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Color Setup allows you to set defaults the Fiery X3e uses to control color output. 
Mac OS and Windows users who use the printer drivers provided on the User 
Software CD can override most of these defaults on a job-by-job basis. However, users 
printing from UNIX or DOS command lines cannot override defaults from their 
applications. Therefore, you must set defaults in Color Setup.

The preferred method for setting color defaults is to use Color Setup, part of the 
ColorWise Pro Tools. The color options are described in this section for your 
reference. For more information about these defaults, see the

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In addition to the defaults described in this section, additional settings are 

available to Mac OS and Windows users from the printer drivers.

In the following list of options, default values, where applicable, appear in 
square brackets.

The RGB source is the color space used to control color for conversion from monitor 
to printed output. EFIRGB is based on the reference points used in the creation of the 
Fiery X3e software. sRGB is based on an average of a large number of PC monitors. 
Apple Standard is the standard reference point for Apple’s ColorSync software.

The color rendering dictionary (CRD) defines how colors are converted from the RGB 
color space to device CMYK. Photographic, designed for images, retains the relative 
balance between colors to maintain the overall appearance of the image. Presentation, 
designed for bright colors, produces the saturated prints needed for most business 
presentations, but handles photographic images the same way as the Photographic 
CRD. Absolute Colorimetric provides the closest match to the CMYK device being 
simulated, including rendering the paper color as the background. Relative 
Colorimetric provides a close match to the CMYK device being simulated, regardless 
of the media used.

CMYK simulation allows color correction to simulate printed output on a commercial 
press, so that the Fiery X3e output can be used for proofing. The SWOP-Coated 
standard is used in the United States, DIC in Japan, and Euroscale in Europe. Custom 
simulations are user defined and named. The simulations provided with the Fiery X3e 
have the designation “EFI” after their names.

If users create and load custom simulations on the Fiery X3e with ColorWise Pro 
Tools, these also appear in the list of simulations. A custom simulation can be selected 
as the default simulation. For more information about custom simulations, see the 

Quick simulation assumes that the copier/printer toners match the printer’s inks, 
and all changes affect only one color (C, M, Y, or K) at a time. Full (Source GCR) 
simulation allows for more flexibility in matching toner to ink and all changes interact 
to maintain a better color balance. Full (Output GCR) offers accurate proofing by 
providing a colorimetric conversion of all four plates. In this simulation method, the 
black (K) plate is mixed into the CMY plates, then reseparated based on the 
Output

profile.

This option defines how the Fiery X3e processes RGB jobs. Select Output for RGB 
jobs that you print to the final output device. Select Simulation to simulate an output 
device that is not the device to which you are printing.

The Pure Black Text/Graphics option optimizes black text and line art. The option 
also minimizes toner use for documents consisting of both color and black-only pages.

With this option On, black text and line art are printed with black toner only. 
With the option Off, black text and line art are printed using all four colors of toner. 
For more information, see the

With this option On, the Fiery X3e uses an internal lookup table to print the best 
equivalents of PANTONE colors. With this option Off, PANTONE colors are printed 
using the CMYK values defined in the original applications. For more information, see 
the

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With this option set to Text or Text/Graphics, black text and graphics overprints on 
colored backgrounds. With this option set to Off, black text and graphics knocks out 
color backgrounds. Generally this option should be Text or Text/Graphics. For more 
information, see the 

Select Yes to activate any changes made in Color Setup; select No to return to the main 
Setup menu without making any changes.

The remaining choices in the Setup menu are intended to help you manage print jobs 
and color output, but are not required for printing. 

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 allows you to specify whether the Fiery X3e prints and clears its log of 

printed jobs automatically.

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allows you to activate additional features such as EFI Spot On, Hot 

Folders, Auto Trapping and Safe Erase.

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 allows you to create or change an Administrator password on the 

Fiery X3e so that casual users cannot enter the Setup menus and change settings 
without permission. The Administrator password also controls many functions 
available from the job management tools.

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 clears all queued print jobs from the server—jobs in the Fiery X3e Print, 

Hold, and Printed queues. Clear Server also clears the Job Log, all jobs archived on 
the Fiery hard disk drive, the index of archived jobs, and all FreeForm masters and 
the index of FreeForm masters.

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clears all queued jobs and resets the Fiery X3e Setup options to the 

factory defaults. Once the Fiery X3e is reset, you select the language in which to 
display Setup menus and system messages.

The Job Log is a record of all jobs processed or printed on the Fiery X3e, whether they 
originate from a user workstation, a networked server, or the Fiery X3e. You can print 
the Job Log from the Control Panel or from the job management tools.

The printed Job Log lists accounting information about each job, including user 
name, document name, time and date printed, and number of pages. Windows and 
Mac OS users can enter job-specific notes that appear in the Job Log. 

By default, the Job Log is not printed or cleared automatically. You can change these 
defaults in Job Log Setup. You can also print and clear the Job Log from the job 
management tools.