You can set the product colors and the order in which colors are printed in this section.
By default, the job settings of a product also are valid for the relevant product parts.
When you select a product and change and save the job settings, you also change these job settings in the product parts.
When you select a product part and change and save its job settings, a set of job settings will automatically be generated especially for this part.
The job settings of a product appear in red if job settings were made separately for product parts.
You can define preferences for handling colors in the job in the top part of the window.
Assignment of job colors to mark colors
This is where you set whether the colors that are in the PDF files of the print job or that are defined in this section will be used for the color marks and, if so, how they will be used. These colors are called "job colors".
Automatically per Surface
The job colors are assigned automatically to the color marks for each surface if you enable this option. It is no longer possible to set up the mark colors manually. These settings are lost if mark colors were already defined manually (see "User-defined" option). Through this setting, the system automatically tries to avoid gaps in the color control bars.
Note: We recommend that you enable this option (default).
User-defined
Enable this option if you wish to assign colors individually to the color marks. This setting lets you assign all the job colors to the marks placeholders of the Heidelberg color control bars. You can assign the colors as follows:
Global
Manual assignment of the colors to the mark colors impacts all the marks of the job.
in layout
Manual assignment of the colors to the mark colors impacts only the marks that are in the imported layout. Manual assignment has no impact on these marks if color marks not defined in the layout are in the job.
Allow spot colors for BCMY
It is possible to set spot colors to the "BCMY" process color code when this option is enabled. By doing this, you can avoid gaps in the color control bar.
If a job does not have all of the CMYK process colors but their spot colors instead or even just spot colors, issues can occur in the "Optimized Color Workflow" when assigning the job colors to the mark colors because normally the process colors are expected in the order "CMYK". When you enable this option, the spot colors are assigned to the "BCMY" marks placeholders, making correct assignment possible.
Prerequisite: This function is designed solely for the "Optimized Color Workflow" with a set assignment of the job colors to the process colors and can be enabled only for this workflow.
"Target" list boxes
This is where you set the target color space for job processing. Depending on the colors that are in the input documents, colors can be mapped to the target color space. A difference is made between the "Process" target and the "Output" target.
•"Process" affects processing in the Prinect Manager.
•"Output" affects the color space of printing (press, proofer, etc.).
"Process" target
•CMYK..., else L*a*b*
CMYK is set as the process color space if objects defined in CMYK are found in the input data. L*a*b* is set as the process color space if there are no CMYK objects.
•L*a*b*, else CMYK
L*a*b* is set as the process color space if objects defined in L*a*b* are found in the input data. CMYK is set as the process color space if there are no L*a*b* objects.
•CMYK..., else error
CMYK is set as the process color space if objects defined in CMYK are found in the input data. An error message is issued and processing canceled if there are no CMYK objects.
•L*a*b*, else error
L*a*b* is set as the process color space if objects defined in L*a*b* are found in the input data. An error message is issued and processing canceled if there are no L*a*b* objects.
"Output" target
•CMYK..., else L*a*b*
CMYK is set as the target color space if objects defined in CMYK are found in the input data. L*a*b* is set as the target color space if there are no CMYK objects.
•L*a*b*, else CMYK
L*a*b* is set as the target color space if objects defined in L*a*b* are found in the input data. CMYK is set as the target color space if there are no L*a*b* objects.
•CMYK..., else error
CMYK is set as the target color space if objects defined in CMYK are found in the input data. An error message is issued and processing canceled if there are no CMYK objects.
•L*a*b*, else error
L*a*b* is set as the target color space if objects defined in L*a*b* are found in the input data. An error message is issued and processing canceled if there are no L*a*b* objects.
Take color definitions for new colors from color tables
The color definitions for new colors are taken from the color tables of the Prinect Manager when this option is enabled.
The color definitions for new colors are taken from the PDF input documents when this option is not enabled.
Autoresolve naming conflicts for new colors
The following processes are run if this option is checked:
•The names of all the spot colors are checked for correct notation (e.g. CYAN to Cyan).
•All PANTONE extensions (CV, CVC, CVU, ...) are automatically changed to the current ones (C, U).
•HKS and PANTONE colors whose names only differ in their extensions automatically use one name. No difference is made between upper and lower case during the verification.
Note: We recommend that you always enable this option.
Submit print order to press
The order of the process colors determines how they will be overprinted: the color lying at the bottom of the order will be printed first.
When this option is enabled, the order of the process colors set in the job settings will be used for printing. You can also change the order of the process colors with drag-and-drop.
If this option is not enabled, the order of the process colors can be changed at a different point in the workflow.
Output empty separations
Empty separations, i.e. separations defined in the PDF documents but without any objects, are also output when this option is enabled. If this option is not selected, empty separations are not submitted to the output process,