The Roland Color System Library is Roland DG's original spot color library. It consists of more than 1,000 spot colors.
When this library is used, you can easily create a color chart with your printer. In contrast to commercially available color charts, this feature generates a color chart printed using "your printer" and "your media" (slight color differences may occur depending on the conditions of the printer and media). By selecting colors from this color chart and creating print data with these colors, you can accurately reproduce the desired colors.
Step 1: Printing a Color Chart
Print a Roland Color System Library color chart.
MEMOThe printer name, serial number, media type, ink type, and other information is printed in the color chart.
Procedure
Load into the printer the media on which the color chart will be printed.
Click for the queue folder to be used.
The Queue Properties window appears.
Click Quality, and then set Quality Settings.
Click Color Management, and then set Color Settings.
IMPORTANTWhen printing a color chart, the settings from the Queue Properties window are applied to the Quality Settings and Color Settings setting items. You cannot change the settings using the Job Settings window after the job has been added to the job list.
Click OK.
The Queue Properties window closes.
Select the printer to use, and then click (the hamburger menu).
Click the color chart that you want to print.
Color Chart Type-1
The colors in the library are categorized by saturation and arranged to vary in hue in the horizontal direction and in brightness in the vertical direction. To print this color chart in its original size, you need A1-size or larger media.
Color Chart Type-2
The colors in the library are categorized by color tone and a color wheel is printed for each tone. (Black colors are arranged linearly by brightness.) To print this color chart in its original size, you need A1-size or larger media.
Color Selector
Prints the ink combination chart. The chart shows the ink combination used for printing each spot color. Although each page is printed in A4 size, you can cut the pieces along the trimming marks and bind them in numeric order (outline numbers) to create a color sample book that can be used to compare the colors.
Color Chips
Prints 12 color chips per color for 5 colors in A4 size. The colors are categorized by color tone. Click Color Chips and click the tone name to print the color chips for the selected tone.
MEMOColor Chips are printed with cutting lines so that the color chips can be trimmed and used individually. If you print the color chips on media with a backing paper using a printer with a cutting function, you can create color chip stickers by setting Operation Mode under Cut Controls to Print & Cut.
The following message appears: The following job will be printed.
Check whether the media loaded in the printer is large enough for the displayed page size.
Specify the queue folder with Add Job To and click OK.
The selected type of color chart is added to the job list.
Use one of the methods below to open the Job Settings window.
Double-click the job to set.
Right-click on the job to set, then click Edit Design - Job Settings .
With a job selected, click on the left side of the job tool area, and then click Job Settings .
Click Layout.
Configure the Media Settings and other settings.
Click OK.
You are returned to the main window.
Perform printing.
The selected color chart is printed.
Step 2: Registering Roland Color System Library Colors in Illustration Software
Load Roland Color System Library colors into the illustration software color palette. This is very useful, as this allows you to easily specify the spot colors from the color palette when creating print data.
Palette data for Adobe Illustrator and for CorelDRAW is available on the Roland DG Corporation website. Register this data in the illustration software. Save these data files to the target computer (the computer on which Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW is installed).
When Using Adobe Illustrator
This section explains how to register a color system library color in Adobe Illustrator.
MEMOWith VersaWorks, in addition to the spot color registered here ("Roland VersaWorks"), the following libraries are prepared. Because it is possible to register for all off them with a single process, it is recommended that you copy and paste all files.
Click to the right of VersaWorks 7 to expand the list.
Download the file "userinks.cpl."
Save the "userinks.cpl" file in the desired location on the target computer (the computer on which CorelDRAW is installed).
Start CorelDRAW.
On the menu in CorelDRAW, select Window - Color Palettes - Palettes.
The Palettes window appears.
Click below the pull-down menu.
Select the "userinks.cpl" file that you saved in Step 4, and then click Open.
Delete the "userinks.cpl" file that you saved in Step 4.
Step 3: Create Print Data with Illustration Software
Create print data with illustration software using the spot colors that are registered in the Roland Color System Library.
MEMOFor the procedure for specifying spot colors, see the instruction manual of the illustration software you are using.
Procedure
Create print data with specified spot color that is registered in Roland Color System Library.
Save the created data.
Step 4: Performing Printing
The method of printing using Roland Color System Library spot colors is the same as when printing using other spot colors.
Procedure
Add the print data where the spot color was specified to the job list.
Use one of the methods below to open the Job Settings window.
Double-click the job to set.
Right-click on the job to set, then click Edit Design - Job Settings .
With a job selected, click on the left side of the job tool area, and then click Job Settings .
Click Color Replacement.
Select the Convert Spot Color checkbox.
When spot colors are properly recognized, the following items are displayed:
Color Name
The name of the spot color used with the job is displayed.
MEMOIf the spot color is one defined in the Lab color space, a caution mark () is displayed when this color cannot be reproduced (it is out of the gamut) with the selected media and quality.
Nearest Color Finder
When the Nearest Color Finder - Apply Adjusted Color checkbox is selected, is displayed for any spot colors where the nearest color finder adjustments can be applied. When you are not applying these adjustments, clear this checkbox.
Output Color
Displays the process color values that have been converted to.
Configure the layout, quality, and other settings necessary for printing.
for the queue folder to be used.
The Queue Properties window appears.
Quality, and then set Quality Settings.
Color Management, and then set Color Settings.
IMPORTANT When printing a color chart, the settings from the Queue Properties window are applied to the Quality Settings and Color Settings setting items. You cannot change the settings using the Job Settings window after the job has been added to the job list.
(the hamburger menu).
MEMO Color Chips are printed with cutting lines so that the color chips can be trimmed and used individually. If you print the color chips on media with a backing paper using a printer with a cutting function, you can create color chip stickers by setting Operation Mode under Cut Controls to Print & Cut.
on the left side of the job tool area, and then click 
Layout.
to the right of VersaWorks 7 to expand the list.
below the pull-down menu.
Color Replacement.
) is displayed when this color cannot be reproduced (it is out of the gamut) with the selected media and quality.
is displayed for any spot colors where the nearest color finder adjustments can be applied. When you are not applying these adjustments, clear this checkbox.