User manual CANON COLORPASS-Z5000 COLOR GUIDE

[. . . ] ColorPASS-Z5000 COLOR GUIDE I N C L U D E S F I E R Y ® S O F T WA R E Copyright © 2001 Electronics For Imaging and Canon Inc. All rights reserved. This publication is protected by copyright, and all rights are reserved. No part of it may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means for any purpose without express prior written consent from Electronics For Imaging, except as expressly permitted herein. Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. [. . . ] See “Color Editor” on page 4-12 for more information on how to edit profiles. Managing profiles Profile Manager lets you back up profiles to ensure that no custom profiles are lost when the ColorPASS software is updated. You can also upload a copy of a built-in ColorPASS profile to your workstation in order to use it with an ICC-aware application such as Photoshop. Profile Manager also lets you delete unwanted profiles. N OTE : You can back up and delete only those profiles that appear in the main Profile manager window without the lock icon next to them. Locked profiles cannot be deleted, but most can be backed up. Launch ColorWise Pro Tools and click Profile Manager. Select the profile on the ColorPASS to upload. The arrow in the middle of the Profile Manager window turns green and points to the left, indicating the profile is available for upload. 3. Click the green arrow, choose a name and location for the profile, and click Save. The name will be the filename of the profile, but the profile description will be the original one or the one you entered in the Profile Settings dialog box. N OTE : When saving the profile on a Windows computer, be sure to include the extension . icm. If the extension is not included, additional dialog boxes appear. 4. Click OK when you are notified that the profile was successfully uploaded. 4 1. 3. 4-8 ColorWise Pro Tools Delete profiles to make sure no one uses the wrong profile and to free up disk space on the ColorPASS (although profiles are small and do not take up much space). T O DELETE PROFILES FROM THE C OLOR PASS HARD DISK : Launch ColorWise Pro Tools and click Profile Manager. Select the profile you wish to delete and click Delete. A Warning dialog box asks you to confirm deletion. N OTE : You cannot delete preset profiles, profiles that are currently set as default, or profiles that are linked to any of the predefined custom names, for example Simulation-1. Click Yes to delete the profile. If you want to delete a profile that is currently set as the default or associated with a custom name, click Profile Settings and uncheck the default option. Defining profiles For Windows 2000 and Mac OS computers, before you can apply any downloaded or edited profile to a print job, that profile must be linked to one of the predefined custom names, or you can set the profile as the default for all print jobs (see setting default profiles, page 4-3). There are 10 names available for custom profiles—Source-1 through 10 for RGB Source, Simulation-1 through 10 for Simulation, or Output-1 through 10 for Output. For Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT 4. 0, all profiles appear by their actual names in the printer driver. These fixed names are used in the PPD so that you can select profiles per job even if your driver does not have the capability to obtain an updated list from the server. N OTE : You can also apply a preset output profile to a print job. N OTE : A custom simulation profile is used to illustrate this procedure. The same steps apply for defining custom or downloaded output profiles. 4 1. 4-9 Profile Manager T O DEFINE A PROFILE : Launch ColorWise Pro Tools and click Profile Manager. Custom profile created with Color Editor For the purposes of this example, assume DIC-new is a custom simulation profile created with Color Editor. As you can see, DIC-new has no information under the heading “Appear in Driver as. ” 2. Select DIC-new in the Simulation list, and click Profile Settings or double-click DIC-new. Select the “Appear in Driver as” checkbox, choose one of the predefined custom simulation names (Simulation-1 through Simulation-10) from the pop-up menu, and then click Apply. 3. Make sure to choose a name that is not already linked with another simulation. If you try to define two profiles with the same name, you will get an error message. For an output profile, the predefined custom names would be Output-1 through Output-10. 4 4-10 ColorWise Pro Tools N OTE : While you cannot delete a preset profile, you can use a preset profile’s name for your edited profile when you select the “Appear in Driver as” option. [. . . ] QuickDraw applications rely on QuickDraw (rather than the PostScript language) to send text and pictures to copiers. raster image A color rendering style intended for use when color accuracy is crucial. Unprintable colors are mapped to the closest printable colors. Solid color rendering does the best job of preserving the saturation of displayed colors. source color space Electronic representation of a page or image using a grid of points called pixels. rendering intent The style of color rendering, or gamut mapping, designed for a particular type of color job. An example of a rendering intent is Photographic rendering—also referred to as Image rendering or Contrast rendering—which is designed for photographic images. resolution The color environment of the originating source of an image, including scanners and color monitors. source profile A profile used by the color management system to determine the characteristics of the color values specified in a source digital image. spectral light The number of pixels per inch (ppi) in a bitmap image or the number of dots per inch (dpi) that a device can render. RGB The wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a given light source that can be seen by the human eye. spot color An additive color model that makes a range of colors by combining red, green, and blue light, called the additive A color that is printed on its own separation plate when separations are specified. [. . . ]