Xerox 701P40210 - Manual

Introduction Color Management Guide 1-3 Customer Support For service and software support, dial 1-800-821-2797. This number is enabled for TTY bridges. To reach Xerox Documentation and Software Services, dial 1-800-327-9753.

Color Management Guide 2-1 2. DocuSP color management Color management is a process of attempting to match colors across input (scanners, digital cameras), display (computer monitors), and output devices (color printers). Hardware devices such as Spectrophotometers for calibration and software tools...

DocuSP color management 2-2 Color Management Guide Color workflows A color image follows a path as it is converted from an input color profile to the output CMYK of the print engine. Factors that determine the path are: • the characteristics and type of the input profile • conversions needed for the...

DocuSP color management Color Management Guide 2-3 Figure 2-1. Simplified DocuSP Color Workflow ICC standard path Jobs undergo a color transformation to an independent color space before color transformation to the DocuSP print engine CMYK color space. This path requires more RIP time as the color i...

DocuSP color management 2-4 Color Management Guide • The incoming job contains embedded profiles that result in the printer driver creating a Color Space Array (CSA) for the color data. These PDL instructions are honored by the system. Xerox enhanced path Incoming RGB or CMYK data uses the DocuSP Xe...

DocuSP color management 2-6 Color Management Guide Color Manager Color Manager provides access to color management tools for calibration, characterization, assigning color profiles, managing color groups, creating and applying TRCs, and importing or exporting ICC profiles. Associations The Associati...

DocuSP color management Color Management Guide 2-7 NOTE: You should calibrate a stock that best represents the other stock in the group; therefore, you should calibrate using a stock that has a whitepoint at about the median of the stocks in the group. It is recommended that most users confine their...

DocuSP color management 2-8 Color Management Guide Table 2-1. DocuColor iGen3 Digital Production Press mode default property settings Queue Property Queue Setting Rendering Intent Relative Colorimetric RGB Source sRGB CMYK Source SWOP ™ CMY SourceGray Source System Specified Destination ICC Profile ...

DocuSP color management Color Management Guide 2-9 Xerox consistent color mode Selected at the queue level, Xerox consistent color mode standardizes the print engine response to undefined color spaces by assigning them default source files. Default Source files provide output that looks similar when...

DocuSP color management 2-10 Color Management Guide Custom color mode (default) Selected at the queue level, Custom Color mode allows users with a high level of color management skills to make specific color adjustments using industry standard color tools. Skilled users create queues with specific c...

DocuSP color management Color Management Guide 2-11 • Black Overprint compensates for the band of white that may appear when black text is printed directly on top of a color. NOTE: Black Overprint produces sometimes-unexpected results using iGen3, due to its unique technology. Therefore, you should ...

Color Management Guide 3-1 3. Stock Management and Calibration Color DocuSP systems achieve high-quality color results due to an efficient and flexible stock management model. Stock associations, calibration, and characterization are important processes used for stock management. Calibration is a pr...

Stock Management and Calibration Color Management Guide 3-3 Tips for use of Xerox Qualified Stocks Here are some general tips for using Xerox Qualified Stocks: • You are able to modify certain attributes of Xerox Qualified Stocks. Some fundamental attributes cannot be modified, as they affect color ...

Stock Management and Calibration 3-4 Color Management Guide Calibrating the DocuColor 2045/2060/6060 family For the DC 2045/2060 and 6060, you should calibrate at least once or twice a day or more often when printing jobs that are “color-critical.” The default number of prints of the calibration tar...

Stock Management and Calibration Color Management Guide 3-5 This procedure is more likely to be necessary for iGen3 due to image-to-page registration errors, but may also be applicable for DC20xx/60xx printers. Figure 3-1. Calibration target and whitespace Figure 3-2. Calibration step 1

Stock Management and Calibration Color Management Guide 3-7 Figure 3-5. Calibration step 4 Stock Management hints and tips General Stock Workflow Setups Unspecified Stock Name Model Setup The settings outlined in this section use the “Unspecified Stock Name” model. This workflow is best for customer...

Stock Management and Calibration Color Management Guide 3-11 Custom and Colored Stock hints It is recommended that you place all your stocks, including new or custom stocks, in one of the three pre-existing color groups. This limits the need for calibration to three groups of halftones. It may be us...

Color Management Guide 4-1 4. Using color tools The DocuSP controller provides a number of color management tools. Determine which color management tools to use based upon your job requirements and your own skills and knowledge. To address the diverse levels of job requirements and user skill and kn...

Using color tools Color Management Guide 4-3 Figure 4-2. Color Cast controls – Cyan vs. Red - moving the slider bar towards cyan adds cyan by reducing the amount of red. Moving the slider bar towards red adds red by reducing the amount of cyan. – Magenta vs. Green - moving the slider bar towards Mag...

Using color tools 4-4 Color Management Guide Figure 4-4. Trapping Setup dialog Trapping should be done on the DocuSP controller but can be done at the client application level as well, depending on the application If trapping is applied at the application, do not trap at the controller. • Black over...

Using color tools Color Management Guide 4-5 Figure 4-5. User TRC setup window Create User TRCs to make and save color adjustments that can be applied to jobs. The creation of User TRCs should be performed by users with a high level of color knowledge. For example, create a TRC that compensates for ...

Using color tools 4-8 Color Management Guide Filtered Interpolation is a method used to scale image data (pixels) from one resolution to another. The output pixel is calculated by passing the neighborhood of the input pixel through the filter to determine the output pixel. The DocuSP controller uses...

Using color tools 4-10 Color Management Guide Spot Color Editor The Spot Color Editor window displays a list of spot colors recognized by the system. The list can display PANTONE® Colors, Edited PANTONE® Colors and Custom User Colors. The operator can view the properties of all colors, edit all colo...

Using color tools Color Management Guide 4-11 – Custom • Color Type (icon): A column that displays a tool tip (if present) when you pass the mouse pointer over the graphic icon. • CMYK: A column that contains numerical values corresponding to the respective values of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black...

Using color tools Color Management Guide 4-13 7. At RIP time, the controller will substitute the full-resolution images for the low-resolution images that were submitted with the job. Using Print Engine Specific mode Use the Print Engine Specific mode if the job is to be printed on multiple print en...

Color Management Guide 5-1 5. Troubleshooting What do you do if you experience color or image quality problems with printed images? Determining where the problem occurs is primary in the troubleshooting process. Determining and defining exactly what the problem is helps identify where the problem re...

Troubleshooting 5-2 Color Management Guide A third possibility should be tested if the first two are not the cause of the imaging problem: a source color mismatch may exist between the queue and the job’s input color space. For example, if the intent of the job is to render a CMYK document which was...

Color Management Guide A-1 A. System Specified defaults This section details the various Color Management tools and their system-specified, default states. Table A-1. Color Management tool DC 2045/2060/6060 DC iGen3 Color Mode 0 +/- 100 0 +/- 100 Lightness 0 +/- 100 0 +/- 100 Contrast 0 +/- 100 0 +/...

Glossary Of Color Management Terms B-4 Color Management Guide TRC Tone Reproduction Curve. TRCs may be created and stored by users who wish to achieve certain effects on a consistent basis. User TRCs can be applied to all jobs, including those that originate as Reprint files. Uncoated Uncoated defin...

Index AAssign profile 2-6 Associations tab 2-6 BBasic color tools 4-2 Bi-linear Interpolation 4-7 CCalibration process overview 3-3 Calibration target tips 3-4 Calibration targets DC 20xx/60xx family 3-4 DC iGen3 3-4 Characterization 3-1 CMYK Native path 2-5 Color manager 2-6 Color paths 2-2 Color p...