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Create a color output profile for a calibration setting

To be able to create a color output profile, Fiery Color Profiler Suite must be installed and licensed on the same computer as Calibrator. When you create a custom calibration setting, you must specify a measurement instrument as the measurement method. ColorCal uses a photocopier scanner to make measurements. Therefore, ColorCal is not available as a method to create calibrations and profiles due to scanner limitations.

You must have Administrator privileges to create a custom calibration setting.

After you create a new calibration setting, you associate it with an output profile. Depending on your paper, a new calibration setting may not give satisfactory results when used with an existing output profile. If it does not, we recommend that you create a new, custom output profile based on your paper.

  • If you create a new, custom output profile, printing test pages with existing output profiles is not needed. A profiling page is printed. You measure the page using Printer Profiler in Fiery Color Profiler Suite, and the resulting profile is imported to the Fiery server and associated with your new calibration setting.
  • If you select an existing profile, select the profile for the paper that is the most similar to your paper. A copy of this profile with the same name as the calibration setting is created, and the existing calibration target (goal) of the profile is changed to a new target calculated using the calibration measurements. The new calibration setting is associated with this profile.
  1. Select an output profile from the list of profiles that reside on the Fiery server.

    Calibrator will duplicate the output profile and rename it.

  2. Click Test Page.

    You can print a test page to help you decide whether to associate the calibration setting with a copy of the currently selected output profile or create a new output profile.

    Without a licensed copy of Fiery Color Profiler Suite, you can do test prints with a few output profiles to help you determine which one gives the best results. For best results, use a licensed Fiery Color Profiler Suite application to create an output profile optimized for the calibration just created.

    The test page is printed using the currently selected output profile.

  3. If Fiery Color Profiler Suite is installed on your computer, click Create New Profile to create a new, custom output profile.
Parent topic: Inkjet Delta E-based calibration workflow