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In the Color Matching pane, choose Color/Grayscale from the Print Color pop-up 
menu.

In the Printer Specific Options pane, choose settings for the print options described on 
page 1-3. 

If these settings are ones you use regularly, click Save Settings to save them for 
subsequent jobs.

This chapter discusses color management workflows used in short-run color printing 
as well as color proofing on the Fiery X4. It also gives examples of color management 
in specific desktop applications and the interaction between those applications and 
ColorWise color management.

The term “workflow” is used to describe the path a job follows from its creation in a 
desktop application to final printed output. It is helpful to think of the following 
categories when describing workflows:

• Short-run printing versus color proofing for eventual output on an offset press

• RGB, CMYK, and PANTONE color systems

• Desktop color management within an application versus color management on the 

Fiery X4, along with the notion that different versions of desktop applications 
handle color management differently. So it is important to pay close attention to the 
version of a particular application when considering the workflows in this chapter.

Short-run color printing refers to those jobs for which the Fiery X4 is the final print 
device. Printing jobs to the Fiery X4 in preparation for printing on an offset press is 
referred to as color proofing. Both types of Fiery X4 print jobs use RGB, CMYK, and 
PANTONE colors.

• For short-run jobs, bright, saturated colors are often desirable. These are achieved by 

using the full range of colors available, referred to as the full gamut of copier, or 
more simply copier CMYK. See “Advanced Workflows” on page 2-9 for short-run 
printing examples.

• Offset jobs proofed on the Fiery X4 require the printed colors to match those from 

another set of CMYK printing conditions. Colors that are specified for an offset 
press require CMYK simulation that is optimized for proofing on the copier. See 
Advanced Workflows on page 2-9 for color proofing examples that simulate the 
gamut of another digital printer or press standard. 

Colors can be defined in several different color models, the most common being RGB, 
CMYK, and the PANTONE color matching system. Each model requires a different 
color conversion at the Fiery X4. These different color conversion workflows are 
explained below.

• RGB source profiles and color rendering dictionaries are used to map RGB colors 

through a device-independent color space to a destination space, either the full 
copier gamut in a short-run printing workflow or CMYK simulation in a color 
proofing workflow.

• CMYK colors are device-dependent. In a proofing scenario, colors specified in 

prepress applications are adjusted so the gamut of the Fiery X4 copier can simulate 
that of the press. In a short-run printing workflow, specifying CMYK colors 
according to the calibrated copier output eliminates the need for simulation during 
printing. 

• PANTONE spot colors are special inks manufactured to run on an offset printing 

press. Spot colors can be simulated using CMYK copier toners or process color inks. 
Two basic workflows exist for printing PANTONE colors to the Fiery X4:

Spot Color Matching On instructs the Fiery X4 to match the output of the copier to 
the PANTONE spot color.

Spot Color Matching Off instructs the Fiery X4 to match the copier output to a 
Pantone-specified process simulation. This CMYK combination is then printed with 
the CMYK Simulation setting you choose, such as SWOP or Custom, and CMYK 
Simulation Method set to Full.