Color Management Reference Guide

November 28, 2003

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Document Overview Caldera Profiling Color Management What is a Profile How does it work? Default profiles Color Space

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Viewing color space information Edit the color space information Printer Color Settings Color management in the Print module Color curves Miscellaneous color settings Tips and Tricks PhotoShop's default color space on Macintosh Scan settings Duplicating scan or print icons Troubleshooting Preliminary color troubleshooting tasks Common imaging problems Appendix A - Scanner Profiling Scanning a target for a new scanner profile ICC Scanner Profile Installation

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Appendix B - Media profiling Printing an ECI2002 target ICC profile request Media ICC profile installation Appendix C - Printing and generating PS files Printing from Quark XPress 4.1 - Macintosh Printing from Adobe Illustrator 8.0 - Macintosh Generating HPGL files

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1.1.0 About this guide 1.1.1 Organization The Caldera Color Management Reference Guide contains 9 chapters. This section provides a brief overview of each chapter. 1) Chapter 1: Document Overview - provides document organization and conventions. 2) Chapter 2: Caldera Profiles - provides a description of Caldera profiles as well as general procedures to set profiles globally and on an individual image basis. 3) Chapter 3: Color Space - addresses color space manipulation, including both viewing and editing color space information. 4) Chapter 4: Printer Color Settings - addresses the color print options, including ICC profile settings, color curves, and miscellaneous color settings. 5) Chapter 5: Tips and Tricks - provides procedures to easily make specific image quality enhancements 6) Chapter 6: Troubleshooting - provides a list of image quality problems and suggested solutions. 7) Appendix A: Scanner Profiling - provides instructions to print an IT8.7 target to generate a scanner profile as well as the instructions to install the new profile. 8) Appendix B: Media profiling - provides instructions to print an ECI2002 target that will be used to create an ICC profile, as well as instructions to install a new media profile. 9) Appendix C: Printing and Generating PS Files - provides steps to print PostScript files via Quark XPress 4.1 and Adobe Illustrator 8.0. Printing HPGL files is also discussed.

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Conventions Special conventions are used in this guide to help you get the most of it. Typefaces identify terms and conditions. The following table provides a description of the typefaces used.

Typeface Normal Bold Italic

Description Basic content. Identifies an action to perform Example: Select Print. Identifies a dialog box, window, or option name Example: From the ICC Configuration window... Example: The CMYK option Identifies variable text entry. Example: Type the <media name>. The word Note: at the beginning of a sentence indicates additional information or explanations.

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This chapter provides a description of Caldera profiles as well as general procedures to set profiles globally and on an individual image basis. 2.1.0 Color Management The Caldera Graphics color management system is based on the ICC technology, which is an open color management technology resting on internationally accepted color standards, and supports a variety of workflows in digital color reproduction.

Figure 2.1 : ICC mechanism

The principle is to obtain an automatic correction. Therefore, when you scan and then print, you receive the desired output without further tuning. 2.2.0 What is a Profile An ICC profile is a file that contains all color information concerning a specific peripheral (i.e., monitor, scanner, or printer with certain ink, media, resolution, etc.). For example, when an operator designs an image using PhotoShop, a PhotoShop profile is automatically generated. If you import a TIFF file which has been saved under PhotoShop directly from Caldera Graphics software, you will see the ICC profile attached to that file. This is also true, when the operator imports a PhotoShop image into QuarkXpress. The color information is also transferred with the image. The image is then converted into a PostScript (PS) file. If you import that PS file into our software, the colors will appear correctly on the screen and the printed output. When an operator scans an image using Caldera Graphics software, the scanner profile is attached to the image. NOTE: In the following pages, profile, space and colorimetric space are equivalent.

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2.3.0 How does it work? Each document is attached to an ICC profile. This profile defines the space in which each image component is created. Additionally, each output peripheral (monitor or printer) also has an ICC profile. The Caldera ICC engine converts the colors between these different spaces.

Figure 2.2 : Caldera ICC engine

Caldera can define three types of documents: scanned or imported raster files, vector files (PS, EPS, PDF, HPGl or TIFF/IT), and composite documents. You can choose whether you want to apply the same profile to the images and vectors contained in the same document, or to apply a different profile to each of them. 2.3.1 Scanned or imported raster files The simplest situation is for scanned or imported raster files (Figure 2.3). There is only one profile attached to the file, and this profile is automatically generated.

