Calibrator in Command WorkStation
You can calibrate the Fiery ES with Calibrator in Command WorkStation.
Calibrator provides a choice of measurement methods depending on the methods supported by your Fiery ES:
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ColorCal (in Command WorkStation) - Calibration method that uses the built-in scanner of the printer to
measure toner densities.
For more information about this method, see the online help.
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EFI ES-1000 or ES-2000 hand-held spectrophotometer
For more information about this method, see the online help.
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KonicaMinolta FD-5BT - KonicaMinolta FD-5BT hand-held spectrodensitometer
This method is not supported for calibrating the Fiery ES.
Multiple users can connect to one Fiery ES with Command WorkStation, but only one user at a time can use
Calibrator. If you try to calibrate when another user is using Command WorkStation to calibrate, an error message is
displayed.
Before you save calibration measurements, you can check the calibration by printing a test page to see if it prints as
you expect. It may also be helpful to print your own test page with the colors and job settings that are important to
you.
Calibrator allows you to view the calibration measurements as a graph of input versus output curves for C, M, Y, and
K.
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If the maximum measured density of a colorant is less than the target value, print a test page to check the output,
especially areas with a lot of that particular colorant.
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If the maximum measured density is greater than or equal to the target value, this is usually not a problem.
If the curves are not smooth, it may be because the printer does not print uniformly across the page. The calibrated
output may still be acceptable.
One way to check uniformity is to print a test job that covers the page with a single colorant (C, M, Y, or K) at the
percentage that you want to check. Lack of uniformity is usually visible with values between 15% and 30%. This page
must be printed without color management (CMYK Source set to Bypass Conversion). If lack of uniformity is visible,
we recommend that you calibrate using one of the sorted patch layouts, which helps to minimize banding in
gradients. However, calibration cannot fix the lack of uniformity of the printer.
Calibrate the Fiery ES with Command WorkStation
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Start Calibrator by doing one of the following:
• In Command WorkStation, in Job Center, click the Calibrate icon.
• In Command WorkStation, in Device Center, click the General tab, click Tools, and then click Calibrate.
• In Command WorkStation, in Job Center, right-click a held job and select Calibrate job.
In this case, Calibrator automatically selects the calibration setting used by the job.
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