Registering a Color by Measuring with an Instrument

Register the Lab value of a color measured with a measurement instrument as the output color of a special color in cases such as when you have a printing sample. This assumes that an input color already exists.

However, to register a measured color, assign a name and register it as a spot color. For more information, refer to Creating a Spot Color Library.

Procedure
  1. Connect the measurement instrument.
    Use the measurement instrument specified in For Spot and Special Colors on the Measurement Instrument tab from Edit - Preferences on the menu bar.
    MEMO Mac: Preferences is displayed as Preferences.
  2. Click Edit - Special Color Settings on the menu bar.
    The Special Color Settings window appears.
  3. Click VW7-ICON_CreateLibrary.
    The Create New Special Color Library window appears.
  4. Enter the desired name in Special Color Library Name.
  5. Click OK.
    A new special color library is created.
  6. Select the name of the newly created special color library.
  7. Click VW7-ICON_Plus on the right side of the window.
    The input colors and output colors are displayed.
  8. Under Input Value, click VW7-ICON_RGB (RGB) or VW7-ICON_CMYK (CMYK) to specify the color space of the input color, and then enter the color values.
  9. Under Output Color, click VW7-ICON_Lab (Lab).
  10. Perform color measurement as directed in the instructions shown on the window.
    • Depending on the type of measurement instrument, it may be necessary to perform calibration in advance.
    • The Lab value is displayed when the measurement is finished.
  11. Click OK.
    The measured color is saved, and you are returned to the main window.
    IMPORTANT Be sure to click OK. If you click Cancel, a confirmation window appears to confirm that you want to discard the changes. If you click Yes in this confirmation window, the window is closed and no changes made to the settings are saved.