Assigning Inks to the Measurements

You can either read in all colors and then assign them or make the assignment at any other time, for example, after each reading.

GMG OpenColor will automatically suggest ink names for recognized solid colors such as Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Red, Green, Blue and automatically fill in percentage values after your first manual entries.

Assign ink names and percentage values to the measured colors to use them for creating a characterization.

  1. Enter a name for each solid color (2).
  2. For each non-solid color, select Tint from the list (3).
  3. Select a "parent" solid color from the list (4).
  4. Enter a percentage value for the tint (5).

GMG OpenColor will now have sufficient information to add the inks to the database so that they can be used for creating a characterization.

Finished measurement and ink assignment.

Measuring the paper tint (1) is mandatory. You can measure and assign as many solids and tints as you like. You can delete a measurement by clicking the x button (6). When all measurements have been assigned, you can use them to create a characterization (7). If you are using a measuring device supporting multiple measurement conditions, one measurement will automatically generate measurements for all supported conditions. Select the condition you want to use for the characterization.

Double measurements of the same color and tint will be averaged automatically.

Creating a characterization from the measured colors.

The 5 inks are listed on the New Characterization page (1). You will need to enter a Name for the characterization (2). You can then proceed with describing the Printing Process and Media (3) that was used for printing the measured colors.

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