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1. A Nr 4 Be ww N he ht See Ma i A WEEE Ta Q a x i N he En User Manual basICColor CMYKick 2 base because it simply works Content Te PREPAC E vosscoxssstcactacsessesicaceosesstessaaveesaesicaosanseseaaasdussegustaaaccdoeasanccenasasustaccooss 6 2 INSTALLATION AND LICENSING cccccccccsssssssscccccccsssscccccccccssscecsscceecscsecs 9 2 1 Minimal System Requirements uunesessesesnsessennsnnnnnennnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnene 9 22 nstallati ON sense 11 2 3 Product registration and licensing uenenesenesennenenennnnn 12 3 PREPARING THE PRINTING SYSTEM ccccsssssssccccccssssscccccccccssscccceceeesscees 18 3 1 Generall Preparations oe eseecessececsseeesceeeeeessceeeeeeseeeesesseteeeeeeseeeeees 19 3 2 Calibration linearisation cccceccssessessessccssessessscsessesscssssesesseseesees 20 3 3 Windows setting up PostScript printer drivers nueee 21 3 3 1 Printing resolution and quality eeseesesnsnenenenne 23 3 3 2 Deactivating the colormanagement neesene 25 3 3 3 Mac OS X setting up PostScript printer drivers 27 3 4 Setting Upa Software RIP nennen 32 3 4 1 Deactivating the Colormanagement nesene 33 olor er Fi ei basICColor CMYKick 2 base because it simply works 4 PRINTING THE CMYK PROFILING TARGET ccssscccccssssssssccccccessscecssees 36 4 1 Selecting the right CMYK profiling target
2. Software Copyright 2006 2013 basICColor GmbH All rights reserved Manual Copyright 2013 basICColor GmbH All rights reserved This manual as well as the software described in it is furnished under license and may be used or copied in accordance with terms of the license Your License Agreement with the basICColor GmbH which will be displayed and printed out during software installation specifies the permitted and prohibited uses of the basICColor dropRGB software Any unauthorized duplication or use of any basICColor software product in whole or in part is strictly forbidden The infor mation in this manual is furnished for informational use only is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by the basICColor GmbH The basICColor GmbH assumes no responsibility or liability for errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this document No part of this user guide may be reproduced transmitted transcribed or translated into any language without the express written permission of the basICColor GmbH basICColor is a registered trademark of the basICColor GmbH Apple Macintosh ColorSync are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respec tive holders Edition 2 1 0 August 2013 Author Tim Seher 80
3. bast Color Fill in the remaining input fields purchased from Machine ID and select from the pull down menu the purpose for your license request Initial License Additional License Up grate Site License Hardware Replacement When all fields are filled in please click the lt Submit gt button You will be informed that your license request is beeing pro cessed on an that you will be informed via email once you can access your license file lic file e Machine ID the number in this input field must match the number in the licensing window of the application because the license file is built for this computer specif ically e Product basICColor CMYKick must be selected in the pull down menu Important the license file is stored in your basICColor account You can access it at any time Please ensure to remember your login information Once you have received your license file basICColor_ CMYKick_12345 lic you can install it with lt Offline licensing gt and lt Install License File You will find the license file in the download folder of your web browser Now the application is ready to use fr ei 15 basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works Machine ID 1872494226 5 Sate Permanent License Purchase Click here to enter the TAN you have obtained or to buy a license bast Color Free Trial a 14 days fully functional license of basiCColor dropRCe Cikk here to get
4. nn 36 4 2 Printing the ECl2002 CMYK profiling target 38 4 2 1 Opening the ECI2002 profiling target in Photoshop 38 4 2 2 The Photoshop dialog Print with preview 39 5 MEASURING THE PROFILING TARGET eccsssssnonnnnsssssnnnnnnnnsssnnsnnsnnnssssnsnssnene 43 5 1 Measurements by an authorised basICColor dealer 43 5 2 Measuring a CMYK target with basICColor catch 44 5 2 1 Selecting the CMYKick target in basICColor catch 45 5 2 2 Measuring the ECl2002 target with the Eye One nenun 46 23 Preparing the target OIE ee 47 5 2 4 Positioning the measurement device 48 5 2 5 Starting the measurement esennennsnsensensensnne 48 5 3 Where to find the measurement data ueeneeseesseseeseeneeneeneeneeennnn 50 CREATING THE ICC PROFIEE ii secssisssissascesecsdesesiecsessaveassesscsbasesncstessas enccascess 52 6 1 Drag and drop measurement data neesensenensesensnsensenenensnnennnnnn 52 62 Naminetnelec Brote ee een 53 6 3 Calculation process of the ICC profile n eeeeeneeneeeeenenn 54 olor er Fi ei basICColor CMYKick 2 base because it simply works 7 COLOR CORRECT PRINTING WITH ICC PROFILES ccsss0000osssssssssnnnnsnnnnnnne 57 7 1 Printing from Adobe applications nesessessesesesesnenennennnnnne 57 7 2 Adobe Photoshop CS esesessenesesesnenennnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnenenen 58 7 2 1 Proofing from Photoshop neun
5. 7 2 2 Proofing from Photoshop Proof RIPs If you have an external colormanagement software RIP e g EFI Designer Edition the RIP takes over the colormanagement for the output Adobe Applications like Photoshop don t have to prepa rate the data for the output first The data has to remain into their original color space For this you have to use the option Profile Same As Source in the Photoshop print dialogue 63 basICColor CMYKick 2 er he ae because it simply works eee 7 basic Co lor cay 3 ti BERTA fa i tf E 7 3 Abobe InDesign CS The print settings of InDesign are equal to the settings of Photo shop At this point this manual skips all the options For detailed information please take a look at the explanations for Photoshop Chapter 7 1 1 Adobe Photoshop Drucken The color management Druckvorgabe Benutzerdefiniert H options in the Adobe Drucker iP3000 InDesign print dialog PPD Farbmanagement Quellfarbraum Dokument C Proof E Druckfarbraum Profil Canon dropRGR glossy ice H CRD Priorit t C E Seite einrichten 2 Drucken Vorgabe speichern In the Print menu you will find the option Color management In the section Print Space you select the ICC profile you created with basICColor CMYKick In the section Source Space you can choose if you like to convert directly from the color spaces of the doc
6. 3 Product registration and licensing Licensing and unlocking basICColor CMYKick software is linked to an individual computer You will receive an individ ual license that allows you to unlock and use the software on the computer on which it was installed The first time you start basICColor CMYKick the Licensing window will pop up You can now choose to trial a full version of basICColor CMYKick for 14 days or request your permanent license with a click on the button lt Licensing gt if you have purchased a license for basICColor CMYKick If you have never registered on the basICColor website you will need to complete the registration process in order to obtain your personal basICColor account Please follow the link Create your free basICColor account now in the licens ing window Alternatively you can go to our website www basiccolor de and navigate to the registration page via the Support tab and the link to Licensing With a click on lt Register gt you can create your personal basICColor account Within seconds you will receive an email to your nominated email address Please check your spam folder also You need to confirm this email via the provided link to activate your account olor fr ei 12 basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works ALM Licensing Machine ID 1872494226 5 State No License bast Color Purchase Please enter the purchased transaction
7. CMYKick 2 ne A a Sa bast because it simply works 7 5 3 PostScript Colormanagement If a printer has an integrated PostScript RIP the user has a lot of options to output his data For example a lot of different color models e g RGB CMYK Grayscale Lab etc and color systems can be processed by the RIP A very important feature is that the RIP can be told which color space it should be used for separation and output CRD Color Rendering Dictionary So the CRD describes the printer output color space of the PostScript printing system If a PostScript file contains a CRD normally it will use it for separat ing non CMYK data e g RGB data If a CRD is not embedded into the PostScript file the printer will use its default CRD which is fixed embedded in the RIP The OKI printer which we are using for the demonstra tion just offers to use the PostScript Colormanagement But it doesn t offers to select a default CRD So the basICColor CMYKick Color Simulation ICC profile has to be embed ne i 7 ded into the PostScript file by u J the applications to get a color i correct output Color al ssent va Col or CMYKick 2 sed because it simply works So if the printer driver of your printing system does not support to select a printer default CRD the CRD has to integrated into the PostScript file Applications like Photoshop or InDesign can embedd a CRD into the PostScrip
