Only the calibration is refreshed if a profile is already associated with the paper. Otherwise, a custom calibration and profile will be created and associated with the paper in the Paper Catalog or Media Catalog.

When the printer has a built-in compatible color measurement instrument, such as an inline sensor, you can automatically create a calibration and profile using the inline sensor in one step.

A baseline calibration and color output profile are automatically optimized to the color produced when the default print settings in the Job Properties window are used with the specified media. You can use the Set Defaults feature to customize the Fiery server by modifying the default job properties settings.

For custom calibrations and profiles used for non-default imaging settings and options, you must use the Fiery Color Profiler Suite.

When the inline embedded measurement instrument cannot handle a media size, you can use a high-quality handheld spectrophotometer. The process is the same, except that you measure the color manually instead of automatically.

You can calibrate a tray for a specific media using the inline sensor or handheld spectrophotometer, such as the ES-3000 or X-Rite i1Pro3.

Keep in mind the following when managing the number of custom color output profiles needed to reach a level of color quality acceptable for your applications. A reduced number of output profiles results in less calibration maintenance.

• When you print jobs, make the following selections in the Job Properties window:
  • Select a paper from the Paper Catalog or Media Catalog list on the Media tab.

  • Select Use job-defined settings for the Output profile print option on the Color tab.

    The Fiery server color management will automatically use the output profile associated with your paper in Paper Catalog or Media Catalog.

• When you add a new paper to your inventory, add it to the Paper Catalog or Media Catalog. Insert the paper in a tray, associate the paper with its Paper Catalog or Media Catalog entry, and then right-click the tray to select Calibrate to run 1-step color management. A custom baseline calibration and output profile will be created and installed in the Fiery server for the Paper Catalog or Media Catalog paper.
• Use the 1-step color management for only one paper, specifying a tray compatible with the inline sensor. Larger sheets in the landscape orientation often require less paper than smaller sheets in the portrait orientation.

• When papers are available in many weights and sizes and produce the same color, you can avoid the creation of multiple profiles and future maintenance of multiple calibrations.

  Manually set every similar paper in Paper Catalog or Media Catalog to the same output profile. The same calibration and profile will be applied to all papers. To test if the color of two papers is close enough to justify if only one calibration and profile are sufficient, right-click each tray in Command WorkStation Job Center, perform a calibration and compare the color output of each paper.

• You can force the creation of a new calibration and color output profile by changing the association in Paper Catalog or Media Catalog from a specific output profile to using Server’s default before performing the 1-step color management.
• You can set the Fiery server for Zero-touch recalibration. For more information, see Perform Zero-touch recalibration. The custom calibration produced by 1-step color management is automatically maintained by the inline sensor whenever a job relies on a calibration not recently refreshed.