HP Indigo WS6000 Indigo High Quality Color Control HQCC Process for PSPs and B - Page 47

Map spot colors — Create an Ink Book, Substrate definition

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Figure A-1 Refining spot colors By setting the Color on Target value much lower than the Out of Gamut value, the software will work harder at achieving a closer match for process spot colors. This can effectively bring more colors within your required tolerance. The results of the final calculations can be found in the Convert Spot Colors > Exceptions window of the Strategy: Figure A-2 Strategy Convert Spot Colors > Exceptions window Map spot colors - Create an Ink Book It explains how to map spot colors. To map spot colors: ● Create custom inks in Ink Book using a printed sample or L*a*b* values. ● Add newly created inks from the Ink Book to Exception Inks in the desired Strategy, and refine as needed. ● Modify original artwork separation names to match names of newly created inks for proper processing (*). NOTE: (*) Some files might already come with custom ink names, making this a preferred option. However, modifying customer artwork is usually not recommended, so in this scenario it may be necessary to request the customer to assign specific separation names for all incoming work. Substrate definition Refer below for the substrate definition. Map spot colors - Create an Ink Book 43

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Figure A-1
Refining spot colors
By setting the
Color on Target
value much lower than the
Out of Gamut
value, the software will work
harder at achieving a closer match for process spot colors. This can effectively bring more colors within
your required tolerance.
The results of the final calculations can be found in the
Convert Spot Colors > Exceptions
window of the
Strategy:
Figure A-2
Strategy
Convert Spot Colors > Exceptions
window
Map spot colors — Create an Ink Book
It explains how to map spot colors.
To map spot colors:
Create custom inks in
Ink Book
using a printed sample or L*a*b* values.
Add newly created inks from the
Ink Book
to
Exception Inks
in the desired Strategy, and refine as
needed.
Modify original artwork separation names to match names of newly created inks for proper
processing (*).
NOTE:
(*) Some files might already come with custom ink names, making this a preferred option.
However, modifying customer artwork is usually not recommended, so in this scenario it may be
necessary to request the customer to assign specific separation names for all incoming work.
Substrate definition
Refer below for the substrate definition.
Map spot colors — Create an Ink Book
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