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1. Mi Error Vectors M Gamut Lines E ae Status View Presets 71dE 0 02dH Top a b Bottom ces Prine babel Save PDF Report Left b L irances 3d Analysis Hue Angle ff 0 iranges Pick a point 44 System setup Linearization The linearization of a printing system forms the basis for the ICC profile setup Only a well linearized sys tem can be well profiled If an ICC profile must also correct rough errors in the linearization the best pos sible reproduction quality will no longer be achieved The normal RIPs today all have a linearization func tion The linearization routines are usually integrated into the RIP and are not openly accessible Generally no information is given about the quality of the CMYK curves however the possibility exists to check the effect of the linearization curves This can all be done with Color Care The Color Care target also contains in area 2 Linearization RIP scale wedges for the 4 basic colors Thus after linearization of the printing system a primary color and dot gain check is carried out similar to certification with an offset machine Color Care is there fore completely independent of the RIP used and can be used for every printing system In the predefined jobs reference curves specific to printing systems are given The system has also however the dot gain curves in accordance with IS012647 so that aligned systems can also be evaluated with these to
2. CRT monitors In CRTs the intensity of the 3 phosphors is controlled by an ana logue signal that can be modulated nearly infinitely variable Since the intensity of each channel can be controlled individually gain the colour temperature can be set very exactly Gradation curves in a CRT cannot be influenced each monitor has its more or less fixed gamma That s why a CRT cannot be fully hardware calibrat able Mac OS The colour management framework of OS X ColorSync automatically detects the presence of calibration curves in an ICC profile and downloads them into the video card at system start up or when allocating a different CC profile using the monitors con trol panel Windows The Windows colour management framework ICM does not sup port this functionality a separate LUT loader is required Color Care display contains such a LUT loader which is installed automatically into the start up programs folder when installing Color Care display At Windows start up the LUT loader downloads the calibration curves into the video card When changing the monitor profile the LUT loader must be launched manually in order to download the correct LUT The downside of a software calibration compared to hardware cali bration is the reduction of tonal values by using 8 bit LUTs in the video card Depending from the extent of the correction banding and reduced definition in highlights and shadows can be then con sequence This effect
3. If you carry out a Final Check 100 measurement in a Color Care target and find deviations which exceed the tolerance limits you can use this measurement for patching of the profile You do not require any new printout or any new mea surement Save your measurement file with File gt Save As e g as Error cie Now you will need a target file which will contain the required target values of the measurement fields and is format ted in the same way as your measurement file Error cie Click on New Measurement and import a reference mea surement file as described on page 28 For ISOcoated_v2 it is the corresponding reference file Fogra39L txt You will find this file in the subfolder Reference Files in your jobs folder see page 27 When you have imported the reference values save a second measurement file as for example Reference cie Profile adjustment Color Care match patch Edit Help Open ICC Proflle dO S Start Color Care match patch and load your current Save ICC Profile As printer profile with which the error prone printout has been created Color Care match patch File i f Load Reference Data R Now load the reference file Reference cie Sy eT Color Care match patch File Help ee Clear 38K tai Aa Load Reference Data R as well as the measurement file Error cie aad Weasurement Data EM 58 Color Care Profile Adjustment Color Care match patch will now
4. Licensing window The License menu opens the Licensing window and shows the status of your license in the top left corner In our example the license is permanent Maching ID 206 SMI TIa 4 Cole Care display 4 1 Permanent lnferenabon i you wang bo ory cut Color Care dinplay 4 click the l4 days MPPs eee Duman and you will be connected to cur wel aie You can then regati a bee ime brid gens fig you have perchaced ths sofware click the lt Lienee oe Demon and pou will be Connected tt cur wed she You tin than nega a parmak icenee fie You cic alto accent coe web dite from a different computer Go b hita myecense birogin kipoe mis Batanguage EN Bo request pour licensa file IMPORTANT To request the Ecente fle for Chis computer you well ed oo meme in che Machen E abowe In cite pia Go Sot have Intereet access af al presi the lt Bae form gt Betton Print ihe form D i out and send i to the fax number specified om the form Phe dinnat Litera File Betton Click on the Install License File button to load the license file to the application Machine ID 206082 2202 4 Dog Care display 4 1 Permanent Krea ee ae ee ee ded ry Bene Bamon And you will Gt connected to cur wed ae You can then requad a bree iane tooned kum fs Hf you have perched the sofware click the Licence bemon and pou wil be Connected tt cur wes ake You can than rege a permanen irene Mie Fou cic alee accedd
5. i Calibration successful Ready 54 Color Care Setup Final acceptance After the measurement the analysis window opens automatically The window displays an evaluation in accordance with ISO Fogra guidelines The individual criteria are symbol ized with a red yellow or green button If all criteria are met the overall status on the right will display a green check If there are toler ance deviations a red x will appear In the PDF report and 3D diagram the mea surement results can be analyzed in detail If there is a label printer connected you can print a label directly from the analysis window with a short evaluation Alternatively a short summary can be found on page 1 of the PDF report The 3D diagram has the following elements Grid lines reference gamut E Large dots reference dots Small dots measurement E Line between large and small dot Error vector Color depending on measurement and tolerance value gray no evaluation green OK yellow optional tolerance exceeded red standard tolerance exceeded Operation m Click drag Turn and tilt the pigment E Shift click drag Scroll up and down Ctrl click drag Zoom E Click on the measurement dot Measurement reference and AE value displayed below left E View presets predefined views E Select components Activation and deactivation of measurement dots gamut lines and error vectors Average overall 1 5
6. On the right you see the corresponding RGB values Once measured the primaries Red Green and Blue define a colour triangle the gamut of your monitor in the x y diagram In the menu Window gt Spectral distribution or with the shortcut Apfeltaste 1 you open an additional window that shows the spec trum of the actual measurement This option is only available if the measurement instrument used is a spectrophotometer Presently the only spectrophotometers available are Gretag Macbeth Eye One Pro and Eye One Monitor Click on the lt Save gt button to store the spectrum in an ISO 12642 compliant text file 3 4 Calibration methods detailed A correct calibration of your monitor is the basis for a good profile The better you pre adjust the monitor hardware to the desired dis play characteristics the better the quality of the resulting profile By calibrating the monitor you will improve the representation of all colours because the profile conversion will have to correct for less and smaller differences Color Care display offers 3 different calibration methods At first launch it will automatically select the highest level method avail able for your monitor video card combination When you quit the application the calibration method you may have selected manu ally will be stored and recalled next time you use Color Care dis play 3 4 1 Hardware amp combined HW SW calibration Hardware calibratable monitors are co
7. port on one graphic card with the Windows operating system you will need additional third com pany tools e g Microsoft colour control panel or a special graphic card e g Matrox Parhelia APVe Otherwise the Windows operating system cannot handle multiple ICC profiles on one graphic card For detailed information please contact our basiCCare team sup port color solutions de Tip Screen saver During the calibration and pro filing of your monitors please deactivate all screen savers and the power management of your operating system Otherwise incorrect measure ments will occur Tip user permissions Please check your user permis sion before you start Color Care display Only system Administrators have the permission to write to the system folder of an operating system where all the ICC profiles are stored Mac users with limited user per mission can store ICC profiles in the user folder Windows users do need adminis trator permission during the use of Color Care display Otherwise the generated profile cannot be stored in the system folder If you do not have adequate user permissions Color Care display will display an error message after the profiling measurements 2 2 Selecting a measurement device After the first start of Color Care display 4 1 you need to select a measurement device first This can be done via the File menu under Select measurement device or with a click
8. A 29 Color Care Module Color Care match patch Color Care match patch has been developed to optimize the color reproduction accuracy for selected color locations in an existing printer profile Therefore it is primarily used for proof documents i e absolute colo rimetric reproduction priority or with relative colorimetric rendering intent if the paper tone already corre sponds well to the reference The adjustment by Color Care match patch can at the same time be used at any color location It is most frequently used for the improvement of spot color reproduction e g company logos product colors etc as well as the optimization of problem fields in quality control targets such as the Color Care target or the Ugra Fogra Media Wedge The operating principle is quite simple You create a proof print with the printer profile that is to be optimized This proof print should contain a metrologically analyzable target This target will be measured Color Care match patch then compares this measurement file with the reference file and displays the color differences You can now select the color location for which the printer profile should be adjusted Match patch calculates a patch for these fields and generates a revised ICC profile based on the existing printer profile The program thus works fundamentally with all targets Color Care target Media Wedge ECI2002 IT8 7 x baslCColor profiling targets etc The color location
9. Job oO density balance Color Care Job 0 gamma offset Color Care Job 1 2 3 Printer Profiling CMYK Quality Gontral Production Run Quality Coniraya Proef Ugra Fegra MediaWedge Quality Control Valedateon Print Menes Users mh Documents Jobs Color Care v200 Siec jobs Foider Select New Template New pod Color Care job 0 color density control iLPro Denbal 13x6 Color Care Job O density balance ilPro Denbal 5x6 Color Care Job 0 gamma offset iliSis XL Denballlx17V01 Color Care job 1 2 3 iligis XL Denball2xi8vO0l Primer Profiling CMYK iliSis XL Denball3x19V01 Quality Comro Prodection Run iliSis XL DenbalAZVO1 Quality Comtrol Proof Ugra Fogra MediaWedge iliSis XL DenbalSMA3VO Quality Coenrol Validation Prien Measurement window closed Users mh Oocuments Jobs Color Care v200 Select New Template Color Care job 0 color density control Color Care job O density balance Color Care job 1 2 3 d Hardware C6500 Hardware C6500 no UVcut Hardware C65hc Hardware C6She no UVewt Hardware C7000 Hardware C7000 no UVcut Hardware C8000 Hardware C5000 no UVcwt Primer Profiling CMYK Quality Comro Prodection Run Quality Comtrol Proof Ugra Fogra MediuuWedge Quality Comrol Validation Prien CE E E E Notes Color Care quality control Printer gamma adjusters service mode This Jod will check the result of the prin
10. Otherwise an error message will pop up in Color Care display during the profiling process Screen saver power saving mode During the warm up calibration and profiling of your monitors please deactivate all screen savers and the power management of your operating system Otherwise incorrect measurements can occur during the calibra tion and profiling process Position of the measurement device Please check if the measurement device is positioned flat on the screen surface Otherwise ambient light can enter the sensor resulting in mismeasurements For an easy and quick setup of Color Care display parameters Co Cretan 4 Col iam click on lt Settings gt in the control panel In the main area a list of e acai iene rae rs options will show up Otherwise click the Presets radio button in 7 O the control panel to activate this 3 sp eumnt we aeaeeone In the main area you will see four menu options that allow you to hee ees setae onl select the presets for calibration and profiling Display type paie Por oe FA BAW W USJ Ph LHR Dh dE Di ga a EDE a a a a E Oe are a Calibration settings Profiling settings D Co am The different settings will be explained in more detail in the follow ing part of this chapter 2 3 1 Display type Under this point you need to select your display type first After the first start Color Care display has no information on the kind of Dipin Woe display connected t
11. amp Sichern unter Color_Care_3E lic J a SAMER S KONICA MINOLTA Download 14 day Tryout License Licensing My Lic nses My Data ero If the download does not start automatically gt Color Care Konica Minolta Business Solutions Euro Europaallee 17 30855 Lange 15 Color Care Installation Now return to the Color Care licensing i 7 I H ll window Click on Install License File to _ Machine ID 1764268909 5 load the downloaded file Color_Care_2_ control XXXXXX li Color Care installs your license _ QC module for all output systems Beside the _ Ugra FOGRA Media Wedge control supports a control m on the system and after a short period will variety of other control bars and color Permanent display the license status Permanent ee certify The lic file in your download folder can omodu le To Keck the Sompianes ATN _ primaries and dot gain of CMYK output devices cartify now be deleted as the license information Will be used to introduce the Mi i ProcessStandardOffset this is defined in ISO remaneni is saved in the system When accessing the 12647 2 lic file again e g for a reinstallation of your vie i pro computer you will find a backup of this _ Module that enables catch to save spectral data or ile in vour account on the Konica Minolta colorimetric data with different illuminants A C pro Permanent file in y t on the Konica Minolt m l
12. f you require immediate activation using a new computer you can start the 14 day demo This license is generated automati cally by the license server The button 14 Days Demo License will take you directly to the demo activation page after ae e Be E 4 het sreylicense biz lic_demo aspvessionid pelptvzasdds EEG Google ORTON MMOL Spire login If you log in to your account from another computer please select 14 Days Tryout License on the left Enter the EEEN ty dey Tryout License Thank you very much for trying out Color Care product and your machine ID and click on L pel eager per Submit lune hing the approprisia Cabar Cane produeij IMPORTANT The softeare has already be installed on your computer You con downioad the masi version clicking the Cownioad link on the lott sida Now click the Subrat key Dptning Syin o Wi o Maz Caegary Di Color Care Preguce Color Cane imac L New EE Machines 1764265909 5 Ehara can Lina the Maohina J07 Gmr ColorCareM a The remaining procedure is the normal activation process After providing the product code and machine ID the server displays the corresponding software license KONICA MINOLTA 00 Start the lic file download by clicking on sean teea D Scat eee Start License Key Download My Licenses Spoor ed Siphon pate ae RAR a Depending on how your browser is con O figured the lic file download will start automaticall
13. reference gamut E Large dots reference dots Small dots measurement E Line between large and small dot Error vector depending on measurement and tolerance value in gray green yellow or red Operation Click drag Turn and tilt the pigment m Shift click drag Scroll up and down Cirl click drag Zoom E Click on the measurement dot Measurement reference and AE value displayed below left E View presets predefined views E Select components Activation and deactivation of measurement dots gamut lines and error vectors The 3D analysis is the most efficient for this task Zoom in the diagram until you can clearly recognize the 6 measurement dots and click on the individual dots to display the target measurement and AE values K Color Care System setup Gamut test 4 OAC MIMOLTA Wwe au ph ro E E e wi Status v Targtt ob Calor Cang 0 hadeano eferpent Mie Bisbat BAD PER uwadi piile parema al parar d e Toerettog Medel dela ia iter Cas heer Gude ose Tis BA eg i eo SO OMY 10C 10M 10 OK Ref 5 0 0 0 0 0 Cmp 52 1 7 1 1 delta E ab 163 Average AL 0 19 Aa 0 30 Ab 0 39 AC 0 22 h 52 56 Distribution monochrome Patch color Scaling AC e25 05 plo Aab e25 05 O AL 25 O5 Oto 39 System setup The basic prerequisite for a successful system instal lation is that the paper and the hardware setup of the printing syste
14. Care Installation Pra a Ealgs http mylicense biz login asp 0emid 8 amp productid 142 amp mod amp The essentials of imaging KONICA MINOLTA Color Care Registration Licensing Download Area If you are a registered user you can log in by entering your e mail address and personal password below and by clicking Login If you are a new customer please click Register first E Mail D E Password Color Care Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europaallee 17 30855 Langenhage ajll elll T A http mylicense biz lic asp sessionid hSd6gfwsk7nay8kk amp amp The essentials of imaging KONICA MINOLTA Download 14 day Tryout License Licensing My Lic nses My Data v aka LS Licensing 1 With TAN Please enter the TAN that you find on the inside of the CD Tinbox If you do not have a TAN please proceed to option 2 The field Machine ID is filled out with the machine ID of the computer you sent the licensing request from If you want to license the software for a different computer please enter its machine ID manually you find it in the upper left corner of the licensing window when launching the appropriate Color Care product Now click the Submit key TAN maa aiva esdpl_ wnere can find the TAN Machine ID 1764268909 5 Where can I find the Machine ID Tip Please type in the numbers carefully The machine ID always has 11 digits and 1 dash
15. Care Module Metrological test elements 1 Gamut Density With this wedge it can be determined with just one strip measurement whether the paper currently in use and the setting of the full tonal densities or maximum toner job on the printing system cor respond to the Konica Minolta specifications If the gamut of a printing system is too low for a selected purpose extensive calibration and setup work for gt RIP and color management is pointless Checking this wedge thus ensures that the device and mate rial provide a sufficient basis for calibration and profiling 2 Linearization RIP gt Hardware Settings 10 6 m7 8 20 Step 2 of a system installation is checked with this test element The analyzed software shows the colorimetric deviations of the full tones as well as the nominal tonal value curve deviation Checking the linearization ensures that there is an optimal basis for the profiling If the nominal values are not achieved here the ICC profile can still correct this The 4 primary color wedges are measured The CMY wedge E is predominantly for the visual eval uation of the layered printing of colors An optimally installed system will display a typical red brown coloration of the CMY wedge i G A Paper Color Settings may Gee Simulation Referenceprofile a Linearization JON JOFF Printer RIP Simulation _ O 3 Offset simulation Color profile The measurement
16. Clicking the lt Start gt button will open a new measurement window Position the instrument in the measurement area of this window On the right side of the window you can see the measurement values during the calibration and profiling process delayed by one patch Click the lt Measure gt button to start the calibration and profiling process The measurement process can be divided into four sections 2 5 1 Measuring colour characteristic The first step of the calibration is to gather the actual colour prop erties of the monitor This is required to determine the parameters for calibration and profiling 2 5 2 Setting white point This step sets the colour temperature in the monitor hardware or via video LUTs in the graphics card 2 5 3 Iterating gray balance Color Care display fine tunes the tonal response curve to the selected tonal response curve L Gamma or SRGB and optimizes the gray balance in an iterative process 2 5 4 Measuring for profiling After calibrating the monitor Color Care display measures the colour characteristic of the monitor again to create the CC profile 16 Color Care display Quick start SS ee eee bi Video LUT of a monitor with internal hardware calibration There are no corrections of the Video LUTs in the graphics card SS ee eg bi Ti 7 100 Video LUT of a notebook LCD The colour temperature couldn t be preset exactly So the colour temperature will be op
