Benefits vs. Cost of 16Bit Color Rendering The primary benefit of true 16bit color rendering is improved smoothness in gradients. However, to achieve this result, the RIP process must deal with twice as much data per pixel, which has a impact ...

Digital Color model that uses eight bits each for the three additive colors (red, green, blue) It can reproduce 256 shades of each primary color

Digital image format that incorporates 256 shades in 8bits for each of the three color channels (RGB) and includes a mask (alpha) channel with a possible 256 levels of opacity

8bit color graphics is a method of storing image information in a computer's memory or in an image file, such that each pixel is represented by one 8bit byte. The maximum number of colors that can be displayed at any one time is 256. There are two forms of 8bit ...

An "Abrasion Test" can consist of rubbing the surface of the ink with a hard object such as you finger nail. You can also simulate how these prints are handled in the realworld; for example from how they are packed, what they go thoruhg duirng shipping ...

See Rendering Intents. Maps to an exact match wherever possible, and where not possible (because the color is out of gamut of the target gamut), the color is mapped to its nearest equivalent. In certain stages of proofing, this conversion of a colorimetric match should be absolute ...

theory, a material that perfectly reflects all the light energy at every visible wavelength. In practice, a solid white with known spectral data used as the "reference white" for all measurements of absolute reflectance

Refers to the neutral colors (i.e. gray C=M=Y) that are mapped within a profile. See PROF:ICC Build Options

ACRN = Achromatic Color Replacement. See GCR

Printer that can be used in RIPQueue. Use Printer Manager to activate or deactivate printers

Colors formed by the combination of red, green, and blue colored light. Video images are produced by this method. This differs from Subtractive Color (used in printing), in that adding more color lightens the image; 100% of all three colors produces white

maximum resolution of any device. The finite number if pixels that any imaging device is capable of creating, manipulating or imaging

When and Why should you use the Advanced Grayscale method for creating target densities? This is the recommended Media Model to use when building profiles in a nonICC workflow. If you want to create a media that controls ink usage, but you don't have ...

Why use Advanced Ink Restrictions? !AdvancedIR.jpg! The Advanced Ink Restrictions option allows the user to add some refinement to the settings for Dark Ink restrictions, as well as a greater degree of control for setting Light Ink restrictions, or in the case of printers with multilevel ...

Visual stairstepping of edges that occurs in an image that has been enlarged too much. Sometimes known as "jaggies". See also Antialiasing

An imageeditor channel used to contain a mask or partial picture element or color

AM (Amplitude Modulation) Screening Method Used primarily in screenprinting or flexography, this method of doing a screening where the frequency of the dots (the screen frequency, or the number of dots per inch) does not vary throughout the screen. Instead, the effect of tones is created by varying ...

nbsp;What does a "good" profile look like? When you look at ONYX Quality Test, remember your profiling purpose and review those areas of most interest. A few things to look for include: Overall Image Quality B&W ...

ANPACOLOR (TM) Color System. American color matching system, mostly used in newspaper printing

Technique for reducing the visual stairstepping of edges that occurs in an image that has been enlarged too much by averaging or blending the colors next to the edge

difference between the apparent dot area of the film, as measured by a transmission densitometer, and the apparent dot area of the proof or printed sheet, as measured with a reflection densitometer

Inks of dye or pigment in a base of water. It is dried through exposure to air (evaporation

Term loosely used to refer to material that can be used without side effects in the conservation or care of important artifacts. Pertaining to the production of new items designed to have very good aging qualities, e.g. nonfading inks, acid free paper ...

Unwanted visual anomalies or defects generated by an input or output device or software operation that degrade image quality

American Standard Code for Information Interchange) A coding standard that uses 7 or 8 bits to assign numerical values up to 256 for the representation of characters and symbols

Article by Johnny Shell, SGIA (Mon, Jun 12, 06) A great deal of color management confusion revolves around the Adobe® Photoshop® commands Assign Profile and Convert to Profile. Have you ever wondered what the proper use of each ...

Adobe Separation Table. Color profile providing RGB to CMYK color conversions

Integrated or auxiliary systems designed to automatically load media onto a press or finishing device, or offload media from a press or finishing device

Print defect that comprises perceived parallel lines in solid or halftone pattern area fills. The results is that the fill areas do not look smooth. The cause could be either blocked nozzled, nozzles not firing completely or straight, or lack of printer calibration. Distinct ...

Image effect that spreads the center dimensions of the picture

address at which a device resides in computer memory. The computer must know this address to communicate with the device

folder containing the input and work folders for a printer

Media Model is recommended if you are using an ICC Workflow. For an ICC workflow using Basic Density Curves is the most simple and straightforward method to create target densites. It automatically sets the maximum density values and provides good contrast ...

