Fiery Training 1

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Introduction
Key Contacts
Course Slides
PS Print Driver Guide
Command WorkStation Module & Guide
Web Tools Module
Hot Folders Module
Virtual Printers Module
Paper Catalog User Guide & Module 9

Compose User Guide & Module 10
Impose/Business Card Module 11
Impose User Guide 12
Quick Doc Merge Module 13
Mixed Media Module 14
Print Next/Reorder/Schedule Module 15
Day 2
Calibrate & Shading Module 16

Canon Validation Module 17
Monitor Profile Module 18
ColorWise Settings 19
Profile Manager User Guide 20
Paper Profiling Module 21
Spot On Colour Module 22
Spot On Colour User Guide 23
Palette Function Module 24
Day 3
ImageViewer Module 25
Preflight Module 26
Postflight Module 27
PitStop Modules & Guide 28
Progressives Module 29
Configurable Auto Trapping Module 30
Halftone Simulation Module 31
imagePRESS Workflow Training
imagePRESS
Introduction
Introduction
Revised 31st January 2008
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Introduction
The information contained in this folder has been designed to provide you, and all users of the Canon imagePRESS
portfolio, within your organisation, with all of the information needed to gain the most out of your investment.
The User Guides and Modules will take you through, in detail, the steps you need to take to product high quality
colour prints.
Complete built-in user documentation

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Key Contacts
Key Contacts
Revision March 2008
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Key Contacts
To Register Service Calls contact the national service number:
0870 122 6986
For Consumables calls contact:
0870 122 6986
For Helpdesk enquries contact the Software Support Centre
0870 606 1595
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imagePRESS
Print Driver User Guide

Contents
Information to Check before Printing
Print Driver Training Notes
Basic
Job Info
Media
Layout
11
Color
15
Color Expert Settings
17
Image
18
Finishing
19
VDP ..
22
Stamping
23
Printing Documents from your Mailbox
24
General Information
25
Conflicts
26
Scanning To and From Fiery Mailboxes
27
Having Problems?
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Revised 31st Janaury 2008
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Information to Check before Printing
In the application you are printing from i.e. Microsoft Word etc go to:
FILE
PAGE SETUP, then
PAPER SOURCE
Make sure First and Other Pages are on DEFAULT TRAYS, if not this will show a conflict on the
imagePRESS and the device will ask you to load paper before it will print your job.
When you select FILE and PRINT, your printer dialogue box appears using the drop down arrow select
the Canon Printer (see below)
Please make sure the collate box is UNTICKED, otherwise this will cause a conflict and if you
select stapling, all of your sets will be stapled as one document.
To select options like double sided, stapling etc click on PROPERTIES
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Print Driver Training Notes
When you open the Canon Printer Driver the screen above will appear. The tabs along the top contain
all the settings you will be able to change:
BASIC (no. of copies, 2 sided, collate/group, staple, paper source, booklet mode, layout)
JOB INFO (send to print/mailbox/secure print and secure password, dept ID, add notes)
MEDIA (paper size, mixed media, front/back cover settings, media type, transparency interleaving)
LAYOUT (enlarge/reduce, document layout/orientation, 2 sided, booklet mode, creep correction)
COLOR (colour/greyscale selection, expert settings, auto trapping)
IMAGE (quality, resolution, smoothing, halftone, brightness, toner saving)
FINISHING (collating, stapling, page order)
VDP (variable data printing with Freeform mail merge type feature)
STAMPING (watermarks)
PRINTER (paper and toner information)
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Basic
The Basic tab is an area under the Fiery Printing tab that you can customize with the print options you
use frequently (up to 16). It saves time because you do not have to open all of the other tabs if you
only want to set the options in the Basic tab.
Click the Basic tab and then click Customize. A dialog box appears that contains shortcuts for print
options. The print options that currently appear in the Basic tab are listed under Current Shortcuts.
To add an option to the Basic tab, select the desired option in the Available Shortcuts list and click
Add.
To remove an option from the Basic tab, select the desired option in the Current Shortcuts list and
click Remove.
Click OK to save your changes
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Job Info
Job Info Tab features: Copies - enter the number of copies you wish to produce.
Schedule Printing This selection allows you to select the date and time you want to print your
document.
Destination select to send to a Mailbox or Secured Print. Select Mailbox select the number
mailbox you wish to send your document to. Secured Password enter a PIN code to secure print
your document.
Print Queue Action - select to Print, Print and Hold or Process and Hold (to be used in conjunction
with Command Workstation software).
File Name enter a name for your document so you recognise which one it when printing it from
the mailbox at the device.
Notes anything written in this box will show up on the devices Job Log. For example, you may
want to put a reference in for a specific print job, so you can identify it later on the Job Log.
Dept ID/Password- if you have the Dept ID function enabled on your device, these fields should be
filled out with your ID/Password before sending your print job.
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User Authentication If the print server is configured to require user authentication for printing, you
must enter your user name and password when you print using Driver. The login can be your
network domain/user name or a local user name. Check with your system administrator about the
requirements for your system. This section is normally administered on the server by IT
departments.
Secured Password This allows you to select your own numerical password and send the document
to the Secure Print area on the device, also allowing Notes and Instructions to be inserted. To
retrieve your job at the device, press Print Job key then select the Secure Print Button (bottom right
hand corner of screen), highlight the job you need to print then enter your Secure Password pin
number.
Control Bar For proofing purposes you can switch the Control Bar on for a standard set of colours,
shades, tints, etc., this will print a bar down the left hand side of your document. This needs to be
switched on in Command WorkStation, ColorWise Pro tools, Color Setup, click into Control Bar Tab,
tick box. It will print every document with this Control Bar on it until you switch it off again.
Postflight Postflight is the process of analyzing processed files PostScript, PDF, DCS2, and others
for quality control in a digital prepress workflow. It is a perceptive utility letting operators
troubleshoot previous problems with the colour of a printed job or they may choose to use it as a
preventative measure. Either way, the original document may be printed (or RIPped and previewed)
with all objects (graphics and text) colour-coded. The report gives explanation about what colour
spaces are utilized in the job and what ppd options affect those spaces. The report also gives
information about the printing environment such as calibration date & time and calibration method.
A test page may also be printed in order to verify the printing environment.
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Progressives Progressives refers to printing variations of a multi-colour document, where pages are
printed using one to all, the available colours in a printer: C, C+M, C+M+Y, and any combination.
The ability to print the various states permits the user to inspect the result of each pass for a four
colour document. The progressives function is designed to show the separations used by their job
on an imagePRESS-driven device, helping operators to determine where a specific problem is
occurring within the original file.
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Media
Media Tab Features: Paper Catalogue When you have created entries in the Paper Catalog in Command Workstation,
you would then be able to select the specific media required for the print job. (For more information
see the Paper Catalog module in the course folder)
Document Size - make sure your document size shows the correct size, if not choose the desired
size from the drop-down list.
Paper Source - allows the drawer or bypass selection.
Media Type allows the different media types (standard catalogue selection) to be selected on the
device.
Mixed Media Define allows documents to be printed with mixed paper types or mixed single or two
sided printing within the same document. There is a separate exercise available for this feature.
Tray Alignment used in conjunction with Align Trays feature in Command
Workstation/imagePRESS Functions.
Select Tab Position - if you choose to print onto tabs (dividers) in Media Type, this feature allows you
to move a divider label up to 25.4mm across from your A4 document onto the tab.
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Transparency Interleaving - this feature, when turned on, will interleave a sheet of paper in between
each transparency. You will have a choice of a BLANK or PRINTED interleave sheet.
Front/Back Cover Mode - you can choose to print your front cover different from the rest of you
document. From this list you can select NONE, FRONT PAGE PRINT, BACK PAGE PRINT, and BOTH
PAGE PRINT.
Front/Back Cover Source - coupled with the above feature, you can choose to print your front cover
from a different tray.
Paper Size Default Same As Document Size, can specify other output paper sizes.
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Layout
Layout Tab features:Normal

Scale - between 25%-400% (only works on some applications).
Scale To fit
Orientation - allows portrait and landscape printing.
Mirror - will give a mirrored image if printing onto transfer sheets.
Rotate 180 - will turn your document 180 degrees when printed.
Pages Per Sheet - similar to thumbnails. e.g. if you have a four page document and select 4-up
layout will put all four onto one sheet of paper.
2-Sided Printing - for double-sided printing. Long Edge will read like a book, left to right. Short Edge
will read in calendar format, top to bottom.
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Booklet
Select if you are producing booklets
Select Settings to access the Booklet Maker Wizard
In the Basic Tab, follow through the wizard, selecting your options and pressing Next, selecting
Booklet Type, Paper Size, Page Alignment, Cover and accessing the Summary.
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Or use the Advanced tab for the Drop Down options
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Gang Up Print
Press Settings for options
Cut & Stack allows you to print off the pages and cut then stack them on-top of each other.
Step & Repeat allows you to duplicate the document and repeat it on the page.
Paper Size Select the actual Paper Size
Document Size Select the size of the paper that you are actually printing out on.
Shrink To fit allows you to shrink the document to fit the page
Orientation select from Portrait & Landscape
Paper Alignment changes gutter size.
2 Sided Printing select Long or short edge for double siding.
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Color
Finishing Tab Features: Print Mode Standard Color will use the device defaults. Expert Color allows configuration of
colour. Greyscale will print in black and white. (See next page for Expert Color settings)
Composite Overprint Allows accurate representation of composite overprint elements in the
document to be printed.
Combine Separations used when printing separations from professional applications.
Substitute Colors - This is used when certain colours are selected in a document by their RGB or
CMYK values, they can be substituted with a different colour having the CMYK values from the SpotOn Color dictionary. This permits exact colour control and overrides individual RGB and CMYK
colours. They have no effect on raster images. NOTE: When a colour is defined as a Substitute Color,
the settings for an RGB colour (such as RGB Source, Rendering Style, and RGB Separation) or CMYK
colour (such as CMYK Simulation Profile, CMYK Simulation Method, and Paper Simulation) have no
effect. The colour is converted with a process similar to Spot Color conversion. NOTE: You cannot use
the Substitute Colors and Postflight features at the same time. These print options are available in
the printer driver.
Two-Color Print Mapping - The Two-Color Print Mapping feature is designed for print shop operators
to do the proofing for a two-colour press. You can print a two-colour job to a two-colour device by
mapping the colours in a job to the colours that are already created on the device. The following
limitations apply when you use the Two-Color Print Mapping feature:
o The settings for Two-Color Print Mapping are ignored when the Composite Overprint
and Combine Separation features are enabled.
o Postflight does not report on Two-Color Print Mapping, because Postflight reports the
source state of a document. The colour space that the copier receives before any
conversions is reported in Postflight.
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You cannot select the Two-Color Print Mapping and Substitute Color options at the
same time. Also, you cannot select a Substitute Color to be used in the Two-Color Print
Mapping feature.
Auto trapping allows elimination of halo effect when two solid colours are printed on top of each
other.
o
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Color Expert Settings
Expert Color Settings

RGB Source Profile this is the RGB working space for the elements of the document that have been
created in RGB e.g: digital pictures.
Rendering Style this determines the method used to convert colours from RGB to CMYK.
Photographic is the recommended setting as this is optimises the range of colours to produce the
best results.
RGB Separation select SIMULATION if you wish to simulate a press with your RGB data. Select
OUTPUT if you wish to retain the RGB gamut.
CMYK Simulation Profile/Method used to simulate a press. If no simulation is required set to
NONE, however if switched to off this will turn off simulation and calibration (not recommended).
CMYK Simulation Method how CMYK input is converted to CMYK output.
Spot Color Matching uses internal Pantone lookup tables to match the Pantone swatch. If disabled
spot colours will be converted to CMYK using CMYK Simulation Profile.
Black Text/Graphics prints single colour black if enabled. Black Overprint prints a black outline to
avoid haloing on a coloured background.
Output Profile defines the colour space of the print device to which the imagePRESS Server is
connected. The list varies depending upon which paper type you are using. E.g. Plain, heavy,
coated, thick, etc.
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Image
Image Quality Tab features: Resolution can be set to 600dpi or 1200dpi.

Image Smoothing - improves the print quality of low resolution images by smoothing jagged edges.
Brightness changes levels of brightness by %.
Sharpness changes by 3 levels of sharpness and 3 levels of softness (used for photographic or
large text options)
Colour Graphics/Line Control can set priority to the resolution or the colour.
Printers Halftone resolution is best for a document containing mostly text and line drawings.
Gradation is best for a document containing mainly images. Error diffusion (also known as
dithering) is most suitable for a document containing small and fine text. The halftone patterns
specify different processing methods for text, graphics and images.
Halftone Simulation allows the user to choose from Printers Halftone, Application Defined,
Newsprint and User Defined Screen 1, 2 and 3. To set the User Defined Screens, you need to set
them up in Command WorkStation with their own values then apply. The user can then select those
values from this screen.
Gradation Smoothing choose off, fine or coarse for smoother printing of transitions between
colours or shades.
Toner Saving - if turned on is similar to printing in draft mode.
Image Compression can select speed priority or image priority (will slow the job down) or normal.
Density Fine Adjustment if selected, can choose from lighter through a range to darker.
Advanced Smoothing These will be preset in the device and would be used to operators own
preference.
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Finishing
(Please note all finishing options are subject to options purchased, even though these options are
shown in the printer driver, if the imagePRESS does not have these options, you will be unable to use
them)
Finishing Tab features:
Page Order set to forward or reverse.

Output Destination Priority 1 select Stacker A or Stacker B to output the job. (Stacker Unit is optional
extra).
Paper Output used to select which tray your print job will be output to.
Sorter Mode for collating and grouping, with and without shift.
Stapler Mode select a position for a staple. Saddle Stitch combined with booklet mode to fold and
staple.
Face Up Printing select on or off for face up printing.
Hole Punch specify position of hole punch if the device has a puncher installed.
Gutter change the distance between the left and right pages up to 50mm.
No. of Copies for Offset can select the number of copies to be produced before the finisher offsets
the next batch.
Trimming Mode tick to select trimming on (Optional Extra).
Select Trimming Position sets the trimming position 2mm to 20mm.
Image Shift can move the position of your document around the page. This is an extremely useful
feature to assist in aligning front and reverse sides when duplexing. When selected, Image Shift
Options becomes available for selection, where you can put in your adjustments.
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Perfect Binding Options:
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VDP
Variable Data Printing Tab features:
FreeForm FreeForm allows easy to use variable data printing used in conjunction with the
Command Workstation software to create a wide variety of personalised documents. FreeForm rips
the master data only once and then overlays variable data on the pages.
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Stamping
Stamping Tab features:
Watermarks click New to type in a new word to have as a watermark on your document. Choose
different fonts, sizes, angles, colour and position. This can be printed on the first page of your
document only, if check box ticked.
Copy Set Numbering if switched on, this will stamp the number of the copy set on to your
document.
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Printing Documents from your Mailbox
1.
Select Mailbox,
This is the button at the top of the screen. It will

take you into the mailbox screen (see right).
Once there, select your personal mailbox by
pressing the relevant numbered button.
If you have a password set, please enter it and press
OK.
2.
Select Document(s),
Select from the screen which documents you would

like to print or press SELECT ALL.
You can view an individual document from the EDIT
MENU, or just press PRINT.
3.
Print Document(s),
If you previously selected your settings from the

print driver, you can press START PRINT to output
your job(s).
If you need to change your print settings, press
CHANGE PR. SETTINGS, select the desired changes
and press START PRINT.
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General Information
If at anytime you wish to save settings that you use on a regular basis (i.e. stapling and double siding),
set up your print job as required, and then click the JOB TEMPLATES drop-down list and select SAVE
CURRENT JOB TEMPLATE. You will then be asked to name your template. Click OK.
To use the profile just click on the drop down arrow in JOB TEMPLATES and select the template you
require.
Please remember when you go back into the printer driver most of the time it will show your last
settings, i.e. stapling etc. To put the printer driver back to default settings, click on the drop down arrow
JOB TEMPLATES and highlight and click the DEFAULT JOB TEMPLATES key. This will put all tabs back to
default settings.
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Conflicts
Whilst selecting settings from your print driver, a CONFLICT dialogue box may appear. This means that
there are two or more features you have chosen are conflicting.
In the example above, we have chosen to print on a TRANSPARENCY, but the TRANSPARENCY setting
is conflicting with the 2-SIDED PRINTING chosen previously.
We have two choices, we can click OK to fix the conflict and turn off 2-sided printing, or I can CANCEL
the transparency setting.
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Scanning To and From Fiery Mailboxes

This facility allows you to send a document from the copier to a Mailbox (NOT the same as copier
Mailboxes these mailboxes are internal to the device only), to which you can then open the scanned
document through your chosen application on your workstation.
1
On the control panel of the device

Select PRINTER, PRINTER SETTINGS, FUNCTIONS, SCAN JOB
Select Source choose either ADF or PLATEN, SIZE and ORIENTATION, SINGLE or DUPLEX
Select IMAGE OPTIONS choose whether Colour Mode, Image Mode, Background Removal,
Brightness, Resolution and Binding Direction
Select DESTINATION, ADD DESTINATION, choose SEND TO MAILBOX.
Enter a previously created User Account*.
Click Done and Done again.
Select START SCAN this will prompt you to type a filename for the document you are scanning,
Click OK.
Select START SCAN NOW, and press YES.
2a)
From PC
Open your chosen application i.e. Adobe Photoshop or Acrobat (full version not reader)
Within the application select the Option to either Acquire or Import Image in the case of PDF, select
Create PDF from Scanner.
Select Fiery Remote Scan 5.
When the new page opens, type in your User Account * and Password. You may require to press
refresh
Your named document should now appear.
Highlight your document and select Acquire
This will bring the scanned image into your application.
The application you are using now deals with your scanned image.
OR
2b)
Fiery Remote Scan Application
If you have no software available on your Mac/PC to import the document, using this application you
may save your scanned image as a Tiff, JPEG or PDF.
Open the application Fiery Remote Scan 5.
When the new page opens type in your User Account * and Password, and press refresh.
Your named document should now appear.
Highlight your document and select SEND.
Select File Format you wish to save Document as (PDF, TIFF, and JPEG).
Choose SAVE AS, in the next screen you need to locate where you want your document sent too.
Name your document and press SEND.
OR
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2c)
Fiery Web Tools
To save the documents to your PC from the Fiery Mailbox.
Open your Web Browser Application, e.g., Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, etc.
Type in the IP address of the device.
Select the DOCS tab.
Enter the User Account * and Password.
Select the document by ticking the box on its left.
Click Download Icon on top left of screen (below main tabs).
Select file format, PDF, TIFF or JPEG and either All Pages or Select Pages.
Click Download button.
Either Save or Open the File.
*
Please refer to your Web Tools Exercise documentation for further information on creation of
User Accounts
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Having Problems?
Below you will find the answers to some common questions:
Why wont my document

print on the paper I have
selected?
Why can I not get my
document to print on the
second side of the first
page, when the remainder
has?
Why does it staple all my
sets together, when I want
them to staple them
separately?
I have sent my document
to print, the DATA and
ERROR lights flash, but my
prints dont appear?
Check PAGE SETUP within your application, click on the PAPER

SOURCE tab and ensure that it is set to DEFAULT TRAY.
Check PAGE SETUP within your application, click on PAPER SOURCE

tab and ensure that both FIRST PAGES and OTHER PAGES are set to
DEFAULT TRAY.
When you first select print, before you go into the properties of the
printer, ensure the collate option is not selected.
It is likely that it may be asking for a paper size you dont have i.e.
LTR. Press the SYSTEM MONITOR key on the copier and choose an A4
paper tray.
This occurs most often when printing from MICROSOFT OUTLOOK as
the application is usually set to LTR size paper as a default. To
change this to A4, go to PAGE SETUP within your application and
choose A4 as your default. You may have to check each style
separately.
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imagePRESS
Command WorkStation Module

Contents
TCommand Workstation
Exercise 1 Server Log In and Set Up
Exercise 2 CWS Preferences: PC & MAC
Exercise 3 Inputting Jobs into CWS (Import, Print & Drag & Drop for MACs)
Exercise 4 Find & Search for your jobs
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Exercise 5 Customising (Adding & Deleting) Column Headers
13
Exercise 6 Job Control (Editing Job Properties)
14
Exercise 7 Merging Documents
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Revised February 2008
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Command Workstation
Command WorkStation (CWS) is the print/job management utility used with imagePRESS
servers. It allows users to log into (multiple) servers, control jobs, preview, hold, prioritise,
apply print settings, re-print, archive and merge print jobs
How to add a server and connect to multiple servers

How to set your CWS preferences
How to input a job into CWS
How to find and search for jobs
How to customise column headers by adding and deleting
Job Control
Document Merging
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Exercise 1 Server Log In and Set Up
In this exercise, we will learn how to log in to the imagePRESS server

Method 1 Auto Search
1.
2.
With Command WorkStation is launched for the first time it will enter Autosearch
Once its completed its search select your server from the list of detected servers
found.
PC
MAC
You are able to select more than one server (if there are more servers available) and add it
into Command WorkStation individually
Adding Other Servers
1.
Form the CWS menu, select Server and Log In/Out.
2.
Click on Add button on the bottom of the Log In server window. You are able to
use the Auto Search as described above, or select Manual to manually input the ip
address of the server you wish to add.
MAC
PC
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Method 2 Manual Search

Sometimes due to network settings, the server is unable to be added by Autosearch, you are
then able to select Manual Search.
1.
2.
Follow stages in Adding Other Servers and select the Manual tab/option.
Select Server IP address and key in the ip address of the server. Then press the Add
button.
PC
MAC
Advanced Search
You are also able to search using the Advanced button under Autosearch
Using the stages in Adding Other Servers, select Advanced option and you can enter in a range
of ip addresses to search between, specifying different subnets if applicable.
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Exercise 2 CWS Preferences: PC & MAC
In this exercise we will look at editing CWS preferences

PC
1
From CWS Edit Menu select Preferences
3.
4.
5.
Ensure Autologin is ticked and Enable Animation is unticked.

