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- Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 1
Fiery® C9 Server Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 2
© 2016 Electronics For Imaging, Inc. The information in this publication is covered under Legal Notices for this product. 31 March 2016 45142421 *45142421* - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 3
15 Progressives 17 Print a job with Progressives 17 Customize Progressives 17 Halftone Simulation 19 Halftone Simulation print settings 19 Supported applications for Halftone Simulation 19 Print a job with Halftone Simulation 19 Create a custom Halftone Simulation 20 Calibration and custom - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 4
Postflight examples 27 Diagnose unexpected color 27 Check the calibration status of a job 28 Check the quality of an output profile 29 Diagnose color problem with a specific object 29 Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge 30 Print a job with the Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge 30 Import Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge into - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 5
documentation resources This document uses the following terminology and conventions to refer to the Fiery® C9 Server, printer, and supported operating systems. Term or convention Refers to Aero C9 Server (in illustrations and examples) Command WorkStation Fiery Command WorkStation Printer - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 6
PDF icon in the upper right corner of the Help window. Additional reference material • Fiery Color Reference - help.efi.com/ref/colorref/en-us/ • Variable Data Printing - help.efi.com/ref/vdp/en-us/ • Workflow Examples - help.efi.com/ref/workflows/en-us/ • Configure Help - help.efi.com/configure - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 7
Feature Postflight Preflight Progressives Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 7 Introduction Where to set values or access none Command WorkStation: Job Center: Preflight Command WorkStation: Device Center: Color Setup: Progressives none Print option name - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 8
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 8 Introduction 5 Type the IP address or DNS name and click Update. Note: If you use the Point and Print method to install the printer driver and printer description file, you must enable Two-Way Communication on the monitor at the C9 Server for each - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 9
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 9 Paper Simulation white point editing Paper Simulation white point editing The Paper Simulation White Point editing feature allows you to perceptually adjust the hue, brightness, and saturation of the simulated paper white defined in an ICC profile. - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 10
setting by editing the Paper Simulation White Point values with Command WorkStation. To access the Paper Simulation White Point dialog box, see the instructions in Command WorkStation Help. When you edit the Paper Simulation White Point values, you save them in a custom profile, which you create by - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 11
2-color print mapping Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 11 2-color print mapping The 2-Color Print Mapping feature allows you to assign spot colors and process colors to the generic colors that are used in a job. This feature is designed for print shop operators to do proofing for a two- - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 12
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 12 2-color print mapping 3 Select the same print settings, including the Output Profile setting, that you selected when you set up 2-Color Print Mapping in Spot-On. 4 Click OK and print the job. - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 13
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 13 Auto Trapping customization Auto Trapping customization Trapping is a technique where some objects are printed slightly larger or smaller than you have specified in an application, in order to prevent white edges around the objects. These white edges, - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 14
Control Bar Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 14 Control Bar Control Bar allows you to add a static color bar and dynamic job information to each printed page at a user-defined location. • The job information includes the print settings that were used to generate the page. • The color - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 15
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 15 Control Bar Callout Refers to 1 Static color bar 2 Job information Create a custom control bar in Control Bar Builder The custom Control Bar feature is on the Control Bar tab under Color Setup in Device Center. You use Control Bar Builder to - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 16
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 16 Control Bar The control bar definition is a function of the server and not part of a job. A job may print with one control bar and later the same job with the same settings may print with a different control bar, if the control bar definition changed. - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 17
Progressives Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 17 Progressives The term "Progressives" refers to printing variations in the color separations of a job. The variations may use from one to all of the available color channels. The majority of printing processes that involve more than one or - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 18
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 18 Progressives Customize Progressives The Progressives feature is on the Progressives tab under Color Setup in Device Center. For more information about setting up custom Progressives, see Command WorkStation Help. - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 19
screen that looks and feels like a newspaper. You can use this setting with a job created in any application, even if it does not support halftone definition. • User Defined Screen1/2/3 applies a user-defined halftone screen based on the settings in Color Setup in Command WorkStation. You can use - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 20
