Spot color matching

The Spot color matching option provides automatic matching of spot colors in a job with their best CMYK equivalents.

When Spot color matching is turned on, the Fiery server uses a built-in table to generate the closest CMYK matches of spot colors that the printer can produce. (New tables are generated automatically for each output profile that you add to the Fiery server.)

With Fiery Spot-On, the Fiery server uses the CMYK matches determined through Command WorkStation Spot Colors.
The Use spot group menu allows you to select a spot color group that Fiery server searches first for spot color definitions during file processing. When new spot color groups have been created in Device Center > Resources > Spot Colors, the new groups are listed in the Use spot group menu. If a spot color is not found in the selected list, the Fiery server searches all other spot color groups for a matching spot color name. If the name is not found, the spot color is rendered with the alternate color in the document.
When Spot color matching is turned off, the Fiery server processes the spot color using the alternate color space definition and this can be CMYK, RGB, grayscale, or Lab. In this workflow, the spot color definitions in the spot color library on the Fiery server are ignored.

Note: A spot color that is not included in the built-in table is simulated using the alternate color that is provided in the document.

For jobs that include spot colors, turn Spot color matching on unless you are printing proofs of process color press simulations. In that case, turn Spot color matching off and select the appropriate CMYK, RGB, or grayscale source setting.