In the Units option select millimeters.
(Note only) Directory Locations are located here, and you are able to change the number
of jobs held in Job Log. Also the Imposition Preferences are located here, you are able to
change the Adobe PDF settings if required.
6.
Once all preferences are set, Press OK.
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MAC
1.
Go into CWS MAC OS in top menu bar and select Preferences
2.
From units option select Milimeters and press OK
Note: There are no Imposition settings in the MAC as Impose is not a feature compatible with MAC.
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Exercise 3 Inputting Jobs into CWS (Import, Print & Drag & Drop for MACs)
Method 1 - Import
In this exercise, we will learn how to import a job into CWS.
1.
2.
From CWS Windows menu, select File, Imports, Job and select CWS4exerc1.pdf from the
Student Folder.
Select Add, then select the Hold queue under Logical Printer/Import Options and click on
Import/OK to download.
Your job should now appear in the Active Job window.
PC
MAC
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Method 2 Print
PC
1.
2.
3.
From Student Folder (on the desktop) Open the file CWSexerc1.pdf and select File, Print,
Properties.
Select the Job Info tab and Print Queue Action drop down to select Process & Hold.
Press OK then OK to submit the print job. The document will appear in the Active Job window in
CWS.
MAC
4.
From Student Folder (on the desktop) Open the file CWSexerc1.pdf and select File, Print,
(ensuring the imagePRESS is the printer and correct PPDs are selected) then select Printer.
3.
Select the Copies & Pages drop down option under Presets and select Printer Features, then
select Feature Sets and under Print Queue Action select Process and Hold
4.
Select Print then Print again. The job should then appear in the Active Job window in CWS.
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Method 3 Drag & Drop (MAC only)
1. With CWS open, select the unopened document and drag & drop it into the Active Job window
of CWS.
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Exercise 4 Find & Search for your jobs

In this exercise, we will use the Find & Search feature to locate a job on the server.
1.
From CWS Edit menu, select Find. This will launch the Find menu.
2.
Click the Search Server pull down menu and select one active server where the job might be
located.
Check the Active Jobs, Printed Jobs, and Archived jobs boxes.
Basic Search
1.
2.
Under General Tab, Job title field enter: CWS4exerc1.pdf.

Select the Search/Find button.
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Advanced Search
1.
2.
3.
4.
Select the Active Jobs, Printed Job, and Archived jobs check box in Search Server Section.
Select the Advanced tab.
Select the Job property setting options for advance search.
Right click the search values field box for page size and select A4 and click the Search/Find
button.
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Exercise 5 Customising (Adding & Deleting) Column Headers

PC
1. To Add - Right Click on the grey column header, Select Add, from the list select the option
required.
2. To Delete Select the column header no longer required. Right click and select Delete.
MAC
1.
2.
To Add/Delete Columns Use keyboard keys: Ctrl + Apple + Click Mouse on column header.
Select Edit Visible Columns
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Exercise 6 Job Control (Editing Job Properties)

1. In CWS Active Window click on job CWS4exerc1.pdf and select Properties icon.
The screen looks very similar to the Printer Driver Options.
Example: Select 2-Sided Printing - Short Edge Binding.
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Exercise 7 Merging Documents

Import Documents from Student Folder: 8Pages.pdf & 12Pages.pdf to add to the Hold Queue.
1.
In the Active window select each job, select Process & Hold (dark yellow colour)
2.
Select the 8Page.pdf document and select Preview.
3.
Follow the same procedure for 12Page.pdf
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Click Page 1 of the Green Page 1 and drag down to the space between Page 2 & 3, release the
mouse button.
The Preview shows the page that has been inserted.
Close the 8Page.pdf document and the 12Page.pdf document. When the Save As dialog window
opens, re-name the merged document 12Page_merge.pdf and Click the Yes/Save button.
PC
MAC
MAC
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The Merged document is displayed in the Active Window. You are able to print the document out.
Right Click and Select Print.
PC
MAC
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Web Tools Module
Web Tools Module
Introduction
Web Tools is a browser-based tool, hosted on the imagePRESS server which delivers the power of the
following functionalities within the imagePRESS.
Downloads in the imagePRESS server This feature of Web Tools allows the user to download
both printer files and client applications (utilities) from the imagePRESS server to a client PC.
Back-Up and restore settings.
Home provides basic status and capabilities of the imagePRESS server.
Downloads allows user to install client tools.
MyDocs v1 user authenticated access to mailbox jobs and ability to download print jobs to
the imagePRESS server.
Configure allows the administrator to configure the imagePRESS server.
User and Groups user authentication management tool.
Objectives
Upon completion of this exercise you will:
Know how to navigate through Web Tools.

Know how to download client utilities and drivers.
Have a brief understanding of the MyDocs tab.
Know how to access Fiery Setup from Web Tools.
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Exercise 1- Launch Web Tools

1.
In your Web Browser, type in the IP Address of your imagePRESS device and you should get
the Web Tools Home Page
Home Tab
Shows the first home page of Web Tools.
Downloads Tab
Allows print driver and utilities downloads.
Docs Tab
Allows authenticated users access to their mailbox.
Configure Tab
Allows administrators configuration tools
Processing Box
Shows documents which are being processed now
Printing Box
Shows documents which are being printed now
Capabilities
Shows what optional extras have been permanently enabled

using an enable dongle
1.
Downloads Tab
This tab allows print drivers and utilities to be installed on the client PC. Depending on which
operating system you are using, select either Windows or MAC to install.
Click once on the blue number for either Windows or MAC
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The following screen will appear :
2.
If you Run the file, this puts the print drivers in a specific folder (this can be user specified)
where you can then install the drivers whenever you need to.
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Same with the client software installer for utilities like Command WorkStation v4, ColorWise
Pro Tools, Hot Folders, etc. An example of the screen is below.
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3.
Docs Tab
Select the Docs tab and the MyDocs page appears. This provides you with a secure area to
manage jobs. Each user can be assigned an account and password allowing them to send
jobs to the imagePRESS with a protected account and password. It allows you to manage
printed and scanned documents. (User names and passwords must contain only characters,
no symbols or numbers).
To use the Docs area, the user must have a user account setup, or the imagePress configured
to use LDAP services and the Windows Domain username has been added to the users list on
the imagePRESS server.
You will see your MyDocs tab, the Printed Tab and the Held Jobs tab and can click on one of
these tabs for your documents.
4. To Import a file from local hard drive, removable media or network partitions, click on the Import
button on the Docs tab to import a document to Command WorkStation. This used to be called
downloader and still has the same function.
5.
The Send To: page appears, click on the Browse button to select a file to send to the
imagePRESS. Locate the file then click Open. The file will now be listed in the select file to
print: text box. Select Send To menu and select print to Hold, Print or Direct queue.
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6.
Click on the Send button to submit the file. If you open Command WorkStation, you should
now see the submitted file in the queue you sent it to.
7.
Scanning a document into MyDocs using Fiery Remote Scan allows the documents to be
Printed
Sent to an email address if email services are configured on the imagePRESS
Renamed
Deleted from the mailbox
Downloaded to the imagePRESS queues
If you do not sign in using your username and password, you will not be able to see the
documents you have scanned in. If you have logged in using your username and password,
once you have completed your tasks in Web Tools, please remember to LOGOUT.
8.
Configure Tab
This tab allows users with administration rights to setup and configure how the printer
functions. Click on Launch Configure this opens a JAVA Applet connection to web security
validation and onto the configuration screens.
It also allows the user to check for Product Updates. This will connect the user to the eFI
Website and will display any updates to imagePRESS System Software or User Software.
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9.
Type in the username and password and click OK
When you have entered the correct username and password, the following screen appears.
Users and Groups

Server
Network
Printer
PDL
10.
Allows you to add users/groups for authentication

Allows changes to general info, Jobs, password, job log, support,
system update and backup/restore
Allows network port, protocol and services changes
Allows publication of direct, print and hold queues and
PDF XObjects
Allows changes to PS, VDP and native documents
Users and Groups

Create a new user by clicking on the Contact List button. Click on Add and then fill out New
Contact information then Save and Add.
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11.
Once you have added new contacts, you can then select them into a group. Select Create
Group, give your Group a name then click on Save and Add Members
12.
Select from Available Contacts screen then click on Add or Configure from LDAP (if it is setup)
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13.
Click Save when you have completed the Add Member List.
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Hot Folders Module
Hot Folders Module

Contents
Hot Folders
Key Benefits For Hot Folders
Objectives
EXERCISE 1 Creating Hot Folders
EXERCISE 2 Applying Imposition Settings To A Hot Folder
EXERCISE 3 Edit Settings For Your Hot Folder
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EXERCISE 4 Disable A Hot Folder
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EXERCISE 5 Duplicating A Hot Folder
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EXERCISE 6 Submitting Jobs To A Hot Folder
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Hot Folders
A Hot Folder is a utility designed to provide the user with a simple and automated method for sending
printing files to an imagePRESS server. Documents can be printed using Hot Folders via drag & drop or
print-to-file. Depending on the configuration of the Hot Folder, jobs can be routed to the imagePRESS
with a job ticket attached. Job Ticket setting includes print properties options and imposition attributes.
From the user standpoint, Hot Folder acts as a macro that preserves printing settings and automates
the printing process. Hot Folders relieves the user of the repetitive task of configuring print settings for
multiple jobs.
Since a Hot Folder appears as a folder on a host PC and can be shared on networks, they are also a very
easy way of forwarding jobs without installing special software on each PC.
The Hot Folder feature is an application that runs on either Windows or MAC OS X and provides a
simplified job submission tool for all workflows. Hot Folders allow users to drag and drop files directly
into a folder icon on the desktop. Once submitted, files are automatically processed with specific job
properties and imposition requirements.
Key Benefits For Hot Folders
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Automate submission of VDP jobs, and VDP jobs with imposition

Automates PDF job printing making office use highly efficient
Cuts down on repetitive workflows for faster error-free printing
Can increase complexity of jobs beyond users own expertise
Provides driver overrides to jobs to reduce user error
Objectives
Create a Hot folder applying print driver settings

Create a Hot folder applying imposition setting
Edit a Hot folder
Disable a Hot folder
Duplicate a Hot folder
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Hot Folders Module
EXERCISE 1 Creating Hot Folders

1. A new folder must be created on the desktop. Right click the desktop and choose New, Folder and
name the folder TEST.
2. Now that the folder is created, we can use the Hot Folder Utility to turn a generic folder into a Hot
Folder.
3. There are two ways to set up Hot Folders. The first can be by double clicking the Hot Folders icon
on the desktop. The second can be done by going through Start, Programs, Fiery, and Hot Folders.
Either way opens the Hot Folders control panel.
4. In order to activate a Hot Folder, you must tell the control panel the name and location of the
generic folder.
5. Click the Add button.
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6. And Browse to the newly created TEST folder.
7. Then click OK.

8. The name and location for the Hot Folder is complete. Now you must assign the specific job
properties to the Hot Folder. The Folder Properties dialog box opens automatically.
9. The first thing it will need is the server information to which the Hot Folder is connecting.
10. Click the Select button to choose a specific server.
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11. Like Command WorkStation, the Hot Folder Utility will automatically search for available
imagePRESS servers. You can also use a manual entry of the server information.
12. Click the OK button once the server is selected.

13. Once a server connection has successfully been created, you must choose the appropriate printer
method to send the files. Most of the time, the hold queue is the best choice.
14. Select the hold queue.
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15. Now the server and printer have been established.

16. Select the Advanced Tab and tick the Keep Original check box. This will ensure that when you click
and drag files to the Hot Folder that the original document is kept.
17. Select Job Settings check box and then select the Define button
18. The Job Properties dialog opens, Choose the appropriate Job Properties from the properties list.
This would include all settings normally applied through the print driver.
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19. In this case, we have selected 2 sided Printing on long edge, with Stapler Mode set to Corner
Upper Left Portrait. Everything else has been set to Preserve Document Setting which is the
default.
20. Click OK when all settings have been selected.
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EXERCISE 2 Applying Imposition Settings To A Hot Folder

1. Now you can apply imposition templates as well as customer settings with Hot Folders. If your Hot
Folder jobs require no imposition, then you dont need to select this box. In the event that you
have many jobs which need the same imposition requirements, this setting will automatically
apply imposition to all jobs through the Hot Folder, including VDP imposition.
2. Select the Imposition Settings check box and then select the Define button
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3. The first thing to do with imposition settings is to define a sheet size Select the Sheet Size box and
choose the appropriate Sheet Size
4. If you have a pre-existing Imposition Template or wish to use one of the pre-defined templates,
you can choose them from the Select Template menu.
5. Choose the appropriate imposition template from the list or browse and attach one from another
location.
If you do wish to perform a custom imposition, then choose the Custom button. The imposition
settings found here are nearly identical to the tools found on Command WorkStation.
Choose the appropriate settings for Sheet, Layout, Scale, Finishing and Finishing VDP.
Once you have made your Imposition Settings, you can close this portion of the Hot Folders job
properties
6. Click the OK button
7. After Job and Imposition settings have been made, your Hot Folder is configured to accept files
with a click and drag submission process. Click the OK button and save the settings to your new
Hot Folder.
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EXERCISE 3 Edit Settings For Your Hot Folder
1. If you need to edit or alter the settings of your Hot Folder, you can easily do so with the Hot Folders
Control Panel. From the list of available Hot Folders, click to select the desired Hot Folder you wish
to edit.
2. Click the Properties button in the menu bar to open the Hot Folder settings.
3. The Hot Folders dialog box will open. You can repeat the steps above for editing or changing the
settings of your Hot Folder. When the editing is complete, save the changes by selecting the OK
button.
The Preferences button gives you control over setting up the network pathways for Hot Folder archiving
locations, measurement units and Imposition Template paths.
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EXERCISE 4 Disable A Hot Folder

Another useful tool within the Hot Folder Control Panel is the ability to disable Hot Folders. This is
particularly useful when you have multiple Hot Folders and wish to temporarily turn off access without
losing the settings through deletion. Select the Hot Folder you wish to disable through available Hot
Folders listed in the Control Panel window.
1. Click the Disable button. The State check box to the left of the Hot Folder name will become
unchecked when disabled.
2. To turn it back on again, either click the State check box or click on Enable.
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EXERCISE 5 Duplicating A Hot Folder

Sometimes it is useful to create new Hot Folders based on already existing Hot Folders plus some
minor changes. Using the Duplicate button plus changing the properties allows you to do this. First
create a new folder, then select the Hot Folder you wish to duplicate through the available Hot Folders
listed in the Control Panel window.
1. Click the Duplicate button. The Duplicate Hot Folder dialog box appears automatically
2. In the duplicate to field, select the browse button, point to the newly created folder and click
duplicate.
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EXERCISE 6 Submitting Jobs To A Hot Folder

1. In addition to clicking and dragging files directly into the Hot Folder, you can also browse and
download to it from the Hot Folder Control Panel. Using the Download button allows you to
browse and pick files to submit to the Hot Folder. You must first pick which Hot Folder you wish to
use then select Download.
2. Browse for the appropriate file to download via the Hot Folder, click on the icon in the list and hit
the Select button. This will submit the file to the Hot Folder.
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Introduction
The Virtual Printers option gives any user a method of printing to the imagePRESS server using
predefined settings to configure the print job.
The Fiery administrator can define a series of virtual printers for the imagePRESS to publish. The user
can access a virtual printer via a print driver.
In Comparison with Hot Folders, Virtual Printers is managed and configured centrally by the
administrator and all settings take place at the Command Workstation.
The imagePRESS Operator only can view the published Virtual Printers and details associated within
them. The Administrator has the right to the following functions.
Create new Virtual Printers
View the available Virtual Printers
Publish a Virtual Printer
Delete a Virtual Printer
Duplicate a Virtual Printer
Edit a Virtual Printer
The Administrator can define a combination of up to 255 virtual printers on an imagePRESS.
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EXERCISE 1 - Creating a Virtual Printer
1. From Command Workstation select the Server menu, and Select Virtual Printers.
2. The Virtual printers dialog box opens, click the New button.
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3. Enter the name that will be used to access the Virtual Printer, and select which action will
occur when the file arrives at the imagePRESS: Hold, Process and Hold, Print or Print &
Hold.
4. Select the Comments box to enter comments describing the Virtual Printer.
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5. Select the Use Custom Job Properties check box to assign Job properties to the Virtual
Printer, .Select Edit Job properties button to define job properties.
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6. The Job settings dialog box will open, job settings can now be assigned to the Virtual
Printer.
Any combination of valid driver options can be applied to the Virtual Printer. In this
example we have named the Virtual Printer Booklet Printer so we will apply all settings
relating to the creation of a booklet in the print driver.
7. When all the settings have been applied to the Virtual Printer click on OK.
8. The Virtual Printer Settings Dialog box will appear again. From here you can set up
Imposition Settings for the Virtual Printer.
9. Click Close
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EXERCISE 2 - Configuring a Virtual Printer with Imposition Settings
1. This option will allow users to apply saved templates from EFI Impose or custom
imposition settings to a Virtual Printer.
2. Select Edit Imposition Settings button.
3. This opens the EFI Impose window. From here you can select predefined templates for
example 1 up full bleed or 2 up perfect.
4. Click OK to complete the Virtual Printer Definition.
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EXERCISE 3 - Connecting a Workstation to a Virtual Printer Queue
1. To connect to a Virtual Printer from a client workstation, add the Virtual Printer using the
Add Printer wizard.
2. Click the Start Button and select Printers and Faxes.
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3. The printers and Faxes menu will open, Click the Add Printer Icon.
4. Click the Next Button
5. For this example the select Local Printer.
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6. Select the Create New Port Button
7. Select LPR Port and select the Next Button.
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8. Enter the IP Address of the imagePRESS server in the top Line of the dialog box and the
Name of the Virtual Printer that you created in the bottom line to Connect, and click the OK
Button.
9. Select the appropriate Printer driver to install for the Virtual Printer, this can be obtained
from the User CD or Web tools. Click the Have Disk Button
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10. The install disk dialog box opens, click the Browse button to search for the Printer Driver.
Click Ok
11. Select the Driver and click the Next button.
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12. Create a name for the Virtual Printer to make it easy to identify the functionality of the
Virtual Printer. Click the Next Button.
13. Select Yes to Print the test Page and click the Next Button.
14. Click the Finish button to complete the installation of the Virtual Printer.
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15. If a test page was printed, click OK to verify the Test Page was printed successfully.
16. Click the Add printer Wizard button and repeat the procedure to add additional Virtual
Printers for use on the workstation.
EXERCISE 4 - Printing to a Virtual Printer
1. Open the document that you wish to print to the Virtual Printer and select File and Print
from the menu.
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2. Select the Virtual Printer from the Printers menu and select OK.
3. Your document will now be printed with the predefined settings of that Virtual Printer.
4. If you need to edit the predefined settings of the Virtual Printer, select the Properties
Button and make the appropriate changes.
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Paper Catalog User Guide
Contents
About Paper Catalog
Administrator Level
Operator Level
Creating A New Catalog Entry
Duplicating a Catalog Entry
Editing a Catalog Entry
Deleting a Catalog Entry
Defining a custom page size
Customizing Media Type
Register Paper Type at the imagePRESSC7000 touch screen
Assigning Media to a job
Media Attributes
Media Texture
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About Paper Catalog

Paper Catalog is a system-based paper warehouse database, which can store attributes of any media
stock available in a production print shop.
As soon as any media is loaded into the imagePRESS, you need to program the imagePRESS so the
device knows the accurate paper description that is loaded in the trays.
Access Paper Catalog via Command Workstation (CWS) Server then Paper Catalog.
The Paper Catalog database is colour coded. Green indicates the default Media types. Blue shows it
has been edited by the user from the touch screen at the Canon Device, the White indicates a user
created Media type.
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The amount of Paper Catalog functionality available to you depends on how you log into Command
WorkStation. The two access levels of Command WorkStation are:
Administrator
Operator
Administrator Level
define multiple media attribute combinations and assign unique names to each combination.
assign color profiles for each media.
assign trays with loaded media stock.
select predefined media when they submit their job.
specify which Paper Catalog columns are available for users.
centrally maintain their Paper Catalog database.
Operator Level
assign trays with loaded media stock.
select predefined media when they submit their job.

