Replacing or Fine-tuning the Output Color of a Spot Color

A named spot color can be fine-tuned and its color can be replaced. The recommended methods for adjusting a spot color to match the desired color are using Nearest Color Finder and finding the desired color from a color chart output from the printer.

However when replacing a spot color with a color from a different spot color library, or when making fine adjustments to the color value of a process color, use these methods to change the spot color.

This is a setting that is configured for a specific job. To apply the setting to all subsequently added jobs, configure the settings according to Assigning a Color from Another Spot Color Library to a Newly Created Spot Color Library.

Procedure
  1. 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 VW7_JobMenu1 on the left side of the job tool area, and then click VW7_CustomizeJob Settings .
  2. Click VW7-ICON_ColorReplacement Color Replacement.
  3. Click Color Management Properties under Spot Colors .
    The Spot Color List window appears.

    You can check the following information with Spot Color List.

    Spot Color Name Spot color name used in the job
    Library Name Name of the library that the spot color is registered in
    Library Output

    Color values defined in the library

    MEMO If the spot color is one where the color type is 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.
    Delta E Color difference values from the reproducible range of colors*1
    Printer Output

    Process color values to which the spot color has been converted

    MEMO If the spot color is one with a color type defined in the Lab color space, the values converted with the method displayed in the Matching Method field on the right are displayed.
    Matching Method When setting multiple spot colors at the same time, select with Color Replacement - Matching Method. *2
    *1 Only when the library output color is out of the gamut
    *2 Only when the output color is a spot color defined in the Lab color space
  4. Use Edit Output Color to change the output color.
    • Use Spot Color Library

      Select the checkbox, then click Use Color Library and specify the color for replacement.

    • Specifying the CMYK value directly

      Change the CMYK value.

    • Changing Matching Method

      The matching method can be changed for a spot color that is defined in the Lab color space. The CMYK values change depending on the selected method.

    MEMO Make adjustments while checking the output result each time you change the color values.
  5. To close the Spot Color List window, click Close.
    IMPORTANT The converted spot colors are not applied to the preview area in Job Settings and the main window.
  6. Click OK.
    You are returned to the main window.
  7. Perform printing.
    Processing by the RIP and printing start.