BasicIR.jpg align=center!\\ How To: Setting the media ink restrictions using the Basic Ink Restrictions options is very simple.  Click > Print Swatch and review the output. On PROF:Grand Format and Superwide, UV, and Solvent PROF:Solvent printers ...

Matrix for comparison of central pixels to surrounding pixels. Used to increase the apparent resolution of a digital image. Also see Interpolation

Raster image format where each position on a video screen or printout is a picture element (Pixel). Every pixel is addressable, and is stored and processed at that level. Each pixel may be represented by 1 (for black and white images) or more bits (24 bits ...

Black generation settings define the relationship between Black and CMY inks. This is the process of adding Black (K) ink to Process Colors when converting from RGB to CMYK. The addition of black ink provides the opportunity of getting the same measurable color ...

Black Ink Compensation, also known as BIC increases the use of black ink to maintain dark saturated colors. One way to determine whether the BIC selection is valid is to print another Ink Limit swatch after setting the ink limits ...

Color that when scanned produces values of 0,0,0 in a scanner. Ideally, the black point is 0% neutral reflectance or transmittance. See also white point

Refers to any matter from the image to color and rules that extend beyond the trim mark as excess. Ensure intended matter extends right to the edge of the material when trimmed

Windows bitmap file, with the extension ".bmp" that defines an image (such as the image of a scanned page) as a pattern of dots (pixels). Raster file type. See Raster

An invisible "frame" drawn by the application software around a portion of an image that sets the size of the artwork. This applies to PostScript only

measure of the total amount of light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by an object or image. This is normally measured in Candela. See also Luminance

temporary storage space in a computer memory for data before transmission

temporary storage area for information which locates itself between the hard disk and the RAM by employing intuitive logic. It also speeds up the access time of the data

Software used to produce designs and drawings for architectural, engineering and scientific applications

formed with a thicker formulation of plastics and is then fed into a series of rolls which flatten the plastic into it's final calendared vinyl form. See Cast Vinyl

What is Calibration? Calibration is the process of telling the Media Manager how your printer uses ink when specific demands for each color are given.  If the output matched the demand, then we could plot the results as a 1 to 1 graph.  ...

Thickness of paper expressed in thousandths of an inch (mils) or millionths of a metre (micrometres). 1mil = 0.001in = 0.0254mm 

International unit of measure for Luminance, approximately equal to one candlepower. In technical terms, a candela is 1/60th of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a blackbody radiating at the temperature of solidification of platinum (2,046 K

Acquiring information, such as an image, with a scanner or digitalcamera device

Created by pouring a plastic formulation into a casting sheet which then passes through a number of ovens and evaporates the liquids. This leaves behind the "Cast Vinyl". See Calendared Vinyl

Lightdetection device used in many popular scanners, digital cameras, and video cameras that generates electrical current in direct proportion to how much light strikes areas of the sensor

An arrangement of CCD sensors mounted in close proximity that allows for the simultaneous capturing of many pixels with one exposure

Colorfulness of an area judged as a proportion of the brightness of a similar illuminated area that appears white. Some color sampling devices can read LCH values where "C" representing the chroma value. This is used for determining maximum colorant (similar to density ...

Chroma 'Hook" is displayed on a graph as the point where the transisiton form light to dark no longer increases in value but decreases after a certain percentage point. This creates a hook in the graph and means that there is no gain in hue (or color capability) for that channel. During the ink Restriciton ...

When building a profile, the Chromatic region includes the nongray gamut surface colors (i.e.C≠M≠Y highly saturated colors, those found in the outer lower regions of Lab). {}Note: This ONYX exclusive feature gives the user total control ...

twodimensional graph of the chromaticity coordinates, x as the abscissa and y as the ordinate, which shows the spectrum locus (chromaticity coordinates of monochromatic light, 380770nm

Signal which describes Hue and Saturation, used in measuring the difference between two colors of equal Brightness

CIE (Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage) is an organization devoted to international cooperation and exchange of information among its member countries on all matters relating to the science and art of lighting. The CIE is a technical, scientific and cultural, nonprofit autonomous organization. It has ...

Known spectral data established by the CIE for four different types of light sources. \\ A \This represents an incandescent light source like a tungsten filament. C \Represents average daylight. D50, D65, D93 \These Dseries illuminants represent different times ...

Profile standards proposed by the ICC which take into account viewing conditions such as temperature, light angle, and light type. See CIE (Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage

creation of the CIE Lab\ model, also known as CIELAB came in 1976. In this model L\ defined lightness, or luminous, this ranges from 0100, black to white. a indicates the red to green value: positive a\ values appear reddish and negative a\ values appear ...