Creating A New Catalog Entry
New catalog entries must have unique descriptive names. Duplicate names are ignored by Paper
Catalog.
To create a new catalog entry:
1. In the main Paper Catalog window, choose File > New Paper or click the New icon
2. In the New Media window, specify the attributes for your new paper catalog entry. (for a list of
attributes see section 2 of the Guide)
3. Click OK.
Duplicating a Catalog Entry
You can duplicate an existing catalog entry and then customize it to create a new entry.
New catalog entries must have unique descriptive names. Duplicate names are ignored by Paper
Catalog. To duplicate a catalog entry:
1. In the main Paper Catalog window, select the paper catalog entry that you want to duplicate.
2. Click on the New icon, you are able to re-name and edit the media attributes (if necessary)
The duplicated entry appears at the bottom of the list.
Editing a Catalog Entry
To edit a catalog entry within the main Paper Catalog window:
1. In the main Paper Catalog window, highlight the entry that you want to edit.
2. Click and hold down the mouse on an attribute in the entry line to display the options menu for that
attribute. Then choose the new option as desired.
All changes are automatically saved.
To edit a catalog entry within the Edit Media window:
1. In the main Paper Catalog window, highlight the entry that you want to edit.
2. Choose Edit Paper Properties, or click the Properties icon
The Edit Media window appears.
3. In the Edit Media window, highlight the attribute line that you want to edit. Then click the
attribute value in the right column to display the options menu, and choose the new option as
desired. Repeat this step for all other attributes that you wish to edit.
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4. Click OK.
Deleting a Catalog Entry
1. In the main Paper Catalog window, select the paper catalog entry that you want to delete from the
list.
2. Choose Edit > Delete or click the Delete icon
An alert message asks if you want to delete the entry.
3. Click Yes.
Defining a custom page size
You can define a custom page size when creating or editing a paper catalog entry.
To define a custom page size to a new catalog entry:
1. In the main Paper Catalog window, choose File > New Paper or click the New icon
2. In the New Media window, click the Paper Size field and enter the custom page values for that
catalog entry.
You must enter custom page values as "n x n", for example "8 x 10".
If you do not specify units of measurement, such as in, mm, or pt, the default units specified in
Preferences is used.
If a unit measurement other then the default is specified, the value is converted and displayed in
default measurement
Customizing Media Type
(True customizing can only be done from the imagePRESSC7000VP touch screen)
You can create a new entry via the Command Workstation, but at the Engine (Canon Device touch
screen) you are able to truly customize and edit specifics eg. Curl adjustment and Gloss increase.
1.From the touch screen panel Go to Additional Functions System Settings Scroll to the 4th page
and select PaperType Management Settings.
2. Select your Media Profile you wish to edit, Select Duplicate and re-name, scroll to the bottom of the
screen, selecting your new duplicated media select Details/Edit button, scroll through the 4 pages
editing the selection on the right hand side.
3.On page 2 of 3 you are able to change Curl Correction +/- and also Gloss Adjustment +/-.
4. Press Done, Done, Done.
Once a Paper Catalog entry is created you are able to use the Paper Catalog to Register Paper Type and
to select Paper Catalog from your Printer Driver on a job by job basis.
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Register Paper Type at the imagePRESSC7000 touch screen

As soon as any media is loaded into the imagePRESS it needs to be registered. At the touch screen of the
imagePRESS select Additional Functions (Star head key) Common Settings scroll to second screen, Select
Register Paper Type, Select the tray the media was loaded into and Select Settings, set the Paper size and Press
the Next arrow, From the list select the Paper Type, select the Detailed Settings option, select the loaded paper
type from the Default Media types or from the Filter List select Custom and you will be able to select from your
created Paper Catalog, Press OK.
Assigning Media to a job

Paper Catalog is available from job properties in Command Workstation, or via the Printer Driver
Properties.
To access Paper Catalog:
1. Double-click a job in the Active Jobs window, or select the job and either right-click to select
Properties
2. Click on Media tab.
3. Click the Paper Catalog drop down option.
4. Select the desired entry from the Paper Catalog list, and then click OK.
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Media Attributes
Name
Description
Paper Size
Weight (gsm)
Colour name
Custom Colour
Name
Texture
Grain Direction
Brightness
Hole Type
Type
Type Details
Set Count
Descriptive name for the catalog entry, such as "Special_A4". Type the desired name into this
field.
Additional descriptive information for the catalog entry, such as the manufacturer, model, part
number, and type of media used. Type the desired description into this field.
Width and height dimensions of the media used.
Weight of the media used, measured in grams per square meter (gsm).
Color of the media used. To indicate translucent media, choose a "Clear" color option.
Custom color of the media used. Use this attribute if your desired color does not appear in the
Color Name menu
Surface texture of the media used * see list below
Direction of paper grain on the media used. Choose from the following options:
Short - Grain runs parallel to the short edge of the media, as defined by paper size.
Long - Grain runs parallel to the long edge of the media, as defined by paper size.
Light reflectance of the media used. Values can range from 0% (low reflectance) to 100% (high
reflectance).
Pattern of punched holes (if any) on the media used.
Stock type of the media used. Choose from the following options:
Paper - Standard fiber-based paper stock.
Transparency - Transparent media stock designed to be viewed by projection.
Additional details describing the stock type of the media used. Choose from the following
options:
Cardboard
Media made from cardboard stock.
Continuous Long
Opaque media composed of sheets continuously connected along the long edge, as defined by
Paper Size.
Continuous Short
Opaque media composed of sheets continuously connected along the short edge, as defined by
Paper Size.
Envelope
Media that can be used for conventional mailing purposes. Can either be plain envelopes or
envelopes with transparent address windows.
Envelope Plain - Envelopes that are not pre-printed and do not have address windows.
Envelope Window
Envelopes that have transparent windows for addressing purposes.
Full Cut Tabs
Media with a single long tab that extends along the full length of the sheet.
Labels
Adhesive label stock, such as a sheet of peel-off labels.
Letterhead
Cut sheets of opaque media that contain a pre-printed letterhead.
Multi-Part Form
Media designed for use as a multi-layer form. Individual layers of the form are detached from one
another and may be drawn from separate paper trays.
Photographic
Cut sheets of opaque media designed to support photographic-quality images.
Pre Cut Tabs
Media with two or more tabs that extend along an edge of the sheet.
Stationery
Cut sheets of opaque media. Generic paper falls under this category.
Tab Stock
Media with one or more tabs. Can be either Full Cut Tabs or Pre Cut Tabs.
Defines the number of pieces in a grouped media set. For example, tab stock with five pre-cut
tabs has a Set Count of "5".
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Product ID
Part number, item code, article number, or other identifier for the media used, as defined by a
Management Information System (MIS).
Feed Direction
Specifies the orientation of the media as it feeds into the printhead. Choose from the following
options:
Long Edge Feed
Media feeds into the printhead along the long edge of the sheet, as defined by Paper Size.
Short Edge Feed
Media feeds into the printhead along the short edge of the sheet, as defined by Paper Size.
Media Colour Profile
Default color profile applied to both the front and back sides of the media. This attribute can be
overridden by specifying a different color profile in Job Properties. When you specify an individual
profile for either Media Front Color Profile or Media Back Color Profile, the Media Color Profile
column in the Paper Catalog window displays the individual profiles in the format: <front color
profile>/<back color profile>. You may need to widen the Media Color Profile column to see the
entire display.
Default color profile applied only to the front side of the media. This attribute can be overridden
by specifying a different color profile in Job Properties.
Default color profile applied only to the back side of the media. This attribute can be overridden
by specifying a different color profile in Job Properties
Thickness of the media used, measured in microns.
Type of media stock (measured in inches), as defined by US industry standards
Specifies which side(s) of the media support print imaging
The surface quality of the media, expressed as a grade level from 1 and 5. Use the following
guidelines:
1 - Gloss-coated paper
2 - Matte-coated paper
3 - Gloss-coated web paper
4 - Uncoated white paper
5 - Uncoated yellowish paper
The level of transparency of the media. Choose from the following options:
Opaque
The media is opaque. If the media is printed on both sides, the image on the other side does not
show through under normal lighting conditions.
Translucent
The media is partially transparent, under certain lighting conditions such as back-lit viewing.
Transparent
The media is fully transparent, under all lighting conditions.
The media's percentage of opacity. 0% represents full transparency, and 100% represents full
opacity
Indicates whether the media contains pre-printed content. Choose from the following options:
False
The media is not pre-printed.
True
The media contains pre-printed content (for example, stationery paper with a pre-printed
letterhead).
The percentage of recycled material in the media
Indicates the type of pre-process coating applied to the front side of the media sheet
Indicates the type of pre-process coating applied to the back side of the media sheet.
Describes how neutral, unsaturated, or non-chromatic the media is. Specify the media tint using
values in the CIE xyz coordinate system. A coordinate of (0, 0, 0) indicates a perfectly neutral tint.
Describes the amount of overall light reflected by the media, as measured across the entire
visible spectrum. Specify the reflection amount using values in the CIE xyz coordinate system. A
coordinate of (100, 100, 100) indicates perfect whiteness.
The percentage of light reflected by the front side of the media when it is viewed under
illumination with a 75-degree angle of incidence. A higher percentage of reflection indicates a
higher gloss value.
The percentage of light reflected by the back side of the media when it is viewed under
illumination with a 75-degree angle of incidence. A higher percentage of reflection indicates a
higher gloss value.
The device-independent color of the media. Specify the color using CIE L*a*b* values.
Media Front Colour

Profile
Media Back Colour
Profile
Thickness
US Basic Size
Imagable Sides
Grade
Opacity
Opacity Level
Pre-Printed
% Recycled Content
Front Coating
Back Coating
CIE Tint
CIE Whiteness
Front Gloss Value
Back Gloss Value
CIE Lab Colour
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Media Unit
The physical format of the media that is fed into the print device. Choose from the following
options:
Sheet - Individually cut sheets.
Roll - Media that is continuously connected and wrapped around a spindle.
Continuous - Media that is continuously connected and folded, as in a fan-folded format.
Media Texture
Choose from the following options, or type in a custom description:
Antique
Surface that is rougher than vellum.
Calendared
Extra-smooth or polished uncoated paper.
Cockle
Surface that has a rough, wrinkled, irregular finish.
Dull
Machine-worn finish without gloss or luster.
Eggshell
Surface that has a texture similar to that of an eggshell.
Embossed Linen
Surface resembling coarse woven cloth, with a pronounced embossed texture.
English
Surface that is smoother than Machine Finished, but rougher than Super Calendared.
Felt
Finish applied by a special marking felt.
Laid
Surface with a pattern of vertical and horizontal lines.
Light Cockle
Surface that has a rough, wrinkled, irregular finish, with less pronounced wrinkles than in Cockle.
Linen
Surface that has the texture of coarse woven cloth.
Luster
Shiny surface.
Machine Finished
Extra-smooth or polished uncoated paper, rougher than English.
Matte
Dull finish without gloss or luster.
Mottled
Finish that shows diverse spots or blotches.
Parchment
Finish that resembles the appearance of parchment paper.
Satin
Smooth, dull finish that resembles satin fabric.
Semi-Vellum
Slightly rough finish, smoother than Vellum.
Silk
Smooth, dull finish that resembles silk fabric.
Smooth
Surface that has a smooth finish.
Stipple
Fine, pebbled finish.
Suede
Smooth, dull finish that resembles suede fabric.
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Super Calendared
Smoothest, most polished, uncoated paper.
Super Smooth
Very flat and even finish. Smoother than Ultra Smooth.
Traditional Laid
Surface with a heavier pattern of vertical and horizontal lines than Laid.
Ultra Smooth
Very flat and even finish, but not as smooth as Super Smooth.
Uncalendared
Rough, unpolished, and uncoated finish.
Vellum
Slightly rough and dull finish.
Velvet
Smooth, dull finish that resembles velvet fabric.
Wove
Soft, smooth finish.
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Impose Business Card Module
Impose is all about combining pages before printing. Virtually every book or leaflet you pick
up will have been imposed.
Impose is a server-based document imposition application. The Fiery Edition uses a
workflow based on Adobes Portable Document Format (PDF). It allows you to assemble
and edit entire documents on the imagePRESS server before RIPing the files.
This feature is not available directly from CWS on MACs.
Objective
To show how to create a business card imposition 4 x 4.
Exercise 1 Business Card Imposition
1. Launch Command WorkStation
2. From the File menu select import , Job
3.
4.
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6.
7.
Navigate to the Student Folder and locate the file TravelBizCard_Sample.pdf.

Click the Add button
Select the Logical Printer Hold
Click the Import button
Right click and select Impose from the drop down menu.
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8.
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The impose window will open.

Select the Sheet tab.
Change the Sheet size to SRA3.
Change the Orientation to Landscape.
Change Duplex to On.
Click the Finishing Tab

Change the Gang-up to Repeat.
Click the Layout tab.
Change the Rows to 4. and Columns to 4. Click anywhere on the Workspace
window. Notice that Impose will now change to show up to 4 x 4 impositions. This
will enable documents to be ganged up for a total of 16 images per page.
17. Tick Printers Marks (Bleed is greyed out as it recognises bleed has not been allowed
in the artwork)
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18. Click Use non-printable area in the layout window. The Imposition will use the
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entire sheet instead of just the imageable area, which may be up to one inch
smaller on both the X and Y axis.
Close the Impose window.
The Save Document dialog window will be displayed
Enter the name 4 X 4 Imposed BizCards.
Click the Yes button
The file 4X4 Imposed BizCards will now be displayed in the Active Jobs Area.
24. Select the file 4 X 4 Imposed BizCards from the Active Jobs area. Ensuring the
correct paper size is loaded into the imagePRESS, click on the Print button.
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Impose User Guide
Impose User Guide

Contents
Introduction
Preparing Your File for Impose
Using the Pre-Defined Templates
Manually Imposing Your Document
Sheet Tab
Layout Tab
Layout Tab (Continued)
Scale Tab
10
Finishing Tab
11
Rotating, Changing Gutters and Page Ordering
12
Shortcut Menu (Right-Click)
13
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Introduction
This guide has been designed to provide you, and all users of Impose, with all of the
information needed to use the solution effectively within your operation.
This feature is not available directly from CWS on MACs.
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Preparing Your File for Impose
Impose works within your Command Workstation application so you will need to first make
sure your document has been sent to the printer. You can do this by printing your document
to the imagePRESS device or to the Hold queue of Command Workstation if you have the
relevant printer driver set up.
Once the file is within Command Workstation you will need to make sure the document is
held. If you have printed your document, you will find it in the lower pane (printed jobs).
Select the relevant file, and select Hold (not Process and Hold) from the toolbar at the top.
Your file will appear in the top pane with a light yellow box to the left. If your document is
already held, but has a dark yellow box beside it, you will need to right-click the file and select
Remove Raster.
Before you Impose the file, you need to select the general print settings for the document, i.e.
the paper tray, media type. Once imposed, you will not be able to change most print settings.
You can do this by selecting Properties from the toolbar.
Now your file is ready to be imposed. Make sure the file is selected and from the toolbar at the
top of the screen select Impose.
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Using the Pre-Defined Templates
For ease of use, templates have been pre-defined for most types of layout. You will find these
at the top left of the screen (see picture above).
For example, if you would like to create a saddle-stitched booklet, there is a 2-up saddle
option. By choosing this option, Impose will select all the relevant settings for you to make
this booklet. All you will need to do is then save the document.
To save, just close the window by clicking on the cross in the top right-hand corner. A
dialogue box will appear asking if you would like to save your document and give it a new
name. Input as required and confirm by clicking OK. The file extension when saved will read
.dbp
You will be taken back to the main Command Workstation screen, and from there you can
then print your document, by selecting it and clicking print from the toolbar.
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Manually Imposing Your Document
Your menus down the side of the screen will give you the options you need to create your
imposed file. You will need to click on each grey tab to open up the relevant options. There
are four tabs:
1. Sheet - This tab will give you option to change the Size and Orientation of the paper you require. You
can also select Duplex from here.
2. Layout - click on this key to select how many Rows or Columns you would like and whether you would
like any printer marks or bleeds.
3. Scale - This tab enables you to select any scaling you require, and will also allow you to align your
pages if needed.
4. Finishing - You can choose which Finishing options you require from here. There are many different
options to choose from and this is perhaps the most important of the tabs.
As an example, we are now going to create a saddle-stitched booklet without using the
predefined template. This example shows that there is more than one way of getting the
same end result.
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Sheet Tab
Originally, the document above appeared as a straight forward A4 document. To change this
into a booklet format, we need to change the orientation to Landscape.
Next we will need to decide what size the booklet needs to be. For an A4 booklet, you will
need to choose A3 Paper (which will eventually fold into and A4 Booklet). For an A5 booklet,
you will need to choose A4 as the size.
Finally, Duplex needs to be selected
Now you are ready to go to the Layout Tab. To do this, select the grey tab header on the left
marked Layout
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Layout Tab
The main option in here is Rows and Columns. For a booklet, you will need to set the rows to
1 and the columns to 2.
If you were creating tickets, and you wanted 4 on one page, you can easily change this to
create your required amount.
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Layout Tab (Continued)
Also on this page are your printer marks and bleed options.
By ticking the box beside Printer

Marks and clicking the button
you will see the box to the left
You can select the length of the
trim marks and the fold marks
from here. For this example,
however, we will not be using
them
By ticking the box beside Bleeds

and clicking the button you will
see the box to the left
You can select how much of a
bleed you would like. For this
example, however, we will not be
using this function.
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You are now ready to go to the Scale Tab.
Scale Tab
In the Scale Tab, you are able to choose to scale or align your document.
Scaling - You can choose to leave the scaling to Scale to Fit, or you can Scale the pages by ratio
or by finished size. For either of the two, choose custom from the Scale menu and input the
relevant information.
If you need to align the pages within the document, you can choose to align the pages from
the grid on the left. You can also choose whether to align just one section, all sections, or
rows or columns. If you are scaling down your booklet, you can adjust your document so the
pages will meet in the middle.
Please Note: to be able to align your document, you will to choose a different view of the
document, i.e. it needs to be on layout view (numbers on pages rather than image on pages)
the button is shown by the red square above.
For this example, you do not need to adjust anything.
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Finishing Tab
The Finishing Tab is probably the most important. This is where you can choose how your
pages will be ordered.
Binding
1. Saddle This option will order the pages into a booklet format. When it is printed, folded and stapled, it
will read as a book should.
2. Nested Saddle Choosing this option will order you pages in such a way so that you will end up with a
selected number of separate booklets in chapters.
3. Perfect Choosing this option will automatically create individual paged booklets that can be folded and
put together to be perfect bound.
Gang Up
4. Unique This option will collate your document as normal
5. Repeat Choosing this option will repeat your pages across one sheet so you will be able to guillotine
them in half.
6. Unique Collate Cut Choosing this option will order your pages in such a way so that when you
guillotine them in half for example, you will be able to stack one side on top of the other.
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Rotating, Changing Gutters and Page Ordering
By selecting the button shown (called

layout mode) you will see the layout
preview.
By clicking just once on a page number it
will allow you to manually change the
page order of the document.
By selecting the arrow in the corner of each

page, you can rotate the pages manually.
If you click into the box shown, you can add or

change a gutter for the document.
Please note that although the gutter is shown in
pts, you can add a value with mm or in after
and the pt value will be calculated for you.
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Shortcut Menu (Right-Click)

By right-clicking on the document you will find a few extra options:
Zoom In/Zoom Out will allow you to enlarge or reduce your view of the
document.
Edit Page will take you into Acrobat, where you will have basic editing
functionality within a plug-in called Pitstop.
Reset to Default Media will take all your paper settings back to default
Add Sheet will allow you to add sheets to your document.

