About color printing
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Calibration
Calibration is essential to insuring good color quality. The purpose of calibration is to measure how the digital press is printing the requested colors and to then make any corrections that are required.
Calibration at the color server should be done daily, or any time there is the possibility that the digital press colors may have changed from what they were in an earlier calibration. Some of the reasons to calibrate are:
•Color displays differently on identical press models produced by the same manufacturer.
•The temperature of machinery as it warms up affects color intensity.
•Image quality and color reproduction on uncalibrated equipment results in unpredictable, unreliable results.
To properly predict, manage, and minimize color variables, hardware and software must be calibrated before production begins.
Refer to the digital press System Administration Guide (see page
Refer to the manuals that came with your color server for information on calibrating that unit.
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