width, Shape, Colour Reduction and Object Type. Objectives:

• Learn how to make adjustments to auto trap settings for specific jobs. • Recognise page layout elements that require trapping to improve printed appearance.



Exercise 1

1. Launch Command Workstation, from the File menu select Import Job. 2. From the Select Files to import menu from Student Folder select file: Auto Trapping Sample.pdf,

select Logical Printer – Hold queue. 3. Select Add then Import (this puts your document in the Hold Queue in the Active window of

Command Workstation). 4. From Command Workstation Select Server from top menu bar, select Manage Colour.

5. Select the Colour Setup Tool and then select the Auto Trapping Tab.



NB. If Apply Auto Trapping is ticked the ImagePRESS server uses the advanced users defined settings, if un-ticked standard Auto Trapping is used. To enable either Advanced or Standard Auto-Trapping the setting is located in the Printer Driver under Colour Tab, Auto Trapping – Select On or Off.

Auto Trapping tab offers 4 types of control: • Trap Width • Trap Shape • Trap Colour Reduction • Trap Objects Type

Trap Width controls can be set differently for width and height horizontally & vertically (the terms horizontal and vertically are used in relation to the Paper Feed). 6. Shape as large as needed but no bigger. 7. In Command Workstation, Right click on the Auto Trapping Sample.pdf, select Job Properties &

in Colour Tab select Auto Trapping On. Right click on Process & Hold, Right Click on the document and select Launch EFi Image Viewer.



8. Using the EFI Image Viewer Zoom Tool, Zoom in 1600%, this is to view the Trapping that has been set up, to make the Trapping more visible untick the Magenta option check box under Separations.

9. Place the cursor over the Yellow Colour Areas and note values: C – 0%, M – 4%, Y – 92%, K – 0% 10. Place the Cursor in the Blue Colour Areas and note values: C – 97%, M – 69%, Y – 1%, K – 0% 11. Now read the Trap colour Values: C – 97%, M – 69%, Y – 67%, K – 0% (Trainers Note – these values may be different) See how the Trap is a blend of the two objects 12. Close Image Viewer and in Command Workstation right Click on the document Auto Trapping

Sample.pdf Select Remove Raster data . We will return to the Auto Trapping Colour Setup menu and change the trapping parameters to generate a new output.

13. From the Auto Trapping Colour Set Up Menu change the Trap Colour Reduction settings as shown below and right click Apply.



The Uniform checkbox ensures that the colour reduction values remain the same for all the colour channels.

14. Go Back through the demonstration procedure to Remove Raster Data, Process and Hold the new settings and launch EFi Image Viewer.

15. Zoom in to measure the new colour values in the trap area. Original Trap Colour Values: C – 97%, M – 69%, Y – 67%, K – 0% Trap Colour Reduction Values: C- 97%, M – 69%, Y – 34%, K – 0% Note that the Yellow is nearly halved in value 16. From the Auto Trapping Colour Set Up menu change the Trap Object Types settings as shown.

Click Apply.

The Trap Objects To Image checkbox ensures that anywhere that the bitmap data touches vector, where the touching colours present a trap risk, a trap will be built.

The Trap Images Internally checkbox is appropriate for images that are compromised of mostly uniform flat colour areas such as computer screen captures and animation.

17. Go back through the demonstration procedure to Remove Raster Data, Process and Hold the new Settings and Launch EFi Image Viewer.

18. Zoom in to the area indicated where the object letter ‘e’ touches the Palm Pilot image. Notice a small trap has been constructed between image & text.

19. From the Auto Trapping Colour Setup menu, click on the Factory Default button at lower left to reset your settings.



20. By Changing the Trap Shape you can alter the shape of the Trapping: Ellipse, Diamond, Rectangle.



imagePRESS Halftone Simulation Module

Halftone Simulation Module


Halftone Simulation with Frequency per Colour

Provides accurate halftone proofing simulates the screened appearance of newsprint or packaging material. Offers you total control for halftone proofing, allowing you to evaluate halftone dot shape, frequency, and screen angle to gain a better understanding of how job will look when printed on an offset press. The Halftone Simulation feature allows you to print from the Fiery Server in halftone mode by defining custom screening functions that will be applied to jobs.

Objectives:

• How to apply halftone screening pre-sets to print jobs. • How to define halftone screening functions, and print newsprint simulation as shown below.

EXERCISE 1 – Print File with default print settings

1. Open Halftone 1.pdf file. 2. Print the file with default settings. 3. Retrieve the Print from the imagePRESS, and keep it to use later.



EXERCISE 2 – Applying Pre-set Simulations

1. Open Halftone 1.pdf file. 2. From the File menu, select Print > Properties. 3. From Job Properties, select the Image Tab. 4. From the Halftone Simulation dropdown list, select Newsprint, and click the OK button twice. 5. Retrieve the print to use later. 6. Close file without saving.

EXERCISE 3 - Creating Custom Halftone Simulation Settings

1. Launch Command WorkStation. 2. From the Server Menu select > Manage Color > ColorWise Pro Tool, > Color Setup.

3. Select the Halftone Simulation Tab.



4. The following window appears. 5. Define custom Halftone Simulation setting as shown below in the User Screen 1 value fields.

C M Y K Angle 1

5 75 0 45

Frequency (Lpi)

85

85 85 85

Dot Shape Line 6. And click OK. 7. Exit Color Setup. EXERCISE 4 - Applying Custom Halftone Screen Settings 1. Open Halftone 1.pdf file. 2. From the File menu, select Print > Properties. 3. From Job Properties, select the Image Tab. 4. From the Halftone Simulation dropdown list, select User Defined Screen 1. 5. Click OK twice to print the Job. 6. Retrieve the output and compare the 2 printed results. Remember to reset the Halftone Simulation in the print properties to Printer’s default.. EXERCISE 5 - Resetting Halftone Simulation 1. In Job Properties, select the Image Tab. 2. From the Halftone Simulation dropdown list, select Printer’s default. 3. Click OK. 4. Or From the Preset list, select Default Job Templates, which resets all print settings to

default for all options.


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