Spot Pro can perform a checkup on a selected spot
color group for a given media or substrate and an output profile. The checkup produces a
report that shows how well your printer reproduces the colors in the selected spot color
group. If needed, calibration and spot color optimization may reduce the color difference
(∆E) and provide a better colorimetric match.
Spot Pro supports the following:
- All measurement instruments
from FieryMeasure.
- Existing swatch book
features, which are patch sizes and page sizes.
Before you begin, connect your measuring instrument to the computer.
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In Spot Pro, select a spot
color group.
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To print the selected spot color group, do one of the following:
- Click Checkup on the
toolbar.
- Right-click the selected spot color group and select
Checkup.
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Select a paper source to print the spot color checkup and click
OK.
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Select the measurement instrument from the list and click
Print.
Note: Only supported inline
measurement instruments are shown.
Spot Pro prints the selected spot color group and
begins the measurement process using the selected measurement device.
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Follow the on-screen instructions to measure the chart.
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Click Next.
Spot Pro
produces a report that shows how well your printer is reproducing the colors
in the selected spot color groups with the current calibration and selected
output profile. The report shows the measured ∆E value for each color and a
health score to indicate how accurately the colors printed, with a score of
1 representing the lowest score and 10 representing the highest score.
- You can save the report for future use to compare the
accuracy of colors over time.
- You can improve low health scores by recalibrating your
printer, or by recalibrating your printer and creating a new output
profile.
You can initiate a spot color verification schedule by clicking
Create a schedule in the Fiery Spot Color Report window and create the schedule in
the Fiery ColorGuardweb application. For
more information on creating the schedule in the Fiery ColorGuard web application, see Fiery IQ Help.