Figure 2.3 : Jpeg (Tiff) Raster File/Scanned File, Profile attached

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To see the color space information, among other information, click the FileManager application icon and then select the desired file name. Different options about the color profiles are now available in the Setup window of the FileManager module. You can first choose to force a profile for the selected image:

Illustration 2.4 : Forcing a profile/Using an embedded profile

Then, you can import the profile embedded in an image (when it is a raster format such as TIFF/JPEG/PSD):

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Scanned images To see which ICC profile is currently used, select the Scanner application icon and then click the Configuration button (see Figure 2.5).

Figure 2.5 : ICC profile for scanner

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In the scan options, it is only in very special cases that you will have to use the Apply ICC Calibration option. If you decide to use it, the image content will be converted into the monitor color space. On the contrary, if you choose Tag only, it is the scanner profile that will be attached to the image. To have Cameleo use the default profile, click Automatic. To modify the scanner profile, click the right-mouse button over the application area and select the Server Admin tool.

Figure 2.6 : Servers Admin...

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PS/HPGL/PDF/TIFF-IT documents For vector files (PS/PDF/HPGL/HPRTL), it is more complex. These files may contain two types of objects: images or vectors (drawings, texts, etc), that can be defined in gray levels, RGB or CMYK. That is why we can attach six different profiles to such files. NOTE: Only RGB profiles can be applied to HPGL files, and a TIFF-IT file can only receive a CMYK profile.

Figure 2.7 : Vector image profile attached

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These six spaces are defined in the setup panel of the FileManager software (Figure 2.8). To select profiles, use the FileManager Setup window (see Figure 2.8). The options defined in FileManager can still be modified during the printing setup (see Print module).

Figure 2.8 : Vector image profile selection

The Use EPS Photoshops embedded profiles option allows to import the embedded EPS profile(s). Please notice that this option is deactivated by default, as searching for the profiles can be a very slow process on large files.

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2.3.4

Composite documents Composite files composed within Calderas Compose application (see Figure 4.1) work nearly the same as PostScript files. There are two more levels of complexity in a composite file: Each raster image can have its own profile. Each image within the composite can be a vector image (PS/PDF) with its own profiles (CMYK, RGB, Grey). All vectors and text, as well as non-profiled raster images, use Calderas default profiles (Figure 2.11).

Figure 2.9 : Composite document profile attached (in addition to color spaces attached)

Figure 2.10 : Composite document profile attached (general case)

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2.4.0 Default profiles Default profiles are used every time the user has not specified profiles to apply. Default profiles are to be defined within the User Configuration window (right button menu in Calderas window). Click the ICC tab.

Figure 2.11 : Default ICC profiles panel

You can now specify your favorite profiles in the Default profiles part of the window. These favorites will be easy to find when you decide to change a profile in Filemanagers Setup. To add a profile to your favorites, click Add and select the wished profil. To delete a profile from the list, select it in the favorites list, and click Remove. Default Values after the first installation are: Default CMYK profile is: Default RGB Profile is: Default GREY level profile is: Default screen profile is: CalderaCMYK.icc sRGB.icc CalderaGREY.icc Trinitron_6500K_1.5.icc

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2.4.1

When will the default profiles be applied? Raster files - If the raster file does not have any embedded profile, the default profile will be attached. Composite documents - All vectors and texts will use the defaults spaces. Default screen: The profile of your screen is only used for the display of the image on the screen. NOTE: When your system was set up, the installer configured the best profile he/she found in the Caldera profiles database. (For more information, refer to the Caldera Graphics Software Installation Manual).

Figure 2.12 : Colors menu in Display

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Color management options

For each color space type (Greyscale, RGB, CMYK), several kinds of color management are available in the Color Man. drop-down menu, and this in the first four tabs of FileManagers Setup. Most of the time, you will have to choose whether you want to apply an ICC profile (chosen amongst the available profiles) or no profile at all (No profile). However, two other options are also available in this menu: Like RGB: If this mode is selected, the image will then be processed as a RGB image. Like CMJN: If this mode is selected, the image will then be processed as a CMYK image. At the bottom of the Images and Vectors tabs, six buttons allow you to perform the following actions: No ICC: Deactivates the color management on all entities. Perceptual: Activates the ICC calibration on all entities, in Perceptual mode. Colorimetric: Activates the ICC calibration on all entities, in Colorimetric mode. Load: Allows to load settings (saved as .cmo files) Save: Allows to save your settings. Reset: Resets the tabs contents to its default values.

