The Fiery Server is highly optimized for the specific printer it supports. ColorWise addresses issues unique to your printer, including halftones, individual toner response, interactions among toners, natural smoothness of blends, and the capability to render spot and custom colors.

The Fiery Server distinguishes text and graphics from image elements, so that you can preserve black channel information while maintaining parameters used for CMYK color separations.

The recommended standard color workflow uses ColorWise calibration and color management. The Fiery Server comes into play near the end of the color workflow.

For this workflow:

• Bypass any color management of printed output in the application and operating system. In the source document, turn off application and operating system color management. (See the documentation that accompanies your application.)

  This ensures that the colors you select reach the Fiery Server and ColorWise in a usable form. Consider, however, that ColorWise fully supports color management from applications and printer drivers.

  Note: You cannot disable color management between the display device and the application.

• Save the file in a file format based on the desired output. EPS data is not manipulated. Other formats can be used if the file is saved with the appropriate settings.

• In the print job, set the CMYK/Grayscale Source option in ColorWise to match the CMYK color space used in the application to select the colors. Any CMYK/Grayscale Source setting (except ColorWise Off, if available) applies calibration, so the response of the printer appears stable.

  Some examples of CMYK/Grayscale Source settings are SWOP or ISO Coated in the U.S., Euroscale in Europe, and DIC or Japan Color in Japan. If colors have been selected specifically for your calibrated Fiery Server, set CMYK/Grayscale Source to None.

• Set other ColorWise print options as appropriate. For a list and descriptions of ColorWise print options that affect CMYK, RGB, spot, and other colors, see Color Printing.

  Disable any operating system color options or any CMS provided by the operating system.