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Adjustment Types of Color Calibration Color calibration has two adjustment types, Common calibration and Unique calibration, with one of these selected when color calibration is executed.
The selected adjustment type is determined from the media type that color calibration is executed on.
Common calibration is a feature that allows you to use multiple media types easily in a short time because it is not necessary to execute color calibration on each media type.
If color calibration is executed on paper categorized as Common calibration, dedicated calibration adjustment values are set on the media type that Common calibration was executed on.
Furthermore, calibration adjustment values are set on all print qualities for all media types where color calibration has not been executed.
NOTE
- If the paper you are using does not support color calibration, execute color calibration using the paper where the adjustment type is Common calibration, then you can set the calibration adjustment values for the paper you are using.
- The calibration adjustment values are not overwritten for media types where color calibration has been executed once and dedicated calibration adjustment values have been set.
If color calibration is executed on paper categorized as Unique calibration, calibration adjustment values are set only for the media type that the color calibration was executed on.
NOTE
- Even if paper categorized as Unique calibration is used, if the media type has yet to execute color calibration even once and does not have any dedicated calibration adjustment values, the calibration adjustment values are overwritten when Common calibration is executed.
- Calibration values configured by color calibration using the printer sensor and calibration values configured by color calibration using the optional Spectrophotometer Unit are managed as separate data.
Because of this, the calibration values configured using the Spectrophotometer Unit are not overwritten when Common calibration is executed using the printer sensor.
Checking the Applied Calibration Values Depending on the paper type, it may be possible to execute color calibration using the printer sensor and the Spectrophotometer Unit and to have two sets of calibration values.
In this case, the calibration values that were set when color calibration was executed the last time are applied when printing.
The currently applied calibration values can be checked using the Color Calibration Management Console or Control Panel menu.
| How to Check | How to Operate | Displayed Content |
| Check in the Color Calibration Management Console. | Display the Paper Status dialog box and view the Type.
(See "
Calibration Sheet (Color Calibration Management Console) (iPF6400S/iPF8400S)
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Auto Adjust: Calibration values set using the printer sensor
Auto Adjust (High Precision): Calibration values set using the Spectrophotometer Unit |
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Check in the menu of the Control Panel. | From Set./Adj. Menu, select Adjust Printer > Calibration > Calibration Log and then view Adjustment Type.
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Common Calibration: Calibration values set using the printer sensor (Common calibration)
Unique Calibration: Calibration values set using the printer sensor (Unique calibration)
UniqCal HiPrec/Std: Calibration values set using the Spectrophotometer Unit (Pattern Size is Standard)
UniqCal HiPrec/Lge: Calibration values set using the Spectrophotometer Unit (Pattern Size is Large) |
To Confirm the Paper Information Registered on the Printer
- Refer to the Calibration sheet on the Color Calibration Management Console when checking details on the computer.
- To print media information, select Paper Details on the Control Panel menu.
The following is displayed in the Calibration field.
| Display | Meaning |
| Standard | Supports color calibration using the printer sensor |
| High Precision | Supports color calibration using the Spectrophotometer Unit |
| OK(Common) | Executes Common calibration |
| OK(Unique) | Executes Unique calibration |
| N/A | Color calibration cannot be executed |
| N/A(Colorimetry Only) | Color calibration cannot be executed, but it can be used for acquiring color measurement data |
IMPORTANT
- To restore the default settings, set Reset PaprSetngs to Yes in System Setup in the Control Panel menu.
Because paper information added or modified by the Media Configuration Tool is deleted, if you have calibrated the printer using paper with information added by the Media Configuration Tool, color calibration executed this way can no longer be applied to any type of paper.
If you wish to apply calibration results, prepare calibration-compatible paper that was in the original settings and perform calibration again.
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