Xante 3 Series warranty Calibration with a Densitometer Gamma, Printing a Calibration

Calibration with a Densitometer (Gamma)

Densitometer support (3G) allows you to use g	amma curves to adjust
your printer’s performance to eliminate inconsistencies due to
equipment age, different toners, press inks, and media, and
environmental conditions.

The XD-1 (XANTÉ Densitometer), combined with XANTÉ Command

Center software, measures grayscale output for calibration and proofing. This affordable, easy-to-use densitometer will be used in this manual for example purposes.

Seven standard curves are supplied with XANTÉ’s Halftone Calibration Technology and you can create up to seven custom gamma curves. You can select any custom or standard gamma curves

on a job by job basis using the front panel Gamma menu or the Print dialog box Gamma PPD option. See “Halftone Calibration Technology (Gamma)” in chapter 6 for details.

Gamma curves are created with XANTÉ Command Center and a densitometer using the following steps:

•Printing a Calibration Page

•Using the Densitometer

•Linearizing the Densitometer Data

Printing a Calibration Page

To begin calibrating your printer, print a calibration page to measure the printer’s current performance as a basis for the calibration.

1.Open XANTÉ Command Center and choose Graphics:

Linearization. The Linearization window appears (fig. 3.15).

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