Creating a Profile with Color Centro
Start Color Centro, and create and save a printer profile.
Start Color Centro and log in to the machine. (Refer to Start Color Centro.)
The Color Centro launcher screen is displayed.
Click [Profile Management] on the launcher screen.
The [Profile Management] screen is displayed.
Click [Printer Profile], and then click [New].
The Color Centro Profiler wizard starts and displays the [Confirmation of procedure] screen.
On the [Confirmation of procedure] screen, click [Next].
[1. Setting of Printer Profile] screen is displayed.
Select [New Measurement] under [Measurement Setting] and click [Get Tray/Paper Profile Information].
To make a new measurement with the instrument, select [New Measurement].
Example: Click [Get Tray/Paper Profile Information] to use the paper setting for Tray 1.
Select [Get Tray Information] on the [Get Paper Information] screen. After selecting the tray in which the papers are loaded, click [OK].
Example: Tray 1 is selected.
After checking that the selected tray is displayed under [Tray/Paper Profile Information], click [Next].
For [Instrument], select the instrument to be used. Set [Copies] and click [Output].
Print the color chart that is to be measured using the instrument.
Example: [i1Pro] is selected with 1 copy.
Item
Setting
[Instrument]
[i1Pro]
[Copies]
[1]
The [Output Chart] screen is displayed.
Set the following items on the [Output Chart] screen. After setting, click [Print].
Item
Setting
[Paper Tray]
[Tray 1]
Click [Select Tray] and select a tray.
[Screen Setting]
[Screen 1] (default)
A test chart is printed.
Connect the instrument to the computer.
The device driver for the instrument must be installed on your computer beforehand. For details, refer to the instrument's manual.
Stack 10 sheets of blank paper whose type is the same as that of the paper where chart has been printed, and place the printed chart on top of it.
To eliminate the influence of the color of the table, place 10 sheets of paper of the same type as the chart underneath the chart to be measured.
Click [Start].
When the following message is displayed, click [OK].
Press and hold the button on the instrument. When the bottom part of the screen starts scrolling, while holding the button, slide the instrument over the chart toward the right from the top left patch.
Measure the rest of the patch rows by sliding the instrument the same way.
After you finish the chart measurement, click [Next] on the [1. Setting of Printer Profile] screen.
When the chart measurement is completed, the measurement result is displayed at the bottom of the [1. Setting of Printer Profile] screen.
Check the [UCR/GCR Settings] and click [Next].
Example: [Level 1 - Minimum Black: Skeleton (Recommended)] is used.
Enter a profile name under [Printer Profile Name]. If necessary, specify the [Destination Folder] and click [Next].
To specify the [Destination Folder], click [Browse] and select a location to save the file.
After the message, [Calculating] is displayed, the [2. Calculate Printer Profile] screen is displayed.
Check the content and click [Next].
The [3. Complete Creating Printer Profile] screen is displayed.
Click [Finish].
The created printer profile is saved.