Administration of ICC Profiles
In addition to the shipped standard ICC profiles, you can create an ICC profile specifically tailored to each paper grade you use. As a result, you can have significantly better color reproduction compared to the standard profiles.
In the Prinect Cockpit, when you select the paper, the assigned ICC profile matched to this paper is then selected automatically. For this to happen, you only have to enable "Automatic Selection by Paper Type" in the "Digital Printing" step.
The required measurement data are determined by printing standard test charts on the digital press concerned and by measuring the results with a colorimeter. After this, the ICC profiles are calculated in a simple way from these.
The ICC profiles can also be created with a different software, e.g. Prinect Color Toolbox, and then imported to the Digital Engine Manager.
If a created ICC profile is to be used for a number of similar papers, copy the profile and assign the copy to one of these other papers.
When you export the selected ICC profile, it is saved in the file system. This lets you import it to another machine, for example, and use it there for the same paper without having to repeat the measurements.
Measuring Devices for Measuring Test Pages
Konica Minolta FD-9
You can use the FD-9 to measure printed test charts also on thicker paper (up to 1 mm paper thickness).
The integrated image scanner makes sure that the charts are aligned automatically. The benefit is that the prints do not have to be clipped as accurately as is the case with X-Rite iSis, for example,
•1500 color patches in only 4 minutes, 2500 patches in 7 minutes
•Test charts 45-330 mm (W) x 170-1500 mm (L) x 0.05-0.45 mm (D)
•Smallest patch size 6x6 mm
•Color patches per sheet: max. 1394 (DIN A4) or 2928 (DIN A3)
•Optional automatic sheet feeder for automated feed
X-Rite i1 iSis 2
You can use the X-Rite i1 iSis 2 to automatically measure large A4 and A3 test charts as well as strips distributed on three charts from web presses (e.g. "IT874_Visual_iSis_1_3", "..._2_3", "..._3_3").
You have to cut A3 test charts and test chart strips to size before they are scanned. Remember the following items when cutting to size:
•Cut the test charts as straight as possible.
•Cut approx. 2 mm on the outside beside the broken lines of the test charts. The broken lines may not be cut.
Note: With the XL version of the X-Rite i1 iSis 2, you can read in sheets up to A3+/US Tabloid without cutting them to size.
