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Density Balance Adjustment (Adjustment Flow When Changing the Screen)

Density Balance Adjustment (Adjustment Flow When Changing the

Screen)

This measures the output chart using a spectrophotometer, and automatically correct the density balance
according to the feedback of the measurement result.

Perform the following three processes in the order indicated:

STEP 1: Measure the density balance using a a spectrophotometer.

STEP 2: Save the measured data of the density balance.

STEP 3: Register the adjusted value of the density balance in the

machine.

Image quality adjustment flow and the position of this adjustment

In the pre-output image quality adjustment flow, this adjustment is positioned shown below.
Perform the previous adjustment before proceeding with this adjustment.

To not continuously perform the series of adjustment of the image quality adjustment flow,
perform Gamma Automatic Adjustment (Adjustment Flow When Changing the Screen / Regular
Adjustment Flow (High Accuracy)), and then resume from the next adjustment.

•For Image Controller IC-602:

Position of this adjustment

Image quality adjustment flow
Previous adjustment This adjustment Next adjustment

Without (STEP 2: Gamma STEP 3: This

(STEP 4: Calibration)
Adjustment flow when RU automatic adjustment) adjustment
changing the screen (STEP 2: Gamma STEP 3: This (STEP 4: Color
With RU
automatic adjustment) adjustment density control)

Without
Regular adjustment flow RU - (None)
(Standard)
With RU

Without
Regular adjustment flow RU - (None)
(High accuracy)
With RU

•For Image Controller IC-415 or Image Controller IC-308:

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 Position of this adjustment
Image quality adjustment flow
Previous adjustment This adjustment Next adjustment

Without (STEP 4: Printer gamma STEP 5: This (STEP 6:

Adjustment flow when RU offset adjustment) adjustment Calibration)
changing the screen (STEP 2: Gamma STEP 3: This (STEP 4: Color
With RU
automatic adjustment) adjustment density control)

Without
Regular adjustment flow - (None)
RU
(High accuracy)
With RU - (None)

Measuring the density balance using a spectrophotometer

To measure the chart, use the X-rite Measure tool. Install the tool in advance.

You can download the X-rite Measure tool free of charge at the following Web site: After installing the
tool, restart the computer.
ProfileMaker 5 v5.0.10:
http://www.xrite.com
To use the spectrophotometer, i1iSis, perform Step 10 (select [Measure] from the menu) followed by
the procedure of " For the spectrophotometer, i1iSis."

On the touch panel of the main body, press [Adjustment] on the

[MACHINE] screen.

The [Adjustment Menu] is displayed.

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Press [Density Balance Adjustment] on the [Adjustment Menu] screen.

Press [Density Balance Chart Output].

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Select the chart to be output according to the spectrophotometer
(i1iSis/i1Pro) to be used.

After the selection, press [Print Mode].

The [Type1] of [<Measure Spectrophotometer-1 (i1-iSis)>] or the [Type2] of [<Measure

Spectrophotometer-2 (i1-Pro)>] is recommended.

Setting item Description

[Type Simple checking chart for 8-step gradation
[<Measure Spectrophotometer-1 1] (Recommended)
(i1-iSis)>] [Type
Detailed checking chart for 16-step gradation
2]
[Type
Simple checking chart for 1-step gradation
[<Measure Spectrophotometer-2 1]
(i1-Pro)>] [Type Detailed checking chart for 3-step gradation
2] (Recommended)

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Set the paper on the [PRINT MODE] screen and press Start on the control
panel.

The color chart is output for measurement using the spectrophotometer.

On the computer where the X-rite Measure tool has been installed, select
[Start] - [All Programs] - [X-Rite] - [ProfileMaker Pro 5.0.10] -

[MeasureTool].

X-rite Measure tool starts.

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 The following description uses screen examples in English. To change the display language for
the menu and messages, select the language from [Language] on the Measure Tool toolbar,
and then restart the X-rite Measure tool.

When the following message is displayed, click "OK."

Connect the spectrophotometer to the computer. From the menu, click

[Configuring].

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The [Device Setting] screen is displayed.

In [Instrument], select the spectrophotometer to use. When [OK] is

displayed, close the screen.

Example: This example selects [Eye-One Pro] (i1Pro).

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From the menu, click [Measuring].

The subsequent operations are described for the case where the spectrophotometer i1Pro is

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 used. For measurement using the spectrophotometer i1iSis, refer to " For the
spectrophotometer, i1Sis."

From [Test Chart], select [Custom].

Specify [Columns] and [Rows], and click [OK].

When the spectrophotometer is "Type 1" of i1Pro: [Columns] = 6, [Rows] = 5
When the spectrophotometer is "Type 2" of i1Pro: [Columns] = 6, [Rows] = 13

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Click [Start].

When the following message is displayed, horizontally place the

spectrophotometer on the calibration dock and click [OK].

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Stack 10 sheets of paper whose type is the same as that of the paper
where chart has been printed, and lay the printed chart on top of it.

To eliminate the influence of the table color, under the chart to be measured, lay about 10
sheets of paper that is the same as that used for the chart.

