Xerox 701P40210 manual

Stock Management and Calibration

New or custom stocks may require characterization if you choose to place them in a new color group. If the new or custom stock is placed within one of the pre-installed color groups, the stock picks up the profile assigned to the color group. Each new or custom stock needs to be characterized only once. This characterization is assigned to the color group and is invoked each time the stock is selected for use in a job.

Once created, a color profile is assigned to any stock within the color group.

The three pre-installed color groups are:

•Bright White (L* > 95)

•White (93.7 < L*< 95)

•Other (L* < 93.7)

NOTE: The L* values are white point values and can be obtained by looking at the ream wrapper and/or from the manufacturer.

The three pre-installed color groups cannot be deleted; Xerox Qualified Stocks may be removed from your Stock Library, but not from the Stock Catalog. However, you may add new, non- Xerox stocks to the existing stock groups. It is advantageous to do so, as long as the new stocks share the same white point value.

Additionally, it is suggested that you place any colored stocks you wish to use in the Other group, although perfectly fine results can be achieved by placing all stocks in the white group. While these suggestions may not seem to make sense, they work well in practice. Most users who print on beige stock, or light blue stock, for instance, are generally willing to trade off maximum color consistency for the ability to produce good-looking prints on non-standard media.

An advantage to maintaining the “3-stock” model is that it limits calibration to only three representative stocks. The “3-stock” model is recommended for most workflows, requiring a little more setup than the “unspecified” workflow but achieving better color outcomes.

3-2 Color Management Guide