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2.4.3

Rendering: Caldera offers four rendering options, which are explained within the ICC specifications: Absolute Saturation Perceptual Relative

In FileManager, you can apply the same rendering options for the input and the output, or choose different options for each. For instance, selecting the Perceptual option will apply a Perceptual rendering both on the input and output, whereas selecting PerceptualColorimetric will apply a perceptual rendering on the input, and a colorimetric rendering on the output. The following are suggested settings for various types of output: For color matching:

For schemas and technical maps :

To maximize the dynamic of each colors:

To maintain the best global balance (default values) :

NOTE: If you decide to choose an Absolute rendering, you will then have access to the White point option in the Special part of the tab. This option allows you to define whether the white of the input profile will be simulated on the white of the output profile.

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Exemple: calibrated/non calibrated colors For 60% cyan on some papers, Caldera Graphics software calculates 72%C, 25%M, 5%Y and 0%K. The goal is to obtain the same color as the one shown on the calibrated screen (refer to Figure 2.12).

Figure 2.13 : Pure inks and calibrated colors

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C o l o r

S p a c e

This chapter addresses color space manipulation, including: How to view color space information. How to edit the color space information. 3.1.0 Viewing color space information To view color space information, click the right-mouse button anywhere within the Image Bar window; choose About Image, then click the Color Management tab.

Figure 3.1 : Information Tool

NOTE: Within a composite document, this tool cannot show you which color spaces are used in each individual image. To do so, drop them one-by-one in this tool.

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Please notice that in the Color Management tab, you can display the number of entities within the composite PostScript files.

Figure 3.2 : Color Management tab

3.2.0 Edit the color space information Caldera Graphics provides a comprehensive color management tool: ICColor. This tool is typically used to replace lost profile information. NOTE: This tool can manipulate basic raster images, imported raster format, or scanned images only. For example, if you receive a .jpeg file with missing information, the Caldera Graphics sofware automatically applies a default value (Figure 3.3). However, if you know in which space the image was created, you can enter the actual (verses default) information.

Figure 3.3 : ICColor Tool

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4.0.0

P r i n t e r

C o l o r

S e t t i n g s

This chapter addresses the color print options, including: ICC profile settings Color curves Miscellaneous color settings 4.1.0 Color management in the Print module For all color management matters, the Print module now refers to the FileManager module: the options defined in the latter (for images and vectors) will be considered before all others. However, you can still change them in the Print module, before launching the printing. When you open the Colors window for the printer into which you want to send your image, the available options are almost identical to the ones in the FileManager; here, you will have the choice to select other profiles if needed.

Illustration 4.1: Colors window in Print module

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The six buttons at the bottom have the same purpose as the ones in the FileManager Setup (see chapter 2):

Color booster : This series of options allows you to boost the output colors on the printing. None, Light.... correspond to the selected color enhancement level (ranging from 1 to 5). ICC Computation The optimization of the algorithms used to compute color conversion (profiles application). Slow (very good quality): Slow computing, excellent quality. Fast (good quality): Faster computing, satisfying quality. Very fast (draft quality): Very fast computing, lower quality. Gamma correction : Use this option to apply gamma correction on your print. 4.1.1 The Auto button This button is automatically activated for all profiles and rendering modes options, for they have already been defined during the rasterization process in FileManager. If you force a profile (for instance, by replacing the sRGB.icc profile, defined in FileManager, by another profile), the Auto button corresponding to this profile will be unchecked, indicating that this profile has been forced. However, be aware that if you then throw another image in the Print module, this very profile will remain forced. You will have to directly click the Auto button to apply the profile defined in FileManager to this image. Click Reset, at the bottom of the window, to reset all profiles in Auto mode.

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4.1.2

Output profile The output profile is based on the printer mode, the media type, etc. The Automatic mode takes in charge all the needed parameters, and applies the profile that has been predefined by Caldera Graphics engineers. The Force to mode allows you to select yourself a profile. NOTE: If you apply (force) a specific profile, do not forget to go back to the Automatic mode afterwards.