8. Chapter 6 Creating The ICC Profile basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works Ei E 3 i ee basi 3 olor fa ares i ae Via drag n drop of the measurement file onto the basICColor CMYKick window you can load the profiling data very simple 6 Creating The ICC Profile This sections shows how to create an ICC profile form the measure ment data of the ECI2002 CMYK profiling target measured with basICColor catch or the measurement data sent from you autho rized basICColor dealer 6 1 Drag and drop measurement data Simply drag and drop your measurement data CMYKick Target xxx cie in our example on the program icon of basICColor CMYKick or the Alias on the desktop of your Windows computer that has automatically been created at installation time Alternatively you can open basICColor CMYKick with a double click and drag and drop the measurement file on the basICColor CMYKick window 66 basICColor CMYKick Ziehen Sie die Messdatei auf den Drucker 52 basICColor CMYKick 2 bas ccCc because it simply works Where to set up the param eters for the separtion One essential feature of basICColor CMYKick is to use an intelligent and automatic preselection of the separation parameters Ink limits UCR GCR etc A separate setup of the param eters of the user is not needed and not supporte
9. amp olor ee basICColor CMYKick 2 asked because it simply works 3 4 1 Deactivating the Colormanagement If you would like to create an individual ICC profile for the EFI DesignerEdition the RIP has to be completely set up before In the section Color the actual settings for the paper will be shown By deactivating the checkbox activate colormanagement the colormanagement of the RIP will be disabled But the lineari sation which belongs to the paper selection will be still active The ICC profile and the linearisation calibration are allways conected e608 Einstellungen H CA 8 9 Allgemein Layout Ausgabe Sammelform Drucker Sonderfarben Papierprofile l Farbmanagement aktivieren Papiername EFI Gravure Proof Paper 4245 Semimatt UltraChrome Photo Normal Druckaufi sung dpi Farbmodus CMYKcmkk Photo Farbeinstellungen Farbausgabemodus Proof EFI Profile ColorSync RGB ECI RGB V1 0 icc f Wahrnehmungsorientiert CMYK Best_SWOP_Ref_Presssheet_2003 i Relativ farbmetrisch kein Papierwei Grau ISOnewspaper26v4_gr icc Wahrnehmungsorientiert 2 Verwendetes Simulationsprofil Best_SWOP_Ref_Presssheet_2003 icc Profil hinzuf gen Profil l schen ne oe ea _ RGB in Graustufen drucken _ Schwarzpunktkompensation fa Eingebettete Profile verwenden _ Reines Schwarz ab 0
10. bas ccCc Once you have received your personal license file basiccolor_ CMYKick_123456 lic you wont need a new license file if you run a software update or you reinstall basICColor CMYKick on the same computer olor fr ei If you wish to use basICColor CMYKick on an additional computer you will need to obtain a new license file for this computer You can purchase additional licenses at your basICColor dealer or at basICColor GmbH directly at any time Licensing if you do not have an internet connection or you would like to install the licensing file manually please click here ass Hardware Replacement gt If you have purchased a new computer and wish to transfer basICColor CMYKick please proceed as follows 1 Install the software on the new computer 2 Start the software and click in the licensing window the button lt Licensing gt and then onto the link Hardware Replacement Request permanent license 3 Log yourself into your basICColor account follow the link Licensing and navigate to 2 Without TAN and fill in all the required fields Once submitted basICColor GmbH is processing your request and a new license file is sent to you Don t show this window again 2 Without TAH Piease sieci Pa apenopeiaie product Thay Daid A F n r Bu C kiigan ok ee Baus l bare er Mae 2 00 iB You can check the status of your license in the licensing win dow of ba
11. basICColor CMYkKick in the menu CRD It will be send with the document data to the printer and the printer will use it for separation instead the printers default separation profile Allgemein Farbmanagement Konfiguration Marken und Beschnittzugabe Quellfarbraum Ausgabe Dokument Grafiken E I Proof Druckfarbraum Profil PostScript Farbmanagement CRD basICColor_CMYKick_matt icc HJ Priorit t 34 The PostScript printer will be instruct to use the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile for separating the documents data by selecting it as CRD and the PostScript Colormanagement Profile 66 basICColor CMYKick 2 ee Te Zn gee het it simply 7 3 4 Assigning output color space for Proof RIPs If a Proof RIP z B EFl Designer Edition will be used for the output the simulation color space should be assigned as CRD to the PostScript file The Proof RIP should use the embedded CRD to separate the document data to the output color space The basIC Color CMYKick ICC profile has to set in the RIP as printer output profile Aligemein Farbmanagement Konfiguration Marken und Beschnittzugabe Quellfarbraum Dokument rs _ Proof Druckfarbraum Profil PostScript Farbmanagement Y CRD ISO Coated HJ Priorit t z The PostScript interpreter of the ProofRIP will use the print space CRD of InDesign for the separation of the document Then it will do another transformation into the b
12. digital production systems are working with at least 4 inks cyan magenta yellow and black or simple spoken CMYK The aim of basICColor CMYKick is to provide customers with a easy to handle non expensive but still proffesional CMYK profiling software A lot of the digital procuction printing systems are driven with an integrated or optional PostScript RIP For certain reasons a solution an ICC Profiling tool to create color correct outputs is missing in the package Instead of this they are using a generic color profile in the system It is easy to imagine that this color profile will the users not give the most possible color results for their printouts under all printing conditions basICColor CMYKick was created to improve color output quality for your CMYK printing system on your specific media The created ICC Profil can be integrated into the RIP of your olor er Fi ei basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works printing system if supported by the printing system or it can be embedded into a PostScript File so that the printer can read it out from there Even RGB data will be separated in the best possible quality by the RIP into the color gamut of the printing system Chapter 2 Installation And Licensing basICColor CMYKick 2 nachher fa seats tf f i because it simply works 2 Installation and Licensing 2 1 Minimal System Requirements Apple Computer e Apple with G4 G5 process
13. one to one on your printing system like you see them on your monitor Images with highly saturated colors or dark shades e g a man with a black suit in front of a dark background will eventually loose contrast and details Sometimes the printouts will look too dark Relative Colorimetric with Black Point Compensation BPC To compensate for the loose of contrast and details in the dark shadows you can activate the option Black Point Compensation This will bring back the details in the dark shadows but the image will be lightened up in the very dark tones olor er Fi ei 60 __basICColor CMYKick 2 Absolute colorimetric This method is similar to the intent relative colorimetric Additionally this intent takes the white point of the Source Space into account For example if your image has a D65 white point e g sRGB Adobe RGB the printout will look too blueish This problem will not occur with a Ds5o working space e g ECI RGB V1 0 www eci org or LStar RGB Istar rgb com Absolute colorimetric should be used for proofing purposes only paper simulation For a photographic output mainly the intents Perceptual or Relative Colorimetric with black point compensation will give you the best visual results WE ia 61 basICColor CMYKick 2 bast cC because it simply works 7 2 1 Proofing from Photoshop In addition to the direct output to the printer using all its colors f
14. rei 62 7 2 2 Proofing from Photoshop ProOf RIPS een 63 73 ADOBEINDESIEH Denen nee 64 7 FSCO CO SPACE nee O 65 Toe PIE Nase een 65 7 3 3 Print Space PostScript colormanagement unee 66 7 3 4 Assigning output color space for Proof RIPs eeee 67 TANGODE IS AON GS ee era een 68 7 5 Using ICC Profiles systemwide in operating systems 70 7 5 1 ICM The Windows colormanagement system 70 7 5 2 ColorSync Colormanagement in Mac OS 70 7 5 3 PostScript Colormanagement unsssssessensnnsensenensenseneen 71 7 6 Using basICColor CMYKick ICC Profiles with software RIPs 73 7 6 1 Embedding an ICC profile to a software RIP 73 8 ADVANCED SETTINGS OF BASICCOLOR CMYKick 000000000000000000000 22200 77 LION USD E es a ea 77 8 2 Location for ICC Profiles ueeeeseeseeseeseeseeseessenseneeneennnnnennennnnnnnennnennenenn 77 NC AON een anearer 78 9 PRODUCT INFORMATION BASICCOLOR CMYKick ceeeessssnsssssnssssssonssenssnseen 80 olor er Fi ei Chapter 1 basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works Te bas ccCc 1 Preface With the purchase of basICColor CMYKick you have received a product that will allow you to take control of color repro duction of your workgroup RGB printing systems basICColor CMYKick brings you the possibility to do color correct printing on your RGB printing system in an easy way Allmost all
