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Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2
2. GeneralTestPage 4
3. IT8Target 5
4. CIELab/sRGBColorChart 8
5. CIELab/sRGBGrayscaleChart 9
6. GrayscaleConversions 12
7. Reflectance/Density/VisualDotArea 15
8. DotGain 17
9. BlackGeneration 19
10. Files 20
Color Printer Test Pages
SettingsforAcrobat
Edit/Preferences/General/PageDisplay(sinceversion6)
CustomResolution72dpi
Edit/Preferences/General/ColorManagement(fullversiononly)
sRGBEuroscaleCoatedorISOCoatedorSWOPGrayGamma2.2
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Purpose:page4demonstratesmanyfeaturesforallkindofcolorlaser,inkjetanddyesublimationprinters.Especiallyhelpfulfortestingaprintercalibration.
Printable area:pagealignmentandprintableareaareshownbythreeframes.
Gray balance:theRGBgraywedge1shouldbeprintedbyrichblackCMYK.Thiswedgeislinearbynumbers.At0.5wehaveR=G=B=128.Graywedge2(PostScript)shouldbeprintedbyK-only.Kislinearbynumbers.
Linearity and ink transition:smoothnessandlinearityofprimary inksCMYareshowntopleftbythreewedges.TransitionsofMagenta / LightMagentaandCyan/LightCyanforsix-color-printersarealsoshowntopleft.
Saturation:fullysaturatedcolorsonthefanandonthewheel.BlackL=0.0tomedi-umlightnessL=0.5andfromL=0.5toWhiteL=1.0.Hue,LightnessandSaturationaredefinedbytheHLScolorordersystem.LinearlycodedbynumbersinsRGB.
Ink limit:problemswithtoomuchinkareapparentattheblackendoftherichblackgraywedge,theblackpartsinthephotoandintheinklimitswatch300%.Dependingonthepaper,thetotalinklimitshouldnotbehigherthan300%or320%.
Black generation: Undercolor Removal UCR or Gray Component ReplacementGCRcanbetested.TheleftgrayportraitisRGBcodedandshouldbeprintedbyrichblack.Therightportraitisagrayscale,convertedfromtheRGBimageby20%dotgain.
General appearance:colorphoto,bottomlargeimage.
Rastered black text:textisprintedby100%,75%and50%K-only.
Color accuracy:pages5-7showanIT8scannertarget:page5codedbysRGBpage6byProPhotoRGBandpage7codedbyLab.ForsRGBsomecolorsareoutofgamut.ThesearemarkedbyadotandtheRGBvaluesareclipped.LoadinPhotoshopanypageinitsspecificcolorspaceandmeasu-reRGBandLabvalues.Thevaluesarecolorimetricallycorrectbutalittlerounded.Page8isusedsimilarly.
Gray accuracy:page9showsaCIELabgrayscalechart,codedbysRGB.ThiswillbeprintedmostlybyK-onlybecauseofaninternalinterpretationofR=G=B.Page10showsasimilarCIELabgrayscalechart.Bisalittlemodified.ThispageshouldbebeprintedalwaysbyCMYKrichblack,nearlyasneutralgray.Page11isdefinedasPostScriptgraphicwithvaluesK=0to100.
Grayscale conversions:chapter6.2showsseveralconversions.Images1to6aregrayscales,codedby1byteperpixel.Accordingtochapter8.1eachdotgaincanbereplacedbyanequivalentgamma.Images7and8areinCMYKwiththreeemptychannelsCMY,codedby4bytesperpixel.Animprovedworkflowisexplainedinchapter6.3.
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How to apply the test pages using a RIP (Raster Image Processor)
RGBsourcespace sRGB
CMYKsourcespace None
Destinationspace Actualprinterprofile
RenderingIntent RelativeColorimetric
Thisshouldshowallcomponentscorrectlyprinted.CMYKispassedthroughwithoutanychange.K-onlyshouldbeprintedbypureblack.
How to apply the test pages using Photoshop
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PrintingbyaRIPretainsallfeaturesofthetestpages.
PrintingbyPhotoshopshouldbedoneinRGBmode.Theresultiseasilyaffectedbywrongsettings.
Open document in CMYK working space
CMYKvaluesarecorrectlyindicated.RGBvaluesareconvertedtoCMYKusingtheactualcolorspaces.
ThismodecanbeusedforprintingbuttheRGBcomponentscannotbereproducedcorrectly.
Open document in RGB working space
RGBvaluesandLabvaluesarecorrectlyindicated.CMYKvaluesareconvertedtoRGBusingtheactualcolorspaces.K-onlycomponentsappearasrichblack(theCMYchannelsarenotempty).
