Xerox 701P40210 Calibrating the DocuColor 2045/2060/6060 family, Calibrating the DocuColor iGen3

Stock Management and Calibration

Calibrating the DocuColor 2045/2060/6060 family

For the DC 2045/2060 and 6060, you should calibrate at least once or twice a day or more often when printing jobs that are “color-critical.”

The default number of prints of the calibration targets is 5 for the DC 2045/2060/6060 family. However, you may choose to print as many as 200 calibration targets at one time; we recommend printing 5 prints (of the 2-page target) and then choosing the 5th print to use for calibration.

Calibrating the DocuColor iGen3

Calibration should be performed at least once per color group, per halftone per eight hour shift for the DocuColor iGen3.

For example, if jobs to be printed during the night shift require Stock A using 175 dot halftone for job #1 and a 200 dot halftone for job #2, a calibration is needed for Stock A at 175 dot and at 200 dot.

These calibrations are assigned to Stock A with a 175 dot halftone and Stock A with a 200 dot halftone.

When calibrating 8.5 x 11 - A4 stock print 40 single sided copies of the (2-page) target. For larger sized stock print 20 single sided copies of the target; we recommend using the final print for calibration.

Calibration target tips

DocuSP calibration software checks the first color at the top of each calibration strip as a method of insuring that strips 1-13 are read in the correct order. If the top color is not detected, or is detected improperly, calibration fails. Due to image-to-page top variation associated mainly with the iGen3 engine, calibration errors can occur if you pushes the target too far into the Spectrophotometer.

Primarily, this can occur using the 11”x17” calibration targets, which must be cut down manually to 8.5”x17” in order to feed correctly into the X-Rite. This introduces the image-to-page top variation previously mentioned.

This section provides pictorial instructions for successful calibration in spite of target image location fluctuation on the calibration target.

3-4 Color Management Guide