Xerox 701P40210 Manuel d'utilisateur

May 2003 701P40210 Xerox Document Services Platform Color Management Guide

DocuSP color management2-2 Color Management GuideColor workflowsA color image follows a path as it is converted from an input color profile to the out

DocuSP color managementColor Management Guide 2-3Figure 2-1. Simplified DocuSP Color WorkflowICC standard pathJobs undergo a color transformation to a

DocuSP color management2-4 Color Management Guide• The incoming job contains embedded profiles that result in the printer driver creating a Color Spac

DocuSP color managementColor Management Guide 2-5CMYK Native pathColor management is performed within the application using DocuSP output color ICC pr

DocuSP color management2-6 Color Management GuideColor ManagerColor Manager provides access to color management tools for calibration, characterizatio

DocuSP color managementColor Management Guide 2-7NOTE: You should calibrate a stock that best represents the other stock in the group; therefore, you

DocuSP color management2-8 Color Management GuideTable 2-1. DocuColor iGen3 Digital Production Press mode default property settingsQueue Property Queu

DocuSP color managementColor Management Guide 2-9Xerox consistent color modeSelected at the queue level, Xerox consistent color mode standardizes the

DocuSP color management2-10 Color Management GuideCustom color mode (default)Selected at the queue level, Custom Color mode allows users with a high l

DocuSP color managementColor Management Guide 2-11• Black Overprint compensates for the band of white that may appear when black text is printed direc

Xerox CorporationGlobal Knowledge and Language Services800 Phillips RoadBuilding 845-17SWebster, New York 14580USACopyright 2003Copyright protection c

DocuSP color management2-12 Color Management GuideNOTE: These image resample methods are detailed in Chapter 4: Using Color Tools.– OutputDestination

DocuSP color managementColor Management Guide 2-13The Spot Color Editor tab is covered in more detail in Chapter 4: Using Color Tools.OPI (Open PrePre

DocuSP color management2-14 Color Management Guide

Color Management Guide 3-13. Stock Management and CalibrationColor DocuSP systems achieve high-quality color results due to an efficient and flexible

Stock Management and Calibration3-2 Color Management GuideNew or custom stocks may require characterization if you choose to place them in a new color

Stock Management and CalibrationColor Management Guide 3-3Tips for use of Xerox Qualified StocksHere are some general tips for using Xerox Qualified S

Stock Management and Calibration3-4 Color Management GuideCalibrating the DocuColor 2045/2060/6060 familyFor the DC 2045/2060 and 6060, you should cal

Stock Management and CalibrationColor Management Guide 3-5This procedure is more likely to be necessary for iGen3 due to image-to-page registration er

Stock Management and Calibration3-6 Color Management GuideFigure 3-3. Calibration step 2Figure 3-4. Calibration step 3

Stock Management and CalibrationColor Management Guide 3-7Figure 3-5. Calibration step 4Stock Management hints and tipsGeneral Stock Workflow SetupsUn

Color Management Guide iTable of contents1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Assu

Stock Management and Calibration3-8 Color Management GuideRecommendations:• Use this workflow when you are not concerned about small amounts of whiten

Stock Management and CalibrationColor Management Guide 3-9In this set-up, you add any Non-Xerox stocks you wish to print on to one of the three groups

Stock Management and Calibration3-10 Color Management GuideTable 3-1. DocuSP Sample Stock GroupingGroup NamePaper Name Rnumber gsm L* Grouping Criter

Stock Management and CalibrationColor Management Guide 3-11Custom and Colored Stock hintsIt is recommended that you place all your stocks, including n

Stock Management and Calibration3-12 Color Management Guide5. Select [Expert Color: Output Color].6. On the Output Color tab, select the radio button

Color Management Guide 4-14. Using color toolsThe DocuSP controller provides a number of color management tools. Determine which color management tool

Using color tools4-2 Color Management GuideQueues of this type provide operators a path to print high-quality color output without requiring a detaile

