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VERSAMARK CS600 

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Color Management and Workflow Guide 

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Color Management and Workflow User Guide

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Contents 

Chapter 1. Color Management Background 

Color Science ................................................................................................... 1-1 

What is COLOR? ....................................................................................... 1-1 

Light ........................................................................................................... 1-1 

Object......................................................................................................... 1-2 

Observer .................................................................................................... 1-2 

Color Spaces .................................................................................................... 1-3 

Additive Color: RGB ................................................................................... 1-3 

Subtractive Color: CMYK ........................................................................... 1-3 

Independent Color Space: L*a*b* ............................................................. 1-4 

Hue, Saturation, Lightness......................................................................... 1-4 

L*a*b* ......................................................................................................... 1-5 

Lab Projection to Measure Gamut Size...................................................... 1-5 

Imaging ............................................................................................................. 1-6 

Math behind Imaging.................................................................................. 1-6 

Converting.................................................................................................. 1-6 

Dithering..................................................................................................... 1-7 

Linearization............................................................................................... 1-7 

Linearization: Data View ........................................................................... 1-8 

Linearization: Graph View .......................................................................... 1-8 

Data Workflow through the CS600............................................................. 1-9 

4 Lines of Data = How many drops? .......................................................... 1-9 

Color Management ......................................................................................... 1-10 

Welcome to Color Management............................................................... 1-10 

All Images Start as RGB .......................................................................... 1-11 

The system............................................................................................... 1-11 

ICC Profiles .............................................................................................. 1-12 

ICC Profile Creation ................................................................................. 1-12 

ICC Profile Creation & Linearization......................................................... 1-13 

More of the system................................................................................... 1-13 

Closest Match & Colors out of Gamut...................................................... 1-14 

Another Option ......................................................................................... 1-14 

Named Colors .......................................................................................... 1-15 

Chapter 2. Using ColorWise Pro Tools 

Calibrator .......................................................................................................... 2-1 

When To Calibrate ..................................................................................... 2-1 

Manual Calibration Process ....................................................................... 2-2 

Color Editor....................................................................................................... 2-8 

EDIT MODE ............................................................................................... 2-9 

VIEWING.................................................................................................. 2-10 

EDITING................................................................................................... 2-10 

IMPORT ................................................................................................... 2-10 

SAVE........................................................................................................ 2-10 

Profile Manager .............................................................................................. 2-11 

Default Profiles......................................................................................... 2-12 

Downloading Profiles ............................................................................... 2-12 

Edit Profiles .............................................................................................. 2-14 

Delete Profiles.......................................................................................... 2-14 

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Spot-On........................................................................................................... 2-14 

FIND ......................................................................................................... 2-15 

ADD COLOR ............................................................................................ 2-15 

CHANGE RECIPE .................................................................................... 2-16 

IMPORT FROM DEVICE.......................................................................... 2-17 

UPLOAD (Export named groups) ............................................................. 2-18 

EXIT.......................................................................................................... 2-18 

Color Setup ..................................................................................................... 2-19 

Highlights .................................................................................................. 2-20 

Text Control .............................................................................................. 2-20 

Black Overprint ......................................................................................... 2-21 

Special Notes About Text ......................................................................... 2-21 

Workflow - Corrected CMYK Data .................................................................. 2-22 

Workflow - CMYK Color Patches / Test Patterns............................................ 2-23 

Workflow - Normal CMYK and/or RGB Data................................................... 2-24 

SIMULATION MODE ................................................................................ 2-25 

Output Profile Creation.................................................................................... 2-25 

Output Profile Creation Summary ................................................................... 2-34 

ICC Profile Creation Process.................................................................... 2-35 

Command Workstation.................................................................................... 2-36 

Importing A Job......................................................................................... 2-38 

Job Options............................................................................................... 2-38 

Job Properties .................................................................................... 2-38 

Copies ................................................................................................ 2-39 

Layout ................................................................................................ 2-39 

ColorWise........................................................................................... 2-40 

Process/Hold...................................................................................... 2-42 

Print.................................................................................................... 2-44 

Remove Rasters ................................................................................ 2-44 

Delete................................................................................................. 2-44 

Archive ............................................................................................... 2-45 

Context Menu Items That Are Not Working At This Time: ................. 2-45 

Stopping a Job ................................................................................... 2-45 

Suspend / Resume............................................................................. 2-45 

Reordering Print Jobs ........................................................................ 2-46 

Chapter 3. 

Using Monaco Profiler 

Chapter 4. Software Procedures 

DFE Software Installation.................................................................................. 4-3 

Blade Installation Setup .............................................................................. 4-4 

Blade Operating System Installation........................................................... 4-5 

Blade Configuration .................................................................................... 4-9 

Fiery Software Installation ........................................................................ 4-12 

CS600 Software Installation............................................................................ 4-17 

Controller Operating System Installation .................................................. 4-18 

WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL Installation ............................................ 4-18 

Windows Setup .................................................................................. 4-36 

Windows Components Installation ..................................................... 4-39 

Java Installation ................................................................................. 4-42 

Application Software Installation............................................................... 4-43 

CS600 Software Installation............................................................... 4-44 

CS600 Software Configuration........................................................... 4-46 

CS600 Ethernet Address Setup ......................................................... 4-49 

Command WorkStation Installation.................................................... 4-50 

ColorWise Pro Tools Installation ........................................................ 4-56 

Utility Work Bench Installation............................................................ 4-59 

Hot Folders Installation ............................................................................. 4-60 

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Chapter 1. 

Color Management 

Background 

Color Science 

What is COLOR? 

Color results from an interaction between light, object, and the viewer. 

It is light that has been modified by an object in such a manner that the 

viewer—such as the human visual system—perceives the modified light 

as a distinct color. 

All three elements must be present for color as we know it to exist. 

Light 

Light is the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. 

Humans have sensors that can interpret the spectrum from 480-760nm 

If the sensors detect ALL visible wavelengths at once, the brain perceives 

white 

. 

If no wavelengths are detected, there is NO light present and the brain 

perceives black. 

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Color Science 

Object 

When light waves strike an object, the object’s surface absorbs some of 

the spectrum’s energy, while other parts of the spectrum are reflected 

back from the object. 

Three types of objects: 

Reflective Object 

Transmissive Object 

Emissive Object 

Observer 

Can see ~10 million different colors 

• MUNSELL Book of Colors – 1,225 

• PANTONE Matching System – 1,200 

Color vision over saturation 

• Best color decisions are made in the first 20 seconds of looking at a 

color 

Color Blindness 

Simultaneous Contrast 

Color Blindness / Deficiency 

• Monochromat 

• no functioning cones – completely color blind 

• Genetic, 10 out of a million 

• Dichromat 

• Missing one cone – can see some colors 

• More males than females (can carry the gene) 

• Statistics 

• 1 out of 12 males are color deficient 

• 1 out of 250 females are color deficient 

Chameleon Effect 

Eyes can play tricks on us 

• Simultaneous Contrast - surrounding colors affect target color 

• Chameleon effect – after image due to over saturation 

• Metamerism - colors that appear to match under one lighting 

condition, but not another 

• Caused by different wavelengths mixing to produce the same 

pattern of response in the 3 cone receptors 

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Color Spaces 


Dependent Color Spaces 

Fundamentally different in the way that they capture or create color. 

• Additive 

• Subtractive 

Independent color space 

Captured with a measurement device 

Additive Color: RGB 

• Red, Green, Blue (RGB) 

• Dependent Color Space 

• Depends on emitted light 

• All 3 = white light 

• Any 2 = Subtractive Primary 

• None = Black 

• Cannot “create” black with this model, have to start off with black 

• Devices 

• Monitors / TVs 

• Scanners 

• Digital Cameras 

Subtractive Color: CMYK 

• Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black 

• Dependent color space 

• Depends on light reflection 

• All 3 colors = Black 

• Any 2 = Additive Primary 

• None = White 

• Cannot create white with this model, have to start off with white 

• Devices 

• Printers 




Independent Color Space: L*a*b* 

• Key to matching and communicating colors 

• Takes into account that we see color as light or dark, blue or yellow, 

and red or green 

• Information captured with a spectrophotometer 

• A device that uses light to read color 

Hue, Saturation, Lightness 

How do you describe color? 

• Hue: basic color, red, pink, blue 

• Wavelength 

• Saturation: vividness or dullness 

• Purity 

• Lightness: brightness or darkness 

• Amplitude, % reflectance 




L*a*b* 

L – lightness or darkness, range 0-100 

A – green or red, range -120 to +120 

B – blue or yellow, range -120 to +120 

Example: L: 54.43 

a: -34.76 

b: -46.45 

Lab Projection to Measure Gamut Size 



Imaging 

Imaging 

Math behind Imaging 

Digital images can have a variety of bit sizes 

• RGB = 3 color planes = 24 bit 

• Each color plane can be defined with 8 bits (ex. 01110110) 

• 8 bits allows for 256 options 

• RGB values are defined in 0-255 (ex. 230, 110, 9) 

• CMYK = 4 color planes = 32 bit 

• Each color plane can be defined with 8 bits (ex. 01110110) 

• 8 bits allows for 256 options 

• CMYK values are defined in 0-100% (ex. 50%, 80%, 10%, 0%) 

• Cannot define all the possibilities, but they are still there 

• Files are actually store with 0-255 data 

• IJP = 4 color planes = 4 bit 

• Each color plane can be defined with 1 bit (ex. 1) 

• 1 bit allows for 2 options 

• Dithering / Diffusion = the method 8 bits are converted to 1 bit 

Converting 

Converting from the 0-100% scale to the 0-255 scale and vise versa is 

important when it comes to linearization. 

• Linearization curves contain the entire 0-255 options since the files 

they operate on are defined in that scale 

0-255Value = (percentage*255)/100 

percentage = (0-255Value/255)*100 



Imaging 

Dithering 

Error diffusion/dithering/rendering is necessary for inkjet printers to 

change 32 bit data into binary data, or drops of ink on paper. 

Image on monitor Image printed Zoom of printed 

Linearization 

Wrong 

Non-linear tone 

Determines optimal ink load to maximize color gamut without putting too 

much ink on the substrate. Accounts for different types of papers, (coated, 

uncoated) that ink may react with differently. 

Inspects the tone scale (0-100%) and corrects for any posterization in the 

output (i.e. multiple input %s resulting in the same output density) 

Right 

Linear tone 



Imaging 

Linearization: Data View 

LUT File (CS400) – ct0 File (CS600) 

• Text file 

• 256 values 

• 1 Dimensional Look-up-table 

• 1 input, 1 output 

• Row # = input 

• Value in row = output 

Linearization: Graph View 

100% 

90% 

80% 

70% 

Output 

60% 

50% 

40% 

30% 

20% 

10% 

0% 

0% 

10% 

20% 

30% 

40% 

50% 60% 

Input 

70% 

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90% 

100% 



Imaging 

Data Workflow through the CS600 

4 Lines of Data = How many drops? 





Welcome to Color Management 

The fact is the human eye sees a very wide range of colors – wider than 

scanners and cameras can “see” and much wider than any monitors and 

printers can “show”. Each of these devices reproduces color differently, 

both in terms of how many colors and also in terms of which colors, or the 

shape of their “vision” (gamut). They truly each speak a different 

language. 

Translator 

COLOR 

MANAGEMENT 

Language 

Human 

Printer 

Monitor 




All Images Start as RGB 

Images (photographs) start from 3 sources: 

1. Cameras (RGB) 

2. Scanners (RGB) 

3. From scratch on a monitor (RGB) 

Solid colors can be defined as CMYK or PANTONE, but unless you 

have a calibrated & profiled monitor, you are still viewing in RGB 

The system 

What we know so far: 

1. Each device has its own language (RGB, CMYK) 

2. All images start out as RGB but need to be CMYK to print 

3. Color Management is the translator 

4. L*a*b* is the translation language and can be read with a 

spectrophotometer 

RGB 

(source language) 

L*a*b* 

COLOR 

MANAGMENT 

MODULE 

L*a*b* 

CMYK 

(destination language) 

A software module that runs on a computer and does the mathematical 

conversion of the source Lab to the destination Lab. AKA, the number 

cruncher. In our world, the CS600. 




ICC Profiles 

Captures a devices color characteristics 

• All the colors the device can display, output or measure, including 

white point 

• Provides a conversion between a device Dependent (RGB & CMYK) 

and a device Independent color space (Lab) 

CMYK 

L*a*b* 

or 

RGB 

L*a*b* 

• Created by a software utility (MonacoProfiler) and a set of patches 

• ALL ICC PROFILES ARE PAPER, INK AND DEVICE SPECIFIC 

ICC Profile Creation 

1. Create a patch chart (908) with Monaco and print on the press with 

the appropriate linearization applied* 

2. Use Monaco to scan the patches with a spectrophotometer 

3. Monaco knows the CMYK recipes that it put into the patch pattern, so 

now it can build a database of what CMYK produces what Lab & vise 

versa. 

C M Y K = L a b 

0 41 97 0 = 71 -9 -27 

56 15 0 0 = 75 17 78 

27 0 85 0 = 83 -24 66 

0 97 73 13 = 38 59 23 

4. From these few patches, the profile will build a database of all the 

possible CMYK recipes and their Lab equivalent 

5. Works exactly the same for RGB 




ICC Profile Creation & Linearization 

The * on the previous slide indicated that the ICC patch pattern be printed 

with the appropriate linearization level. 

• This is for the same reasons we apply linearization to real data 

• Prevent paper/ink interaction problems 

• Achieve linear tone 

• Since we do this manipulation outside the profiling software 

(Monaco), we must ALWAYS do the manipulation (linearization) 

whenever we use the ICC profile Monaco creates. 

• To make sure we always do this, EFI requires that we embed the 

linearization curves in the ICC profile 

• The Color Toolkit does this embedding 

More of the system 

Source ICC Profile 

(RGB) 

L*a*b* 

COLOR 

MANAGMENT 

MODULE 

L*a*b* 

Destination / Output 

ICC Profile (CMYK) 

How does this system know if it found the closest Lab match in the output profile? 

And what do we do if there is no match? 




Closest Match & Colors out of Gamut 

The closest match is computed by an equation. The answer to that 

equation is called a DELTA E. You must have Lab data in order to 

compute the delta E. 

Out of gamut colors are handled by RENDERING INTENTS. There are 4. 