Cloning is the process of producing an exact copy of existing digitalimage data, either to another image file or copying an area of an image within the same file. Within ONYX, the feature to "Clone Existing" uses an existing media ...

Color Model System for describing colors based on a combination of values for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black, the ink colors used in fourcolor process printing. Creating color separations breaks an image into Cyan, Magenta, Yell, and Black components, from ...

System for describing colors based on a combination of values for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black, plus Orange and Green. This is an expansion of the CMYK color model that provides a greater color gamut

System for describing colors based on a combination of values for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black plus Red, Green, and Blue. This is an expansion of the CMYK color model that provides a greater color gamut

warping spot or bulge in the sheet caused by localized expansion of the media during printing caused by over saturation of ink and subsequent shrinkage of the media during drying

attribute of visual experience that can be described using the dimensions of Hue, Saturation, and Brightness

color correction tool that allows modification of contrast, brightness, and saturation (Color Levels), as well as the highlights, midtones, and shadow levels (Gray Levels

We are natural {}trichromats{}{}\\ we have three different color receptors that permit us to see a range of colors far broader than many other mammals. The normal human retina's color receptors (Cones)are tuned to green , blue , and red ...

system of software and/or hardware that adjusts and coordinates colors between two or more digital devices. Color calibration systems commonly compare device color profiles and translate one color model into a deviceindependent language

graphic mechanism for displaying color measurements and for making changes to an image. User adjustments to the angle and slope of the curve implement color changes to one or all of an image's color channels

range of colors that are possible in a color space. Gamuts are often analyzed with 3D viewers to determine the size and shape, or overall capabilities of colors that are contains within the gamut. See Media Analyzer. This can include the range of colors that can be displayed or printed on an ...

Layer of separated image that is composed of a single color, such as Cyan, Magenta, or Black. See also Plate and Separation

always going to be colors we can see in RGB but that we can't achieve in CMYK. Here's the real reason color management is so difficult. The challenge is that we design on RGB monitors and we print using CMYK devices. Device Dependent ...

system which ensures color consistency throughout the production process. Typically, this involves using/creating profiles for every device in the process because input and output devices "see" colors differently. The characteristics or profiles of devices are normally established by reference to standard ...

Our color memory and what we refer to as "Memory Colors" contribute to the challenge of Color Theory and Color Management. Memory Colors are colors matter more to us because we have strong memory of them. Color is a property of light while ...

general system for assigning numbers to colors which can be describe and/or graphically plotted. !ColorModels.jpg align=center!   An example would be RGB color model, where each color is defined in terms of three numbers;the first amount of some ...

When we use color names, we set a minimum bar for reproduction quality. We define Hue as the attribute of a color by which it gets its basic name. The connection between hue and basic names isn't just a philosophical nuance ...

specific description of how any device either sees or produces color information as referenced by an industry standard color target

feature of PostScript Level 2 and PostScript Level 3 that specifies output device color capabilities using CIE color notation. Contained within a PostScript RIP, a CRD converts CIE Yxy information embedded in a PostScript file to CMYK information ...

some general tips for getting the most out of your color sampling device. For Grand Format printers make sure to print full width of the printer.  It also helps on very large printers to print several rows of the swatches for the color ...

process of splitting fullcolor artwork into its CMYK components. Color separation may also refer to one or all four of the separate pieces of film or data files from which a fourcolor version is to be printed. Each separation is a distinct Halftone image

An instance of a Color Model in which every color is represented by a specific point in space, and thus has a specific set of three or more numbers that describe it. It also has a specific gamut or range of colors as one of its chief characteristics. As example ...

measurement of color value in degrees Kelvin. The higher the temperature the closer it moves to white. Typical daylight rages from 5500°K to 6500°K i.e. 2700 K (yellow/white), 4100K (white), 5500K ( blue/white

Color theory is a set of basic rules for mixing color to achieve a desired result.  What is Color? If light bounces off an object and there is no human there to see it, does it have color? This is not a trick question, but one that makes you think...and for the first ...

An image or chart that displays the entire color spectrum at one time. See wheel.tif in the RIPQueue Samples directory

Materials used to create colors: dyes, pigments, toners, waxes

An instrument that measures and quantifies color values of reflection or transmitted light by filtering the red, green, blue colors in a defined manner that closely resembles the process used in the human eye. The measurements are usually in the form that coordinates in a CIE color space, usually ...

process of removing irrelevant information and reducing unneeded space from a file in order to make the file smaller. Compression can cause losses and distortion, depending on the method

Cone cells, or cones are cells in the retina of the eye which only function in relatively bright light. There are about 6 million in the human eye. Cone cells are less sensitive to light that the rod cells. !rodsandcones.jpg! The human eye has three types ...