Please note that you are adding sheets not pages so if you
are duplexing your document, it will add two sides.
Duplicate Sheet will allow you to duplicate sheets in your

document.
Please note that you are duplicating sheets not pages so if you
are duplexing your document, it will duplicate both sides.
Delete Sheet will allow you to delete sheets in your

document.
Please note that you are deleting sheets not pages so if
you are duplexing your document, it will delete both
sides.
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Quick Doc Merge Module

Contents
Quick Doc Merge
Exercise 1 Importing & Combining Files
Exercise 2 Previewing the Quick Doc Merge (QDM) File
Exercise 3 Printing the QDM File
Exercise 4 Creating Subset / Batch Files
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Quick Doc Merge
Quick Doc Merge allows you to combine multiple documents as a single job on the imagePRESS
server, without the time intensive step of merging the pages of the document into a single PDF file.
The user can select multiple jobs without opening them and instruct the imagePRESS server to treat
them as a single file. A single job ticket can be applied to the entire merged job, or an individual job
ticket can be used for each document.
It accepts both PostScript and PDF documents that can reside either in an accessible network directory
or within the Hold queue.
This exercise allows users are able to:
merge multiple documents into one document
import multiple files individually to the imagePRESS Server that requires the same job properties
for each document.
Exercise 1 Importing & Combining Files
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2.
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5.
Launch Command WorkStation

From the File menu select Import, Job.
Navigate to the Student Folder, select the QuickDocMerge folder containing the sample files.
In the Select Files to Import window, select all 4 files in the folder.
Select the Hold queue as the printer destination for the imported sample files and click the Add
button.
6. Click the Import button to move the sample files to the Active Jobs queue.
7. Highlight the files in the Active Jobs queue in Command WorkStation.
8. Right click with the mouse and choose Quick Doc Merge from the menu.
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9. In the Quick Doc Merge window, highlight Report.pdf.

10. Click on the Move Up button three times to reposition the selected file to the top of the list.
11. Highlight the files in the Selected Documents to Merge field.
12. In the Save QDM Job as field type QuickDocMergeFiles.

13. Click the Save button. All selected documents are merged into one (119 pages).
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Exercise 2 Previewing the Quick Doc Merge (QDM) File

Note: This preview step is included in the exercise to prompt you to verify that all pages in the
combined QDM document are present and correctly positioned. It is not necessary to include this step
during typical production print runs.
1. Highlight the QuickDocMergeFiles.QDM file in the Active Jobs queue in Command WorkStation.
2. Right click on the highlighted file name and select Process and Hold from the menu.
3. After the QuickDocMergeFiles.QDM file is RIPped and Held, locate it toward the bottom of the
Active Jobs queue.
4. Select the file and right click.
5. From the menu choose Preview to open the thumbnail preview window.
6. When the thumbnail previews for the QuickDocMergeFiles.QDM file are displayed, scroll through
the document and look for the first and last page of each of the four sample files.
7. Confirm that all four sample files are displayed in their entirety (119 pages).
8. Click the "x" (close) button in the upper right corner to close the thumbnail preview window.
Exercise 3 Printing the QDM File
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Highlight the Processed and Held file, QuickDocMergeFiles.QDM

Right click and select Properties.
Select the Basic Tab.
Set Copies: 2, Staple Mode: Corner Upper Left and 2-Sided Printing: to Long Edge Binding.
Click the Print button to print document.
Watch the progress icon in the blue "Printing" field on the right side of Command WorkStation.
When the QDM file is finished printing retrieve it from the print engine and review to confirm that
all pages of the four original documents have been printed. Keep the output for later use.
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Exercise 4 Creating Subset / Batch Files

This option allows you to upload multiple files individually to the Fiery Server that requires the same job
properties for each document. The files will be printed a separate documents, either in a subset or a
batch.
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4.
Follow the instructions from step 1-10 from the first exercise.
Tick the Apply job properties to each document individually check box.
In the Save QDM Job as field type SampleBatch.QDM.
Click the Save button. All selected documents will be imported into the Active Queue where you
can apply the desired settings.
5. Highlight the Processed and Held file, SampleBatch.QDM

6. Right click and select Properties.
7. Select the Basic Tab.
8. Set Copies: 2, Staple Mode: Corner Upper Left and 2-Sided Printing: to Long Edge Binding.
9. Click the Print button to print document.
10. Watch the progress icon in the blue "Printing" field on the right side of Command WorkStation.
11. When the QDM file is finished printing retrieve it from the print engine and compare the output
with the output from exercise 3.
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Mixed Media Module
Mixed Media Module

Contents
Mixed Media
Exercise 1 Mixed Media Printing
Defining Front & Back Covers
Sheet Insertion
Chapter Start Pages
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Mixed Media Module

Mixed Media
This feature is not available on MAC Printer Drivers
Mixed Media allows you to use different media types and finishing settings to individual pages or
multiple pages within a single document.
This allows users to:
Automate document finishing properties within the imagePRESS Servers and enabled within the
Mixed Media user interface
Create more sophisticated print jobs that can be readily produced with automated digital printing
and finishing capabilities
Show the visual impact and appeal of printed documents that result from utilizing automated
finishing options to enhance functionality
Exercise 1 Mixed Media Printing

1. Import the Student Folder Mixed Media 5 Pager Covers.pdf to the Logical Printer: Hold.
2. Right click the Held job and Select Properties.
3. Click the Media Tab and scroll down to Mixed Media and click the [X] button. Mixed Media dialog
box opens.
Defining Front & Back Covers
4. In the Mixed Media dialog box, click the Define Cover... button.
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5. Select the Front Cover check box

6. In the 2-Sided Printing pull-down menu, select Off.
7. In the Cover Page Mode pull-down menu, select Print on Front Only.
8. Leave Media Type setting as Document Setting.
9. In the Paper Source pull-down, select Deck 4.
10. Select the Back Cover check box.
11. In the 2-Sided Printing pull-down menu, select Long Edge Binding.
12. In the Cover Page Mode pull-down menu, select Print on Back Only.
13. Leave Media Type and Paper Source settings as Document Setting.
14. Click the OK button.
15. Observe the two new entries created as a result of the cover media settings.
16. In the Job View Media Window, observe the Media Exceptions area. Cover page is displayed single
sided and the Back Cover 2 Sided.
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Sheet Insertion
17. Select the New Insert button.
18. Select After from the Insert Blank pull-down menu.

19. Select the Page Number radio button and enter 2 in the field to the right.
20. Leave the Media Type, Page Size and Paper Source settings as Document Default.
21. Click the Insert button once.
22. Click the Close button.
23. In the Mixed Media window observe the new Blank after 2 entry, showing a blank page will appear
after the page number.
Chapter Start Pages

24. Select the Chapter Start Page(s) text box
25. In the Chapter Starts Page(s) enter 2, 5 to create two chapters within the document, one starting
on page 2, the other on page 5.
26. Note: Always consider blanks that are automatically added due to Insert Blank and Define Cover as
these will change the original page count of the document.
27. Select the New Page Range... button.
28. In the Page Range field, enter 2-3 Choose a different Media Type from the pull-down menu. In this
example, Plain 80-105 gsm was chosen.
29. Leave 2-Sided Printing and Paper Source settings as Document Setting.
30. Click the Add Definition button once and select the Close button
31. In the Mixed Media window observe the new 2-3 page range entry. This entry will create a
chapter on a special (mixed) media within the document.
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32. Click the OK button twice to return to the basic Command Workstation screen.
33. Right Click the Held job
34. Select Process and Hold
35. After the job has processed, right-click the Held job and select Print.
To view page exceptions click the Show: ; All check box.
To view all Covers only click the ; Covers check box.
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Print Next/Reorder/Schedule Module

Contents
Print Next/Reorder/Schedule
EXERCISE 1 Print Next
EXERCISE 2 Rush Print
EXERCISE 3 Job Reorder
EXERCISE 4 Schedule Printing
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Print Next/Reorder/Schedule
Offer greater job management versatility for production printing environments resulting in increased
work throughput.
Print/Process Next
Print/Process Next lets you reprioritize a job allowing it to process and print before other jobs that are
not currently printing. The feature is enabled by selecting the desired job from Command
WorkStations held queue and choosing the Print/Process Next command from the drop down
menu.
Rush Print
The Rush Printing feature allows operators to intelligently interrupt printing jobs to print urgent jobs.
Using this feature, the currently printing job is intelligently paused while the urgent job is rushed. Jobs
with finishing options that could be affected, such as stapling, are not interrupted. The Rush Print job
would be printed immediately after completing the stapled job.
Job Reorder
Job Reorder allows the re-prioritization of all held jobs in the Active Jobs window that are Waiting to
Process on a single server. The Job Manager window, where the user interface for job reordering is
located, displays a snapshot of the Active Jobs window. The actual job order displayed after
rearrangement is the order in which waiting jobs are processed and/or printed.
The above features are not available directly from CWS on MACs.
Schedule Printing (also available from CWS on MACs)
The Schedule Printing feature allows operators to schedule the print time of a document. The function
is initiated from the Command WorkStation interface or from Fiery Driver. The operator sets the date
and time to release the document for processing. This enables operators to begin printing at off-peak
times without further operator intervention.
Objective
Familiarize users with the differences between Print/Process Next, Rush Printing, Job Reordering,
and Schedule printing features.
Learn how to enable Print/Process Next, Rush Printing, Job Reordering, and Schedule printing
features.
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EXERCISE 1 Print Next

Print/Process Next allows you to print high priority jobs with minimal waiting following the currently
printing job.
1. Launch Command WorkStation
2. From the File menu select Import, Job.
3. Navigate to the Student Folder to Print Process Next/Rush Printing folder containing the sample
files.
4. Select all 31 files in the sample directory item by clicking on the first file, holding the Shift key and
clicking on the last file in list.
5. Select the Fiery Logical printer: Hold and click the Add button.
6. Click the Import button to move the sample files to the Active Jobs queue.
7. Highlight the first 20 jobs and select Print. The jobs will begin to process and print.
8. Select the job Price List Tab Sample.pdf and select Print
9. Scroll through the list of jobs with a status of "Waiting".
10. Right click on the job Price List Tab Sample.pdf and select the Print Next menu item
Note: Using the Print Next function will not interrupt the printing of the current job. The Print Next job
will start printing after the current job has completed printing. Rush Print would interrupt the current
printing document unless the finishing option would be adversely effected.
EXERCISE 2 Rush Print
Rush Printing allows for intelligent interruption of currently printing job, so that high priority jobs can
be printed with little or no delay
1. From the Active Queue highlight the PrintExample30.PDF, right click and select Rush Print.
EXERCISE 3 Job Reorder
With Job Reorder, you can reorder the queue to group jobs that have similar print options, such as
media or tray selections. When you select the jobs and apply the Print command, batches of jobs with
similar options are printed together.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Launch Command WorkStation

From the File menu select Import, Job.
Navigate to the Print Process Next/Rush Printing folder containing the sample files.
Select all 31 files in the sample directory item by clicking on the first file, holding the Shift key and
clicking on the last file in list.
Select the Fiery Logical printer: Hold and click the Add button.
Click the Import button to move the sample files to the Active Jobs queue.
Select the Reorder Jobs from the Server Menu.
Select the spooled/held tab.
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9. Select the Print Example 30.pdf. Click the Move Up button and notice how the selected file moves
up the list.
10. Select the PriceList Tab Sample.pdf.
11. Click the Move Bottom button and notice how the selected file moves to the bottom of the list.
12. Reorder the jobs to suit your preference. When you have finished reordering the jobs click the
Done button.
13. You will notice the grey area and the up-arrow icons in the Order column alerting you that changes
have been made to the job order.
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EXERCISE 4 Schedule Printing

Schedule Printing allows you to print low priority jobs during non-peak hours.
1. Right click on the header column to add the Schedule Printing Tab. Relocate the header between
the Order and Job Title columns.
2. Select the Schedule Printing menu item
3. Right Click the Price List Tab Sample.pdf file and select Schedule Printing from the drop-down
menu.
4. The Schedule Printing: dialog opens
5. Change the time to a few minutes later and click OK.
6. Notice that the date and time entered has been added to the Schedule Printing column.
To enable Schedule Printing from the Printer Driver

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6.
Right click any held file and select the Properties... menu item
The Job Properties - Print Example 8.pdf dialog opens
Select the Destination tab.
Select the Schedule Printing check box
Enter the date and time to start printing the job.
Click the OK button.
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Shading Correction & Calibration Module

Contents
Shading Correction & Calibration
SHADING CORRECTION
AUTO GRADATION
CALIBRATION
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Shading Correction & Calibration

Calibrating the imagePRESS is one of the most important things you can do, if you want to obtain the
optimal colour output.
It is a 3 step process of adjusting the basic settings of the imagePRESS, to standard known values, in
order to ensure uniform and consistent results. Calibration helps assure predictable and consistent
printing results.
Calibration Tools
You will need the following:
1. Process Control Tool as you will be using the GretagMacbeth/X-Rite Eye-One to calibrate the
imagePRESS Server.
2. Canon High Grade 100gsm paper, by Mondi/Neusiedler (Color Copy). A ream of paper is supplied
with the device.
Objectives
Learn to use the Calibration functions

Practice the calibration procedures using the GretagMacbeth/X-Rite Eye-One
Evaluating the Comparison Pages
Overview of editing calibration curves (for expert users)
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SHADING CORRECTION
Step 1
1. Launch Command Workstation and ensure that you login as Administrator. The default password
is Fiery.1.
2. Select Manage Color from the Server drop down menu.
3. Select Calibrator from the ColorWise Pro Tools suite of utilities
4. Select Expert mode in the Calibrator tool and then click the Shading Correction tab.
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Shading Correction
Expert
GretagMacbeth
Eye-One
5. Select GretagMacbeth Eye-One in. 1.Select Measurement Method.

6. Follow the instructions in 2. Generate Measure Page (as shown in the green box above) to print
the following page from the imagePRESS.
7. Please ensure that you have Canon High Grade 100g/m2 A3 paper as shown below loaded in the
imagePRESS, and registered as Plain Paper in the machine under Additional Functions.
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8. Click the Measure Button in 3. Get Measurements Measure.

9. Place the spectrophotometer in the white area at the beginning of the Cyan strip and hold the
button and wait for the beep. Scan in the direction of the large red arrow and ensure that Eye-One
scans the white area at the end Strip A before releasing the button. Ensure that you receive a tick
in Cyan of the dialogue box and then repeat for the other strips.
10. Once completed the following dialogue will be displayed. Click OK.
11. Click the Apply button in the Calibrator dialogue.
12. Click OK in the above dialogue box and return to the imagePRESS device operator panel to Store
and Finish the shading correction process and repeatedly select Done to exit Additional Functions
on the device.
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AUTO GRADATION
Step 2
Automatic Gradation Adjustment is a function that helps imagePRESS to automatically adjust toner
density from the touch panel display. It has Quick Adjustment and Full Adjustment to choose from.
Quick Adjustment
Quick Adjustment quickly and simply adjusts the gradation, density, and colour by performing
calibration without outputting test prints.
Full Adjustment
Full Adjustment performs precise calibration by outputting and scanning test prints.
Auto Gradation Procedure - this must be carried out at the device and conducted every time you profile
a media or Printer.
button on the control.
Press the Additional Functions
Select the button 'System Settings'.
Select the down arrow button and go to Screen 4/4.
Select the button 'Device Management Settings'.
Select the button 'Auto Gradation Adjustment'.
Select the button 'Auto gradation Adjustment Method'.
Select the option for 'Printer Only'.
Select the button 'Full Adjustment'.
Make sure that A3 and or 11x17 Canon High Grade by Mondi/Neusiedler (Color Copy) 100gsm
paper is used to for Auto Gradation Adjustment.
10. Select the button 'OK'.
11. Select the Button 'Start'
12. NOTE: Make sure that 10 or more sheets to be used for the test print are loaded in the specific
paper source.
13. 'Auto Gradation Adjustment' commences.
14. When 'Auto Gradation Adjustment' is completed, select the button 'Done'.
15. Select the button 'Done' you are now back at the copier screen and ready to do the next step.
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CALIBRATION
Step 3
1. Click the Calibration tab, and ensure that 1. Select Measurement Method is set to GretagMacbeth
Eye-One and that the 2. Check Print Settings is set to Neusiedler 100gsm.
2. Please ensure that you have Canon High Grade 100g/m2 A3 paper as shown below loaded in the
imagePRESS and registered as Plain Paper in the machine under Additional Functions
3. Select the Print button from 3. Generate Measurement Page. Ensure the Page Type is set to 34
Randomized Patches and the Paper Size is set to 11x17/A3. If the imagePRESS has only just been
turned on set the Number of copies to 30 to warm the print engine and maintain greater colour
consistency. Click on the Print button to print the measurement page.
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4. Select the Measure button from 4. Get Measurements. Ensure that Page Type and Paper Size
match the measurement page you previously printed. Click Measure.
5. As the following dialogue instructs place the Eye-One on its calibration cradle with the white
ceramic tile and click OK.
6. Collect the Calibrator Measurement page that has printed, if multiple copies have been set then
select the last one that has printed. Place this on top of a blank sheet of which A3 paper and
measure the strips steadily as instructed below.
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7. Place the spectrophotometer in the white area at the beginning of Strip A and hold the button and
wait for the beep. Scan in the direction of the large red arrow and ensure that Eye-One scans the
white area at the end Strip A before releasing the button. Ensure that you receive a tick in Strip A
of the dialogue box and then repeat for the other strips.
8. Once completed the following dialogue will be presented. Click OK.
9. Select the Print button from 5. Comparison Page.

