Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] Fiery® Color Reference
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NOTE: EFIRGB is set as the default RGB Source color space on the Color Server.
No matter what RGB space you select, make sure it is available on the Color Server. For more information on downloading RGB Source profiles to the Color Server, see the Color Guide.
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Adobe Photoshop
The Monitor area shows the currently selected profile in the Adobe Gamma control panel. Select both the Display Using Monitor Compensation and Preview options. CMYK
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Choose Color Settings > CMYK Setup from the Photoshop 5. x File menu.
Select this option
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Select the Preview option.
For CMYK Model, select ICC. Previous versions of Photoshop used Photoshop Separation Tables, and you can load them for Photoshop 5. x. However, you will get better results using ICC profiles and the built-in color management system.
3. Choose settings from the Profile, Engine, and Intent menus in the ICC Options area.
· For Profile, choose your final output device ICC profile. Prepress users should choose an ICC describing their target press, such as SWOP. Office users should choose the ICC profile describing the device connected to the Color Server. In this case, we recommend that you leave images in RGB and allow the Color Server to convert them to CMYK. However, if you want to use Photoshop to convert RGB images to the CMYK color space of the Color Server, you must first upload one of the output profiles from the Color Server to your computer (see the Color Guide), and then select it in Photoshop CMYK Setup. The output profile for the Color Server is also available on the User Software CD (see the User Software Installation Guide).
NOTE:With the RGB Separation feature of the Color Server, you can preview (print)
your conversions from RGB to any simulated CMYK space by downloading the desired target profile to the Color Server. For more information about downloading profiles, see the Color Guide.
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· For Engine, choose Built-in so that the Photoshop engine will be used. · For Intent, choose Perceptual (Images), which is appropriate for photographs normally edited in Photoshop. The Intent setting is used only when you convert between color spaces. At times it may be useful to select the Black Point Compensation option. When it does, it has a dramatic effect on the dark areas of your image. If you want this effect, select Black Point Compensation; if not, clear the option.
Saving files
Before saving a file from Photoshop, perform any necessary rotating, cropping, and resizing. This speeds processing when printing from the application in which the image is placed. We recommend you use EPS or TIFF file formats to save RGB images that will be imported into other documents and printed to the Color Server. You can import EPS and TIFF files into virtually all page layout applications.
NOTE: Although TIFF files display better when imported into other applications, their
color and resolution characteristics may be altered by the application into which they are imported. EPS files are unaffected.
Saving files from Photoshop 6. x or 5. x
The process of saving documents from Photoshop 5. x is virtually identical to that of saving documents from Photoshop 6. x. [. . . ] Moiré can be caused by the improper line frequency of the screens, improper screen angles, improper alignment of halftone screens, or by the combination of a halftone screen with patterns in the image itself.
named color
A color that is defined according to a custom color system. For example, PANTONE 107 C is a named color.
office applications
Software applications commonly used for business purposes, including presentation applications, spreadsheets, and word processing programs.
offset lithography
Raster-based film output device; a highresolution laser output device that writes bitmapped data onto photosensitive paper or film.
JPEG
Printing in which ink is transferred from printing plates to a rubber blanket and then from the blanket to paper.
output
A graphics file format defined by the Joint Photographic Experts Group committee of International Standards Organization (ISO); a standard for digital compression of still image graphic data.
See output profile.
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output profile
A file that describes the color characteristics of a printing device. The output profile is associated with a calibration target that defines the expected density response of the device.
phosphor
PPD (PostScript Printer Description file)
A file containing information about a particular PostScript print device's capabilities and restrictions. The information in the PPD is presented via the printer driver.
prepress proof
Material used in making computer monitors; phosphors glow and emit red, green, and blue light when struck by an electron beam, thus creating an image.
photographic rendering
A color rendering style that preserves tonal relationships in images. [. . . ]