What type of Color Sampling Device (CSD) do I need? The most common device used is a colorimeter. Most colorimeters are used for "white" media. Note: If you are profiling a transparent or semiopaque material such as a backlit or clear film, you must ...

Configure Devices > Configure Printer Capabilities \Activate options for profiling  • Page Size \ manufacture sizes, you can add sized within RIPQueue. • Resolutions \ manufacture resolutions which the printer driver can reproduce. • Dot Patterns \ screening method ...

Continuous toned images are usually considered "photographic" and are created with "Light" emitting devices such as the LightJet, Lambda, and Chromira. Images which contain an apparently infinite range of shades and colors smoothly blended to provide a faithful reproduction of the source image. Printing ...

RIPQueue dot pattern that produces continuous tone data (such as RGB TIFF output) as opposed to halftone data. Allows the printer to determine dot placement by processing on the printer hardware with the printer OEM dot pattern. Uses a very fine or custom pattern ...

difference in tone between the darker and lighter parts of an image. The lower the number value, the more closely the shades will resemble each other. The higher the number, the more the shades will stand out from each other

Creating a New Media define the Media Group and Media Name Once you have gathered the necessary information, create a new media by following these steps: # Within RIPQueue, highlight the appropriate printer and click Media Manager.  This opens Media ...

Defines the area of an image that is to be included in the final output. Anything outside of the crop box is excluded

Cutting or manipulating an image to eliminate unwanted detail along the top, bottom, or sides of an image. Cropped images in RIPQueue are square or rectangular in shape

Curvature of the sheet of paper. It is produced by one or more of the following factors: the moisture content of the atmosphere or the sheet;the distribution of moisture throughout the sheet; the orientation of the fibers throughout the sheet, or internal stresses within the sheet

Media Manager Workflow Editor allows you to create nonstandard profiling workflows that deviate from the default profiling workflow.  This is useful for nonICC workflows, or workflows that incorporate steps such as gray balance or black generation tables. !WorlfkowEditor.jpg! To create a new ...

version of the standard EPS format; this lets you save color separations of CMYK or multichannel files. Use the DCS 2.0 format to export images containing spot channels and single alpha channels from Adobe Photoshop

total color difference computed with a color difference equation. It is generally calculated as the square root of the sum of the squares of the chromacity difference, Delta C, and the lightness difference, Delta L. Generically, the compound degree to which two colors appear to match. Usually ...

An instrument that measures transmitted or reflective light. It will indicate, in density units or percentage dot, the percentage of a given area this is covered by halftone dots. This instrument is used to ensure consistency and process control. When used to determine ink restrictions (in the profiling workflow ...

Degree of opacity of coverage by an ink or toner in an image. A measure of reflectance or transmittance equal to log10(1/reflectance) of log10 or (1/transmittance). The darkness of any given material or colorant, which is based on the capability to absorb or reflect light; the darker it is, the higher the density ...

procedure to normalize a device behavior to obtain a linear input to output response for opacity

measurable difference between the brightest highlight (white) and the darkest value (black) that a device can create or register. The greater the dynamic range, the more "lifelike" the image

default the software does not create a 100% target value. This allow the maximum percentage value to "float" ensureing you can always achieve the maximum gamut of the printer. !DesiredTarget.jpg align=left!  

Describes a color space that can be defined only by using information on the colorrendering capabilities of a specific device.  Both RGB and CMYK are referred to as "devicedependent" color spaces because the colors they define are directly related to a particular device (a "device" may refer ...

Describes a color space that can be defined using the full gamut of human vision, as defined by a standard observer, independent of the colorrendering capabilities of any specific device. In 1976, a group of scientists defined a color space that is not tied to a particular device so it is both ...

Cutting of material to a specific shape using a die. A {}die{} is a specialized tool used in manufacturing industries to cut, shape and form a wide variety of products and components. Like molds and templates , dies are generally customized and uniquely matched to the product they are used to create ...

Image and line data that has been translated into numerical values for the manipulation and reproduction

From Chapter 1 "Modern Digital Halftoning" by Daniel L. Lau and Gonzalo R. Arce Halftoning refers to the physical process of converting a continuoustone image such as a photograph to a black and white dots for its reproduction in a printing device that is only capable of printing ...