10. Retrieve the Comparison page from the imagePRESSs output tray and evaluate the results.
Portrait
RGB Path
Tone
CMYK Path
11. Evaluate the thumbnails of portraits first. The top 2 rows show the RGB path through the Fiery, and
the bottom 2 rows show the CMYK path. Are the skin tones rendered accurately in rows 2 & 4?
12. Next look at the RGB and CMYK tone scales. Are there 2% highlight dots printing in each channel?
Is the transition form one tonal step to the next a smooth even increment, or are there jumps.
13. Also evaluate the RGB and CMYK tone scales for hue errors that indicate problems with toner lay
down. These are most noticeable in the 2 colour overprints of RED, GREEN and BLUE.
14. If there are no 2% dots displayed, or occasionally no 2% or 5% dots displayed, this is an indication
that the imagePRESS has gone for weeks or months without being serviced or calibrated.
15. At the shadow end of the tone scales are the 100% patches of CMYK. Pay particular attention to
the rendering of the 100% black patch. It should be displayed as a rich solid black.
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16. After you have completed a visual evaluation of the printed Comparison Page, the final step is to
view the tone curves representing measured and target d-max values in the Color Editor View
Measurements vs. Target. This option is only used by expert users.
17. Select View Measurement from 6. View Measurement.
18. The window displays graphical view of tone curves, which can be expanded or contracted by
clicking and dragging with your cursor in the lower right corner. D-max values should not fall more
than 10% below target d-max value.
19. When you have finished viewing the tone curves, select the button Done.
20. To apply the new calibration click the Apply button to save the calibration and the following
dialogue will be presented.
21. Click the OK button.
22. Click the Done button to exit the Calibrator utility and then close ColorWise Pro Tools and exit
Command Workstation.
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Evaluating Comparison Page

Contents
Comparing Measured vs. Target Values
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Calibration techniques rely upon the human eye to judge the output however there are more
sophisticated methods as we will see later. Comparison Page allows you to see how the proposed
calibration affects printed photographs and tone scales.
X Evaluate the thumbnails first.
The top 2 rows show the RGB path through

the Fiery. The 1st row of thumbnails displays
the default calibration only. The 2nd row
shows the same images with the proposed
calibration.
The bottom 2 rows show the CMYK path
through the Fiery. The 3rd row shows the
default calibration with no CMYK Simulations
applied. The 4th row displays the thumbnails
with the proposed calibration and CMYK
Simulation.
Y Next look at the RGB and

CMYK tone Scales. Are there 2%
highlight dots printing in each
channel? Is the transition from
one tonal step to the next a
smooth even increment, or are
there jumps.
[ At the shadow end of the tone

scales are the 100% patches of
CMYK. Pay particular attention to
the rendering of the 100% black
patch. It should be displayed as a
rich solid black.
ZEvaluate the RGB and CMYK tone scales for

hue errors that indicate problems with toner lay
down. These are most noticeable in the 2 colour
overprints of RED, GREEN and BLUE. If there are
no 2% dots displayed, or occasionally no 2% or 5%
dots displayed, this is an indication that the
imagePRESS has gone for weeks or months
without being serviced or calibrated.
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In general, the steps between highlight and shadow for each channel should be evenly spaced
with no visual jumps to indicate uneven lay down of toner. The single exception to this pattern
is the 90% and 100% black patches with will show greater difference than that displayed in the
CMY channels. This is caused by activation of the Pure Black Text ad Graphics and Black Over
Print PPD settings.
The RGB and CMYK tone scales can also be used to isolate hue shifts that indicate unequal
toner lay down between channels.
Shifts are uncommon in the individual CMYK channels, but can be more readily detected in the
RGB overprints. If the blue channel is slightly purplish in appearance this may indicate that
magenta is predominant because the cyan toner level is low.
Likewise, an orange shift in the red channel resulting from too much yellow may indicate that
the magenta toner level needs to be replenished.
A cool shift in the green channel could indicate that cyan is too dominant because the yellow
toner level is low.
Both these calibration techniques rely upon the human eye to judge the output, however
there are more sophisticated methods as we will see later.
Comparing Measured vs. Target Values

After you have completed a visual evaluation of the printed Comparison Page, the final step is to view
the tone curves representing measured and target d-max values in the Color Editor. View
Measurements vs. Target.
The window displays graphical view of tone curves, which can be expanded or contracted by clicking
and dragging with your cursor in the lower right corner.
Measured d-max values and target d-max
values are displays a side by side. These are
the maximum density values for each channel
to produce 100% CMYK, with an occasional
exception of the black channel.
It is necessary to have at least 90% of

these values to reproduce shadow detail
accurately.
If measured d-max falls more than 10%
below target d-max value, service is
recommended
If measured value falls short of the target
value by more than 10% (the distance
between 90% and 100% grid lines) there
are likely to be visible problems with print
reproduction.
If measured d-max is within 10% of target dmax values, no edits are needed
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Canon Validation Module

Contents
imagePRESS Server Color Setup for Canon Validation
EXERCISE 1 - Command WorkStation Color Setup
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imagePRESS Server Color Setup for Canon Validation
The Process Control software contains a media wedge which is printed and then measured in to the
software to check that the imagePRESS is working to specified level before we make Media profiles.
This section of the document will outline the setup required in Command Workstation and how to
print and measure the media wedge to validate the imagePRESS is working OK and is running within a
specified tolerance.
*Only carry out this test after you have performed a Shading Correction, Auto Gradation Adjustment,
then Calibration.
EXERCISE 1 - Command WorkStation Color Setup

1.
Print the wedge for Canon Validation using the following instructions.
Open Command WorkStation, File, Import Job, and search for the file below.
For a default install of Eye-One Process Control the wedge can be found in the following location:
PC: C:\Program Files\Eye-One Process Control\Targets\Fogra Media Wedge
Mac: Applications\Eye-One Process Control\Targets\Fogra Media Wedge
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2.
Select the wedge you require:

Fogra Media Wedge Eye-One Pro.tif - measured with the Eye-One
Fogra Media Wedge iO.tif - measured with the iO Table
3.
Click 'Add' to add it to the import list and then click Import
4.
In Command Workstation Active Jobs queue right-click on the imported wedge and select
'Properties'
5.
In the job properties you need to make sure you have the correct settings under the Media tab.
Paper Source Stack Bypass or Cassette (wherever your paper is loaded)
Paper Size A4
Media Type this is very important. It needs to be set to Plain
6.
In Color, Expert Settings make sure the settings are set to the selections below
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The above Screen Shot shows the color setup for printing the Canon Media Wedge. They are the default
settings for the imagePRESS Server. The settings are also listed below:
RGB Source Profile
Rendering Style
Print Gray as Black
CMYK Simulation Profile
CMYK Simulation method
Print grey as black (CMYK)
Spot Color Matching
Black/TextGraphics
Output Profile
Adobe RGB
Relative Colormetric
OFF
ISO Coated
Full (Output GCR)
Text/Graphics
OFF
Normal
Canon imagePRESS C7000VP Plain (N) v1F
Select OK once when finished
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7.
Click the Print button to print the Wedge
8.
Measuring the wedge for Canon Validation
9.
Launch the Eye-One Process Control software
10.
In the measure target section of the software use the drop down menu to select your target
Select 'Canon High Grade 100 GSM..'
11.
Select the measurement device (either Eye-One Pro, IO table) and click on Connect
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12.
Select the measurement mode to calibrate with: Select 'Strip' mode
13.
Click the 'Calibrate' button
14.
Read the printed wedge with your selected measurement device. Both of the lines of the
wedge need to be measured in the same direction as outlined with the arrows
15.
The software will show the measurement results and if the machine passes or fails the Canon
Validation
You can then click the 'Save Data'button to save a report in HTML format
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16.
Choose the location to save the report and click 'Save'
The report will look something like this below:
To view the report, browse to where you saved the report and double-click the 'Report.html' file and
the report will be opened in your web browser
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Monitor Profile Module

Contents
MONITOR PROFILE CREATION
EXERCISE 1 Create A Monitor Profile
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MONITOR PROFILE CREATION

Why do we need to create a Monitor Profile?
Creating a Monitor Profile is an important part of the colour management process and should be one
of the first processes that you do. An example of why we need to profile a monitor can be seen if you
look at the same file on several different LCD or CRT screens, what you will notice is that the same
image will look different on each screen.
When a monitor is profiled the image should look similar colourmetrically across all of the screens, as
the monitor is profiled to a know ICC standard.
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EXERCISE 1 Create A Monitor Profile

1. Select start, programs, Eye One Process Control software. Select 'Monitor' Tab to open the Monitor
profiling section of the software. You have 3 options relating to the type of monitor you are using:
CRT
Laptop
LCD
You also have the choice on options you would like to adjust during the calibration:
Select White Point, Gamma and Luminance
Calibrate Contrast, Brightness and RGB
2. Select the options supported by your monitor and click the 'Create Profile' button.
3. The software will check if the Eye-One is connected.

4. If you selected the option for 'Select White Point, Gamma and Luminance' you will be prompted
with the screen so you can adjust these options depending on your monitor, operating system and
lighting conditions.
5. The recommended settings are White Point -6500K, Gamma- 2.2 and Luminance -120.
6. Then click the '>' button
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7. If you selected the option for ' Calibrate Contrast, Brightness and RGB ' you will be prompted with
the screen to allow you to choose exactly what options your monitor will support.
8. You can turn items off by removing the '9' from the boxes then click the '>' button
9. Follow the on-screen instructions and place the Eye-one in its calibration cradle and click the >
button
10. The Eye-One will then calibrate itself, you will be shown a white screen with text explaining this.
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11. Place the Eye-One in the monitor holder, you are then prompted to place the Eye-One on the
screen and click the >

button.
12. Follow the instructions on screen which may vary according to your monitor, and make
adjustments where necessary.
13. The profile creation starts and the Eye-One is measuring the colours on the screen. You will be
prompted in the bottom right of the screen if any adjustments need to be made.
14. When all of the measuring is complete you will be able to name the profile and then click on the
> button.
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15. You will then be prompted with a Profile is ready message. The monitor profile is set as the
default Monitor profile within your operating system
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ColorWise Expert Colour Settings Module

Contents
ColorWise
RGB Channel
Rendering Style (or Intents)
Print Grey as Black (RGB)
RGB Separation
Simulation Profiles
CMYK Simulation Method
SPOT.
BLACK Channel
Black Text/Graphics
Output Profile
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ColorWise
ColorWise is the End of the Line Colour Management, providing greater control Right from
the Server. It offers basic colour management tools for both advanced users and beginners.
Its a translator between the colour spaces of the source data to the colour space of the printer.
Users can use the default values with ColorWise and achieve excellent out of the box colour
without having to change settings.
ColorWise takes the source data and generates CMYK data to be sent to the printer.
Benefits:
1. Relieves the computer from having to perform additional processing
2. Sends RGB files instead of larger CMYK files from the applications, will reduce network
traffic and jobs will generally print faster.
3. Allows the use of ICC profiles in your workflow
4. Different paths allow users to handle RGB, CMYK and Spot Colours differently.
5. Increased Workflow Flexibility:
Match Output between Printers
Proof various Press conditions
Defaults stored on the RIP

Settings can be changed on the Control Panel, ColorWise Pro Tools or the Driver.
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RGB Channel
RGB Source Profile describes the source of input e.g. Monitor, Scanner, Digital Camera,
Photoshops colour space.
Apple Standard
sRGB (PC)
Adobe RGB
ECI-RGB.icc
Fiery RGB
EFIRGB
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Mac environment (Larger colour gamut than

sRGB)
Microsoft Office, standard colour space for
windows
Photoshops default colour space, when
working with RGB images
Industry Standard for digital photographs
Larger colour space than EFIRGB
Mixed environment PCs/Macs. Smaller colour
space than Apple Standard, but bigger than
sRGB (PC)
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Rendering Style (or Intents)
Rendering styles describe how the colours that fall beyond the printers colour space are
managed. It adjusts the colours of RGB images, objects and text using CRDs (Colour
Rendering Dictionary).
Photographic
(Perceptual)
Presentation
(Saturation)
Colorimetric
Absolute
Colorimetric
Relative
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Alters the colour space of all or most of the colours

proportionally, but keeps the relationship between
the colours. Colours may look different. The
human eye is most sensitive to colour relationships
rather than to specific wavelengths. Since the
relationships are preserved, most people are
unaware that colours have been altered. Best
rendering method to use
Moves (Stretches/squashes) all colours to the outer
edge of the colour gamut. All colours are scaled to
their brightest saturation producing the most
vibrant colour range achievable, but distorting the
relationship of colours. loud and brash. Only
use for PowerPoint Slides
In gamut colours remain unchanged but any out of
gamut colours are clipped to the closest achievable
colour. Clipping will flatten a colour or incorrect
colour is added to darken the image in an attempt
to boost saturation. Will render the white point
of the paper Differences in the profiles white
points (paper colours) are accommodated e.g.
the simulation of white copier paper of how an
advert will look on off-white newspaper media.
Same as Colorimetric Absolute, but will ignore
the white point of the paper.
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Print Grey as Black (RGB)

For Microsoft Office applications to replace greys with black and white prints greys as blacks.
Will only click as black and not colour.
Off
Uses the documents settings
Text/Graphics
Text and clipart (vector graphics)
Text/Graphics/Imag
es
For text and photographs can cause imaging

problems .Output grainy/specked.
RGB Separation
Determines how the RGB colours are converted into CMYK.
CMYK Output
CMYK Simulation
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RGB colours are converted into the full CMYK gamut

of the Printer
Simulates off-set press, proofing and other devices.
It is first converted into the gamut of another printer
or a press standard. This feature is helpful for
making one device behave like another for RGB
data. Allows the users to proof for various CMYK
devices or press conditions without changing the
original RGB image files.
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Simulation Profiles
Simulation Profiles allows users to work in CMYK workflow, providing precise definition of the
required output. Users can simulate CLC/IP to an offset press or other digital printers. This
only affects CMYK data only.
DIC(EFI)
Far East printing standard
Euroscale (EFI)
European standard for printing
ISO Coated
European standards to match different

press paper types
ISO Uncoated
European standards to match different

press paper types
SWOP Coated
American Standard
TOYO
Asian/Pacific
FOGRA
For serious printers, not standard, has to

be setup in the ColorWise Pro
Tools/Colour Setup.
ColorWise Off
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No simulations are applied bypasses the

RIP colour changes.
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Used where the Server is the final destination, or where it needs to match the output from
another device.
Quick
Full Source GCR
Full Output GCR
Bypasses the CIELab only prints CMY,

needs K for definition. Not used by
colour critical customers.
Grey Component Replacement - takes
colour (CMY) out and replaces it with
black grey instead of colour grey. Only
replaces the shades in shadow/dark
areas, where CMYK used, as its dark it
will use just K. Text is not affected.
Source % GCR is set in the application.
% set in the output profile for the engine
(lower cut off % e.g. 240%). 100% GCR set
in Profile Manager.
SPOT
Automatically matches PANTONE named colours in your job with their best CMYK equivalents.
Spot colours or named colours represent special colours such as corporate colours that need to
be reproduced accurately.
OFF
Converts the named spot colours to

CMYK values based on selected
simulation profile.
ON
Converts named spot colours to device

specific values based on pre-generated
Spot Colour look up tables.
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BLACK Channel
Black Text/Graphics
How the Server deals with the black channel
Pure Black On
Black Only
Rich Black
Overlays black with Cyan gives depth to

black
Normal
Takes the black settings from application.
Black Overprint
When black text or graphics are printed

on top of a background colour, the
output can result in haloing or misregistration. Black Overprint solves this
problem by simply printing text or
graphics on top of the background rather
then knocking out areas to place text or
graphics in.
Output Profile
Use Media Defined
Profile
Users can generate a custom printer

profile using Color Profiler.
Use Servers Default

Use Output Profile
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Colour Flow Demonstration (Trainer)
Colour Flow Demonstration - Trainers Module

Contents
Colour Workflow
Rendering Style
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Colour Workflow
(Defaults shown via ColorWise Change per job in Printer Driver)
Demonstration if at customers premises - Trainer to explain & show Colour Flow via ColorWise
as Printers default settings.
If training room - Trainer to allow delegates to go to Printer Driver,
Open up the CWS, Server, Manage Colour, open ColorWise Pro Tools, Color Set Up.
Explain again the 4 channels: RGB, CMYK, Spot & Black
RGB Source Profile
Source Profile: Apple Standard for MAC usage (Uses a LARGE colour Space)
SRGB (PC) suited for Microsoft Windows environment (smaller colour space),
Adobe RGB suited for Adobe applications,
ECI RGB Industry standard for Digital photographs
Fiery RGB V2 New option for System 8 (Optimised for digital photographs),
EFIRGB Suited for a mixed environment MACS & PCs.
User should use the settings to match the application.
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Rendering Style
Fiery use slightly different terminology than ICC to describe the Rendering styles, but they still mean
the same thing. I.e. Photographic is Perceptual and Presentation is Saturation.
Q. Can anyone describe to me what the term Rendering means?
A. Squeeze, shrink, move, change etc.
None CMYK values are true and as application specifies (usually professional application, no
simulations).
SWOP Standard Web Offset Press (Printing Press American Standard)
Euroscale Printer to match Press European Standards
ISO Coated / ISO Uncoated European standards match different press paper types
TOYO Asian / Pacific standards.
Delegate Q. Can anyone tell me what GCR stands for?
A. Thats right Grey Component Replacement
Q. Anyone want to have a go at describing what this feature does?
A. Thats right it allows the user to determine the cut off point to use just Black instead of the Cyan,
Magenta, Yellow and Black
Full (Source GCR) the % is set up in application
Full (Output GCR) the % set up in o/p profile to suit the Canon device (Engine), lower cut off % eg.
240%.,
Quick The Canon device (Engine) converts it to what it feels it should be (not used for colour critical
docs)
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For changing setting job by job go to the Printer Driver, Expert settings:
All the same options as Colou Set Up with an additional option: Paper Simulation (tick to enable)
Paper Simulation , when ticked signals the Fiery RIP to use the embedded Paper Simulation in the
CMYK Simulation Profile this takes into account the white point of the paper type e.g. Paper type
could be Pink Financial Times Newspaper, Grey Cereal box etc.
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Profile Manager Module

Contents
Profile Manager
Profile Manager Interface
Profile Descriptions
Managing Profiles
Deleting Profiles
Editing Profiles
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Profile Manager
Profile Manager allows users to download source Simulation or Output profiles directly to the
imagePRESS Server.
Profiles can be added or modified using the Profile Manager tool.
The profiles are divided into:
RGB Source contains all monitor profiles resident on the imagePRESS Server. RGB
Source profiles are used to define the source colour space for RGB colours processed by
the imagePRESS Server.
Simulation contains printer profiles used to simulate another device on the
imagePRESS Server.
Output contains device profiles that describe the device
Profile Manager Interface

To open Profile Manager launch Command WorkStation. From the Command WorkStation
Server menu select Manage Color.
From the ColorWise Pro Tools, select Profile Manager.
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The main Profile Manager window appears.
The Description window lists the ICC profiles
in the default directory of your computer.
The right side lists the three profiles on the
imagePRESS Server
button to download a profile.

