Canon imagePRESS C800 imagePRESS C800 Series Operation Guide - Page 29
Media Families, Advanced color management, Calibration, Device simulation, Device Link support
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Color reproduction for your output Media Families A media family is a set of media that has comparable specifications, such as surface, color and substrate type. A media family defines the color output profiles for the media. Each media family has three different output profiles, for the halftone screens Normal, Fine, and Error-diffusion. When you have more than one halftone screen in a single job or page, PRISMAsync automatically applies the related output profiles for optimal color management in the job. When you add new media to the media catalog, you specify the media family. Advanced color management The Advanced color management license offers the following color features: • Device simulation, to simulate or proof other print engines or offset presses with your print system. • Device Link support, to import Device Link profiles for special CMYK conversions. • Named color profile import and export, to extend the functionality of spot color libraries. • Information bars, to print extra metadata on printed output. There is one default information bar, but you can compose other information bars. Information bar selection is possible in the printer driver, PRISMAprepare, and via automated workflows or hotfolders. • Color control bars, to print extra color patches for control of color output via FOGRA verification. Using a color bar you can check the ink density, dot grain and contrast. Use default or compose custom color bars. The color bar selection is available in the printer driver, PRISMAprepare, and via automated workflows or hotfolders. • Color mappings, to convert RGB, CMYK to a specific color, for example, your corporate color. Color mappings are useful to map colors in the input file to a fixed color of a spot color library. • Leave out separations, to exclude specific spot colors from printing. You can exclude layers for printing when you map the colors of these layers to a spot color with the value "None". For more PRISMAsync color information, see More PRISMAsync color information on page 291. Calibration Daily printer calibration is very important to maintain high quality color reproduction. Media family calibration is important to maintain consistent color reproduction levels for all the media you use. The control panel indicates when printer calibration is needed. (See About calibration on page 170) imagePRESS C800 Series Chapter 2 - Explore the print system 29