Figure 4.2 : Printer color configuration

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Simulation profile You can simulate a media for another media, with one condition: the destination gamut must be larger than the simulated one.

Figure 4.3 : Device gamut

Use the ICColor module to compare media gamuts. 4.1.3 Calibration settings The Calibration Settings button changes all parameters on all of the tabs of this window. Only use this for printing a target to generate a new profile. (Refer to Appendix B.) In regular use circumstances, you can use the Reset button.

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4.2.0 Color curves ! WARNING: Caldera Graphics does not support displeasing affects from color curve adjustments. Only experts in color management should modify these parameters.

Figure 4.4: Curves tab

4.2.1

Linearization curves NOTE: Caldera Graphics provides a linearization curve that has been specifically developed for each type of media. The main purpose of color curves is to control ink maximization; however, color curves also perform post-linearization tasks. After ICC calibration, you can use the Curves option to adjust the color curves. Be aware that some media do not support 100 percent of each ink; therefore, the total ink must be limited. Figure 8.5 illustrates this fact. Use the Max Ink% option to set the total ink quantity that the media can support.

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! WARNING: Do not modify these curves to compensate for bad scan cast problems. All prints would be affected, even when working with PostScript files.

Figure 4.5 : Curves panel

NOTE: 6-color curve adjustment is an advanced procedure and is not addressed in this manual. 4.2.2

Correction curves Since the 4.10 release of our software, you can also define correction curves by taking measures with a densitometer. To do so, toggle the Enable option, in the Correction Curves area of the Output tab. For more details about this function, please refer to the Print chapter, in our User Documentation.

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4.2.3

Light/Dark ink separation When the printer uses 6 inks, you can access the parameters for each of the 6 inks.

Figure 4.6 : 6 inks curves control panel

4.2.4

Replace CMY Black by K Black This option is useful for HPGL files. As previously stated, in HPGL files, colors are described in RGB (even if the user interface is specified as CMYK). These files must be printed without ICC color calibration. So, in this case, the black color is a CMY black. To transform it to K black, use this option.

If some files containing CMY black are badly separated, this option should repair that. NOTE: If the document creator wants to use the CMY black, do not check this option.

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4.3.0 Miscellaneous color settings The Miscellaneous tab provides a number of miscellaneous options related to color correction, this including: Local Transfer Interpolation Print type Screening

Figure 4.7 : Miscellaneous panel

Local transfer: This option is used to enhance RIP performance. If the server and client are on the same computer, there will not be any copy to a spooler. Keep in mind that if youre printing a file from: A CD - your original file on the CD must be in the CD drive until the end of the printing. The hard drive - your original file must not be deleted until the end of the printing. Interpolation: Caldera provides two types of interpolations: Bilinear - more adapted for photographs Nearest Neighbour - provides sharper results for scan-to-print maps and technical papers with text. Print type All planes - Document printed in normal quadrichromy Separated planes - Document printed with separation of planes (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black).

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Screening: Caldera provides three screening options: Stochastic: best for images with gradients. Advanced error diffusion: more adapted to sharp borders on maps, technical, line prints. Rosettes (PostScript only) Rosettes (only for PostScript) Screen type: Choose here the dots shape: Circle, Ellipse, Linear or Cross. You can set the screening angle for each printer ink. If you select rosettes, every image other than a PostScript one will be processed with a stochastic screening. NOTE: Do not forget to always keep a 30 difference between the angles, and to never give the same angle to two inks or more! This would create a moir.

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Tips and Tricks

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T i p s

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5.1.0 PhotoShop's default color space on Macintosh In theory, when you work on a monitor, it is better to work on the color space of that monitor. 5.2.0 Scan settings Particularly for scan or print, you can save the setting files individually (stored in /home/caldera/ .cas/CONFIGS/*.le32) and restore them if you believe there is a problem. This procedure can also be performed for all modules at one time using the SAVE/RESTORE functions. For details, please refer to the Installation Guide. 5.3.0 Duplicating scan or print icons Users can specify multiple scan and print icons to be displayed within the Application menu. This allows the user to predefine a specific print or scan setting for multiple solutions. Use the User Configuration menu accessed by right-clicking the Application menu bar. Select a scan or print application and click Duplicate.