Click on the appropriate
The Lock icon
to the left of a profile name indicates that the profile cannot be
deleted and can be edited only if saved under a new name. Only Simulation and Output
profiles can be edited.
A small icon
to the left of a profile name indicates the default profile for each
category. If you designate a different profile as the default, the icon appears next to
your designated profile.
The icon indicating the default Simulation profile changes in appearance depending on
whether the default
RGB Separation setting is set to Simulation
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Profile Descriptions
The imagePRESS Server uses a device independent colour space to translate between the
source colour space and the colour space to the output device.
The profiles are divides into four regions.
RGB Source Profile
RGB Source Profile describes the source of input e.g. Monitor, Scanner, Digital Camera,
Photoshops colour space.
The source profile defines the RGB colour space, this will include source characteristics such as
the white point, gamma and type of phosphors used.
Simulation
Simulation profiles allow the users to work in CMYK workflow, providing precise definition of
the required output. Users can simulate imagePRESS to an offset press or other digital devices.
This only affects CMYK data only.
Simulation profile describes the colour characteristics of another print device, such as a printing
press, that you want the imagePRESS Server to simulate.
Output
The output profile describes the colour characteristics of a printing device. It consists of both a
profile for your device and a calibration target that defines the expected density response of the
device.
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Device Link
Transformation of an input device colour space into an output device colour space. The device
colour spaces may include RGB and CMYK.
Dedicated device to device, containing a colour transformation from an initial device colour
space into a second device colour space. This profile could differ from the above, which
transforms the input or output colour space into a device independent colour space. This
means that there are always 2 profiles required in order to transform data from one device
colour space into another device colour space.
Device Link profiles are able to transform data directly but are not flexible in use as the other
profiles.
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Managing Profiles
Profile Manager allows you to back up profiles to ensure that no custom profiles are lost when
the imagePRESS software is updated. You can also upload a copy of a built-in imagePRESS
Server profile to your workstation in order to use it with an ICC-aware application, such as
Photoshop. Profile Manager also allows you to delete unwanted profiles.
1. From Command Workstation open ColorWise Pro Tools. Click on Server -> Manage
Color.
2. In ColorWise Pro Tools click on Profile Manager
3. In Profile Manager select your profile in the Description window on the left.
4. Click the Green arrow to add your profile to the Output profiles list.
5. A message appears to indicated result of the download - 'successful download'

message, click OK
6. You are then prompted for the Output Profile Settings
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7. Here you can set the name of how the profile will appear in the list of output profiles.
Then click Apply'.
8. The profile is then listed in the 'Output' profile list.
9. The profile can now be set as the 'Output' Profile in the Color Setup in Colorwise.
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Deleting Profiles
1.
2.
3.
4.
Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Profile Manager.

Select the profile you want to delete and click Delete.
Click Yes to delete the profile.
To delete a profile currently set as the default or associated with a custom name, click
Profile Settings and clear the default option.
Editing Profiles
Profiles can be customized on the imagePRESS Server to meet your specific needs and the
characteristics of your device using Color Editor. For more information on editing profiles, see
Color Editor User Guide.
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Paper Profiling Module

Contents
EXERCISE 1 Paper Profiling
Measuring the Targets EYE ONE PRO
Measuring the Targets EYE ONE iO TABLE
12
EXERCISE 2 - Uploading the Profile to Command Workstation
15
Adding the Paper Profile to the Paper Catalog
17
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EXERCISE 1 Paper Profiling
Introduction
This is an important part of Colour Tools Training as with the imagePRESS Devices, the new V-Toner fills
the uneven surfaces between media types and makes it super smooth.
Because attributes of each paper type are different, they require to be Profiled in order to get the best
out of the imagePRESS devices.
Before setting any new Paper Profiles, you should complete a Shading Correction, Auto Gradation
Adjustment and Calibration making sure that the device is in an optimum state.
1.
First, import the Target Charts into Command Workstation

From Command Workstation go to File -> Import -> Job and then browse to the targets folder
to find the Target charts. As default they will be installed to the following location:
PC: C:\Program Files\Eye-One Process Control\Targets\PDFs
Mac: Applications\Eye-One Process Control\Targets\PDFs
(If you are using A3 paper select the A3 PDF, if you are using A4 paper select the A4 PDF. Please note if you are using the Eye-One iO table, select iO A3 PDF or iO A4 PDF)
2.
Open the folder with the charts you want to use and click on Add making sure they are added
to the Logical Printer Canon Hold
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3.
The click the Import button to import the file into the Command Workstation Active Jobs list
4.
Select your imported Target charts in the Active Jobs list and right-click and select Properties
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The print settings need to be set with specific selections to have the closest match to the paper type
you are going to profile.
For example, if you are profiling a new type of Heavy 180gsm stock, make sure under the Media Tab,
the Media Type is set to Heavy 3, the Paper Source is set to Auto Tray Select. Under the Image Tab,
make sure the Toner Reduction button is unchecked and Toner Saving is set to OFF. If you also use
Halftone Simulation or Resolution settings normally, make sure you have these set to your own
requirements.
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5.
Under the Color, Expert Settings make sure the RGB Source Profile is set to None, the CMYK
Profile Simulation is set to None, the Spot Colour Matching box is unchecked, Black
Text/Graphics is set to Normal and the Output Profile is set to Heavy Thick [Remember we are
profiling Heavy 180gsm stock but this setting would depend on what media you are
profiling]
THE TARGET FILES MUST BE PRINTED WITH THE CORRECT JOB PROPERTIES AS SHOWN ABOVE.
FAILURE TO DO SO WILL CREATE UNEXPECTED RESULTS FROM YOUR PROFILE.
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Measuring the Targets EYE ONE PRO
1.
When you have printed out the target charts you need to measure them into the Process
Control software following the examples below depending on which type of device you have.
Mount the first printed patch page in the supplied backing board and ruler for the Eye-One Pro.
If you are profiling A3 paper, the patches will print out on 4 pages. If you are profiling A4
paper, the patches will print out on 6 pages.
Example of using Eye-One Pro
Mount the first printed patch page on the iO Table for the Eye-One iO. The patches will print
out on 4 A4 pages.
Example of using the Eye-One iO table
2.
Launch the Eye-One Process Control software
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3.
4.
In the measure target section of the software use the drop down menu to select your target
Select the target that matches the charts you printed and the device you are going to use for
the measurement
(i.e. if you printed the ECI_i1_A3 targets and using the Eye-One for measuring the charts select
ECI Visual Eye-One A3 from the drop down)
5.
Select the measurement device that matches the target you selected (either Eye-One Pro, IO
table) and click on Connect
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6.
Select the measurement mode to calibrate with: Select 'Strip' mode Click the 'Calibrate'
button
7.
Click on the 'Calibrate' button to calibrate your device. When the calibration is complete close
the Eye-One configuration window
8.
Using the Eye-One Pro, read the printed patch targets with your selected measurement device.
All of the lines of the chart need to be measured in the same direction as outlined with the
arrows, the black bar is the starting point for the readings and each column is numbered in
order. It is not bi-directional and will error if you measure in the wrong direction. See
instructions on page 13 if using the Eye-One iO table.
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9.
When you have measured the entire patch pages click on the Build Profile button in the
bottom right of the window
10.
You will then be shown the Save Profile window where you can set the separation settings for
use in the profile.
There are some pre-defined separation settings for the imagePRESS C1 and C7000VP or the
user can create their own settings if required
The pre-defined settings have different toner limits depending on the work that the profile is
going to be used for (i.e. Proofing, high detailed work, etc):
Canon ImagePRESS C1 1 (CMYK Max 250)

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11.
When you have set the separation setting you should then click the Neutralize button. This
will neutralize the CMYK grey and gives values on the Define Black Point, then click Save
12.
Choose the location to save the ICC Profile, the default location is
PC: c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\color
Mac: Library\colorsync\profiles
name the profile and click 'Save'
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Measuring the Targets EYE ONE iO TABLE
1.
Using the Eye-One iO table, follow the step by step instructions
2.
Record the positions of patches 1, 2 and 3
3.
Once the corner patches have been recorded successfully, click Read All Patches
Change the page on iO table when the last column on each page is scanned (each page is
numbered 1 of 4, 2 of 4, etc.)
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4.
When you have measured the entire patch pages click on the Build Profile button in the
bottom right of the window
5.
You will then be shown the Save Profile window where you can set the separation settings for
use in the profile.
There are some pre-defined separation settings for the imagePRESS C1 and C7000VP or the
user can create their own settings if required
The pre-defined settings have different toner limits depending on the work that the profile is
going to be used for (i.e. Proofing, high detailed work, etc):

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6.
When you have set the separation setting you should then click the Neutralize button. This
will neutralize the CMYK grey and gives values on the Define Black Point, then click Save
7.
Choose the location to save the ICC Profile, the default location is
PC: c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\color
Mac: Library\colorsync\profiles
Name the profile and click 'Save'
If you would like to create a new profile with different separation settings for media you have already
created a profile for, you do not have to print another set of target charts and measure them.
You can open a previously created profile and use the measurement data contained within, all you will
have to do is change the separation settings as you require. *It is important that the profile you open is
based on the same media and output device as the new one you wish to create.
i.e. if you have a profile for the Canon 100 GSM paper and it is using a CMYK limit of 250 and you want
to create another one with a CMYK limit of 270.
If you are creating multiple profiles, make sure you differentiate your profiles when saving them,
otherwise how will you know which profile is for which media and measurement data?
e.g. Profiling Canon 100gsm Plain paper on the C1 device with the measurement data of Black Max
100, CMYK Max 250, Black Start 5 and Black Width 25
Suggested file name for saving would be : C7000VP Canon 100gsm 100 250 5 25
If you get used to saving like this, it will be easier to recall the profiles.
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EXERCISE 2 - Uploading the Profile to Command Workstation

When you have created your Media profile you will need to upload it to the imagePRESS controller so it
can be used in your workflow.
This is done via Profile Manager in ColorWise tools which you can access via Command Workstation
1.
From Command workstation open ColorWise, Server -> Manage Color
2.
In ColorWise click on Profile Manager
3. In Profile Manager select your profile In the 'Description' window on the left, click the Green arrow
to add your profile to the 'Output' profiles list
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4.
You will receive a 'Download Finished successfully' message, click 'OK'
5.
You are then prompted for the 'Output Profile Settings'

If MAC drivers are used, the profile description will NOT appear hence it is important to tick the
check box Appear in One-Way Communication Driver as and set as Output-1, etc.
Then click 'Apply'
6.
The profile is then listed in the 'Output' profile list
7.
The profile can now be set as the 'Output' Profile in the Color Setup in Colorwise
The Default on an ImagePRESS already uses a Media Profile. If you need to make a new profile it will
come up with a warning message to tell you the media is being used with another profile. You can
override the previous settings where the media profile is being used.
NOTE: Canon 100gsm Plain Paper is already profiled and it is not necessary to recreate this profile.
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Adding the Paper Profile to the Paper Catalog
1. You can add the paper profile of the Paper created in the Paper Catalog.
2. In CWS go to Server in the top Menu bar and select Paper Catalog.
3.
Highlight and double click the paper you have profiled and Select Media Colour Profile.
4. Select the profile you have created, from the drop down list
5. Click OK to save.
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Spot-On Colour Module

EXERCISE 1 Creating A New Colour Library
1. Open the file Spotmenu.pdf located in the Student Folder.
2. Print the document and keep for comparison later.
3. Launch Colorwise Pro Tools by clicking on SERVER, MANAGE COLOUR in Command
Workstation.
4. Select Spot-On
5.
Ok the Current Output Profile selected
6. From the EDIT menu, choose NEW GROUP
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7. The new colour group appears with the name Untitled 1. Double click on name, and rename
the group. House Colours (your name).
8. Open the Group Pantone Coated
9. Select the Colour Red 032 (make a note of the CMYK values)
10. Go to the edit menu and select copy

11. Double-click on House Colour (Name)
12. Select Edit and Paste, and OK the name.
13. The colour will now appear in your Group House Colours
14. Double click the coloured circle in the centre and the following window will open
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15. Select print pattern and the following screen appears. Click OK
16. From the output printed, double click another Red Square on the page that suits your desired
result.
17. Click on the centre patch and note the new percentage differences. Here you can change the
percentages to create a totally different colour.
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18. Click File and Save and Close.
19. Open the Document SpotMenu.pdf and select File and Print
20. Go to the Colour Tab and select Expert Settings
21. Ensure that Spot Colour Matching is ticked and print your document.
22. Compare the differences between the first print and this last one.
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EXERCISE 2 Substitute Colours
For this exercise you will require the file MS Word Substitute Colour.doc located in the Student Folder
1. To be able to use the Substitute Colour feature of Spot-On effectively you must first determine
the source colour of the object you wish to change.
2. Launch Microsoft Word and from the File menu navigate to the directory containing Substitute
Colour.doc file.
3. Double-click the Lessentiel logo at the top of the page to highlight it
4. Choose Format, Font, Colours and the More Colours Option and select Custom. Here you will
see the RGB make up of the colour. Please take a note of the RGB values for this colour.
5. Launch Command Work-Station and from the Server menu choose Manage Colours.
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6. From the ColorWise Pro Tools menu choose Spot On.
7. OK the Current Output file selected
8. The Spot-On menu appears. From the Edit menu, choose New Substitute Group.
9. The new substitute group appears with the default name Untitled1.
10. Double-click on the name Untitled1 to rename the new substitute group to a custom name of
your choice such as House Substitute Colours.
11. Highlight your new colour group.
12. From the Edit menu, select New Substitute Colour.
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13. In the Add Substitute Colour menu, select RGB (Device Code 0 -255) and enter the values
from the Microsoft Word File: R5, G147, B226 press OK.
14. The new substitute colour now appears in the library list. Default CMYK values appear to the
right of the RGB recipe. The strength of the Spot-On feature rests in its ability to change CMYK
conversion values in order to establish more accurate colour matching in print.
15. Highlight the new substitute colour in the library list and from the Edit menu choose Colour
Search.
16. Spot-On offers several ways to create alternate colour recipes for CMYK conversion:
17. Printing patches of the target colour and surrounding neighbours to perform a visual
evaluation of the closest colour match from the printed sheet. This is an iterative process that
is streamlined and efficient or editing the substitute colour table directly.
18. Double-click the Centre Patch to edit the colour table directly.
19. In the Set Centre Patch Colour menu, we will make a dramatic colour change to exaggerate
the difference for demonstration purposes. The default conversion recipe was: c72 m43
y15 k0 Make the new conversion recipe: c0 m100 y100 k50 After processing with SpotOn, the original blue logo colour is changed to the new Substitute Color, brown.
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Click OK to exit the Spot On Color Search menu. Choose File, Save to save the new Substitute Color
settings to the server.
20. Minimize the Spot-On menu on the screen display.
21. Return to the original Word Document.
22. Select File and Print and enter the Properties
23. Go to the Colour Tab and TICK the Substitute Colour option.
24. Select OK and Print

25. The Substitute Colour function successfully changed the RGB blue source colour to the new
CMYK brown.
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Substitute Colour
EXERCISE 2 Substitute Colours (Pdf Document)

For this exercise you will require the file Substitute Colour MS Word Sample. PDF located in the
Student Folder
1. To be able to use the Substitute Colour feature of Spot-On effectively you must first
determine the source colour of the object you wish to change.
2. Launch Substitute Colour MS Word Sample. PDF and from the menu navigate to Show
Inspector icon.
3. Select the Eyedropper tool from the menu bar.

4. Click your cursor onto the Coloured logo and address on the page, Note the RGB values.
5. Launch Command Work-Station and from the Server menu choose Manage Colours.
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6. From the ColorWise Pro Tools menu choose Spot On.
7. OK the Current Output file selected
8. The Spot-On menu appears. From the Edit menu, choose New Substitute Group.
9. The new substitute group appears with the default name Untitled1.
10. Double-click on the name Untitled1 to rename the new substitute group to a custom
name of your choice such as House Substitute Colours.
11. Highlight your new colour group.
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12. From the Edit menu, select New Substitute Colour.
13. In the Add Substitute Colour menu, select RGB (0-100%) and enter the values from the
Substitute Colour MS Word Sample.pdf: R14.9%, G76.86%, B98.04% (the values will
need to be either rounded up or down) press OK.
14. The new substitute colour now appears in the library list. Default CMYK values appear
to the right of the RGB recipe. The strength of the Spot-On feature rests in its ability to
change CMYK conversion values in order to establish more accurate colour matching in
print.
15. Highlight the new substitute colour in the library list and from the Edit menu choose
Colour Search.
16. Spot-On offers several ways to create alternate colour recipes for CMYK conversion:
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17. Printing patches of the target colour and surrounding neighbours to perform a visual
evaluation of the closest colour match from the printed sheet. This is an iterative
process that is streamlined and efficient or editing the substitute colour table directly.
18. Double-click the Centre Patch to edit the colour table directly.
19. In the Set Centre Patch Colour menu, we will make a dramatic colour change to
exaggerate the difference for demonstration purposes. Make the new conversion by
entering in: c0 m100 y100 k0 After processing with Spot-On, the original blue logo
colour is changed to the new Substitute Color, Red.
20. Click OK to exit the Spot On Color Search menu. Choose File, Save to save the new
Substitute Color settings to the server.
21. Minimize the Spot-On menu on the screen display.
22. Return to the original Substitute Colour MS Word Sample. PDF.
23. Select File and Print and enter the Properties
24. Go to the Colour Tab and TICK the Substitute Colour option.
25. Select OK and Print
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26. The Substitute Colour function successfully changed the RGB blue source colour to the
new CMYK Red.
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Spot On Colour Guide
Spot On User Guide

Contents
Spot On
Changing a Colour in the library
Creating a Colour Library
Substitute Colours
Using the Substitute Colour
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Spot On User Guide

Spot On
This programme will allow you to fine tune Pantone Colours to your requirements.
Launch Colorwise Pro Tools from Start, Program, Fiery, Colorwise Pro Tools , or from within Command
Work Station by selecting Server and Manage Colour.
When the above screen appears select Spot-On, and the following window will open.
Select OK. This reveals all the different types of Colours that are available to adjust.
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Spot On User Guide
Changing a Colour in the library

To change a colour in the library, click on the type of colour you wish to change. In this example we
chose to change a Pantone Uncoated. Selecting Red 032.
Double Click on the PANTONE UNCOATED swatch
To adjust the colour, you need to double click on the centre of the Red 032 colour to open the
following window.
The colour spacing if adjusted will allow you to see the different shades between each colour. If set to
a small number, you will only see minimal changes between each shade. However the bigger that
number the more visible the shade differences become.
The squares of colour located in the centre are the current default for the server when printing this
colour. The squares around this are the variants you may select to get a closer match.
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Spot On User Guide
Select the Print Pattern button, and choose to print a Pattern Page by selecting OK.
The following will be printed. From the printed test sheet you can choose which colour most
represents the closest to your chosen colour.
If you double click on the centre square the values for the colour will appear on screen.
Here the colour values may be adjusted if required. For comparison this will show you your old colour
and the new colour you have created.
If you save this colour now this will always be the choice printed whenever this colour is named in a
document and you have Spot On Colour Matching selected in the printer driver. However if you wish to
keep the original colour you can create your own library.
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Spot On User Guide
Creating a Colour Library