17. Color Care display has been enhanced considerably There are several sets of Calibration settings that come with Color Care display They cover the most important workflow condi tions and have been compiled with the utmost care In case you should not find suitable settings for your needs change the parameters in the Settings tab and save your custom settings under File gt Save calibration settings Here is an in depth explanation of the parameters 3 5 1 Colour temperature If you heat up a black body you will see that it radiates light The spectral distribution of the emitted light can be correlated with the temperature of the black body Any light s colour temperature is the temperature in Kelvin K at which the heated black body radiator matches the hue of the light The lower the colour temperature the more yellowish reddish the emitted light e g incandescent lamp gt approximately 2800 K The higher the colour temperature the more bluish the emitted light e g uncalibrated CRT monitor gt approx 9300 K Colour temperature only describes a certain colour sensation not a specific spectral distribution So it s unknown how the mea sured x and y values are composed spectrally The CIE Commission Internationale de I Eclairage have defined spectral distributions of standard lighting situations the most important of which is the D series D Daylight 22 Color Care display Advanced
18. D50 D55 D65 D75 license server on the page My Licenses 14 Days Demo License After requesting your license file online and receiving the license file click the lt install License File gt button E Close the licensing window and restart the Color Care module Although every Color Care module has its _ Information own licensing window all other modules If you want to use Color Care catch without any optional modules check do not display again will always be activated automatically If you have purchased one or more of the optional modules above you can license them online Just check the appropriate module and click the License button In case you do not have Internet access press the Fax Form button to open the licensing form Print the form fill it out and send it to the fax number specified on the form C do not display again Close 4 Installation support Further information and support regarding Color Care software installation and activation is available by telephone or e mail Please make sure that you have carried out all the steps correctly before contacting the support team Telephone support is available from Mon Fri from 09 30 13 00 and 14 00 17 30 CET CEST E Telephone 49 0 511 7404 424 E mail colorcaresupport konicaminolta eu For questions regarding the function of your Konica Minolta printing system please contact your local Konica Minolta sales partner
19. DINAJA EyeOne 901 Target name ECI2002random Strip Ad 6 pages basiCColon A Please put the instrument on the calibration reference KONICA MINOLTA Disconnect i Position Measurement Start truant The software will notify you when the calibration is finished Do not remove the device from the reference tile before the ogo calibration is finished A Instrument calibrated successfully Now measure the stripes on pages 1 4 of the IT874 target or the one page of the Color Care CMYK target The mea sured color values appear on the right hand side the left hand side displays the average values for monitoring of the correct strip allocation After the measurement is finished save your measurement data Color Care catch 3 2 3 Edit Window Help with File gt Save As It is best to give your measurement file New N the name you intend to give the ICC profile Open 0 Save 5 50 Color Care Setup Profiling Averaging several targets Example average value from 4x 1T874 First of all measure the individual targets one after the other You then have the mea surements 001 004 in your job folder Then click on New Measurement to create a new empty measurement 005 Now click on Load Mark in the Select Measurement window the 4 measurements Shift key or CTRL key As soon as more than one measure ment is marked the Average button is active Now click
20. Fig 5 Now enter your installation password You will find the installation key in the software cover for Color Care 1 0 10 Color Care Installation Setup will install Konica Minolta Color Care in the following directory To install to this directory click Next To install to a different directory click Browse and select another directory ou can choose not to install Konica Minolta Color Care by clicking Cancel to exit Setup Destination Directory D Programme Browse Space Required 83036 K Space Available 11487040 K Cancel Fig 6 Select installation directory Copying file D FProgramme Konica Minolta Color Care Color Care catch obs_EM ReterenceFiles certifycolornmetic 50 12647 2 2006 DAMTISO 12647 2 2006 DAM PT 4 wh ret I 6hLhLUtt lt CO CSCSCSC s This installation was created with Installer VISE from Mind ision Software http aa Mind vision corn Click Close to end the Setup Back Eancel Fig 7 8 End of Installation 11 Color Care Installation You must shut down and restart your computer before the new settings will take effect Do you want to restart your computer now eae Ee Fig 9 Please restart your Windows system before first starting the Color Care software After successful installation the Konica Minolta Color Care folder will be located on your computer usually in the C Programme folder The folder contains the three Colo
21. Proof Ugra Fogra MedinWedige 2 Linearization OK Color Care Pro quality control The measurement window will open and Color Care Target v2 3 request the calibration of your measuring mO KATA a instrument Place your ES 1000 Eye One Reference Fogra39L Tolerancing model 2007 Pro on the calibration tile and follow the software instructions Please ensure that the calibration tile is clean dust free and above 0K all free from dark fluff Control of diaital proofs with the Color Care Taraet v2 3 Strio taraet A100 B C The Production A Please put the instrument on the calibration reference Template name Konica Minolta Color Care Job name 3 Final check 100 001 Target name Konica Minolta Color Care 3 Proof 100 System Reference File FOGRA39L txt e Comments sample data KONICA MINOLTA The software will notify you when the calibra tion is finished Do not remove the device from the reference tile before the calibration is finished Instrument i Position Calibrate Measurement Start wi Load Clear All Close Job Measure the strips A100 B and C at 3 Offset simulation Color profile using the Color Care target The measured color values appear on the right the left side displays the reference values Color deviations which exceed the tolerance limits are already marked in the measurement window by red and yellow warning triangles
22. Should you not have a Konica Minolta contact partner you will find contact data for your country of resi dence at the following address http www konicaminolta eu business solutions company contact html 16 Color Care Installation Change of computer and 14 day demo Konica Minolta Color Care is licensed on the respective computer hardware The software is activated via the Konica Minolta online license server The TAN number affixed to the CD cover is no longer valid following activation of a computer If the computer hardware must be replaced a change of computer can be request ed via the Konica Minolta license server Following validation of your details you will receive a license for the new hardware Konica Minolta generally sends the new license within one working day To ensure that a new computer is immediately functional the license server also generates a 14 day demo activation 24 hrs a day which activates the complete range of software functions Overview of procedure E Open a Color Care module the licensing window appears IMPORTANT Please ensure that there is no USB stick connected to your computer during licensing E 14 Days Demo License and License will bring you directly to the Konica Minolta license server m Please log in here and generate the 14 day demo 14 days Tryout License or request a new permanent license Licensing gt 2 Without TAN The demo license file can be downloaded immediately a ne
23. The AE values are not yet relevant here The raw gamut must only be greater than the target gamut This can be checked with the 3D analysis Click on this button The 3D diagram displays the measurements 3 dimensionally in L a b color space in com parison to the reference values Thus size location and direction of the color deviations of all fields can be analyzed together The 3D diagram has the following elements Grid lines reference gamut Large dots reference dots Small dots measurement E Line between large and small dot Error vector depending on measurement and tolerance value in grey green yellow or red Operation m Click drag Turn and tilt the pigment m Shift click drag Scroll up and down Cirl click drag Zoom E Click on the measurement dot Measurement reference and AE value displayed below left E View presets predefined views E Select components Activation and deactivation of measurement dots gamut lines and error vectors Aim The measurement dots should all lie outside of the reference gamut Ll Color Care System setup Gamut test Average overall O AE Tolerances Peak overall 6 AE max 1A9 Paper white AE Tolerances Tolerances KONICA MINOLTA Primaries 666 AEmax 1A11 amp AH max 1A11 3 32dE 2 34dH 6 66dE 5 86dH 6 30dE 4 70dH Tolerances 5 00 Tolerances 6 19dE 0 03dH Qu
24. a greater variety of functions Color Care catch works with so called jobs A job is the complete definition of a measurement routine target measuring instrument storage location type of evalu ation reference and tolerance values Therefore the Job Manager initially appears when Color Care catch starts and it is here that the requested measurement routine is selected On the left you will find the job templates which sort the jobs and on the right are the jobs found in the template In the area below you will find a commentary box regarding the currently selected job Above you can select where to save the jobs The jobs can thus be managed for several employ ees separately In this folder your settings and measurement data are automatically stored For your production control select for example the Konica Minolta Color Care job template on the left and on the right 3 Final Check 100 By clicking OK the measurement Color Care KONICA MINOLTA _jobs folder aaa window opens for the measurement P aa eum icine of area 3 of the Konica Minolta Color Care target Select New Job 1 Gamut Working with Color Care catch is Printer Profiling CMYK 1 Gamut vs Offset generally divided into 3 steps Quality Control Proof Ugra Fogra MediaWedge 2 Linearization 3 Final check 90 3 Final check 95 E Job Manager Select job Notes Color Care Pro quality control Color Care Target v2 3 Measur
25. and commercial requirements have achine ID 2063822282 4 Color Care display 4 1 Permanent 14 days tryout license Information If you want to try out Color Care display 4 click the lt 14 days tryout lic Machine ID Each computer has a unique machine ID which will be used to generate your individual license key You will find this machine ID in the Licensing window of the software in the upper left corner On the inside of the CD ROM box you will find the TAN Number Color Care display Installation and licensing been met you will get access to your individual license file E Machine ID The number entered in this field must be the same as the number displayed in the Color Care display Licensing window since this is the number that will be used in generating your individual license file E Product Please select Color Care display 4 1 from the pull down menu if it should not be selected already Fill out all the required information indicated with an and submit the form You will either be linked directly to the website where you can immedi ately download your individual license file or you will receive a message indicating that your request requires further verification and that you will receive an e mail notification when your indi Pam oe pee delet eee e amg pose ny Pinih porien Tan Baie Mier dai iD b
26. balance 16 2 5 4 Measuring for profiling 16 220 ROSU as 6a sw eee oe ew Ge ee Se Boe a 17 2 7 Review a a 17 EJ 3 Advanced 3 1 Preferences ouaaa aa 3 1 1 General Preferences onanan 3 1 2 Profile Creation oaoa aaa 3 2 Select system profile 3 3 Chromaticity and gamut Spectral distribution 3 4 Calibration methods detailed 3 4 1 Hardware amp combined HW SW calibration 3 4 2 Software calibration video LUTs 3 4 3 No calibration profile only 2 3 5 Custom settings 2g af and ont Hm wat ems 3 5 1 Colour temperature 3 5 2 Tonal response curve 3 5 3 Luminance contrast ratio 3 6 Profile Settings 2 0 0002 eae 3 6 1 Profile type we as ow ee we Ew Ge He 3 6 2 Chromatic adaptation 3 6 3 ICC v4 profile a we 3 7 Review 2 aa 3 7 1 Validation aoaaa aaa 3 7 2 Ambient light aoaaa aaa 3 7 3 Check viewing booth 3 7 4 Adjust JUST viewing booth 3 7 5 Edit calibration 4 Color Care display Installation and licensing Chapter 1 Installation and licensing 1 Installation and licensing 1 1 Minimum system requirements Apple Computer E Apple Computer with Intel processor m Mac OS X 10 5 8 or higher m 512 MB available system memory RAM Windows Computer E Intel Pentium 3 or 4 processor m Wi
27. cor web alte from a different computer Go b Rites fibrin bis opin adie hot mid Bdge EN Ba rpQued pour canis Ma PORTANT To request the cinta fly for dhs computer you well need oo nme in che Machine above In Cake ou Go Agt hawe kiieraet acess at a presi the ax form buman Print ihe form D ir out and send i to the fox number o ha form the cinnin Liem Mle button Color Care display Quick start Chapter 2 Quick start 2 Quick start 2 1 The user interface After launching Color Care display the main window will show up on all connected monitors Through the main window you can cali brate and profile each monitor separately This option is only avail able on Apple Macintosh systems Because the colour manage ment system of Windows doesn t support profiles for more than one display connected to one graphics card without additional utilities Measurement device In this area of the main window the KONICA MINOLTA selected instrument will be P EE COIOnGATE 2 depicted J CONSIST iC Display settings Type not selected Your current profile is Calibration Hardware calibration monitor LUTS LCD2690WUXi 28D9B2C1 Created 21 Mar 11 14 35 Calibration settings ISO 3664 and ISO 12646 e White Point D50 Tonal response curve L e Luminance White 160 cd m Black Min Neutral Last validation Control panel The actual cali bration and profiling settings will
28. data before you activate the printer for linearization and is only then active if it is set against a simulation profile in a color space conversion For a profile conversion there are always 2 profiles required E Source profile Target profile Reference or simulation profile Printer profile If you shut down the simulation or do not designate any simulation profile the printer profile will also be inactive The data is then only adjusted through linearization and hardware settings during printing Printing targets Print the color management target Linearization must also be active here color management or the color space simulation must not however al Color Care catch hang Color Care catch 3 2 3 al Color Care catch NEW The Konica Minolta Color Care folder contains the single page CMY target and the 4 page IT874 target for the ES 1000 i1Pro incl i1iO and i1iSis Color Care match patch Le Color Care match patch 1 1 0 r Color Care profiler fam Color Care profiler 1 2 0 Targets More color fields does not oa PEE automatically mean a more precise profiling result For a fluctuating system a better result is often achieved by averaging several printouts of a small target Rotating the print direction frequently achieves a further smooth ing when averaging mea surement data v Printer Profiling CMYK ij ECIZ002random_Strip_A4_1 tif ii ig ij L ECI2Z002random_Strip_A4_6
29. form 3 checks the final instal lation status of a system Linearization and color space adjustment using ICC profiles are activated This test element is the most important element of the Konica Minolta Color Care target The wedge contains all 46 fields of the Ugra Fogra Media Wedge 2 0 as well as 17 addi tional mixed colors which guarantee a practice oriented evaluation of a printing system A distinctive feature here is that the gamut fields of the Ugra Fogra Media Wedge in strip A100 have been combined and from these strips there is also a 95 Ags5 and 90 version Agox This facilitates a simple and efficient as well as easily understandable Classification of printing systems or materials In both images and documents there is seldom a 100 color match The intense weighting of these colors in Ugra Fogra Media Wedge only really makes sense for contract proof systems For digital printing systems in comparison the exact reproduction of mixed colors is much more important for a visu ally appealing result from your average document This classification of printing systems or print materials establishes Clarification between client designer and print service provider Work can thus also be carried out for example using low priced or very thin paper that is ISO compliant in terms of the print color space but for which lies outside the ISO gamut limits Quality assurance takes place with the Color Care scalability of all systems and materials
30. measurement data analysis for which color com position usable density and or satiation gains can be achieved how much black toner can be used in the black dot how a soft transition from color to non color can be achieved etc At the same time the pro gram fundamentally tries to use as much black as possible in order to achieve solid prints with high density for a low average color composition This measurement data analysis is not restricted to a specific printing procedure With the Konica Minolta Color Care profiler you also receive excellent ICC profiles for printing systems such as inkjet printers offset intaglio print solvent and latex print etc All that is required is that the printing system is activated in CMYK The measurement of the target is in most cases carried out with an EFI ES 1000 or an X Rite i1Pro or X Rite i1iSis and Color Care catch However the Color Care profiler also processes measurement data from other programs and measuring instruments Any CMYK targets can be used The minimum requirement is that the measurement file is available in ISO format and it contains the measurement values in XYZ or LAB as well as the target CMYK values For the digital print Konica Minolta recommends the use of measurement technology with UV filters for profil ing and quality control due to the greatly varying degrees of optical brighteners used in printing papers Drop measurement file onto the printer ECIZ002 001 cie
31. mixed color area of medium brightness and saturation there are no test fields in the Media Wedge However these colors are statistically found very often in images Furthermore precisely in this area there is a difference between the black genera tion of the original data and the separation from the digital print The restriction on the gamut and gray axis monitoring under the assumption that the sys tem works linearly in between is no longer a suc cessful approach in digital printing It must also be noted under practical conditions that the full gamut of the standardized offset print cannot be achieved on all paper and printing systems Therefore a scal able yet ISO compliant quality assurance system is required The color test wedge of the Color Care target 3 Offset simulation Color profile was designed with regard to these requirements It contains all 46 fields of Media Wedge 2 0 so that a pure Media Wedge evaluation is possible There are an additional 17 new fields which incorporate the particular requirements of digital printing Firstly all gamut fields of the Media Wedge incl paper white and maximum K and color black have been com bined in one strip This gamut strip is split into three and ae w a kad Hardware Settings 2 o S E 8 Paper Color y 8 m w Lal Printer RIP Printerprofile i Simulation Refe Simulation DON DOFF contains a 100 95 an
32. not designed for the i1Pro strip measurement and z must be recorded field by field using spot mea surement Template name Color Care Job O density balance KEET 11Pro Denbal 5x6 ool Ss Target name Konica Minolta Color Care density balance 11 Pro 5x6 User name gt 2011 03 18 09 49 43 After the measurement choose File gt Save ones SAE As to save your measurement file under a file amaer esena name and storage location of your choice usually C Start n Position l on a USB stick and load them onto your digital printing machine see hardware documentation Web Serace LonicaMinoits o wea W Measurement Light Source aoge am a New Measurement 7 O PE AE C oe O Template name Color Care Job 0 density balance job nama 1Pro Denbal 5x6 001 Target name Konica Minolta Color Care density balance ILPro 5x6 User name 2011 03 18 09 49 43 Comments 1 KONICA MINOLTA Conemems 2 Measurement Start y Web Serace LonicaMinoits New Measurement C oe O 35 Printer Gamma Adjustment Connect the measuring instrument to your computer Open Color Care catch In the Job Manager choose Color Care Job 0 gamma offset as a job template on the left and on the right select one of the jobs according to your measuring instrument i1Pro with without UVcut filter and your printer For each measurement jobs target values for the
33. the black tints on your monitor Color Care display Quick start If this option is not available please select a specific colour tem perature in Kelvin from the OSD If the measured colour tempera ture should not match preferably select one that is too high than too low After clicking lt Measure gt the measurement window will show up Position the instrument on the screen and start the measurement by clicking the lt Measure gt button First a few colour patches will be measured Do not adjust anything in the OSD during this process Then after a few measurements the software will toggle between two white patches RGB 255 and RGB 242 Now you can adjust the colour temperature via the OSD until the correct colour temperature has been achieved All the indicators in the diagram on the right have to be on the same level in the green area of the diagram The measurement value has to be as close as possible to the desired value If this is not possible set the colour temperature to a value which is slightly higher than the desired value about 50 500 K This measurement will not stop until you cancel it manually by clicking the lt Done gt button Before you do this please check if the luminance is set to the desired value eee fee AORTE AG White ae iH Ser CoD eee coi ee ed ee ee ee ed A ee at ae ae ee ee ae eee maim im argyl fam eara pad caning le AL gored hers pasi a or saiia abt recalls a Cems r