When the following screen is displayed, place the spectrophotometer on

the patch at the top in the upper left, and press the button for the

spectrophotometer. When beep sounds, check that the read patch is

displayed on the screen.

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Continuously, place the spectrophotometer on the next right patch, and
press the button for the spectrophotometer. Measure all the patches in

the same operation.

If you place the spectrophotometer on the wrong place (patch), click the button to go
back to the previous patch position.

The white portion where it is displayed that nothing is printed is also part of the patch. Do not
forget to measure it. If not measured, an error will occur.

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When you are finished with the chart measurement, click [Close].

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 Continuously, go to "Saving the measured data of the density balance," and save the
measurement data.

For the spectrophotometer i1iSis

To use the spectrophotometer i1iSis, perform Step 10 (from the menu, select [Measure]) followed by the
procedure below.

From [Test Chart], select [Open].

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Select the script data for measurement according to the paper size, and
click [Open].

For details about the script data, contact your service representative.
• Denbal11 17V01.txt: Data for the paper of 11 17 inches
• Denbal12 18V01.txt: Data for the paper of 12 18 inches
• Denbal13 19V01.txt: Data for the paper of 13 19 inches
• DenbalA3V01.txt: Data for the A3 paper

• DenbalSRA3V01.txt: Data for the SRA3 paper

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On the following screen, click [Start].

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When the following message is displayed, insert the chart into i1isis.
Cut off the left side of the chart using scissors or such other tools so that the length between
the left end of the chart and the black diamond symbol ( ) becomes about 10 mm.
Align the left end of the paper to the left end of the insert opening of i1isis, and automatically
feed the paper one by one. When correctly inserted, the chart is pulled in a few centimeters
and comes back a little, and then after a little while, reading starts.

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 Measurement automatically starts.

Saving the measured data of the density balance

You can save the data of the density balance measured with the spectrophotometer to a USB device such
as a USB memory stick or to the computer on the network used by the machine.

From the [File] menu, select [Save As].

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 If you use [Export Lab], an error occurs when registering the color adjustment data.
When saving the data, always use [Save As].

Specify the destination to save.

Specify USB memory or the computer connected to the machine via the network.

Destination to save Description

Connect the USB memory to the computer.Create a folder, "\C1070
USB Memory \ADJUST_DATA," in the root (immediately below) of the USB
memory, and specify the place as the destination to save.
Computer on the Open the computer connected to the network used by the machine,
network and specify a desired folder.

Enter the file name to save the measured data and click [Save].
Specify the "14-character identification number printed on the chart" + "_" (underscore) +
"character string of up to 21 characters."

Example: 2021115011C4CC_i1pro_2012-10-15.txt

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 The measured data of the density balance is saved.

Registering the adjusted value of the density balance in the machine

You can register the measured data (adjusted value of the density balance) saved in the USB memory or
the computer on the network in the machine.

Place to save measured

Operation
data

Connect the USB memory and register the data using the touch panel of
Measured data saved in the
the main body.
USB memory
Refer to " Registering the measured data saved in the USB memory."

Send (upload) the measured data using Web Utilities from the Web
browser and then register the data. For details about Web Utilities, refer to
Measured data saved in the
Overview of Web Utilities.
computer on the network
Refer to " Registering the measured data saved in the computer on the
network."

Registering the measured data saved in the USB memory

On the touch panel of the main body, press [Adjustment] on the

[MACHINE] screen.

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The [Adjustment Menu] is displayed.

Press [Density Balance Adjustment] on the [Adjustment Menu] screen.

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Press [Density Balance Data Reg/Del].

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Select the number where the adjusted value is to be registered and press
[USB Memory].

If you select the registered number, the adjusted value is overwritten.

The following screen is displayed. Connect the USB memory where the
measured data has been saved to the main body, and press [OK].

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Select the file name of the measured data to be registered and press
[OK].

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When the following screen is displayed, press [OK].

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 The adjusted value of the density balance is registered.

Registering the measured data saved in the computer on the network

On the computer on the network where the measured data has been
saved, open a Web browser.

It is recommended that you log in to Web Utilities from the computer where the measured
data has been saved.

In the URL field, enter "http://IP address of the machine (or the host
name):30091" and press the Enter key.

If the controller of EFI is implemented, ":30091" at the end of the IP address is unnecessary.

The main page of the Web Utilities is displayed.

Click on [Machine Manager Setting].

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Enter the [User Name] and [Password] and click [OK].

Click on [Color Measuring data Input].

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Specify the [File Name] and [File Path] and click [Upload].
Enter the file name (Example: 2021115011C4CC_i1pro_2012-10-15.txt).

Click the [Reference] of the [File Path] and select the measured data saved in the computer.

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On the touch panel of the main body, press [Adjustment] on the
[MACHINE] screen, and then press [Density Balance Adjustment] on the

[Adjustment Menu] screen.

Refer to Steps 1 and 2 of " Registering the measured data saved in the USB memory."

Press [Density Balance Data Reg/Del].

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Select the number where the adjusted value is to be registered and press
[Archived Data].

If you select the registered number, the adjusted value is overwritten.

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Select the file name of the measured data to be registered and press
[OK].

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When the following screen is displayed, press [OK].

The adjusted value of the density balance is registered.

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