The Express Profiling tab lets you set how the calibration and profiling measurement pages are printed in Fiery Express Profiler. When you configure these settings before profiling, you do not need to select them each time you create a profile.

1. In Fiery Color Profiler Suite, click Edit > Preferences.

   Alternately, you can click the Preferences button in the lower left corner of the Express Profiler window.

2. Go to the Express Profiling tab.
3. Select your preferred spectrophotometer in the Instrument list.

   Make sure the selected spectophometer is plugged into the system running Fiery Color Profiler Suite.

   If you want to make specific settings for the measurement instrument, click Settings.

4. Select a patch layout in the Profiling patch layout list.

   For the best quality and results, select the recommended Fiery Edge patch layout chart. You can also choose from alternative chart layouts if a custom patch layout chart is needed.

   ICC standard targets are the basis for some of the common patch layouts:

   • Recommended
     • A recommended Fiery Edge patch layout chart is listed. When listing the recommended patch layout chart, Fiery Color Profiler Suite considers your measurement instrument, sheet size, and calibration set. The number of patches and expected pages will be displayed.
   • Fiery Edge alternatives

     • Dynamically generated patch layout charts are listed in order of the number of patches. You can choose from four patch layouts.

   • Industry Standard

     • IT8.7/5 (1617 patches) - The 1617 target is a CMYK printer characterization target combining the unique patch values in the standard IT8.7/4 target with all the patch values in columns 4 and 5 of the P2P51 target.

     • IT8.7/4 (1617 patches) or IT8.7/4 (1617 sorted layout) Are similar to the 928-patch layouts but provide more data. The sorted layout helps to reduce potential bias caused by color variation across the page.

5. Select a patch layout in the Calibration patch layout list.

   Generally, more patches are better but it will take longer to measure.

   A greater number of patches yields more measurement data, which may produce better results. However, more patches take longer to measure.

6. Select a paper size in the Chart size list, or click Custom to set a custom page size.
7. To print warm-up pages before printing the calibration page, select and specify Number of warmup pages.

   A warmed-up printer usually prints more consistently. If the printer has been idle, print 5-10 warm-up pages.

8. Select Maximum GCR if you want the new profile to be saved with the Maximum GCR setting.

   Maximum GCR automatically sets the separation (black control) settings to maximize the GCR (gray component replacement) of the profile. It can help to improve the gray balance of prints, achieve better compliance with industry color standards, and maximize the output gamut.

   Note: Maximum GCR is not available when using a Fiery Edge target.