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V ersion 4.0 and User Guide PhaserMatch PhaserCal color laser printer www .xerox.com/office/support Phaser ® 7700/7750/7760.
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PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide i Contents 1 Introduction PhaserMatch Software, Version 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 PhaserCal Software, Version 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide ii Managing TekColor Corrections on a Phaser 7760 or Phaser 7750 Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Managing TekColor Corrections on a Phaser 7700 Printe r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 1-1 PhaserMatch Software, V ersion 4.0 PhaserMatch 4.0 is a color management app lication for the Phaser 7760, 7750, and 7700 printers. The PhaserMatch softw are includes both color management and color calibration functionality .
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 1-2 Requirements PhaserMatch 4.0 and PhaserCal 4.0 softwa re is av ailable for computers running: ■ Apple Macintosh OS X, version 10.2 and later operating systems (For detailed system requirements, see Macintosh System Requirements on page 7-1.
Typical Uses of PhaserMatch Software PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 1-3 Installing on Windows Systems 1. Insert the PhaserMatch or PhaserCal CD-R OM into your computer's CD-R OM driv e. The CD-R OM automatically runs the installer . 2.
Typical Uses of PhaserMatch Software PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 1-4 Creating Custom T e kColor Corrections Y our Phaser printer has a nu mber of T ekColor co rrections built into the printer . Try these color corrections before using PhaserMatch.
Typical Uses of PhaserMatch Software PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 1-5 The follo wing diagram shows the co lor matching elements of the software and the flo w of the software.
Typical Uses of PhaserMatch Software PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 1-6 Creating ICC Profiles Y ou can use the target de vice profiles supplied w ith the printer . T o create a new ICC prof ile, you will need a third-party prof ile creation tool.
Typical Uses of PhaserMatch Software PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 1-7 ■ printing using a custom T ekcolor correction, go to Printing to a Phaser 7760 or Phaser 7750 Printer on page 4-1 or Printing to a Phaser 7700 Printer on page 4-3.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 2-1 . Spectrophotometer -Based Calibration There are two methods provided for entering the calibration data v alues measured by a spectrophotometer .
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 2-2 6. Measure the color swatches. Note: The instructions explaining how to ma nually measure the calibration data and create the needed data file are in section Spectrophotometer Calibration Data File on page 7-1.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 3-1 The Phaser printer should have been calibrated using one of th e methods mentioned previ ously in this document before creating ne w T ekColor corrections. When the pr inter has been color calibrated you can create and use custom T ekColor corrections.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 3-2 De vice link profiles are used b y PhaserMatch to create T ekColor corrections. The T ekColor corrections can be sent to a Phaser printer or sav ed in the driv er for the Phaser printer .
Creating Custom TekColor Corrections PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 3-3 Device Link Profile Options Screen The De vice Link Prof ile Options screen has two check boxes.
Creating Custom TekColor Corrections PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 3-4 The Custom T ekColor Corrections selection shows the 10 custom T ekColor correction slots that can be used to store the color corrections.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 4-1 Printing to a Phaser 7760 or Phaser 7750 Printer Macintosh OS X The T ekColor correc tions created by PhaserMatch work with applications that generate CMYK or RGB color v alues when printing.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 4-2 Windows 2000 and Windows XP The T ekColor correc tions created by PhaserMatch work with applications that generate CMYK or RGB color v alues when printing.
Printing to a Phaser 7700 Printer PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 4-3 7. Ensure the paper in the printer matches the profile you sele cted. 8.
Printing to a Phaser 7700 Printer PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 4-4 The printer dri ver supplied for this OS lists th e custom T ekColor correction selections using the short name of the correction. T o select a custom T ekColor correction: 1.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 5-1 Editing Custom T e kColor Corrections Over view Use Edit Prof ile to make minor color changes in a PhaserMatch custom De vice Link Profile. The edited version of the de vice link profile will become a custom T ekColor correction once it is do wnloaded to the printer .
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 5-2 The PhaserMatch editor provides b uttons to edit the de vice link prof ile. The buttons are shown in the follo wing figure. Use the Output Gamma Curves Editing T ool to ma ke changes in the output lookup tables.
Editing Custom TekColor Corrections Overview PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 5-3 Use the Fine T u ne T ool to make small changes to a specific color or range of colors. When you use this tool, you edit the de vice color space so you ma y be editing CMYK or RGB color spaces.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 6-1 Use Do wnload Prof ile to manage the custom colo r corrections associated with a Phaser 7760, Phaser 7750, or Phaser 7700 printer .
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 7-1 Macintosh System Requirements ■ Apple Po wer Macintosh computer ■ Macintosh OS X, v ersion 10.2 (v ersion 10.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 7-2 Once the instrument is set up correctly , measure the set of printed color swatches in sequence from top to bottom, readi ng down each column before moving to the ne xt column on the right. When you complete the measurements, sav e th e measured data as a "space-delimited" ASCII text f ile.
Additional Information PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide 7-3 Additional Information Resour ce Link F or automated pr inter diagnostics and troub leshooti ng using y our web bro wser , go to the PhaserSMART w ebsite: www .phasersmar t.com F or general suppor t, go to the Xerox suppor t website: www .
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide A-1 Glossar y Calibration The checking, adjusting or standardizing of a de vice. See also Printer Color Calibration . CIE The Commission Inter nationale de l'Eclairage. The main inter nati onal organization concer ned wi th color appearance and color measurement.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide A-2 ColorSync Profiles See ICC Profiles . Densitometer A de vice that measures the density of colors or images.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide A-3 Lookup T a ble ICC Profiles contain an input lookup ta ble and an output lookup table . These tables are used to implement color transformations per the ICC Profile spec ification f or look up tab les. LUT This is an abbre viation for Lookup T able.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide B-1 Color management is based on color spaces. The range of colors, or gamut, perceiv ed by the human eye, captured on film, displayed on a comp uter monitor , and rendered by a printer v ary significantly . Each has its o wn color space, a mathematical means of describing its colors.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide B-2 Heidelberg. These other v endors can use different algorithms to perform its color con versions. Image Color Mana gement System (ICM), a co lor management system for the W indows operating system, also suppor ts color engines from other vendors.
PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide Index-1 Index A ASCII text file, 7-2 C calibrating overview, 1-3 using a spectrophotometer, 2-1 visually calibrating, 2-2 color calibration, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2 col.
Index PhaserMatch and PhaserCa l 4.0 User Guide Index-2 M Macintosh installing, 1-2 system requirements, 7-2 Macintosh OS X printing to a Phaser 7760 and 7750 printer, 4-1 Microsoft Windows system req.
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