• Photographic - use for photographs, preference to spatial relationship 

between colors 

• Presentation - use for business graphics, preference to color 

saturation 

• Relative Colorimetric - use for proofing or simulating another device, 

preference to hue 

• Absolute Colorimetric - use for proofing or simulating another device 

& the paper’s white point 

Another Option 

So… let’s say I’m a print shop that has been using an Offset press for 

years. Now I purchase a VX5000e and I want my color prints off it to look 

like the Offset press prints. 

If I follow the color management model we’ve discussed so far, I will get 

great color results on the VX5000e, however it may not look like the 

Offset press (another OUTPUT device). There is only one OUTPUT 

profile in our model. 

Source ICC Profile 

(RGB) 

L*a*b* 

COLOR 

MANAGMENT 

MODULE 

L*a*b* 



simulation ICC profile 

(source for CMYK) 

L*a*b* 

The CS600 offers another option – SIMULATION – incorporates 3 ICC profiles. 

The simulation profile will be set to the press you wish to simulate. 

Note: This could be another VX5000e, or a different paper on the VX5000e. 




Named Colors 

PANTONE colors are a set of colors that have names. Each PANTONE color 

has a hard-coded L*a*b* value. The goal when trying to reproduce a 

PANTONE color on a given device / paper is to print a recipe of CMYK that 

when read with a spectrophotometer gives the SAME L*a*b* value. 

Remember, a PANTONE color never has ONE RGB or CMYK value 

associated with it. The RGB or CMYK equivalent will always depend on 

what monitor or printer (and paper) you are using. 

So you ask, how do I find the RIGHT CMYK recipe? This is another job 

for the ICC profile. 

PANTONE number 

COLOR 

L*a*b* 

MANAGMENT 

MODULE 

The CS600 

knows this 

hard-coded 

value! 

L*a*b* 





Using ColorWise Pro 

Tools 

Calibrator 

Calibration is defined as the act of changing a device’s behavior to 

achieve some desired state. That desired state is that which the device 

was in when its ICC profile was created. The ability to put the device back 

into that “golden” state is how consistent, reliable color is achieved. 

The product of calibration is a set of correction curves. These are one 

dimensional curves that signify the difference between the actual ink 

densities and the response expected by the output profile. They are 

applied to each color plane of the data, so they are not what is referred to 

as four dimensional curves, which operate on all the color planes 

together, so that it would be possible to add a percentage of one color to 

another. 

Some terms to define are: 

Measurement 

Calibration Set 

Golden Densities 

the CURRENT color behavior of the press 

a set of measurements 

describes the expected behavior of the press within 

the output profile 

All output profiles have an associated Calibration Set and Golden 

Densities. There are 8 named calibration sets. This means you can have 

measurement data for 8 different papers stored at the same time. The 

appropriate Calibration Set needs to be selected at calibration time so 

that the Fiery knows which to update with new measurements. It is also 

important to note which paper belongs to which set. 

When To Calibrate 

Calibration can be preformed whenever the operator determines that the 

press is in a different state than when the Golden Densities were 

collected. This can be daily, weekly, monthly, etc. If it is suspected that the 

press has changed states, calibration can be initiated and evaluated, so 

that if it is determined that it is not very different after-all, calibration can 

be thrown out and the profile will continue to use the last know set of 

calibration curves. 

When calibration occurs, it will affect all jobs in the print cue. This means 

any jobs that have been spooled, that have been processed and jobs that 

have been released for print. 



Calibrator 

Manual Calibration Process 

Click the Calibrator button on the ColorWise Pro Tools toolbar. 

Note: Only one person can have the calibrator open at a time. 

Calibrator 

The first option you will need to decide is to operate in Standard or Expert 

Mode. This screen shows the Standard window. Expert Mode contains 

the same functions as Standard Mode with the addition of two extra: Print 

Pages and View Measurements. 

Standard / Expert button 

To switch into Expert Mode, slide the button at the top of the window from 

Standard to Expert. The Expert window is seen below. 



Calibrator 

Print Pages 

Not a functioning feature. 

View Measurements 

This allows you to view the measurements for the selected calibration 

set in two ways. 

Measurements Table 

This shows the current set of density measurements for each color 

plane. 

Measurements vs. Target 

This shows the current set of density measurements versus the target 

or golden set of measurements within the ICC Profile. If the lines to 

not fall on top of each other, it indicates that a correction curve is 

needed. 

Measurements Table Measurements vs. Target Measurements vs. Target 

No adjustment will be applied 

An adjustment will be applied 

Restore Default Settings 

The fiery is shipped with default measurements for calibration and 

you use these measurements to achieve acceptable color without 

calibration. Click Restore Device from the main calibration screen (in 

either Standard or Expert Mode). 

Click OK to restore the pre-set default calibration set. Remember that this 

will only restore the currently selected Calibration Set. 

Note: If the ICC profile associated with the current calibration set contains 

actual calibration densities from the paper, clicking “Restore Device” will 

NOT turn off calibration. 

Note: Any *.icl file loaded on the system does contain the default density 

information. 



Calibrator 

Now we will begin the steps to calibrate the press using the ES-1000 

spectrophotometer. 

1. Print the appropriate set of calibration patches on the press (follow 

steps step 1.6.a through step 1.6.h on page 2-27). The choices are: 

SDPES1000_FL.ps for the Front Left 

SDPES1000_FR.ps for the Front Right 

SDPES1000_BL.ps for the Back Left 

SDPES1000_BR.ps for the Back Right 

or choose to print them all or any combination of some. 

Note: If you have a 1 up simplex or duplex system, your heads are considered 

to be the LEFT set 

2. Retrieve the print from the press. 

3. Open CWPT; click the Calibrator button. 

4. Set section #1, Select Measurement Method, to be the EFI 

Spectrophotometer ES-1000. 

5. Set section #2, Check Print Settings, to be the desired calibration 

set. 

There are 8 different calibration sets for the press and each of your 

output profiles are associated with one of them. The 8 sets are: 

Type Media Your Paper Name 

Set 1 Custom-A Plain Paper No Change - LIN Only 

Set 2 Custom-A Treated Paper 

Set 3 Custom-B Plain Paper 

Set 4 Custom-B Treated Paper 

Set 5 Custom-C Plain Paper 

Set 6 Custom-C Treated Paper 

Set 7 Custom-D Plain Paper 

Set 8 Custom-D Treated Paper 

To see how output profiles are associated with a calibration set, see 

page 2-12. 

6. In section #4, Get Measurements, click Measure. The following 

window will appear. 

Page Type = The set of patches which you printed 

Paper Size = 7.5x14 



Calibrator 

7. Click Measure. 

An information dialog appears: 

8. Place the ES-1000 in its cradle so it can measure the white point 

attached to the cradle. Click OK. 

The EFI Spectrometer Measurement dialog box appears. Directions 

for performing white point calibration appear in the Status field. 

9. Press the button on the side of the ES-1000. The white point 

calibration measurement is displayed. 

10. Click OK. 

The next screen will instruct you to take the measurements. 

11. Place the aperture in the white space above the start of the specified 

color. 



Calibrator 

12. Press and hold the measure button on the device and wait for a beep. 

13. After you hear a beep, slide the device at a slow but consistent pace 

across the strip. 

Release the button when all the patches in the strip have been 

measured and you have reached the white space at the end of the 

strip. 

Note: For a more accurate measurement, place several sheets of the same kind 

of paper that you are measuring beneath the Measurement Page to block 

underlying colors from being read by the instrument. 

You will know that the strip has measured successfully if the red 

crosshair moves to the next color on the EFI Spectrophotometer 

Measurement dialog. Repeat this process for the other strip. Once 

completed, the following window will appear. 

14. Follow the instructions and click OK. The following Status window will 

appear. 

A second white point calibration will be preformed. 

15. Press the button on the side of the ES-1000. The white point is 

measured and an Information window will appear. 

If the difference between the first and second white point 

measurement is small enough, the overall measurements are 

accepted. 

16. Click OK. The Information window will disappear and you are 

returned to the Status window. 



Calibrator 

17. Click Accept. A Measurements Successful dialog will appear. 

18. Click OK. 

If you wish to view the measured data, click View in section 6. 

19. To save the data from this measurement, click Save to File on the 

bottom of the Calibrator screen. You will be prompted with the 

following window. 

20. Check Measurements and click OK. 

A Save as dialog will appear. Name your file based on the paper type. 

It will be of type *.cm0. 

21. Click Apply in the Calibrator window to implement the new calibration 

measurement. 

If you click Done without clicking Apply, you are prompted with the 

following message. 

Click Exit if you did not wish to save the calibration data, or click 

Cancel and return to the main Calibrator window and click Apply. 

Repeat this process with each set of printheads (front, back, left, right). 



Color Editor 


The color editor allows you to customize the one dimensional curves 

associated with your simulation and output ICC profiles. You can access 

the Color Editor in several places in ColorWise Pro Tools: from the main 

tool palette, from the Profile Manager (highlighting a profile and selecting 

Edit), or from the Color Setup (Curve Edits). 


from the main tool palette 


from the Profile Manager 


from the Color Setup 

(Curve Edits) 

When you click the button on the toolbar, you will be prompted to select a 

simulation or output profile. 

Select the type of profile 

you wish to edit: output or simulation 




When you use Profile Manager to access the edits, the profile that is 

selected at the time will be the one you will edit. When you use Color 

Setup to access the edits, the profile selected under output profile will be 

the one you will edit. Once it is determined which profile you are editing, 

the following window will appear. 

The graph you see represents the linearization curves that are being used 

with the profile that you have selected. 

EDIT MODE 

The first drop-down menu defaults to Custom. This mode indicated that 

you are looking at the linearization curves associated with the profile. If 

you switch this mode to “%Density”, the curves will reflect the current 

calibration densities associated with the profile. These curves are not 

editable. 




VIEWING 

You can view all or any of the color planes at a time using this editor. To 

turn off a curve, click the eye next to the color name on the right. 

Hint: A quick and easy way 

to check to see that your 

black linearization file 

passed through 100% black text 

EDITING 

To edit a curve, place your mouse over the curve to activate it. Click the 

position you wish to change and drag it to the desired position. The rest of 

the graph will update accordingly. You can also add and remove specific 

points in the graph by using the Add/Remove buttons and coordinates 

seen below the graph. 

IMPORT 

If you would like to completely change the curves associated with a 

profile, you can choose to Import new curves. Click the Import button and 

navigate to the desired .ctm0 file. 

SAVE 

Changes that you make to a curve set can be saved to a new profile. If 

the profile you were editing was a locked profile, you will never be able to 

save over the original profile. The save dialog will default with a name that 

says ‘copy’ at the end. If the profile you were editing was not locked and 

you choose to name the edits the same as the original, it will save over 

the old one without a warning. 

Indicates a locked profile 



Profile Manager 


Profile Manager allows you to manage and edit ICC profiles. In the case 

of the Fiery, these profiles are divided into RGB Source, Simulation, and 

Output profiles: 

RGB Source contains all monitor profiles resident on the Fiery. RGB 

Source profiles are used to define the source color space for RGB data 

processed by the Fiery. 

Apple Standard 

sRGB (PC) 

EFIRGB 

standard source color space for Mac OS computer 

monitors with older versions of ColorSync 

source color space for a generic Windows computer 

monitor 

preset default setting for a Fiery 

Simulation contains printer profiles used to simulate another device on 

the Fiery. 

DIC 

Euroscale 

SWOP-Coated 

Japanese press standard 

European press standard 

United States press standard 

Output contains press profiles for different papers and linearizations. 

Click the Profile Manager button in the ColorWise Pro Tools toolbar. 


The following window will appear: 




Default Profiles 

The default profiles are applied to all print jobs sent to the Fiery, unless 

you override them using print options. Therefore, the defaults should be 

the most commonly used profiles 

The left side of the main Profile Manager window lists the ICC profiles in 

the default directory of your computer; the right side lists the three profile 

categories on the Fiery. 

The Lock icon to the left of a profile name indicates that the profile 

cannot be deleted and can be edited only if saved under a new 

name. Only Simulation and Output profiles can be edited. 

The target icon to the left of a profile name indicates the default 

profile for each category (RGB Source, Simulation, and Output). If 

you designate a different profile as the default, the icon appears 

next to your designated profile. 

1. Select the profile you want as the default for a profile type and click 

Profile Settings. 

2. In the Profile Settings dialog box, click Default and click Apply. 

3. Click OK. 

In the main Profile Manager window, the target icon appears next to 

the new default profile you specified. 

4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each type of profile. 

If no default is set for RGB Source, the RGB Source print option is set 

to None. If no default profile is set for Simulation, the CMYK 

Simulation print option is set to None. 

The Output profile always has a default profile. To change the Output 

default, select a preset profile you want as the default and click Profile 

Settings. Or create a new default under a new name by selecting a 

preset profile and specifying your choice of the calibration set in the 

Use Calibration Set menu and a new name in the Profile Description 

menu. 

Downloading Profiles 

1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click the Profile Manager. The left side 

of the main Profile Manager windows lists the ICC profiles in the 

default location on your computer. 

Operating System 

Windows 98/Me 

Windows NT 4.0 

Windows 2000 

Windows XP/Server 2003 

Mac OS 9.x 

Mac OS X 

Default Location 

Windows\System\Color 

Winnt\System32\Color 

Winnt\System32\Spool\Drivers\Color 

Windows\System32\Spool\Drivers\Color 

System Folder:Preferences:ColorSync Profiles 

for ColorSync 2.0, and System 

Folder:ColorSync Profiles for ColorSync 2.5 or 

later 

System:Library:ColorSync:Profiles 




2. If the desired profile does not appear, click Browse to go to a different 

directory. Browse to the directory containing the profile you want to 

download and click OK. 

3. When the profile you want to download appears in the list in the main 

Profile Manager window, select it. If the profile is compatible with the 

Fiery, a green arrow indicates that the profile is available for 

downloading. Output device profiles are only downloadable to 

Simulation and Output. Input device profiles are only downloadable to 

RGB Source. 

Note: On Windows computers, the profiles must have an extension of .icc or 

.icm to be listed. 

All ICC profiles in the selected directory on your computer are 

displayed in the list in the main Profile Manager window. However, 

because a profile is listed does not necessarily mean it can be 

downloaded to the Fiery. 

