Xerox COLOR 490 - Manual (Page 6)

Color Management Overview Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous Feed Printing System
1-2 Color Management Guide
CMS Option Tool Overview
The CMS (Color Management System) optional tool is installed using GUI software added to
the remote PC.
The CMS Option tool has the following features:
• Creating a color conversion table
• Creating a calibration table
You can use the CMS Option Tool to add paper color characteristics and CMYK ink
characteristics. When adding characteristics, the printer will generate a color conversion table.
This table will be used and allow you to specify paper color characteristics or CMYK ink
characteristics. You can add these selections when making job queue settings.
Over the course of time, the printer’s color characteristics are often altered during printing. The
process to correct those color inconsistencies is called calibration. You can create a color
correction table using the CMS Option Tool for calibration. If you have a duplex configuration,
you can perform calibration on both printers.
Major Functions of the CMS Option Tool
The two major functions of the CMS Option tool is to generate calibration and color conversion
tables.
Generating the calibration adjustment tables
• Printing Colorimetry patterns
• Creating calibration data
Generating the color conversion table
• Creating user definition paper data
• Creating user-specified ink characteristics data
• Viewing paper information