The colors of the job are displayed here and, if necessary, you can edit the color settings for the production of the job.
In jobs that contain product parts, the color settings of the master product also affect the product parts by default, i.e. if a master product is selected and edited, the changes also affect the associated product parts.
If you change the color settings for a selected product part, a separate set of job settings is created for the product part in question, i.e. these changes only affect the product part in question.
If individual changes have been made to product parts in this way, the product part changes are displayed in red when the master product is edited.
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 automatic setting, the system tries to avoid gaps in the color control bars.
Note: We recommend that you enable this option (default).
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.
For the "User-defined" assignment, you can choose one of the following additional options (the respective option is enabled in addition to the "User-defined" option):
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 contained in the imported layout. Manual assignment has no impact on these marks if color marks not defined in the layout are in the job.
Note: To be able to use the multiple mark assignment or the "External" application, one of the option combinations "User-defined" + "global" or "User-defined" + "in layout" must be enabled. See Context menu for "Colors" or Usage.
Allow spot colors for BCMY for PrinectRenderer workflow
Prerequisite: This function only affects job processing with Prinect Integration Manager (with Prinect Prepress including Prinect Renderer), but not the PPF import workflow with a third-party prepress system. In addition, this option is designed only for the "Optimized Color Workflow" with a fixed assignment of the job colors to the process colors and can be enabled only for this workflow.
Note: If you use a system configuration with a third-party prepress system (PPF import workflow), you can find more information on assigning spot colors and defining the color sequence at the following location: "Color Mark Assignment" subtab.
If you enable the option "Allow spot colors for BCMY for PrinectRenderer workflow", you can assign the "BCMY" process color code to spot colors. By doing this, you can avoid gaps in the color control bar.
If a job does not contain all CMYK process colors, but instead uses spot colors as a substitute for individual process colors or even exclusively spot colors, problems may arise in the "Optimized Color Workflow (OFW)" when assigning the job colors to the mark colors. These problems are due to the fact that the process colors are normally expected in the order "CMYK." When you enable the option "Allow spot colors for BCMY for PrinectRenderer workflow", the spot colors are assigned to the "BCMY" marks placeholders, making correct assignment possible.
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.
•Destination"Process" affects processing in the Prinect Production workflow.
•Destination"Output" defines the destination color space for 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 Prinect Production 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).
•Old 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. This helps to avoid problems that may arise during print production due to inconsistent spot color names or their spelling.
Submit print order to press
The printing color sequence determines the overprinting behavior of the process colors. Basically, the color at the bottom of the print result is printed first, then the color above it, and so on.
When this option is enabled, the order of the process colors set in the Prinect job settings will be used for printing. If necessary, you can move the printing order here using "drag-and-drop".
If this option is not enabled, the order of the process colors can be set or 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 enabled, empty separations are not submitted to the respective output sequences.
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