Prepare the scanner

When you prepare the scanner for ColorCal, you use the scanner to measure patches on a color control patches strip, a gray scale strip, and the ColorCal Scanner page that you printed. The color control patches and gray scale strips are included in the customer media pack that came with your Fiery server.

Scanner preparation is optional, but we recommend that you prepare the scanner after maintenance or service, or whenever the printer output has been altered.

Scanner preparation is enabled for ColorCal calibration by default. You can disable scanner preparation for ColorCal calibration by clearing the Prepare scanner for ColorCal calibration checkbox in Preferences.
When you perform ColorCal calibration, you can skip scanner preparation and go directly to measurement by clicking Skip.

Note: Some types of Fiery server support the preparation of the scanner even if the gray scale strip is missing. In this case, the Fiery server uses the measurements from the previous scanner preparation or, if this is the first ColorCal calibration, a default set of measurements. However, for best results, prepare the scanner using a gray scale strip.

Place the gray scale strip, color control patches strip, and ColorCal Scanner page in the correct positions on the glass (platen) as indicated in the instructions displayed on the screen.
1. Place the gray scale strip face down on the glass (platen) so that it will be centered along the top edge of the ColorCal Scanner page.
2. Place the color control patches strip face down on the glass (platen) so it is centered below the gray scale strip, keeping a distance of 0.25 inch to 0.5 inch (0.635 cm to 1.27 cm) between the two strips.
3. Finally, place the ColorCal Scanner page face down over the strips.
Click Continue to start scanner preparation.
Click OK to proceed to measure the calibration page.