Any printing device that is capable of translating digital data into hardcopy output

process of converting analog data to digital information

Any technique that simulates colors or tones by intentionally printing or displaying dots of various primary color in various patterns to give the illusion of a larger set of colors. Process of averaging primary colors to approximate other colors. A halftone is a type of dither (called ...

file containing a set of functions/routines called by a program to perform a task

allows high speed transfer of data between a peripheral device (such as an LPT port) and a computer's memory without using the computer's processor. DMA channels can work simultaneously independent of the computer's processor

single element that makes up an image in color separations or halftones. In halftone printing dots will have a fixed density but have a variable size (amplitude modulation). Dots vary in size to control the intensity of the printed color. In digital printing the dot ...

Percentage of paper covered by the ink dots of a given color

amount of dot growth when the paper absorbs ink. Also called Dot Bloom. This is an expected phenomenon of the printing process. Dot gain can make an image appear darker than it should and may also display an ...

dot pattern defines the specific haltoning method to apply to images during the ripping process. See Digital Halftoning. (Note: Stochastic is the default dot pattern). !DotPatterns2.jpg align=left!\\ There are many different halftoning methods: See Stochastic Screening. See ...

distance between the dots on a computer monitor, typically 0.24 to 0.38 mm. The closer the dots, the sharper the image on the monitor

What about DoubleStrike? Some printers have ink configurations that allows for printed dots to be "struck" a 2nd time. Regular ink configurations are "SingleStrike" and use one pass per channel to obtain maximum coverage. In some cases one ...

DPI (Dots Per Inch) A linear measurment of resolution used for scanning and printing. Generally, more dots per inch means a higher resolution, a greater amount of visible detail in the image, and a larger file size. A single value (for example 1200 ...

Drop Size Control Some older printer drivers use VarDot sliders prior to setting ink restrictions. This step allows you to print a series of swatches to choose what combination of dots you want to use. Look for a compromise between ...

An imaging process that vaporizes colorants with heat and pressure, and deposits it on a substrate in order to simultae a continuous tome image. This printing process uses small heating elements to evaporate the ink pigments from a carrier film (paper) depositing them smoothly ...

measureable difference between the brightest highlight (white) and the darkest value (black) that a device can create or register. The greater the dynamic range, the more "lifelike" the image

two ways you can edit existing {}medias{} or modes. Edit Profiles The first options is recommended for users who also want to verify other settings in addition to making new changes to the profile. This is done within the edit workflow and requires ...

Resolution of Raster Format image independent of the printer resolution. Effective resolution is determined by dividing the nominal resolution of the image by the pixel duplication ratio. For example: a 2048x3072 pixel image has an effective resolution of 300 dpi at 10x7 inches, 200 ...

Profiles that are contained within a raster file. TIFF, PSD, and JPG files support embedded profiles

An Adobe graphic file format. EPS translates graphic and text into a code which printers can read and print. EPS files hold both lowresolution view files and highresolution PostScript image descriptions. It does not contain and page definitions ...

Another name for HiFi color (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Orange, and Green). See CMYKOG

actuality, error diffusion is a random dotplacement strategy (or dithering method), spreading out the inherent failing until it is indistinguishable to the unaided eye.  This screening technology is used in digital printers where fixedsize dots are placed based on image details and tone ...

two types of fading: 1) Dark Fade a color fade due to a chemical effect. 2) Light Fade a color fade due to exposure to light

FDRP Diffusion (Fixed Dot Random Placement Diffusion) A type of FM halftone structure which is made of many pixels of the same size that are evenly dispersed, so the frequency of the pattern is a function of the gray level represented. This is a patented errordiffusion process created ...

New "FDRP Enhanced" Dot Pattern Improved FDRP Enhanced produces finer, smoother output in light areas, solid fills and edge details Greatly reduces leading edge effect over FDRP dot pattern New modes will have ...

FDRP Line (Fixed Dot Random Placement Diffusion Line Variant) Diffusion Process created by ONYX Graphics. Intended for use where Leading Edge Effect is a problem where dots are encouraged to be placed in a regular line formation while dots ...

dot pattern that is a hybrid of the Stochastic and FDRP Diffusion dot patterns. See Dot Patterns. See FM Screening

particular arrangement of digital information that is saved from an application program. The method of arrangement or storage is unique for any particular program, but most applications can import and export graphics and text from some other applications. General file formats ...