34. the min black luminance for your monitor you need to calibrate the monitor with the Minimum radio button checked In order to determine the black luminance of a second monitor create a black desktop on that monitor click the Measure button and follow the instructions on the screen Contrast The ratio between brightest and darkest value of a monitor is called contrast ratio The higher the contrast ratio the better is the differentiation of tonal values If white luminance and black luminance of two monitors are equal the contrast ratio is the same So it is irrelevant if you calibrate to the same white and black luminance or the same luminance and contrast ratios Specify Here you select the two parameters you intend to use for the calibration the third one will be greyed out and will be calculated automatically 3 6 Profile settings Like for the calibration settings Color Care display allows you to save and load profiling settings Menu File Save profiling set tings 3 6 1 Profile type The function of an ICC profile is to describe the colour character istics of your devices in a device independent colour model e g CIELab It doesn t make sense to describe all 16 7 million colours in a pro file this would result in a huge file So only a certain number of colour combinations will be described in a profile the others will be interpolated mathematically Matrix based The simplest way to d
35. usually in the Programme folder The folder contains the four Color Care modules m Color Care catch Measurement and Quality Control Color Care match patch Small scale adjustment of existing profile Color Care profiler Calculation of new ICC profiles Color Care display Monitor calibration Color Care Installation Installation using Windows The installation routine follows the normal procedure Start the program by double clicking on Color Care v2 0 Installer exe and follow the instructions Starting Konica Minolta Color Care Setup Please wait Fig 1 Start of installation Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Europaaiiees 17 30855 Langenhagen Germany T l 43 0 511 74 04 0 Faw 490 511 74 1050 wi konicaminota gu Th O coniS y Version 1 0 j 4 Back Cancel Fig 2 Setup start screen Color Care Installation Welcome to the Konica Minolta Color Care Setup program This program will install Konica Minolta Color Care on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and cri
36. 12 in total in the format i 0123456789 5 The TAN always has 3 groups with 4 characters each comprising lower case letters and figures The lower case letters prevent mix ups such as 0 0 and i 1 Please be aware of the 1 1 difference however l 14 Color Care Installation After the transfer of the TAN and machine ID the server will show the corresponding software license Start the lic file download by clicking on Start License Key Download E Depending on how your browser is con figured the lic file download will start automatically You will then find the file Color_Care_2_xxxxxx lic in your stan dard download folder By clicking on here you can also acti vate the file download manually Save the file to for example your desktop gt Lc Ea Fs http mylicense biz lic_create asp sessionid h5d6gfwsk7n FQ Google The essentials of imaging KONICA MINOLTA DROOG important Copy the downloaded licensing file into the appropriate Color Care program folder next to the application or install the licensing file Relaunch the software Product Color Care 1 0 0 NEW control pro certify cmykick matchpatch Machine ID 1764268909 5 Download 14 day Tryout License Licensing My Lic nses My Data s Start License Key Download B Color Care Konica Minolta Business Sol Europaallee 17 30855 Lan yenhage http mylicense biz lic_create asp sessionid hSd6gfwsk7n
37. 3 4 Profiling settings As for calibration Color Care display offers you some presets for profiling as well You can select the base on which Color Care dis play will create and calculate the ICC profile for your monitor The selected profiling set will set all the parameters in the control panel Settings menu Profile How to create your own preset including all the options will be explained in the extended part of this manual chapter 3 You can choose between the following default presets 16 bit LUT based This is the most precise and accurate type of CC profile Most of the common applications e g Adobe Photoshop support this type of profile Profiling settings LUT based accurate Ea i ns s Type 16 bit LUT based v4 Matrix based This is a simple type of profile Smaller than the e Chromatic adaptation CATO2 LUT based profile but not as accurate If an application cannot handle LUT based profiles please use this type of profile Now you have done all the presettings for monitor calibration and profiling The next step is to optimize the monitor hardware according to your settings Since you have selected presets you can skip the options Colour temperature Tonal response curve Luminance contrast and Profile in the control panel If you want to deviate from the default settings you can change these settings to individual values Please find a detailed explanation in the
38. 9 AE Tolerances 3 00 Peak overall 4 46 AEmax 1C16 Paper white 1 91 AE Tolerances 6 00 Tolerances 3 00 Primaries 2 43 AEmax lAl 2 15 AH max 1A2 2 43dE 1 56dH 2 36dE 2 15dH Chromatic grey G10 G100 AE AE max 1C21 AH 1 19dE 0 84dH Tolerances 5 00 2 50 Tolerances 1 50 0 66dE 0 00dH Quantil O 95 under AE Tolerancing Model delta E ab Select Components M Data Points M Error Vectors M Gamut Lines View Presets Top a b Bottom Front a L Left b L Hue Angle o 8 Pick a point Tolerances Tolerances KONICA MINOLTA Save PDF Report 3d Analysis 55 Color Care Setup Final acceptance Final Check 95 90 The workflow for Final Check 95 90 is the same as with Final Check 100 The only dif ference is that instead of 100 strips 95 or 90 strips are measured In the test report it will be accordingly acknowledged that the printing system oper ates up to 95 or 90 of the ISOcoated_v2 gamut within the ISO tolerances In this way there is a comparable quality assurance for paper printing systems with full and restrict ed gamut Within the printable area consis tent results can thus be achieved Color Cales KONICA MINOLTA C Jobs folder Users mh Documents Jobs_KM Select Jobs Folder Select New Template New Job 1 Gamut 1 Gamut v
39. Conditions of license by clicking Agree Color Care Installation Select Destination Introduction License Select Destination Installation Type Installing Programme MAC_HD Finish Up gt 4GB Free The folder Konica Minolta Color Care will be created in the folder Programme on the disk MAC_HD Installation powered by VISE X Select Folder Fig 6 Select installation directory Installation Type Introduction Konica Minolta Color Care installation License ee Color Care catch v3 2 3 Select Destination Color Care profiler v1 2 0 Installation Type Color Care match patch v1 1 0 Installing Finish Up Please enter your password Fig 7 8 Please enter your installation password here You will find the installation key in the software cover for Color Care 1 0 Finish Up Introduction Installation was successful If you are finished click Quit to leave License the Installer If you wish to perform additional installations click Continue Select Destination Installation Type Installing Finish Up Installation powered by VISE X Canine iD Color Care Installation Color Care match patch 1 1 0 Color Care profiler 1 2 0 Color Care catch ai Color Care match patch Fig 10 Konica Minolta Color Care program folder After successful installation the Konica Minolta Color Care folder will be located on your computer
40. In addition to the measurement the wedge also allows for a visual evaluation of the image reproduction at the gamut limit As the dashes between A100 A95 and A90 are broken it is a good idea to check where the print still differs 22 Color Care Module Visual test elements ColorCare Target v2 4 Resolution and Fitting On the left border of the test form there is a test wedge for assessing the sharpness detail resolution with vertical and horizontal strips of up to 300 dpi The evaluation is carried out with zoom The strip shows both primary colors and a 4c black with 300 light and medium tone against paper white and the contrast in the medium tone area The mixed colors contain an average black generation The evaluation of the average sharpness is thus possible taking into account the halftoning The last field group displays the 2 3 and 4 color layered print of the full tones and thus serves to check the fit of the inking unit imaging Using a printout with without color management the sharpness effect of a 4 colored reproduction generally needed for sin gle colored document details for a correct display of color is evaluated Light Depth image and Maximum black This test element displays the 3 tone in comparison to the paper white as well as the 97 tone as opposed to the full tone The evaluation is carried out once again by zoom as the measuring instruments can often no longer reli ably detect such s
41. KONICA MINOLTA KONICA MINOLTA Jobs folder Users mh Documents Jobs Color Care v200 Select Jobs Folder Select New Template New Job ilPro OutdensenA3VO0O1_S1Cut ilPro OutdensenA4V01_S1Cut i1Pro OutdensenB5V01_S1Cut i1iSis XL OutdensenA3V01_S1Cut iliSis XL OutdensenA4V01_S1Cut iliSis XL OutdensenBSVO1_S1Cut Color Care Job 0 density balance Color Care Job 0 gamma offset Color Care Job 1 2 3 Printer Profiling CMYK Quality Control Production Run Quality Control Proof Ugra Fogra MediaWedge Quality Control Validation Print Notes Coelete Edie Ga Measurement window closed Z Template name Color Care Job 0 color density control Job name 1115s XL OurdensenA3VO1_S1Cut 001 Target name Konica Minolta Color Care OutdensenA3VO1_S1Cut User name Fri Mar 18 09 30 05 2011 Comments 1 KONICA MINOLTA Calibrating the instrument A Please insert measure target when the iSis light shows ready green flashing 32 Color Care Hardware setup 11pro Color Care catch first prompts you to calibrate your measuring instrument Place your ES 1000 i1Pro on the calibration tile and follow the software instructions Please ensure that the calibration tile is clean dust free and above all free from dark fluff The software will notify you when the calibration is finished Do not remove the device from the refer ence tile before the c
42. The essentials of imaging KONICA MINOLTA Konica Minolta Color Care 2 User Manual KONICA MINOLTA Color Care Colour management Index Preface 0252222 0 Installation 4 Minimum system requirements 4 Installation using Apple MacOSX 5 Installation using Windows 4 9 Measuring instrument EFI ES 1000 or X Rite Eye One pro 12 Software activation o o ooo ee 13 Installation support a ooa a 16 Change of computer and 14 day demo 17 Color Care Module 21 Color Care target ooa aaa a 21 Color Care catch Measurement and Analysis 25 Color Care catch Measurement routines catch jobs 27 Color Care catch Handling measurement data 28 Color Care profiler 2004 29 Color Care match patch 0 4 30 System setup Hardware setup 31 Color Density Control 00 32 Density Balance oaoa a 34 Printer Gamma Adjustment o aaa aaa 36 System setup Gamut test 40 Comparison with ISO reference offset print 41 Comparison with digital printing system 44 Color Care Index System setup Linearization 45 Linearization amp o oo a 45 Testing the linearization o oo aaa 46 System setup Profiling 49 Printing targets 2 ee ee 49 Measuring targets 0 0 0 00 002 eae 50 Av
43. a Pia a eitis mk ec i of iaa cargar Fab be tet Bicara big papah om M yosi a tie B et ee en a OTET en compe Gude ere ie mc ied maraa by T d ithe upper bE comer of the ices wince sbat eunching fe apo Coke Care produi For licensing Color Care display you need the machine ID of your computer and the TAN which you can find on the inside of the CD ROM box vidual license file is available IMPORTANT Store your license file carefully It is your key to unlock the Color Care display 4 1 software You will also need this file for future software updates This security method replaces the need for a hardware dongle If you should lose it you can retrieve it from the licensing server at any time by logging in to our web site from within the application and going to the lt My Licences gt section As soon as you receive your license file Color_Care_2 lic click on the button Load License and install the license file to the appli cation Now the application is unlock and ready to use Once you have received your license file Color_Care_2 lic it is valid for all software updates and reinstallation of Color Care dis play 4 1 on that particular computer If you wish to install Color Care display 4 1 on additional computers you need to obtain a new individual license file for each one Additional licenses can be purchased from your Konica Minolta partner You can check the status of your license in the Color Care dis play 4 1
44. a online license server A TAN number is contained within the software cover which enables you to authorize the software activation a process similar to online banking The software will then be registered to the machine ID of the computer on which Color Care is installed If you would like to populate several workplaces with Color Care you will also require a corresponding number of licenses Without activation only the basic measurement functions of the Color Care catch module can be used Color Care measure functionality For the analysis functions profile calculation and profile adjustment the Color Care module must be activated on the respective computer Overview of procedure E Open a Color Care module the licensing window appears IMPORTANT Please ensure that there is no USB stick connected to your computer during licensing Em The License button brings you directly to the Konica Minolta license server E Log in here enter TAN number and download lic file license key E Please click on the Install License File button in the license window and download the lic file Procedure in detail E Open one of the Color Care modules Example Color Care catch ae CoO If Color Care is not yet activated the QC module for all output systems Beside the A i A Ugra FOGRA Media Wedge control supports a control License licensing window will appear automat variety of other control bars and color error mi cally Depending o
45. al Sere eres pe eal oe main bee Colour temperature of a LCD This monitor needs some Measurement window for presetting the colour temperature corrections on the brightness via the monitors OSD and the luminance of the monitor 15 Luminance After setting the colour temperature the next step is to adjust the luminance of your monitor This can be also done via the OSD of your monitor If you cannot exactly preset the colour temperature e g note books the luminance should be set slightly higher about 10 to 30 cd m2 than the desired luminance because it will be reduced during software calibration video LUTs After setting up the colour temperature and the luminance of your monitor stop the measurement loop by clicking lt Done gt and lt Close gt This will take you back to the main window of Color Care display Now your monitor is prepared for software calibration and pro filing Do not change the monitor settings in the OSD between calibrations These setting are the basis for your ICC profile When you change them the profile does not describe your monitor cor rectly any more 2 5 Calibration and profiling Before starting the calibration and profiling process you need to enter a profile name Color Care display is pre configured to suggest the monitor s name as the profile name If you change the name the new name will become the default Refer to the advanced part of the manual for changing the default name
46. alibration is finished Click in the first measurement field to set the instrument to spot measurement The targets are not designed for the i1Pro strip measurement and must be recorded field by field using spot mea surement After the measurement choose File gt Save As to save your measurement file under a file name and storage location of your choice usually on a USB stick and load them onto your digital printing machine See hardware documentation Template nama Cole Care Job O color damsity conceal Job nama i1Pro GutdensenBSvO1_S1Cut w01 Target name Konica Minolta Color Care QutdensenBSV01_51Cut ilFro User name 2011 03 18 09 56 32 ikeen e KONICA MINOLTA Comments 2 Template nama Coles Care Job O color density contral Job name 1Pra GordengenBSVOl SICH ool Target name Konica Minoita Color Care QutdengenBs V0 51Cut i1Fro User name OOOO FTime Fit Mar 18 10 02 16 2001 Commen l Canamanta 2 F Template nama Coler Care Job O colar danpity contral Job name Pro Owidenrenb SVOL SICHT ool Target name Konica Mingha Color Care Qutdensenis v0 S1Cut 1Fro User name dime Fr Mar 18 10 01 09 2011 Comments 1 KONICA MINOLTA Conments 2 a O o E Color Care Hardware setup Density Balance Connect the measuring instrument to your computer Open Color Care catch In the Job Manager choose Color Care Jo
47. ality of the calibration of the display You should use this option once in a while to validate the calibra tion of your monitor Over time the state of a monitor may change aging changing parameters in the OSD etc and the monitor may not display correct colours any more Clicking lt Validate gt will open the well Known measurement win dow Position the instrument on the measurement area and click lt Measure gt to start the validation process Validation is good when most of the measurement values are in the green area dE lt 1 Depending on the quality of your monitor some values might be in the yellow area but this is still accept able Due to their simplicity matrix based profiles are not as accu rate as LUT based profiles For a more detailed explanation refer to the extended part of the manual chapter 4 Congratulations You can close Color Care display now The cali bration and profiling of your monitor is done 17 Color Care display Quick start Tha mer Grd RL CTR Bee ad AE BL yer TIE poor Tai eral hid Esher daved w Tisia Beali Liag Canine gel Pli LET ii Tai ae oe iye iir mii oii i 7 Ti Summary of the results of calibration and profiling process i eira D ii a ii za PEEPAR T E m m ks a e m he be be a rl p it E Fit Hi Bia ti bi 4 dii i t ib ifn ida Ce i PRF HS jti ihi F aan a m3 BEN EFE kee Ba ET AJl Hi i ihi i aik ia
48. antil S 95 under AE Tolerancing Model delta E ab Select Components M Data Points Error Vectors M Gamut Lines View Presets Top a b Bottom Front a L Left b L Hue Angle fo 0 Pick a point Tolerances Tolerances 42 Example 1 All measurement values lie outside of the ref e000 erence gamut The printing system can fully Select Components reproduce the target color space ISOcoated_ Eana v2 Continue with the linearization M Error Vectors M Gamut Lines OOc Select Components MM Data Points M Error Vectors Gamut Lines View Presets Top a b Bottom Front a L Left b L Right T Pick a point Example 2 All measurement values lie within the refer eoe ence gamut The printing system will never a oo achieve the target color space ISOcoated_v2 envei with this paper and this hardware setting M Gamut Lines Use different paper or improve the hardware setup of the machine View Presets OOC Select Components M Data Points Mi Error Vectors W Gamut Lines View Presets Top a b Bottom Front a L Left b L Hue Angle o Pick a point 43 Color Care System setup Gamut test Comparison with digital printing system The workflow of the gamut testing on a refer e
49. appear compared to CAT None a bit warmer and more saturated The opposite is the case for monitors calibrated to a lower colour tem perature than D50 Linear Bradford A widely used newer chromatic adaptation transform is the Bradford transform It was empirically derived by Lam from a set of corresponding colours as determined from 58 dyed wool sam ples with varying colour constancy evaluated under illuminants A and D65 The original Bradford chromatic adaptation transform contains a non linear correction in the blue region In many appli cations as in Color Care display this non linearity is neglected Changes appear less intensive than in the von Kries method 21 Color Care display Advanced CATO von CIECAMO This is the latest development in CATs its effect is close to that in the linear Bradford method Color Care display uses CATO2 as a default 3 6 3 ICC v4 profile If you check ICC v4 profile Color Care display will create ICC profiles according to the latest specification including the correct chromatic adaptation tag Under windows v4 profiles do not make sense since the Windows colour management system ICM is not capable of utilizing these profiles ACE the CMM built into Adobe products can handle v4 profiles 3 7 Review Under this tab you will find some useful quality assurance and editing tools 3 7 1 Validation This tool allows you to check the quality of any profile and cal
