Profiles

Profile Manager in Command WorkStation allows you to manage the ICC profiles that reside on the Fiery server. Color Editor (in Profile Manager) allows you to create a custom profile from an existing CMYK profile and use the AutoGray feature to adjust the gray balance of output profiles.

The Fiery server uses the following types of profiles for color management:

An RGB source profile defines the source color space for RGB (and Lab) colors in a print job. Typical devices using RGB profiles are monitors, scanners, and digital cameras. An RGB source profile enables the Fiery server to convert RGB colors in a print job to the CMYK color space of the printer accurately.
A CMYK source profile defines the source color space for CMYK colors in a print job. Typical devices using CMYK profiles are printing presses and digital printers. A CMYK source profile enables the Fiery server to convert CMYK colors in a print job to the CMYK color space of the printer accurately.
A grayscale source profile defines the source color space for grayscale colors in a print job. Typical devices using grayscale profiles are printing presses and digital printers. A grayscale source profile enables the Fiery server to convert grayscale colors in a print job to the grayscale color space of the printer accurately.
An output profile describes the color characteristics of the printer when printing to a specific media type. An output profile is associated with a calibration that describes the expected color output densities of the printer. The output profile and its associated calibration are applied to all color data in a print job.
A device link profile describes the conversion from a specific source color space to an output color space. With device link profiles, the complete conversion from the source device to the destination device is defined, and the Fiery server does not calculate the conversion.

The Fiery server supports two kinds of device link profiles: RGB source to CMYK destination and CMYK source to CMYK destination.

A device link profile must be associated with a source profile setting (CMYK Device Link for a CMYK-to-CMYK device link profile or RGB/Lab Device Link for an RGB-to-CMYK device link profile) and an Output Profile setting, otherwise the device link profile cannot be selected for a job.