Canon large format printer imagePROGRAF iPF6400S User Manual

ListofColorManagementFunctions
Thisisalistofthefunctionsthatcanbeusedforcolormanagementinthisprinter.
ColormanagementfunctionPrinter+Spectropho-tometerUnitPrinteronlyReferenceColorCalibrationUsingthePrinterSensorCanexe-cuteCanexe-cuteColorCalibrationUsingthePrinterSen-sor

Managing Colors Using Printer SensorsManaging Colors Using Printer Sensors
Youcancorrectforvariationsincolortonesduetodifferencesbetweenindividualprintheadsandchangeswithaging byexecutingthefollowingfunctionsusingthecolorcalibrationfunctionusingtheprintersensor.
Furthermore,youcanexecutecolorcalibrationandcheckthecalibrationlogsofprintersremotelybyusingtheColor...

ExecutingColorCalibrationfromtheControlPanelonthePrinter
ExecutecolorcalibrationfromtheControlPanelontheprinterasfollows.
Refertotheinformationon Color Calibration Management Console operationswhenexecutingcolorcalibrationfrom
thecomputer. (See" ExecutingColorCalibration(Windows) .")

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Thissectiondescribesthecolormanagementtasksthatarepossiblebyusingthespectrophotometerunit(optional).
SpectrophotometerUnit(Optional)ColorCalibration
Althoughthereareslightdifferencesinhowcolorsappearduetoindividualvariationsoragingamongprinters,there areonlysmallvariationsincolortonesbecausethevariationsincolortonescanbecorrectedbyexecutingcolorcali-
brationusingtheprintersensor....

ThefollowingprocedureusingMCTisneededinordertoperformcolorcalibrationonpaperotherthangenuine
Canonpaperandfeedcertifiedpaperusingaprinter(8-colormodel)thatsupportscalibrationlinkwithoutaSpec-
trophotometerUnitmounted.1
Registerthemediainformationusing Add Custom Paper.
2
AddtheCalibration Target informationinCreate Calibration Target tothecreatedcustompaper.
3
SaveasaCustomMediaInformationFilethatcontainsthe Calibration Target.
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Using the Spectrophotometer Unit (option)Using the Spectrophotometer Unit (option)
ThissectionprovidespracticalexamplesofusingtheSpectrophotometerUnittoexecutecolorcalibrationandmake
printeradjustments.

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Press
xor 
ztoselect AutoAdjst(HiPrc) andthenpressOKtoexecutecolorcalibration.
Thesystemthenprintsthetestpatternbuiltintotheprinter,performscolormeasurement,andautomatically setstheadjustmentvalue.
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