ThismodecanbeusedforprintingbuttheCMYKcomponentscannotberepro-ducedcorrectly.
RGBcolorspace sRGB
CMYKspace EuroscaleCoated
Grayscale Gamma=2.2
Destinationspace Actualprinterprofile
RenderingIntent RelativeColorimetric
The settings for Acrobat (Reader)
Colorspaces sRGB/EuroscaleCoated/GrayGamma=2.2(seech.6.3)
Softproof Off
Thisdocumentdoesnothaveembeddedprofiles.
Thisdocumentdoeshaveaglobaloutputintent:sRGB.
Itshouldbeusedbynumbers.
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Nexttext75%black:Graywedge1shouldbeprintedbyrichblackCMYK.Graywedge2byK-only.Graywedge1hasalwaysatintuntiltheprinterisaccuratelycolorcalibrated.ThethreeCMYwedgesshouldbeprintedbypureinks.Nexttext100%black:SourceworkingspaceforRGBcomponentswassRGB.ArtefactsmayappearinthePDFpre-viewifSmoothLineArtisenabledinAcrobat.
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ThegraychartonthepreviouspageisprintedeitherbyK-onlyorbyrichblackCMYK.DesktopprintersprintmostlybyK-only.
TheprintercanbeforcedtoprintbyrichblackCMYKifthevaluesRGBareslightlydifferent.Herewehaveadded1unitof255totheBchannel.Thegrayisnotaccu-ratebutgoodenoughforagraybalancetest.
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�.� Grayscale Conversions
AcolorimagescontainsadditionallyapatchwhichisfilledinPhotoshopinsRGBmodebyRGB=128/128/128.Theimageisthenconvertedtograyscalebyseveraldifferentdotgains.Theimagedoesnotchangetheappearance.IfwechooseinthecolorsettingsthesameGrayGamma2.2asastandard,thenthenewlyloadedimageswilllookdifferent.Thenextpageshowstheconvertedimagesincludingthepatchtopright.ThelargenumberinthepatchisthegraynumberaftertheconversionasmeasuredbyPhoto-shop.R=G=B=128isequivalenttoL*=54inthegraycharts.
GrayscalesbyPhotoshopshouldbesavedbyoneoftheseformats-EPSwithoutPostScriptcolormanagement,with8-bitTIFFpreview-K-onlyCMYKTIFFcancauseshiftsbyExporttoPDFinPageMaker6.52and7.01.ExporttoPDFbyPageMaker6.52shouldbedoneinmodeCMYK.ThisdoesnotaffectRGBimages.VectorgraphicsshouldbedefinedbyCMYKanyway.
ForoffsetprintingbyK-onlywehave touseanappropriatedotgain,as recom-mendedbytheserviceprovider /printer.Theimages7and8(nextpage)showtwoversions,executedbymodifiedprofileswithBlackGeneration=Maximum(emptyplatesCMY)ColorsettingsforExporttoPDF:
Thegrayscaleconversionsworkasfollows:1.RemovegammaencodingforsRGB. Thisisessentiallyapowerfunctionwithgammag1=2.2. Thenumbersareconvertedbyc2=c1
g1.2.Applydotgainencoding. Eachdotgainhasanequivalentgammavalueg2(simplifiedmodel). Thenumbersareconvertedby c3=c2
1/g2.3.Altogetherwegetnewnumbersc3=c1
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ForGrayGamma=2.2weget c3=c1.
Dotgain%GammaR=G=B 0 1.00 55 10 1.32 80 15 1.51 93 20 1.74 105 25 2.00 118 28.2 2.20 128 30 2.32 132EC 104 BlackInkEuroscaleCoatedv2
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2.GrayscaleDG=15% 3.GrayscaleDG=20%
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7.Left:CMYKK-onlyBlackInk-EuroscaleCoatedv2CMYKwiththreeemptyplatesCMYCodedbyfourbytesperpixelExecutedbyEurostandard CoatedDotgain=9%BlackGeneration=Maximum
8.Right:CMYKK-onlyBlackInk-EuroscaleCoatedv2CMYKasaboveExecutedbyEurostandardCoatedDotgain=15%BlackGeneration=Maximum(notavailableforEuroscaleCoated)
ThegrayscalesweresavedasEPS.PageMaker’sExporttoPDFinCMYKmoderetainsCMYKnumbersandRGBnumbersand graynumbersingrayscales.
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�.� Grayscale K-only Printing / PDF/X-�a
Thischapterdescribesaworkflowwhichisentirelybasedononeoffsetprofile,hereforinstanceISOCoated.ThedescriptionfollowsAdobeCS2withAcrobat7Profes-sional.
