In the "Measure" main function, you can invoke a dialog for creating custom spot color control strips with "Tools > Spot color control strips".
You can then use these custom control strips in "Control strip > User-defined" in the "Color Toolbox > New measurement file" dialog as reference data for new measurements.
This gives you a fast way to compare the spot colors you use with the desired result, allowing you to check deviations in paint pot batches or the quality when replaced by CMYK or Multicolor.
You can define as many as eight spot colors for a control strip. If a number greater than that is entered in the "Spot colors" box, the dialog automatically switches to the maximum setting of eight colors.
When you first create such a control strip, you only select a profile you want for an initial calculation of separation values, enter the number of spot colors and then define the values in the table.
There are three ways to define the values:
•Enter the Lab values directly into the boxes in the table (the separation values are calculated from this and cannot be edited directly)
•Import the values from a color table (select "Table" and "Name" of the color from the list box, mark the spot color you want in the lower table and click "Set color" beside "Table")
•Import from measured data
In this case, the measurement file you want must be open.
1.Mark the patch in the measurement file whose value you wish to use .
2.Click "Import from measured data" (a preview of the color displays on the right).
3.Mark the spot color item you want in the lower table.
4.Click "Set color" beside "Import from measured data".
You can manually match the Lab values in the table after you import from measured data and use values from the color tables.
The finished control strip is saved as a txt file. At the same time, a reference file (".ref") is also generated that can then be found in "User-defined" in the control strips.
Click "Import reference data" in the dialog if you wish to edit an existing custom control strip or use one as the basis for an advanced strip. The reference profile, number of spot colors and defined color are taken from the reference file.
You can now, for example, increase the number of spot colors, define additional colors or just edit the existing inputs. When you click "Save", the "Storage location & base file name" dialog always opens, allowing you to decide whether to replace the old reference or to save it as an additional reference under a new name.