After you make aesthetic decisions about the colors you use, you must make the best use of the Fiery Server capabilities to realize your design in print.

Your color printing system becomes an ally in this creative process to the extent that results are predictable.

• If you designed a poster to print on the Fiery Server, you want the printed colors to match the design specification.

• If you are printing presentations on the Fiery Server, you want to preserve the vivid colors that you see on the monitor.

• If you are printing on an offset press, you want the Fiery Server output to match other prepress proofs or PANTONE color swatch books.

The colors that you define when creating a file in an application, and the color management tools within the application that you use, impact how the file is processed (workflow) and the final output that you can expect.

Color management can control color output by:

• Selecting a color model - Different types of applications use different color models. The color model you select, and whether or when data is converted from one color model to another, influences the final color output.

• Optimizing for output type - The type of final output influences your color and application choices.