How-to ILS for C10010VP guide Final - Electronics for Imaging

How-to:

Use the Inline Spectrophotometric Sensor (ILS) to automate calibration, profiling, and verification with the imagePRESS Servers Canon® imagePRESS Server B7000 V2 and B6000 V2 for the imagePRESS® C10010VP/C9010VP

How-To: Use the ILS to automate calibration, profiling and verification

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Objectives of this guide The Canon imagePRESS C10010VP/C9010VP series feature an Inline Spectrophotometric Sensor (ILS) can capture measurement data for a variety of color control functions.

When driven by Canon imagePRESS Servers B7000 V2/B6000 V2 and used together with Fiery Color Profiler Suite (FCPS) software, the Canon imagePRESS ILS offers higher levels of automation than hand-held spectrophotometers such as ES-2000 or X-Rite i1Pro series, for the collection of measurements for FCPS calibration, G7 calibration, color profiling, and verification.

Canon imagePRESS ILS & Canon imagePRESS Servers B7000 V2/B6000 V2 Supported Features

• Auto-Adjust Gradation (AAG): AAG is an imagePRESS digital press internal calibration that should be performed after press warm-up but before Fiery calibration. AAG provides a foundational baseline for bringing the imagePRESS printing system to a certain standard of repeatable color performance.

• Shading Correction: Shading Correction makes a laser adjustment to densities across imaging drums in the direction perpendicular to the paper path. Fiery Calibrator supports the Canon imagePRESS internal Shading Correction calibration in Command WorkStation. It requires the use of a hand-held device (no ILS support) such as ES-2000 or i1 Pro2 spectrophotometer purchased from Canon.

Performing Auto Adjust Gradation (AAG) and Shading Correction are considered “calibrating the press,” and should be done before calibrating and creating profiles. We will be calibrating the press and following up with an additional AAG before we begin the Fiery calibration. The reason for executing AAG before and after Shading Correction is as follows; the first AAG is stabilizing density of the shading chart, then Shading Correction can be done with higher accuracy. Shading Correction will stabilize the density of the second AAG so it can be performed with higher accuracy.

• Fiery Calibration from Fiery Color Profiler Suite (FCPS): Fiery Color Profiler Suite software comes pre-installed on Canon imagePRESS Servers B7000 V2/B6000 V2. The Calibrator module does not require a FCPS license. It can be used to calibrate the imagePRESS using the ILS as Canon iPRC C10010VP/C9010VP Series Inline will be selectable from the FCPS Calibrator module. This guide also covers G7 Calibration and output profile creation, which does require a licensed version of FCPS.

The following features of FCPS covered in this document require a licensed FCPS.

• G7 Calibration using the “Printer” module: Users can select the imagePRESS C10010VP/C9010VP ILS to automatically measure the G7 calibration and verification targets.

• Printer Profiling using the “Printer” module: When creating an output profile from the Printer module, users can select the imagePRESS Canon iPRC C10010VP/C9010VP Series Inline to measure the calibration and printer profiler targets automatically.

• Fiery Color Verifier: Users can set the FCPS verifier instrument preference to the Canon iPRC C10010VP/C9010VP Series Inline, Fiery Color Verifier will allow you to set up and use reference presets to confirm compliance with specific color standards or specifications like GRACol, Fogra, SWOP, and G7 for example.

NOTE: Since licensing of Fiery Calibrator Suite requires an external measurement device and ES-2000, ES3000 or i1Pro2 are all acceptable options. EFI suggests the license be registered to the instrument that will


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remain plugged into your imagePRESS B7000 V2/B6000 V2 or client workstation to ensure you always have access to the FCPS of tools.

Fiery measurement features of FCPS that do not use the C10010VP ILS Although automated measurements with the Canon iPRC C10010VP/C9010VP Series Inline is not supported with the following features, if a supported spectrophotometer is purchased with FCPS, the features that require measurement are fully supported. • Verify FCPS module (when selecting custom or unsupported reference strips directly from the Verifier

application) • Device Link FCPS module (no measurements are needed) • Printer Match FCPS module when selecting the New Device Link method (no measurements are needed) • Color Verifier Assistant (from Command WorkStation Job Center) • Calibrate module from Command WorkStation. (FCPS not Required)

Table of Contents

Engine Adjustments ........................................................................................................................................ 4

Fiery Color Profiler Suite Licensing Basics ..................................................................................................... 9

Fiery Calibration from Fiery Color Profiler Suite (FCPS) ............................................................................... 10

Printer Profiling using the Printer module of FCPS including G7 calibration ................................................. 17

Fiery Color Verifier ........................................................................................................................................ 27

Supported Paper Sizes and Types ............................................................................................................... 32

Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to depict features and steps herein correctly. However, certain features, steps, and processes may be subject to change without notice. The intent of this document is for feature demonstration purposes only and should not be used for any other purpose. This document is not a technical specification.


