How does the Fiery server decide which output profile to use?
How the Fiery server decides which output profile(s) to use in a job takes into account a number of factors, depending on which of three major implementations of Substrate Catalog is used.
- Substrate Catalog must be used for media selection.
- Substrate Catalog is optional for media selection.
- Substrate Catalog is not available for media selection.
- Is Job Properties set to automatic output profile selection?
- Is Substrate Catalog used?
- Which output profile is set most closely to the settings for your job?
Is Job Properties set to automatic output profile selection?
For automatic profile selection, Output Profile in the Color tab of Job Properties must be set to Use job defined settings. The option is displayed as Use job defined settings when more properties than the media alone are considered. For example, Color Mode (CMYK+) might be used in addition to the media itself to determine the profile.If a specific output profile is specified, it will be used. Make a specific selection when you are not satisfied by the automatic selection of the Fiery server or when you want to experiment with other profiles.
Is Substrate Catalog used ?
When a Substrate Catalog media is specified in Job Properties, check the Substrate Catalog output profile association. To see the front and back color profiles association, right-click the chosen media in Substrate Catalog and select Edit. If a specific output profile is associated with the media/substrate, that profile will be used.
If the output profile association is set to Server’s default, the third test will be used.
Which output profile is set most closely to the settings for your job?
Check the association between the available output profiles and the job settings. Go to and expand the Output Profiles section.
Print options offered vary widely, according to the Fiery server. Media Type is offered very frequently. Options in the Media Type column typically do not match one-for-one the large number of equivalent job settings. For instance, Job Properties may offer multiple coated options, while there might be only one output profile setting associated with coated media type. In this case, the output profile associated with coated will be used for all coated media.
To change which output profile will be used by default with a media type, double-click the output profile of your choice, then check the media type this profile is compatible with. A single output profile can be specified for many, or all of the available media settings.