DefinecolorsettingsinPhotoshop:RGB sRGB(forinstance)CMYK ISOCoatedGray BlackInkISOCoated(byloadingISOCoated)Spot Dotgain20%Saveas sRGB-ISO-ISO-20.csf
SynchronizationbyBridgedeliversinInDesign:RGB sRGBCMYK ISOCoatedGray Undefined(probablygamma=2.2)Spot Undefined
ManualsynchronizationforAcrobatdelivers:RGB sRGBCMYK ISOCoatedGray BlackInkISOCoatedSpot Undefined
ImageprocessingbyPhotoshop:ColorimageModeGrayscaleMakenewdocinCMYKwithwhitebackgroundandthesamesizebypixelsColormanagement:UseISOCoated(thepurposeisnotclear,butnotwrong)Grayscale:Selectall,CopyCMYK:PasteintochannelKSaveCMYKasuncompressedTIFF,withoutembeddingtheICCprofile
WorkflowinInDesign:MakedocumentPlaceTIFFSaveasPDF/X-1a,withmodifiedjoboptions:Downsampleto288dpiifabove/ZIP8bitsperchannel/LeavecolorunchangedUseRenderingIntentISOCoated(thisismerelyaninformation)NowwehaveaPDF/X-1acompliantPDF.PureCMYK,butthechannelsCMYareempty,whichshouldbetoldtothepresspeople.TheviewingconditionsinPhoto-shop,InDesignandAcrobatareconsistentlydefinedbyCMYK.Anexampleforfilesize:Grayscale458kB,CMYK1832kB,ZIP8-PDF519kB.ThecompressionratioisnotgoodforZIP-8,butemptychannelsdonotcontributemuchtofilesize.
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�.� Reflectance / Density / Visual Dot Area
ThetableonthenextpageshowsthedensityD,thereflectancefactorR,theCIE1931luminanceY,theLablightnessL*andthevisualdotareaAfordifferentblackdensitiesDb.
Allthisisvalidforassumedidealconditions:
DensityD ReflectanceR CIEY LabL*Darkness infinite 0 0 0Paperwhite 0 1 100 100
InmatrixcalculationstherangeforYis0to1.Herewehave,asinmanyprograms,therange0to100.Hence,YismerelyRmultipliedby100.
ThevisualdotareaAiscalculatedbytheMurray-Daviesmodel.
TonerprintersmayhaveblackatD=1.5.OffsetandinkjetdensitiescanbeaboveD = 2.
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�.� Dot Gain
Thisdiagramshows thegrowthoftheareaofprinteddotsonthepaper.Aprintertonereproductioncurveisoftensimilartoapowerfunc-tion, like the so-called Gammafunctionforamonitor,butshownsomewhatmirrored.ForGamma=2.0wereadfortheinput0.50(50%)theoutputvalue0.75whichisinterpretedasdotgain25%.AccordingtoISOthedotgainhastobemeasuredat40%.Photoshopseemstouse50%.
AgrayprofilecanbederivedfromacolorCMYKprofile.ButitseemsthatthedotgainisdifferentforrichblackandK-only.
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Thisdiagramshowstheden-sityDandthevalueKasfunc-tionsoftheCIELablightness.
ThefunctionK(L*)isbasedonmeasurementsL*inaswatchbookforEuroscaleCoatedv2.
A simple quadratic functionwasusedforcurvefitting.
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�. Black Generation
Black Generation means the strategyhowtoreplaceCMYinkbyKinkindarkareas.UCR(UndercolorRemoval):Equalamountsofcolor inkarereplacedbyKinkinneutralareas.GCR (Gray Component Replacement):EqualamountsofcolorinkaboveacertainlevelarereplacedbyKinkeverywhere.
ThecurveswerecreatedbyGretagMac-bethProfileEditor,modeGraybalance:’TheGrayBalancewindowindicatesthecurveof theLab lightnessaxis foreachcolor channel.The L* range (Lightnessaxis)isindicatedfrom0to100.Thiscannotbetrue.Atleastaretheaxesinreversedirection.
EuroscaleCoatedv2usesmediumGCR,ISO Coated uses heavy GCR and theinkjetwasprofiled for lightGCR.This isnecessaryinordertoavoidtheso-calledpeppereffect.StrongerGCRstabilizesthegraybalance.Names (characterizations) like medium,heavyorlightarenotstandardized.OffsetProfileISOCoated
InkjetProfileforMutoh6100
OffsetProfileEuroscaleCoated
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