Print a job with Halftone Simulation Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 20 Halftone Simulation 1 In your application, select File > Print, select the C9 Server as your printer, and then go to the Fiery print options in the printer properties. For information about how to set Fiery print - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 21
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 21 Halftone Simulation 4 Specify the setting(s) for the new calibration and click Properties. Note: The settings for the new calibration are copied from the original calibration, so you only need to change the settings that are different. 5 In the Image - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 22
, and content, as well as general color accuracy. You can select to display the plate data for each process color independently or in combination with the other colors, allowing inspection of individual plate data or a combination of any range of plates. You can inspect the color values at specific - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 23
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 23 ImageViewer 4 To start ImageViewer, select the thumbnail of the page that you want to soft proof, and then click the ImageViewer button. Callout Refers to 1 ImageViewer button Monitor settings This feature requires that a job be displayed with - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 24
Preflight Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 24 Preflight The Preflight feature performs a simple check of the most common areas of error to ensure that the job will print successfully and to the expected quality on the selected printer. The categories of errors that Preflight checks are: - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 25
. For information about using the filters in the Hot Folders application, see Hot Folders Help. For information about operating systems that support Hot Folders, see Configuration and Setup. For information about installing the Hot Folders application, see Utilities. These filters are standard - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 26
identifies not only those color spaces that are used by visible objects, but any color space used by a job. Use Postflight to troubleshoot color problems with a previously printed job or as a preventive measure. • You can print the original document with all objects (images, graphics, and text - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 27
status of a job • Check the quality of an output profile • Diagnose a color problem with a specific object For each of the scenarios, instead of printing the report to the information (of a job with raster data) in ImageViewer. Note: The procedures for printing a job from a Windows and a Mac - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 28
print a job that results in an unexpected color, use Postflight to diagnose the problem. 1 In your application, select File > Print, select the C9 Server as ColorWise global settings page. 5 Perform calibration, if needed. If service has been performed on the printer since the last calibration, or - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 29
the same media and print option settings as the job. 5 Review the instructions on the Postflight Test Page. 6 Edit the color of the output profile, , setting Postflight to Off. Diagnose color problem with a specific object Use Postflight to diagnose a color problem with a specific object. 1 In your - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 30
Windows Color Files\Color Bars folder or Mac Color Files/Color Bars folder Note: These files are not ordinary EPS files. Printing these files is supported only on a C9 Server with Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition. The file will not print if modified and saved as another version. You - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 31
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 31 Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge Import Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge into document and print 1 Open the source document in its application. 2 Import the Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge file in the source document and place it in the desired location. 3 Print the document to the - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 32
of the Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge is optimized for an EFI spectrophotometer. Other strip-reading or spot-reading spectrophotometers may be used, if supported by their applications. Reference measurements are not supplied with the Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge. With the appropriate software, you can create your - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 33
Test Suite is a project of the European Color Initiative (ECI). The Integrated Altona Visual Test feature allows you to verify the level of PDF/X support provided by the software and hardware used in a composite PDF workflow. You perform this test by printing the free version of the Altona Visual - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 34
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 34 Integrated Altona Visual Test Print option Setting Location in Job Properties Composite overprint Enabled Color tab Use embedded profile when present (RGB) Enabled Expert Settings (in Color tab) Separate RGB/Lab to CMYK source Enabled Expert - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 35
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 35 Integrated Altona Visual Test 1 Test result area The following table indicates how to read the test results: Test result Indicates Blank The file was printed to an C9 Server without the Integrated Altona Visual Test feature or the workflow is not - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 36
Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition 36 Integrated Altona Visual Test 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 10 20 40 60 80 100 Ugra/Fogra-Medienkeil CMYK-EPS V2.2x Copyright Fogra 2007 Liz.: 2FO180107 User: Version EFI 2007 ID: 85377533 Resolution: 600 dpi - Oki C942dp | C931 C941 C942 - Fiery C9 Server - Graphic Arts Guide - Page 37
9, 10 Postflight 28, 29 P Paper Simulation Full (Output GCR) 9 white point editing 10 PDF/X compatibility 33 Postflight calibration status 27, 28 color problems 27, 29 global settings page 28 quality of output profile 27, 29 unexpected colors 27, 28 vs. Combine Separations 26 vs. Progressives 26 vs
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