Programming embedded onto a computer's ROM chip. This information is permanently burned into the chip and can be changed only by replacing the chip, or in the case of printer firmware by a special proccedure

An inkjet printer that prints onto surfaced oriented on a flat, horizontal plane. Some types have additional capability of printing onto substrates as thick as 3 inches

scanner which utilizes CCD linear arrays, where the image is placed on a glass platen, and the array moves past the artwork

vector calculation of the maximum distance of any points of the approximation from the corresponding point on the true curve, measured in output device pixels

FM (FrequencyModulated Screening) A dithering method that uses uniform dot sizes and varies the distance between them. This method is different from conventional halftone screening, which aligns dots of varying sizes on a regular grid. See Stochastic Screening. Contrast ...

FOCOLTONE® Color System. English color matching system

implementation of a typeface, (such as Helvetica) in a single size. A single font includes all 26 letters, along with punctuation, numbers, and other characters

unit used to measure light, a measure of illuminance, light level incident on a surface. LUX x .0929 = Foot candles

Proprietary marks that are printed around images to allow the images to be cut out automatically

basic method for recreating a broad spectrum of colors on a printing press or computer printer, using only Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, and Black inks or dyes. See also Process Color Printing

mathematically generated pattern that is reproducible at any magnification or reduction

language used to facilitate the transfer of files from a server on the internet to another location, such as a desktop computer or another server

Printing term used when an image or background extends to the final trim edge of a printed page

Contrast level in photographic images. Mathematically, this is the logarithmic relationship between input and output. A perfect mirror has a gamma of 1.0 (1:1), while color transparency film has a gamma of approximately 2.0 (1:10). A mathematical curve representing ...

What's Gamut? Gamut is the total range of colors that can be created by a particular device. Colors are referred to as "ingamut" if they can be reproduced on a particular device and "outofgamut" if they cannot. When a color is outside a device's gamut, the device represents that color as some other color ...

editing of an image to reduce the color gamut so that the image can be displayed or output within the limits of a particular device.  See Gamut

plotting of an image color gamut into the CIE color space. See Gamut. See Color Gamut. See Gamut Compression. See Gamut Mapping

Use the Gamut Report to view the gamut of a selected profile to see the ΔE (delta e) range and the percentage of PANTONE colors you can reproduce. You can run this report on any media profile in your library to see which colors ...

An imagesoftening effect utilizing a bell shaped Gaussian distribution to apply the softening effect. A "Gaussian" curve (aka "bell curve") is a bellshaped curve showing a distribution of a probability associated with different values

GCR (Gray Component Replacement) A method of black generation that replaces a certain percentage of CMY with equivalent amount of K. Creates the optimal balance between three and fourcolor black. In Fourcolor Process Printing, black is made up of a combination of the three primary ...

ICC The next step is to print and read a series of swatches to generate an ICC profile. !ICCPrintSwatch.jpg! Step 1: Choose the profile generator from the dropdown list. If you are using ONYX ProductionHouse to create your profiles the Getting Started - Preparing to Profile

Back to Table of Contents. Preparing Your Printer Regular printer maintenance is essential when profiling for optimal printing conditions. Regular maintenance includes: Run print head cleaning and check alignments Make sure all of the nozzels are firing Replace ...

Giclee

French for "a spraying of ink". Term for fineart digitally produced prints. 

GIF (Graphic Interchange Format)

standard for small raster image files. GIF files support transparencies and different color palettes. Specifically used form computer viewing, Its resolution is usually very low (72 dpi, or that of your computer monitor), making it undesirable for printing ...

Gloss

measure of the degree to which a coated surface approaches a perfect specular surface or mirror in its ability to reflect light. Gloss contributes to the perception of photoquality. For example HewlettPackard often uses a TriGloss meter that deflects light at three different angles: 20 ...

Glossary

glossary is a complete index of the Media Manager Profiling Guide. The definitions found here include color, profiling, and digitalprinting terminology. Back to Table of Contents

GPGL

Graphtec Plotter Graphics Language Used in Graphtec Plotters to communicate in a more graphical form cut data

Graininess

An undesired, visible noise or texture in printed areas of text or graphics, mostly due to the presence of black dots in lighter areas of the image. In photographs it is the perceived amount of image grain structure

Grand Format and Superwide

98" or greater width digital print machines or media

Gray Balance

Gray balance is a simple concept that can be used to evaluate and control ink levels in order to reproduce pleasing color results. Combining equal tint values of cyan, magenta and yellow (CMY) inks results in a neutral gray. Manitaing equal densities ...

Grayscale

range of tones from black to white. An image consisting of only levels of black and white. See also Monochrome

type of AM Screening halftone structure produces a pattern of halftone dots with a fixed frequency, where the size of the dot varies with gray level. This method allows the uses to create custom patterns defining frequency, angles and dot shape. An image ...

white line around the edge of an image. Produced by inks repelling each other

hardware security key that must be installed on a USB port of the computer USB Key Dongle. The programming of this hardware piece is the main component in determining the functionality of each individual package. You can also run Winkey.exe program located within the ONYX ...