Using color toolsColor Management Guide 4-3Figure 4-2. Color Cast controls– Cyan vs. Red - moving the slider bar towards cyan adds cyan by reducing th

Using color tools4-4 Color Management GuideFigure 4-4. Trapping Setup dialogTrapping should be done on the DocuSP controller but can be done at the cl

Using color toolsColor Management Guide 4-5Figure 4-5. User TRC setup windowCreate User TRCs to make and save color adjustments that can be applied to

Table of contentsii Color Management GuideCharacterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1T

Using color tools4-6 Color Management GuideSelecting a source color profile places the image on that source profile’s color processing path when there

Using color toolsColor Management Guide 4-7Figure 4-7. Interpolation methodsThe interpolation methods that may be selected include:Nearest Neighbor In

Using color tools4-8 Color Management GuideFiltered Interpolation is a method used to scale image data (pixels) from one resolution to another. The ou

Using color toolsColor Management Guide 4-9For CMYK images, using System Specified (default) rendering is perfectly acceptable. The Saturation intent

Using color tools4-10 Color Management GuideSpot Color EditorThe Spot Color Editor window displays a list of spot colors recognized by the system. The

Using color toolsColor Management Guide 4-11–Custom• Color Type (icon): A column that displays a tool tip (if present) when you pass the mouse pointer

Using color tools4-12 Color Management GuideFigure 4-9. OPI setup dialogThis process works as follows:1. An image repository is created on the DocuSP

Using color toolsColor Management Guide 4-137. At RIP time, the controller will substitute the full-resolution images for the low-resolution images th

Using color tools4-14 Color Management GuideFigure 4-11. Selecting XCC modeXCC is selected at the queue and applied to all jobs submitted to that queu

Color Management Guide 5-15. TroubleshootingWhat do you do if you experience color or image quality problems with printed images? Determining where th

Color Management Guide 1-11. IntroductionThis guide is a reference to the DocuSP controller color management features. The DocuSP controller serves as

Troubleshooting5-2 Color Management GuideA third possibility should be tested if the first two are not the cause of the imaging problem: a source colo

Color Management Guide A-1A. System Specified defaultsThis section details the various Color Management tools and their system-specified, default stat

System Specified defaultsA-2 Color Management GuideOutput Color: Image Resample:• Bi-linear•Filtered• Nearest Neighbor•Smart• Bi-linear•Filtered• Near

Color Management Guide B-1B. Glossary Of Color Management TermsAbsoluteColorimetricA rendering intent that maps colors to the nearest hue based upon a

Glossary Of Color Management TermsB-2 Color Management GuideDestination Profile The color profile that converts PCS to the output device’s color space

Glossary Of Color Management TermsColor Management Guide B-3RelativeColorimetricA rendering intent that maps colors to the nearest hue relative to the

Glossary Of Color Management TermsB-4 Color Management GuideTRC Tone Reproduction Curve. TRCs may be created and stored by users who wish to achieve c

IndexAAssign profile 2-6Associations tab 2-6BBasic color tools 4-2Bi-linear Interpolation 4-7CCalibration process overview 3-3Calibration target tips

FFast reprint path 2-5HHalftones 4-6IICC standard path 2-3Image quality tools 4-3Image Resample 4-6NNew Color group 2-6New stock 2-6OOpen PrePress Int

Troubleshooting 5-1UUnspecified Stock Name Model setup 3-7User TRCs 2-7, 4-4XXCC modeusing 4-13Xerox consistent color mode 2-9Xerox Qualified Stocksti

Introduction1-2 Color Management GuideConventionsThis guide includes the following conventions:• Angle brackets: Variable information that is displaye

IntroductionColor Management Guide 1-3Customer SupportFor service and software support, dial 1-800-821-2797. This number is enabled for TTY bridges. T

Introduction1-4 Color Management Guide

Color Management Guide 2-12. DocuSP color managementColor management is a process of attempting to match colors across input (scanners, digital camera