User's Manual

Digital Proofing: Step by step

• Pantone CMYK Euro (Has been overruled by Color Bridge but we still provide it for compatibility

with the past)

• Pantone Color Bridge Swop (As released in June 2006 by Pantone)

• Pantone Color Bridge Swop

• Pantone Hexachrome

• HP Indigo CMYK 1.0

• HP IndiChrome

• HP IndiChrome Plus 1.0

In the example below, all Pantone inks are converted to CMYK using the proofer profile, except for all

Cool Grey inks. When you use Pantone conversion for Cool Gray inks, they will be converted to K

only, which is much less prone to color casts.

Refine tool

When reproducing spot colors on a proofer, a profile gives you the best first shot possible. However,

fine tuning spot color simulation is common practice and extra tools will make fine-tuning easier. The

Color Refine Tool is accessible from the convert special inks dialog for Color Strategies. Users are

able to refine inks using either custom values or destination profile values. Click the refine icon in the

inks toolbar to open the Refine Tool.

The Color Refine Tool offers the following functionality:

• Fine-tuned colors are visualized on the monitor.

• For colors using customized values, the user can manually adjust the proofer coordinates,

comparing the new color to both the current color and the input color, both visually and through

Lab / ∆E.

• For colors using customized values, a grid chart can be proofed, allowing the user to manually

select the right patch from the proofed output.

• For colors using destination profile values, the user can re-measure the simulated spot color

(iteration). Multiple iterations are possible.