Specifications

POSTFLIGHT 78
Postflight reports
You can print reports on color-coded pages, alone or in combination with the color-coded
document. These reports are printed on the EX700i default paper size (Letter for US, A4 for
Metric) and use the default calibrated color mode.
The reports provide a document header with information (such as job name, date and time
printed, and user name), a ColorWise global settings page, and object-specific settings pages.
All pages include the job name, postflight date/time, and pagination in the bottom margin.
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ColorWise global settings page provides information that affects every object in a job, such
as calibration setting, date the EX700i was calibrated, method used for calibration, and the
output profile that was used.
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Object-specific settings pages provide a list of the settings that were used to process every
object in each color space, thus suggesting the locations to correct problems. For example,
if you see a problem with an object that is displayed in Cyan in a color-coded page, review
the settings listed in the CMYK Objects page and try changing those settings.
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Spot colors page lists all spot colors. For spot colors, the Postflight report lists the colors
that are used in a job. It also indicates whether these colors are defined in the EX700i.
When a spot color is defined in the EX700i, a patch is printed next to the color name.
When a color is not defined in the EX700i, a white patch with an X is printed.
Understanding Postflight reports
The main purpose of Postflight is to help you detect, diagnose, and prevent color-related
problems. In contrast to generic preflight software, which attempts to predict how a job
would be processed, a postflighted job is fully processed by the EX700i, allowing accurate
reporting on the settings with which the job processed.
This Postflight feature is especially useful in cases where a workflow that was used to submit a
job inadvertently converts colors. This conversion occurs with some printer drivers, printing
options, and conversions to PDF.
This report focuses on color processing and does not list every printing option that affects
your job. For more information about the ColorWise print options, see ColorWise Print
Options.
NOTE: Postflight reports list only those color spaces that were submitted to the EX700i with
your job. You may occasionally find that a job produces a Postflight report that includes
information about color spaces that you cannot locate in the job’s color-coded pages. This
occurs when an object in the color space is used in the job, but is masked by another object,
when an object is very light (for example, 0% of a spot color), or when the specific application
or printer driver asks the EX700i to process a particular color space but does not use it for
user-visible objects.