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6.0.0

T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g

6.1.0 Overview If you suspect that your software is not working properly, or f you are experiencing poor quality output and are not sure about how to correct the problem, follow the procedures in this chapter to isolate the cause; then follow the suggestions to correct the problem. 6.2.0 Preliminary color troubleshooting tasks If you are having difficulty with color or color matching, it is recommended that you check the following before contacting technical support: Ensure that the selected media in Caldera is the EXACT media that is in your printer. If there is not any selection available in Caldera for your media, please contact Caldera Graphics support at +33 (0)3 88 21 00 00 to see if we have a profile for that specific media. Check your input profile selection to ensure that you are not applying a RGB input profile to a CMYK image or vice versa. Ensure that the linearization for your printer is current. If none of the above suggestions resolve the problem, please contact Caldera Graphics support at +33 (0)3 88 21 00 00. Please have the following information available: The type of printer being used. Is the printer direct or queued? Did you profile this media or are you using the product default profiles? The Ink Configuration for the selected media. The selected media, dot pattern, and resolution. Name of Input profiles used. Caldera version.

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6.3.0 Common imaging problems The following are potential imaging problems that can occur along with suggested solutions when printing from Caldera. Symptom Scanned images no longer match the applied profile. Potential problem A parameter on the scanner is incorrect and doesnt match the specified profile. Suggested solution Option 1: If you save your parameters file (as described in Tips and Tricks or in How to obtain a scanner profile), you can restore it. Quit the scan module, restore the file (copy it back to its original name), and then re-launch the scan module. Option 2: If you cannot go back to the default parameters by quitting the module, remove the parameters file and re-launch the module. Option 3: Use the global restore user parameters procedure (Installation Workstation document), but be aware that it restores everything (Hotfolder, Workflow, and all the other modules parameters). A parameter for the monitor is incorrect. In this case, the images (imported .tiff) are also unacceptable on the monitor. Scanner problem: 1. Poor internal calibration Recalibrate the scanner. Refer to the scanners documentation, or contact [email protected]. Supply the exact scanner model and your access number. Redo the ICC profile. (Refer to Appendix A). Check the default profile for your monitor. Determine if this profile is the one installed with your Caldera Graphics software. If you dont know, select Trinitron.icc.

2. The scanners lights have shifted

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7.0.0

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Appendix A describes the procedures to scan the scanners profiling target as well as the instructions to install the profile. 7.1.0 Scanning a target for a new scanner profile If you have a new scanner (or if your scanner lamp color has shifted), you can request a new profile. To scan the CalderaScanV1_00 target:

Reset on the setup panel before the scan for having all default parameters. 1. Place the target (provided by Caldera Graphics) on the scanners glass. 2. Scan at 100 dpi without any special settings. 3. Save that file as a .tiff file without compression. 4. Send the file, along with your access number, to [email protected]. NOTE: To display your access number, right-click the Cameleo application bar and then select About Cameleo. 5. The Caldera staff will generate your profile, and then send it to you along with the installation. The following section also describes the installation procedures. NOTE: Be aware that all settings used during scan time must also be used when the profile is generated. Additionally, in Scanner > Setup, ensure that ICC Apply is NOT selected. 6. Quit the Scan module (entered before Step 2). 7. Save the modules parameters file. (The directory is /home/caldera/.cas/CONFIGS/*.le32) You might need to refer to it later. 32

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7.2.0 ICC Scanner Profile Installation To install a new profile for your scanner: 1. Launch your Caldera Graphics software. 2. Place the cursor over the Application Bar menu and right click with the mouse. 3. Select Server Admin.

Figure A.1 : Server Admin selection

4. Select the scanner for which you want to add a profile.

Figure A.2 : Server Admin window

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5. Click Configure.... 6. Install the profile. a. Click the Profiles tab.

Figure A.3 : Scanner Profile selection

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Appendix A - Scanner Profiling b. Click the Install a new profile button. c. When asked in which directory the profile can be found, click In another directory. d. From the File browser window, select the desired profile and click OK.

Figure A.4 : File Browser (scanning)

e. In the Mode field, use the pull-down menu to select the profile to be used. f. In the Type field, use the pull-down menu to select the profile type.

Figure A.5 : Profile window (scanning)

g. Click OK.