15. 0 Zn Einstellungen zur cksetzen Einstellungen speichern Einstellungen laden 33 basICColor CMYKick 2 bas ccCc because it simply works with each other in the EFI DesignerEdition So if you select a paper profile you also automatically select a linearisation for the printer Even when you can not create an individual linearisation for your own paper with the EFI Designer Edition you can use one of the exsisting linearisations as base to create an individual ICC profile with basICColor CMYKick Simply select a paper profile lineraisa tion in the EFI Designer Edition which fits best the paper you use The disadvantages of the generic linearisation will be corrected by the ICC profile created with basiCColor CMYKick And the general charakteristic of the printer will be descriped quite good with the generic linearisation The selection of the paper linearisation has a big influence on the printing quality of your printer It defines how much ink will be used for each channel as well as the total amount of ink Printout with different media setting will generate different output results on the media you use If the printout looks to light you should try the next higher media quality to improve the printout quality If the printout is much too dark and the ink is bleeding blurred lines and edges of the single patches you should use a media type with the next lower quality Please keep this fact in your mind i
16. Eye One pro the Start button is greyed out The measure ment will be started with the measure button of the instrument In the main part of the window you see a preview of the measure ment chart For every single patch you will see an approximation of the expected color on the left With this preview you can check if the single patch and the whole strip was measured correctly A white frame around the strip shows you which strip will be measured next If there is a frame around a single patch then the measurement device is set to patch mode Click on the headline of the column you want to measure next e g A to set the instrument to strip mode or click on a single patch to set the instrument to path mode 5 2 3 Preparing the target print Before you begin to measure the chart please ensure you use a neutral non glossy opaque surface free of optical brighteners at least two sheets of your printing paper will do in most cases as a background This will minimize the negative influence of the backing of the target print e g the structured surface of your desktop olor BITTER 47 basICColor CMYKick 2 bast cC because it simply works Positioning the gretagmacbeth Eye One Pro on the measurement ruler To identify the strip correctly the head of the Eye One Pro has to be positioned in the white area if front of the first patch of the strip 5 2 4 Positioning the measurement device The next st
17. FI Designer Editon To make the new profile visible in the RIP you have to actualize the profile list of the RIP on a eo Me PERTE i 74 olor Essentials basICColor CMYKick 2 Ved because it simply works After selecting the new paper profile the colormanagement of the RIP can be acticated again and the RIP will use the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile for the output ee8 Einstellungen To make the new paper LLLA A D 9m he P 9 profile visible the list of the a paper profiles has to be Allgemein arbe Aus gale Sammelform wiker Senderlarken Papienpralile acualized Papierprofile o O Beim Starten automatisch durchsuchen a Ordner nach OC Frofiben durchsuchen 0 fApplications EF Designer Edition Profiles Freie anzeigen f Geaner inschen Y Einstellungen zur cksetzen Eint A O A w MR gt p N geren Farbe Ausgabe Sammelform Drucker Sonderlarben Papierprolile Verwendetes Simulationsprofil SCcoated ict The new paper profile can be Ele ena de Simatic E selected in the colormanage E a e Ronis E Slee eee me ment dialogue then and the colormangement can be reactivated then too to use Einstellungen zur cksetzen Einstellungen speichern Einstellungen laden the new paper profile Abbrechen EEE 15 Chapter 8 Advanced Settings Of basICColor CMYKick basICColor CMYKick 2 nachher because it simply works 8 Advanced settings of b
18. The basiCColor DVD folder will appear on your screen Click on it to access the basICColor CMYKick installer or open the downloaded installer We recom mend a look at our download area as this ensures you have the latest version PC If the basICColor DVD icon does not appear automat ically go to My Computer and select the DVD drive Alternatively you can download the installer from www baslICColor de 3 Begin the installation by double clicking the basICColor CMYKick installer Follow the instructions on the screen 4 Once basICColor CMYKick has been successfully installed you can begin to profile your printer basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works AOD Licensi Stare No License bast Color Purchase Free Trial Click here to enter the TAN you have Cikk here to get a 14 days fully obtained or to buy a license functional license of basiCColor CMY Kick Licensing 14 days tryout license if you do not have an internet connection or you would like to install the licensing file manually please click here Offline licensing Don t show this window again f ane basiCColor i gt A arp license basiccolor de register atproemid c Q eo N ff basiCColorr Apple Beliebt 785 7 bash olor basiCColor Registration Licensing Download Area Choose 34 _Regetter Komakt Haftungsausechiuss Stemap Impressum bas C Come Gr bas ccCc 2
19. arting the integrated calibration process when they will be turned on or after a certain amount of prints and the user will not notice this procedure This automatic calibration of the printing system is the base for the correcet color output supported with an ICC profile and will ensure that the printing system is allways set up with the same parameters In most cases the operator of the printing system has no chance to influence calibration linearisation and with this automatic process the calibration linearisation of the printing system is completed For detailed information belonging the calibration linearisation of your CMYK printing system please contact your dealer or the vendor of the CMYK printing system olor er Fi ei 20 Piet basICColor CMYKick 2 u nee y sA caa eS N Essentials because it simply works 3 3 Windows setting up PostScript printer drivers This section explains how to set up PostScript printer drivers to create an ICC profile for a CMYK printing system Initially we explain all the steps and settings which are identical for all printing systems under the Windows operating system Please open the setting Printers and fax devices in the menu System preferences of the Windows Start menu Internet Eigene Datei Zuletzt verwendete Dokumente E Mail ie ve me Microsoft Office Outlook E Liesmich ar Eigene Musik Di acetate ey basICColor catch 3 1 1 Mozilla Fi
20. as already used This Linearisation has to be combined now with the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile If the EFIProfileConnector will be opened it will show the current used linearisation file of the RIP and some additional settings for the printers resolutions print mode etc Please enshure that these settings are the same like you have choosen for creating the target print olor er Fi ei 13 basICColor CMYKick 2 bastCcColor because it simply works Under the point Select Profile load the ICC profile which you have created with basICColor CMYKick where to find the ICC profiles see chapter 6 2 Papiername basICColor_CMYKick_semimatt Profil ausw hlen basICColor_CMYKick_semimatt icc Ger temodell EPSON Stylus Photo R2400 PX 5500 BPL Datei Baselin_220946215 bpl Aufl sung 1440 x 720 dpi Druckqualit t Normal Farbname UltraChrome Photo After loading the ICC profile you have to choose a new name for the paper profile The choosen name will be display in the EFI Designer Edition for the combination of linearisation an ICC profile At this point it s a good idea to choose a unique name for the paper profile e g basICColor CMYKick Epson semimatte This makes it easier to identify the new paper profile in the EFI Designer Edition To finish this action click on Patch Profile The new paper profile will be automatically stored into the profile folder for the E