Simulation profiles should be profiles only for those devices you want 

the Fiery to match in terms of color output characteristics. Output 

profiles should be profiles only for the press. Although you can 

download CMYK printer profiles as Simulation or Output, consider 

how they will be used. If you want the Fiery prints to look like another 

printer, download that profile as a Simulation. If you have a custom 

profile of the press you print to, download that profile as an Output 

profile. 

4. Click the arrow to download the profile and click OK when the 

download is complete. Immediately a window will pop up for you to 

make some selections. 

The profile name will appear here. Click in the box if 

you wish to edit the name. 

Check this option if you wish to have this profile 

become the default. 

Choose an INK_LIMIT. This will be the value for 

the ink reduction algorithm. 

Classify the Call. Set Type. Use the same one as 

when you started the paper profiling process. 

Classify the Call. Set Media. Use the same one as 

when you started the paper profiling process. 

Ignore this option. 

5. Click OK. The new profile now appears in the list of profiles on the 

right side of the Profile Manager main window. 

Notes: Ink Limit: Set to 400. 

Calibration Set: This will default to what you set when creating the ICC 

profile (see page 2-12 for more information). You can change the values 

here if you wish. See the See “Calibrator” starting on page 2-1, for more 

information on the available Calibration Sets and what they mean. The 

choices you make classify the given profile to a set which comes into play 

when performing calibration. 



Spot-On 

Edit Profiles 

See the “Color Editor” on page 2-8. 

Delete Profiles 

Select the profile you wish to delete and click Delete. You cannot delete 

any locked profiles or those currently set as default. 

Spot-On 

Spot-On is the ColorWise tool used to match spot colors with their best 

CMYK equivalents if you do not have the spot color’s actual ink loaded in 

your system. This system will find the best match based on ICC profiles, 

or it allows you to enter your own CMYK recipes. 

1. Click the Spot-On button in the ColorWise Pro Tools toolbar. 

Spot-On 

You must first specify the output profile you are using (the Press 

profile with your paper). 

The main Spot-On window appears and a list of color groups appear. 

By default the system will show several PANTONE libraries and the 

DIC, HKS, and TOYO libraries. There is also a library labeled System 

that has colors required by the Fiery. 



Spot-On 

When you expand a library (double click on the name) you will see the 

associated colors and their CMYK values (based on the output profile). 

The CMYK values are for the 100% tint of that Pantone color. If your data 

includes other tints, Spot-On will compute their new CMYK recipes based 

on L*a*b*. 

Example for 50% of Pantone 288 

Spot-On looks up the L*a*b* value for 100% Pantone 288 and it 

computes 50% of that value. 

It then looks up the new L*a*b* value in the chosen ICC profile and 

finds the right CMYK combination. The result is: 

100% Pantone 288 = 53%C, 35%M, 4%Y, 33%K 

50% Pantone 288 = 22%C, 17%M, 15%Y, 0%K 

The tint values are not exactly 50% of the CMYK value for the 100% 

Pantone, but rather are the colorimetric 50% point. 

FIND 

To find a color, choose Find from the Edit menu. 

The find dialog box appears, enter the color name and click OK. 

ADD COLOR 

To add a new color or color group, select the line in the group or color list 

where your addition is intended. Choose New Group or New Color from 

the Edit menu. 

A new line appears as Untitled. Type the new name for the color (and 

recipe) or group. Once a new color or group is added to one Output 

Profile, it is available for all Output Profiles. 



Spot-On 

CHANGE RECIPE 

Method 1: 

To change a CMYK RECIPE for a spot color, double click the appropriate 

C, M, Y or K column next to the color name. The field becomes editable. 

Type in the new value for that component. 

Note: The values in the C, M, Y and K fields are in percentages from 0-100%. If 

you wish to enter the new value in the 0-255 range, use the following 

method. 

Method 2: 

1. To change a CMYK RECIPE for a spot color, double click the color 

name in the list. The current color appears in the center patch of the 

new window. 

2. Double click the center patch and the Set Center Patch Color dialog 

box appears. 

3. Select Percentages (0-100) or Device Codes (0-255) under the 

“Enter CMYK values as:” section. 

Percentages Enter the new CMYK values between 0-100% in 

increments of 0.5% 

Device Codes Enter the new CMYK values in whole numbers between 0- 

255 

4. Click OK. 



Spot-On 

IMPORT FROM DEVICE 

You can also import a color to Spot-On by scanning a patch with the ES- 

1000 spectrophotometer. 

1. Choose Start from the Instrument menu. 

The ‘Choose Instrument’ dialog box will appear: choose the ES-1000 

from the Instrument drop-down menu and the Port will automatically 

gray out to Auto. 

2. Click OK and an information dialog will appear. 

3. Place the ES-1000 in its cradle so it can measure the white point 


When the dialog disappears, the device is ready to read. 

4. Place the device over a color patch and press the button on the side 

of the device. The measured CMYK values are imported into Spot-On 

as follows: 

• If an individual color is selected in the color list, it updates to the 

measured color. 

• If a group is selected in the color list, a new color with the 

measured values is created within the group. 

• If the Spot-On Color Search window is open, the center patch 

updates with the measured values, and the neighbor patches 

updates accordingly. 

• If the Set Center Patch Color dialog box is open, the measured 

values are imported into the CMYK entry fields. 

5. When you are finished with the ES-1000, go to Instrument → Stop. 



Spot-On 

UPLOAD (Export named groups) 

Upload allows a user to save / export a user created color group for future 

use. 

1. Select the desired group (must be a user created group) and go to 

File → Upload. 

A Save As dialog will appear. 

2. Choose the desired location and name the file. 

The type will be *.icc, however it will not be a real ICC profile. This file 

can only be used to Import / Download into Spot On in the future. 

EXIT 

When you are ready to exit Spot-On, go to File → Close. You will be 

prompted if you would like to save your changes. 

The changes that are being saved if you choose YES are only for this 

particular output profile. What is saved includes any additional color 

names and any altered CMYK recipes for any colors you changed. What 

this means is that if you added a color with a particular CMYK RECIPE, 

this RECIPE may change if you use a different output profile next time. 

For example, we added ‘Sky Blue’ with the values C=90, M=10, Y=10, 

and K=0 during the session with output profile “Oji 1200dpi 60%”. Now 

when we go back into Spot-On with a new output profile “Kanzaki 622 

ED1200 level15”, that color’s values are now C=75, M=10, Y=6, and K=0. 



Color Setup 


Use Color Setup to set the default ColorWise settings for the jobs on the 

Fiery. To access Color Setup, click its icon in the ColorWise Pro Tools 

main window. 


The following window will appear: 

These settings are applied to all print jobs sent to the Fiery, unless a user 

overrides them for an individual job by changing settings in the printer 

driver. These default settings can also be overridden using Command 

WorkStation or Fiery Spooler. Color Setup maintains a connection to the 

Fiery, so changes made in Profile Manager appear automatically. In 

addition, the defaults set in Color Setup are automatically reflected in 

other Fiery tools that list default settings. 

The options in Color Setup are arranged in a pattern representing the flow 

of color processing that takes place on the Fiery. To reset the Fiery to its 

factory default settings, click Factory Default in the lower-left corner of the 

Color Setup window. 

The options for each drop-down menu will be discussed in the Workflow 

section (starting on page 2-22). The Curve Edits, Sliders and Black 

Overprint buttons will be discussed here. 

Curve Edits 

See the “Color Editor” on page 2-8. 

Sliders 

This button provides access to setting for the highlight region of 

images and for colored text. 




Highlights 

The top two sections control the highlights in text, graphics and images 

for RGB, CMYK and L*a*b* data. The first section is specific for RGB and 

L*a*b* and the second is for CMYK. If you wish to eliminate data below a 

certain percentage for either CMY or K, slide the bar to that percentage or 

enter the number in the text box associated with that bar. If you wish to 

control the RGB and CMYK data the same, you can click the link icon on 

the right of those sections. 

Note: For the RGB and L*a*b* section, this data will be eliminated after it goes 

through any profiles as defined by the workflow section of the Color 

Setup. 

You can choose to link the two highlight sections after you have already 

set one of them to the desired numbers. Click the link and a dialog box 

will appear. 

If you have set the RGB sliders and wish to set the CMYK sliders to the 

same setting, click RGB. If you have set the CMYK sliders and wish to set 

the RGB sliders to the same setting, click CMYK. The sliders are now 

linked and any changes made to one will happen in the other. 

Text Control 

Values can be entered to control single color, two color and rich black text 

(only text, not vector graphics) in this section. These adjustments are 

made AFTER linearization is applied. 

The single color limit will control text that is just made up of one of the 

primary printing colors. 




Example: 

If you set this value to 80%, this means that all post-linearization text 

that is 81-100% will be reduced to 80%. Any post-linearization text 

that was 0-79% is not changed. 

The two color ink limit value determines the maximum ink allowed in 

text that contains two of the primary printing colors. 

Example: 

If you have blue text that contains 100% of both cyan and magenta, 

and this limit is set to 180%, the ink will be limited in that text to 90% 

of each cyan and magenta so that the total amount is 180%. Any 

post-linearization 2 color text that was 0-179% is not changed. 

The third setting is to control process black text above a certain 

percentage. The value entered here will determine at what 

percentage is black text that is made up of cyan, magenta, yellow and 

black is converted to just black. The percentage of black that the text 

is converted to is determined by the Single Color Limit, discussed on 

the previous page. 

Black Overprint 

The Black Overprint option allows you to specify whether or not black text 

or text/graphics—defined as RGB = 0, 0, 0, or as CMYK = 0%, 0%, 0%, 

100%—overprints colored backgrounds. 

These values are also special in that they are caught by the Fiery and not 

processed through a profile if you are in a workflow that uses them. This 

prevents any black text and/or graphics defined in either RGB or CMYK 

color space to be preserved and printed with just black text. 

Text 

Text & Graphics 

Off 

Black text overprints colored backgrounds, eliminating white 

gaps and reducing halo effects or misregistration of colors 

Black text and graphics overprint colored backgrounds, 

eliminating white gaps and reducing halo effects or 

misregistration of colors. 

Black text or text/graphics knocks out colored backgrounds. 

Note: PostScript applications may perform their own black overprint 

conversions before sending the print job to the Fiery. 

Special Notes About Text 

0,0,0,100% CMYK (black) text and graphics (vector art) is always 

preserved. No matter what linearization or what Single Color Text Limit is 

set, the output will always be 100% black for these objects. 

0,0,0 RGB (black) text and graphics (vector art) is always converted to 

0,0,0,100% CMYK (black). As described in #1, once the RGB text 

becomes 100% black in CMYK, it will not be affected by linearization or 

the Single Color Text Limit. 

If you have 0,0,0,100% CMYK (black) text in an image and wish to 

preserve it, make sure you implement a “w” curve in your Output ICC 

Profile (see “Output Profile Creation” on page 2-25). 



Workflow - Corrected CMYK Data 

Workflow - Corrected CMYK Data 

If you have data that has already been corrected for your Kodak 

Versamark Color Press and you wish to print it using the CS600 as a 

CS400 would print it, follow this workflow. 

1. Launch the ColorWise Pro Tools toolbar. 

2. Click the Color Set-Up button. The following window will launch. 

In this workflow you will use linearization curves and calibration 

but no ICC profiles. You are only concerned with the CMYK data 

path since you know the input is already CMYK and corrected for the 

press. 

3. Choose None from the ‘CMYK Simulation Profile’ drop-down menu. 

This option will show the data still going through the ‘Output Profile’ 

section, however it will not use the ICC data in that profile, rather just 

the linearization data. 

4. Choose the appropriate paper and level-named profile from the 

‘Output Profile’ drop-down menu (Front & Back if your system is 

duplex). 

5. If you wish to see and/or edit the linearization curves associated with 

that profile, click the Output Profile Curve Edits (Color Editor) 

button. See page 2-14 for more information on the Curve Edits. 

6. The next step the data will take is through the Output Sliders. If you 

wish to remove low percentages from the data or correct for rich 

black, click the Output Sliders button. See page 2-19 for more 

information on Sliders. 

7. The next step the data will take is through the calibration set. If you 

wish to recalibrate at this point, see page 2-1. Otherwise, the 

calibration system will use the last known set of calibration curves to 

correct the data back to the state of the press when the ICC profile 

was created. This window will display what Calibration Set your 

output profile belongs to. It also shows the Ink Limit of the Set. If you 

have any data in your file above the percentage listed here, it will be 

reduced 4 dimensionally to that percentage by EFI’s Ink Reduction 

Algorithm. As a reminder, calibration will only operate on one color 

plane at a time, so these curves will not result in any pollution of the 

primaries. 

8. The final option for the data is to choose if you want your black text 

and/or line art graphics to overprint any background or knockout. See 

page 2-21 for more information on the Black Overprint. 



Workflow - CMYK Color Patches / Test Patterns 

Workflow - CMYK Color Patches / Test Patterns 

If you have CMYK color patch or test pattern data that has already been 

corrected for your Kodak Versamark Color Press and you wish to print it 

using the CS600 so that the data is not changed, follow this workflow. 

This type of color setup is achievable in two ways: globally or as a Job 

Override. 

Note: It is much easier to use the Job Override method. 

Globally 



In this workflow you will not use ICC profiles, linearization curves 

or calibration. You are only concerned with the CMYK data path 

since you know the input is already CMYK and corrected for the 

press. 

3. Choose None from the ‘CMYK Simulation Profile’ drop-down menu. 

4. Choose No Change - LIN Only from the ‘Output Profile’ drop-down 

menu (Front & Back if your system is duplex). 

5. Click the Output Sliders button and set all 4 clip fields to 0. Also set 

the text percentages to the following: 

Single Color Limit: 100% 

Two Color Limit: 200% 

Convert Process Black at: 400% 

6. The No Change - LIN Only profile uses the Calibration Set “Custom 

A, Plain Paper”. It is important that no other profiler use this set. 

To be sure no adjustment curves are being generated, open 

Calibrator, change to Expert Mode, and set your Calibration Set to 

Custom A and Plain Paper. 

• If you wish to save the current measurements to be reloaded after 

you print your patches, click Save to File and name your current 

set of measurement. 

• Next, click Restore Device and a message will appear warning 

you that you are restore the defaults for the current Calibration 

Set. 

• Click OK to the message, then click OK to Calibrator. 






Workflow - Normal CMYK and/or RGB Data 

Workflow - Normal CMYK and/or RGB Data 

If you have a typical job that contains CMYK and/or RGB data and wish to 

use ICC profiles to correct this data for your press, follow this workflow. 



