Calibration Tool: Creation of Central Calibration Data

Device context

The term "device context" encompasses the device data of one or more devices or the access to the device data.

The device data of the existing output devices (imagesetters, TIFF-B devices) are available to an inte­grated Calibration Manager of a Prinect server. With Calibration Tool this is initially not the case.

You must select a device context before you can create calibration data with Calibration Tool. This means that you connect to the Prinect server and make the device data available to Calibration Tool through this connection. Alternatively, you can also import a device context from an ipr file (image­setter profile file).

You can create and edit calibrations for the output devices of the device context while this context is selected.

By selecting device contexts, you can create calibrations in Calibration Tool for all devices of all out­put workflows. These calibrations are then available in the central calibration database.

You can select a device context in Calibration Tool in "Administration > Device Context" as described below.

Description of the "Device Context" tab

1.Go to "Administration > Device Context".

2.Select the device context you want for the Prinect server.
"Select Prepress Manager Server by Name or by IP Address" option.

•IPR file (recorder profile file):

"Read Device Context from IPR File (Imagesetter Profile File)" option.

You can load the device data for a certain device with the help of the IPR file.

3.Make the device data accessible:

•Prinect server:
Click "Connect".

There is now a connection to the relevant server.

•IPR file: Click "Open". The IPR file is loaded.

The "Info" and "Synchronize Database" options are enabled if you selected a Prinect server as the device context.

4."Info": Shows the setup of the database and the synchronization method on the Calibration Manager as well as the time of the last synchronization.

5."Synchronize Database": This lets you trigger remote synchronization of the central calibration database (see below).