Fiery Color Profiler Suite Help © 2016 Electronics For Imaging, Inc. The information in this publication is covered under Legal Notices for this product. 15 March 2016 Fiery Color Profiler Suite Help 3 Contents Contents Fiery Color Profiler Suite ....................................................................9 What’s new in this version .........................................................................9 Dongle and license requirements for Color Profiler Suite ...............................................10 Demo mode .................................................................................10 Troubleshoot "Dongle not found" message ........................................................11 Troubleshoot "Dongle not licensed" message ......................................................11 Download a Color Profiler Suite license .............................................................12 Activate a Color Profiler Suite license ...............................................................13 Update Color Profiler Suite .......................................................................13 Set general preferences ..........................................................................13 Automatically check for updates .................................................................14 Set dE calculation method preferences ...........................................................14 Set the reference for test page control bar .........................................................14 Set Color Profiler Suite version ..................................................................15 Calibrate the spectrophotometer ..................................................................15 Fiery Express Profiler .......................................................................16 Create calibration and profile in Express Profiler ......................................................16 Set Express Profiler preferences ...................................................................17 Fiery Printer Profiler ........................................................................18 Profile a Fiery Server .............................................................................18 Profile a Fiery XF server ..........................................................................19 Profile a remote, non-Fiery, or non-CMYK printer (Save as PDF) ..........................................20 Select a printer for printing patch pages ............................................................21 Select a Fiery Server or Fiery XF server ............................................................21 Save patch pages as a PDF ......................................................................22 Set up calibration ...............................................................................22 Set up calibration for a Fiery Server ...............................................................22 Set up calibration for a Fiery XF server ............................................................22 Print pages for calibration ........................................................................23 Review calibration measurement results ............................................................23 Print patch pages for profiling .....................................................................23 Set patch options ...............................................................................24 Fiery Color Profiler Suite Help 4 Contents Set ink and toner for profiles ....................................................................25 Set object type for patches .....................................................................25 Use a patch ID to select a patch page to measure .....................................................25 Select the patch ID for your patch pages ..........................................................26 Create a new patch ID if no ID exists for your patch pages ............................................26 Remove a Patch ID from the list ..................................................................27 Import measurements for creating a profile ..........................................................27 Import measurements from one or more IT8 files ...................................................27 Import measurements from an ICC profile .........................................................27 Summary of measurements .......................................................................28 Choose data for averaging measurements .........................................................28 Apply profile settings ............................................................................28 Load existing settings .........................................................................29 Set maximum GCR ............................................................................29 Set profile optimization ........................................................................29 Set viewing condition .........................................................................29 Set gamut mapping .............................................................................30 Specify separation settings .......................................................................31 Save a profile in Printer Profiler ....................................................................32 Create profiles based on the new profile ............................................................32 Set Printer Profiler preferences ....................................................................33 Set calibration check tolerance ..................................................................33 Set measurement check tolerance ...............................................................33 Color Profiler Suite Calibrator ..............................................................34 Calibrate a Fiery Server ..........................................................................34 Fiery Monitor Profiler .......................................................................35 Prepare to use Monitor Profiler ....................................................................35 Profile with the Easy method ....................................................................35 Profile with the Advanced method ...............................................................35 Calibrate and set up the spectrophotometer .........................................................36 Measure and set luminance .......................................................................36 Measure and set gamma .........................................................................37 Measure and set the white point ...................................................................38 Measure profiling patches ........................................................................39 Compare before and after measurements ...........................................................39 Save a profile in Monitor Profiler ...................................................................39 Fiery Color Profiler Suite Help 5 Contents Fiery Device Linker .........................................................................41 Optimize a device link (iterative match to a standard) ..................................................41 Optimize spot colors ............................................................................42 Select profiles to create a device link profile ..........................................................43 Select profiles for matching an industry standard ...................................................43 Select profiles for creating a custom device link profile ...............................................43 Specify profile settings in Device Linker .............................................................44 Print patch pages for optimization .................................................................44 Check Device Linker measurement results and iterate .................................................45 Save and install device link profiles .................................................................45 View device link profile information ................................................................46 Fiery Print Matcher .........................................................................47 Create a common calibration and output profile ......................................................47 Create a new common calibration ...............................................................48 Review calibration results ......................................................................48 Create a common output profile .................................................................48 Update a common calibration .....................................................................49 Create a new common device link profile ............................................................49 Print calibration pages ...........................................................................50 Print profiling pages .............................................................................51 Specify output profile settings ....................................................................51 Set profile optimization ........................................................................52 Set viewing condition .........................................................................52 Specify device link profile settings .................................................................52