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An example of how you might use this setting is a page that contains black text on a light blue background. The
background blue is CMYK=40%, 30%, 0%, 0%. The black text is CMYK=0%, 0%, 0%, 100%.
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With Black Overprint set to Text or Text/Graphics, the final text or graphic portions of the page are
overprinted, or combined with the underlying color. Black colors generated by applications (for example,
RGB=0, 0, 0 or CMYK=0%, 0%, 0%, 100%) are printed using black only. This means that black text and line art do
not exhibit halftone artifacts (as long as the printer is calibrated correctly). No transition in cyan and magenta
occurs and the quality of the output is improved, because it does not show artifacts near the edges of text.
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With Black Overprint set to Off, the border of the text or graphic is on an edge that has cyan and magenta on
one side (outside the object) and black on the other side (inside the object). This transition may cause visible
artifacts due to the practical limitations of the printer.
Note: The reproduction of CMYK components is affected by the CMYK/Grayscale Source setting and calibration
when CMYK is not 0%, 0%, 0%, 100%.
Output Profile
The Output Profile print option specifies the output profile used to process a job. Color data in a print job is
converted to the color space of the printer, which is described by the output profile. In addition, the calibration that
is associated with the output profile is applied to the job before printing.
The Fiery Server includes one or more default output profiles, each created for a specific media type. You can also
import your own output profiles to the Fiery Server.
The Use media defined profiles if available setting automatically selects the output profile associated with the
media type used in a print job rather than a specific output profile. If a print job uses media from Paper Catalog, the
output profile specified for the media in Paper Catalog will be used.
CMYK/Grayscale Device Link or RGB Device Link - When you select a specific output profile in combination
with one of these options, the combination specifies a CMYK-to-CMYK or RGB-to-CMYK device link profile.
The CMYK/Grayscale Device Link or RGB Device Link profile setting and the Output Profile setting are used
in combination to activate a device link profile. The device link profile must already be associated with specific
settings for Output Profile and CMYK/Grayscale Device Link or RGB Device Link. In this case, the selected
output profile is not used for color management, since the device link profile is used.
Profiles
Profile Manager in Command WorkStation allows you to manage the ICC profiles that reside on the Fiery Server.
Color Editor (in Profile Manager) allows you to create a custom profile from an existing CMYK profile and use the
AutoGray feature to adjust the gray balance of output profiles.
Profile Manager also provides access to the custom Paper Simulation feature for CMYK source profiles if your Fiery
Server supports this feature.
The Fiery Server uses the following types of profiles for color management:
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An RGB source profile defines the source color space for RGB (and Lab) colors in a print job. Typical devices
using RGB profiles are monitors, scanners, and digital cameras. An RGB source profile enables the Fiery Server
to convert RGB colors in a print job to the CMYK color space of the copier/printer accurately.
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A CMYK source profile defines the source color space for CMYK colors in a print job. Typical devices using
CMYK profiles are printing presses and digital printers. A CMYK source profile enables the Fiery Server to
convert CMYK colors in a print job to the CMYK color space of the copier/printer accurately.
Fiery Command WorkStation
Managing color
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