50. ast ratio of the monitor In a very bright enlightened room the effective contrast of the monitor will not be the same like using the same monitor in the same room but without any additional light sources and closed curtains e g dark room One part of CIE Colour Appearance Model 02 CIECAMO2 is to take care about the luminance of the ambient light of the room The monitors gradation curve can be optimised to the luminance of the rooms ambient light to optimize the effective contrast ratio combination monitor and ambient light by choosing one of the CIECAMO2 setting Colour Solution recommends using one of the following settings depending on luminance of the ambient light of the room 0 32Lux CIECAMO2 dunkel 32 64Lux CIECAMO2 gedimmt gt Lux CIECAM02 hell The luminance and the white point of the ambient light of the room can be measured with a measurement device which supports ambient light measurements e g basICColor SQUID 2 or X Rite Eye One pro 3 5 3 Luminance contrast ratio Here you can define parameters that are important in different ways If you should use several monitors in your environment it makes sense to harmonize them to the same visual appearance These settings allow you to do so in different ways White luminance The addition of all 3 RGB primaries results in white light of the highest possible quantity of light That makes white the brightest colour a monitor can show If you reduce the
51. b 0 density balance as a job template on the left and on the right select one of the jobs according to your measuring instrument and the printed target paper format Click on OK the measurement window opens i1iSis Click on Start The instrument now performs a self calibration and prompts you to insert your printout Wait until the LED on the instrument flashes green device is ready for measurement and then insert your printout into the instrument Position the paper on the left hand edge of the measuring instrument The black position markers on the printout should be approx 1 cm from the edge of the paper If necessary cut your printout to fit The i1iSis performs the measurement fully automati cally and transfers the measurement data to Color Care catch After the measurement choose File gt Save As to save your measurement file under a file name and storage location of your choice usually on a USB stick and load them onto your digital printing machine See hardware documentation KONICA MINOLTA KONICA MINOLTA Jobs folder Users mh Documents Jobs Color Care v200 Select Jobs Folder Select New Template New Job Color Care Job 0 color density control ilPro Denbal 13x6 ilPro Denbal 5x6 iliSis XL Denball1x17V01 iliSis XL Denbal12x18V01 i1iSis XL Denbal13x19V01 iliSis XL DenbalA3VO1 Color Care Job 0 gamma offset Color Care Job 1 2 3 Printer Profilin
52. be shown in this area Profiling settings LUT based accurate e Type 16 bit LUT based v4 Chromatic adaptation CATO2 Also changes to the settings hia can be made here menu on the left Click lt Express gt in order to calibrate and profile your monitor with these settings If you want to change the settings click lt Next gt or select the setting you want to change from the Main area The detailed feature settings of Color Care display will be shown in this area The main window is clearly structured and easy to handle So you can achieve a proper calibration and profile for your monitor very quickly and easily All important information will be shown in the main window and you will get a quick overview about the present status Measurement device After the first start of Color Care display you need to select your measurement device first For this purpose please select your measurement device under Instrument in the menu bar or click onto the empty icon in the main window of Color Care display In order to use Color Care display you need a supported measure ment device The main area In the main area of the main window you can setup all parameters for calibration and profiling Presets Via the settings tab you have direct access to the presets of Color Care display If you would like to use other settings than those defined in the presets you can enter them in the following windows by clicking
53. brightness of an LCD monitor or the contrast of a CRT the quantity of light and thus the white luminance will be reduced All monitors have a different native white luminance In order to be visually equal they need to be calibrated to the same maxi mum luminance The reference is always the monitor with the least brightness All other monitors must be adjusted to the darkest one In order to determine the max luminance for a given white point you need to calibrate the monitor with the maximum radio but ton checked In order to determine the luminance of a second monitor create a white desktop on that monitor click the Measure button and fol low the instructions on the screen 25 Color Care display Advanced rae Charan keh Pe eric ud oran nade oe oe ld Pha cae ee ee a Urii himi 2 porated boom Pa efoto Da ena rag Waem toe Wd em ake BAd for Seer eo eae JAD Mier Soe Backs erie oF g ie aporia he he Ane me avec oe cle lee ice ee faeries aral portray w far ped rare Teia Apt caret ee et ip piur rice eT ie i biaremia Sh nH i Ge Lh WU Ge y Lae Black luminance For the visual appearance of a monitor not only the tonal response curve and the white luminance are of importance but also the black luminance Color Care display allows you to calibrate moni tors to a defined black luminance Here the highest black lumi nance is the reference for harmonizing multiple monitors In order to determine
54. calculate the current color deviations and shows the reference and measurement value as well as the AE values in a table In this table mark the fields which you would like to optimize ColorGare 4 match patch Average AE 0 37 Maximum AE 1 30 If you use Final Check 100 of the Color Care target you can use almost all fields together The color distances usually suffice Only the colored gray axis and the K gray axis do not lie too closely together Only use one of these field groups for optimization The black gray fields are found in B17 B21 the corresponding colored gray fields are in C17 C21 If only a few color fields show larger deviations you should restrict the optimization of these fields as much as possible Click on Start Optimization Color Care match patch will now modify the ICC profile tables in order to undertake the required patching After calculation new AE values are displayed which are achievable mathematically under ideal conditions mistake free printout no print fluctuations no measurement fluctuation In practice the actual feasible improvements lie somewhere in the middle between the original deviation and the approximation mathematically achievable under ideal conditions An optimization run processes the marked measurement values sequentially in accordance with the sequence in the table If the adjustment of the table points is to be carried out in a different sequence select the appropria
55. ces on the screen If so you need to change the monitor position and or to shield the monitor with an ambient light hood Ambient Light The ambient light in your working environment should comply with the relevant standards For measuring the ambient light please refer to chapter 3 7 2 Ambient light Monitor warm up The colours of a monitor are becoming stable after a certain time For this reason please turn on the monitor at least 30 to 60 min utes before measuring This allows the monitor to stabilize the colour output 10 Color Care display Quick start baslCColor SQUID baslCColor SQUID2 a Colorvision SPYDER2 GretagMacbeth EyeOne display GretagMacbeth GretagMacbeth EyeOne display LT EyeOne display 2 GretagMacbeth GretagMacbeth EyeOne Monitor EyeOne pro Monaco OPTIX X Rite DTP 94 USB starting with version 4 1 1 basICColorRAY Intel Macs are not supported Tip Calibration of the measurement device It is advisable to calibrate the mea surement device directly before the measurement Otherwise the device could be read justed when starting the measurement and the result will not be adequate LCD flat screen with ambient light hood and Eye One Pro spectrophotometer Color Care display Quick start Driver for the graphics card Please check if your graphics card uses the latest driver Color Care display requires a driver which allows writing a video LUT into the graphics card
56. ctly to the Internet use another computer to access www color solutions de and click on Licensing Follow the instructions on the screen c If you do not have an Internet connection click on the Fax Form button to open a PDF document Fill it out and fax it to the fax number you find on the form If you have never registered on the Color Care website you will need to complete the registration information in order to open your personal Color Care account Your registered e mail address and password will allow you to log on to the Color Care website to request license files and to download Color Care display 4 1 soft ware updates Once you have logged on you still have the option of selecting either the 14 days demo license file or the permanent software license file Before making your selection please take note of the following m TAN TransActionNumber There should be a sticker on the Color Care CD ROM cover with a TAN number or you will get a TAN from your reseller Once you have entered this number in the corresponding field and submitted the online form you will be automatically directed to the area of the website where you can download your individual license file If your Color Care CD ROM cover does not have a TAN number or if you don t have a CD or don t have a TAN then go to the lt licensing without a TAN gt sec tion on the licensing website Your licensing request will be pro cessed and after all technical
57. d a 90 section This allows the system to undertake an ISO compliant print quality assur ance which the full gamut would not achieve with Fogra39 ISOcoated_v2 For digital printing systems the quarter and light tonal area reacts very sensitively to environmental influences Therefore the quarter tones of the primary and secondary colors have been complemented These fields monitor the medium tonal area They are positioned around the center between the gamut and the gray in the color space Furthermore a dark tertiary color has been added to serve as a further skin tone monitoring field Now print the Color Care target for a third time At the same time activate the linearization and color management Use ISOcoated_v2_bas icc or ISOcoated_v2_eci icc as a reference profile and print colorimetrically For paper with a matching white dot a relatively colorimetric print is also possible Information regarding your RIP settings can be found in the corresponding Color Care Setup Guide included with your hardware 53 Color Care Setup Final acceptance Final Check 100 Connect the measuring instrument to your computer c c KONICA MINOLTA v d Open Color Care catch i PAO i aaaea a aaa Users mh Documents Jobs_KM Select In Job Manager select Konica Minolta Color New Job i 1 Gamut Care as a job template on the left and on Printer Profiling CMYK Ce nae the right the job 3 Final Check 100 Click Quality Control
58. di printer gamma adjuptment cie KONICA MINOLTA Wier name Tim Commenta l Commemy d Calibrating ingerunsent please waiti Template name Color Care Job O gamana offret Job nama 0 Hardware C500 O01 Target name Konica Minolta Color Care Hardwarecalibration Reference File bizhub PRO C6500 mandi printer gamma adjustment cie KONICA MINOLTA Uber nam Comments i sample data Commen d Times Fri Mar 18 09 40 15 2011 hir aE a Tama Tem plaie S M Color Care Job 0 gamma aligi KONICA MINOLTA Peak eeerall Tolerances fol rere 145 ew CNN aM 6 hoo Q Hordwere 26500 ool Status vA Target Kl Coton Care O Hardadir col Reference File bub FAG OSHE mated pricier ganna iljun cic Talci Medel dela E ab Wien mimi Domir Cabe and Thee Mi deg FA IIS M Ara 37 1 Display the measurement and AE values in the measurement window The simplest method of displaying the indi vidual values is the mouse over function in the measurement window Move the mouse to the required measurement field and leave the cursor over it for 1 2 seconds A yellow window appears containing field information measurement values target values and AE values 2 Display the measurement and AE values in the spectral analysis window Select a field and open the spectral analysis window from the menu bar Window gt Open Spectrophotometer You can
59. different Konica Minolta print values toners are stored Click on OK the measurement window opens The target is found in Administrator mode The following parameters are measured Paper white 1 the K C M Y color fields in the sequence highlighted with the pink square 2 3 4 5 The middle CMY field 6 Color Care Hardware setup KONICA MINOLTA r KONICA MINOLTA Jobs folder Users mh Documents Jobs Color Care v200 Select Jobs Folder Select New Template Color Care Job 0 color density control Color Care Job 0 density balance 0 Hardware C6500 no UVcut Color Care Job 0 gamma offset 0 Hardware C65hc Color Care Job 1 2 3 0 Hardware C6Shc no UVcut Printer Profiling CMYK 0 Hardware C7000 Quality Control Production Run 0 Hardware C7000 no UVcut Quality Control Proof Ugra Fogra MediaWedge 0 Hardware C8000 Quality Control Validation Print 0 Hardware C8000 no UVcut Notes Color Care quality control Printer gamma adjustment service mode This Job will check the result of the printer gamma adjustment according to recommended values Reference recommended L a b values for high light density section red square and cmy grey balance patch Maximum delta E ab 25 v Delete Edit B Ready 36 11pro Color Care catch first prompts you to calibrate your measuring instrument Place your ES 1000 i1Pro on the calibrat
60. e catch without any optional modules check do not display again machine ID of your computer is trans If you have purchased one or more of the optional modules above you can license them online Just check the appropriate module and click the License button ferred automatical ly In case you do not have Internet access press the Fax Form button to open the licensing form Print the form fill it out and send it to the fax number specified on the form do not display again Close Tip No Internet connection Then please note the machine ID and generate the license key using another computer at http www konicaminolta eu colorcare license 17 Please register if this is your first time vis Color Care Installation iting the Konica Minolta license server i mic ia G hur myicense biz login asp oemid 88productid 142 amp mod KQ Coogle J To do this click on the Register but ton After registration you will receive a confirmation e mail Please open this e mail and click on the link to activate your account Automatic backups of your The essentials of imaging KONICA MINOLTA license data will be saved in this account Color Care Registration Licensing Download Area If you must re install your computer you ch ag asteet aona paaa aga will find your activations here if you are a new customer please click Register first If you have already set up an account Mal simply log
61. e light booth s brightness to the brightness of the monitor Only then it will be possible to compare a photographic print proof or any other artwork with the display on the monitor Color Care display communicates with the light booth and will automatically adjust its brightness to the monitor s brightness Please take notice that the monitors brightness should be set to a standardised value The ISO 3664 requires a luminance of 500 125 lux Other settings are also possible but then they are not standardised and other users may not have the same exposure at their facilities Viewing boot for hardcopy comparison only By using this setting the light booth will be automatically adjusted to a luminance of 2000 lux This is the standardised luminance to compare artwork photos and or press prints to proofs This setting should not be used to compare e g a proof with the display on the monitor Other value other value emission To be not bound only to standard settings it is possible to adjust the light booth s luminance to a custom value The values can be entered in the measuring units Lux Ix or can dela per square meter cd m2 30 Color Care display Advanced Color Care display Advanced 3 7 5 Edit calibration In principle there should be no need to edit the calibration per formed by Color Care display There are rare occasions when the monitor still shows a colour cast after calibration depending from
62. e production of the system displays slight deviations from the nominal values after linearization it can still however produce superb printing results Because in contrast to the gamut deficits the tonal value reproduction can still be patched to a great extent with harmonious deviations by the ICC profile It is important that the spreading of the CMY curves is OK and the curves display as few kinks as possible If all 3 CMY Curves are too low or too high yet similar and continuous or the black curve is almost beside the tolerances the lin earization can be used in this way even when the tolerances are exceeded The chart above is a good example of this Ensure that you save the PDF report to your documentation and retain the measurement data For a detailed analysis of the measurement values click on the data points In the upper left section the measurement reference and tolerance values are then displayed at the respective location If the cursor is positioned over a measure ment point a brief information message will be displayed for the corresponding measurement field with ID value dot gain and density value 48 Color Care Setup Profiling System setup Profiling The printer ICC profile describes the printing system as it has been set up with hardware setup and RIP linearization The printer profile does not generally change the printing properties in contrast to linearization and hardware setup It adjusts the
63. ei pisal arain rpe ae ye ree eed tere La b iisa ad iig oe oT i ema C en OD AME Ys erage pigti os Since ICC profiles are based on L a b as well the conversion losses are minimised when converting colour to the monitor gamut If you calibrate your monitor to L your RGB working space should have an L tonal response curve also You can down load such a working space from www lstarrgb com or make your own with basICCoolTool SpaceLab from Colour Solutions Gamma The Gamma function is based on the native behaviour of CRT monitors In CRTs an electron beam excites red green and blue phosphors on the tube s surface Depending from the intensity of the electron beam the phosphors glow more or less bright Yet the intensity is not directly proportional to the voltage that con trols the exciting electron beam The ratio equals a gamma func tion This gamma function can easily be modified into a different gamma behaviour In the early days of monitor calibration it seemed a good idea to calibrate a monitor to a gamma that is similar to the tonal response of printed matter to be precise gamma 1 8 was the characteristic of an Apple LaserWriter Thus gamma 1 8 became the typical Apple monitor gamma On a PC where you normally did your bookkeeping wrote letters and prepared presentations a more contrasty characteristic was desirable Thus gamma 2 2 became the typical PC gamma In a colour managed environment the
64. eiving the license file click the lt Install License File gt button Install License File Information Close the Licensing window and restart _ If you want to use Color Care catch without any optional modules check do not display again the Color Care module Although each If you have purchased one or more of the optional modules above you can license them Color Care module has its own Licensing online Just check the appropriate module and click the License button i In case you do not have Internet access press the Fax Form button to open the window all other modules are also acti licensing form Print the form fill it out and send it to the fax number specified on the form C do not display again Close 4 vated automatically 20 Color Care Module Color Care Module The Konica Minolta Color Care software is structured in separate modules Four separate modules are available for quality assurance ICC profiling printer profile adjustment and monitor profiling The central element of the quality assurance system which is also used for system setup and daily monitoring is the Konica Minolta Color Care target Konica Minolta Color Care software module Color Care catch Measurement and analysis software for quality control Color Care profiler ICC profiling with fully automatic dynamic color composition adjustment Color Care match patch Fast patch of small system drif
65. ement window Compatible to Ugra Fogra MediaWedge Carry out measurement Reference Fogra39L Tolerancing model 2007 E An alysi s module Control of diaital proofs with the Color Care Taraet v2 3 Strio taraet A100 B C The Production control and certify Check measurement data Color Care Module Workflow Jaba falder 1 Job Manager dienai Dee uments jobi Kbi s prm Select job Hia Tecate Pinier Prodiieg CHE uile CortretProot Ugra Pepea hiedawwedg 2 Uraaritatee 2 Measurement window Carry out measurement Aebes Color Cit Pro quabty canine Cola Cane Target vi E Compati sa upa Fogra Medtedge 3 Analysis module Heire Fepaki Tolerancieg madel 2007 control and certify Coates of dosita crcals with the Color Cane Tarot w J hiris tareni ADOC D Ch The Peadenticn Cm gt Check measurement data one jes z 2 jat name b Fond chew DE x ee ide oog Topi same Wanne Mims Coie Come bem gt Togi seme Camas Mite Cois Com Er i ien rge same OCR TEntiem tanp Ad papon ther Cater Haterence F s Aicsened vi ber Aaterence Fie POORA ver J a jt ae ECI2002 001 cie Color Care catch One measurement program many applications a Gamut test b Linearization test c AE analysis Quality assurance d Profiling The various measurement routines are accessed from Job Manager Dependin
66. eo LUT of a monitor with a full hardware calibration Result All RGB colours can be used for the output on the monitor Video LUT of an automatic manually combined hard ware software calibrated monitor Result Almost all RGB colours can be used for the output on the monitor Video LUT of a non calibratable monitor e g a notebook Result A lot of RGB colours are getting lost for the monitor output Calibration settings PrePress H You can even make your own presets Please find a detailed Saar explanation in the extended part of the manual chapter 4 e Tonal response curve L If you like one of the presets or if you made your own preset then SE just select the set which you like to use for calibrating and profiling your monitor and go on with the next step You can select one of the following presets 12 Color Care display Quick start Office This set will adjust your monitor hardware for office use PrePress This set will optimize your monitor for use in a pre press environment Photography This set includes the right setting for a photo graphic workflow ISO 3664 and ISO 12646 This set prepares your monitor hardware for standardised prepress workflow Laptop Use this preset to use the maximum luminance of your laptop Video This set will optimize your monitor hardware for a video workflow Webdesign Use this set to prepare your monitor hardware for web design 2
