Konica Minolta AccurioPress C6085 IC-314 User Guide - Page 97

7 Managing color Color management on the IC-314 print controller Color management is a series of steps taken to ensure that colors are accurate and repeatable when transferred from one device to another. These steps enable you to reproduce the color conceived by a graphic artist or photographer as closely as possible on a monitor, a proof, or the sheet. The IC-314 print controller enables you to use these tools to adjust and improve the color quality in your jobs: ● Profiling Tool-enables you to create destination profiles that define the color space of your press and are based on the combinations of paper and toner that you are using. For different media types, you need different destination profiles. You can create custom destination profiles for each printer and fine tune the color outputs of the printer, improve color matching between printers, and improve color consistency over time. ● Profile Manager-enables you to import profiles that define the color space of the printer, and are based on the combinations of the media type and toner that you are using. You can use different destination profiles for different media types. ● Spot Color Editor-enables you to edit the CMYK values of every spot color in the Spot Color Library and create custom libraries per media type. ● Gradation Tool-enables you to create and edit gradation tables to perform tone corrections on your printed output. ● Media and Color Manager-enables you to map a media type to a destination profile. ● Calibration Wizard-guides you through printing a color chart, scanning the streams of color patches in the color chart, and creating a calibration table based on the scanned measurements, including G7 calibrations. ● Validation Tool-enables you to scan a designated validation chart to verify the color accuracy of your printer by comparing the scanned results with the target profile.