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- If you use a plate measurement device to linearize your plates, create a Plate Curve in ColorFlow. See Activity 1: Use a plate curve to linearize a plate.
- To import curve values from another application or workflow system, or to make subjective corrections to printed color, define a Print Transfer curve by Tint In/Out Points. See Activity 2: Use a transfer curve to control tonal response. This method is very similar to creating a Harmony derived calibration curve with a linear current curve, a method commonly used in Harmony.
- If you're creating curves with a third-party application that exports Harmony curve format, you can import those curves directly into ColorFlow and optionally convert them to adjustable transfer curves. See Importing a Harmony print calibration curve.
- When you're setting up a new press or calibrating printing on a new substrate, print and measure a P2P51 chart. You'll need a supported measurement instrument for task. Using this chart measurement, you can use ColorFlow and Prinergy to calibrate your presswork to any industry standard, for example:
- Tonal match to ISO TVI (dot gain) curves specified for FOGRA print conditions; see Activity 4: Use a print curve to align a press with an industry specification for tonal match. You can also use any tint ramp measurement for this setup.
- G7 gray balance; see Activity 5: Use a print curve to match a legacy workflow calibration curve.
- Gray balance calibration to a reference print condition like FOGRA 51, GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) and many others; see Activity 6: Use a print curve to align a press with an industry specification for gray balance.
- With any of the ColorFlow print curves identified above, you can make an on-the-fly curve adjustment in Prinergy to correct press color, avoiding proliferation of job-specific, one-time use curves. Task 3 of Activity 4: Use a print curve to align a press with an industry specification for tonal match shows you how. (Note: Prinergy Evo does not support this feature.)