User guide

1.8 Color management
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6. In the Name field enter a name for the profile, for example HP Heavy Coated
300
and click Import > Import to read the calibration data, and then click OK
until all open windows are closed.
7. Modify your page setup so that it uses the named calibration set.
1.8.1.3 Recalibrating the printer
You should periodically recalibrate the printer to ensure consistent output results, as
follows:
1. Click
Output > Print Calibration to open the Print Calibration window. Select the
appropriate page setup and click
Print calibrated target. Measure the printed tar-
get.
2. In the RIP, click
Output > Calibration Manager to open the Calibration (Dot
Gain) Manager window and select the calibration set used in the page setup.
3. Click
Edit from calibrated target to open the Edit calibrated target for… window.
Click
Import > Import to read the calibration data and OK to save the profile.
You may want to enter a new name for the profile to indicate it is an updated
profile, for example
HP Heavy Coated 300-Date..
Modify your page setup so that it uses the new calibration set.
1.8.2 Creating and installing ICC profiles
The creation and installation of an ICC profile involves these processes:
• Creating a suitable page setup
• Printing and measuring ICC profiling target to produce an ICC profile
• Installing the ICC profile in the RIP
When creating a page setup to use for printing profiling targets you have two main
options:
Raw State You can create a page setup that contains no color manage-
ment data: