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Xerox CX manual Managing color

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58	Chapter 7—Managing color

Individual job pages can contain RGB, CMYK, and spot color elements. A spot color is a specially mixed ink that enables you to reproduce colors that are difficult to reproduce with CMYK inks.

The CX print server Spot Color Editor enables you to edit the values of every spot color in the Spot color dictionary. You can edit these values without affecting the graphics, images, or lineart page elements.

When a spot color is converted to CMYK for digital printing, the printout doesn’t always simulate the desired spot color. The spot color variations feature enables you to easily edit a spot color by selecting a more appropriate shade. The spot color variations feature provides 37 variations, with slightly different CMYK values.

The spot color variations feature enables you to set:

●The variation of cyan, magenta, and yellow dot percent, by selecting variations of 1-7%. The default selection is 2%.

●The change in the hue, by selecting variations in the cyan, magenta, yellow, red, green, and blue axis.

●The brightness, by increasing or reducing the K value by up to 20%.

You can assess your changes immediately in the Before and After boxes, or you can print the entire set of variations, and decide which best fits your requirements by examining the printout. The edited spot color is saved in a custom dictionary. When the CX print server identifies a spot color in a job, it first looks for the name of the spot color in the custom dictionary and uses the associated CMYK values. If the spot color is not found, it looks in the PANTONE® color and HKS® color dictionaries. If the spot color is not found in either dictionary, the CX print server uses the CMYK values embedded in the original file.

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Xerox CX manual Managing color

