System information

Color swatch pages and swatch books
You can print a swatch page for an individual spot color containing all its neighboring spot colors. You can also print
a swatch book for a color group containing all of the spot colors in the group or selected colors in the group.
Spot color matching
When you print a swatch page or a swatch book, Spot Colors prints the job with the following job properties:
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If the Fiery Server lets you select an output profile in the Spot Colors main window, Spot Colors prints a swatch
book or swatch page using the specified output profile and the default job properties of the Fiery Server.
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If the Fiery Server lets you select Job Properties in the Spot Colors main window, Spot Colors prints a swatch
book or swatch page using the job properties you select. If you do not select any job properties in Spot Colors,
Spot Colors uses the default job properties of the Fiery Server.
In this case, if the Spot Color Matching option is disabled in the job properties, a message notifies you of this
setting. Because Spot Color Matching must be enabled for the spot color definitions in Spot Colors to be used,
Spot Colors always prints swatch books and swatch pages with the Spot Color Matching option enabled,
regardless of the job properties set in Spot Colors or on the Fiery Server.
Calibration
Calibrating the Fiery Server ensures consistent and reliable color output. Calibration adjusts for variations in the
color output of the printer, which changes over time and under different printing conditions.
When you print a swatch page or a swatch book, if a warning appears indicating that the calibration is outside of the
limits, it means that the Fiery Server is configured to detect when a job will be printed using an out-of-date
calibration. (Not all types of Fiery Server support this feature.) You can ignore the warning and continue to print, but
for consistent color, print pages from Spot Colors using only calibrations that are up to date.
Print a color swatch page or swatch book
You print a color swatch page for a single spot color. You print a swatch book for a group of spot colors.
Print a spot color swatch page
When you print a swatch page, you select a spot color and a pattern.
1
In Device Center, click the Resources tab and click Spot Colors.
2
Select the spot color and click Print.
Alternatively, in the Edit Spot Color dialog box or the New Spot Color dialog box, click Print.
3
Select a layout.
• Color Search Pattern - Prints patches with the same pattern as displayed in the Edit Spot Color or New Spot
Color dialog box.
• Color Neighbor Pattern - Prints the patches in the Edit Spot Color or New Spot Color dialog box in a 3-
column by 8-row format.
4
If you did not already specify the Paper Source in the print settings (Properties), select a paper size and a paper
source for printing.
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