In this workflow you will be using ICC Profiles, linearization curves 

and calibration. You are concerned with both the CMYK and RGB 

data paths since it is possible that your job contains both kind of 

elements. 

3. Choose a profile from the ‘RGB Source Profile’ drop-down menu. 

This will set your source profiles for ALL RGB data. 

4. Choose a Rendering Intent for this profile. To learn more about 

rendering intents, see the EFI Color Guide. We recommend using 

relative colormetric, unless you know your job requires a different 

intent. 

5. Choose a profile from the CMYK Simulation Profile drop-down menu. 

This will set your source profile for ALL CMYK data. In most cases, 

you will choose either Euroscale or SWOP depending on your 

location. If you select None, the CMYK data will not be sent through 

an ICC Profile. 

6. Now at this point the RGB and CMYK data are ready for an output 

profile. The output profile will be paper and linearization level specific. 

Choose the appropriate profile from the ‘Output Profile’ drop-down 

menu. 

7. If you wish to see and/or edit the linearization curves associated with 

that profile, click the Output Profile Curve Edits (Color Editor) 

button. See page 2-8 for more information on the Color Editor. 

8. If you wish to remove low percentages from the data or correct for 

rich black, click the Output Sliders button. See page 2-19 for more 

information on Sliders. 

9. The next step the data will take is through the calibration set. If you 

wish to recalibrate at this point, see spage 2-1. Otherwise, the 

calibration system will use the last known set of calibration curves to 



Output Profile Creation 

correct the data back to the state of the press when the ICC profile 

was created. This window will display what Calibration Set your 

output profile belongs to. It also shows the Ink Limit of the Set. If you 

have any data in your file above the percentage listed here, it will be 

reduced 4 dimensionally to that percentage by EFI’s Ink Reduction 

Algorithm. As a reminder, calibration will only operate on one color 

plane at a time, so these curves will not result in any pollution of the 

primaries. 




SIMULATION MODE 

This workflow has a second path it could possibly take and that is to first 

convert the RGB data into the gamut of another digital printer or press 

standard and then into the color space of the Kodak Versamark Press on 

a given paper. The CMYK data would follow the same path as described 

above. This feature is helpful for making one type of output device behave 

like different output device. 

For this workflow, check the box labeled Simulation underneath the 

Rendering Intent drop-down menu. The arrows in the Expert Color 

Settings window will update to show the new data path. RGB data will 

now be converted to the CMYK Simulation color space first, and then to 

the output profile color space you have selected. 

Data then follows the same path as described in the first part of this 

section. 


There are four major steps in creating an Output Profile for your press. 

They are: 

1 Print the Calibration Pattern and Linearization Page 

2 Determine the maximum ink for the paper. 

3 Print an ICC Pattern using the results of the Calibration Pattern. 

4 Use a utility to create an ICC Profile from the ICC Pattern. 

This will go over these three major steps and all the minor steps in 

between. 

1 Print the Calibration Pattern & Linearization Page 

The Calibration Pattern needs to be printed on the press with NO 

ICC, NO linearization and NO Calibration adjustment. Once 

printed, the Calibrator tool from ColorWise Pro Tools will be used 

to read in the data. 

1.1 Go to the main CWS window and choose File→ Import → Job. 

Navigate to the correct directory. Select the Cal&Lin.pdf file and 

click Add then Import (be sure Logical Printer is set to CS600 

hold). The job will spool and then drop into a held state on the 

server. 




1.2 Highlight the job in the print queue and click Properties. Expand 

the ColorWise tab and click Expert Settings. 

1.3 Choose ColorWise OFF from the ‘CMYK Simulation Profile’ 

drop-down menu. 

All other settings are irrelevant, so simply leave as defaults. 

1.4 Click OK to Expert Settings and Job Properties (remember to add 

copies, force simplex and set the paper size to ‘page size from 

job’ at this screen as well). 

1.5 The job is now ready to rip and print. Back in CWS, highlight the 

PDF and click the Process/Hold but-ton. After it finishes 

processing, click Print. 




1.6 Retrieve the prints from the press. The first page should look like 

this: 

1.6.a 

Back in CWPT, click the Calibrator button. The main calibrator 

window will appear. 

Click the Expert switch at the top. A calibration set should be 

picked for this paper. Choose a unique TYPE and MEDIA 

combination and record it in the chart on page 2-4 and write it on 

the calibration print. Do not use Custom-A/Plain Paper as this 

is reserved for the NO CHANGE ICC. 

Section #1 

Section #2 

MEDIA 

EFI Spectrophotometer ES-1000 

TYPE = Custom-* 

* Paper 

1.6.b 

In section #4, click Measure. The following window will appear. 




Set the following options: 

Page Type = 10 Sorted Patches, Front Left 

Paper Size = 7.5x14 

1.6.c 

Click Measure. An information dialog will appear. 

1.6.d 

Place the ES-1000 in its cradle so it can measure the white point 


The EFI Spectrometer Measurement dialog box appears. 

Directions for performing white point calibration appear in the 

Status field. 

1.6.e 

Press the button on the side of the ES-1000. The white point 

calibration measurement is displayed. Click OK. 

Follow the instructions that appear in the next screen to scan in 

both columns of data on the print sample. After all the strips have 

been measured, place the ES-1000 back in its cradle and a 

second white point calibration will be preformed. Press the button 

on the side of the ES-1000. 

The white point is measured and an information dialog will 

appear. If the difference between the first and second white point 

measurement is small enough, the over-all measurements are 

accepted. Click OK and then Accept on the next dialog. A 

Measurements Successful dialog will appear. Click OK. 




1.6.f 

Back at the Calibration screen in Expert mode, click the Save to 

File button at the bottom of the screen. The follow window will 

appear. 

1.6.g 

Check Measurements and click OK. A save as dialog will 

appear. Name your file the following: 

3x*papername-density-golden.cm0 

1.6.h 

After clicking Save, you are returned to the Calibration screen 

again. Click Done to exit. You are prompted with the following 

message. 

Click Yes since we do not wish to save this data for calibration. 

We need the data for the Linearization process instead. 

1.6.i 

Now open the Color Toolkit v1.3.0 or greater. 




1.6.j 

Select Measure → Linearization. The following window will 

appear. 

1.6.k 

Click Get Data and the following window will appear. 

1.6.l 

Navigate to your *.cm0 file saved from Calibrator and click Open. 

The following window will appear. 




1.6.m 

Click OK. The following window will appear: 

Choose All Levels and check Force Max Black to 100%. 

1.7 Click Create. A Save As dialog box will appear. Set the type to be 

a CS600(*.ct0)(*.icl) and name the files the following: 

3x*papername-linonly 

Two files for each linearization percentage (one *.ct0 and one 

*.icl) will be created in the directory where you saved it. ICL is an 

extension that indicates an ICC profile with only linearization 

data. 

Note: .ct0 files are essentially 4 .lut files contained together in one file 

type. They contain linearization data for all four colors at once. 

We are now done with the Color Toolkit and ready for step 2. 

2 Determine the maximum ink loading. 

2.1 Take the second page from the job that was printed on the press 

in step 1. The page should look like this: 




2.2 Look at each column and determine the ideal single ink limit 

(50%-100%). Pick the percentage that has the least bleed, show 

through and cockle. Note this percentage. 

3 Print an ICC Pattern using the results of the Calibration 

Pattern and Linearization page. 

3.1 We now have an ICC profile ready to be used to print the ICC 

patches to create the output profile for the press (the *.icl file from 

the Toolkit). Locate the patches provided by your ICC Creation 

software and import them into CWS. (If you are using 

MonacoProfiler, the filename is Monaco908ES1000_v4.8.pdf.) 

Note: These ICC profiles (*.icl) contain bogus ICC data. We are simply 

going to use them for their embedded linearization data. 

3.2 Use Profile Manager to load the chosen percentage (that which 

you picked in step 2) *.icl file onto the server (this will be one of 

the *.icl files that have identical *.ct0 names). 

3.3 Load the profile to the server as described on page 2-12. Choose 

the same calibration set as picked in step 1.H.1 (this should be 

written on the top of the calibration page). 

3.4 Open Calibrator and choose the same calibration set as the 

previous step and click Restore Defaults. Click Apply, then Exit. 

3.5 Next, open Color Setup and follow the workflow described on 

page 2-22, selecting your newly loaded profile for the output 

profile (the one that should be labeled ‘Lin-Only’). Also be sure all 

Slider options are off as to not effect the profile data. Return to 

CWS and process and print the file at production speed 

(remember to use Job Properties to set copies, force simplex and 

set page size from job). 

4 Use a utility to create an ICC Profile from the ICC Pattern and 

merge with other information. 

4.1 After the file is printed, remove the patches from the press. 

Create an ICC profile using Monaco Profiler (see Chapter 3 for 

more information on using Monaco) or your own ICC creation 

software. Be sure to clearly label the ICC profile you create so 

that you know what paper it is for, what upper ink limit is built into 

the profile (300) and what linearization curves it was printed with. 

4.2 Now open the ICC Utility v1.3.0 or greater and we will tie the real 

ICC profile to the linearization curves and calibration density data. 




Linearization Tables 

Density Data 

Destination Profile 

the *.ct0 file corresponding to the chosen 

linearization percentage you saved from the 

Color Toolkit in step 1.I.7. 

the *_golden.cm0 files you saved from the 

ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator in step 1.H.9. 

the *.icm file you saved from Monaco Profiler, or 

your own ICC creation software. 

4.3 Click Combine and the following window will appear. 

4.4 The Profile Description name will appear as the file name from 

your Monaco ICC. Add the word “real” at the end of the provided 

description. The next three options will classify this profile into a 

Calibration Set. Set the following: 

Ink Limit = 400 

Custom Set = same as step 1.6.a & step 3.3 on page 2-32, in 

chart on page 2-4 

Paper Type = same as step 1.6.a & step 3.3, in chart on page 2- 

32 

4.5 Click OK to the Modify ICC Name & Cal Set dialog. You will now 

be prompted to save the .icm file. 

3x*papername_UIL300_linlevel%_real.icm 

The profile is now complete with real ICC data, linearization data 

and density data for calibration. 

4.6 Open Profile Manager and load the file as described on page 2- 

12. The Calibration Set will default to the set chosen above. 

4.7 Next, open Calibrator to set the Current calibration 

measurements to be the same as the Golden calibration 

measurements (the *.cm0 file we attached using the ICC Utility). 

4.7.a 

4.7.b 

In either Standard or Expert mode, select the same Calibration 

Set as you did above and click the From File button in section 3. 

Navigate to the same *_golden.cm0 file that you choose in the 

ICC Utility step and click OK. 

Click Apply and then Done. 

The Current and Golden densities are now equal, thus no 

calibration curve will be applied to any data you use this ICC 

Profile on until you calibrate for the first time. To verify that there 

is no adjustment, set section 6 to Measurements vs. Target and 

click View. The following window will appear: 



Output Profile Creation Summary 

The Measurement and Target curves should be the same. The 

ICC is now ready for use. 


1. Import and print the Calibration Page and the Linearization Page 

(cal&lin.pdf ) with the following Job Properties settings: 

a. ColorWise → Expert Settings → CMYK Simulation Profile = 

ColorWise OFF 

b. Copies = 999, Force Simplex, set Paper Size to ‘page size from 

job’ 

2. Use Calibrator to scan the Calibration page 

a. Choose a calibration set for the paper (note this in the chart on 

page 2-4). 

b. Save measurements file (3x*papername-density-golden.cm0) 

and exit calibrator without saving 

3. Open Color Toolkit, Measure → Linearization 

a. Look at Linearization Page and determine the best level of ink 

b. Choose the cm0 file from step 2, save out desired level as CS600 

type (3x*papername-linonly) 

c. This will save 2 files - 3x*papername-linonly-^.ct0 & 3x*papername-linonly-^.icl. 

4. Load desired level ICC (3x*papername-linonly-*.icl) into Profile 

Manager. Choose the same calibration set as step 2. 

a. Open Calibrator and change the current calibration set to that 

which you set. Then click Restore Defaults to be sure no 

correction curve is being applied. 

5. Import and print the Monaco Patches (Monaco908ES1000all.pdf) 

with the following settings 

a. CMYK Simulation Profile = None 




b. Front & Back Output Profile = 3x*papername-linonly-^ (where ^ is 

the chosen lin level) 

c. No Sliders 

d. Copies = 999, Force Simplex, set Paper Size to ‘page size from 

job’ 

6. Scan the Monaco Patches with Monaco Profiler and create the true 

ICC profile 

a. Set the Upper Ink Limit in the profile to 300 

b. Name profile 3x*papername-_UIL300_^%.icm (where ^ is the 

chosen lin level) 

7. Use ICCUtility to tie all the pieces together 

a. Linearization Tables = 3x*papername-linonly-^.ct0 (where ^ is 

the chosen lin level) 

b. Density Data = 3x*papername-density_golden.cm0 

c. Destination Profile = 3x*papername-_UIL300_^%.icm (where ^ 

is the chosen lin level) 

d. Set the Calibration Set to that you did in step 2 & 4 

e. Save out file as 3x*papername_UIL300_^%_real.icm (where ^ 

is the chosen lin level) 

8. Load the real ICC into Profile Manager (choose same calibration set 

as step 2, 4 & 7d) 

9. Delete the 3x*papername-linonly-^.icl file from Profile Manger. 

10. Use Calibrator to set the current calibration data to that which is in the 

ICC (the golden) 

a. Choose the calibration set from step 2, 4, 7d & 8 

b. Click Load under the Measurements section and choose the 

3x*papername-density_golden.cm0 file (result of step 2) then 

click Apply. 

ICC Profile Creation Process 

Print Calibration Page, 

scan with ES1000 

using CWPT Calibrator 

Golden Calibration Data 

cm0 file 

Use Color Toolkit Linearization tool 

- take cm0 file and create 

ct0 file & ill file 

Appropriate level linearization data 

ct0 file 

M 

ERGE 

REAL ICC profile 

_real.icm file 

Print Monaco patches 

using ill file, scan patches with 

Monaco and create profile 

LAB ICC profile data 

acme file 



Command Workstation 


Command Workstation can be loaded on to the desktop computers of 

those people who will be submitting jobs to be printed. It is also available 

on the controller itself and can be accessed through the CS600 interface. 

