Fiery XF 7.1

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Create a media profile using third-party profiling software

You can use Color Profiler Suite or any third-party profiling software to create a media profile.

  1. In Job Center: In the toolbar, click Color Tools. In the Color Tools start screen, click Create Calibration.
  2. Click the Help button, and follow the on-screen instructions to create a calibration file.
  3. Move the calibration file from the ProgramData\Fiery\Fiery XF\Client\Working folder to the ProgramData\EFI\EFI Media Profiles\My Profiles folder.
  4. Do one of the following:
    • In Server Manager: On the sidebar, click Printers, and select a printer. In the printer's tree view, select a media preset. On the Media tab, expand the Media Configuration panel.

    • In Job Editor: On the Printer tab, expand Media Configuration panel.

  5. Select the following:
    • The type of ink that you used to create the calibration file

    • The name of the media that you defined when you created the base linearization file

    • The calibration file

  6. In Job Center: Import the profiling chart from the third-party software, and print the chart.
  7. In the third-party software, measure the printed chart, and go on to create a media profile.

You must now do the following:

  • Upload the media profile and the calibration file to the ProgramData\EFI\EFI Media Profiles\My Profiles folder.

  • Connect the calibration file to the third-party media profile.