21. asICColor CMYKick The basic idea of basICColor CMYKick is to offer a easy to handle application So the advanced settings are reduced to the needed minimum too eP_ Preferences Language English HH User profiles folder Save profiles to System profiles folder _ Create version 4 profiles 8 1 Language In this menu you can select the language basICColor CMYKick is using for prompting the dialogues 8 2 Location for ICC Profiles Windows only supports to install ICC profiles into the central system folder But on a Mac the user can select where to store ICC profiles So Mac users can choose if the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile should be stored into the user folder or the system folder Attention To store ICC profiles to the system folder Windows and Mac the user needs administrator permissions uhr E ae ae ae 71 basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works 8 3 ICC V4 profiles When this option is selected the ICC profiles will be stored in the ICC V4 format ICC V2 compatible applications should use these type of ICC profiles without any problems The preset of basICColor CMYKick is V2 because some printer drivers are having problems by using the V4 standard profile type 78 Chapter 9 Product information baslCColor CMYKick basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works bast Color Ess F BEE E 9 Product Information basiCColor CMYKick
22. asICColor CMYKick profiler for the output on the proof printer paper profile olor Tiaia 67 oh A nica a basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works ea a basic Co lor ei i WE rea tid yi 7 4 Adobe Illustrator CS In IllustratorCS the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile has to be set as print space to get a color correct output The document color space will always be used as source space All data of the document have use this color space Because the document is using always one color space for output it s not possi ble to enable a simulation color space proof Only the rendering intent can be selected for the transformation form the source space into the print space ein einrehen Dror Vergabe sped Abbrechen EEE Ferig The colormanagement settings of the Illustrator printing dialogue Proof RIPs To get a correct output on proof RIPs e g EFl Designer Edition same as source should be selected as print space 68 basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works PostScript Printer Illustrator integrates the source space of the document as CRD into the PostScript file So if you like to have a color correct output on the color space of your printer you have to select the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile as printer space in the printer drivers color management dialouge of Illustrator CS 69 basICColor CMYKick 2 bas ccCc because it simp
23. atch pro basICColor i1 catch pro olor E E wealtd ds 44 basICColor CMYKick 2 she _ because it simply works 5 2 1 Selecting the CMYKick target in basICColor catch When you launch basICColor catch the Job Manger will show up On the left side of the window you can find a few predefined templates One of them is named measure CMYKick ECI2002 target If you mark this template a list of jobs will show up in the right half of the Job Manager window Those jobs are named by the supported devices and the format of the ECl2002 target Please select the job named by the measure ment device you use and click on the OK button in the bottom right corner of the Job Manager To show you how to measure the ECl2002 target we have selected the gretagmacbeth Eye One pro job to explain the next steps The main window of basICColor catch 3 The Job Manager olor T p Essentials 45 Co lor ule read td p basICColor CMYKick 2 g A because it simply works 5 2 2 Measuring the ECl2002 target with the Eye One First you will be asked to calibrate the measurement device The procedure differs depending on the type of your instru ment basICColor catch will guide you through the process with clear instructions The measurement window has three main areas At the top you see information on important parameters of the job target name measurement number etc On the right you see all ele
24. d So even non professional user can create excellent ICC profiles without having any knowledge about the technical background the used param eters 6 2 Naming the ICC profile After dropping the measurement file basICColor CMYKick asks for a name for the ICC profile As a default basICColor CMYKick will suggest the name of the measurement file You can and should change the name for the ICC profile to a name which corresponds with your printer an the media you use e g OKI CMYKick semimatte The OS and the applications will identify the ICC profile by this name Click OK and the profile will be created Profil speichern unter Profil wird im Benutzer Profileordner nur f r den angemeldeten Benutzer gespeichert ACHTUNG Existierendes Profil wird berschrieben Bitte geben Sie einen Profilnamen ein CMYKick semimatt Abbrechen FE ee olor fr ei Windows Where to find the ICC profile Windows stores ICC profiles in a central folder of the Operating System where most applications will find them C Windows System32 Spool Drivers Color Mac OS X Where to find the ICC profile basICColor CMYKick saves the ICC profiles into the user ColorSync folder Home Libary Colorsync To make the ICC profile avail able for ALL users you need to copy it into the system ColorSync folder Macintosh HD Libary ColorSync In order to do so you need administrator rights otherwise the copy proce
25. d tates If a strip is not measured correctly basICColor catch will output a warning message After you have confirmed this message you can re measure the strip You don t have to re measure the entire chart just the strip that failed to measure correctly After having measured the entire ECl2002 CMYK target you can close the job with a click on the button Close Job or you can close basICColor catch by clicking Exit catch kg Messtonster Bigg Das Deerbesen Fenster pte Verlage CMHek BEIM Target suameasen a py Job Hare Greteg Macbeth Eye One pro 591 j Tega EGAren Ship A3 6 pages boalCokr base Co lor Page 1 Paed Paged Pages Pocet EERE AH A Al AK ji l It ji i Ei basICColor catch measurement window After you have measured the entire ECl2002 CMYK target all patches have to be filled out 49 _basiCColor CMYKick 2 zu 3 because it simply works 5 3 Where to find the measurement data The measurement data will be saved in the folder C program files basICColor Software basiCColor catch 3 1 Jobs measure CMYKick ECI2002 target gretagmacbeth Eye One pro for Windows or in the folder Documents obs measure CMYKick ECI2002 Target gretagmacbeth Eye One pro in Mac OS X The name of the measurement file is CMYKick Target xxx cie The xxx in the file name represents the number of the measure ment The latest measurement will bear the highest number
26. e you are logged in you can request a 14 day full trial version OR in case you have a TAN you can request your permanent license Once downloaded please transfer the license file on the computer where bas CColor CMYKick is installed With a click on lt Offline licensing gt and lt Install License File in the next window you will activate basICColor CMYKick If you do not have an Internet connection at all use the lt Faxform gt button to open a PDF document Fill it in and fax it to the number provided The license file will be sent to the nominated email address olor er Fi fa eae fit fd 13 basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works On the inside of the DVD box you will find the TAN Number Karma E AEREE PEA Suarap tegreanon ltasicGcer mE m ae Fe re bas iCColor ae M Essent rad If required a storage device can be obtained at additional cost Please contact basICColor GmbH for further informa tion When you request a license you need to consider the follow ing e TAN TransActionNumber You will find the TAN on a sticker on the basICColor DVD cover Enter the TAN into the input field Your license file lic file will be downloaded and installed immediately If there is no TAN on your basICColor DVD cover your license request needs to be processed by basICColor before you can access your license file lic file Please log into your basICColor accou
27. endes Profil Das CMYK Dokument ECI2002random_Strip_A4_1 tif verf gt nicht ber ein eingebettetes i h Farbprofil m Wie m chten Sie weiter vorgehen Beibehalten kein Farbmanagement CMYK Arbeitsfarbraum zuweisen ISO Coated Profil zuweisen ISO Coated H _ und Dokument anschlie end in CMYK Arbeitsfarbraum konvertieren When you open the ECl2002 CMYK profiling target please ensure that the color management for the file is deactivated Leave as is don t color manage 38 ae olor _basiCColor CMYKick 2 past r 6 sentiat because it simply works 4 2 2 The Photoshop dialog Print with preview To print the ECl2002 CMYK profiling target without any color corrections please select the option File Print with Preview Now the advanced printing dialogue of Adobe Photoshop will pop up In the top left of the window you will see a preview of the ECI2002 CMYK profiling target on the print sheet If neces sary rotate the page orientation portrait landscape in the Page Setup menu Drucken en Drucken Oben 1 02 m wie Cm nn Seite einrichten Skalierte Ausgabegr e Skalierung om M Auf Mediengr e skalieren Hohe 29 708 em m h Breite 20 99 m m WM Begrenzungsrahmen einblenden _ Auswahlbereich drucken F Weitere Optionen einblenden Farbmanagement 18 gt Quellfarbra