1. Click the Command Workstation button on the left side of the 

Galaxy interface or from your desktop icon. The first time CWS is run, 

the following window will launch: 

2. Click the Manual tab and enter the name of the server provided to 

you. After this is done for the first time, you will no longer have to 

enter the server name in this window. The following window appears 

after the server is located, this will be the window that will normally 

launch after you’ve done this one time. 




Server names and addresses 

The server name and address will appear here. If you have more than 

one CS600 controller, all will be listed for you to choose which one to 

connect to. 

3. Select the server and click Add 

4. You will now be prompted to log in to the system. Choose your 

appropriate log in type and enter your password. 

The Command Workstation window will now launch. 

Held Queue 

Printed Jobs 




Importing A Job 

1. To select a file or files for import into the server, go to File → Import 

Files. The “Select Files to Import” dialog prompts you to browse for 

files that can be processed for printing. 

PDF files will have a *.pdf extension, PPML will have a *.zip extension 

and a Postscript file will have a *.ps or *.eps extension. 

2. Highlight the job name and click Add. The file will now appear in the 

lower section of the dialog. 

3. Select the Logical Printer as CS600 hold. Click Import and the file will 

begin spooling to the system. Once the spooling process is finished 

the job or jobs will appear in the “Held” Queue. 

Job Options 

Once a job is spooled and in the held state (indicated by the light yellow 

color) you have two options: Set the job properties and/or process the job. 

Job Properties 

1. To access the job properties, choose Properties from the Context 

Menu. 

Highlight the job and click the Properties button from the CWS main 

screen. 




2. Select Properties. The following window will appear. 

The job properties are file specific, so each job submitted in the Hold 

Queue can be unique, yet printed all together. Any color selections made 

here OVERRIDE global settings made in Color Setup. 

Copies 

To change the number of copies of the job you would like to print, enter a 

value in the upper left corner. 

Layout 

Grayscale front/back allows for CMYK data to be converted to grayscale 

automatically 

Force Simplex Allows for the job to print only using the front printheads 

even if the system is configured duplex. 

Duplex Determines if the back side page should be rotated 180 

degrees or not 

Face-Down Printing If checked, odd pages will print with the A-side printheads. 

If unchecked, even pages will. 

Rotate 180 

Rotates all pages of the job 180 degrees. 




ColorWise 

Click Expert Settings. 

The following window will appear. 

When opened, it will reflect all the default settings that were set in CWPT 

→ Color Setup. Adjust any settings for the specific job. The options are 

the same as Color Setup except for Curve Edits and Sliders, which are 

only global settings. 

There is one additional option under CMYK Simulation Profile - 

ColorWise OFF. This selection bypasses the Output Profile and the 

associated Linearization, Upper Ink Limit and Calibration Adjustment. 

This setting should be selected when printing test patterns. 

Note: Once ColorWise OFF is selected, all other settings become irrelevant, so 

simply leave as defaults. 

Image Quality 

Set which diffusion method to use here. Options are Stochastic or 

Error Diffusion. If left on AUTO, variable data will use Stochastic and 

fixed data will use Error Diffusion. 




Finishing 

Page Order 

Select ‘From 1 to N’ to print the file as is, select ‘From N to 1’ to 

print the file in reverse. 

Imposition Page Order 

Choose the desired setting 

Page Range 

If page range is set prior to processing the file, only the range will 

RIP and print. If it is set after processing the file, the entire file will 

still RIP, but only the range will print. 

Page Source 

Select one of the 3 options for page size 

Page size from device the page length will be determined by the CS600 host 

controller software. 

Page size from job the page length will be determined by the first page in 

the job 

Select CUSTOM enter a user defined page length 

Once the desired properties are set for the job, click OK to the Job 

Properties dialog. 




Process/Hold 

Process/Hold will commence the RIPping process, turning the 24 and 32 

bit data into binary. You can access this option in two spots. 

• Choose Process/Hold from the Context Menu. 

• Highlight the job and click the Process/Hold button from the CWS 

main screen. 

The file will start processing and give a pages processed update in the 

Processing Section panel located on the right side of the Command 

Workstation window. 

After a job has been processed, it will be in a different kind of held state, 

this one indicated by the golden yellow color. If the job is successful you 

will a “Halo” around the document icon. If the Halo does not exist, there 

was an error in processing and the job will not be able to print. Multiple 

Spooled/held files can be submitted for processing at the same time as 

well. The current file will be processed while the others will go to a waiting 

to process state. 

Processed & Held jobs have 4 major options: Preview, Launch Image 

Viewer, Print and Remove Rasters. 

Preview 

The “Preview” selection will build a thumbnail view of every page in 

the job. To preview a job that has been processed for the press, 

highlight the job in the Hold Queue of the Command Workstation 

window. Right click the job name and the context menu will appear. 

Select Preview and the following window will appear. 

You can use this preview to scroll through the pages of the job. You 

can double click on a thumbnail and it will launch “EFI Image Viewer” 

(described below) to view the rasters of that page. 

Note: To preview UNRIPPED jobs, you must have a hardware dongle attached 

to your system -three dongles ship with each CS600. There is unlimited 

previewing of RIPPED jobs. 




Launch EFI ImageViewer 

The EFI Image Viewer gives a dot for dot proof for a processed job. 

To view a job that has been processed for the press, highlight the job 

in the Hold Queue of the Command Workstation window. Right click 

the job name and the context menu will appear. 

Select Launch EFI ImageViewer and the following window will 

appear. 

You can scroll through the pages of a job by using the left-right 

arrows (1) or putting in a page number in the page number field (2). 

A slider bar (3) controls the magnification for zooming in an out of a 

job, or the + and - signs (4) zoom in even percentages. 

The separations/channels can be turned on and off for viewing 

individual planes of data (5). 

The current magnification, resolution of the job, dimensions of the 

page and the job name are displayed on the bottom status bar (6). 

The following screen shot shows the viewer zoomed in to pixel level. 

1 Left-Right arrows 

2 Page number field 

3 Slider bar 

4 + and — zoom 

5 Separations/channels 

6 Status bar 

1 drop displays as 

= 300x300 

= 300x600 

= 300x900 

= 300x1200 

Note: At pixel level in the viewer, pixels in a non-square resolution jobs 

will appear rectangular instead of square to show the bit-depth 

level that this resolution produces. 




The following screen shot shows the viewing with just one channel 

(black). 

Print 

To print a job that has been processed for the press, highlight the job in 

the Hold Queue of the Command Workstation window. Either click the 

Print button below the menu or right click the job name and choose Print 

from the context menu. 

The EFI-Server will then check to see if the CS600 controller is “Ready to 

Accept” jobs to print, if so the EFI-Server will send a message requesting 

to print the job and the print sequence begins. 

If the operator submits additional jobs to the print queue before the End- 

Doc message has been sent. The jobs will print one after another without 

stopping the web. 

When a job has completed printing the last document, it is moved from 

the printing queue to the printed queue 

Note: Small jobs (~ < 500 pages) have a one minute delay before starting to 

print. This is due to the queue waiting to fill before beginning to print data. 

If several small jobs are triggered to print in succession, then there will not 

be a delay. 

Remove Rasters 

To remove the rasters (essentially unRIP) of a job that has been 

processed for the press, highlight the job in the Hold Queue of the 

Command Workstation window. Right click the job name and choose 

Remove Raster Data from the context menu. Once the raster have been 

removed, the job will go back to the light yellow Held state and the halo 

will disappear from the document icon. 

Delete 

You can delete either kind of held jobs (ones that have just been spooled 

and ones that have been spooled and then processed). Highlight the job 

in the Hold Queue of the Command Workstation window. Right click the 

job name and choose Delete from the context menu. You will be 

prompted with a ‘Are you sure’ option. If you select Yes, the job will 

disappear from the Active Jobs Queue. This will just remove the job from 

CWS, it will not delete the job of the disk. 




Archive 

Context Menu Items That Are Not Working At This Time: 

Duplicate 

Stopping a Job 

There are 3 ways of stopping a job from printing: 

The job finishes printing 

In this case, the job completely finished printing on its own. The file 

will drop from the ActiveJobs queue to the Printed Jobs queue. To 

reprint, highlight the job and click Print. The file will then move back 

up to the Active Jobs queue. 

Normal Stop 

In this case the last page printed by the first printhead will completely 

finished printing (front and back) and the paper will continue to move 

until the that last printed page makes its way to the take-up roll or 

finishing equipment. The job will turn back to its original state (yellow 

or orange) and remain in the Active Jobs queue as a ready-to-print 

job. 

Fast Stop 

In this case the server will stop sending data to the printer and the 

paper will stop moving immediately. The job will turn back to its 

original state and remain in the Active Jobs queue. 

Suspend / Resume 

If a Normal or Fast Stop is performed, the Printing activity display will turn 

red and read: Printing Suspended. The job that was printing at the time 

will go from green back to its original state. Any jobs that were waiting to 

print will cancel and then quickly turn back to waiting to print (light green). 

At this time, with printing still suspended, you can reorder the print jobs. 

Step 1: Job is printing, 

3 are waiting. 

Step 2: Stop occurred, 

printing job goes back to 

original state, 

3 are still waiting. 




Reordering Print Jobs 

Before reordering, release any other jobs you wish to print to the waiting 

to print state (light green). This can include the job that was printing when 

the Fast Stop was performed, or any test patterns you wish to print 

temporarily. Once all the jobs are light green, go to SERVER → 

REORDER JOBS. The following window will appear: 

Click the “waiting to print” tab. A list of the light green jobs will be shown. 

Highlight the job you wish to move in the order (the list is in order of 

printing next to last, top to bottom) and click the arrows on the right to 

move it up or down in the printing order. Click DONE when the list is in the 

correct order. 

Back at the CWS main screen, the jobs will now be in the newly defined 

order in the Active Jobs queue. When ready, go to SERVER → RESUME 

PRINTING (or press F6). Be sure the READY button is checked on the 

Host Controller screen. If it is not, the Printing activity display will read: 

Device Not Ready. Go to the Host Controller screen and click the READY 

button to begin printing. 

If no reorder is required, you can simply press F6 when you are ready to 

print again after a Normal or Fast Stop. Any light green jobs will begin to 

print in their previously defined order. If there are no light green jobs and 

you do not wish to print anything, you can still press F6 to clear the 

Printing Suspended warning. 



Using Monaco Profiler 

Once your patches have been RIPped and printed on the V-Series 

printing system, they are now ready to be scanned. Retrieve the patches 

from the press and cut the patches into their long strips, being careful to 

not cut off the label. 

1. Open the Monaco Profiling software. 

2. Click the OUTPUT button and the following window will appear. 

Set these options: 

• Create New Profile 

• Printer Type: CMYK 

• No Linearize 

Color Managment and Workflow User Guide 3 - 1

Chapter 3. Using Monaco Profiler 

3. Click , the following dialog will appear: 


• Device: GretagMacbeth eye-one UV (strip mode) 

• Connection Port: USB 

4. Click , the software will search and locate the device. The 

following window will appear: 


• Media Size: Custom (8.8 x 11) 

• Quality: 917 Patches 

• Scramble Patches: Checked 

• Advanced Options: 300 



5. Click , you will be asked to calibrate the ES-1000. 

Place the device on the cradle as described and press the button on 

the side of the device. When calibration is complete, the following 

window will appear: 

6. Locate the page of patches that says “Page #1”. Use the guide tool 

that comes with the device and start scanning column #1. 

Continue to read the columns of patches until all pages are complete. 

To keep you on track, Monaco will remind you which column of 

patches it expects next on the Read Patches dialog screen, below 

the L*a*b* data. 

7. When the reading is complete, click , bringing up the Profile 

Options dialog box. 

Color Managment and Workflow User Guide 3 - 3


The only options you need to change is under the ‘Table Options’ 

tab. 


• Rendering Intent: Relative Colorimetric 

• Table Resolution: 33x33x33 

• Color Value Size: 16 bit 

You are now ready to create the profile, click . 

8. Now click the button marked ‘CREATE PROFILE’. Navigate to the 

appropriate directory, and save your profile with the name: 

3x*papername-real-UIL300-linlevel%.icm 

9. After the profile saves, go to File → Save Session, navigate to the 

same directory, and name your session the same as you named your 

profile. 



Software Procedures 

Table 4.1 

This chapter describes the following software procedures: 

• Digital Front End (DFE) software installation 

• Controller (CS600) software installation. 

Use three of the four CD-ROMs shipped with the controller for the blade 

procedures (see Table 4.1 and Figure 4.1) and one CD plus additional 

vendor CDs for the controller procedures (see “CS600 Software 

Installation”). 

Note: Always use the latest (most recent) version of software available. Contact 

technical support for information on software releases. 

Components, CS600 software kit 

Description 

SOFTWARE - CS600 ENGLISH INSTALLATION VERSION 2.x 

SOFTWARE - CS600 DFE SYSTEM, SOFTWARE VERSION 2.x 

SOFTWARE - CS600 DFE USER SOFTWARE, VERSION 2.x 

SOFTWARE - CS600 DFE OS IMAGE, ENGLISH VERSION 2.x 

Notes 

Installed on the controller host PC 

Installed on all blades 

Installed on the controller host PC 

Installed on all blades 

Figure 4.1 

Software CD-ROMs, CS600 system controller 

DFE system software 

CS600 user software 

DFE user software 

DFE OS image 



The procedures described in this chapter should be performed only by a 

Field Engineer or service technician trained by Kodak Versamark, Inc. 

Some procedures required to restore (reload) software are not required 

for an upgrade. Use Table 4.2 to determine which procedures are needed 

and then read each procedure through carefully before starting it to 

ensure than only required procedures or portions of procedures are 

performed. 

Table 4.2 

CS600 software installation procedure selection 

Problem or Change 

Procedure(s) Required 

Replacement host controller PC 

CS600 software installation 

Replacement host PC hard drive 

CS600 software installation 

Replacement control blade DFE software installation 

Replacement blade primary hard drive DFE software installation 

Replacement RAID hard drive 

DFE software installation 

Replacement RIP blade DFE software installation 

Unrecoverable controller software error CS600 software installation 

Unrecoverable printer server software error DFE software installation 

Controller software upgrade 

CS600 software upgrade 

QX9000 software upgrade 

DFE software upgrade 



DFE Software Installation 


Installing or upgrading the QX9000 printer server installed in the main or 

expansion DFE cabinet involves the same set of procedures. DFE 

software installation consists of the following procedures: 

Table 4.3 

• Boot sequence setup 

• Operating system (OS Image) installation 

• Blade (computer) configuration 

• Fiery software installation 

• Fiery software configuration. 

