Media Setup

Media Name

This is free text to enter a name for your media.

Description

This is free text to enter a description for your media.

Backing Color

A selection of backing color options.

Media Width

A selection of available media widths.

Device

This is the name of the device which is populated from Smart Print Controller.

Manufacturer

This is free text to enter a name for the device’s manufacturer.

Model

This is free text to enter a name for the device’s model.

Process Color Space

A selection of the process color space. This can be chosen from a set list of process color spaces limited to those that are included within the device colors. These include K, CMYK and CMYK with extended gamut colors, if any of the colors for a process color space are not present that option won’t be visible.

Spot Colours

This section allows the user to select which ink channels should be printed and measured, and which should be ignored.

Channels not marked as ignored will not be used in Smart Media Manager (SMM) for dot gain correction, ink limiting, gray balance, or ICC profiling. However, these channels must still be included during the drop level and pinning stages.

Ignored channels are excluded from both PrintFlat calibration and ICC profiling. In Smart Print Controller (SPC), ignored channels are excluded specifically from ICC profiling.

Add White Backing

This will only be visible if you have white in the printer profile. When enabled it adds a white background to the target.

Screen

A selection of the screen limited to screens of drop sizes that are defined in the device.

Output bits per pixel

A selection of the output bits per pixel. The available options are defined in the device.

Resolution

A selection of the resolution. The available options are defined in the device.

Add and remove screens

This opens a dialog displaying the full list of screens with options to add additional screens or remove screens from the list.

Nozzle compensation

Enabling this option allows you to open the Nozzle Correction Configuration window to set up and manage nozzle compensation settings (see below).

Configure nozzle compensation

This button becomes active only when 'Nozzle compensation' is checked. Clicking it will open the Nozzle Correction Configuration window, allowing you to set up or modify nozzle compensation settings.

Compensation Mode

Defines how nozzle compensation is applied. Valid values are:

• 0 – No compensation

• 1 – Compensate using the nozzle immediately before the failed nozzle

• 2 – Compensate using nozzles on both sides of the failed nozzle

Compensation Level

Specifies how many neighboring nozzles are used for compensation. Acceptable values range from 0 to 5 (inclusive).

• If set to 0 and Compensation Mode is not 0, the failed nozzles are cleared during screening, but no compensation is applied. This allows individual nozzles to be turned off without affecting neighboring output.

Compensation Scaling

When enabled, this option adjusts compensation based on the density of the failed nozzle. The screening process reduces the compensation accordingly.

Compensation Factor

Sets the percentage of the failed nozzle’s density used to compensate its neighbors.

• Range: 0.0 to 1.0

• 1.0 means full compensation (100% of the failed nozzle’s density is redistributed).

• 0.0 means no compensation is applied.

Use Compensation Curve

When enabled, this activates a compensation curve. If not selected, the curve will not be included in the screen configuration.

Compensation Curve

A table of 256 values, each between 0 and 255, defining the compensation factor for every grey level.
If this curve is used, it overrides both Compensation Scaling and Compensation Factor.

Linearization only

This setting is used by Smart Media Manager to determine the type of data you want to generate during the PrintFlat stage. You can choose to produce either:

• Linearization (1D) only, or

• Both linearization (1D) and PrintFlat Calibration (2D) data.

Use reference curve

This setting is used by Smart Media Manager to determine the type of data you want to use during the PrintFlat stage. If selected it will use the curve data in the Media otherwise it will start from scratch.

Box filter dimensions

The length across and down the web of the box filter.

Light & dark tone level

These settings define the levels above and below which PrintFlat replaces calibrations by linearizations. This happens if the level is below the light tone level and above the dark tone level. The Range is 0 to 255, if the level cannot be below the light tone level, 0, or the level cannot be above the dark tone level, 255, then replacements won’t be made for the respective tone.