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Figure A6 : Deleting the old profile

8. Click Proceed to validate. 9. When requested, type your <root password>. NOTE: The printer server will be reinitialized, and any printing currently running will stop.

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10. Verify successful installation. a. Launch the Scan module: click the 4th icon. b. Ensure that the new profile appears in the Scan configuration window's Scanner profile field. The corresponding profile should appear as Automatic (active).

Figure A7 : New profile selected

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The purchase of a Caldera Graphics product allows you to acquire a certain number of profiles from us. The number depends on the product key purchased and the maintenance contracted. If you are unsure, contact your product dealer. Appendix B describes the procedures to print the media profiling target as well as the instructions to install the new profile. 8.1.0 Printing an ECI2002 target To print an ECI2002 target for profiling: 1. Use the ECI2002.tif file provided on the Caldera CD. The path to this file is: /IMAGES/COLORREFERENCES/PRINTERS/ECI2002.tif. You can also use a version with curves (one or two curves) on Cameleo 3.62 versions or older which do not support curves. Avoid 70% or 80% curves.

Figure B.1 : ECI2002 target

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2. Check, step-by-step, all the settings before printing the target: a. Select the Printer Settings button (3rd button). These settings are specific to the printer: options that generally do not affect the colors (auto-cut, compression, etc). For the number of passes and the unidirectional/bidirectional option, select the settings you will use most often. If you are unsure, select Automatic. b. For the Quality option, select the best available quality. c. Select the Calibration settings button in the colors setup window.

Figure B.2 : Colors window

d. Generally, you will use pre-defined curves (Automatic). If you create personalized curves, do not forget to save this curve and to give a descriptive name to the file, e.g., Colorgrafx_720dpi_CMYKcm_Indoor170g.ppc. Without this curve, you will not be able to use the ICC profile. e. For 6-color printers, you typically must select Automatic in Light Ink Data. If you personalize the dark/light settings curves, do not forget, once again, to save the file.

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In the main window: Select the printing resolution. The profile can be used with this resolution only. In the available media list, select the media that is the most like yours. Select a Generic media (a supported media for your printer) and not a personalized media. (One solution is to create the new media in Servers Admin first - see below.) The advantage is that in Servers Admin, you can only associate a new media to a generic media. Thus, no mistake is possible. In the preview window, in the Crop Marks tab, select Cartouche Info for the printing settings to be mentioned on the paper.

3. Print the target in actual size. Ensure that the print quality is correct: the ink should not create holes in the paper, penetrate the paper, or bleed. On glossy paper, always check during daylight to ensure there are minimal blends in high density zones (especially in the top-right corner of the target). If the print quality is not good, try changing the media type. If it still doesnt work, create your own curves. Use the maximum ink setting (NOTE: the maximum ink setting should not be more than twice the individual inks maximum total). Do not forget to save, even if you only change the maximum ink setting.

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4. Once satisfied with the result, please note down the following data on the target: The Caldera Graphics software version and the date Your access number The printer name and media name The resolution and printing mode (4 or 6 colors) The media type (the media associated in Servers Admin, or the one selected for printing, depending on the case) If you defined personalized curves: the saved file name, the maximum inking, and possibly the individual maximal percentages. The number of passes, Uni-dir or Bi-dir (less important) 5. Fill in the formular hereafter, and send it to Caldera Graphics along with your printed target. 6. Generate your profile or have it generated by Caldera. Carefully pack the printed targets. The ICC file will be sent to you by e-mail. NOTE: Be aware that all settings used when printing the target must also be used when the profile is generated.

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8.2.0 ICC profile request Caldera Graphics needs the following information to be able to create your ICC profiles. Please fill out this form completely, print it, and send it by postal mail to: CALDERA GRAPHICS BP 2 - 1 rue des Frres Lumire Parc d'Activits d'Eckbolsheim 67038 STRASBOURG Cedex 2 FRANCE WARNING: The delay could be longer than one week after reception of the target by postal mail.

Your information
Access number: ______________________________ Company name: ______________________________ Title: ! Mrs ! Mr Name: First name: Phone number: Fax number: E-mail address:
(*) where the profile will be sent

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______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

Media
Manufacturer: Name/type of media: Media reference (part number): Weight: ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ * * * g/m*

Printer
Manufacturer name: Printer model/type: Linearization curve name (filename): Color mode: Resolution: ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ * * .ppc * * dpi *

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8.3.0 Media ICC profile installation To install a new profile for your media: 1. Launch your Caldera Graphics software. 2. Place the cursor over the Application Bar menu and right-click the mouse button. 3. Select Server Admin.

