Spot Colors Deep Dive in Fiery proserver and Fiery XF Wide Format Series Kerry Moloney Field & Channel Marketing Manager Fiery Wide Format John Nate WW Technical Product Training Manager Fiery Wide Format
Session overview How to get the best match possible on your substrates Working with PANTONE, TOYO, DIC and HKS matching systems Modifying existing spot colors, adding custom spot colors, and building custom spot color libraries How to evaluate spot color accuracy, and using EFI s Dynamic Wedge to improve spot color reproduction 2
Today s topics EFI Color Editor overview and preferences Adding custom colors to a spot color table Spot color accuracy evaluation, optimization & modification Setting workflow defaults Using the Dynamic Wedge 3
Why spot colors? Why are they important? 4
Brand identity 5
The EFI solution Built-in capability Support industry-standard libraries Spot color option EFI Color Editor Modify standard colors Add custom colors Evaluate spot color accuracy Improve spot color accuracy 6
The EFI solution Fiery proserver and Fiery XF spot color support CPSI = Maximum 127 Spot Colors APPE = Maximum 27 Spot Colors 7
The EFI solution Fiery proserver and Fiery XF Spot color support CPSI = 127 Spot Colors Max. APPE = 27 Spot Colors Max. 8
Built-in spot color tables TOYO HKS PANTONE DIC 9
The EFI Color Editor Overview and preferences 10
Launching the Color Editor 11
Launching the Color Editor 12
Launching the Color Editor 13
Launching the Color Editor 14
Launching the Color Editor 15
Launching the Color Editor 16
The EFI Color Editor 17
The EFI Color Editor 18
The EFI Color Editor 19
Color Editor Preferences 20
Color Editor Preferences 21
Overprint Characteristics 22
Overprint Characteristics 23
Color Editor Preferences 24
Color Editor Preferences 25
Color Editor Preferences 26
Chromatic adaptation transform (CAT) 27
Transform algorithms 28
Chromatic adaptation transform (CAT) 29
Overprint Characteristics Bradford Adaptation CMCC Cat 2000 CMYK Addition 30
Overprint Characteristics 31
Overprint Characteristics 32
Color Editor Preferences 33
Color Editor Preferences 34
Color Editor Preferences 35
Color Editor Preferences 36
Color Editor Preferences 37
Color Editor Preferences 38
Color Editor Preferences 39
Color Editor Preferences 40
Color Editor Preferences 41
Color Editor Preferences 42
Adding custom spot colors Manually or by measurement 43
Adding custom spot colors 44
Adding custom spot colors 45
Adding custom spot colors 46
Adding custom spot colors 47
Adding custom spot colors 48
Adding custom spot colors 49
Adding custom spot colors 50
Adding custom spot colors 51
Adding custom spot colors 52
Adding custom spot colors 53
Adding custom spot colors 54
Processing spot colors 55
Processing spot colors L*a*b* 17/40/0/0/27 63/47/-68 56
Processing spot colors CMYK+ 17/40/0/0/27 63/47/-68 Source 57
Processing spot colors CMYK+ 17/40/0/0/27 63/47/-68 Printer 58
Processing spot colors CMYK+ 17/40/0/0/27 63/47/-68 59
Spot color evaluation What is your gamut? 60
Gamut check 61
Gamut check 62
Gamut check 63
Gamut check < 2.25 > 2.25 64
Spot color optimization Is it possible? 65
Spot color optimization 66
Spot color optimization 67
Spot color optimization 68
Spot color optimization 69
Spot color optimization 70
Spot color modification Accurate but unacceptable? 71
Editing the definition 72
Editing the definition 73
Editing the definition 74
Adding tints 75
Modifying the gradation curve 76
Client based modifications 77
Client based modifications 78
Client based modifications 79
Client based modifications 80
Client based modifications 81
Setting workflow defaults Bring it all together 82
PS/EPS/PDF settings 83
In-RIP separation setting 84
In-RIP separation setting 85
Enable L*a*b* 2 73 42 8 86
Disable Spot Process 87
Force C M Y K WT Silver 88
Spot color pane 89
Spot color pane 90
Input handling 91
Spot color library 92
Spot color library 93
Search priority 94
Search priority 95
Search priority 96
Search priority 97
Unknown spot colors 98
The Dynamic Wedge How did you do? 99
Verification - setup 100
The Dynamic Wedge Standard Wedge Dynamic Wedge Process Colors Spot Colors Process and Spot Colors 101
The Dynamic Wedge Dynamic Wedge 102
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Session summary We learned How easy it is to add, modify and manage your spot colors for the best results across multiple substrates That spot color gradation and overprint behavior should be considered and controlled How the Dynamic Wedge really can help you evaluate and improve spot color reproduction To learn more, we have some resources for you 108
Additional resources Color management settings in Fiery proserver and Fiery XF Tech Note Pantone Color Institute articles PANTONE Numbering Explained Spot vs. Process Color Designing Accurate Color World of Fiery Webinar The ABCs of Producing the Best Match for Spot Colors 109
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Spot Colors Deep Dive Thank you! 111