Use these procedures and the original set of CD-ROMs shipped with the 

controller to reinstall (restore) the software running on the Control Blade 

(Blade 0) and all the RIP Blades (Blades 1 through 8). For an upgrade, 

use the most recent CS600 software release. All software upgrades and 

the accompanying documentation are available from the technical 

support website. 

All five procedures must be done on the control blade. The control then 

cascades the installation to all other RIP blades. 

To document and manage the control blade installation, use the checklist 

provided (see Table 4.3). The cascading process can be observed from 

the control by checking the various progress screens displayed. Once the 

installation is complete, all blades should be checked to ensure that the 

installation was successful. 

Software installation checklist, QX9000 printer server 

Blade # Boot Setup OS Installation Blade Configuration Fiery Installation Fiery Configuration 

Control 0 

RIP 1 

RIP 2 

RIP 3 

RIP 4 

RIP 5 

RIP 6 

RIP 7 

RIP 8 

Caution: If control blade detect a software mismatch when it boots, it will prompt 

you to restart the installation in order to cascade the installation down to 

that blade. 




Blade Installation Setup 

Use the following procedure to connect to the control blade: 

1. Use one of the following methods to connect the keyboard, monitor, 

and mouse of the controller PC to the KVM switch in the DFE cabinet: 

a. Connect the video cable from the system controller cabinet to the 

video pigtail cable on the back of the DFE cabinet (see Figure 

4.2). 

b. If the pigtail cable is not available, connect the video cable for the 

controller PC directly to port 6 on the KVM switch in the DFE 

cabinet. The switch is located in the bottom blade location (see 

Figure 4.3). If you connect to KVM port 6, skip step 2. 

Figure 4.2 KVM connection, DFE cabinet 

KVM input cable 

KVM pigtail cable 

2. If you cannot connect to KVM port 6, use the following steps to select 

and display the blade software: 

c. Press CTRL + CTRL on the keyboard to open the switch menu. 

d. Select EFI Data Ctrl on the switch menu. 

e. Press SCROLL LOCK, SCROLL LOCK 1 on the keyboard for the 

Control Blade (0), 2 for RIP Blade 1 through 9 for RIP blade 8. 

The KVM switch button numbers correspond to the EFI Data Control 

program blade numbers given above. The active device indicator is 

amber. Ready device indicators are green. Using the scan function is 

explained on a label on the switch. To access the switch, remove the 

two hex screws securing the blade drawer to the cabinet rails and pull 

it out (see Figure 4.3). 

Figure 4.3 KVM switch controls and indicators, DFE cabinet 

KVM switch 

Buttons and Indicators 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SCAN 

Scan function instructions 

Switch drawer 

Hex screw 




Blade Operating System Installation 

Use the following procedure to install the embedded OS on all blades 

starting with blade 0 (the control blade): 

1. Load the OS image DVD in the DVD-R drive of the control blade 

(blade 0). 

2. Press RESET to reboot the control blade (see Figure 4.4) or press 

POWER to cycle the power off and back on. RESET is recessed; use 

a small, blunt tool to reach it. 

Wait for the blade to reboot. A Disk Operating System (DOS) script is 

displayed during the reboot sequence. 

Note: Version 2.0 does not require changing the boot sequence. If the control 

blade fails to boot from the installation CD, contact technical support 

Figure 4.4 

Reset and power switches, DFE blade 

RESET switch 

POWER switch 

3. After the blade reboots, select YES on the RAID configuration screen 

that appears (see below). The DFE (Fiery QX9000 server) is 

configured as a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID). 

RAID Configuration 

Continue with RAID configuration? 

< Yes > < No > 




A series of progress message screens appear (see below), then 

scrolling text, and then a “Partitioning Complete” message screen. 

RAID Configuration 

Reconfiguring Unit: 0 

4. When the Installer V1.0 screen appears, press ENTER to select YES 

and format the drive to start the installation. 

Installer V1.0 

All data will be deleted. Continue? 

< Yes > < No > 

5. When the Select Language screen appears, accept the default to 

select the “English US” option (see below). 

A message screen appears (see below), and the installation starts. 

The amber activity light blinks on the DVD-ROM drive indicating that 

the blade is copying files. 

Select Language 

Language: 

1 English US 

2 French 

3 Italian 

4 German 

(+) 

< OK > 




6. A progress message screen appears (see below), then the blade 

reboots automatically. 


Installation in progress, please 

wait . . . 

7. After the progress screen reappears, and after a second reboot, 

another prompt screen appears (see below). Press ENTER to select 

OK. A second DVD is not required. 


Please remove DVD and insert 

CD2/DVD2 (System Software) 

< OK > 

8. When another prompt screen appears (see below), press ENTER to 

select OK and continue. 


Installation completed. Press Ok 

to continue. 

< OK > 




9. When another prompt screen appears (see below). press ENTER 

twice to select OK and continue. 

DIABLO-Diagnostics, Installation and Boot LOader 


Please remove DVD, and press OK. 

< OK > 

10. Press enter to select OK and continue. The blade reboots 

automatically, and then embedded Windows XP starts. After a check 

disk is run, the EFI installation screen appears, and then embedded 

Windows XP restarts. When the Windows log-in screen appears, the 

OS installation is complete. 

11. Repeat the OS installation procedure for each RIP blade starting with 

step 12. 

Note: if you have multiple copies of the OS image bootable DVD, you can load 

one in the drive of each blade, then start the installations and let them run 

almost concurrently. 

12. If the RIP blade is not configured to boot from its DVD-ROM drive, 

add the following steps: 

a. Press RESET to reboot the blade, and when BIOS Setup Utility 

screen appears after you reset the blade, press DELETE to enter 

setup. 

b. Select Boot on the main menu and then Boot Device 

Priority. 

c. Set the DVD-R as the first boot device in the list (see below). The 

exact syntax of the device name may vary. 

1st Boot Device [SM-DV-516E] 

2nd Boot Device [PM-HDS-722512VLAT80] 

3rd Boot Device [IBA 1.1.07 Slot 01] 

4th Boot Device [IBA 1.1.07 Slot 09] 

5th Boot Device [IBA 1.1.07 Slot 09] 

The order and type listed for the 3rd through 5th devices is not 

significant. Only the 1st (DVD-R) and 2nd (HD) devices matter. 

d. Press F10 (save and exit) or select Exit then Save and Exit 

on the menu. 

13. Load the OS image CD in the DVD-R drive of the first RIP blade. 

14. Repeat step 2 through step 10 for this blade. 

This runs the same installation procedure used for the control blade. 

15. When the installation is complete, repeat the procedure for each RIP 

blade. 

16. After all RIP blades have the OS installed, continue with the “Blade 

Configuration” procedure starting with the control blade. 




Blade Configuration 

Use the following procedure to configure all blades in the DFE cabinet 

from the control blade: 

1. Log in at the control blade using the following user name and 

password: 

User name: Administrator 

Password: Fiery.1 (appears as !!!!!!!) 

2. Select Start " Control Panel " Display to open the dialog that 

controls the appearance of the desktop. 

The standard EMBEDDED WINDOWS desktop appears (shown below); it 

looks the same as the standard WINDOWS XP Professional desktop. 

Note: Completing step 3 is not required, just recommended, but the appearance 

of the operating system screens for all blades should be uniform. 

3. Select the “Switch to Classic View” option if it is displayed on the left 

side of the screen, and select Windows Classic from the pulldown 

Theme menu and then click OK. This step changes both the Windows 

Explorer view and the desktop theme to the Windows classic style. 

4. Select Start " Control Panel " Network and Internet 

Connections to open the Network Connections dialog box. 




5. Select the connection for the Intel PRO/1000 MT dual port server. 

This is usually the first, unnumbered connection (as shown below), 

but always check the device name, not just the connection name (see 

Table 4.4). 

First connection 

6. Double-click the first Local Area Connection list entry (change the 

view to list if icons are displayed). 

7. With the first Local Area Connection open, right click Properties. 

8. Click the General tab on the status dialog box. 

9. Double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the list to select it and open 

its Properties dialog box. 




10. Enter the correct IP address for Connection 1 (see Table 4.4), or let 

Windows obtain an IP address automatically. 

Table 4.4 

Network addresses, QX9000 blades 

Blade 

PRO/1000 MT Adapter #2 

(Connection 1 Address) 

PRO/1000 MT Adapter 


PRO/100 S Adapter 


Subnet Mask 

Control 0 192.168.10.1 Installation specific 192.168.200.250 255.255.255.0 

RIP 1 192.168.10.2 Obtain automatically 192.168.200.21 255.255.255.0 

RIP 2 192.168.10.3 Obtain automatically Obtain automatically 255.255.255.0 







11. Click on the Subnet mask field to have the correct value automatically 

entered, then click OK. 

12. Click OK to complete the properties setup. 

The address used for Connection 2 is determined by the customer 

network. Consult the network administrator at the customer site to 

determine the proper IP address. 

13. Repeat steps step 7 through step 12 for Connection 1 on all RIP 

blades, and also for Connection 3 on RIP 1 (see Table 4.4). 

14. Close all open windows. 

15. Continue with the “Fiery Software Installation” procedure. 




Fiery Software Installation 

Load the Fiery application software on all blades in the DFE from the 

control blade. A new or fresh installation should always be done from CD. 

Use the most recent release (see Table 4.1). Software provided for an 

upgrade or downloaded from the web may be compressed. Extract the 

contents of the compressed file into a temporary folder on the control 

blade hard drive and reinstall from that folder. For 

1. Load the Fiery System Software CD in the DVD-ROM drive of the 

blade being upgraded. 

a. The DVD should autorun and display a setup progress window 

(shown below). 

b. If the CD does not autorun, select the “Open folder to view files 

using Windows Explorer” option to display the CD contents 

(shown below). 

Installation 

program 

icon 

c. For an installation from extracted files, open the temporary folder 

where the program files are located and double-click the installation 

program icon to start the installation wizard, then continue 

the installation normally (see step 2). 




Note: To view the CS600 file extensions, select Control Panel " Tools " 

Options and uncheck the “Hide extensions for known file types” option 

(as shown below). 

Uncheck 

2. When the wizard appears, click NEXT to continue the installation (as 

shown below). 

Caution: If an message such as “NSIS Error - Corrupted Disk” appears, check that 

the Fiery software disk is a master not a copy. If this error persists with a 

master disk, contact technical support. 




3. When the next screen appears, set the number of RIP blades in the 

system (as shown below). The options are 2, 5, 6 or 9. 

4. When the next setup screen appears, uncheck the boxes for the “Skip 

TSED Firmware Update Setup” and “Do not start Blade Monitor” 

options. 

RIP blade setup 

Uncheck options 

5. Click NEXT and wait for the installation to continue. A progress screen 

appears. The program extracts and copies files for several minutes. 




6. When the setup wizard reappears, click FINISH. 

7. When the Fiery Configuration screen appears, select the correct 

parameters for the system: 

Head configuration: 

• 5 blade narrow for up to 8 heads in standard configurations 

• 5 blade wide for 8 over 0 stitched 

• 6 blade wide for 8 over 2 

• 9 blade wide for 8 over 8 

Video: 

• Real Video for all systems 

Resolution: 

• 300 x 300 for standard DT90/91 ripping 

• 300 x 600 for optional DT90/91 ripping 

• 300 x 900 for standard DT92 ripping 

• 300 x 1200 for optional DT92 rIpping. 

Click OK to confirm the configuration. 




Note: To change the configuration after installation, run the utility ac.exe found 

in the E:\config folder of the control blade (shown below). This utility 

accesses the configuration screen directly. 

8. When the Operation Successful pop-up appears (shown below), click 

OK to complete the installation. 

9. On the control blade, select Start " Control Panel " Date and 

Time, then change the setting to the local time. The default is Pacific 

time. 

Note: Setting the time on the RIP blades is optional. 

10. When the software installation is complete on all blades and the 

controller host PC, run a test job to confirm the system is fully 

operational. 



CS600 Software Installation 


The following procedures describe how to install the CS600 system 

controller software on the Mitac PC in the controller cabinet: 

• Controller operating system installation 

• Application software installation. 

The installation program Setup.exe for the CS600 installs the 

TachandCue drivers and GalaxyCT program as a service automatically. 

To use this document, you should be familiar with the operation of the 

CS600 system controller or the CS600 system controller which shares 

most of the same features including major elements of its graphical user 

interface. 

Before starting the installation procedure, make sure you have all the 

necessary disks. Controller software installation requires CD-ROM 

0197769 from the Kodak set and the following five vendor software disks 

(see Figure 4.5): 

• MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL (A) 

• ELO TOUCHTOOLS touchscreen software (B) 

• INTEL PRO 100/1000 network adapters (C) 

• Installation Guide, blue MITAC CD containing drivers (D). 

Note: CD-ROM E shown in Figure 4.5 (EFI COLOR PROFILER) is not used. 

The Windows XP system restore disk (a 3.5" diskette) shipped with the 

controller is not required for installation. If the system crashes during 

installation, load it in the diskette drive and reset. The PC will boot from 

the floppy, then you can repeat the installation. If the system crashes 

repeatedly during an attempted installation, contact technical support. 

If you do not have a required CD, contact technical support. 

Figure 4.5 

Vendor CD-ROMs required for CS600 installation 

B 

C 

D 

A 

(C) 

E 




Controller Operating System Installation 

Use the following procedures to start a full installation of all software on 

the controller (Mitac PC) hard drive: 

• WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL installation 

• Windows setup 

• Windows components installation 

• Java installation. 

All four of these procedures must be completed. These procedures 

require an original WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL CD-ROM. If you do not 

have an original disk available, contact technical support. 

Caution: All data on the controller PC hard drive is lost when the operating system 

is installed (the drive is formatted). Backup any data that needs to be 

preserved by writing the files to a CD-ROM or copying them to a network 

drive. 

WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL Installation 

Use the following procedure to install the operating system on the 

controller PC: 

1. Power on the controller PC (Mitac P4), if required. 

The CD-ROM drive bay will not open with the power off. 

2. If you have the DFE video switch connected to the operator console 

of the CS600, press 6 on the switch or SCROLL LOCK, SCROLL LOCK, 

6 on the keyboard to display the system controller software. 

