Select profiles to create a device link profile

The profiles that you select depend on what you want to achieve. You can create a profile that matches to a standard, matches a proofing printer to a production printer, or creates a custom device link profile.

Select profiles for matching an industry standard

When you match a Fiery-driven printer’s output to a standard, you can create a new device link profile or edit a previously optimized device link profile. You will print and measure a patch page one or more times to optimize the device link profile.

Select the Fiery Server in the Select Fiery Server list.
Click one of the following:
- To create a new profile, click Create new device link profile.
- To re-optimize an existing device link profile that resides on the Fiery Server, click Edit previously optimized device link profile, and then select the profile from the list.
If you are creating a new device link profile, select the CMYK source profile that simulates the standard under Select source profile, and then select an output profile under Select destination profile.
To select a profile, click the File icon .

Select profiles for matching a proofing printer to a production printer

When you match a proofing printer a production printer, you select the source profile and the output profiles for the production and proofing printers. The production printer’s profile serves as an intermediate profile to create the device link profile.

Click Match to a production printer in the Welcome window, and then click Next.
Under Select source profile, click the File icon and select a source profile.
Under Select production printer profile, click the File icon and select an output profile for the production printer.
Under Select proofing printer profile, click the File icon and select an output profile for the proofing printer.

Select profiles for creating a custom device link profile

When you create a custom device link profile, you select the source and destination profiles. If you want toi convert source colors to one or two intermediate color spaces before conversion to the target color space, you can also select one or two intermediate profiles.

Click Create a custom device link in the Welcome window, and then click Next.
Under Select source profile, click the File icon and select a source profile.
Under Select destination profile, click the File icon and select an output profile.
To add an intermediate profile, click Insert Intermediate Profile and select the intermediate profile.
To add a second intermediate profile click Insert Intermediate Profile and select the second intermediate profile.