Buttons
Disable
Disables the color bar. Disabled color bars do not appear in the Layout Editor.
Enable
Enables the color bar. Enabled color bars appear in the Layout Editor.
Export and Export PDF
The Export button creates a compressed (.zip) file for the selected color bar, and you can place the compressed file in any of the available local or network locations. You can then import the compressed file into another instance of Kodak Proofing Software. Depending on the proofer, the compressed file contains different files:
- A description file (xml) of the color bar
- A copy of the color bar in PDF format
- A description file (xml) of the color bar
- A copy of the color bar in TIF file format
- A copy of the color bar in PDF format, if you created the color bar in Kodak Proofing Software, and the color bar has not completed the setup for Certified Process for Color Confirmation
- Kodak Proofing Software uses the TIF file format when printing proofs, and you use the PDF format to color-manage a new color bar as part of the setup for the Certified Process for Color Confirmation.
The Export button is available when you select a color bar.
The Export PDF button exports only the PDF file of a color bar. For Matchprint Inkjet proofers, a PDF file of the color bar is temporarily available for color bars created in Kodak Proofing Software. You create the color bar, export a PDF file of the color bar, and submit the PDF file of the color bar to the workflow software to be color managed, which completes the setup. After the color bar is color managed, the Export PDF button is no longer available.
Import
Opens the Select Color Bars to Import dialog box, which lets you browse through the available local or network locations and import a compressed file of an exported color bar.
Delete
Deletes the selected color bar. The color bar must be disabled before you can delete it.
Note: You cannot delete a color bar referenced by a layout. It doesn't matter whether the layout is enabled or disabled.
Edit / View
When you select a color bar with an Origin of Customer, the Edit button appears. Click the Edit button to display the Edit Color Bar dialog box and edit the color bar.
When you select a color bar with an Origin of Kodak, the View button appears. Click the View button to display the View Color Bar dialog box and see information about the color bar. You cannot edit color bars with an Origin of Kodak.
In both cases, you can view profiles used with the color bar for the Certified Process for Color Confirmation, but you cannot change the profiles.
New
Displays the New Color Bar dialog box for you to create a color bar. New color bars are enabled by default.
Table headings
Note: You can sort the columns on the Color Bars tab. Click the column name to sort its contents.
Name
Displays the file name of the color bar
Origin
Displays whether the color bar is a Kodak or a Customer color bar
Enabled
Identifies whether the color bar is enabled. The Enabled column displays Yes for enabled color bars and No for disabled color bars. Enabled color bars appear in the Layout Editor.
Description
The Description displays the following information about the selected color bar:
- Last modification date
- Media
- Number of patches
- Spectrophotometer for which the color bar is created
- Whether to use UV-filtered spectrophotometer measurements or have Kodak Proofing Software automatically convert the measurements to unfiltered measurements
- Whether to use the measurement results from the unfiltered inline spectrophotometer on Epson Stylus Pro 7900 and 9900 printers or have Kodak Proofing Software align the measurement results with the measurement results of other spectrophotometers supported by Kodak Proofing Software
- Whether to use UV-filtered, black-backed spectrophotometer measurements or have Kodak Proofing Software automatically convert the measurements to UV-filtered, white-backed measurements
- Minimum number of minutes for the Color Confirmation Measurement wizard to wait before measuring the color bar.