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Using the Color Calibration Management Console Management Functions
The Color Calibration Management Console provides the following management functions.
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Detailed execution information
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Execution instructions from the computer
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Multiple printer management
For details, refer to the Color Calibration Management Console instructions.
(See "Color Calibration Management Console (Windows).")
(See "Color Calibration Management Console (Mac OS X).")
Color Management Using the Spectrophotometer Unit (Optional)
Color Management Using the Spectrophotometer Unit (Optional)
Using the Spectrophotometer Unit (optional) allows you to use much more functionality than the sensor built into the
printer and delivers much higher precision color management.
Furthermore, you can execute color calibration and check the calibration logs of printers remotely by using the Color
Calibration Management Console (CCMC) color management utility. If the printer is connected to a network, execution
can be managed remotely from the computer.
Since this allows the color management status of printers to be centrally managed, it delivers efficient low-cost color
management.
This section describes the color management tasks that are possible by using the spectrophotometer unit (optional).
Spectrophotometer Unit (Optional) Color Calibration
Although there are slight differences in how colors appear due to individual variations or aging among printers, there
are only small variations in color tones because the variations in color tones can be corrected by executing color cali-
bration using the printer sensor.
Using the Spectrophotometer Unit (optional) allows you to perform higher precision color calibration than the sensor
built into the printer.
For a detailed explanation, see the following.
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Color Calibration Using the Spectrophotometer Unit (option)
Managing Color Precision Using Color Check
Color check prints and automatically measures the colors of a test pattern, and calculates the color difference from a
Calibration Target (standard color values registered in the printer). We recommend that you execute color calibration
if the color difference exceeds the threshold value set by the customer.
For a detailed explanation, see the following.
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Color Checks Using the Spectrophotometer Unit (option)
Color calibration on paper other than genuine Canon paper and feed certified paper
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When executing on a printer with a Spectrophotometer Unit mounted
Although there are limitations on the paper that you can execute color calibration on using the printer sensor, if
you use the Spectrophotometer Unit (optional) you can execute color calibration on paper other than genuine Can-
on paper and feed certified paper.
In order to perform color calibration on paper other than genuine Canon paper and feed certified paper, a Calibra-
tion Target needs to be created and registered in the printer and computer by using this printer with a Spectro-
photometer Unit (optional) mounted and the included Media Configuration Tool (MCT).
In order to create a Calibration Target for paper other than genuine Canon paper and feed certified paper, you
need to register a media information file in advance using Add Custom Paper.
For details on the supported paper, see the following.
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Paper that can be used in Color Calibration
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Color Management Using the Spectrophotometer Unit (Optional)
Color Management
Color Calibration
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