PANTONEe® trademark name for printing system using specific values of CMYK plus Orange and Green. See HiFi Color. See EnhancedGamut Color. See CMYKOG(V

Printing system using additional levels of dilute toner (usually cyan and magenta) in combination with CMYK to produce a wider gamut of colors and more naturallooking images. May also refer to a printing system using additional primary process colors, such as CMYKOG ...

type of graph that shows frequency data in twodimensional rectangles. The width of each rectangle represents the class interval (in the case of RIPQueue, the section of the spectrum), while the height represents the number of occurrences (in RIPQueue this is the number of pixels with that color value

Hue, luminance, and saturation: a Color Model based on these three coordinates of color, where Hue is the dominant color, Saturation is the color purity, and Luminance is the light/dark characteristic of the color

folder found in the Input folder that can be used to automatically process images by copying images into that folder. Each Hot Folder represents a specific QuickSet. See QuickSet

Printer Front Panel Settings vs. RIPQueue Media Options You can set many printer settings using either the panel on your printer or using the Media Options dialog in RIPQueue. Any settings made in RIPQueue will override settings ...

HP Z6100 with ONYX 7.1 Ink restrictions: Please Note, The ink restriction dialog has a few idiosyncrasies. (Some of this applies only to 7.1\!) 1\ If you set the double strike (HiPass) at zero, Do Not use the "Set Lighter Levels ...

printer driver language, comparable to PostScript

HKS Support added in version 7.2 to open architecture for other named color systems. Also used in running a Gamut Report within Media Manager. The HKS is a colour system which contains 120 spot colors and 3250 tones for coated ...

color space defining colors by Hue, Saturation, and Value (Brightness). Also known as HSB. See Color Model

tint or color specified by an angle on the HSV Color Wheel. Going counterclockwise around the wheel, hues shift from red to yellow to green to cyan to blue to magenta and finally back to red. The attribute of a color that permits it to be identified as a specific color ...

Describes the variation of a printed color from a theoretical pure color. Also known as grayness which indicates the presence of gray in a colot that makes it appear less saturated

Eye.jpg!   CORNEA The transparent "front window" of the eye. It is a thick, nearly circular structure covering the lens. The cornea is an important part of the focusing system of the eye. PUPIL The round black hole in the center of the iris. The size of the pupil changes automatically ...

An inkjet device possessing the capabilities of both roll to roll and flatbed machines

ICC (International Color Consortium) an organization developing a standard for color management. A group of hardware and software companies dedicated to the development of a specification that is operating system independent and provides the digital imaging, printing and related industries with a data format for defining the color ...

ONYX Profiling Engine ICC Build Options Overview Description This document outlines the options within the ONYX ICC Build dialog. These definitions explain the different settings and why you may choose to edit the defaults when building ICC profiles ...

ICC Profile an international standard for describing color transformations.  These profiles may also use the ICM name and file extension. Encrypted ICC you can use an Hex editor to look at the 1st 4 bytes of the ICC ...

color management workflow that uses input and output profiles to ensure color quality. See Color Management. See ICC. See ICC Profile

File extension used for a profile file type. See ICC

See GCR

preferred standard for LPT ports, cables, and communication

PCI addon card that is required to print to some printers. Use the VPT printer port to print using the Ikon Card

Mathematical description of the relative spectral power distribution of a real or imaginary light source, that is, the relative energy emitted by a source at each wavelength in its emission spectrum.   The following is a list of standard Illuminants PROF:Illuminants specified by the CIE (Commission Internationale ...

An output device to image bitmap data onto film or paper. Comes in drum and flatbed models

printer that transfer ink to the substrate by striking the substrate with a stamped object. A common example of this would be a Typewriter or Dot Matrix Printer with Carbon copied forms used in the Medical industry

ImproveProfileInterpolation2.jpg! Interpolation accuracy may be improved by adjusting points outside but near the boundary of the gamut It tries to expand the printable gamut by making the edge points smoother Uses custom ONYX extrapolation techniques More beneficial with fewer grid points Note ...

Manufacturing processes that increasingly utilize inkjet imaging technology as a way to mark or decorate products

set of parameters for a specific ink or toner. This is used in calibration to compensate for imperfectly balanced inks, and to assist in generating similar output from dissimilar inks

Ink options your printer uses and can have loaded. !InkConfigurations.jpg align=left!\\ \\ See Configuring Printer Capabilities

process of restricting the total amount of ink applied to a media by adjusting the maximum percentage of the color values in a processed image. See Ink Limits

Ink Limiting is the process of restricting the total amount of ink applied to a media by adjusting the maximum percentage of the color values in a processed image. The purpose of ink limits is to prevent oversaturation of three and four color combinations. As far as determining where to set the Ink ...

