The measurement for total ink limit helps to ensure that the printer does not use more ink than the media can handle or too much ink for your intended jobs.

1. Choose one of the following to specify the total ink limit:
   • Print measurement chart

     The Initial ink limit displayed is the default value suggested for your printer. You can enter a new value to overwrite the suggested value, and then print the chart. The chart you are about to print will not contain patches specifying more ink than this value.

     Select Include visual chart to print the measurement patches for visual inspection.

     If you choose this option, follow the online instructions to print patch pages, measure them, and to have the system propose a value optimized for your actual media type. You can change settings for the selected patch measurement instrument and specify a custom page size for the chart before printing the patch pages.

   • Enter numerical value

     The value displayed is the default value suggested for your printer without additional measurements required. This value is not optimized for your specific media. If set too high, your media may have trouble handling that much ink. If set too low, you are limiting the gamut of your printer for your specific media.

   • Import measurements from file
     Note: Loading measurements from file is most useful for tests and demonstrations. It is otherwise generally not recommended. Best results are obtained when measurement pages for all calibration creation steps are printed and measured in a single session.

     Keep in mind the following:

     • The response of the printer may have changed since the measurement file was saved.
     • Measurement files do not contain information on how the measurement pages were printed. Default job properties are assumed.

     If you select this option, the value is loaded from previously saved measurement data.

     If you choose this option, proceed to obtaining measurement for the color benchmark.

2. Click Next. If you selected Print measurement chart in the first step, the Patch Layout window in FieryMeasure is displayed. In the Patch Layout window, select the instrument and the chart size. Click Print to continue.