28. ep is to position the ruler of the measurement device on the first strip of the chart marked with A Then please put the measurement device on the ruler as shown in the picture on the left Make sure the instrument is positioned on the white area in front of the first patch of the chart This is required to recognize the strip correctly and is highly important 5 2 5 Starting the measurement With one hand you fix the ruler on the strip and with the other hand you drag the measurement device across the strip For starting the measurement please press the measure button on the Eye One Pro and hold it until you have finished measuring the entire strip After pressing the button on the Eye One Pro please wait until you hear a short beep from basICColor catch Now you start measuring the strip starting in the white area in front of the first patch and ending in the white area after the last patch of the strip Drag the Eye One Pro across the strip slowly and continu ously and hold the keep the measure button of the Eye One Pro pressed After scanning the strip the gray area next to the colored column of patches will be filled Then the next strip will be outlined in white and you can measure the next strip of the chart Repeat this procedure until you have measured all the strips of the ECI 2002 CMYK target olor er FE fa SCH CEE i 48 basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works bas Color as Fi sta
29. eren Nein Papiersorte Schwer 91 120 gm2 Mehrzweckkassette wird als manueller Einzug behandelt Nein TUT Farbanpassung mit Keine Farbanpassung Oki Farbanpassu ng Monitor 6500 K Auto Wiedergabepriorit t Auto Drucker Halbton immer verwenden Ein CMYK Farbsimulation Keine 2 Abbrechen CO If the printer driver is using the ColorSync system you can see in the Summary menu of the driver 29 basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works bast ce olor Printer options In case of the OKI PostScript printer we use for the explanations all color relevant settings are collected in the menu Printer options The most important option can be found in the section colorman agement with To deactivate the integrated colormanagement of the printer driver you have to select the option No colormanage ment This setting will be needed to printout the profiling target like it is without any color adjustments Drucken Drucker OKI c5300 PS HJ Einstellungen Standard sd Optionengruppen Speziell quaitae Hoch Sortieren Mehrzweckkassette wird als manueller Einzug behandelt Rd M Schwarz be Farbanpassung mit Keine Farbanpassung Drucken With the option Colormanagemt with and the setting No colormanagement the profiling target will be printed out without any color modifications 30 ri E sen
30. f you use a media which is not supported by the EFI Designer Edition olor er Fi ei 34 Chapter 4 Printing The CMYK Profiling Target basICColor CMYKick 2 bast Color because it simply works 4 Printing The CMYK Profiling Target The next step after deactivating the color corrections in the PostScript printer driver or the RIP is to print a CMYK profiling target e g ECI2002 CMYK target This section explains how to print the right target on your printer 4 1 Selecting the right CMYK profiling target Depending on your measurement device you need to select a TIFF file which fits the needs of your measurement device If you use the measurement service of your basICColor dealer please ask the dealer which target you need to print out a senii age E Hu E a You can use any CMYK profiling target for creating an ICC profile with basICColor CMYKick The layout of the target depends on which measurement device will be used for the measuement of the target TERS ER 36 FE SCH CEE i basICColor CMYKick 2 Af VANE Essential because it simply works In the subfolder CMYK targes of the basICColor CMYKick program folder you will find some ECI2002 CMYK target with different layouts for the different measurement devices Please ask your basICColor dealer which target layout you have to use for the printout if you use the measurement service of the basICC
31. fore you start to create an ICC profile with basICColor CMYKick Otherwise please contact the vendor of the printing system olor er Fi ei basICColor CMYKick 2 bas ccCc because it simply works 3 1 Generall preparations This section explains how to deactivate the default color settings and the colormangement system of the printer driver RIP of the CMYK printing system This step is needed to create an individual ICC profile for the CMYK printing system The data transfer to the CMYK printing system can be done in two ways The data can be send directly from the application via a PostScript printer driver to the printer or via hotfolder where the printdata will be copied in e g PS files PDF data TIFF files JPEG files etc Today the possiblities to transfer data to the printing system don t know any limits So we will concentrate on this two main method of data transfer The transfer and so the profiling of the CMYK printing system via PostScript printer driver and the setup of an external color PostScript RIP EFl Designer Edition which can use a printer driver and or hotfolders olor er Fi ei basICColor CMYKick 2 bas ccCc because it simply works 3 2 Calibration linearisation Allmost all desktop CMYK printing systems Letter DIN A3 have an integrated PostScript RIP or emulator including an integrated automatic color calibration linearisation Normally those printing systems are st
32. his information please go back to section 4 2 1 and open the ECI2002 CMYK profiling target as described there 40 basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works bas Color N i Fi fi Color Management Print Space To advise Photoshop to print the basICColor dropRGB target without any color changes you need to activate the option Profile Same As Source in the section Print Space All relevant settings to print out the basICColor dropRGB target without any color changes are done now You can start printing with a click on Print Please check the print after printing for fingerprints blurring banding and the correct layout If the print should show any unexpected issues please check your printer hardware as explained in section 3 1 and check if you have set up your PostScript printer driver with the correct settings section 3 2 for Windows printers section 3 3 Macintosh printers or section 3 4 for software RIPs 41 Chapter 5 Measuring The CMYK Profiling Target basICColor CMYKick 2 bas ccCc because it simply works You can find an actual list of authorized basICColor dealer on the basICColor website www basICColor de 5 Measuring The Profiling Target The next step after printing the CMYK target is to measure the color characteristic of you printer on the paper used The final ICC profile will be calculated from these measurement data 5 1 Measurements by an aut
33. horised basICColor dealer One of the aims during the development of CMYKickwas to care about the customers without measurement devices Therefore basICColor has established a network of service points The users can send the CMYkK target prints to their basICColor dealer The dealer will measure the printout for a small handling fee and will send the measurement file s back to the customer via E mail From this measurement data the user can create the individual ICC profile for his printer For information on which target to print and how to send the printed target please contact your authorized basICColor dealer olor er Fi ei 43 basICColor CMYKick 2 bast cC because it simply works 5 2 Measuring a CMYK target with basICColor catch If you own a spectrophotometer e g gretagmacbeth Eye One pro you can read out the target to create an ICC profile with basIC Color CMYKick target with basICColor catch You can find basICColor catch on your basICColor install CD or you can download it from the download section of the basICColor web site www basiccolor de You will find detailed information on installing the software supported measurement devices and other features of basICColor catch in its documentation The next section shows how to measure a basICColor CMYKick ECl2002 target with a basICColor i1 catch pro spectrophotometer in basICColor catch instrument available from basICColor GmbH as a bundle basICColor i1 c