To make your own library, select Edit in the menu bar and select New Group, a new entry will appear in
the Color Names area. Name the colour library to your own choice.
Open up the colour window (Pantone Uncoated and select the colour you want to change, then from
the edit menu, select copy. Choose your newly created library and from the edit menu select paste and
OK. This will show you your colour in your new library.
Now you have this colour saved twice. One in its original library and the other in the newly created
library. Adjust the coolour as before and save.
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Which Library Will It Use When Printing?
When you send your document to print, in the print driver you need to ensure that Spot On Colour
Matching is selected in the Expert Settings in the Colour Tab of the Printer Properties.
When the print is submitted the imagePRESS server will look for the colour in the Spot On Colour Table.
When it finds the first instance of he colour this will be the one it uses. To determine which colour it
uses you will need to change the priority levels to meet your requirements. To do this with the Library
selected you want to use you need to select the arrow up or down to move the library within the table.
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Spot On User Guide
Substitute Colours
Substitute Colours allow the replacement of RGB & CMYK values to an alternative replacement with
CMYK values, ideal when printing colours that have been used in Microsoft Applications.
When the above screen appears select Spot-On, and the following window will open:
Select OK. This reveals all the different types of colours that are available to adjust.
Go to Edit in the menu bar and select New Substitute Group
Click on the name Untitiled 1 and rename to a name of your choosing.
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In the Add Substitute Colour Menu, select the type of colour you are adding and set the values (using
CMYK percentage, RGB Device code or RGB percentage). Click OK.
The new substitute colour appears in the library list.
Highlight the new substitute colour in the library list and from the Edit menu, choose colour search.
When the pattern appears below, please note that if an exclamation mark appears in the top right
hand corner, this identifies that the colour is out of gamut.
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Spot On User Guide
Double click the centre circle and you can now edit the values with your new colour you wish to
substitute (as a percentage or as a device code value shown here as a totally different colour for
training purposes) and click OK.
Your new colour will be displayed in the table
Click on the Save icon and exit out of Spot On.
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Using the Substitute Colour
To apply the substitute colour change, this occurs within the driver when submitting a job to print.
Select File - Print - Properties (of from Command Workstation Properties) Select the Color Tab and
tick the Substitute Colors tick box
When the imagePRESS server recognises the colour being sent down within the document, it will
substitute it with the colour you created in Spot On.
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Palette Function Module

Contents
Palette Function in Eye One Process Control
Exercise 1 Using Pantone Libraries
Exercise 2 Saving & Exporting a Palette
Exercise 3 Importing your named Colour Profile into Spot On
Exercise 4 Creating Custom Colour Libraries
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Exercise 5 Adding more Colours to a Custom Library
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Exercise 6 - Merging Custom Libraries
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Exercise 7 Exporting your Palette as a Photoshop Swatch
18
Exercise 8 Importing your Swatch into Photoshop
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Palette Function in Eye One Process Control
The Palette function in Process Control allows a user to check the ability of the device by comparing the
spot colours in a PANTONE or user created palette, to how your device will produce them when using
the ICC profile you have created.
You can then export the Library as a 'Named Color Profile' for use on your ImagePRESS server or export
it as a Swatch for use within Adobe applications.
Users will be able to:
Edit a Colour in the Pantone Color Bridge EC Library
Create a Custom Color Library, inserting colours via imputing lab values and using the eye-one
Merge a Custom Library
Save and Export your palette as a Named Colour Profile for use within Spot On
Import your palette into Spot On
Export your palette as a Photoshop Swatch and Import it into Photoshop
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Exercise 1 Using Pantone Libraries

1. Open Eye One Process Control application and select the Palette tab, select Library and select the
Pantone Library you would like to work with. For a complete digital workflow the recommendation
would be to use the Pantone Color Bridge EC library.
2. Then select the output profile you are using on your imagePRESS server.
(This is the icc media profile you would have created and uploaded to the server and set as the output
profile in Colorwise -> Color Setup).
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3. Select the Build Settings you would like to use.
As standard the following would be the settings used:
DeltaE method: DeltaE 2000
Min Dot: 2
Max Channels: 4
Exhaustive: Ticked
4. Click the 'Build' Button
5. The library will build and show the original colour (top) and the colour based on the output profile
you have selected (bottom).
You will also see the DeltaE 2000 (or whichhever method you have chosen) difference between
the original colour and the updated colour.
After building the library you can also see the CMYK make up of the updated colour.
6. You can edit the CMYK make up of a specific colour if needed. In some cases doing this will lower
the DeltaE difference to give you a better result.
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7. Click on the colour you would like to edit and click the 'Edit' button
*You can only edit one colour at a time.
8. You are then presented with the Edit Patch window. you can edit the colour by adding or removing
CMYK, when you have made any changes you would like click OK.
9. Any changes you have made are then applied and the DeltaE difference is updated.
*in this case it has increased the difference
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Exercise 2 Saving & Exporting a Palette

When you have finished making changes to your library you can save it and use it in 2 ways:
Named Color Profile - for use in Spot-On

Adobe Photoshop Swatch - for use in your workflow
Exporting your Palette as a Named Colour Profile
1. When you have built your library/palette click on the Save Palette button in the bottom right of the
window.
2. You will be shown the save dialog box.

3. In the format drop down menu choose Named Color Profile.
You have 2 choices:

Original Lab: the Lab values from the Pantone swatch book, spectral values of the original colour.
Device Lab: the spectral values optimized using the information from the output profile generated
for your device.
4. Choose Device Lab and click Save
The profile should automatically be saved to C:WINDOWS,System32,Spool, Drivers, Color as an ICC

named profile.
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Exercise 3 Importing your named Colour Profile into Spot On
** you need to have uploaded your profile to the controller before carrying out this next step.
1. From Command workstation go to Server Manage Colour to open ColorWise Pro Tools
2. In ColorWise Pro Tools select Spot-On.
3. You will be asked to select an Output Profile to use with Spot-On.

The profile you select should be the same as the one used to create the Named Color Profile from
within Eye-One Process Control.
*refer to using Pantone Palettes section of this document
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4. In Spot-On you will need to download your Named Color Profile you exported from within Eye-One
Process Control.
*refer to Exporting Palette as Named Color profile section of this document.
5. Browse to your named colour profile, select it and click Open.
6. The named colour profile library will now appear in Spot-On.
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Exercise 4 Creating Custom Colour Libraries

(Note: On MACs there is no option to create Custom Libraries. You can only customize the existing
colour by altering the Lab values and upload colour swatches into Photoshop)
You can create custom palettes for use within Adobe Photoshop and Spot-On.
1. Open the Process Control software and on the Measure Target section as you will need to calibrate
the Measuring device.
*You must calibrate the Measuring device if you want to use it to measure custom colours.
2. Select the Eye-One Pro as the measurement device that you will use and click on Connect.
3. Select the measurement mode to calibrate with: Select Spot, then click on the Calibrate button.
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4. Click on the Calibrate button to Calibrate your device.
5. Then open the Palette Section of the Process Control software.
6. In the Library drop down menu select New.
7. Then the Library Manager window will open.
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8. There are 2 ways you can add colours to the library:
1 - Click the 'Add' button (use this if you know the Lab values of the colours you would like to use).
2 - Measure the color with your Eye-One.
9. First we will manually add colours by clicking 'Add'
10. Input the information for the Name of the colour and then input the Lab information as required
(you will need to know these lab values).
11. When you have entered the information click Save.
12. The colour will be added to the Library and the Lab values can be seen.
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13. Repeat the process outlined above until you have all of the colours you require.
Now we will look at the second method of adding colours to a New Library.
14. This method allows you to measure colours into the New Library using the Eye-One measurement
device, just place the Eye-One on the colour you want and press the button on the side of the EyeOne.
15. The colour will be added to the library palette automatically.
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16. You can then Edit the Information for the colour as required by selecting the colour in the list and
clicking the Edit button in the Top-right of the window.
17. You can re-name the colour or even adjust the Lab values if required.
18. Click save.
19. The colour information is updated as required. You can repeat process as many times as needed to
build up your library.
20. When you have finished adding colours click save.
21. Type the name you want the library to use and click save.
22. Close the Library manager and look at the list of libraries in the Palette section of the software you
will see your new library listed.
You can select this library and use it in the same way as the included Pantone Libraries and Export it
into Spot On.
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Exercise 5 Adding more Colours to a Custom Library
1. In the Palette section of the software select New in the library drop down menu.
2. The Library Manager window opens.
3. Select the Library you want to edit from the Library drop down menu.
4. Click Load to open the Library.
5. When the library has loaded you can add colours either by using the Add button or by using the
Eye-One to measure colours.
*for information on adding colours to a library please refer to the creating custom colour libraries
section of this document
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6. When you have added all the extra colours you need you need to save the library.
7. In the New Library save box give the library a name and click save.
8. If you want to give the Library the same name as the existing name you will be prompted with a
message explaining this, just click ok.
9. Your library has now been updated with the new colours added.
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Exercise 6 - Merging Custom Libraries

It is possible to merge multiple custom libraries together to create one Library.
1. Open the Library Manager window.
2. Select the Library you want add to from the Library drop down menu
3. Click Load to open the Library.
4. The library will be loaded into the Library Manager.
5. Then you need to select a library you want to merge with. You need to tick the Append check box
and select the library that you want to merge and click Load.
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6. The Libraries will be merged into 1, now save this new Library.
Exercise 7 Exporting your Palette as a Photoshop Swatch
1. When you have built your library/palette click on the save palette button in the bottom right of the
window.
2. You will be shown the save dialog box. In the format drop down menu choose Photoshop Swatch.
3. You have 3 choices:

Device Values: CMYK Data
Original Lab: the Lab values from the Pantone swatch book, spectral values of the original colour.
You may use this if you wanted to output to another device.
Device Lab: the spectral values optimized using the information from the output profile generated
for your device.
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4. Choose Device Lab and click save.
5. Choose the location you would like to save your Photoshop Swatch to, it is recommended to save
this to: C:PROGRAMFILES, Adobe,Photoshop,CS2,Presets,Colorswatches and click save.
Exercise 8 Importing your Swatch into Photoshop
1. Open the Swatch palette in Adobe Photoshop. Window -> Swatches.
2. In the Swatch palette click on the triangle icon in the top-right corner.
3. In the menu that appears choose the Load Swatches option.
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4. Browse to where you saved the swatch and click Open.
5. The updated palette colours from the swatch you exported from Process Control are now available
for you to work with in Photoshop.
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Image Viewer Module
Image Viewer Module

Contents
Image Viewer
Exercise 1 Image Viewer Navigation / Tools
Exercise 2 Colour Adjust Tools
Exercise 3 Creating a Soft Proof for PDF Export
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Image Viewer
The Image Viewer is a powerful zoom tool that lets the user preview a rasterised document before
printing. The zoom percentage goes up to 3200%, which allows viewing the document down to the
pixel level. With this tool, users can quickly check for errors related to colours, moir patterns, trapping
errors etc.
Additionally it is possible to adjust colour using slides bars or a colour wheel. The document may be
saved and printed with the changes without re-ripping.
It is also possible to convert the document into PDF and distribute it for remote soft-proofing.
In this exercise users will be able to:
Navigate to different areas of the image or the pages of a job.

View the effects of trapping, screen patterns, moir patterns, output color profile shifts, etc.
Apply color modifications to that particular job and print it without the need of re-rasterizing the
job.
Zoom-in 3200% to evaluate halftone dots and screen rulings at pixel level. Reviewing dot shape,
screen angles, traps, etc.
Use the EFI ImageViewer application as viable alternative to visual evaluation of hard copy proofs.
Use the Color Adjust tools and quick application of edits without re-ripping.
Convert raster file previews into Export Soft Proof PDF.
Exercise 1 Image Viewer Navigation / Tools

1. Import the sample file in Student Folder - EFI ImageViewer 11 x 17 Sample.pdf into Command
WorkStation.
2. Highlight the sample file EFI ImageViewer 11 x 17 Sample.pdf and select Properties.
3. Select the Image tab, under Halftone Simulation, drop down box select Newsprint, then OK.
4. From the menu choose Process and Hold.
5. Locate the rasterized sample file near the bottom of the Active Jobs queue, and right click.
6. Select Launch EFI ImageViewer from the menu.
7. Click on the View menu in upper right to access the Zoom In selection. Ways to zoom in/zoom out
in EFI ImageViewer include: View menu > Zoom In (Out), Keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl++, Ctrl +-),
Viewer Controls Magnifying Glass tools Viewer Controls Slider tool.
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8. Notice that each Zoom In request updates both the Image Preview window and the size and
placement of the red selection box in the Navigator window.
The red box indicates preview dimensions and location within the larger page size currently
displayed in the Image Preview window. You can drag the Navigator box to a new location to
control the image appearing in the preview window at right. Notice, too, along the windows
bottom edge at lower left are shown the zoom percentage, resolution, image dimensions, and job
name.
9. Click on the "+" Magnifying Glass tool to zoom in from 25% to 50%. As the image preview
becomes larger, notice that the red navigator box becomes smaller.
10. Another way to reposition the image is to click-and-hold in the Image Preview window to call up a
floating compass point tool. Users can accomplish the same task using the traditional scroll bars
at the edges of the image preview.
11. From the View menu choose actual pixels. The keyboard shortcut Alt-Ctrl-0 (PC) or Alt+Apple+0
(MAC) changes the zoom factor to 100%.
12. Actual pixels (100%) reveal the Newsprint Halftone Screen simulation that we requested in Job
Properties earlier.
13. Users can decide at any time to select/deselect any combination of separations to appear in the
preview display. Deselect magenta and yellow now. From the keyboard choose Ctrl-I to
demonstrate how to invert the selected colour channels being displayed. The Image Preview
window will change to magenta and yellow separations only.
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14. In the Viewer Controls menu move the zoom in slider all the way to the right to achieve a
maximum zoom factor.
15. Place a check in the boxes next to the cyan and black separations to view the halftone spots in full
colour.
16. In the page field at upper right above the Image Preview window, enter the number 3 and press
Enter on the keyboard. This takes you to the 3rd page of the document.
17. Click and hold in the Image Preview window to call up the Compass Zoom.
18. Use the Slider tool to demonstrate how quickly users can change the zoom factor.
This ends the section on navigational speed and performance in EFI ImageViewer. Next, we will look at
the Color Adjust tools.
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Exercise 2 Colour Adjust Tools

1. If your Colour Adjust palette is not open, click on the white triangle that preceeds the name.
2. The Colour Adjust menu offers two tools for making colour edits on RIPped files. These include the
Colour Wheel and Curves.
3. Select the 2nd page of the sample file, align the red navigation tool on the image of the nautilus
shell and zoom in until it fills the preview frame.
4. Beneath the colour wheel in the Colour Adjust palette, there are three buttons on the right side.
When you make colour wheel edits the buttons allow you to apply changes that affect all of the
tones in the image, or just a portion of the tonal range.
5. The button on the left applies edits to the highlight end of tonal range; the button in the middle
applies edits to the midtones and the button on the right applies edits to the shadow end of the
range.
6. You can further control colour edits by using the settings in the menu just to the left of the tonal
range buttons. These include: Black Control, Saturation, Hue Angle and Brightness
7. First experiment with the Black Control. Select it from the pull-down menu.
8. Next move the Colour Adjust slider all the way to the left until the readout says 0.
9. Observe the changes in the preview image. Notice the reduction in black allows you to see more
shadow detail.
10. Move the Colour Adjust slider all the way right until the display reads 100. Notice how the
shadows become darker and overall the preview image has more contrast.
11. Click on the Curves tab to open the curves tool. Notice how adjustments made in the Colour Wheel
interface can also be viewed as adjustments to the tone reproduction curve. By positioning your
cursor over an anchor point on the curve (small circles), you can activate it so that density values
can be read both before (input) and after (output) the edit. In this example, an input value of 50%
will be output at 75% if we accept the colour adjustments.
12. Changes become final when you choose Save from the file menu.
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13. Click on the cyan anchor point at 50x, 50y on the curves grid and drag it straight up until the
coordinates 50x, 75y are displayed.
14. Observe the colour change in the preview image resulting from a 25% increase in cyan midtone
values.
15. Click the cyan anchor point at 50x, 75y on the curves grid and drag it straight down until the
coordinates 50x, 25y are displayed.
16. Observe the change in colour cast cyan to red.
17. Click on the Colour Wheel tab and select Saturation from the pull down menu. Notice the small
black square centred in the middle of the colour wheel and the Slider value at 0. These settings
indicate that gray balance is neutral and there are no colour casts in the preview.
18. Move the Colour Adjust slider to the right until 50 is diplayed in the readout. Notice how the small
black square is now positioned midway between the neutral centre point where it was previously
and the saturated red hues at the edge of the colour wheel.
19. Move the Colour Adjust slider to the right, again, until 100 is diplayed in the readout. Notice how
the small black square is now positioned on the right edge of the colour wheel. The preview image
displays maximum red saturation. This is the same visual result that you would obtain if you
dragged the midtone anchor point of the cyan tone curve from 50x, 50 y to 50x,0y. Try it and see
for yourself.
20. Return the Colour Adjust slider to balance to the preview image.
21. From the Colour Adjust pull down menu select Brightness. Notice that the neutral point for the
slider is 50.
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22. Move the Colour Adjust slider all the way to the left until the display reads 0. Notice the preview
image has become very dark. This is caused by a shift in the tonal range of the preview image
toward the shadows. See how the bright highlights have been reduced to a few tiny spots in the
centre of the nautilus?
23. Move the Colour Adjust slider all the way to the right until the display reads 100. Notice the
preview image is now very light. This is caused by a shift in the tonal range of the preview image
toward the highlights. See how the dark shadows are nearly gone?
24. The last Colour Adjust setting is Hue Angle. The neutral position for the Colour Adjust slider is 180
on a scale of 360. This refers to the number of degrees in a circle and is referenced to the HSB
colour model. You can make quick colour changes by clicking-and-dragging the black square in
the centre of the colour wheel or by moving the slider.
25. Click-and-drag the black square along the yellow hue angle on the colour wheel until the display
reads 60. Observe the pronounced yellow cast in the preview image.
26. Click-and-drag the black square through the centre and along the blue hue angle on the colour
wheel until the display reads 240. Observe the pronounced blue cast in the preview image.
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Exercise 3 Creating a Soft Proof for PDF Export

1. Return to the Black Control slider in the Colour Adjust tool under the Colour Wheel tab. Confirm
that the slider is set to the midpoint for normal tone reproduction. This is the file we will use for a
Soft Proof Export example.
2. Under the File menu, select Export for Soft Proof PDF.
3. In the Soft Proof PDF options window, select Current page under Page Range.
4. Under Options, click the radio button for Save one PDF containing selected pages.
5. Click OK to close the window.
6. Locate the saved Soft Proof PDF file and open it using Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or later.
7. When the Soft Proof PDF file opens in Acrobat zoom in to view the image quality at greater
magnification. This is the file to which JPEG 2000 compression has been applied.
8. Under the File menu choose Document Properties.
9. In the Document Properties window highlight the Security pane.
10. Review Document Restrictions Summary and note these settings:
Printing: Not Allowed
Changing the Document: Not Allowed
Content Copying or Extraction: Not Allowed
Acrobat settings provide assurance that the Soft Proof PDF format is secure and there is
minimal risk of unauthorized usage.
11. Click the OK button to close the Document Properties window.
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Preflight Module
Preflight Module
Introduction
Checks for most common printing errors to ensure files print successfully. It assesses the printworthiness of a job by determining whether it will print successfully and with the expected level of
quality.
Objective
Familiarize yourself with setting flags in the Preflight Report window
How to show severity of the Preflight problem with various flags
How to use EFI ImageViewer as a diagnostic tool for isolating page element problems
Explain what remedies might be applied to eliminate or reduce Preflight troubleshooting
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Exercise 1 - Preflighting
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
From the File menu in Command WorkStation, select Import > Job.
Browse to Student Folder, select Preflight Sample A3 V1.pdf.
Select the Hold queue and click the Add button.
Click the Import button to move the file to the Active Jobs queue.
Highlight the file that you just imported.
Right click and choose Preflight from the drop down menu.
7. In the Fonts field, set the warning for When Missing to Critical.
8. Next to When Courier is present set the warning to Information.
9. In the Spot Colors field, set the When Missing warning to Critical.
10. In the Low-Res Images field, set When image resolution is less than to 150 dpi.
11. In the field to the right for Low-Res Images choose Warning.
12. Next to VDP Resources, in the When resources not found field set the flag to Ignore.
13. Next to Hairlines, in the When line width is less than field enter 0.25 pt.
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14. In the other field for Hairlines, set the flag to Warning.
15. In the Overprint field, next to "When overprint is detected" set the flag to Warning.
16. In the PostScript field, set the flag to Critical. Many PostScript errors prevent the sample file from
printing until they are corrected.
17. Click the Save button at the top of the Preflight window.
18. In the Save Preset pop up, key in the name Preflight Sample Settings.
19. Click the Save button.
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Preflighting the Sample File

1. Confirm that your Preflight settings have been saved. The name of the Preset file should be
displayed in the Preset field at the top of the window.
2. Click on the Preflight button at the bottom of the window.
3. A Preflighting progress bar will appear in the Preflight window. The process typically takes only a
few seconds to complete.
4. In the Preflight Report window notice the summary highlighted in red.
5. Open the display for each page layout element by clicking the [+ or X] button that precedes it.
6. If you want a hard copy of the Preflight Report, click the Print Report button at the bottom of the
window.
7. Click on Close to return to Command WorkStation.
File Preview and Evaluation of Page Elements

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Locate the sample file in the Held queue of Command WorkStation.