Contents

Version Page Copyright Page Contents Managing jobs Variable data printing jobs Glossary 153 Getting started Printing this guideSystem overview Hardware and software componentsSupported formats Overview of the Workspace EPSGetting started Turning on the CX print server Turning off the CX print server RequirementsComputer for printing Setting up yourSetting up your computer overview Printing MethodsProcessPrint Print Driver softwareProcessStore SpoolStoreSetting up printing on a Windows computer Adding a network printer to your Windows computerPrinter Tasks area, select Add a printer Enable enhanced user interface, list select off Loading the Print Driver software for the first timeDeactivating the Print Driver software Removing the Print Driver software DEXUninstaller.exeDEXUninstaller.exe, and select Run as Administrator Downloading fontsClick Change Install Location Setting up printing in Mac OSInstalling the Print Driver software in Mac OS Click ContinueDefining a printer with the Print Driver software in Mac OS Click UtilityRemoving the Print Driver software Calibration Calibration overviewCalibration Requirements Click Calibrate Page Order they appear in the icons Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Mapping jobs to calibration tables See alsoCalibration Windows and Mac OS Using a hot folder to printPrinting a file Printing a file to the CX print serverPassword protect jobs Secure printing overview on Preferences window on Printing a file in Windows and Mac OS Importing and printing a job Printing from the colorServer Click ImportEditing a job overview Merging one or more pages into a job Moving a page in a jobDeleting a page from a job NextReplacing pages Click Merge JobsVerifying the content of the job Finding the Cmyk values of a specific areaPreflight Check Preflight ReportPage Performing a preflight check HiRes Viewing and printing a preflight reportPreflight Report window Spot ColorsProofing the job using color sets Outdoor photos Assigning a color set to your jobPhotos of people Corporate documentsSecure printing overview Managing jobs Archival and retrieval of jobsArchiving a job From the File menu, select Retrieve from archive Forwarding a job to another CX print serverRetrieving a job Click RetrieveDuplicating jobs Resubmitting a jobPrinting copies of a job Job Report overview Job ReportsAccounting Viewer overview Ensuring proper billingInSite jobs Printing a job in black and whiteCmyk area, select Preserve black color Exporting a job as an InSite job JobPage Managing jobs Managing color Color tools overviewManaging color and profiles Creating a destination profile Managing color and profiles Click Create Profile Importing a destination profile Importing a source profileResource list, select Profile Manager Mapping media using the Media and Color Manager tool Select Source Profile tabResource Center, select Media and Color Manager Managing calibration tables Calibrations windowCalibration table list Info Data Output DensityProperties Separations Adding an entry to a calibration tableInfo Graph Input %Managing spot colors Resource list, select CalibrationsManaging color Adding a spot color Deleting a spot color Printing a spot color chartEditing a spot color Spot dictionary list, select Custom DictionarySpot color variations overview Click Test PrintSelecting a spot color variation Printing a spot color variation From the Tools menu, select Spot Color EditorProtecting specific spot colors Click Print VariationsDefining an RGB color as a spot color Defining a gray color as a spot colorDefining a Cmyk color as a spot color Color adjustment with the Gradation Tool Previewing a job Creating a new gradation tableEditing a gradation table Correcting an image using Photo Touch-up Exposure and color castRed-eye Image noiseShadows and highlights Jpeg artifactsManaging color Imposition overview Print using impositionProduction workflows Imposition methodsPreviewing an imposition layout Imposition layout Preview window Printing a business card job Conflict indicationsImposition Method list, select Step & Repeat For Trim Size, select CustomPrinting a saddle stitch job Click Spacing & MarksImposition Template Builder Tool Imposition Template Builder overviewCreating an imposition template Binding Left Imposition template viewer windowImposition method Saddle Stitch Columns Rows From the Tools menu, select Imposition Template BuilderEditing an imposition template BothSelect the Apply changes to front and back check box Print with exceptions Adding exceptions to your jobSimulating a job with your template Click Advanced Options Dynamic page exceptions and setpagedevice commandsDeleting exceptions from your job Click Save or SubmitPrinting dynamic page exceptions Select the Support dynamic page exceptions check boxType Tabs plug-in overview Tabs plug-in windowTabs Size OrientationBottom Offset TextTop Offset LengthItalic ColorBold UnderlineText on both sides DirectionCreating tabs Page Managing tabs Changing the location of a tabInserting a tab before or after a specific Saving the tab settingsReplacing a page with a tab Removing a page or tab from the fileDeleting saved tab settings Variable Data Printing jobs Variable data printingJobs About VDP document formatsSub-job About Variable Print SpecificationBooklet Reusable ElementsAbout Ppml Select General DefaultsManaging VDP elements Selecting to Cache Global VDP ElementsArchiving VDP elements Retrieving VDP elementsResource list, select Cached VDP Elements Deleting VDP Elements 100 Job parameters Print tab in the Job Parameters windowLayout Print tab in the Job Parameters window 103 Set and apply imposition settings to your job Imposition tab in the Job Parameters windowImposition tab in the Job Parameters window 105 106 Imposition overview on Quality tab in the Job Parameters window Quality tab in the Job Parameters window 109 Color tab in the Job Parameters window CmykColor tab in the Job Parameters window 111 112 Color tab in the Job Parameters window 113 Cmyk RGB Photo touch-up tab in the Job Parameters window Apply these settings to specify how to finish your job Finishing tab in the Job Parameters windowExceptions tab in the Job Parameters window Services tab in the Job Parameters window Services tab in the Job Parameters window 119 APR/OPI Services tab in the Job Parameters window 121 122 Setting up your color Server Preferences windowProcessed Preferences window 125 Password protect jobs on page 24 Secure printing overview on Setting up a virtual printer Virtual printersAdding and editing a virtual printer Maintaining your settings Backing up the configurationRemoving a virtual printer Configuration backup area, click Start Backup Restoring the configurationPreferences window, select Configuration Backup Click Start RestoreTools for maintaining your system Remote Site Manager overview Working with color server tools on your computerCreo Remote Site Manager Activating remote toolsInstalling the Remote Site Manager in Windows Adding Creo color servers to the Remote Site Manager Connecting to the workspace from your computer Viewing the printer statusRemote Workspace overview Using the Web Center Connecting to the Web CenterOverview of the Web Center Installing the Office Hot Folder tool Office Hot Folder toolClick Create HF Using the Office Hot Folder tool to printCreating a hot folder Ppt Doc Xls PubLanguage settings Creo Color Server Job Ticket softwareCreo Color Server Job Ticket overview Creating and managing job tickets Creating a job ticket in WindowsDouble-click the CreoColorServerJobTicket.exe file From the Tools menu, select Use JT Settings From Loading job parameters from a selected serverSubmitting a job ticket for printing Easy VDP File Creator tool Creator tool142 Selecting an Easy VDP File Creator template Click Continue to add data records Next Adding records manually to your variable data job Adding records from a database to your variable data job Creating and printing the variable data job 148 Troubleshooting Job History windowHandling alerts and frozen jobs Aborting a job Alerts windowResume printing Printing system messages Click Print ListGlossary Brightness BookletBounding box Brisque Imposition JobCalibration curve BrisqueCache Click chargeColor correction Color castColor channel Color gamutColor rendering dictionary CRD Color match verbColor profile Color setConventional screening Composite modeContrast CreepDCS desktop color separation CT file formatDatabase DensitometerDevice DensityDensity range Device-independent color spaceDot area Device profileDevice type Dot gainFrozen job Gray component replacement GCRFrequency-modulated FM screening Gravure printingHead-to-head GrayscaleHalftone screen Imposition Job Job flowLong-edge first LEF Job ticket template JTTLine work Lookup table LUTLW file format New line work NLW file formatNormalize PPD PostScript Printer Description Process colors Pre-separated file Printer description file PriorityProcess PSImageRich black Relative colorimetricRender RTP ready-to-print jobSheet Screen angleShadows Short-edge first SEFSpine trim size Smooth scalingSource profile Spot colorTint Stochastic screeningSubstrate Tonal calibrationVariable information VI job Variable print specificationTrapping Vector drawing172 Index Storage area 5 Supported formats 2 system messages