67. eraging several targets 00 4 51 Calculation of ICC profile oaa aaa 51 System setup Final acceptance 52 Final Check 100 aaa aa 53 Final Check 95 Final Check 90 2 56 Production control 57 Standard control Color Care target 2 a 57 Media Wedge v2 0 v3 0 o ouaaa aa 57 Profile adjustment 58 Creation of measurement and reference file 58 Profile adjustment 0 0 00 0000 58 Color Care Preface Preface You have decided on a comprehensive quality assurance system with Konica Minolta Color Care The Color Care program ensures seamless integration of the manufacturer s in house quality assurance for hardware and consumables the standardized setup of printing systems with Color Care by the Konica Minolta service personnel and daily production monitoring by you as the end user You thus enjoy a high production security independent of location printing sys tem and workflow configuration That is why the Konica Minolta Color Care soft ware is programmed as a RIP and machine independent control system with free ly definable reference data and measurement routines Meaning that you could not be better prepared for the digital printing challenges of today and tomorrow Quality with clear definitions from Konica Minolta Quality assurance starts with the clear definition of a system s performance Konica Minolta communicates these def
68. escribe the colour properties of a device is a colour matrix It contains the 3 primaries red green and blue and a function that describes the tonal response curves for the 3 channels The main advantage of this profile type is its small size 4 8 KBytes depending from the way your hard drive has been format ted Matrix profiles are thus best suited for applications where size matters e g the internet The downside is that a not so perfect device cannot be described accurately 26 Color Care display Advanced Tip Contrast control in LCDs The contrast control OSD of an LCD monitor works completely differently from CRTs In most cases there is no need to change the contrast settings Please reset contrast to factory settings before attempting to calibrate an LCD monitor ae 1 Pree GolonGare kah a arp fer creating he CC meee peo 16 bit LUT based In this profile type the gamut of a device will be described in a table of a defined number of points All other colour values will be interpolated This allows describing non linear behaviour of a device The size of a LOUT profile can be somewhere between 200 KB and more than 2 MB With 16 bit encoding the accuracy of a LUT profile will be increased dramatically 256 times more accurate while the size only doubles That s why Color Care display offers 16 bit LUT profiles only 3 6 2 Chromatic adaptation Chromatic adaptation is the ability of the human v
69. ew job templates jobs and references to your existing jobs folder The job manager then displays the new and old measurement routines together when the program is next started Structure of a job folder example E Red Jobs_KM Standard jobs folder Orange Job template folder Yellow Job folder E Green Contents of the job folder cie ISO measurement files 001 002 Konica Minolta Color Care jds mmd Raw measurement files encrypted gt Logos pdf Report files if generated png Short report if generated c4j Job file KML measurement parameters gt il Referencefiles xml Status files if generated Reference File FOGRA ext Comments sampte dati Color Care KONICA MINOLTA Jobs folder Users mh Documents Jobs_KM Select Jobs Folder OSARE 1 Gamut Printer Profiling CMYK 1 Gamut vs Offset Quality Control Proof Ugra Fogra MediaWedge 2 Linearization 3 Final check 90 3 Final check 95 Notes Color Care Pro quality control Color Care Target v2 3 Compatible to Ugra Fogra MediaWedge Reference Fogra39L Tolerancing model 2007 a Control of diaital proofs with the Color Care Taraet v2 3 Strio taraet A100 B C The Production 7 4 Color Care Module Color Care catch Handling measurement data Loading measurement data If you would like to work on a measure Paget anin ment once again select the correspond EEEE Disconnec
70. extended part of this manual chapter 4 13 If you have a monitor which supports automatic hardware calibra tion e g EIZO ColorEdge CG 210 you can skip the next part of the manual Please proceed to section 3 5 Calibration and profiling 2 4 Presetting the monitor hardware This section explains how to prepare the monitor hardware manu ally Depending on the type of monitor LCD or CRT the process differ Because flat screens LCDs are using a different technology it s not necessary or possible to set up the same parameters for LCDs as for CRTs You can skip some of the steps necessary to prepare a CRT s hardware Click lt Next gt to go on with the next step 2 4 1 Brightness CRTs only Click lt Measure gt to adjust the brightness of your monitor A new window with a black measurement patch will pop up Before you start to measure please set the contrast of the moni tor to maximum 100 via the OSD of your monitor Brightness should be set to minimum 0 or to a level that allows you to see something on your screen If the black measurement patch looks gray then brightness is too high After this rough pre adjustment position the measurement device on the monitor and start the measurement by clicking lt Measure gt Color Care display now measures a few patches in a loop While measuring please adjust the brightness of your monitor in the OSD until the indicators on the right side of the window are wit
71. file a name The program takes over the measurement file name as a suggestion After confirming Save profile as Saving the profile to your user folder Attention this will overwrite existing files without further warning Please enter a name for this profile the file name the calculation starts To conclude the storage location of the ICC profile is displayed With MAC OS X you can select in the presettings whether it should be saved in the system or user folder There will also be a choice of ICC profile format v2 1 or v4 With Windows XP and Windows Vista the ICC profile is saved in the respective OS standard folder This folder is often used by other software to access ICC profiles e g for a profile download to a RIP Successfully created profile Users mh Library ColorSync Profiles C6501 Paper abc icc i Now select this profile as a printer profile in your RIP In doing so you are taking over the linearization which you used for printing the profiling targets Information regarding your RIP settings can be found in the corresponding Color Care Setup Guide included with your hardware 52 Color Care Setup Final acceptance System setup Final acceptance The digital printing places particular requirements on a test wedge for system monitoring during installa 0 oO OU tion and in the daily production The widely spread Media Wedge is only sometimes suitable here In par ticular in the
72. for digital printing they are widely used here Therefore there are also measurement routines for Media Wedge 2 0 and 3 0 available in Color Care catch that can be used for your quality assurance KONICA MINOLTA Color Cale cs Jobs folder Users mh Documents Jobs_KM Select Jobs Folder New Template New Job Konica Minolta Color Care IsOcoated Fograz7 tolerancing 2004 EyeOne Printer Profiling CMYK IsOcoated Fogra27 tolerancing 2004 SpectroSca IsSOcoated_v2 Fogra39 EyeOne IsOcoated_v2 Fogra39 MediaWedge v3 EyeOne IsOcoated_v2 Fogra39 MediaWedge v3 5pectros IsSOcoated_v2 Fogra39 Spectroscan quality control proof printer Ugra FOGRA Media Wedge 2 0 reference Fogra39L txt tolerancing model 2007 Control of digital proofs with the Ugra FOGRA Media Wedge CMYK v2 0a Strip Target The Production Thresholds are in accordance with the ProzessStandard Offsetdruck 2007 of the German Printina and Media Industries Federation accordina to ISO 12647 7 2007 Measurement window closed 57 Color Care Profile Adjustment Profile adjustment Color Care match patch can be used for both the optimization of spot colors and the balance of light system drifts No more than 100 colors should be selected for optimization in a target The selected colors require a color spacing of at least 10 AE so that Color Care match patch can generate soft blending Creation of measurement and reference files
73. g CMYK Quality Control Production Run Quality Control Proof Ugra Fogra MediaWedge iliSis XL DenbalSRA3V0O1 Quality Control Validation Print Notes Measurement window closed Template name Color Care Job 0 density balance Job nama 11iSis XL DenbalSRATVO 001 Target name Konica Minolta Color Care density balance SRA3 vOl User name Comments 1 KONICA MINOLTA Conamemts 2 Calibrating the instrument Ee Fri Mar 18 09 30 05 2011 Please insert measure target when the iSis light shows ready green flashing 34 Color Care Hardware setup 11pro Template name Color Care Job 0 density balance job nama ilPro Denbal 5x6 001 Target name Konica Minolta Color Care density balance I1Pro 5x6 S Color Care catch first prompts you to calibrate User name Fri Mar 18 09 54 47 2011 your measuring instrument Place your ES 1000 See eee i1Pro on the calibration tile and follow the software instructions Please ensure that the calibration tile C Stan j is clean dust free and above all free from dark fluff The software will notify you when the calibration is a pe TR rm finished Do not remove the device from the refer wa W ence tile before the calibration is finished TE New Measuremem Messdatenexport D50 2 Close job Click in the first measurement field to set the instrument to spot measurement The targets are png
74. g Mac OS X The installation routine follows the normal procedure Start the program by double clicking on Color Care v2 0 Installer and follow the instructions 1 Objekt 6 9 MB verf gbar Fig 1 Start of installation Color Care v1 0 Installer requires that you type your password Name John Q Public P Details Color Care Installation Introduction Introduction License Select Destination Installation Type Sh Installing GOI or Care P Finish Up Konica Minolta Busines Solutions Europe Gob were konicaminalta eu Version 1 0 Installation powered by WISE X ARH A aaa Coni Santina Fig 3 Start window License Introduction Konica Minolta Business Solutlons Europe 9 i End user software licence agreement EULA License e g PLEASE READ THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT LICENSE CAREFULLY Select Destination BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE RETURN THE Konica Minolta SOFTWARE TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU f YP As soon as you will have requested or received the license key lic file a binding Installi ng license contract between you and Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe will hawe bean affected Finish Up 1 General The software and documentation accompanying this License whether on disk in read only memory on any other media or in any other form collectively the Konica Minolta Software are licensed mot sold
75. g on the job setting different targets appear in the measurement win dow In each job the processing of the measurement data is also scheduled In the example you will see a colorimetric 3D analysis for the gamut test a dot gain diagram for the testing of linearization an AE analysis in accordance with ISO and the storage of a measurement file for the ICC profiling of your printing system 26 Color Care Module Color Care catch Measurement routines catch jobs The measurement routines of Color Care catch are managed in the jobs folder Measurement routines for new machines paper or standards can be very easily added due to open storage The structure of a job folder is always in three parts Job folder gt Job templates folder gt Job folder Your measurement data and PDF reports are automati cally stored and numbered consecutively 001 002 003 in the respective job folder The default jobs folder on Apple computers is found in the user s Documents folder and in the Windows version is under My Documents or Documents You can use the jobs folder anywhere even on network drives The reference templates are found in the Reference Files subfolder of the respective job folder If you receive a new jobs folder with new measurement routines from Konica Minolta select this folder under Jobs folder In order to access your old jobs change back to your old jobs folder under Jobs folder Alternatively you can add the n
76. he LUTs stored in the profile Save Write curves into the active profile 31 Edit mode C White point Curves White point edit On the left the white point was raised You can see how many colours turn to white On the right luminance and contrast have been reduced Black point edit On the left the black point was reduced You can see how many colours turn to black On the right luminance was raised which results in a reduced contrast _ Edit curve s al Red C Green Blue KONICA MINOLTA Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Europaallee 17 30855 Langenhagen Germany Tel 49 0 511 74 04 0 Fax 49 0 511 74 10 50 www konicaminolta eu
77. hich you wish to install and use the software 2 Insert the Color Care CD ROM into your drive E Mac The Color Care CD ROM folder will appear on your screen Click on it to access to the Color Care installer or open the downloaded installer We recommend a download as it ensures you have the latest version Windows If the Color Care CD ROM does not appear auto matically go to My Computer and select the CD ROM drive 3 Begin installation by selecting the Color Care installer Follow the instructions on the screen 4 Once Color Care display 4 1 has been successfully installed you can begin calibrating and profiling your monitor You may Note Licensing Each computer has a unique machine ID which will be used to generate your individual license key You can find the machine ID in the Licensing window of the software in the upper left corner now connect the measurement sensor to the computer It is possible that the Windows operating system may not recog nize the measurement sensor driver after a restart In this case the hardware manager will flag the driver with an exclamation mark or question mark The hardware assistant window will pop up to assist you with manual installation of the sensor driver Follow the instructions for manual installation The Color Care CD includes a folder with all the sensor drivers for the Windows operating system 5 To start Color Care display 4 1 double click the pr
78. hin the green area of the diagram After a few rounds of measurements the process will stop auto matically Restart the measurement if you are not satisfied with the final result Otherwise click lt Close gt and you will be guided back to the main window 2 4 2 Contrast CRTs only Open the measurement dialog by clicking lt Measure gt The contrast of your monitor should initially be set to maximum Position the instrument on the measurement patch and start the measurement by clicking lt Measure gt Please adjust the contrast via the OSD until the indicator is in the centre of the diagram When you are finished click lt Done gt and lt Close gt to go back to the main window 2 4 3 Colour temperature LCDs and CRTs Most of the monitor OSDs offer various possibilities to set the colour temperature If possible select a mode that allows you to adjust each channel R G and B separately This is the most precise method to preset your monitor to the desired colour temperature 14 Tip Notebook LCD s Most Notebook LCD s just offer an adjustment of the luminance In order to obtain the best results set lumi nance to maximum and proceed to section 2 5 Calibration and profiling A Feb LiD i hiss pa begn W ha pipari DETT J pa ee Mee Mahe aa Dat te OE en ee Ba eT a i thas i mamas Check if the indicators are in the green area of the diagram Through this adjustment you will get good reproduction of
79. i i a e Coley pirk impa 4 9 Gol w f Gd a kh Pe er emcee i pee ee ie eo ae a cro o pig cor CF nal Cryin EEE ae a ab Ry CE Diyir anced 0 ot Coe e Cater ahar goin gO wines rave D Oras corde oo jane g D50 For the graphic arts industry D50 is the standard for viewing and comparing colour Also the colour systems L a b and XYZ as we use them in graphic arts are based on this illuminant These are the reasons why a computer monitor in an CC compliant working environment needs to be calibrated to D50 D65 This is the standard illuminant for the manufacturing industries automotive textile etc office and video production If you are in one of these trades you should calibrate your monitor to D65 Other D aylight white point For specific purposes it may be advisable to calibrate to a different daylight white point Enter the full correlated colour temperature here e g 7500 Monitor s native Each monitor has its own typical white point that is displayed when all 3 channels R G and B Gains are set to max With this setting the luminance and gamut of the monitor are at their maxi mum Monitor s native is not recommended for colour critical work in an ICC workflow This setting may be useful for laptop monitors if their luminance is inadequate after calibrating them to D50 Blackbody temperature As described earlier an illuminant can be characterised with its correlated colour tempera
80. ibra tion not only those created with Color Care display After measuring the validation patches you see the Validation Results window The measured values are compared with the reference values calculated from the ICC profile For each patch you will find a DeltaE information along with Deltas for L a and b separately display CIELAB This check box lets you switch between Lab and XYZ values it is checked by default Tolerancing model With the radio buttons in the upper right corner of the window you can switch tolerancing models from DetaE 94 default to DeltaE Lab The latter is still the standard method for determining the distance between 2 colours while the first is more accurately adapted to the human visual system 28 Color Care display Advanced W eee ua Oa oe as Pie EDDA fete ra bie cae LE ee ATE fa kg ed Hae n Tei Peed 4 Bagy Magg eiia mar as i aa Ct alas nimi aa G Ei ELETE ELETE itt i TH adie saaa r EH a 3 7 2 Ambient light This does not influence the results of calibration and profiling it is for your reference only On the other hand you can find essential information that help you set up your working environment Presently 2 of the supported instruments allow for ambient light measurements basICColor SQUID GretagMacbeth Eye One Display In order to measure ambient light you have to attach the ambi ent light head GretagMacbeth Eye One Pro Not all Eye One spectro
81. in using the e mail address and password If you have forgotten your password you can request a new one by B clicking on Forgot your password i Fs ColorCare4 cme nane If you have selected a change of com Fa Fa es SE TT puter via the License button you will be automatically taken to the Licensing Please select the appropriate product page after login Scroll to the area The field Machine ID is filled out with the machine ID of the computer you sent the f licensing request from If you want to license the software for a different computer 2 Without TAN The machine ID has EA AA A E CAREI ad already been entered Complete the Now click the Submit key field entries select Purpose and then Hardware Replacement and then click Aniu OA wn rT 211 System on Submit egene eper N Product If you have manually logged in using ania i pro a different computer after login click on Feature s certify E cmykick Licensing on the left hand side scroll to Se ahs the area 2 Without TAN and complete Qep sm r h d from the form Enter the machine ID of the Qa computer you would like to use for activa Purpose aps tion of Konica Minolta Color Care naet Liranse Machine iD Additional License Upgrade I Tip Please type in the numbers carefully The machine ID always has 11 digits and 1 dash 12 in total in the format 0123456789 5 18 Color Care Installation
82. initions in a straightforward and verifiable manner within the Color Care program Konica Minolta uses the Color Care system to define instrument and service parameters for on site installation and quality control as early on as the hardware evaluation and testing of consumables Standard machine installation and maintenance A printing system is only ever as good as its maintenance status The service per sonnel from Konica Minolta check the compliance of parameters with Color Care in accordance with the stipulations of your maintenance agreement for installation and maintenance of the printing system This ensures that all Konica Minolta printing sys tems can be installed and serviced according to the same specifications regardless of their location The standard Color Care printing system setup serves as a basis for the defined documented and comprehensible starting point for further quality assurance in daily production Quality assurance in daily production You are monitoring the stability of your production with Color Care software The Color Care software contains components for end task monitoring and linearization as well as modules for the small scale adjustment of a printer profile or the manufacture of a new profile for additional paper or larger color deviations Color Care also includes the Media Wedge measurement and evaluation for documenting your customer print quality Installation Konica Minolta Color Care can be run u