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Engine Adjustments Auto Adjust Gradation

1. Open Calibrator from Command Workstation.

2. Under the Select a method: drop-down select Auto Adjust Gradation - Full.

3. Select your Paper source.

4. Click Next to continue

5. The 5 measurement pages will print and be measured by the ILS.

6. Click OK to finish.

(Note: Although Shading Correction does not use the ILS, it is a necessary process to insure a consistent color print condition.)

Shading Correction


2. Under the Select a method: drop-down select Shading Correction.

3. Select your measurement device under Measurement method.

4. Click Next to continue.


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5. The shading correction page will print. Click OK to continue.

6. Place your device in its cradle to calibrate the device.

7. Click Next to Continue.

8. Follow the prompts to measure the shading correction page.

9. Click Next when finished.


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Engine Adjustments 2nd Auto Adjust Gradation


2. Under the Select a method: drop-down select

Auto Adjust Gradation - Full.

3. Select your Paper source.

4. Click Next to Continue.

5. The 5 measurement pages will print and be

measured by the ILS.

6. Click OK to finish.

The Press is now calibrated, In the next module you will calibrate the Fiery


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Fiery Color Profiler Suite Licensing Basics 1. Launch Fiery Color Profiler Suite (FCPS). (If FCPS has not already been installed please

follow the instructions with the DVD that shipped with your software, or you may download the software from www.efi.com)

2. If FCPS is not currently licensed to an attached measurement device, then you will see that many of the modules are either grayed out or will only run in demo mode.

3. The Calibrator module is fully functional without a license and will still interact with the ILS and other measurement devices allowing you to calibrate the Fiery.

1. If you do have an attached device with a valid license, you will see all the modules available.

2. In order to take advantage of the G7 Calibration, and Printer Profiling, you must have a valid FCPS license.

3. If required, please refer to the FCPS documentation for the Licensing process.


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Fiery Calibration from Fiery Color Profiler Suite (FCPS)

1. Start Fiery Color Profiler Suite.

2. Click on Calibrator.

Note: If you have not purchased and installed a license for FCPS you will need to run FCPS in Demo mode for Fiery Calibration as follows.

1. Select Run in Demo mode.

2. Click on the Calibrator icon.


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3. Select the imagePRESS that you wish to calibrate.

4. If this is the first time using FCPS to calibrate this Fiery you may need to add it to the Fiery Server list by Clicking the “+” symbol to discover the Fiery server. You can manually search for the Fiery by adding the server name or IP Address in the field provided. You can also search for the Fiery by IP range by clicking on the Advanced Search button.


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5. Select Recalibrate


7. Select the Calibration name that you wish to

recalibrate.



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9. Select the Canon iPRC C10010VP/C9010VP Series Inline for your Instrument.

(You will only see the iPRC 10010VP Series Inline when connected to a B7000 V2/B6000 V2)

There is only one patch set available. It is a modified version of the 51-patch set found when using other measurement devices.


11. The Measurement pages will print and be automatically scanned by the ILS.

12. The Calibration Summary page will allow you to print a Test Page with the new calibration applied. You can also click on the chart graphic in the lower left corner of the page to see the measurement results.

13. If you do not want to print a Test page or see the measured results click Apply & Close.


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Calibrator measurement results window.

14. Click OK to exit Calibrator.

The Fiery is now calibrated, in the next section you will create a G7Printer Profile


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Printer Profiling using the Printer module of FCPS including G7 calibration

You must have purchased and installed a license for FCPS to use this feature.

When you select G7 calibration in the Calibration Setup window, the initial Fiery calibration is performed as usual, before the G7 calibration process is initiated.

1. Start Fiery Color Profiler Suite. (FCPS)

2. Click on the Printer icon.

3. Click on Print Patches

4. Enter an appropriate Profile name. I named it C10000_VP_UNC for this example.

5. Select the Fiery server.



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7. Select Create new calibration setting.

8. Optionally you may check G7 gray balance calibration target.

9. Select your CMYK source profile. The most widely used CMYK profile for G7 is GRACoL 2013_CPRC6, which is for coated media. In this exercise I am creating a G7 calibration and output profile for uncoated media. This profile is not part of the default profiles installed on the Fiery but can be obtained from the idealliance website and installed on your imagePRESS Server.

https://www.idealliance.org

The G7 gray balance process will be covered here, but it is not required.

Refer to the contextual help icon for assistance with the G7 workflow, or visit: http://fiery.efi.com/help/G7CalibrationWorkflow


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10. Select Canon iPRC 10010VP Series Inline. There is only one patch set available. It is a modified version of the 51-patch set.

11. Click Print to continue.

12. The Fiery Measure job properties window opens.

13. Select the Media tab.

14. Select the media attributes for the media you wish to profile, ensuring that the media size is one of the supported sizes. (A3, 11x17, SRA3, 12x18, 13x19)

15. Click OK to print and automatically measure the

calibration chart with the ILS.


