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Calibrate the spectrophotometer
Calibrate the spectrophotometer to prepare it for measuring the calibration page.
Before you begin
Make sure that both the white tile on the cradle and the instrument aperture are clean. If the white tile has a cover,
make sure that the cover is open.
White point calibration is used to compensate for gradual drifts in the spectrophotometer. The spectrophotometer
must be placed in its cradle, and the sample aperture must be in full contact with the white tile on the cradle. If you
do not place it correctly in the cradle, the spectrophotometer does not return accurate measurements.
The serial numbers of the spectrophotometer and the cradle must match for accurate calibration.
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After printing the calibration page, place the spectrophotometer in its cradle.
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Click Continue or press the button on the spectrophotometer.
Next steps
If the calibration is successful, you can proceed to measure the calibration page.
Measure the calibration page
You use the spectrophotometer to measure color patches by scanning each strip of patches in order.
When a strip is scanned successfully, the display indicator is green, and the arrow in the display moves to the next
strip. If the strip is not scanned successfully, the display indicator is red, and a message directs you to try again.
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For more accurate measurement, place several sheets of plain white paper beneath the calibration page or use a
backup board if it is available.
2
Orient the calibration page so that strips are horizontal and the scan direction (indicated by the arrow at the
beginning of the strip shown in the display or on the calibration page) is left to right.
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Hold the spectrophotometer with its length perpendicular to the scan direction, and place the tip of the sample
aperture on the white space at the start of the specified strip.
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Press and hold the spectrophotometer button and wait for a signal (an indication on the display or a sound).
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After you see or hear the signal, slide the spectrophotometer at a slow but consistent pace across the strip.
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Take about five seconds to scan the length of the strip.
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Release the button when all the patches in the strip have been scanned and you reach the white space at the end
of the strip.
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Repeat for all the strips in the order indicated on the display.
For black-and-white printers, there is a single strip.
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When all the strips have been scanned successfully, click Continue to view the measurement results.
Using ColorCal to measure patches
ColorCal allows you to calibrate the Fiery Server without a measurement instrument. Instead, ColorCal uses the
scanner of the printer to measure density values.
For black-and-white printers, ColorCal is not supported as a measurement method.
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