Spot color matching

When you print a swatch page or a swatch book, Spot Colors prints the job with the following job properties:

• If the Fiery server lets you select an output profile in the Spot Colors pane, Spot Colors prints a swatch book or swatch page using the specified output profile and the default job properties of the Fiery server.

• If the Fiery server lets you select Properties in the Spot Colors pane, Spot Colors prints a swatch book or swatch page using the job properties you select. If you do not select any job properties in Spot Colors, Spot Colors uses the default job properties of the Fiery server.

  In this case, if the Spot color matching option is disabled in the job properties, a message notifies you of this setting. Because Spot color matching must be enabled for the spot color definitions in Spot Colors to be used, Spot Colors always prints swatch books and swatch pages with the Spot color matching option enabled, regardless of the job properties set in Spot Colors or on the Fiery server.

Calibration

Calibrating the Fiery server ensures consistent and reliable color output. Calibration adjusts for variations in the color output of the printer, which changes over time and under different printing conditions.

When you print a swatch page or a swatch book, if a warning appears indicating that the calibration is outside of the limits, it means that the Fiery server is configured to detect when a job will be printed using an out-of-date calibration. (Not all types of Fiery server support this feature.) You can ignore the warning and continue to print, but for consistent color, print pages from Spot Colors using only calibrations that are up to date.