Color Application Notes

ColorSync 3.0 and the magicolor 6100

This Color Application Note describes the procedure to replace the internal ICC (International Color Consortium) profiles on the magicolor 6100.

Requirements

magicolor 6100

Macintosh Laserwriter driver 8.6.x or 8.7

OS 9 and ColorSync 3.x

Restrictions

This Color Application Note provides instructions only for the 3.0 version of ColorSync. No other versions of this application are covered in this Color Application Note.

Note: KONICA MINOLTA does not provide technical support for third-party applications. If you have questions concerning the operation or usage of Apple’s ColorSync 3.0, visit http://www.apple.com/colorsync/ for more information.

Overview

This technote is for anyone new to color management or those who have questions about the ICC profiles included with KONICA MINOLTA color products.  It provides basic instructions to setup host-based color management on the Macintosh OS using ColorSync 3.0 (included with OS 9), and the KONICA MINOLTA color profiles provided with magicolor products.

Instructions

With ColorSync 3.0 installed, you should have one Control Panel (ColorSync) and one Extension (ColorSync Extension) installed by the Macintosh OS 9 installer application. If you have extra Control Panels and Extensions with the ColorSync name, use Get Info to determine if they are older version of the ColorSync software.  When installing third-party software, some installer applications don't check for the existence of ColorSync software or the current version and install an older version. Remove all older versions of the ColorSync software before you proceed.

To access the KONICA MINOLTA ICC profiles,

1) Using an Internet Browser application, go to http://printer.konicaminolta.net/support/.

2) Choose magicolor 6100 from the list, and then click Go.

3) Choose the Macintosh link or scroll down to the Macintosh Drivers/Utilities/PPDs Section. Here you can find the ICC profiles for the magicolor printer you have chosen.

4) Download the ICC profiles to your computer.

Choose File > Print. The Print dialog will open.

5) After the profiles have been downloaded, place the profiles in the ColorSync Profiles folder (located in the System folder of the current start-up volume).

6) Click on the Setup tab then click on the down arrow at the right of the Printer Description field and choose "Generic Color" from the list of available PPDs.

7) Click on Capture Settings. This closes the Print dialog window.

8) From the Apple Menu, select the ColorSync Control Panel from the Control Panels folder.

If your ColorSync Control Panel does not look like this, you may be using an older version of ColorSync. Install OS 9 or visit http://www.apple/colorsync.com and download version 3.0 of ColorSync.

In the above screen shot of the ColorSync Control Panel, there are two tabs: Profiles and CMMs. Listed under the Profiles tab, there are a series of five pop-up menus, two of which are described next.

1. Profiles for Standard Devices

This pop-up menu provides access to the two main screens for the Profiles tab. Selecting Default Profiles for Documents will change the current screen to this:

If you have a file containing an embedded profile describing its specific color space, then the embedded profile will be used. Otherwise, the above profile settings for Default Profiles for Documents will be used.  The profile settings of the Default Profiles for Documents must be set correctly to ensure that the correct color transformations take place and that accurate color can be viewed and/or printed.

The above screen shot displays the ColorSync 3.0 default settings. The following is a list of recommendations for setting up these selections.

RGB Default: Normally a monitor profile is selected. However, it can be another type of input profile such as a scanner or digital camera profile. A monitor profile will be used in most cases. If you're not sure what type of monitor you're using, look on the back of the monitor to determine the model and manufacturer. Locate this profile in the RGB Default pop-up menu or use the Adobe Gamma control panel to create one. Third-party software such as ColorBlind ProveIt! or ColorBlind Matchbox are two popular software packages that allow the creation of input profiles

CMYK Default: This will always describe the output device. Select magicolor 6100 from this list.

Gray Default: Only used in monochrome workflows, this selection describes a black and white output device. As of this Color Application Note release, KONICA MINOLTA does not provide monochrome profiles for the magicolor product line.  Generic Gray Profile (default) is suitable for this selection.

Lab Profile: Lab is a device-independent color space where the color transformation occurs. This color transformation is the CMM (Color Matching Method, or Color Management Module) utilizing the input and output profiles. In a sense, Lab is a reference space used independently of the device-specific profiles. The profile, in conjunction with the rendering intent, is what’s used to ensure accurate color output.

2. Profiles for Standard Devices

Input: This pop-up menu allows you to select the input profile of your input device (normally a scanner, monitor, or digital camera). The profile for the input device should be loaded into the ColorSync Profiles Folder, just like the profiles for the magicolor 6100 printers.

A monitor can be selected as an input device, since some graphic files are not scanned or captured with a digital camera. An example of this is a file created in Adobe Illustrator using a specific monitor profile to view the artwork as it’s being created. The input profile gives the ColorSync CMM  the necessary information about the conditions in which the image was captured or created.

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