Control Bar
If the Control Bar feature is supported by your Fiery server, you can add a control bar (containing a static color bar and dynamic job information) to each printed page at a user-defined location.
This is useful for proofing and checking the color accuracy of a job. You can use a control bar, in conjunction with analytical tools such as Fiery Color Profiler Suite, to evaluate color quality.
You can turn on a control bar for an individual job or you can set a server default to print a control bar for all jobs.
You can edit a control bar or create a new one. Since a control bar does not become a part of a job, a job printed with a control bar can print differently later if the control bar definition has changed.
Control Bar is supported for PostScript and PDF jobs.
- If the Fiery system software is FS150/150 Pro, you can create custom control bars, each targeted to a different page size. The Control Bar print option turns on the feature for a job, and the job's page size determines which control bar is applied. If no control bar exists for the job's page size, the factory-supplied control bar (called Default) is used.
- If the Fiery system software is FS200/200 Pro or later, the factory-supplied control bar (called Fiery) and any custom control bars that you create can be applied to any page size. The Control Bar print option lets you select which control bar, if any, to use for a job. In addition, when you edit a control bar definition, a preview shows how the control bar will appear on a specified page size.