Specifications

SPOT-ON 58
SPOT-ON
The Spot Color Matching print option automatically matches spot colors with their best
CMYK equivalents so that spot colors can be simulated using the CMYK dry ink of the
digital press. However, you may want to adjust the default CMYK equivalents to achieve a
better match for your specific printing conditions. You can modify spot colors using the
Spot-On spot color editor in Command WorkStation.
NOTE: Spot colors are also called “named” colors because a color name is used to represent a
specific CMYK value.
Substitute Colors and Two-Color Print Mapping
In addition to managing “named” colors, Spot-On allows you to create a list of “substitute”
colors. These are colors that, when called for in a document by their RGB or CMYK values,
are substituted with a different color having the CMYK values from the Spot-On color
dictionary. This permits exact color control and overrides individual RGB and CMYK colors.
NOTE: You cannot use the Substitute Colors and Postflight features at the same time.
These print options are constrained from the printer driver.
On the EX700i Print Server, if the Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition option is
enabled, the Two-Color Print Mapping feature is available in Spot-On. This feature allows
you to assign spot colors and process colors to the generic colors that are used in a job. The
Two-Color Print Mapping feature is designed for print shop operators to do the proofing for a
two-color press. You can print a two-color job to a two-color device by mapping the colors in
a job to the colors that are already created on the device. For information about Two-Color
Print Mapping, see Fiery Graphic Arts Package.
How Spot-On works
Spot-On allows you to adjust and manage lists of spot colors and their CMYK equivalents.
The matching lists of spot colors and CMYK values are known as Spot Color Dictionaries.
Spot-On allows you to maintain multiple Spot Color Dictionaries for each output profile on
the EX700i.
In Spot-On, you specify the job properties you will use to print. Based on the settings,
Spot-On determines the output profile and its associated Spot Color Dictionary.
If you select Output profile X and redefine PANTONE 123 from 30%M to 50%M using
Spot-On, you will get 50%M when you print a job with Output profile X. If you print a job
with Output profile Y, you will get the original value.