Specifications

COLORWISE PRINT OPTIONS 19
CMYK/Grayscale Source or Device Link
The CMYK/Grayscale Source or Device Link print option allows you to print press proofs or
simulations. This setting specifies the offset press standard or other color printing device that
you want to simulate. This option affects CMYK data only.
When you specify a setting other than Bypass Conversion or ColorWise Off for the CMYK/
Grayscale Source, the EX700i overrides source color space definitions or profiles that other
color management systems may have specified. In cases where you do not want this setting to
override another specified source color space, choose Bypass Conversion.
If your document contains an embedded CMYK profile that you want to use, select the Use
Embedded Profile If Present (CMYK) option (see “Use Embedded Profile If Present (RGB
and CMYK)” on page 29. In this case, the CMYK/Grayscale Source setting is ignored and the
embedded profile is used instead.
In the printer driver, you can view an unlimited number of custom Full simulations created
using Command WorkStation. The number of custom simulations is limited by the available
disk space on the EX700i.
The CMYK/Grayscale Source setting you specify depends on the press standard for which the
CMYK data was separated.
• For images that were separated using a custom separation (such as a separation produced
with an ICC profile), choose the corresponding profile on the EX700i with the CMYK/
Grayscale Source setting.
• For images that were separated for SWOP, choose SWOP as the CMYK/Grayscale Source
setting.
To properly simulate a printed image that was separated using an ICC profile, the same profile
must be present on the EX700i. For more information about importing ICC profiles to the
EX700i, see Command WorkStation Help.
Two settings are available if you want no CMYK simulation:
• The Bypass Conversion setting sends your original CMYK data to the digital press with
calibration applied, but without conversions to simulate another printer.
The Bypass Conversion setting is recommended if you use another color management
system instead of ColorWise (for example, ColorSync or Adobe Photoshop). In this case,
the EX700i is expecting to receive CMYK data already in the device color space of the
EX700i. The EX700i will not convert the data, but it will apply calibration.
• The ColorWise Off setting sends your original CMYK data to the digital press without
calibration applied and without conversions to simulate another printer. The CMYK data
is still subject to maximum density constraints, however.
The ColorWise Off setting is not available as a setting in Command WorkStation Color
Setup or in Server Setup and cannot be the default CMYK/Grayscale Source setting. You
choose this setting for a specific job.