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16. The calibration measurements results are shown.

Ensure the D-Max values displayed are within the expected tolerance for the press and media selected. Reprint or take appropriate service steps if not.

17. Select Next to move to the G7 Gray Balance

section. If you choose not to perform a G7 Gray Balance skip to step 24.

18. Select the G7 P2P pattern that you would like to measure. The P2P51 or P2P51 Randomized are suggested patterns.


20. The pages will be printed and automatically measured by the ILS. The results of the Fiery measure module are automatically displayed showing measurement was completed.



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22. The G7 gray balance measurement results are

shown.

Encountering a fail result in this first measurement simply indicates the system is not in a G7 conformance condition, thus requiring the G7 calibration process to be performed.

The weighted average must be less than 1.5 to show as green. The weighted maximum must be less than 3 to show as green. 22. As you can see the first results failed to pass

CMY wdCh*, in red, but passed CMY wdl* and K wdl* in green. Click Next to print the P2P patch page again with the new correction curves.

23. Click Next to continue. If all indicators are green then the G7 gray balance was successful. Click Accept to continue to printer profiling.

If there are any indicators that are red, then it’s necessary to Iterate again. As a general practice, if you need to iterate more than 3 times, you should stop and check the general condition of your engine.

2nd chart with new curves applied


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Now we will create a new output profile atop our G7-calibrated condition and once complete, will add the G7 calibration data to the profile. Routine day-to-day color drift, which can occur often, can be corrected simply by recalibrating rather than requiring a new color profile.

24. Select Canon iPRC10010VP Series Inline from the instrument pull-down.

25. Select an appropriate number of patches from the Patch set pull-down. Since this will be read automatically select an appropriate number of patches for the desired precision. More patches generally provide better precision. Note that more sheets will be also be used.

26. Click Print to print and measure the profile patch pages.

27. The results of the Fiery measure module are automatically displayed. Click Next to continue.


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The measurement summary is displayed.

28. Review the Maximum and Average measured variation for anomalies. Take appropriate action as needed, based on your precision requirements. Engine service may be necessary if you determine that the DeltaE values are too high.

29. Optionally click on the Inspect Measurements button to review the gamut map. When done close the Inspect Measurements window by clicking on the red X in the upper left corner of the profile window.



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The apply settings window is displayed.

31. Make any changes as needed Defaults are usually a good choice unless advanced features are needed. Maximum GCR will deliver more neutral rendering if desired but could result in a “grainer” output.

32. Click Next to process and Optimize the profile

The Fiery Printer Profiler Congratulations window will be displayed meaning you have successfully created your G7 output profile and FCPS automatically installed in the Output profile section of the Fiery to make it available in Job Properties for selection. Note, it did not set it as the default profile.

33. FCPS will ask if you would like to create a virtual printer with the new profile and media selection included. Say yes so you can use it your automated Workflows with CWS, Hot Folders, or EFI JobFlow. I named it C10000_G7_UNC.

34. Click Done to exit or Click Change setting to create and edit a variant of this profile.

Congratulations, you have calibrated the Press to the G7 specification, created a new G7 output profile, installed it in the correct location on the Fiery and setup a Virtual printer to automate your new color workflow.


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Fiery Color Verifier

You must have purchased and installed a license for FCPS to use this feature.

1. Start Fiery Color Profiler Suite (FCPS) and select the Verify module.

2. Select the Fiery from the Fiery server drop-down.

3. If this is the first time using FCPS Verify with this Fiery you may need to add it to the Fiery Server list by Clicking the “+” symbol to discover the Fiery server. You can manually search for the Fiery by adding the server name of IP Address in the field provided. You can also search for the Fiery by IP range by clicking on the Advanced Search button.


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4. Select a Job properties preset (I chose the Virtual Printer that was created in the previous G7 section) C10000_G7_UNC.

5. If you do not want to use a Job properties preset, click the Edit button and select the media attributes for the media you wish to Verify on, ensuring that the media size is one of the supported sizes (A3, 11x17, SRA3, 12x18, 13x19) and that the media is appropriate for the reference presets you will be verifying.

6. Drop down Verification preset field and choose one of the reference presets, or create your own preset by choosing the Edit button.


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Click the Verification preset Edit button to confirm or edit the preset.

7. Select the Canon iPRC C10010VP/C9010VP Series Inline in the instrument pull down.



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The results of the Fiery measure module are automatically displayed with the selected reference.

9. Click Next to continue and verify the measurements with the selected reference.

10. The results are displayed based on predefined tolerances set in the reference preset.


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11. Click on Detail to get more information on the Verify results.

Congratulations, you have verified that this Press will meet the “Validation Print (ISO 12647-8:2012) standard”.


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Supported Paper Sizes and Types


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Supported Paper Sizes and Types

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