83. ion tile and follow the soft ware instructions Please ensure that the calibra tion tile is clean dust free and above all free from dark fluff The software will notify you when the calibration is finished Do not remove the device from the reference tile before the calibration is finished Click in the first measurement field to set the instrument to spot measurement The target is not designed for the i1Pro strip measurement and must be recorded field by field using spot measurement After the measurement a short evaluation is dis played This shows you whether the target values have been achieved using the current machine settings After you have closed the window you can still view this by choosing Window gt Results control from the menu bar 2 0 AE is defined as the tolerance If there are greater deviations change the setting on your print system and repeat the test Color Care catch provides several tools for detailed analysis of the measurement results 1 Display the measurement and AE values in the measurement window mouse over 2 Display the measurement and AE values in the spectral analysis window 3 Display the measurement and AE values in the PDF report 4 Graphical display in 3D analysis and drift indicator Template nama Coler Care Job O gamena ofret Job nama 0 Hardware CB500 Target name Konica Minoha Color Care Hardvearecalibrarion Reference File bizhub PRO C6500 man
84. is annoying in technical vignettes but it s not so visible in photos 21 Color Care display Advanced Tip LUT Loader Make sure that the Color Care dis play 4 VideoLUT Loader is the only LUT loader in the Windows start up programs folder There will be a LUT conflict resulting in a wrong calibration if other LUT loaders such as Adobe Gamma are launched at system start up 3 4 3 No calibration profile only In the worst case the graphic card does not support video LUT download Some PC graphic cards The monitor must then be characterised in its present state Corrections for colour temperature and tone curve are not avail able in this mode Also adjustment of luminance and contrast can only be done manually Color Care display supports you with measurement values in set ting these parameters Should the graphic card contain a LUT when launching Color Care display it will be taken over and saved in the ICC profile It is understandable that the results achieved with this method are far from being optimal 3 5 Custom settings One of the key improvements of Color Care display 4 is the option to save and load custom calibration settings Such a set of cali bration parameters contains the settings for Colour temperature lonal response curve and Luminance contrast ratio By select ing a complete set under Settings Presets there is no need to select these parameters separately The ease of use of
85. isual system to discount the colour of the illumination and to preserve the appear ance of an object Chromatic adaptation can be observed by examining a white object under different types of illumination such as daylight bluish and incandescent yellowish The white object retains its white appearance under both light sources as soon as the viewer is adapted to the light source discounting the illuminant Within the ICC colour management system D50 is the reference illu minant Should a monitor be calibrated to a different white point e g D65 all colours displayed on this monitor need to be converted so that they appear like they were being viewed under D50 lighting Such transformations are called Chromatic Adaptation Transforms CATs There has been a significant amount of research in deter mining CATs that are able to accurately predict colour appearance across different illuminants The transforms currently in use are based on minimizing perceptual error of experimental correspond ing colour data sets None is not really no CAT it rather means No other than the preferred ICC chromatic adaptation method von Kries The von Kries CAT assumes that chromatic adaptation is indeed an independent gain control of the cone responses of the human visual system and that the scaling is based on the ratio of the cone responses of the illuminants Visual result On a moni tor calibrated to a higher colour temperature all colours
86. led to the Start up Programs folder when you install Color Care display If you use a hardware calibratable monitor neither of the operating systems provides a mechanism to download LUTs into the moni tor Normally this information is stored in the monitor at calibration time and stays there permanently If you change profiles e g for different workflows photo and video you need to reload the appropriate video LUTs Color Care display lets you perform these tasks with one click Go to the File menu Select system profile and navigate to the desired ICC profile 18 Color Care display Advanced 2 er aero Picts en pret iy taser Sf umm coe Pam E La epi tg tie een Bios TAg A ee h P ihi Fe iier ai Pe rare i iye m pir MaF ao ae dee General preferences window l Tip Profile names You can select an individual profile name It will appear automatically after relaunching the app If you delete it completely from the name field it will be replaced by a name generated automatically based on the rules you selected in the Profile creation dialog under Profile name default 3 3 Chromaticity and gamut Spectral distribution In the menu Window gt Chromaticity and gamut or with the shortcut Apfeltaste 2 you open an additional window that shows the actual measurement in an x y diagram On the left you see the measured X Y and Z values as well as L a and b
87. less Such prints can be quickly recognized by the background composition di wi i m 3 E s TTT 5 mm border marking The gray background defines the DIN A4 format The gray frame which surrounds all test elements displays a 5 mm border within the DIN A4 format The print edges and the accuracy of the paper guide can be displayed on the screen if printing without scaling 24 Color Care Module Color Care catch Measurement and Analysis Color Care catch is the most comprehensive Color Care module It is the central measurement and analysis tool of the Color Care group You will be working with this program most of the time as it is used for the daily quality assurance Color Care catch has 4 functions in total m catch control function Colorimetric analysis of a measurement incl 3D evaluation and label print for system setup system acceptance and daily production control E catch certify function Typographical analysis of primary colors and dot gain similar to the certification of an off set print for checking the linearization catch pro function Measurement and averaging of measurement data for profiling import of reference and external measurement data E catch statistics function Online transfer of color measurements to QA systems iQIP OPAQA or to a separate FTP server for centralizing quality assurance Job Manager In order to ensure a simple operation despite
88. librating the measurement device The following measurement devices are supported by Color Care display 4 1 E basICColor SQUID Intel Macs are not supported basICColor SQUID 2 baslCColor RAY Please select the device X Rite DTP 94 USB Colorvision SPYDER2 mE Gretag Macbeth EyeOne display E Gretag Macbeth EyeOne display LT E Gretag Macbeth EyeOne display 2 E Gretag Macbeth EyeOne Monitor m Gretag Macbeth EyeOne pro E Monaco OPTIXXR X Rite DTP 94 USB After selecting a measurement device an icon of the device will be displayed in the main window of Color Care display 4 1 You don t have to select a measurement device when you start Color Care display FE the next time The measurement device will be pre selected You will only be asked to calibrate the measure ment device before you start the calibration and profiling process the next time 2 3 Presets for calibration and profiling After the setup of the measurement device Color Care display is ready to calibrate and profile your monitor automatically or semi automatically But before you start the process please check some essentials in order to get the best quality out of your monitor Cleanliness of the screen Please check if the screen is clean free of dust fingerprints etc Colour Solutions recommends to clean the monitor each time before profiling Reflections stray light Turn the monitor off and check if you can see any reflections of light sour
89. lies outside the tolerance circle and runs past the density prediction curve at the tolerance area it is very likely that no steady ISO compliance will be achieved with the paper used In this case other paper should be tested and changes should be made to the full tonal density in the RIP Move the mouse over the dot of the density prediction in order to display the calculated densities SO compliant Status E Your RIP may possibly display other density values as here the American density standard T is used Familiarize yourself with the differences of the density predictions for the measurement dot density Dot gain and spreading If the status light above left is green the linearization is setting up a sufficiently good basis for the ICC profiling of the printing system The tonal value chart has several display modes Most significant is the depiction of the dot gain in separate CMYK diagrams As various reference curves or tolerances apply for black and other colors according to ISO the green tolerance areas are only depicted in the separate view The spreading view differences C M Y gray balance can be activated below left Coen PA 47 Color Care Setup Linearization Primaries Combined CMYK diagrams Separate CMYK diagrams Show tonal values aS Oodot value dot gain M show data points W Show spread range Help If the tonal valu
90. light differences For offset printers at least 3 and 97 of paper or full tone must be distinguished For digital printing systems it is not compulsory that this is evaluated as a KO criteria on account of the technical specifications Nevertheless this criterion should be verifiable during installa tion of a system On the right hand side the system can be tested to see how it deals with the various black tones in the print data The test sample contains the single color black K100 a tricolor full tone black C100 M100 Y100 KO the four colored full tone black C100 M100 Y100 K100 and a four colored black with 300 overall color application in an ISO offset print oriented black generation C75 M65 Y65 K95 The fields are marked by appropriate symbols Printing without color management allows for an evaluation of the strength of the black K100 in comparison to the colored black CMY100 Printing with color management shows the reproduction of the black dots of the print data With ISO coated_v2 the fields K100 CMY100 and the four colored 300 black should still separate 23 Color Care Module Background The test form background is divided into strips of 30 black and the corresponding ISO gray bal ance If the print conforms to the ideal ISO print conditions the strips are not visible This test ele ment also reacts to surface inhomogeneities Strong print fluctuations on the surface make a metrologi cal evaluation point
91. lt Next gt You will be guided through the process step by step by Color Care display Express calibration and profiling When you press the lt Express gt button the calibration and profil ing of your monitor will start immediately with the settings that are shown in the main window of Color Care display You can also start the express calibration and profiling process at any time during setting individual parameters in the sub menus of the control panel of Color Care display Select the settings to which you want to calibrate and profile your monitor Color Care display 4 1 Hardware calibration monitor LUTs Combined hard and software calibration O Software calibration video LUTs O No calibration profile only Catbraton sees White Point D50 Tonal response curve L Luminance White 130 cd m Black Min Neutral Display type Presets O Color temperature Tonal response curve Luminance contrast ratio O Profile Calibration method gt Calibration and profiling Profiling settings LUT based accurate j e Type 16 bit LUT based v4 e Chromatic adaptation CATO2 Click lt Express gt in order to calibrate and profile your monitor with these settings If you want to change the settings click lt Next gt or select the setting you want to change from the menu on the left Color Care display Quick start Tip Graphic cards Windows To use the multiple display sup
92. m can cover the required target color space If the raw gamut of the system is already smaller than the target setting generally the full gamut of the standard offset print in accordance with ISO12647 on paper class 1 2 or ISOcoated_v2 Fogra39 extensive setup work would serve no purpose The Color Care target therefore contains in area 1 Gamut Density a gamut test strip with which the color and density range can be compared colorimetri cally with the required reference In the 3D evaluation graphic there are differences of gamut paper tone as well as 1c 3c and 4c black visible The quick gamut analysis thus avoids unnecessary setup work with unsuitable materials and or machine settings There are two courses of action possible here Comparison with the target color space e g ISOcoated_v2 The raw gamut of the system must be greater in all other color areas than the target color space so that it can be fully simulated This is the standard proce dure as apart from the ISO reference no other data is required Comparison with a reference machine 6 we ae gv 18 gt z w _ gt Hardware Settings Paper Color Printer RIP 1 n d 4f Color Care System setup Gamut test Simulation Referenceprofile Simulation If there is a reference machine available for the requested material the Color Care target can be dumped on both machines and the reference machine
93. measurement can be used as a guideline for installing the hardware on the second printing system In this way machines can be optimally suited to each other with regard to hardware settings Carry out an internal machine calibration to create a reproducible hardware status The paper for the system setup should also be stored in a cool dry place to ensure sound restorable conditions Print the Color Care target At this point it is solely about achieving the maximum gamut As color space simulation and linearization always restrict the gamut deactivate both for the gamut test Further details regarding the RIP and machine settings can be found in the corresponding Color Care Setup Guide included with your hardware 40 Connect the measuring instrument to your computer Open Color Care catch In Job Manager select Konica Minolta Color Care as a job template on the left and on the right the job 1 Gamut vs Offset Click OK The measurement window will open and request the calibration of your measuring instrument Place your ES 1000 Eye One Pro on the calibration tile and follow the software instructions Please ensure that the calibration tile is clean dust free and above all free from dark fluff A Please put the Instrument on the calibration reference The software will notify you when the calibra tion is finished Do not remove the device from the reference tile before the calibration is finished A i
94. mha LLEI Ha i A Ha Fi E fa iip i Hh IiE Hi Prodi CA ea Fab a ce eT AT eee a For ia fa OF no ima iF a bimi o ere tH s eee n Haria k A ie KEET EH lias Hk ia E Mi rii Eamiraii n web ok Sample of an excellent validation result Chapter 3 Advanced 3 Advanced This part of the manual contains additional information and expla nations related to the settings and functions of Color Care display 3 1 Preferences Use the menu bar or the shortcut Apfeltaste to go to the settings menu of Color Care display Some of the changes you make here will only become effective after relaunching the application 3 1 1 General Preferences Here you select the language for Color Care display User Interface Additionally you can define if you want a click tone with every measurement 3 1 2 Profile Creation This dialog allows you to specify the folder for storing the ICC profiles you create For the System profiles folder you will need administrator rights for the user profiles folder standard user per missions are sufficient By checking one or more check boxes you can define the default profile name 3 2 Select system profile At start up time your computer system loads the active system profile Under Mac OS X the video LUT that stores the monitor calibration information will be downloaded into the video card A Windows PC needs a separate video LUT loader for this task This application is being instal
95. minal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Please read the following License Agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe End user software licence agreement EULA PLEASE READ THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE RETURN THE Konica Minolta SOFTWARE TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU OBTAINED IT FOR 4 REFUND As soon as you will have requested or received the license key lic file a binding license contract between you and Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe will have been affected 1 General The software and documentation accompanying this License whether on disk in read only memory on any other media or in any other form collectively the Konica Minolta Software are licensed not sold ora Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose No Setup will close To install this product you must accept this agreement Pn Fig 3 4 Please close all other programs click on Next and confirm the Terms and Conditions of license by clicking Yes Setup requires that you enter your password before continuing Type your password into the box below and then click Mest IF you do not know the password you cannot continue Click Cancel to exit Setup m lt Back Cancel
96. n which module you management targets have started the licensing window will certify look slightly different The function is E O ae EOE primaries and dot gain of CMYK output devices a licen however identical Will be used to introduce the eey E ProcessStandardOffset this is defined in ISO iii 12647 2 In Color Care catch for example check the control z certify and pro software Module that enables catch to save spectral data or i ae ii colorimetric data with different illuminants A C pro License error M1 functions and click on the License D50 D55 D65 D75 button After requesting your license file online and receiving the license file click You will be automatically connected to the lt Install License File gt button the Konica Minolta license server The machine ID of your computer is auto matically transferred during this process EE s If you want to use Color Care catch without any optional modules check do not display again IMPORTANT If you have purchased one or more of the optional modules above you can license them SB ick i rf ith th online Just check the appropriate module and click the License button U sticks can interfere with the calcu In case you do not have Internet access press the Fax Form button to open the licensing form Print the form fill it out and send it to the fax number specified on the form tion of your software please remove all d dis
97. nal value curves Proceed as follows Linearization of the RIP res w A ae w kad Hardware Settings 2 33 A Z 6 o Paper Color N82 8 E Printer RIP 3 Offsetsimulation Colorprofile Color Care Setup Linearization ne i _ Aico Ad Printerprofile s Carry out the linearization of your RIP as usual with the measuring instrument and RIP standard routine Information regarding the linearization of your RIP and the machine settings can be found in the corresponding Color Care Setup Guide included with your hardware Check the resulting tonal value reproduction properties with Konica Minolta Color Care Print out the Color Care target a second time The printout must be WITH linearization but without color manage ment i e without color space simulation or reference profile Using Color Care analyze the linearization result If the target full tones are no longer achieved change the RIP settings of the full tonal densities for the next linearization If the curves are very jagged due to print fluctuations of the linearization printout or through measurement fluctuations simply carry out the linearization once more if necessary after a new machine calibration Information regarding your RIP settings and possible options with unsatisfactory linearization results can be found in the corresponding Color Care Setup Guide included with your hardware 45 Te
98. nce digital printing system is identical to the offset print Color Care KONICA MINOLTA For the AE and 3D analysis as good an over Jobs folder lapping as possible of the measurement and jUsersymh Documantk jabi K reference points is required p Create an individual reference measurement Printer Profiling CMYK ean aE file by measuring a print of the reference Quality Control Proof Ugra Fogra MediaWedge 2 Linearization 3 Final check 100 machine and then storing a measurement a ive eck x i Final check 95 file in the measurement window with File gt Save As e g on your desktop Notes Color C li l Now close the measurement window mark Enlor Gare a e again in the job manager the job 1 Gamut Sater tae Tat gamit Crer This Job will check the printing condition related to the printer and paper and click on Edit Select in Edit Job on the control tab the measurement file just created as reference When closing the Edit Job window Color Care catch will ask if the Co Please confirm sufficient D max using the 3D Analysis diagramm a Reference printer specific aamut LY changes should be saved in the existing job or as a new job If required give the new job a suitable name Average overall Tolerances AE Peak overall Tolerances KONICA MINOLTA Select Components Mi Data Points