See Chapter 3, “Cabling” for a detailed description of the operator 

console and DFE switch connections 

3. Load the MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL operating system 

CD-ROM shipped with the controller. 

The CD used must be the one shipped with the system. The 

operating system serial numbers on the CD packaging and the sticker 

on the PC must match (see Figure 4.6). 

Figure 4.6 Operating system serial number sticker, Mitac P4 

Win XP Pro serial number 

sticker 

4. Restart the PC. 




5. During the boot script sequence, press any key when prompted to 

boot from the DVD drive. This function only works when a bootable 

disk is detected in the DVD drive. 

Changing the boot sequence is not required as the DVD-ROM drive is 

the second boot device. The standard boot sequence in the BIOS is: 

1st - IDE-0 

2nd - CD/DVD - 0 

2nd - Floppy 

To change this sequence, press DEL when prompted during the boot 

script to enter the AMIBIOS Setup Utility. The sequence is displayed 

on the Advanced CMOS Setup screen. Press ENTER to confirm a 

change, then F10 to save and exit. 

6. Press any key to boot from the CD. If the hard drive is blank (empty), 

this prompt will not appear. The “Setup is loading files . . . “ message 

appears. 

7. When prompted, press ENTER to begin installing Windows. The 

Windows setup screen appears. 

8. Press F8 to accept the license agreement. Windows searches for 

installed versions of the operating system, then an installation 

selection screen appears. 

9. Press ENTER at the “to set up windows now” prompt. 

10. Press ESC to select “To install a fresh copy of Windows” option. The 

partition screen appears. 

11. Select “C: Partition1 [NTFS] . . . ” which may be the only option. 

The amount of disk space available is also displayed; it will be more 

than adequate for the installation (~58643 MB). If the drive has not 

been partitioned, a selection for “unpartitioned space” may be listed. 

12. Check that you have all required CDs (see Figure 4.5). 

13. Press D to install Windows on the selected partition. 

14. Press ENTER to select the option “To delete this partition...” 

15. Press L to “delete this partition...” 

16. Press ENTER to install the selected partition. 

17. Press ENTER to format the partition using NTFS format. Formatting 

takes about 20 minutes. 

When formatting is complete, the Windows setup screen appears and 

the installation program begins copying files. When the installation 

program finishes copying files, it begins installing devices. Copying 

files and installing device drivers takes about 35 minutes. 

18. Accept the defaults on the screen for “Regional and Language 

Choices”, and then click NEXT. 

Languages other than English are not supported. 

19. Enter System Controller for “Name:”, leave “Organization:” blank, 

and click NEXT. 




20. Enter the product key. 

The key is provided with the Windows XP CD and printed on a sticker 

affixed to the right side of the AMD computer near the back. The 

alphanumeric key has the following format (sample only do NOT 

enter): 

TJC8V-BB2BP-MV2FK-XRKBT-DHPB 

21. Delete the computer name generated by the install program and enter 

the name: CS600Controller. 

22. Leave the password blank and select NEXT. 

23. Change the date and time to match that of the location for the system. 

The Windows Setup screen reappears. 

24. On the Network Settings screen, select the Typical settings and then 

NEXT twice. 

The setup process takes about 4 minutes. 

25. Select OK on the “To improve the appearance of visual elements...” 

and then click OK to confirm the changes. 

26. Select the “Not right now” option on the Automatic Updates screen, 

then click NEXT to continue. 

27. Select the radio button for LAN, Skip the DSL connection portion of 

the network screen, and click NEXT. 

28. Select NEXT on the “Welcome to Microsoft Windows” dialog. 

29. Select SKIP on the “Checking for Internet Connectivity” dialog. 

30. Uncheck the box for “Automatically detect settings” on the “Configure 

your network settings” screen. 

31. Check the box for “Use a proxy server” then enter the address and 

port provided by the customer (network administrator or 

representative), then click NEXT. 

Uncheck default 

Check 

Enter values for 

customer site 

# 




32. Select the “No, remind me to activate Windows every few days” 

option on the “Let’s activate Windows” screen and then click NEXT. 

33. On the “Who will use this computer?” dialog, enter the following: 

• Your name: Kodak Versamark 

• 2nd User: Kodak Versamark User 

34. Select FINISH on the Thank You screen. The Windows log in screen 

appears. 

Mitac PC Setup 

35. Remove the Win XP CD and insert the blue Mitac CD. 

This CD should be labeled Installation Guide with contents ATI Rage 

XL Graphics drivers, INTEL 82559 drivers, and MICROSOFT Direct X 

8.0, but the label text may vary. 

When the CD autoruns, a popup box should appear. 

36. Select “Open folder to view files” on the popup dialog, or open 

Windows explorer and select the D drive (DVD-RW). 




37. Select the IDE folder. 

a. Select the Setup application icon (shown below). 

Setup icon 

b. Click ok to select U.S. English for the installation language. 

c. Click NEXT on the SiS IDE Driver screen to install the driver. 

d. On the Select Components screen, leave the default “Install 

WinXP IDE driver” checked and click NEXT. 




Wait for the driver installation to complete. A progress screen is 

displayed, then closes. 

e. On the Setup Complete screen, select “No, I will restart my 

computer later” and then FINISH. 

a. Select the Display folder on the D drive (CD-ROM). 




b. Open the WIN2K-XP subfolder. 

c. Select the Setup application icon (shown below). 

Setup icon 

Note: If a New Hardware Found popup appears, do NOT respond to it. Let the 

installation program handle it. 

d. On the Welcome screen, select NEXT. 

e. On the Setup Type screen, leave the default setup type “Typical” 

selected and click NEXT. 




f. On the Select Program Folder screen, leave the default “SiS 

650_651_M650_M652_740” selected and click NEXT. 

g. On the Start Copying Files screen, click NEXT to run the SiS 

installer program. 

h. Wait for the SiS installer program to complete. A progress screen 

appears while the program is running. 




i. On the Setup Complete screen, select “No, I will restart my 

computer later” and then click FINISH. 

j. Close Windows Explorer. 

Touchscreen Setup 

38. Remove the Blue CD and insert the ELO TouchTools CD. 

a. When the CD autoruns, double click the “Install Driver For This 

Computer” option on the Touch Tools menu screen. 

If a Windows Explorer popup appears instead of the menu 

screen, select the “Open folder to view files” option and then 

double click the setup application icon. 

Note: The ELO software is also on the CS600 System Controller Software CD. 




b. Check the “Install Serial Drivers” option on the setup screen and 

then click NEXT. 

Check # 

c. Select YES on the License Agreement screen. 

d. Select “Auto detect ELO devices” and then NEXT. 




e. Check that COM1 is checked and click NEXT. If COM2 appears 

checked, look at the PC and confirm that the serial cable is 

connected to COM1. 

f. Click NEXT on the confirmation screen. 

g. After the setup program copies the files, click FINISH on the Setup 

Complete screen. 

h. Click EXIT on the Elo Touch Tools menu screen. 




Network Driver Setup 

39. Remove the ELO touchscreen CD and insert the INTEL PRO network 

CD. 

a. When the CD autoruns and the INTEL Pro Network Connections 

menu screen appears, select the “Install Base Driver” option. 

If a Windows Explorer popup appears instead of the menu 

screen, select the “Open folder to view files” option and then 

double click the setup application icon. 

Note: The “Install Software” option installs the drivers and the SiS Utility Tray 

program, which is not required. 

40. Wait for the setup program to install the Windows XP drivers. 

41. Select CANCEL on the Install Base Driver restart dialog. 

42. Select EXIT on the INTEL Pro Network Connections menu. 




43. To set up the network connections, select Start → Control Panel 

from the taskbar. 

a. Select Network and Internet Connections. 

b. Select Network Connections. 

c. Select Local Area Connection. 

d. Select the General tab. 

e. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then Properties. 




f. Set the IP address for the controller (192.168.200.250). 

g. Leave the Subnet Mask default unchanged (255.255.255.0). 

h. Select OK and then CLOSE. 

Note: Local Area Connection 2 will default to use DHCP. This is used to connect 

to the site local network. If this is correct for the customer site, leave the 

default unchanged. If the site requires a specific address, use the same 

procedure to enter it. 

44. Select Start → Control Panel → User Accounts to set up these 

accounts. 

a. Select the Kodak Versamark icon or select the “Change an 

account” option. 




b. Select Create a Password. 

45. Enter a password and hint and then click CREATE PASSWORD. 

Password protecting the Administrator account is recommended, but 

consult the customer about this step. Make sure the password is 

recorded, but kept in a secure location. 

c. Select the “Change an account” option. 

d. Select the Kodak Versamark User account. 

e. Select the “Change the Account Type” option. 

f. Select Limited for the account type. 


g. Close both screens (click the x in the corner). 



46. Continue this procedure to activate Windows, or skip to the Windows 

Setup procedure if site conditions require delaying activation. 

Windows Activation 

Windows activation must be done within 30 days of the installation. If 

activation is not done immediately, consult the customer to ensure 

that activation will be done before the grace period expires. 

47. If the controller PC has internet access through its proxy server, right 

click the Windows activation (keys) icon on the taskbar and open it. 

48. Check the “Yes, let’s activate Windows over the internet now” option 

and then click NEXT. 

49. Check the “No, I don’t want to register now, let’s just activate 

Windows” option and then click NEXT. 




50. Check the “Use a proxy server” option, enter the address and port 

provided by the customer network administrator and then click NEXT. 

51. Wait for Windows to connect and complete the activation sequence. 

52. When the activation complete screen appears, select FINISH. 




53. If a network connection is unavailable (as shown below), select 

TELEPHONE to continue. 

54. Follow the onscreen steps to contact Microsoft by telephone and 

complete the activation screen fields (as shown below). 

Note: Every installation requires unique installation ID and confirmation ID 

numbers; the numbers show above are samples. Do not enter these 

numbers. 




55. When the automated system confirms that activation is complete, 

hang up and click FINISH on the Thank You screen. 

56. Continue with the Windows Setup procedure. 

Windows Setup 

Continue the installation with this procedure after completing the operating 

system Installation: 

1. From the desktop, cancel the Windows tour (if required). 

2. If the Hardware Wizard starts, cancel it. 

3. Right click on the desktop and select Properties 

4. Uncheck the “Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 30 days” option 

and then click OK. 

5. Select Start " Settings " Taskbar and Start menu. 

6. Uncheck any boxes that are checked, and then OK. 




7. Select the Settings tab and set the following parameters: 

• 1280 x 1024 resolution 

• Highest color setting available (32 bit) 

This resolution allows Piglet Diagnostics to fit on the screen. 

8. Select APPLY and YES. The screen resets. 

9. Select YES and then OK on the confirmation screen. 

10. Right click on the taskbar and select Properties. 

11. Select Customize and check that the following options ARE checked: 

• Keep the Taskbar on top of other windows 

• Group similar items Taskbar buttons 

• Show Quick Launch 

Check that the following options are NOT checked: 

• Lock the Taskbar 

• Hide inactive icons. 

12. Select APPLY and then OK to continue. 

13. Select Start → Control Panel → Switch to Classic View. 




14. Select System and then the Advanced tab. 

15. Select Performance → Settings, then the ‘Adjust for best 

performance’ button and APPLY and then OK to continue. 

16. Select Startup and Recovery → Settings. 




17. Uncheck the ‘Time to display list of operating systems’ option and 

then OK. 

18. Select the Automatic Updates tab. 

19. Make sure that the ‘Automatic (recommended)” option is unchecked 

and then click OK. 

Turning off automatic updates prevents Windows from installing 

patches that could affect controller operation or disrupt 

communications between the controller PC and the DFE (printer 

server) control blade. 

20. Select APPLY and OK to close the Control Panel window. 

Windows Components Installation 

Continue the installation with this procedure after completing the 

Windows Setup procedure: 

1. Select Start → Control Panel → Add/Remove Programs. 

The Windows Components Wizard opens. 

If you loaded the Win XP Pro CD first, the setup menu appears, select 

Add/Remove Windows Component. 

2. In the main components list, verify that the following components are 

selected (! = selected as shown below): 

! Accessories and Utilities 

# Indexing Service 

! Internet Explorer. 

3. Select the Accessories and Utilities folder, select Details... and 

verify the following settings: 

! Calculator 

# Character Map 

# Clipboard Viewer 

# Desktop Wallpaper 

# Document Templates 

# Mouse Pointers 

! Paint 




4. Select Internet Information Services (IIS), select Details... and 

verify the following settings: 

! Common Files 

# Documentation 

! Check File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service 

# Front Page 2000 Server Extensions 

! Internet Information Services (IIS) Snap-in 

# SMTP Service 

5. Select World Wide Web Service, then select Details... and verify the 

following settings: 

# Printers Virtual Directory 

# Remote Desktop Web Connection 

# Scripts Virtual Directory 

6. Select World Wide Web Service, then OK twice. 


7. In the main list, verify the following settings: 

# Management & Monitoring Tools 

# Messaging Queuing 

# MSN Explorer 



8. If a message appears warning you about not installing MSN Explorer, 

select YES on that screen. 

9. Verify the following settings: 

# Networking Services. 

# Other Network File & Print Services 

# Outlook Express. 

# Update Root Certificates 

# Windows Media Player 

# Windows Messenger 

10. Load the Windows XP CD (or skip this if you loaded it before starting 

this procedure). 

11. Select NEXT reconfigure Windows. Windows installs or uninstalls the 

specified files. 

12. Select FINISH to close the Setup Wizard. 

13. Select YES to reboot the controller. 

14. Continue with the Java Installation procedure. 




Java Installation 

Continue the installation with this procedure if you are not going to install 

the EFI applications on the controller PC. This procedure can be skipped 

if you are going to install EFI Command WorkStation 4 because that 

procedure includes the Java 2 RE (Runtime Environment) installation. 

Use the following procedure to install the copy of Java included on the 

WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL operating system CD: 

1. With the controller software CD loaded, open Windows Explorer. 

2. Open folder D:\\utilities\jre (on the CD). 

3. Select (double click) file j2re-1_4_2_03-windows-i586-p.exe to start 

the installation program. 

The Install Wizard opens and begins loading Java TM 2 Platform 

Standard Edition. 

4. Select the option “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and 

then click NEXT. 

5. Select the Custom option and the NEXT. 




6. In the Custom Setup screen, select and open each item in the list, 

then select ‘This feature will be installed on the local hard drive’ and 

then NEXT. 

