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Command WorkStation provides Color Editor for editing CMYK profiles.

In Color Editor, you can edit a CMYK profile (CMYK source or output profile). Use Color Editor to fine-tune the density curves of a profile.

If you have the Fiery Color Profiler Suite option installed on your computer, you can edit profiles in Fiery Profile Editor, accessed from Command WorkStation. You can edit the color data that defines the gamut of an output profile.

Edit profiles in Color Editor

With Color Editor, you can adjust features such as CMYK density curves and target densities.

Edits made with Color Editor are for printing with the Fiery server only. They do not affect the profile if the profile is used in another context.

  1. In Device Center, click Resources > Profiles.
  2. Select a profile and click Edit.
  3. Select Color Editor.
    Note: If you do not have Fiery Color Profiler Suite installed on your computer, skip this step. Color Editor will open automatically.
  4. In Color Editor, adjust the density curves. For fine adjustments, work with only one or two colors at a time.

    The curves on the graph map the input percentage to the output percentage for each of the four color channels (C, M, Y, and K). The percentages refer to the size of the CMYK halftone dots.

    • To show or hide the C, M, Y, or K curves, click the "eye" icon for each color.

    • To bring a curve to the front, click its color bar, next to the "eye" icon.

    • To adjust the brightness of the shown curves, use the plus and minus buttons.

    • To adjust a curve, drag a point on the curve, click a point, and type new numbers in the Input and Output fields. You can also click a point and use the arrow keys to move it.

      Note: Adjust the curves after you adjust the brightness.
  5. You can set additional options.
    • If your Fiery server stores the calibration target in the output profile, you can edit the maximum densities of the calibration target (the D-Max values) for each color (C, M, Y, and K). If the D-Max values are not shown, then your Fiery server stores the calibration target separately from the output profile. In this case, you can view and adjust the D-Max values in Calibrator.

      Note: Even if you can edit the maximum density values, we recommend only viewing them. A calibration target represents the ideal values for calibration, and the output profile contains these values. You should not change the calibration target unnecessarily.
    • Adjust the gray balance of the output profile by clicking AutoGray.

    • If your Fiery server supports paper simulation, configure settings for white point simulation by clicking Paper Simulation.

    • Print a test page.
  6. Click Save and enter a description for the new profile.
    Note: If you do not enter a new description, the edited profile overwrites the original. If you edit and save a locked profile, you can only save it as a copy. You cannot overwrite a locked profile.

Edit profiles in Fiery Profile Editor

If you install Fiery Color Profiler Suite on your computer, you can use Fiery Profile Editor to edit an output profile. With Profile Editor, you can adjust global color features such as rendering intent and CMYK density curves, as well as adjust specific hues, colors, or even a specific data point in the profile gamut.

  1. In Device Center, click Resources > Profiles.
  2. Select an output profile, click Edit, and then select Fiery Profile Editor.

For more information about using Fiery Profile Editor to edit a profile, click the Help icon in Profile Editor.