Maxwell New Reference

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Maxwell automatically supplies several common standard references for the printing industry. If you are a printer, setting one of these references as your track reference will allow you to track how closely your print measurements come to matching "the standard."

GRACoL 2006 #1 paper
SWOP 2006 #3 paper
SWOP 2006 #5 paper

These can be used as a reference for a printer track.

Adding a custom reference

Here is a procedure for adding your own printer reference. If you want to know how much your printer color drifts over time, set one of your target measurements in place as a reference (when your printer is in prime operating condition), and all the following measurement entries will be compared to your first "standard".

Choose upload measurements and choose reference file.

1. Create a new device if you haven't already done so.

2. Create a new track if necessary. You can temporarily choose any of the references available during the process of setting up a new track.

3. In the Track Details pane, choose Upload Measurements, choose the file you want as a reference, and click Upload File.

Choose expand to open up full Color Set details.

4. Back in the Track Details pane, choose Measurements, and click on the file you just uploaded to bring up the Color Set Details pane.

5. Since this pane is in a condensed view by default, you need to expand it to see all the options available. Click the [Expand|Expand] icon in the upper left corner of the pane to open it fully.

Change color reference to "true".

6. Click Edit in the Color Set Details pane to change into Edit mode.

7. Click the field under "Use as Color Reference" and change it from false to True.

8. Click the green checkmark to confirm the change, and the Done button to exit Edit mode.

This reference will now be available whenever you call up a list of possible reference files.

Using this reference in your Track

Your new reference shows up in the list of references

To assign this reference to your current track:

  1. Go back to Track Details and expand the pane if necessary
  2. Click the Edit button to put the pane into edit mode
  3. Click the existing reference name under Reference Set
  4. Click the blue add button to add a new reference name. This opens up a new pane: "Reference Set Details"
  5. Specify a unique name for this reference.
  6. Choose the correct filename for the reference from among the files in the Color Reference drop down box.
  7. Click the green checkmark to confirm the change, and the Done button to exit Edit mode.
  8. Click the Done button in Track Details to confirm the new color reference set name.

Note: Maxwell allows you to define a reference set by giving it a reference name which may be different from the filename of the actual reference file.




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