Canon imagePRESS C800 Series Operation Manual page 161

• When you want to increase the print quality for frequently used media families.
For the media family calibration you need the Eye-One spectrophotometer.
Media for calibration
The printer and media family calibration need media.
Media for the printer calibration
You can define and see the media for the printer calibration in the Settings Editor.
NOTE
To find the media for printer calibration in the Settings Editor: [Preferences] -> [Print job
defaults] -> [Calibration media]. (See
Normal media for standard and professional printer calibration:
• Océ Top Colour FSC (100 g/m² / 27 lb bond)
• Canon CS-814 (81.4 g/m² / 22 lb bond)
• Mondi Neusiedler (100 g/m² / 27 lb bond)
• International Paper Hammermill Color Copy Digital (105 g/m² / 28 lb bond)
Heavy media for professional printer calibration:
• Océ Top Colour FSC (250 g/m² / 92 lb cover)
• Mondi (250 g/m² / 92 lb cover)
• Mohawk Navajo Cover 98 bright (243 g/m² / 90 lb cover)
Extra heavy media for professional printer calibration:
• Océ Top Colour FSC (300 g/m² / 110 lb cover)
• Mondi (300 g/m² / 110 lb cover)
• International Paper Hammermill Color Copy Digital (271 g/m² / 100 lb cover)
Media for the media family calibration
Make sure you use the same calibration media to represent the media family each time you
perform a media family calibration.
Daily calibration scenarios
You cannot measure the print quality of the output on an absolute scale, because print quality
depends on the expectations you had beforehand. You need to remain aware of the correlation
between calibration procedures and print quality.
IMPORTANT
You are strongly advised to perform a daily printer calibration.
There are three calibration scenarios, each creating better print quality. Choose the scenario that
best fits your print quality demands.
• Configure the standard printer calibration mode in the Settings Editor and perform a printer
calibration daily.
• Configure the professional printer calibration mode in the Settings Editor and perform a printer
calibration daily.
• Configure the professional printer calibration mode in the Settings Editor. Perform a printer
calibration daily, followed by a media family calibration for each media family.
For more information, see:
Calibrate the printer on page 162
Calibrate the media family on page 163
imagePRESS C800 Series
System configuration on page
Chapter 6 - Keep the image quality high
About calibration
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