Click [Options…] button next to the [Select ColorCheck environment] drop-down menu. This opens the G7 Swatch Options dialog (Figure 2).

 

[Use Color Management from Quick Set] option applies the Color Management settings in the Quick Set including the Input Profile,Rendering Intent, and Output profile. This allows you to test how well G7 calibration is accomplished by the Color Management profiles selected in the Quick Set. If a G7 test fails, the cause may be due to an incorrect Input Profile selection (which doesn’t achieve G7 aims) or by failure of the printer profile to get accurate results for the associated print mode. The default setting of this box is checked.

 

NOTE: If this option is unchecked, the CMYK values of the selected swatch will be directly printed without applying ICC profiles from the Quick Set. This is useful for evaluating the results of the G7 Correction curves created during profiling in Media Manager.

 

Verification Measurements:

In this section, you can select [Use absolute measurements] or [Use profile-based substrate correction] to verify the measurements. (NOTE: When [Use profile-based substrate correction] is selected, the expected values are adjusted based on the white point of the associated print mode’s output profile using the rendering intent selected in the Quick Set.)

 

G7 CMY Gray Balance Tolerances

[Use G7 Native CMY] allows you for print-mode specific variations of 300% gray balance to be accounted for. This is especially important when a print mode has a significantly different color for 300% CMY than for offset printing.

 

G7 Colorspace Tolerances

In this section, there are two option boxes.

• Use Offset Print Tolerances – This is for day to day printing
• Use Proof Tolerances – This is for evaluating G7 proofing

 

[Characterization Data Set:]

There is [Only display data set compatible with swatch Quick Set]. When check this box, G7 characterization data sets compatible with the color management of the selected Quick Set are listed. With a green check mark next to them (Figure 6). Otherwise, all the G7 characterization data sets are listed with a green check mark for those that are compatible, and red cross mark (X) for those not compatible.

 

Corresponding text is displayed with different colors alerting you whether you select a compatible or incompatible data set.

The G7 Grayscale evaluation swatches evaluate how well the calibration, G7 correction, or color management settings achieve NPDC tone scale and gray balance for printing CMYK output.

When ICC profiles are not used, then this evaluates how well the media model for calibration or the G7 Color Correction in Media Manager achieves G7 NPDC Grayscale aims for CMYK printing.

When ICC profiles are used, then it provides an evaluation of both G7 applicability of the input profile that is used along with the color accuracy of the print mode’s output profile.

G7 Grayscale may be the best choice to use for the purpose of assessing both accuracy and precision without using ICC Color Management.

It is necessary to use a print mode that is created in Media Manager with G7 Calibration / Correction.

The G7 Targeted evaluation swatches evaluate the accuracy of CMYK primaries and secondaries (solid two-color combinations) of a reference printing condition. They are evaluated in addition to assessing color management settings used to achieve NPDC tone scale and gray balance for printing CMYK output.

As most digital printers have inks with different color characteristics from conventional press reference printing conditions. G7 Targeted swatches should be printed using ICC color management. The Input profile defined in the Quick Set needs to be consistent with the reference printing conditions associated with the chosen swatch that is printed.

 

NOTE 1: You need to be careful when using G7 Targeted Evaluation swatches because an invalid profile configuration can lead to failure of the ColorCheck verification.

NOTE 2: G7 Targeted Evaluation assesses how the print gamut of the input profile is accurately simulated by the output profile that is associated with the print mode. Evaluating accuracy of the simulation is not necessarily the same as evaluating the accuracy of the output profile, because the colors in the gamut of the print profile may not be within the color gamut of the input profile.

The G7 Colorspace Evaluation swatches evaluate how various printed CMYK values accurately simulate the result of a full reference printing condition. In addition, assessing Color Management settings used to achieve NPDC tone scale and gray balance for printing CMYK output.

Since most digital printers have inks with different color characteristics from conventional press reference printing conditions, G7 Colorspace swatches should be printed using ICC Color management. The Input profile that is defined in the Quick Set needs to be consistent with the reference printing conditions associated with the chosen swatch that is printed.

 

NOTE 1: You need to be careful when using G7 Colorspace Evaluation swatches because an invalid profile configuration can lead to failure of the ColorCheck verification.

NOTE 2: G7 Colospace Evaluation assesses how the print gamut of the input profile is accurately simulated by the output profile that is associated with the print mode. Evaluating accuracy of the simulation is not necessarily the same as evaluating the accuracy of the output profile, because the colors in the gamut of the print profile may not be within the color gamut of the input profile

By enabling this box, you will only get a report for this G7 swatch and the ColorCheck mode verification status will not be updated.

By enabling this box, you can setup a time period (Hours / Days / Weeks / Months) before the G7 ColorCheck swatch should be re-printed and re-measured to ensure that printing with the mode is still in conformance.