34. ity paper weight For other CMYK printing systems other option might be choosen Therefore please contact the vendor of the printing system 24 basICColor CMYKick 2 bast cC because it simply works 3 3 2 Deactivating the colormanagement PostScript printing systems are offering two possibilities to output an uncorrected CMYK profiling target Colormanagement off The most save way to printout a CMYK profiling target is to deacti vate all colormanagement options in the PostScript printer driver PostScript Colormanagement If a PostScript file contains CMYK data without embedded color management information like every profiling chart does the PostScript printing system will printout this file without any corrections If it is not possible to deactivate the colormamagement of the printing system manually via the driver this is a good workaround to create an uncorrected printout of the profiling target olor 25 er Fi ei basICColor CMYKick 2 Te Fe hes wi F Y Bee rd Es vende als The colormanagement system of the OKI printer in our example can be activated by selecting the option No Color Matching in the section Color So please use this option if it is available for your printer If you have done all the setting for the printing resolution the printing quality the papier weight and deactivated the color management system of the printer the printer is prepared to be p
35. ly works 7 5 Using ICC Profiles systemwide in operating systems To use the CMYK printer ICC profile created by basICColor CMYKick the ICC profile has to be selected in the printer drivers settings if possible basICColor recommends to use the Windows ICM and Apples ColorSync for applications which doesn t supports PostScript colormangement And it can not be guaranteed that the output with ICM and ColorSync will be color correct when the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile can t be selected in the printer driver 7 5 1 ICM The Windows colormanagement system Most Windows applications e g MS Office are using the ICM system for the print output Internally the ICM is using s RGB as default color space So the document data will be transfered as RGB data to into the printer driver The driver transforms the data to the printers color space So if it is not possible to select a printer profile in the printer driver it is not possible to use the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile 7 5 2 ColorSync Colormanagement in Mac OS Like Windows the Mac operating system uses RGB data inter nally But some drivers are allowing it to set an ICC profile in the ColorSync Utility But its open if the driver is really using this profile for the output So the PostScript Colormanagement should be used for all applications for the printout If possible the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile should be used as CRD then olor er Fi ei 70 basICColor
36. m you have you can setup differ ent parameters for the printing resolution quality which paper size should be used and from which paper tray the media should be loaded With the OKI printer we use for explaining the options you can select the color mode black and white color and the tray for the paper in the section Paper and Quality if you haven t set up the settings allready in the panel of the printer In the section Job options it is possible to define the setting for the printing quality and the color mode more precisely basICColor CMYKick 2 ba shBAo ior O E es BIT Essential because it simply works For our example we have choosen the setting normal for the output quality The setting und a Drucke er this option has a big influence on the printing ungen f r OKI C5300 P Proof and Print Secure Print Store to HDD PIN Copies fi I Collate ho 110 quality of your printer It defines how much toner ink will be used for each channel as well as the total amount of toner ink Printout with different media setting will generate different output results on the media you use If the printout looks to light you should try the next higher printing quality media weight to improve the printout quality If the printout is much too dark and the toner is flacking from the media you should use the next lower printing qual
37. ments to connect disconnect calibrate and start the measurement You can even load import existing measurement data e g for averaging reset the actual measurement and save close the measurement job Worle CMY Kick EDINA Target auamesseri dob Hame eng Macheth Eye Che pro om Target ECI2Midrendom Stip AJ G poges basiCColoh 1 Fage2 Paged Pages Fages Page l A A em m I C The measurement window of basICColor catch without any measured data 46 basICColor CMYKick 2 bast cC because it simply works basICColor catch measurement window With the options in the section Instrument you can operate the main functions of your measurement device In the section Measure ment you have all the options for handling the measurement jobs Faget Pagez Paged Faged Pages Pages Li ji m i Pi EE lie IT T T all TT lu L fu bonka lasdana feb cue Haba Bae le ia ul Lira EE RETE aa Ta Eara EE Baiia LERE A P Lu HUOL cae TAT saabu u Th BAT HER ULE g J Ej i m j mI j s HERE PPE PLE FL PELL EPP e oA Ind pool 7 E E basICColor catch In the empty measurement window the first strip of the target is marked This means you have to measure this strip next If you use a semi automatic measurement device e g gretagmac beth
38. ns are directly accessible Drucken Ben Drucken C brechen Links erm Hg Fe nig i nm amp Bild zentriere Seite einrichten s Skalierte Ausgabegr e Skalierung 100 ja Auf Mediengr e skalieren H he 20 99 N om ry 7 Greite 29 704 mB fh Begrenzungsrahmen einblenden _ Auswahibereich drucken Farbmanagement Quellfarbraum Dokument Dokument sRGB IEC61966 2 1 Proof C Proof einrichten 180 Coated Bruckfarbraum Profil CMYKick semimatt icc H Priorit t Relativ farbmetrisch M Tiefenkompensierung verwenden i Weitere Optionen einblenden If you use the standard Print dialogue you only have the same options as in all the other applications In this case Adobe Photo shop will use the OS color management settings Windows ICM Mac OS X ColorSync 58 basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works bast Color sreattats You need to activate Show More Options of the printing dialog in order to see the working space ICC profile Source Space of the image you are trying to print radio button Document z To printout an image with an Weitere Optionen einblenden embedded ICC profile color correct you have to select the with basIC _Farbmanagement HH Color CMYKick created ICC profile in Quellfarbraum the section Print Space Dokument Dokument sRGB IEC61966 2 1 Proof Proof einrichten ISO Coated Dr
39. nt and go to Licensing 2 Without TAN Select basICColor CMYKick as product in the pull down menue This way you request a license for basICColor CMYKick basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works ame baslOColor 4 E E htp ilitens base coho delic atp se tsionld n ohb br eo A GH obasitColers Apple Beliebt 07 el CY rt jlt 2 Minen TAH Please phei Fe appropraie product The beld Machine I0 is Hied oul with the machine De computer you sent the leering requeat tam T you wank ia Kennen Ta anftaare fara diferent Gamper Pine Anker Bs machin many fined iin fat appir leh oon of h ligning window when launching ihe appropriate bas Color product Pow click the Sutera kay Q win O Mac O Macin eh bask gt Color J trabias 0 bask gt ConlTool BasbOCssor dropAGe Max 2 0 0 E basinonlgr 1Arsam4230 5 re can and dha Kischins it Submi oa Haftungsausschluss Sitemap Impressum basiColor GmbH 2011 Machine ID 1B72494220 5 State No License bas Golor Purchase Free Trial Click here to enter the TAN you have Click here to get a 14 days fully obtained or to buy a license functional license of bashCColor CMYKICK Licensing i 14 days tryout license i you da nor hawe an internet connection or you would like to install the licensing file manually please click ere Offline licensing _ Dont show this window again ox
40. number TAN together with the data of your basiCColor account to obtain your permanem license TAN Where is the TAN Email johnmitdoe de Password eveeseees Forgot your password w Save email and password Don t have a basiCColor account You don t have a TAN to get your permanent license Buy license at basiCColor or dealer You have purchased a new computer and want to transfer your license Don t show this window again Back Cx AON Licensing Machine ID 1872494226 5 State No License bast Golor Purchase In case you do not have internet access on this computer please click here print the form fill it out and send it to the indicated fax number Faxform if you have received your license file lic via email or it ts stored on an external Storage medium e g USB flash drive then click here please Install License File Don t show this window again eck Jopo bas ccCc IMPORTANT Without confirming this link your basICColor account won t be activated If you are already registered on the basICColor website you can directly unlock your license from the licensing window Enter your email address and your password and then either unlock a 14 day full trial version or your purchased perma nent license If your computer is not connected to the internet please log yourself onto the basICColor licensing website http mylicense biz basiccolor on a computer that is connected to the internet Onc
