ColorFlow Software Version 2.1 User Guide English 2014-05-06 Copyright © Kodak, 2014. All rights reserved. Some documentation is distributed in Portable Document Format (PDF). You may reproduce such documentation from the PDF file for internal use. Copies produced from the PDF file must be reproduced in whole. Trademarks Kodak, Creo, ColorFlow, Connect, Evo, Harmony, Matchprint, Powerpack, Prinergy, Profile Wizard, and Staccato are trademarks of Kodak. Acrobat, Adobe, Distiller, Illustrator, Photoshop, and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Apple, AppleShare, AppleTalk, iMac, ImageWriter, LaserWriter, Mac OS, Power Macintosh, and TrueType are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S.A. and other countries. Hexachrome, PANTONE, PANTONE Goe, PANTONE Hexachrome, and PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM are the property of Pantone, Inc. 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Operation of the Kodak equipment in a residential area may cause unacceptable interference to radio and TV reception, requiring the operator to take whatever steps are necessary to correct the interference. http://graphics.kodak.com/ Revised 2014-05-06 Contents 1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................................1 ColorFlow software.......................................................................................................................................................................1 Editions of ColorFlow software...................................................................................................................................................1 Additional options.........................................................................................................................................................................3 Ink Optimizing Solution option..........................................................................................................................................3 Components of the ColorFlow window...................................................................................................................................4 System requirements...................................................................................................................................................................5 Overview of color setups............................................................................................................................................................6 Concept of a color setup.....................................................................................................................................................6 Appearance of a color setup..............................................................................................................................................8 ColorFlow Icons....................................................................................................................................................................9 General steps for creating a color setup...............................................................................................................................10 Add your shop devices.......................................................................................................................................................11 Choose a PCO device.........................................................................................................................................................11 Select device condition properties.................................................................................................................................12 Establish the color response of a device in a device condition...............................................................................13 Choose a simulation target for the PCO.......................................................................................................................14 Define an ICC device profile.............................................................................................................................................15 Define the conversion method for SCOs and CIs.......................................................................................................15 How ColorFlow works with Prinergy......................................................................................................................................18 Client-server model............................................................................................................................................................18 ColorFlow-Prinergy terminology.....................................................................................................................................18 2 Getting started..................................................................................................................................19 ColorFlow server software installation..................................................................................................................................19 Installing ColorFlow client software.......................................................................................................................................19 Starting the ColorFlow client software.................................................................................................................................20 Licenses.........................................................................................................................................................................................20 Activating a Workflow edition license...................................................................................................................................21 Changing the language of the user interface........................................................................................................................21 Sticky notes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Creating a sticky note....................................................................................................................................................... 22 Moving or resizing a sticky note.....................................................................................................................................23 Hiding sticky notes.............................................................................................................................................................23 Showing sticky notes.........................................................................................................................................................23 Deleting a sticky note........................................................................................................................................................23 Quitting ColorFlow software...................................................................................................................................................24 3 Working with ColorFlow software.............................................................................................. 25 Aligning an offset press to another press.............................................................................................................................25 Aligning to the press in the PCO....................................................................................................................................25 Simulating the other press's color response...............................................................................................................26 Aligning an offset press to an industry specification........................................................................................................26 Simulating the industry specification............................................................................................................................27 Aligning to a reference device condition in the PCO................................................................................................27 Aligning the color response of presses within one device condition............................................................................ 28 Aligning a proofer to an offset press.....................................................................................................................................29 Aligning an offset press to an inkjet proofer.........................................................................................................................31 Aligning an offset press to a halftone proofer.....................................................................................................................32 Propagating PCO simulation adjustments to an SCO.......................................................................................................33 vi ColorFlow Software