Creating user-defined color bars for white flood

Create a placeholder for your artwork. The artwork can include or lack an object for white flood.

You must create or supply artwork for the color bar. Kodak Proofing Software does not include or create any artwork for user-defined color bars. Kodak Proofing Software adds your artwork to the placeholder when you color-manage the color bar during the setup of the Certified Process for Color Confirmation.

1. In Proofer Administrator, click the Proofer icon, and click the Color Bars tab.
2. Click New.
3. In the New Color Bar dialog box, perform the following actions:
   1. In the Name box, type a name for the color bar.
   2. In the Spectrophotometer list, select the spectrophotometer and filter that you will use to measure the color bar.
   3. In the Artwork list, select User Defined Color Bar.
4. Click Next.
5. On the Patches tab, indicate the number of patches, rows, and columns in your artwork.
6. On the Color Targets tab, perform the following actions:
   Note: The values on the Color Targets tab are used with the Certified Process for Color Confirmation. If you are not using the color bar with the Certified Process for Color Confirmation, you can leave the Color Targets tab blank.
   
   1. Define tolerances in the Global Settings, Special Tolerances, and Delta Hue Groups areas.

   2. In the L*a*b* Target Values area, perform one of the following actions:

      • To define the L*a*b* target values: Type the target values in the L*a*b* columns, or copy and paste values from a spreadsheet.

      • To capture the first measurement of the color bar as target L*a*b* values: Leave the L*a*b* columns blank, and, on the Settings tab, select the Snapshot Color Values on Next Reading check box.
7. On the Settings tab, perform one of the following actions:
   • To indicate that the artwork includes an object for white flood:
     1. Select the Use White Spot check box, and click Browse.
     2. In the Color Libraries list, select the library that contains the recipe you want to use.
     3. Select the color and click OK.
   • To indicate that you will use the hot folder of virtual printer to add white flood: Clear the Use White Spot check box.
8. Click Save.