41. olor dealer nderungsdatum ECI2002random_XY_A4_6mm tif 06 07 06 20 28 r ECI2002visual_XY_A4_6mm tif 06 07 06 20 28 EyeOne DTP41 07 07 06 11 56 Pulse DTP20 07 07 06 11 56 Spectro50xy 07 07 06 11 56 E SpectroLFP 07 07 06 11 56 E Spectroscan ColorScout A 07 07 06 11 56 The ECl2002 CMYK targets you can find in the sub folder CMYKick Targets in the application folder of basICColor CMYKick When you have an own measurement device please ensure that you will print the ECl2002 CMYK target in the layout that fits for your measurement device and your measurement software e g basICColor catch basICColor CMYKick 2 nachher Ja Poi ei because it simply works 4 2 Printing the ECI2002 CMYK profiling target After selecting the target you print it Open the TIFF file from Adobe Photoshop or another application with an integrated color management system This manual shows the output procedure with Adobe Photoshop because this application is the de facto standard application in the Graphics Arts industry for image editing composing 4 2 1 Opening the ECI2002 profiling target in Photoshop When you open the ECl2002 CMYK profiling target in Adobe Photoshop a dialogue shows up which tells you that the file has no embedded ICC profile The dialogue also gives you certain options on how to proceed Please select the option Leave as is don t color manage when opening the file Fehl
42. ors e Mac OS X 10 5 6 or higher e min of 1GB available system memory RAM e Apple with Intel Processors e Mac OS X 10 5 6 or higher e min of 1 GB available system memory RAM Windows e Intel Pentium III or 4 Prozessor e Windows XP SP2 Windows 7 Windows 8 32 and 64 Bit e min of 1 GB available system memory RAM All Systems e Min 1GB free hard disk space e DVD drive e Color monitor with a resolution of least 1280 x 1024 pixels and color depth of 24 Bit 16 7 million colors e Software and spectrophotometer to measure the profiling targets and creating measurement data e g basICColor catch and i1pro __basICColor CMYKick 2 it simply WE ia Knowledge requirements These instructions assume familiarity with the basic opera tion ofthe Mac OS X and or Windows operating systems Documentation This document describes the application of basICColor CMYKick 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 success fully installed basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works 2 2 Installation 1 Turn on the computer on which you wish to install and use the software 2 Insert the basICColor DVD into your drive e Mac
43. printer will use this embedded profile CRD then for the output 7 Color Correct Printing With ICC Profiles Now you have created an ICC profile with basICColor CMYKick The next step is to re activate the color management in your PostScript printer driver and to provide the driver with the ICC profile infor mation Printing with these settings will be explained in chapters 7 2 and higher First we learn how to do a color correct output from applications with integrated color management 7 1 Printing from Adobe applications Adobe provides the customer with an excellent color manage ment system CMS embedded in the applications of the Creative Suite CS Photoshop InDesign and Illustrator The functionality of the applications are identical under Windows and Mac OS X So the following screens hots show the functional ity for both operating systems To use the full power of the embedded Adobe color manage ment system it is important to deactivate color management in the printer driver how to deactivate the CMS for your printer see Chapter 3 Preparing the printer because color management will be handled completely by the Adobe application uhr E BEE E 57 __basICColor CMYKick 2 WE otal because it simply works 7 2 Adobe Photoshop CS The best way to create color correct prints from Photoshop is via the Print with Preview dialog Only in this dialog Photoshop all color management optio
44. refox amp Adobe Photoshop CS fw basICColor display 4 0 1 21 aie olor ___basieColor CMYKick 2 2 sentiat because it simply works In the window Printers and fax devices you select the printer which you like to profile with a right mouse click In the menu which shows up now please select the option Printer settings The next window that will show up differs from printer to printer and depends on the driver of the printing system Datei Favoriten Extras Or O BB Ese E oe id OK MD F Adresse rese am und Faxger te md Wechseln zu IMmkumente Stats Kommenban ort Bereit Erstellt Adebe POF Eigene Dateien Adobe POF Converter Bereit Canon 5750 Era Sinus Phim A220 eres EPSON Stylus Pro 300 HP LaserJet 4059 Series PS HF Phatssmart 3 200 Gens Miraa Office Document Image Writer Drive OKI CSS The individual settings for the different printers differ in their option For example we will explain the settings for an OKI LED printer to explain the options briefly Generally you can copy the procedure to your personal CMYK printing system For detailed information please contact your dealer or the vendor of the CMYK printing system 22 ae olor _basiCColor CMYKick 2 past r 6 sentiat because it simply works 3 3 1 Printing resolution and quality Depending on the printing syste
45. rofiled Please proceed with chapter 5 26 basICColor CMYKick 2 bast Color because it simply works 3 3 3 Mac OS X setting up PostScript printer drivers The printer driver of Mac OS X are set up directly from the applica tions For all printers the generic general setting e g copy and pages are available from the printing dialogue The set list will be extended by the individual settings of the different printers e g paper trays The settings for print quality and color management are also individual driver settings of the different printer manufactures For more information about these individual settings please contact the manufactor of your CMYK printing system This section use the settings of an OKI LED printer as an example to show how to setup the options of an CMYK PostScript printer driver Drucken Drucker Canon iP3000 m Einstellungen Standard si Kopien amp Seiten Layout Kopien Ausgabeoptionen Zeitplan Papierhandhabung ColorSync Ausgabe Einstellungen Farboptionen Spezialeffekt Randloser Druck Duplexdruck amp Rand rechen Zusammenfassung In the printing dialog of Mac OS X you can select between the different settings of the printer Ca f Wedded 27 CColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works ei All the settings you made in the printer driver can be saved as a configuration set in the menu Presets If yo
46. sICColor CMYKick Open the licensing window via the menu bar Help License Konisk Hatungeusschtuss Sitemap ipeesaum basic GmbH 2011 7 gt D SE 16 Chapter 3 Preparing The Printing System basICColor CMYKick 2 bas ccCc because it simply works 3 Preparing The Printing System For the creation of an ICC profie with basICColor CMYKick it is basiccally it is regardless what kind of CMYK printing system is used Toner based printing systems are supported in the same way like InkJet systems large format systems thermotransfer printers or thermosublimation printers The preparation respectively the calibration of the CMYK printing systems with their differnt printing technologies can be done in certain ways Some systems are offering an hardware integrated calibration and others are set up with an additional or intergrated software tool to be calibrated respectively linearized This documentation can not handle every system calibration for the various prinint systems Please contact your dealer or the vendor of the printing system to get additional information for the setup Beside the calibration linearisation of your CMYK printing system the maintenance of the system is very important Bleeding of ink plugged nozzles banding flaking of toner etc will reduce the printing an color quality of your CMYK printing system So please ensure that the CMYK printing system is in an excellent shape be
47. ss will fail 53 Pa olor basICColor CMYKick 2 red sential because it simply works 6 3 Calculation process of the ICC profile The main window of basICColor dropRGB disappears and the process window which looks like a jigsaw puzzle shows up The processing of profile creation is indicated by the completion of an jigsaw puzzle 54 asICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works ba 51 Co lor a Essential ii When the puzzle is completed a new information window shows up The message informs you that the ICC profile has been created successfully and where it was saved Das Profil wurde erfolgreich erstellt Users mini Library ColorSync Profiles CMYKick semimatt icc Nachdem das Profil berechnet wurde erscheint noch ein Informationsfenster mit der Meldung in welchem Systemordner das ICC Profil abgelegt wurde The creation process for the ICC profile is finished now and the ICC profile can be used by the operating system and the applica tions basICColor CMYKick will be closed by clicking the OK button 55 Chapter 7 Color Correct Printing With ICC Profiles basICColor CMYKick 2 bast Color because it simply works Information PostScript printer PostScript printers without a sepreate user interface are using the PostScript code to transfer the printers ICC profile into the printer The
