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To monitor print quality, print the following color reference pages:

• Color Charts from the Control Panel (see the 

• Color Charts from Command WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE 

(see the

• Color reference pages included with the user software (see the 

)

All these pages include fully saturated color patches and pale tints of cyan, magenta, 
yellow, and black. Images with skin tones offer a very good basis for comparison. Save 
and compare pages you printed at different times. If there is a noticeable change in 
appearance, calibrate the Fiery X3e.

When you examine the Test Page, all color patches should be visible, even though they 
may be very faint in the five percent and two percent range. Each color’s patch set 
should show uniform gradation from patch to patch as the color lightens from 100 
percent to zero percent.

If the solid density patches (100% cyan, magenta, yellow, or black) look less saturated 
with time, show the pages to your copier/printer service technician to determine 
whether adjusting the copier/printer can improve output.

To verify whether the Fiery X3e is calibrated, which calibration set and output profile 
were used, and when the copier/printer was last calibrated:

• Print a Configuration page or Test Page from the Control Panel or Command 

WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE.

• Select a calibration set in Calibrator (available from ColorWise Pro Tools)—the last 

calibration and the user who performed it are displayed.

ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator allows you to calibrate the Fiery X3e using the 
measurement method of your choice.

Changing the calibration has the potential to affect all jobs for all users, so consider 
limiting the number of people authorized to perform calibration. Set an Administrator 
password to control access to calibration (see the 

).

Multiple users can be connected to one Fiery X3e with ColorWise Pro Tools, 

but only one user at a time can use Calibrator. An error message appears if you try to 
calibrate when another user is using ColorWise Pro Tools to calibrate.

Start Calibrator from the ColorWise Pro Tools main window.

For instructions on configuring the connection to the Fiery X3e, see the 

.

If the connection to the Fiery X3e from Command WorkStation/Command 

WorkStation LE (which also allows for access to ColorWise Pro Tools) is not 
established, you can start ColorWise Pro Tools independently of Command 
WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE.

Procedures for each calibration method are described in subsequent sections of 
this chapter.

Calibrator provides two modes: Standard Mode and Expert Mode. You can perform all 
essential calibration tasks while in Standard Mode. Expert Mode offers two additional 
options: Print Pages and View Measurements.

With the Print Pages option, print a calibration Comparison Page showing the results 
of the new measurements with any profile associated with the currently selected 
calibration set. You can also create a custom comparison page and save it as a 
PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file called CALIB.PS. Next, print the file 
to the Hold queue of the Fiery X3e from your application, or download it to the Hold 
queue with Fiery Downloader. An additional way to create the CALIB.PS file is to 
rename any job in the Hold queue using Command WorkStation/Command 
WorkStation LE (see the 

).