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purpose of ink restrictions is to ensure placement of the proper amount of ink and prevent oversaturation of primary inks. Review the following information for steps on setting Basic or Advanced Ink Restrictions as well as transition controls and how to handle printers with doublestrike technology. Basic ...

type of printer that sprays tiny streams of quickdrying ink onto a substrate

folder that is constantly monitored for image files to allow automatic processing and printing. See Hot Folder

profile that describes the color characteristics of a device such as a scanner that is used to create images. This is the source profile and describes "what the color is". A profile that identifies the output device being simulated for ICC Color Matching (that is, modifying the output image so that a print on one device ...

Degree of saturation or reflection of visible light

Process of increasing the apparent resolution of a raster image by using either a bicubic or sequential algorithm to create new dots in between the existing dots

local computer network connecting nearby computer systems and printers, such as in an office

colorcalibration target used in many systems to create profiles

An image coupled with RIPQueue settings. Jobs are listed in the print queue or the buffer queue

raster file format as well as a standard for compression of image files in general. See Raster

Adjusting intercharacter spacing of letters. Typically for pairs of letter that need special spacing treatment to make them look more aesthetically pleasing

file that adds permissions to your Hardware Key. See Hardware Key

correct notation is Lab. The Lab\ space is a fixed standard, so any defined value will ALWAYS be accurate.   !Lab2.jpg align=left,width=275,height=375! The three components are: •         ...

apply film to a surface by hand or by mechanical applicators. A web or sheet material formed by bonding materials together. See Lamination

Bonding one product to another by pressure for protection or appearance

computer network designed to connect nearby computers and printers, such as in an office. A LAN can be connected to another LAN, or the Internet. A {}localarea network{} is a computer network covering a small geographic area, like a home, office, or group of buildings e.g. a school ...

when a page is oriented so that it is wider than it is tall. See Portrait Orientation. See Transverse Orientation

printer, media, or print 36" or greater width

tree dimensional graph called Color Space, we can assign an absolute value to any color using three independent variables: Lightness, Chroma, and Hue. Lightness (also called "value" Lightness is plotted vertically in the color spcae ...

print error where an empty strip appears following a solid color or no color area. The solution is to use a Stochastic dot pattern

Systems used to cure UVcurable inkjet ink using arrays of light emitting diodes (LED). Lamps can usually be adjusted for brightness and carriage speed

Light Ink was developed to enhance skin tones. Printers with light ink usually use a light cyan and a light magenta. Some printers also have a light black which enhances black and white prints. Light inks are generally half ...

Used to describe how resistant an imaged print is to fading when exposed to light and especially to sunlight

Perception by which white objects are distinguished from gray objects and light\ from darkcolored objects

Organization of elements in a printing screen, used to define the density of the screen. For example, a 140line screen identifies a pattern that has 140 Halftone Dots per linear inch. The grater the number, the more accurately details can be printed. See also Screen ...

Precisely determine the desired ink density for your printer. Ink density is literally the intensity of ink in one area and can be affected by resolution, dot pattern, and ink restriction (amount of ink placed). The process of normalizing a device so that it produces a linear ...

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compression technique that will retain all of the file's original image characteristics. The perfect lossless compression technique remains elusive

compression technique that will sacrifice some image quality at low levels and continue to degrade more image quality as compression levels increase

refers to the number of Halftone Dots that will be printed per linear inch in an image, based on the Screen used. Contrast with DPI

lightness or brightness of an image

LookUp Tables: A digital procession method to modify data from the input to the output, by using an array of data from a stored table

unit used to measure light falling on a surface (illuminance). LUX x .0929 = foot candles

Standard form of lossless file compression for video and graphic images (such as RIFF). From LempelZivWelch, the inventors. See File Format

block off a background or other area, so that the unmasked area can be printed, or worked

MAXIMIZE Your Color Tips from our Color Scientist Max Derhak {}Archived Article Excerpts Click the monthly links for the complete ONYX Thrive Newsletter{}. Thrive Newsletter October 08 http://onyxgfx.com/newsletter/October08Full.pdf Color Management 101 ...

MeasureTool.jpg align=left! Measurement Tool Measure Color Dialog Choose the desired measurement type (Lab, Lch, and Density values). Records a series of measurements, when you switch between types you will start with a new index. Follow the onscreen ...

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