Individual color profiles can either be created inexpensively by the ZEDOnet profile creation service, or by yourself if the necessary measurement equipment is available.
First create a new profile entry with appropriate settings (e.g. Paper class, print quality) in TurboPrint's profile administration (as explained in section “ 10.1 Create a new profile”).
After that print a "color chart" – a page that contains a large number of color patches that will be measured with a spectrophotometer later:
a) Printing color charts for the ZEDOnet profile creation service
The necessary color chart can be printed with the " Print color chart” button in the “Profiles” dialog of the TurboPrint control center.
b) Printing color charts for creating ICC profiles with own measurement equipment
If you have the necessary measurement equipment available, you can create your own profiles and use them with TurboPrint.
Depending on the profile creation software, you can create RGB and/or CMYK profiles. Both types of profiles can be used for printing correct colors with RGB and CMYK documents. TurboPrint calculates the necessary conversion automatically.
Advantages and disadvantages of RGB and CMYK profiles
RGB profiles need less color patches than CMYK profiles for achieving the same color accuracy. If your profile creation software only offers CMYK color charts with less than 500 patches, prefer printing an RGB chart.
Only with CMYK profiles the generation of black can be determined by your profile creation software. With RGB profiles, TurboPrint always uses its standard way of generating black.
The profile chart cannot be printed via TurboPrint Toolbox but from an appropriate application program. Follow the instructions of your profile creation software.
We recommend to use the application software from which you will print most of your documents. Load the profile chart file that is provided by your profile software.
Before printing you should disable any color management of your application software, if possible. Also choose the output color space appropriately - RGB for an RGB profile, CMYK for CMYK profiles.
In the print dialog choose the new profile as “Media Type” (new profile entries are shown at the end of the list). This “empty” profile is only suited for printing a profile chart (there is no color correction data available yet).
Depending on the type of profile chart set “Color Mode” to “Color (RGB)” or “CMYK Proof”. This is all you need to select – leave the other settings unchanged.
After printing the color chart, measure the color patches with your spectrometer and the belonging software. Have a profile created and save it in ICC format.
The color data of this ICC file can then be imported into the TurboPrint color profile with the option “Import color data...” in the “Profiles” menu of the TurboPrint control center.