Calibrator versions

Command WorkStation offers two versions of Calibrator, for different versions of Fiery Server software. You can find the Fiery System version in Command WorkStation, in Device Center on the General Info tab under the General tab.

• System 8 or 9 (and any variants): This version of Calibrator is described in this Help.

• All other Fiery system versions: You can access Help by clicking the Help button in the Calibrator windows.

Calbrator workflow

You can calibrate the Fiery Server using Calibrator in Command WorkStation. Calibration requires you to select a measurement method, select a calibration set, print a measurement page, measure the page, and apply the measurement data to the Fiery Server.

You can calibrate the Fiery Server using different measurement methods. To find out which methods are supported for your Fiery Server, see Color Printing, which is part of the user documentation set.

If the Fiery Server supports multiple calibrations, you can perform the calibration procedure for each one, using the appropriate paper type in each case. In this case, the Fiery Server stores different measurement data for each calibration. However, you may choose to calibrate one time for multiple paper types if the papers are very similar. In this case, at the end of the calibration procedure, you can apply the same measurement data to selected calibrations or all calibrations.

Changing a calibration has the potential to affect all jobs for all users, so consider limiting the number of people authorized to perform calibration. By default, only users with Administrator privileges can access calibration.

Only one user at a time can use Calibrator. If you try to calibrate when another user is using Calibrator, an error message is displayed.

How calibration is used

Because the color output is affected by the paper type, both calibration and output profiles are typically specific to a paper type. Every output profile on the Fiery Server is associated with a calibration. The calibration is applied to a job when the job is printed using the particular output profile that is associated with the calibration.