Figure B.3: Server Admin selection

4. Select the printer for which you want to add a profile.

Figure B.4 : Server Admin printer selection

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5. Click Configure 6. If necessary, create a new media. a. Click the Media tab.

Figure B.5: Media selection

b. Click New. This will display a dialog box. c. In the Name field, type the <media name>. d. For the Type option, select the desired media from the pull-down menu. e. Click OK.

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7. Install the profile. a. Click the Profiles tab.

Figure B.6 : Profile selection (media)

b. Click the Install a new profile button. c. When asked in which directory the profile can be found, click In another directory.

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d. From the File browser window, select the desired profile and click OK.

Figure B.7 : File Browser (media)

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8. Specify the printing mode (generally, CMYK or CMYkcm) in which the profile will be used.

Figure B.8 : Profile window

9. Select the media (the new media, not the type). 10. Select the resolution in which you printed the scanner target file. 11. Click OK.

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12. If you printed the target with personalized curves, you also have to install them. a. Click the Curves tab. b. The procedure is the same as for the profile. c. By default, the curves are saved in the cas./<printer-name> directory, in your /home directory. 13. Click Proceed to validate. 14. When requested, type your <root password>. NOTE: The printer server will be reinitialized, and any printing currently running will stop. 15. Verify successful installation. a. Launch the Print module. b. Select the Media pull-down menu and ensure that the new media is included. c. Select the desired media and click the Rainbow button. d. The corresponding profile should appear in the Automatic Output Profile field. e. Also, check the curves file, if you have one.

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9.0.0 A p p e n d i x C - P r i n t i n g a n d g e n e r a t i n g P S f i l e s

9.1.0 Printing from Quark XPress 4.1 - Macintosh This chapter provides procedures to print from a Macintosh/Quark Xpress 4.1 application. 1) From File, select Print. 2) From the Printer pull-down menu, select <your printer>. 3) From the Paper pull-down menu, select Tabloid. 4) Select Portrait as the orientation. 5) Click OK. 6) From the pull-down menu, select QuarkXpress.

7) Select the Document tab.

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8) Ensure that Separations is unchecked.

9) Select the Setup tab. 10) From the Printer Descriptions pull-down menu, select the Caldera Graphics Printer PPD. 11) Enter the paper width.

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12) Select the Output tab. 13) From the Print Colors pull-down menu, select Composite. 14) From the Resolution pull-down menu, select the desired resolution. 15) Select Page Settings.

16) From the pull-down menu, select PostScript Options. 17) Ensure that all the options are deselected.

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18) From the pull-down menu, select General. 19) Select Print.

9.2.0 Printing from Adobe Illustrator 8.0 - Macintosh This chapter provides procedures to print from a Macintosh/Adobe Illustrator 8.0 application. From File, select Document setup. 1) Click Page Setup

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4) Select the paper size and margins settings. 5) Click OK.

6) From the pull-down menu, select Page Attributes. 7) Select Portrait as the orientation. 8) Click OK.

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9) If necessary, use Illustrators page tool to display and set the printing area.

10) From the pull-down menu, select General. 11) Click Print.

9.3.0 Generating HPGL files To print HPGL files, select the driver for HP750C, HP1050, or HP3000. You will then be able to print in a file (or place the file directly in a Caldera Hotfolder).

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Manual version: v. 3.1 Software version: v. 6 2001-2003 Caldera Graphics. All rights reserved. Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of copyrightable material and information now allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter granted, including without limitation, material generated from the software programs which are displayed on the same screen such as icons, screen displays, looks, etc. Copying this material is forbidden without the consent of the copyright or trademark owner. Created by Caldera Graphics BP 2 - 1 rue des Frres Lumire Parc d'Activits d'Eckbolsheim 67038 Strasbourg Cedex 2 FRANCE Writing: ABEDINI Fahrad, MULLER Guillaume Graphics: BRAUN Mathias Gally Design: GISSINGER Isabelle Translation: MARMILLOD Cedric, SIEBER Christelle