Activity 11: Use a Color Setup to align a proofer with a press

Background

In this activity, you will add a proofer to an existing Color Setup. In the Color Setup the Primary Color Output (PCO) is a press aligned to an industry specification.

The proofer becomes a Secondary Color Output (SCO).

The SCO will be aligned to the PCO using a DeviceLink (DVL). With the application of this DVL, the SCO proofs will simulate the color print results of the offset press.

Tasks

Goal
Add an SCO—an inkjet proofer— to a color setup created in a previous activity that has a press defined as the PCO 

Task 1: Add an SCO to a color setup that already has a PCO defined

1. In ColorFlow, click on the Color Setups tab and select the color setup named GRACoL C1 2006 in the Color Setups list on the left side.,
2. If the Devices dialog box is not visible, double-click in the blank area of the viewing window under the PCO to make it appear.
3. Add a new Inkjet proofing device:
   1. Tip open the Add Device panel if it is not already open.
   2. From the Device Type list, select Inkjet Proofer - Matchprint Inkjet.
   3. Name the device Proofer A.
   4. Click the Create button 
   5. Drag Proofer A to the SCO area of the viewer window under the PCO. 
4. Click the Properties icon  inside the SCO device condition.
5. Define new properties for the device condition:
   1. In the Resolution list, add or select 1440x720.
   2. In the Substrate list, add or select SM240
   3. Leave the other fields as the default values.
   4. Click OK.
6. Click the Measurements icon   to create a new Color Characterization Chart:
   1. In the Charts tab, click the Add button  .
   2. From the Measurable by: drop-down list, chose X-Rite i1iO
   3. From the Chart Type choose Full Color and Tonal.
   4. Leave all the other values as default.
   5. Double-click on the name of your new chart and rename it to CMYK Inkjet i1iO. 
   6. Click Save.
7. In a real-life situation, you would export the chart as a PDF, Refine the chart in Prinergy, output to a InkJet proofer and measure the chart in ColorFlow. For the purpose of this training, you just import a sample data file from the ColorFlow>SampleData folder:
   1. Click the Measurement tab at the top of the Device Measurements panel.
   2. Click the Import... button under the Active Measurement section at the top half.
   3. In the dialog that appears, browser and select \Program Files\Kodak\ColorFlow\SampleData\Measurements\MatchprintInkjet.cgt .
   4. Click Open. 
   5. When the Color Response has finished being generated, click Close to put the window away.
8. In the SCO InkJet Proofer tile, click the Device Condition profile icon to generate an ICC profile for the device condition. When the dialog appears, leave all the values as is and click OK. (It will take a few minutes to generate the ICC profile.)

Task 2: Complete the color setup

1. Click the Conversion icon  in the link area between the PCO and the SCO.
2. From the DeviceLink Method drop-down list, select Full Reseparation. 
3. From the Rendering Intent drop-down list, select Absolute Colormetric.
4. Leave all other settings as default.
5. Click OK. It will take a minute to generate the DeviceLink, and the link indicator will turn green when completed.

Task 3: Output using the DeviceLink in Prinergy

1. In Prinergy, create a new job, and name it as XX Press to Proofer DVL (where XX = your initials).
2. Refine GrayBalanceTestFile.pdf with 1stRef-Normz.
3. Create a new Loose Page Output Process Template, and name it Press to Proofer DVL GRACoL 2006 

   1. In the Output To list, select Virtual Proof.
   2. Select the ColorFlow Color Relationship Management check box.
   3. Check the Allow unassigned color setup or color setup mismatch checkbox.
   4. For Halftone Output Mode, select Print Production.
   5. In the Snapshot list, select Current State.
   6. In the Color Setup list select GRACoL C1 2006
   7. For Device, check the Show all print devices checkbox. When you do this, all SCO profiles become visible in the Print Device list.
   8. Choose Proofer A from the devices list. The Device Condition will be automatically populated.
   9. Tip open the ColorConvert section and select the Match Colors In Page Content check box.
   10. Save the process template.

4. Select the test refined file, and output it using the process template Press to Proofer DVL GRACoL 2006. If you look in the Prinergy processing information, you can see that that the DeviceLink profile is applied.
   

Outcome

You have created a color setup with a press PCO and Inkjet proofer SCO and applied a DeviceLink that aligns the proofing device with a press printing to an industry specification.