99. nd path by clicking on the menu command File gt Save As Files which are not in the job folder can also be re imported To do this use the Import button in the load dialog See above Comments For optional comments you will find two fields in the header of the measurement window The comments are saved within the measurement file Template name Konica Minolta Color Care Job name 1 Gamut vs Offset 001 Target name Konica Minolta Color Care 1 Gamut Reference File SOcoated_v2_bas ICC Comments Paper Mondi 120g IHW standard setup KONICA MINOLTA 28 Color Care Module Color Care profiler This program creates ICC profiles for your paper and printing requirements The measurement of the color management target is usually performed using Color Care catch At the end of the measurement a measure ment file is saved xxxxxxx ClE The operation of the Konica Minolta Color Care profiler is very simple drag the measurement file onto the printer symbol and enter the file name for the profile Complicated settings for overall color application maximum black black generation etc do not require Color Care profiler The program contains an intelligent measurement data analysis which automatically recognizes what colorimetrically is the best color composition for your printer and your paper from the target measure ment values The system automatically recognizes through this internal
100. ndows XP with SP3 m 512 MB available system memory RAM All Systems m 500 MB available harddiskdrive memory HDD m DVD CD ROM optical disk drive m Colourmonitor with 1280x800 Pixel minimum resolution and 24 bit 16 7 million colours colourdepth E Internetaccess for software activation Measureing device not included Knowledge requirements These instructions assume familiarity with the basic operation of the Mac OS X and or Windows operat ing systems Documentation This document describes the application of Color Care display for both Mac OS X and Windows Any differences in operation or special instructions that apply to either system will be indicated Before beginning the installation process please make sure that your measurement device is not connected to the computer Connect it after the software has been successfully installed gt Supported measurement devices baslICColor SQUID basICColor SQUID2 E basiCColor RAY Colorvision Spyder 2 Gretag Macbeth EyeOne Display E Gretag Macbeth EyeOne Display LT m Gretag Macbeth EyeOne Display 2 E Gretag Macbeth EyeOne Monitor Gretag Macbeth EyeOne Pro E Monaco OPTIXXR m X Rite DTP94 USB Color Care display Installation and licensing 1 2 Installation Once you installed and licensed Color Care 2 Suite on your com puter there is no need to run the Color Care Display installer separately Please proceed with Chapter 2 1 Turn on the computer on w
101. nnected to the computer via a digital data connection This could be a DDC CI video cable or a separate USB or serial cable Color Care display uses this connec tion to directly control the monitor and to calibrate it automatically based on the results of your measurements This functionality is only available for selected hardware calibrat able monitors see HW_Support_List txt in the Color Care dis play program folder 19 Color Care display Advanced XY graph of a measurement value in the Chromaticity and Gamut window Spectral distribution for the same measurement Uncalibrated monitor The tonal distribution is irregular and the greys show a colour cast software calibrated monitor The tonal distribution is regular the greys are neutral Hardware calibrated monitor Perfect distribution of tone values all steps are distinguishable Software calibrated monitor Depending on the quality of the monitor not all steps may be distinguishable especially in highlights and or shadows LCD flat screens LCD monitors normally use a backlight with defined lighting char acteristics Colours are generated by filtering this light source with liquid crystal filters Simple LCD monitors work with internal signal processing with 8bit accuracy 256 steps per primary colour Depending on the desired white point e g D50 the intensity of one or more chan nels must be reduced considerably This results in a los
102. now click on the fields in the measure ment window The spectral analysis window shows the spectrum the target measurement and AE values FR 4 Color Care System setup Gamut test KONICA MINOLTA EAA Mirasuel C ricer Cabbrate y _Web Senvice Rericakiirestta os Open Spectral curee window F Color Care catch 4 0 2 File Edit EVE Open Spectrophotomete af M Results control 1 Results certify D Results custom evaluation E Refresh F5 Template name Color Care Job 0 gamma offset Job name 0 Hardware C6500 001 Target name Konica Minolta Color Care Hardwarecalibration Reference File bizhub PRO C6500 mondi printer gamma adjustment cie _ KONICA MINOLTA User name Time fri Mar 18 09 48 15 2011 Comments l sample data Comments 2 10 0 160 100 00 6456 6640 55 80 85 20 1 22 1 06 85 00 0 00 0 00 38 From the analysis window you can call two graphical representations of the color deviations 3D analysis Drift indicator The 3D diagram displays the measurements 3 dimensionally in L a b color space in comparison to the reference values Thus size location and direction of the color deviations of all fields can be analyzed together The drift indicator displays the average deviations itemized by color drift Aab bright ness deviation AL and saturation deviation AC The 3D diagram has the following elements Grid lines
103. nstrument calibrated successfully Now measure the 1 Gamut Density strip of the Color Care target The measured color values appear on the right hand side the reference values are depicted on the left The warning signs can be ignored during the gamut measurement Crucial here is the 3D analysis Comparison with ISO reference Offset print Kl Color Care System setup Gamut test KONICA MINOLTA Jobs folder Users mh Documents Jobs_KM Select Color Care Select Jobs Folder New Template Printer Profiling CMYK Quality Control Proof Ugra Fogra MediaWedge Notes New Job 1 Gamut 2 Linearization 3 Final check 100 3 Final check 90 3 Final check 95 Color Care quality control Color Care Target v2 3 Color Care fast gamut check This Job will check the printing condition of the printer and paper compared to CMYK primary colours for offset print Please confirm sufficient D max using the 3D Analysis diagramm 2 v C CO Template name Konica Minolta Color Care Job name 1 Gamut vs Offset Target name Konica Minolta Color Care 1 Gamut Reference File ISOcoated_v2_bas ICC 9 001 3 v Comments KONICA MINOLTA Instrument Connect Position Calibrate gt Measurement Start Load Clear All Close Job After the measurement the analysis window opens automatically
104. o your computer The preset for this option is lt Please select gt Select the display type LCD or CRT before you continue with the next option 2 3 2 Calibration method Color Care display can use four different methods to calibrate your monitor You will find detailed information on the different methods in the LCD monitor CRT monitor extended part of this manual chapter 4 11 Color Care display Quick start Hardware calibration monitor LUTs Color Care display can hardware calibrate some monitors see Hardware calibration monitor LUTS HW S t Listtxt in th fold if h it ae thod Combined hard and software calibration _Support_List txt in the program o er such a moni or is bration method A s fare calibration video LUTS connected to your computer this option will show up in Color O No calibration profile only Care display and will be selected automatically If you connect a monitor to your system which doesn t support hardware calibration this option is greyed out and not available Combined hard and software calibration Color Care display can parentely hardware calibrate some so called prosumer monitors see HW_Support_List txt in the pro gram folder by setting up the brightness colour temperature etc in the monitors OSM On Screen Menu If such a monitor is con nected to your computer this option will show up in Color Care display 4 1 and will be selected automatically If you connec
105. ogram icon Willkommen Bid diir Aribe her Ser biai ha der irk 1 irs li _ oy Fate thet Haier ch gerd el cores CTE w g DE AAT et ores ue Wie soho Da ype H Sire Ta ene T oleae kyra ech neran jerih e E a gia aa aaa T bheaa ere re Leche vd he hernien TI ale 1 PES PERE ip pepe Fehon Ser cele ede ure de Vergong kinira ee eee w op LEE ee vies SSS SS SS UUL UU Windows hardware assistant Insert the Color Care program CD into the CD ROM drive of you es aa Gee computer and start the automatic hardware detection The driver should be found automatically If the measurement device has not been detected correctly you need to reinstall the driver manually Color Care display Installation and licensing 1 3 Product registration and licensing Licensing and release of Color Care display 4 1 software is linked to an individual computer You will receive an individual license file lic file that allows you to unlock and use the software on the computer on which it was initially installed The first time you start Color Care display 4 1 the Licensing window will pop up You have the option of testing the fully func tional software without any obligation for 14 days or immediately requesting your permanent license file if you have purchased Color Care display 4 1 a If your computer is directly connected to the Internet simply click the License button b If your computer is not connected dire
106. on Average The 005 measure ment now contains the average value from measurements 001 002 003 and 004 The status bar shows data average from 4 data sets You will receive this status report as confirmation of the averaging If you would like to designate the measure ment file as an average value file please include an appropriate commentary in the Comments field After the measurement is finished save your measurement data with File gt Save As It is best to give your measurement file the name you intend to give the ICC profile 009 Template name Printer Profiling CMYK Job name Target name ECI2002random Strip A4 6 pages P DINA4 EyeOne os Comments age 1 Page 2 data averaged from 4 data sets Color Care catch 3 2 3 Page 3 Page 4 Measure KONICA MINOLTA Instrument Disconnect Position Calibrate Page 5 Page 6 Measurement Ok lk f Start Cancel Load y E New Measurement 3 Measurement Clear All Close Job p m mF UE ale g i UL LLL E ole m aml _ Edit Window Help 51 Color Care Setup Profiling Calculation of ICC profile Start the Color Care profiler and drag the measurement file of the color management target onto the printer symbol Drop measurement file C6501 Paper abc cie onto the printer fi Now give the ICC pro
107. on the instru ment icon in the main window of Color Care display 4 1 You can change the instrument at any time Some measurement devices contain different calibration information for different monitor technologies If you have a CRT display please select the CRT mode and if you have an LCD flat screen please select LCD This selection is very important for the measurements A wrong mode can result in a colour cast Spectrophotometers do not require different calibration modes Spectral is a universal mode for CRT and LCD displays You can use these devices for CRT and LCD displays After selecting the device it needs to be connected and calibrated before you can use it For the connection and calibration please click lt Connect gt and follow the instructions for the calibration After selecting and calibrating the measurement device you can leave the dialog by a click on the lt OK gt button Calibration position for Eye One Pro Monitor Calibration position for the basICColor SQUID2 without the translucent base Color Care display Quick start Color Care display 4 1 Select the settings t basiCColor SQUID2 LCD In this area of the main window of Color Care display FE you can see which measurement device is selected e080 Select instrument basICColor SQUID2 WA Mode Instrument found and successfully calibrated Cane ED A The pop up window for selecting connecting and ca
108. op measur ing The achieved values will be displayed next to the reference values so that you can compare the results 29 Color Care display Advanced Mounting the ambient light head on a GretagMacbeth Eye One Pro Positioning of the GretagMacbeth Eye One Pro for ambient light measurement Mounting the ambient light head on a baslCColor SQUID2 Positioning baslCColor SQUID2 for ambient light measure ment Viewing booth for hardcopy comparison only A viewing booth that is being used for comparing print and proof is Supposed to show an illuminance value of 2000 lux 500 lux and a colour temperature close to D50 Attach the ambient light head to the instrument and hold the instrument towards the back wall of your viewing booth Make sure the background is a neutral gray When in doubt use a gray card that has no metameric failure like the basICColor gray card 3 7 4 Adjust JUST viewing booth One essential feature in a professional image reproduction work flow is to adjust the monitor and the viewing booth at the worksta tion to each other Some of the JUST viewing booths are offering an USB interface which Color Care display can use to communicate with the view ing booth Via the USB interface Color Care display can control the luminance of the viewing booth based on measurements measurement device with ambient light head required Viewing booth and monitor comparison Using this setting will adjust th
109. photometers support ambient light measurements you need one that came with the Ambient Light Head For ambient light measurement Color Care display offers refer ence data for 3 different situations Check the radio button that represents the desired situation In order to measure ambient light click lt Measure gt 3 7 3 Check viewing booth In order to be able to judge colours accurately on a monitor you need a controlled environment as described in ISO 3664 and ISO 12646 These standards demand for a dimmed surrounding with a not more than 32 lux and a colour temperature close to D50 Attach the ambient light head to the instrument and hold the instrument in front of your monitor with the ambient light head fac ing the room not the monitor Viewing booth and monitor comparison For a comparison of a proof and a soft proof the viewing booth should have an illuminance value of 500 125 lux and a colour temperature of D50 Again attach the ambient light head to the instrument and hold the instrument towards the back wall of your viewing booth Make sure the background is a neutral gray In doubt use a gray card that has no metameric failure like the basICColor gray card In the measure window you ll see the measurement values updat ed with each measurement Thus you can adjust your ambient light or viewing booth until the required values have been reached Click lt Done gt and then lt Close gt when you want to st
110. pl i USB sticks before starting a Color Care C do not display again G00 module lation of the machine ID For the activa Tip No Internet connection Then please note the machine ID and generate the license key using another computer at http www konicaminolta eu colorcare license 13 Please register if this is your first time vis iting the Konica Minolta license server To do this click on the Register but ton After registration you will receive a confirmation e mail Please open this e mail and click on the link to activate your account Automatic backups of your license data will be saved in this account If you must re install your computer you will find your activations here If you have already set up an account simply log in using the e mail address and password If you have forgotten your password you can request a new one by clicking on Forgot your password If you have directly selected the License button you will be automati cally taken to the Licensing page after login The machine ID has already been entered Now enter your TAN number Your TAN number can be found in your Color Care CD cover If you have logged in manually from another computer click on Licensing on the left hand side after login and enter the TAN number and machine ID of the computer on which Color Care is to be activated If the TAN and machine ID are entered correctly please click on Submit Color
111. r Care modules Color Care catch Measurement and Quality Control Color Care match patch Small scale adjustment of existing profile Color Care profiler Calculation of new ICC profiles Color Care display Monitor calibration In the start menu you will also find a new entry Konica Minolta Color Care which contains the links for starting the three program modules as well as the folders for targets jobs etc Fig 10 Konica Minolta Color Care contents in the start menu Drivers for measuring instrument EFI ES 1000 or X Rite Eye One pro The Konica Minolta Color Care target is oriented towards measurement using X Rite Eye One pro or the identi cal EFI ES 1000 It also contains profiling and linearization targets for the X Rite i1iSis XL For Apple systems the required measuring instruments are installed together with Color Care You can simply attach your measur ing instrument after installation and use immediately Windows computers however request the specification of the driver when the instrument is first connected The appropriate device driver is provided on your EFI CD or in the scope of supply of the measuring instrument The Eye One driver is also contained in the Color Care CD You can use both instruments Color Care catch does not differentiate between EFI ES 1000 and X Rite Eye One Pro 12 Color Care Installation Activating the Color Care module The software is activated via the Konica Minolt
112. rint templates for multiple paper formats Job O Color Density Control Measurement routine for density and tone value gradation for X Rite i1pro and X Rite i1iSis and 3 paper formats The mea surement files are then loaded onto the machine Job 0 Density Balance Complete settings for density tone value gradation and homo geneity for X Rite i1pro and X Rite i1iSis and various paper formats The measurement files are then loaded onto the machine Job O Printer Gamma Adjustment Printer Gamma Adjustment reference values for various bizhub PRO PRESS color printing systems for measurement with and without UV filters The machine settings are adjusted according to the evaluation by Color Care 2 For more detailed information about workflows on Konica Minolta digital printing machines printing targets loading the measurement data setting the printer gamma adjustment etc refer to the printing system user manual and to separate instruc tions for hardware configuration The targets and technical back ground of the test and settings routines are also explained there This Color Care manual describes how to use the measurement routines in Color Care catch i DANCA MRT Color Carers Select Jobs Hew Jab iifro Qutdensenddvol SiCut iPro QutdensenAd vol SiC ut Pro Qutdenstenn SYO _ SICut isis XL OuidensenddvOL S100 Lise XL Gutdensendtavolslcut Iisi ML GutdensenfiSv0l 41Cut Color Care
113. s Offset 2 Linearization 3 Final check 100 3 Final check 90 Printer Profiling CMYK Quality Control Proof Ugra Fogra MediaWedge Color Care Pro quality control Color Care Target v2 3 Compatible to Ugra Fogra MediaWedge Reference ISOcoated_v2_bas Fogra39L Tolerancing model 2007 Control of diaital prints with the Color Care Taraet v2 3 Strip taraet A95 B C up to 95 The Measurement window closed Average overall Tolerances 1 59 AE 3 00 Peak overall Tolerances 4 46 AEmax 1C16 6 00 KONICA MINOLTA Paper white Tolerances 1 91 AE 3 00 Primaries Tolerances amp 5 00 2 50 Chromatic grey G10 G100 AE AE max 1C21 1 07 AH 1 50 Tolerances Save PDF Report Tolerances 3d Analysis Quantil Tolerances O 95 under AE Tolerancing Model delta E ab 56 Color Care Production Control Production control The system setup forms the basis and starting point for quality assurance in daily practice Depending on customer requirements this takes place using the Color Care target or Ugra Fogra Media Wedge Standard control Color Care target As the Color Care target is specifically adjusted to digital printing it is brilliantly suited to daily quality control The work routine corresponds exactly to the final acceptance of the system per Final Check 100 95 90 Media Wedge Evaluation v2 0 v3 0 Although the Media Wedges are not specifically designed
114. s are adjusted each time with a soft blending of approx 10 AE Therefore for optimization colors should not be too close together and not more than approx 100 colors should be selected for the optimization Universal small system drifts can also be evenly matched with Color Care match patch with a suitable target e g Color Care target Area 3 Offset simulation Color Profile as long as the deviations only slightly exceed the tolerance limits For greater deviations a new printer profile should be set up or another linearization cali bration of the printing system should be first carried out Color are 4 KONICA MINOLTA match patch Average AE 0 37 Maximum AE 1 30 Color Care Hardware setup System setup Hardware setup The main purpose of the system setup is to set the hardware to a defined state which is maintained during production Color Care 2 therefore contains various measurement rou tines for machine setup using print formats that are stored in the firmware of Konica Minolta printing machines These are used for internal machine settings for homogeneity linear ity gamma and print density In Color Care catch these are labelled with Job 0 accordingly After these settings the evaluation of the printing paper and linearization profiling in the RIP job 1 2 3 are performed using the Color Care target The hardware setup contains 3 measurement routine types which can each contain p
115. s checks the printing systems linearization calibration according to recommended values 3 Final check 100 3 Final check 90 3 Final check 95 Template name Konica Minolta Color Care Job name 2 Linearization 001 Target name Konica Minolta Color Care 2 Linearisation Comments sample data KONICA MINOLTA Instrument Position SS Measurement Start Clear All Close Job Color Care Setup Linearization Primary colors In the first tab you will find the analysis of the primary colors The linearization of the RIP does not only change the tonal value repro duction of the system it generally restricts the full tonal density If there is too great an interference here the gamut decreases The primary colors in the evaluation then migrate in the direction of the color space center and out of the tolerance circle Adherence to the primary color locations is very important as E Reap the saturation of the linearized full tones can arnis i no longer be increased by the ICC profile Below the color circle you will find the dis play options for the primary color chart In the center of the chart you can display the paper tone or the black color location For full tonal density problems the option to Show density change is also helpful this function will tell you in advance how the full tone of the color location has changed when the densities are raised or lowered If the full tone