Highlight the file and right click.
Choose Process and Hold from the menu.
Locate the sample file in the queue of Processed and Held jobs.
Highlight the file and right click.
Select Preview from the drop down menu.
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7. In the Preview window, examine the two A4 pages printed as a spread on the tabloid sheet.
8. Confirm that page elements are positioned correctly on the sheet.
9. Click the red "X" in the upper right to close the Preview window.
10. Right click on the RIPped and held file in Command WorkStation.
11. Choose Launch EFI ImageViewer from the menu.
12. Use the red navigation tool in the upper left corner of ImageViewer to position the preview images
so that hairlines can be examined.
13. The hairline surrounding the orange image is 0.20 pt thick. In the image to the right, the hairline
thickness is increased to 0.24 pt. Still too thin to be visible in most printed documents as indicated
by the Preflight flag
14. Although a native file is not included with the exercise, the recommended corrective action would
be to increase the minimum hairline thickness to 0.50 pt to improve the chances of it being visible
when printed. Scroll to the next image on the right to see a 0.50 pt hairline.
15. This image is surrounded by a 0.50 pt hairline. Zoom slowly out to 100% reproduction size and
watch to see if it remains visible.
16. The light blue tint to the right, where the cursor is pointing, is the spot color named Preflight
Sample Blue.
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Postflight Module
Postflight Module
Introduction
Postflight is a diagnostic tool used to determine which objects in a document represent which color
spaces. It provides global and object-specific information about how files are processed by ColorWise.
Users will receive a colour-coded print of the document and supporting report pages upon requesting
a Postflight.
Objective
Learn how to access the Postflight Report options from the Job Properties.
Use Postflight Test Page elements for comparison with a job
How to access ColorWise global settings in the report.
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EXERCISE Printing Postflight

1. Launch Command WorkStation.
2. From the File menu select Import > Job.
3. From the Select Files to Import menu, navigate to the Student Folder and select Postflight
Sample.pdf.
4. From the Logical Printer: pull-down menu choose the hold queue.
5. Select Add then Import.
6. From the Active Queue window, right click on the job and Print job for future reference.
7. When finished printing, right click on the file and select Properties.
8. Select the Job Info Tab, scroll down to the Postflight options drop down list and select Color
Coded Pages Only.
9. Click OK.
10. Process and Print the job. The job now prints only the report as you requested.
11. Compare the color-coded page that prints with the actual job (on the right). Note that there are 3
colour spaces identified:
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Cyan CMYK elements

Red RGB elements
Yellow Named color elements
Gray Grayscale elements (there are none in this sample)
12. Review the rest of the report. Note the color settings used, hints and tips as to what affects each
color space.
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Pitstop Editing Text Module
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Contents
Contents
Pitstop
Exercise 1 Editing Text
Exercise 2 Embedding Fonts
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Pitstop
Pitstop is a Adobe plug-in which enables you to edit and correct PDFs.
In this module you can edit text, change and embed fonts.
Exercise 1 Editing Text
From the Student Folder open the Pitstop folder and select the AliceInWonderland.pdf file.
Select the Edit Text Line icon (A) in the menu bar.
Click to the right of the d of Alice in Wonderland, you should see a flashing cursor.
Using the Backspace key on the keyboard, delete Wonderland and then retype Canon.
Exercise 2 Embedding Fonts
From the Student Folder open the Pitstop folder and select the AliceInWonderland.pdf file.
Using the Select Objects (arrow) in the menu bar.
Double click on the website address in the AliceInWonderland document (when selected it gets
underlined in blue)
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Click on the Show Inspector icon in the menu bar.
Click on the Text Tab (noting on the Right hand side of this window it states Font is not embedded)
and select Font Picker
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Font Picker shows the Fonts in the Page, Document and System. Select the System Tab, click on the
first font entry in the window, then tick the Embed Font box. then scroll to TimesNewRomanPSMT
Select OK
Note the changes in the Inspector Window showing the Font is now embedded.
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Pitstop Changing Colours Module
Pitstop Changing Colour Module
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Contents
Contents
Pitstop
Exercise 1 Changing Single Colours (eg. RGB to CMYK)
Exercise 2 Changing Colours Throughout The Document
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Pitstop
In this module you can change colours and Colour models (CMYK/RGB/Grey/Pantones)
Exercise 1 Changing Single Colours (eg. RGB to CMYK)
Open the Student Folder and select the PowerPoint Sample.pdf file
Click on Show Inspector icon (icon with magnifying glass)
This opens the Enfocus Inspector Tool.

Select the Selects Objects (Arrow icon)
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In the PowerPoint Sample.pdf document select the Yellow colour coded block indicating Travel
(once selected the item will have a blue box round the edge indicating it is selected) You will also
notice the Enfocus Inspector Tool shows the RGB values.
In the Enfocus Inspector Tool select Change Into select the CMYK option
The new CMYK values are displayed.
To Indicate that we are changing the colours enter the values:
C= 15, M=85, Y=25, K=0, noting the values change the colour to Pink.
Close the Enfocus Inspector tool
Exercise 2 Changing Colours Throughout The Document
If not already open, Open the file PowerPoint Sample.pdf

Select the Show Global Change icon in the menu bar (next to the Enfocus Inspector icon)
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Click on All & Change Colour options, then press the next arrow.
You are able to enter the RGB & CMYK values, or Grab the colour from the document. Using the
Select object tool from the main Pitstop window, click on the Pale Blue colour indicating Fashion in
the spreadsheet, on the From left hand side of the Enfocus Global Change panel select Grab then
Fill.
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In the To panel on the right hand side click on the CMYK option and input the following values:
C=15, M=85, Y=25, K=0
Select the next Arrow to perform the changes
In the next dialog box, select Apply to: Complete Document, All and Show results never.
Then select the Run button.
Thoughout the entire document, the colour select will have been replaced.
Press Close on the Enfocus Global Change window
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Pitstop User Guide
Pitstop User Guide
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Contents
Contents
Pitstop
Launching Pitstop
Editing Objects
Editing & Inserting Text
Inspector Tool
Global Changes
Action List
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Pitstop
Launching Pitstop
Open Adobe Acrobat or open a PDF file.

From the top menu bar, click on Plug Ins select Enfocus Pitstop Professional SE (options listed)
Or from the top menu bar select Window and Pitstop utilities are listed (eg. Show Enfocus Inspector)
Pitstop utilities are displayed as purple icons.
Editing Objects
Pitstop allows you to delete, move, scale and replace objects.
From the icons bar, select the Select Object icon (Arrow) to access the 2 options.
Select Objects option, allows you to select one object and Select Similar Objects allows you to select
multiple similar objects.
To Delete - Once selected, press the Delete key on your keyboard to delete.
To Move / Scale / Rotate Once selected, from the icons bar select the Move Selection tool, selecting
from move (drag & drop to desired location), rotate (click on the corner and drag to rotated
position), shear (click on the corner and drag to position), scale (click on one corner and drag in or
out to re-size proportionally).
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To Replace To replace one object with another object, Use the Select Object tool, select the New
object first, Select Edit in the top menu bar then select Copy, click on the Old object (the one you
want to replace) Select Edit on the top menu bar and select Replace.
Editing & Inserting Text

Text Editing tool allows you to make minor adjustments, such as correcting typing errors.
Edit Single Line Text Select the Select Object icon in the icon menu bar. The selected text becomes
underlined in blue, Select the Edit Text tool from the icon menu bar Click on the text line and make
the necessary changes.
Insert a line of Text Select Edit Text Line and click on the area the text is to be inserted and type in
the new text.
Inter a paragraph Select the Edit Paragraph tool, draw a bounding box where the paragraph is to be
inserted. The bounding box can be re-sized by clicking either on left or right edge of bounding box
until a double headed arrow appears, drag the box to correct size the text will auto-wrap within the
box.
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Inspector Tool
Inspector Tool displays the properties of current text or object selection. The selected object can be
modified.
Click on the Show inspector icon and using the Select Object tool click on the item, Inspector will
then show all options (Color, Fill/Stroke, Text, Image, Prepress, Position, Statistics)
Modifying Text With the Select Objects Tool, click on the text you want to modify then open
Inspector tool, Selecting the Text tab you can change the font size and to change the font select Font
Picker and then select the System tab, select the required font from the list.
Moving Page Content With the Select Objects Tool, click on the text/object you want to modify then
open the Inspector Tool, selecting the Position tab you can adjust, rotate the position of the
text/object.
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Global Changes
Pitstop can make object, page or changes throughout the whole document using the Global Change
panel.
In the icon menu select the Global Changes icon
Select a Category All, Page, Image etc.

Select the change you wish to make from the All Changes list, to save the changes for future use
select Add to Favourites.
Select the next arrow for other settings and select Run to make the changes, in the final screen you
can set the changes to be run as an Action List.
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Action List
An Action list is a sequence of tasks brought together in a single command, saving repetition
of tasks that are frequently required. Once saved Action List will carry out the tasks in the
defined sequence.
There are 2 ways of creating an Action List,
One way is by carrying out the task using Global Change then saving the changes as an Action list.
Or Open the Action List and either select from the generic Action Lists to edit or create a new one. To
Edit an existing Action List, select from Action List Window and click on Manage, then Edit and
change or Duplicate and Edit the duplicate created.
To Create a New Action List, Click on Manage and New, Give the Action List a name and click on the
+ sign at the bottom, the next window looks very similar to the Global Change option, go through
this selecting the changes you wish to make and select OK, Once created you are able to use the
Action List by selecting the Run button
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Progressives Module
Progressives Module
Introduction
The new Progressives feature in the Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition makes it easy for users to
understand the concept of process colour separations. Experienced commercial printers are aware that
control of process colour is achieved by adjusting the individual densities that comprise each colour
separation. Progressives is a tool for evaluating the individual colour channels in various colour
combinations.
Our eyes view the world in RGB, but we print in CMYK. Therefore reproducing natures reds, greens
and blues requires careful colour-balancing of the CMY overprints (any combination of two CMY
primaries, such as magenta plus yellow makes red). A child growing up near the Equator, being thus
influenced by the abundant sunshine possesses an inherent sense of bright, saturated colour (the
pure overprints). A child living in a northern industrial city in wintertime is surrounded by a landscape
of muted hues and grey.
Greyness in the context of colour separation is controlled by the amount of third colorant added to the
overprint mixture. For example, adding a small amount of cyan to a pure red produces a new red that is
slightly greyed or de-saturated. Continuing to add the third colour will eventually produce a nearlyneutral grey. Combining CMY at full strength produces a dark colour, but the mixture is insufficient for
printing black text, so instead we use black ink (or toner).
The introduction of black provides an opportunity for reproducing the colourful greys of nature (CMY)
using a lower-cost, easier to control substitute; black. Black is not a property of light, however, so
during the colour separation of an RGB image into CMY, the K channel must be created
mathematically using a function called grey component replacement (GCR). It requires craft as well as
science to determine the optimal amount of GCR to use on a given image in order to maximize its
print-ability without damaging its visual characteristics.
The new Progressives tool offers users a chance to reprint a process colour job using any combination
of colour separations. This enables users to build-up through a series of sequential print-outs the
overprint colour groups, the greying component or third colour channel, and the black separation, in
order to evaluate the colour management decisions that combine to produce the final channel
densities that are being sent to the printer.
Objective
Evaluate CMYK colour channels as individual entities and in overprint combinations
Show how to use Progressives with a printed and held file in Command WorkStation
Learn how to turn the Progressives feature ON and OFF in Job Properties
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Exercise 1
Import the Progressives Sample.pdf to Command Workstation.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Launch Command WorkStation and from the File menu choose Import Job.
From the Select Files to Import menu, navigate to the directory that contains the Progressives
Sample.pdf file (found in your Student Folder).
From the Logical Printer: pull-down menu choose the hold queue.
Select Add then Import.
5.
Right-click on the Progressives Sample.pdf and choose Process and Hold.
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6.
Right-click on the processed and held job and choose Print (to take a print of the job for
comparison before Progressives is switched on).
7.
From the Command WorkStation Server menu choose Manage Color.
8.
In the ColorWise Pro Tools menu choose Color Setup.
9.
In the Color Setup menu choose the Progressives tab.
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The Progressives tab will appear with Factory Defaults selected. Any changes users make can
quickly be eliminated by clicking on the Factory Defaults button at lower left.
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10.
Change the default settings to see how users can specify the Sheets that are printed and which
color separations appear on the printed sheet.
Sheet1 Black only
Sheet2 Cyan plus magenta and yellow
Notice how the icon at left in Color Setup menu changes according to the selections you have
made.
11.
Click OK.
12.
From Command WorkStation Active Jobs menu right-click on the sample job and choose
Remove Raster Data.
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13.
Right-click on the sample job and choose Properties.
14.
In the Job Properties, Job Info menu click on the Reporting sub-menu and choose Progressives
On.
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16.
Click OK.
From Command WorkStation right-click on the sample job and choose Print and Hold. Gather
up the print-out and check to see your changes.
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17.
Repeat the procedure, returning to the Progressives tab to configure other colour
combinations.
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Configurable Auto Trapping Module
Introduction
Trapping is the intentional overlap of colours in a printed project that prevents inevitable printing errors
from shown. It is compensation in advance of production for the human and mechanical errors that
result in mis-registration.
Gaps and Halos can appear between printed objects on a colour copier due to the physical limitations
of the printing process. The configurable Auto Trapping compensates for this and the menu offers
control over parameters such as trap Width, Shape, Colour Reduction and Object Type.
Objectives:
Learn how to make adjustments to auto trap settings for specific jobs.
Recognise page layout elements that require trapping to improve printed appearance.
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Exercise 1
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Launch Command Workstation, from the File menu select Import Job.
From the Select Files to import menu from Student Folder select file: Auto Trapping Sample.pdf,
select Logical Printer Hold queue.
Select Add then Import (this puts your document in the Hold Queue in the Active window of
Command Workstation).
From Command Workstation Select Server from top menu bar, select Manage Colour.
5.
Select the Colour Setup Tool and then select the Auto Trapping Tab.
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NB. If Apply Auto Trapping is ticked the ImagePRESS server uses the advanced users defined settings, if
un-ticked standard Auto Trapping is used. To enable either Advanced or Standard Auto-Trapping the
setting is located in the Printer Driver under Colour Tab, Auto Trapping Select On or Off.
Auto Trapping tab offers 4 types of control:
Trap Width
Trap Shape
Trap Colour Reduction
Trap Objects Type
Trap Width controls can be set differently for width and height horizontally & vertically (the terms
horizontal and vertically are used in relation to the Paper Feed).
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Shape as large as needed but no bigger.

In Command Workstation, Right click on the Auto Trapping Sample.pdf, select Job Properties &
in Colour Tab select Auto Trapping On. Right click on Process & Hold, Right Click on the
document and select Launch EFi Image Viewer.
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Using the EFI Image Viewer Zoom Tool, Zoom in 1600%, this is to view the Trapping that has
been set up, to make the Trapping more visible untick the Magenta option check box
under Separations.
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Place the cursor over the Yellow Colour Areas and note values:
C 0%, M 4%, Y 92%, K 0%
Place the Cursor in the Blue Colour Areas and note values:
C 97%, M 69%, Y 1%, K 0%
Now read the Trap colour Values:
C 97%, M 69%, Y 67%, K 0%
(Trainers Note these values may be different)

See how the Trap is a blend of the two objects
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Close Image Viewer and in Command Workstation right Click on the document Auto Trapping
Sample.pdf Select Remove Raster data . We will return to the Auto Trapping Colour Setup menu
and change the trapping parameters to generate a new output.
From the Auto Trapping Colour Set Up Menu change the Trap Colour Reduction settings as
shown below and right click Apply.
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The Uniform checkbox ensures that the colour reduction values remain the same for all the
colour channels.
Go Back through the demonstration procedure to Remove Raster Data, Process and Hold the
new settings and launch EFi Image Viewer.
Zoom in to measure the new colour values in the trap area.
Original Trap Colour Values: C 97%, M 69%, Y 67%, K 0%
Trap Colour Reduction Values: C- 97%, M 69%, Y 34%, K 0%
Note that the Yellow is nearly halved in value
From the Auto Trapping Colour Set Up menu change the Trap Object Types settings as shown.
Click Apply.
The Trap Objects To Image checkbox ensures that anywhere that the bitmap data touches vector,
where the touching colours present a trap risk, a trap will be built.
The Trap Images Internally checkbox is appropriate for images that are compromised of mostly
uniform flat colour areas such as computer screen captures and animation.
Go back through the demonstration procedure to Remove Raster Data, Process and Hold the
new Settings and Launch EFi Image Viewer.
Zoom in to the area indicated where the object letter e touches the Palm Pilot image. Notice a
small trap has been constructed between image & text.
From the Auto Trapping Colour Setup menu, click on the Factory Default button at lower left to
reset your settings.
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By Changing the Trap Shape you can alter the shape of the Trapping:
Ellipse, Diamond, Rectangle.
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Halftone Simulation Module
Halftone Simulation with Frequency per Colour

Provides accurate halftone proofing simulates the screened appearance of newsprint or packaging
material.
Offers you total control for halftone proofing, allowing you to evaluate halftone dot shape, frequency,
and screen angle to gain a better understanding of how job will look when printed on an offset press.
The Halftone Simulation feature allows you to print from the Fiery Server in halftone mode by defining
custom screening functions that will be applied to jobs.
Objectives:
How to apply halftone screening pre-sets to print jobs.

How to define halftone screening functions, and print newsprint simulation as shown below.
EXERCISE 1 Print File with default print settings

1. Open Halftone 1.pdf file.
2. Print the file with default settings.
3. Retrieve the Print from the imagePRESS, and keep it to use later.
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EXERCISE 2 Applying Pre-set Simulations
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Open Halftone 1.pdf file.

From the File menu, select Print > Properties.
From Job Properties, select the Image Tab.
From the Halftone Simulation dropdown list, select Newsprint, and click the OK button twice.
Retrieve the print to use later.
Close file without saving.
EXERCISE 3 - Creating Custom Halftone Simulation Settings

1. Launch Command WorkStation.
2. From the Server Menu select > Manage Color > ColorWise Pro Tool, > Color Setup.
3. Select the Halftone Simulation Tab.
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4. The following window appears.
5. Define custom Halftone Simulation setting as shown below in the User Screen 1 value fields.
Angle
Frequency
(Lpi)
Dot Shape
C M
1 75
5
8 85
5
Line
Y
0
K
45
85
85
6. And click OK.

7. Exit Color Setup.
EXERCISE 4 - Applying Custom Halftone Screen Settings
1. Open Halftone 1.pdf file.
2. From the File menu, select Print > Properties.
3. From Job Properties, select the Image Tab.
4. From the Halftone Simulation dropdown list, select User Defined Screen 1.
5. Click OK twice to print the Job.
6. Retrieve the output and compare the 2 printed results.
Remember to reset the Halftone Simulation in the print properties to Printers default..
EXERCISE 5 - Resetting Halftone Simulation
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In Job Properties, select the Image Tab.

From the Halftone Simulation dropdown list, select Printers default.
Click OK.
Or From the Preset list, select Default Job Templates, which resets all print settings to
default for all options.
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