48. t file Most Proof RIPs are naming CRD separation profile like Simula tion Profile or CMYK Reference Profile After processing the PostScript file a Proof RIP will do another transformation into the printers color space printer profile So in a Proof RIP the basIC Color CMYkKick profile has to be selected as printer profile or paper profile e g EFl Designer Edition olor Es PN TA 72 basICColor CMYKick 2 bas ccCc because it simply works 7 6 Using basICColor CMYKick ICC Profiles with software RIPs Software RIPs are using an additional external colormanage ment system The simulation color space can be send as CRD to the RIP for separating e g RGB data But the output printer profile the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile has to be integrated into the external RIP and not into the PostScript file The EFI Designer Edition will be used to show this procedure as example To integrate the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile to other RIPs please contact the dedicated vendor of the RIP or your service provider 7 6 1 Embedding an ICC profile to a software RIP The EFI Designer Edition combines an ICC profile with an lineari sation calibration of the printer To use the basICColor CMYKick ICC profile it has to be merged with the liniarisation file to a paper profile EFI provides is offering a tool the EFIProfileConnector to do this To create the printout of the CMYK profiling targets a linearisation file w
49. tat basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works If you have done all the setting for the printing resolution the printing quality the papier weight and deactivated the color management system of the printer the printer is prepared to be profiled Please proceed with chapter 5 31 basICColor CMYKick 2 bast Color because it simply works Linearisation of RIPs The linearisation process differ from software RIP to RIP This documentation can not explain the settings for all RIPs in the market So please contact your dealer or the vendor of the software RIP how to linearize your printer with the RIP 3 4 Setting up a Software RIP A lot of InkJet printers can be upgraded by a Software RIP and so the possiblity to use a CMYK PostScript RIP for the output Compared to the standard system printer driver RGB only the user can output his data directly in CMYK and has often the possi bility to calibrate linearize the printer much more precisely Also other features like nesting control strips etc will enhance the functions of the printer By using the EFI DesignerEdition version 4 2 the creation of an ICC Profile for an colormanagement RIP will be demonstrated in this section If you have a colormanagement RIP from an other manufacturer please contact your dealer or the vendor of the RIP for more infor mation about creating a profile for those RIP uhr E BEE E 32 ae
50. u want to create a printout with your individual settings after the profiling you just select the printer and the preset with your settings So you can define optimized settings for different media e g photo glossy photo matte fine art canvas etc F Drucker iP3000 Voreinstellungen Standard Sichern sichern unter Umbenennen Laschen Papierzutellung Druckmodus Erstklassige Fotos drucken O Tabellen und Diagramme drucken U Dokument mit Seitenmuster drucken Detaillierte Einstellung U Graut ne drucken Crore Vorschau Abbrechen Drucken Drucken Drucker Einstellungen Canon dropRG Fine Art Canon dropRGB glossy Canon dropRGB matt Sichern Sichern unter Umbenennen Entfernen kopien Selten In the menu Presets you can permanently save the settings you have chosen By selecting a preset you can load the specified settings with just one click olor EIER EA 28 basICColor CMYKick 2 f 4 bast Color EM Essentials because it simply works The option summary gives you an overview of all the settings you made In the section ColorSync the selected ICC profile for your printer will be displayed Drucker OKI c5300 PS Einstellungen OKI PS Drucker basICColor Se Zusammenfassung H Druckeroptionen Qualitat Hoch Sorti
51. uckfarbgz Priorit t Retath tart Mi Tiefen kompensierung verwenden In order to output a color correct document on your printing system Photoshop needs to know which colors your printing system is able to print The ICC profile you created with basICColor CMYKick contains this information Under Profile in the Print Space menu you select this ICC profile In the example use an ICC profile for a Canon printer with a glossy media Under Intent you decide how the colors will be transformed from the Source Space to the Print Space 59 basICColor CMYKick 2 bas ccCc because it simply works Information PostScript printer PostScript printers without a sepreate user interface are using the PostScript code to transfer the printers ICC profile into the printer The printer will use this embedded profile CRD then for the output Perceptual Roughly speaking this intent compresses the colors of the Source Space into the Print Space Images will loose some of their satura tion compared to the monitors full gamut view but overall the image will retain its look and feel Saturation Initially this method was planned for clean saturated colors like they are being used in business graphic For a photographic output this intent should not be used at all Most profiles do not even contain this rendering intent Relative Colorimetric This intent outputs the colors of your image
52. ull gamut print it is possible to simulate the output of a different printing system like an offset printing press on your printer This is called Proof By choosing a Proof ICC profile under Source Space you can define the simulation color space This is a cheap way to create a proof But even when the print shows the correct color you can not be sure that it is contract proof quality Additionally some important information is missing e g control strip profile information to be a real proof print Pint 5 You can create with the print ree dialog Print with Preview proof i Cess like prints are om 2 Remember ren ee raed Prit Gira Seale 100 Scale to Ft Mada Hehe 20 0 em ma Width 25 704 om w E Show Boynding nos l Shw More Options Color Management Sount Spare Decument C Docament ROB TEOBIEB Proof Proof Setup id Coated Pink Space se Black Paint Compensation olor ey eo la ASEA tiet s The prints might show the entire gamut of a printing press But without a control strip for quality control and all the other infor mation you can not proof this It s not a contract proof even if the color output is correct But for the semi professional or for internal use this method can be good enough and might be an alternative to a Proof RIP system 62 basICColor CMYKick 2 7 nee Bu a because it simply works
53. um Dokument Dokument CMYK ohne Tags Proof O Proof einrichten ISO Coated Druckfarbraum Profil Wie Quelle Hw a t Relativ farbmetrisch _ Tiefenkompensierung verwenden The Adobe Photoshop dialogue Print with preview Please ensure that all the patches of the target fit onto the page without changing the scaling Scale 100 39 ba st c Co lor cay Ku end ade basiCColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works Show more options Please activate the check box Show more options if it should be deactivated Under this option you can find all the color management printer output options of Photoshop To print out the ECI2002 W Weitere Optionen einblenden profiling target without any color modifications you have Farbmanagement FH to select the option Profile Drelshaum Same as Source in the section Print Space Dokument Dokument CMYK ohne Tags Proof Proof einrichten ISO Coated Druckfarbraum Profil Wie Quelle rit t Relativ farbmetrisch l Tiefenkompensierung verwenden Color management Source Space Please activate the option Color Management in this advanced print dialogue Then activate the option Document in the section Source Space You should see the information Document Untagged CMYK for the color space of the document If you don t see t
54. uments images elements RGB CMYK Gray Lab or Spot Color to the printer colors or to the simulation color space first Proof 64 basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works E bas cc 7 3 1 Scource Space In the menu Scource space you can decide if the document colors will be transformed directly into the printers color space check box Document or if the document colors should be transformed into the proo simulation colorspace checkbox Proof 7 3 2 Print Space In the section Print Space of the Colormanagement menu you can load the ICC profile created with basICColor CMYKick InDesign will transform separate all Document Proof data into this colorspace Only this mode supports a proof output on the printer Allgemein Farbmanagement Konfiguration Marken und Beschnittzugabe Quellfarbraum Dokument O Proof bersicht Druckfarbraum Profil basICColor_CMYKick_matt icc cs f a CRD Priorit t Colormanagement with InDesign in InDesign CS printing dialouge basICColor CMYKick 2 because it simply works PR ee olor EIERN 7 3 3 Print Space PostScript colormanagement If the PostScript printer should separate the document data internally directly into the printers color spac you have to select the option PostScript Colormanagement Select the ICC profile created with

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