7. In the Browser Registration screen, verify that Internet Explorer is 

checked and then click NEXT. 

The install program copies files. 

8. Click FINISH to close the install program. 

9. Close Windows Explorer. 

10. Delete the Java Web Start shortcut that appears on the desktop, and 

then empty the Recycle Bin. 

11. Continue with the “Application Software Installation” procedure. 

Application Software Installation 

Use the following procedures to install or reload the application software 

required on the following CS600 controller computer (Mitac PC): 

• CS600 system controller software procedures: 

• Software installation 

• Software configuration 

• Ethernet address setup 

• DFE user software procedures: 

• EFI ColorWise Pro Tools 

• EFI Command WorkStation 4 installation 

• EFI Hot Folders 

• EFI Utility Work Bench installation. 

All of these procedures must be completed. These procedures require the 

original software CD-ROMs shipped with the controller. If you do not have 

the original disks, contact technical support. 

Caution: All job settings and system configurations saved using these programs 

are lost when the programs are reinstalled. Record or backup all required 

job settings and system configurations that need to be reentered or 

restored. 




The CS600 host software CD-ROM contains setup files for simplex and 

duplex printing, pdf testpage files, Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 and PDFs 

of current CS600 documentation. The Tools folder contains utility 

programs to help debug problems with the system and backup driver files 

for the touchscreen, network board, and PC motherboard. These 

programs are described in Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting.” 


This procedure must be done on the CS600 host computer with the 

operating system installed. For a complete (full) software installation, 

complete the installation of WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL first. The 

operating system installation includes all the device drivers (IDE 

controller, INTEL Ethernet controller board, and video adapter) needed to 

support the applications software. 

Use the following procedure to install the CS600 system controller 

(application) software: 

1. Load the current CS600 software CD-ROM in the DVD drive of the 

controller PC (check with technical support to determine the version 

number of the latest release). The CD should autorun and open the 

Setup - CS600 System Controller window. 

If the CD does not autorun, select “Open folder to view files using 

Windows Explorer” option on the CD window and then click OK. 

If the Windows Explorer dialog does not appear, select Start " Run 

and enter D: in the open field then click OK (or open the My 

Computer window, right click the CD Drive icon and select Explore). 

The main installation file is Setup.exe in the root directory. There is 

also an HTML readme file. The folders contain the following files: 

• Data 

Contains setup files for simplex and duplex print jobs, and PDF 

testpage files. 

• Documentation 

Contains ADOBE ACROBAT Reader 7.0 and PDF manuals. 

• ReadMe 

Contains setup files for simplex and duplex print jobs, and PDF 

testpage files. 




• Tools 

Contains utility and diagnostics programs plus backup drivers for 

the motherboard and touchscreen. 

2. Click NEXT to begin the installation. 

3. Click NEXT to accept the default path displayed. 

4. Click INSTALL to copy the required files and drivers. 

5. Wait the system to copy files. 




6. When the “Completing the CS600 System Controller Setup Wizard” 

window appears, leave the box for “Start CS600 Administration” 

checked and click FINISH. 

7. Continue with the “CS600 Software Configuration” procedure. 

For an initial installation of the CS600 software or for a complete 

reinstallation (reloading on a new PC or hard drive), configuration is 

required. 

CS600 Software Configuration 

Use the following procedure to configure the CS600 Software with the 

Versamark Administration Tool: 

1. If the CS600 System Controller Administration program window is not 

open, select it from the programs lists (double click it). 

The program window opens automatically after an installation if the 

“Start CS600 Administration” box was checked. 

2. Select the General tab (the default when the program opens) and set 

the following parameters: 

• Check the box for “Display Caption” or make sure that box is 

checked. 




• Check the radio button for “Status bar on top” or make sure that 

button is checked. 

This button give Windows frame control over basic functions 

(minimizing, maximizing, and exiting) and prevents the operator 

from exiting the CS600 application by any means other than the 

program exit function. Abnormal termination of the program can 

cause software problems. 

• Check the appropriate metric units for the customer application 

(typically centimeters). 

• Check the “Administrator use only” box if the customer wants the 

use of this program restricted to persons that can log in to a 

Windows XP administrator account. 

3. Select the Transport tab and set the following parameters: 

• Type 

• Ethernet-controlled web 

For a VX5000 (Miyakoshi) or VT3000 (Matte) system. This 

selection enables CS600 control of web speed and dryer 

activation. 

• Mail table 

Selects no CS600 control over transport functions. All speed 

and dryer control must be done using the transport control 

panel. 

• None 

Only for test purposes or to use the software as an emulator 

with limited functionality. 

• Maximum allowed transport speed 

Enter 500 for a system with DT90 print stations. This value is feet 

per minute (500 = 167 meters per minute). This is the maximum 

speed for the DH90 printhead at 300x600 resolution. 

Enter 328 for a system with DT92 print stations. This value is feet 

per minute (328 = 100 meters per minute). This is the maximum 

speed for the DH92 printhead at 300x300x4 resolution. 

• Units 

Automatic uses the current XP settings. 

English converts and displays all values in Standard 

measurements. 

Metric converts and displays all values in International System 

units. 

• Page correlation 




Uncheck both boxes. The CS600 software does not support this 

feature. 

4. Select the Operator tab and set each Feature to “All allowed” or All 

disabled” as required by the printing application or customer site 

requirements. 

Operator is a restricted user (account) in the CS600 application. 

5. Select the Key Operator tab and set each Feature to “All allowed” or 

All disabled” as required by the printing application or customer site 

requirements. 




Key operator is an administrator (account type) in the CS600 

application. 

6. For a full installation of the CS600 software, including the EFI User 

Software, continue with the “CS600 Ethernet Address Setup” 

procedure and then the “Command WorkStation Installation” 

procedure. For a CS600 system controller software upgrade, the 

installation is complete. 

7. Complete a default configuration setup using EFI Command 

WorkStation 4 (CWS4) and Utility Workbench (UWB) such as a 4 over 

4 system, and then set colors. 

8. Print test patterns to confirm that the software is functioning properly. 

CS600 Ethernet Address Setup 

Note: If you have already installed a previous version of the CS600 controller 

software and you have already have a working setup, you can go to the 

next step. 

The CS600 controller has three network adapters controlling three 

Ethernet ports built into the system. The default port names assigned by 

Windows XP may not be consistent with the customer site requirements. 

Use the following procedure to configure the network for the specific 

installation. 

1. Select Start " Settings " Network Connections to open the 

network connections window. 

2. Enter changes to the parameters as indicated (see Table 4.5). 

Table 4.5 

Network settings, CS600 system controller 

Adapter Device Used For Type Address 

Intel® Pro/1000 MT 

Desktop Adapter 

Intel® Pro/1000 MT 

Desktop Adapter #2 

SIS 900 PCI Ethernet 

Adapter 

EFI-CS600 Controller TCP/IP IP Address 192.168.200.250 

subnet mask 255.255.255.0 

CS600 House Connection TCP/IP IP Address DHCP Automatic subnet 

DHCP Auto 

CS600 Axeda Connection TCP/IP IP Address DHCP Automatic subnet 

DHCP Auto 




3. Check the that network connections are set up as follows: 

• Local area connection = SiS 900 (Axeda) 

• Local area connection 2 = Intel (DFE-CS600) 

• Local area connection 3 = Intel (House) 

4. If you installing all user software, continue with the “Command 

WorkStation Installation” procedure. If you are only upgrading the 

CS600 system controller software, the installation is complete. 

Command WorkStation Installation 

This section describes how to install EFI Command WorkStation 4 on the 

system controller after replacing the hard drive, the Mitac PC, or reloading 

software to fix a software problem. Use the EFI user software CD-ROM 

for this procedure. 

Command WorkStation 4 is designed to be used with the following other 

EFI programs installed on the system controller computer: 

• ColorWise Pro Tools 

• Image Viewer 

• Utility Work Bench. 

Use the following procedure to install Command WorkStation 4: 

1. Load the DFE User Software CD in the DVD drive of the system 

controller computer. 

2. If the CD does not autorun, use My Computer or Windows Explorer to 

view its contents (shown below) 

The program is installed in the D:\EFI Command Workstation folder. 

Open the folder and locate the setup.exe file 




Note: If you are reinstalling CWS4, the installation program will detect the old 

version and prompt you to uninstall it first (as shown below). 

a. Click OK to uninstall the old version. 

b. Click OK to confirm the uninstall procedure. 

c. Wait for the uninstall procedure to run. A status pop-up appears. 

d. When the uninstall procedure is complete, click YES to restart the 

controller host PC. 




e. Remove the EFI user software CD from the drive, then select the 

“Yes, I want to restart my computer now” option and then click 

FINISH to complete the uninstall procedure. 

3. Reinsert the EFI user software CD and then double click the Setup 

icon again to restart the setup wizard. The JAVA 2 Runtime 

Environment installation program starts. 

4. Click the “I accept . . .” option on the license agreement screen and 

then click NEXT to continue. 

5. Select the “Typical installation” option and then NEXT. 


A progress screen appears (shown below). 



6. Click FINISH to complete the Java installation. 

7. Double click the Setup icon again to start the CWS4 installation. 

8. Click YES on the close programs prompt screen (shown below). 

9. Click NEXT on the setup screen to run the InstallShield Wizard for 

CWS4. 

10. Click ACCEPT on the license agreement screen. 




11. Accept the default location for the installation: C:\Program 

Files\Fiery and click NEXT. 

12. Click NO for the prompt to put an icon in the startup folder. 

A status screen appears (shown below). 

13. Wait for the installation program to complete, then click YES when 

prompted to restart the host controller PC. 

14. When the Windows log in screen reappears, log back on to the Kodak 

administrator account. 




15. Run the CS600 software and open CSW4 from its menu. Check that 

the servers found by CWS4 are correct. 

Server list 

shows DFE 

blades 

16. Select the proper servers found by CWS4 and then click ADD to put 

them in the active devices list. 

17. For an initial installation, select the Manual tab and enter the IP 

address 192.168.200.20 for the QX9000 server. 

Manual tab 




18. If no devices appear in the list (as shown below), click REFRESH to 

repopulate the list and then add them. 

19. Add all required servers (each RIP blade and the control blade). 

Consult the customer before adding servers other than components 

of the CS600 DFE (Fiery QX9000 printer server). 

Server other 

than DFE blades 

20. If you are installing all the EFI applications, continue with the 

“ColorWise Pro Tools Installation” procedure, otherwise remove the 

CD from the drive. 

ColorWise Pro Tools Installation 

This section describes how to install an updated version of EFI ColorWise 

Pro Tools on the CS600 host computer, or install a version of ColorWise 

Pro Tools that will run separately from Command WorkStation 4 (CWS4), 

which includes ColorWise Pro Tools. For this procedure, use the EFI user 

software CD-ROM shipped with the system or the latest available version 

of software. 

ColorWise Pro Tools is designed to be used with the following other EFI 

programs installed on the system controller computer: 

• Command WorkStation 4 

• Utility Work Bench. 




Use the following procedure to install ColorWise Pro Tools: 


controller computer. 

2. Use My Computer or Windows Explorer to view the contents of the 

CD. 

3. Navigate to the folder or CD-ROM where the files are located 

(D:\Fiery ColorWise Pro Tools in the example shown below). 

4. Double click the file Setup.exe to start the setup program. 

5. Click NEXT on the first Install Shield screen. 

6. Check ACCEPT then NEXT on the license agreement screen. 




7. Accept the default location for the program folder and click NEXT to 

continue the installation. 

8. Click next to accept the default location for the files. Click NEXT to run 

the installation program. A progress screen appears. 

9. When the installation program is complete, click FINISH on the last 

screen. 

10. Continue with the “Utility Work Bench Installation” installation 

procedure. 


Utility Work Bench Installation 



The EFI Utility Work Bench utility allows the CS600 to monitor all blades 

without having to log in to each blade. This section describes how to 

reinstall Utility Work Bench program on the system controller after 

replacing the hard drive, the host controller PC, or reloading all the host 

controller PC software. Use the EFI user CD-ROM for this procedure. 

Install Utility Work Bench after installing Command Work Station 4. 

Use the following procedure to install the Utility Workbench utility on the 

host controller computer: 

1. Open Windows Explorer and enter \\192.168.200.20\e$ in the 

Address field. 

2. On the log-in screen, enter Administrator for the login and Fiery.1 

for the password. 

3. Browse to the efi directory and locate the uwb directory. 

4. Copy the contents of the uwb directory to the C:\Program 

Files\Fiery directory on the host controller PC. 

5. Open the CS600 software program and click the Utility Workbench 

icon. 

6. Configure UWB for the address 192.168.200.20 and then close the 

program. 

7. Continue with the “Hot Folders Installation” procedure, if required, 

and then complete the setup of the EFI User Software by checking 

that compatible job options, properties and registration marks have 

been entered. 

See Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting” and the CS600 and Command 

Workstation online help for detailed information about checking job 

setup and workflow. 




Hot Folders Installation 

This section describes how to install EFI Hot Folders on the system 

controller after replacing the hard drive, the Mitac PC, or reloading 

software to fix a software problem. Use the EFI user software CD for this 

procedure. 

The EFI Hot Folders utility is designed to be used with the following other 

EFI programs installed on the system controller computer: 

• ColorWise Pro Tools 

• Command Work Station 4. 

The Hot Folders program is normally installed with CWS4. Use the 

following procedure only to install an upgrade to the Hot Folders utility: 


controller computer. If the CD does not autorun, use My Computer or 

Windows Explorer to view its contents (shown below). 

2. Open the D:\EFI Hot Folders folder and locate the setup.exe file. 




3. Click NEXT on the first Install Shield screen. 

4. Click ACCEPT and then NEXT on the license agreement screen. 

5. Accept the default location for the files and click NEXT. 

6. Click NEXT on the program setup screen to start the installation. 

program. 

A status screen appears. Wait while the system copies files. 




7. Double click the setup file icon to start the setup wizard. 

8. Click YES to restart the host controller PC. 

9. Click FINISH to complete the installation. 

10. Log back on to the Kodak administrator account and check that the 

EFI Hot Folders icon is present on the desktop. 

Command Work Station 4 will autorun. 

11. Remove the EFI user software CD from the drive. 

12. Double click the Hot Folders icon and confirm that the utility runs. 

13. Run test prints to check that the system is fully operational. 


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