User manual RICOH PRINTING GUIDELINE FOR RICOH COLOR PRODUCTS 2.01

[. . . ] Printing Guideline Using ICC Profiles with Ricoh Color Products Version 2. 01 Printing Guideline for Ricoh Color Products 2. 01 Contents 1 2 Page Introduction. 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 3 4 About Calibration . 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 18 18 19 20 20 20 21 5 6 2 Printing Guideline for Ricoh Color Products 2. 01 6. 3 6. 4 6. 5 6. 6 6. 7 6. 8 6. 9 6. 10 6. 11 6. 12 6. 13 6. 14 6. 15 6. 16 6. 2. 4 Converting Untagged Images when Opening . . 21 22 23 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 36 37 37 39 39 39 40 40 41 42 42 43 44 45 45 46 47 47 48 48 48 50 50 50 51 51 51 52 53 53 53 53 54 54 3 Printing Guideline for Ricoh Color Products 2. 01 7 Quark Applications . [. . . ] Choose Element > Image > CMS Source ProÞle. 45 Printing Guideline for Ricoh Color Products 2. 01 For This Item Uses select None. · If you want to change the source proÞle for the selected image, select ColorSync for This Item Uses and select the appropriate proÞle as Source ProÞle. For Rendering Intent, select Default. For more details on the other options, see Rendering Intent in the glossary. 6. 11 PageMaker 6. 5 for Windows With version 6. 5 of Adobe PageMaker for Windows it has become possible to use ICC proÞles for the source and output device directly. Now RGB Þles (TIFF, JPEG, GIF) can be placed and printed directly without any additional steps. As opposed to the previous version, in version 6. 5 the general settings for the source and the destination ICC proÞles are set in the Color Management System (CMS) setup menu. Besides, the settings for the image source can be changed individually for every single image within the document. The workßow for the user is very handy and will therefore be described brießy in this section. For detailed information, see the Adobe PageMaker 6. 5 User's Guide. · · · · Open the document in which you want to insert the RGB image. Select File > Preferences > General > CMS Setup. . . · · · For Color Management select On. For Kodak ICC Settings, choose the appropriate proÞles for your paper type and monitor. If you did not select New Items Use: Kodak ICC in the preferences, you have to switch on color management for the single images. 46 Printing Guideline for Ricoh Color Products 2. 01 · · · · Choose Element > Image > CMS Source. . . For more details on the other rendering options, see Rendering Intent in the glossary. If you want to disable color management for a single image within the document, select the image. For This Item Uses, select None. 6. 12 PageMaker 7. 0 for Windows and Macintosh refer to PageMaker 6. 5 6. 13 Acrobat 4. 0 Windows and Macintosh Acrobat 4. 0 provides the possibility to consider embedded ICC proÞles in PDF document Þles. Select your favorite color management system for interpreting color proÞles. · Choose File > Preferences > General Color: Choose a color management system (CMS) for interpreting color accurately across devices. 47 Printing Guideline for Ricoh Color Products 2. 01 6. 14 Acrobat Distiller 4. 0 for Windows and Macintosh Acrobat Distiller converts PostScript Þles to PDF Þles. You can select fonts to embed in the new PDF Þle, deÞne how to compress images in the Þle, choose a proÞle to provide color information about images in the Þle, and customize the conversion in other ways. You can use one of three predeÞned sets of job option to optimize PDF Þles for different purposes, and you can customize and save your own sets of job options. The job options include the ability to manage color in your documents and even embed ICC proÞles to maintain accurate color in PDF Þles from one ICC- aware application or output device to another. 6. 14. 1 Adding ProÞles Place your Ricoh proÞles in the Acrobat folder, or the Windows/System/Color folder (Windows) or the System/Preferences/ColorSync folder (Mac). 6. 14. 2 Setting Color Options · · Select Settings > Job Options. . . Click on the Color tab Section Conversion: Leave Colors unchanged: A useful option when your workßow is not open, e. input and output is always made on the same devices and their behavior is well known and considered. Tag Everything For Color Mgmt (No Conversion): Choosing this option embeds ICC proÞles for all page elements to the resulting PDF Þle. [. . . ] First the original data is converted to the Þnal print process gamut, e. g. by an Euroscale ICC proÞle, and then it is converted colorimetrically to the proofer`s gamut. Soft prooÞng means the simulation of an offset printing process` gamut on a monitor. Relative colorimetric This rendering intent does exactly the same as absolute colorimetric, but it additionally compares the white points of the source and destination gamuts and shifts the colors accordingly. [. . . ]