116. s of a considerable amount of steps in the colours that have been reduced and thus in a loss of display quality The result is banding Highlights and shadows can also be affected Hardware calibratable LCD monitors work with signal processing of 10 or more bits per channel e g 10 bits 1 024 steps If one channel should be reduced to 50 there will be enough remaining data to describe the 256 steps of the colour signal sent to the monitor This means that there is differentiation between all the colours they do not get clogged up This alone does not make a monitor hardware calibratable The monitor needs to be able to communicate with the calibration software Besides the white point colour temperature and luminance some hardware calibratable monitors allow for controlling gradation curves so that no correction needs to be done in 8 bits on the video card e g the EIZO CG series CRT monitors Hardware calibratable CRTs need to be connected to the com puter via a digital data connection That way colour temperature brightness and contrast can be controlled CRTs do not have any means to control the gradation curves The correction of the moni tor gradation needs to be done with video LUTs in the video card These are stored in 8 bit accuracy in the ICC profile Hardware calibratable CRTs are not supported by Color Care display All the parameters a hardware calibration would set auto matically can be set manually but instrumen
117. se historic gammas do not make sense any more For one because LCD monitors show a completely different native tonal response on the other hand the monitor profile compensates for different tonal curves anyway So it makes more sense to calibrate your monitor to a tonal response curve that affects the data you want to display the least L The only use of a gamma calibration is a workflow with data which need to be displayed with a certain gamma or other tonal response curve e g video or web design SRGB outside a colour managed environment In all other cases L calibration is the better choice sRGB IEC61966 2 1 SRGB is a working space for monitor output only You find it mainly in the areas of Internet multimedia video and office applications The tonal response curve cannot be described with a gamma function although Photoshop for example reports a gamma value of 2 2 In the shadows it resemble more an L curve in the midtones and highlights it follows the gamma 2 2 curve In order to exactly match sRGB data Color Care display is the only moni tor calibration application that offers a sRGB calibration curve for these applications 24 Color Care display Advanced Gamma 1 0 Gamma 1 8 Gamma 2 2 Le CIECAMO02 How the effective contrast ratio will be reproduced in a workflow doesn t depend on the monitor alone Also the lightning conditions of the room are having a lot of influence on the effective contr
118. sing Windows or Mac OS X The range of functions and file formats are identical Measurement reference and job data can be switched between the operating system platforms without a problem The installation routines are very similar and the software is activated online Minimum system requirements Apple Computer Apple Computer with Intel processor m Mac OS X 10 5 8 or higher minimum 512 MB of available RAM Windows Computer Intel Pentium Ill or 4 processor Windows XP with SP3 minimum 256 MB of available RAM All systems Minimum 500 MB of free hard drive storage DVD CD ROM drive Color monitor with resolution of at least 1280x800 pixels and a color depth of 24 bit 16 7 million colors E Internet access for activation of software one time Measuring instrument not included E Spectral photometer EFI ES 1000 or X Rite i1Pro X Rite i1iSis XL Some of the product illustrations may contain optional accessories Konica Minolta does not warrant that any process or specifications mentioned will be error free Specifications are subject to change without notice Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries All other brand and product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders and hereby acknowledged Color Care Installation Color Care Installation Installation usin
119. sting the linearization Connect the measuring instrument to your computer Open Color Care catch In Job Manager select Konica Minolta Color Care as a job template on the left and on the right the job 2 Linearization Click OK The measurement window will open and request the calibration of your measuring instrument Place your ES 1000 Eye One Pro on the calibration tile and follow the software instructions Please ensure that the calibration tile is clean dust free and above all free from dark fluff The software will notify you when the calibra tion is finished Do not remove the device from the reference tile before the calibration is finished A instrument calibrated successfully Now measure the strips in area 2 Linearization RIP of the Color Care target The measured color values appear on the right hand side the ref erence values are depicted on the left After the measurement is finished the certify module opens automatically for the analysis of primary colors and dot gain KONICA MINOLTA Jobs folder Users mh Documents Jobs_KM Select Color Care Setup Linearization Color Care Select Jobs Folder New Template New Job Printer Profiling CMYK 1 Gamut 1 Gamut vs Offset Quality Control Proof Ugra Fogra MediaWedge Notes Color Care quality control Color Care Target v2 3 Measurement window closed Color Care linearization check Thi
120. t a monitor to your system which doesn t support hardware calibration this option is greyed out and not available Software calibration video LUTS Monitors without hardware calibration should be prepared via the OSD On Screen Display of the monitor After manual preparation of the hardware adjusting the display s buttons to control the OSD as guided by Color Care display Color Care display will calibrate these monitors via a video LUT Look Up Table correction on the graphics card No calibration profile only Some graphic cards do not support video LUTs A software calibration will fail on these systems But you can use this option to create an ICC profile for these systems You can also use this option if you want to just profile the monitor using the present video LUT in your graphics card Color Care dis play will use the video LUT for the profiling process and will write this video LUT into the ICC profile 2 3 3 Calibration settings Under this section Color Care display offers you some standard calibration presets for the most common workflows When select ing a calibration preset all the necessary settings will be done automatically by Color Care display You don t have to select all the calibration options like Colour temperature Tonal response curve etc separately Using this option speeds up the calibration and profiling process and makes working with Color Care display much easier Vid
121. t f ing job and open the measurement l Position o window E Calibrate Measurement Then click on the Load button A dialog will appear which displays the measure ment number of the automatic number sequence Select the required measure Ss C Ceara __ ment file and confirm with OK Mark E cose more than one file and click on Average in order to calculate an average for the i measurement data Files not included in the job folder can be imported for further processing by pressing Import in the job folder The required data is added to the current measurement window For averaging and data import you should thus first create a new empty measurement file with New Measurement Opening an evaluation In order to re access an evaluation Color Care catch 3 2 3 File Edit window use the menu entry Results Open Spectrophotometer control colorimetric analysis AE Results control Results certify Results custom evaluation 3D analysis or Results certify typographic analysis primary colors dot gain linearization Alternatively you can Refresh use the corresponding key combinations Storage The measurements are provided auto matically with the job name numbered sequentially 001 002 and stored in Color Care catch 3 2 3 Edit Window Help the job folder No measurement is lost ed 7 this way You can however store an additional measurement file with open file name a
122. te fields in succession and start an optimization for each respectively If you are satisfied with the result save the new ICC profile link it to your RIP and check the result with a new printout of the Color Care target __ Color Care match patch G59 Edit Help Open ICC Profile Save ICC Profile As 59 The essentials of imaging KONICA MINOLTA 4 sk 4 1 m dba Konica Minolta Color Care 2 Display User Manual KONICA MINOLTA Color Care Colour management Color Care display Index Color Care display index 1 Installation and licensing 3 1 1 Minimum system requirements 3 1 2 Installation 0 2 0008 4 1 3 Product registration and licensing 5 ES 2 Quickstart 7 2 1 The userinterface 02 500 0 Fi 2 2 Selecting a measurement device 9 2 3 Presets for calibration and profiling 10 2 3 1 Display type 1 2 ee ee ee 11 2 3 2 Calibration method 11 2 3 3 Calibration settings 12 2 3 4 Profiling settings 00 13 2 4 Presetting the monitor hardware 14 2 4 1 Brightness CRTs only 14 2 4 2 Contrast CRTs only 14 2 4 3 Colour temperature LCDs and CRTs 14 2 5 Calibration and profiling 16 2 5 1 Measuring colour characteristic 16 2 5 2 Setting white point 16 2 5 3 lterating gray
123. ted with the help of Hardware setup in Color Care display For optimal calibration and profiling results for soft proofing and high end image retouching Colour Solutions Software recom mends the use of hardware calibratable LCD monitors 20 Color Care display Advanced 3 4 2 Software calibration video LUTs The monitor hardware needs to be set manually by the user using monitor controls or the on screen display OSD Color Care display assists you in setting these parameters with measurements from your monitor instrument Like in CRTs the gradation settings are not accurate and need to be corrected via video LUTs These are stored in the CC profile and downloaded to the video card on system start up LCD flat panels Some LCD monitors offer near to none of these control options e g notebook monitors Some of them have a brightness control only which dims the backlight not to be confused with CRT s brightness control which sets the luminance of the black point Due to the necessary correction these monitors are not suited for colour critical work or for soft proofing LCD monitors with an analogue connector only will yield inferior calibration quality altogether Higher quality LCD monitors like the NEC MultiSync family of monitors offer 10 or more bit data processing Only this type of monitors satisfies higher quality demands These monitors offer settings for black and white luminance and white point
124. ter gamma adjustment according to recommended values Reference recommended L a b values for high light density section red square and cy grey L balance patch Maximum delta E ab 25 Measurement window closed 31 Color Care Hardware setup Color Density Control Connect the measuring instrument to your computer Open Color Care catch In the Job Manager choose Color Care Job O color density control as a job template on the left and on the right select one of the jobs according to your measuring instrument and the printed tar get paper format Click on OK the measurement window opens i1iSis Click on Start The instrument now performs a self calibration and prompts you to insert your printout Wait until the LED on the instru ment flashes green device is ready for measurement and then insert your print out into the instrument Position the paper on the left hand edge of the measuring instrument The black position markers on the printout should be approx 1 cm from the edge of the paper If necessary cut your printout to fit The i1iSis performs the measurement fully automatically and transfers the measure ment data to Color Care catch After the measurement choose File gt Save As to save your measurement file under a file name and storage location of your choice usually on a USB stick and load them onto your digital printing machine See hardware documentation
125. the filter set in the instrument and the phosphor or LCD filter set of the monitor In these cases you can edit the calibration curves manually Color Care display offers 2 edit modes White point In this mode you can influence the brightness in all 3 channels or in 1 selected channel without affecting the shape of the calibration curve If you click and drag the white point you reduce or increase white luminance in the selected channel Once you have reached 100 and continue dragging contrast but not the intensity will be increased but you will lose definition in the highlights If you click and drag the black point you can increase black lumi nance in the selected channel which affects the contrast ratio as well If you edit R G and B separately you will change the colour cast in white or black Curves This option allows you to change the shape of the tonal response curves with 3 additional handles Edit curve s Here you select which curve s you want to edit All All Curves are affected in the same manner Red Only the tonal response curve of the red channel will be affected Blue and green channels remain unaffected Green Only the tonal response curve of the green channel will be affected Red and blue channels remain unaffected Blue Only the tonal response curve of the blue channel will be affected Red and green channels remain unaffected Undo Undo the last change Reset Revert curves to t
126. tif ECI2Z002random_Strip_A4_2 tif ECIZ002random_Strip_A4_3 tif ECI2Z002random_Strip_A4_4 tif ECI2002random_Strip_A4_5 tif oo m Fh E E n E E LE E E E E E EEEE EE W E TTE mg kjai sivoefen Serevent aires an i Doles Coen Pepi ERZE SEES EH TTTrTrTTTeT SRT Lael sey aa 49 Color Care Setup Profiling Measuring targets example IT874 Connect the measuring instrument to your computer Jobs loder Users mh Documents abs KM Open Color Care catch eee Kowa rete coerce E2002 random DIMAS Spectrotcan In the Job Manager choose Printer Profiling CMYK as a ME Te ie es job template on the left and on the right choose the job h i a Color Care Profiler IT874random i1Pro or Color Care noes Profiler CMYK Target i1Pro if you have printed the peeing eal single page basICColor CMYkKick Target Click OK For CMYK te and CEMMYE systems Ge partly for multicolor systems too depends on RIFI If you are using a IGON printer driver please use Printer Profiling RGB The measurement window will open and request the calibra el tion of your measuring instrument Place your ES 1000 or ow i1Pro on the calibration tile and follow the software instruc tions Please ensure that the calibration tile is clean dust free and above all free from dark fluff Template name Printer Profiling CMYE Job name ECI2002random
127. timised by a correction curve in the graphics card Reducing channels will also reduce the overall luminance of the display TERENIE O oo eN ahrta aa Ae ee el pe eee j aae a cee pe et ee Page preteen Ge ee Eg oe ere ee er a a 2 ie oda a A Manel yeiai ghd pa Pom eager aah mart er ray De ere ne m ma mi Pa Barri piane b bee eerie We miia d Er ate b n t irp me oad CaS a i Sect re pami As the final setting before starting the calibration and profil ing process a name for the ICC profile has to be entered 2 6 Results After all the measurements have been processed Color Care display will show you the results of the calibration and profiling process The measurement window will close automatically the ICC profile will be saved to the defined folder and the new ICC profile will be activated So you don t have to select and activate the profile manually In the main window you can see a summary of the results of cali bration and profiling and the location where the ICC profile has been was saved At this point the calibration and profiling of your display is finished and you can close Color Care display or continue with validating the calibration 2 7 Review After the calibration and profiling Color Care display shows a short summary of the results Now you can run a more detailed valida tion Validation By using this option in the review menu of the control panel you can gather more details about the qu
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129. ts through adjustment of the printer profile Color Care display Monitor calibration Color Care target v2 4 a ColorCare Target v2 4 an a aia Density 2 Linearization RIP ay Offsetsimulation conaauails E p a B A l E B As J0 Ay asm 100 id Tr r o 7 Tr The test form from Konica Minolta Color Care combines test elements measurable using a spectral photo meter with test samples for visual evaluation The color measurement makes a consistent color display possible by standardizing installation routines Furthermore the visual test elements allow for an additional evalu ation of parameters which are difficult to ascertain metrologically i LEF Paa Printerprofile fs Hardware Settings Metrological elements 1 Gamut Density 2 Linearization RIP 3 Offset simulation Color profile Visual elements Test sample for resolution and accuracy of colors E Gray background structured as gray balance strip test 3 tonal value test visual test of the printing behavior at 3 or 97 Black dot test single colored tricolor and four colored 300 and 400 black in direct comparison 5 mm frame for border evaluation and positioning accuracy mii e Paper Color a tI E E p _ wi Simulation Referenceprofile mn 17 iD Li hl o f ANITE Ta d T Simulation JON _ OFF Printer RIP 21 Color
130. ture D50 for example has an approxi mate colour temperature of 5000K but the blackbody radiator has a different spectral distribution at 5000K Monitors show a different characteristic spectral distribution their white point can only be approximated 3 5 2 Tonal response curve Shades of gray from black to white will be reproduced in a specific way depending on the individual monitor CRTs and LCDs are very different in their native characteristics In order to normalize the response character monitor calibration corrects the tonal response curves to a defined function L recommended Theoretically the ideal colour system for cross media publishing is L a b It equals the characteristics of human colour perception So it is logical to combine the advantages of the L a b with the representation of tone values on a monitor The L method calibrates your monitor in such a way that greyscales appear visually equidistant If you increase the R G and B signals by the factor 2 the displayed colour will be doubled in brightness This way the RGB monitor space is optimally adapt ed to the human visual sensation 23 Color Care display Advanced oe ih 8H Oe OH 1 om 6 PEN a py chris ciara F BENRO Preys boo peppers Q Ca cae cape aH G0 JT ATE n doer Pe mew pra mean ep eee be a ae a mri be a a A ee LE Lpi a pih He ed ae ae AGI ara rehet oe E E e e eked gy CAMELS der a p
131. w perma nent license will be send to you by e mail following verification of your data E Please click on the Install Licence File button in the license window and load the lic file Procedure in detail gt co L Open one of the Color Care modules QC module for all output systems Beside the Ugra FOGRA Media Wedge control supports a control License Example Color Care catch variety of other control bars and color error m management targets If Color Care is not yet activated the certify i i i i j_ QC module to check the compliance with licensing window will peri rine primaries and dot gain of CMYK output devices Gaii Licence a cally Depending on which module you Will be used to introduce the j h y t j te li i d y ill ProcessStandardOffset this is defined in ISO iii ave started e licensing WINGOW WI 12647 2 look slightly different The function is si however identical Module that enables catch to save spectral data or colorimetric data with different illuminants A C pro License error al D50 D55 D65 D75 For example in Color Car tch check E Pune nahi the control certify and pro functions i i After requesting your license file online and receiving eS and click on 14 Days Demo License the lt Install License File gt button or License You will be automatically connected with SEE Ors the Konica Minolta license server The If you want to use Color Car
132. y You will then find the file Color_Care_2_xxxxxx lic in your stan dard download folder ajale llall A O mp mylicense bizie erexeaspsessionidahSd gtask 7ni TO Google KONICA MINOLTA By clicking on here you can also acti vate the file download manually Save the file to for example your desktop SHU the download does not start automatically please cik here Color Care ziemtanse 19 Color Care Installation Now return to the Color Care licensing i i ila window Click on Install License File to _Machine ID 1764268909 5 load the downloaded file Color_Care_2_ control XXXXXxX lic Color Care will now install QC module for all output systems Beside the contrat char os Ugra FOGRA Media Wedge control rt your license in the system and will dis pt Pree gs ito a bear cial DEMO 13 day s play after a short period the license sta management Lyer Seen tus DEMO 13 day s remaining certify QC module to check the compliance with i TN primaries and dot gain of CMYK output devices certify now be deleted as the license information ProcessStandardOffset this is defined in ISO remaining 12647 2 is saved in the system pro Module that enables catch to save spectral data or pro colorimetric data with different illuminants A C DEMO 13 day s M DSO D55 D65 D75 remaining 14 Days Demo License After requesting your license file online and rec

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