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Colour management settings and job submission

The way in which you submit a print job to the printer defines in most cases the file type of the document. If you use a printer driver, the original file type will be changed by the driver into a standard file type.

When there is no job ticket or when the job ticket does not include a colour management setting, the printer checks the file type of the document and based on the file type the printer applies the default colour management settings of Océ Express WebTools.

If you use FTP, LPR, Océ Publisher Select or Océ Publisher Express to send a job to the printer, the file type is not changed. The file is sent to the printer the way in which it was saved in the application you used to create or edit the file. If there is no embedded colour profile present in the document, the printer checks the file type of the document and based on the file type the printer applies the default colour management settings of Océ Express WebTools.

If you want to use the embedded colour profile for your print job (for example, embedded profile created with Adobe® Illustrator) you can choose between 2 options. You can use the Océ Wide format Printer Driver 2 for Microsoft® Windows® where you can indicate to follow the colour settings managed by the application. You can also send the job via FTP, LPR, Océ Publisher Select (choose 'Document's colour feel') or Océ Publisher Express. If the controller can recognise the embedded colour profile, it will be applied. If the embedded colour profile cannot be recognised, the controller applies the default colour settings managed by Océ Express WebTools.

The table below gives an overview of the relation between the job submission method, the file type and the colour management settings

Job submission method

File type

Colour management settings

Océ Wide format Printer Driver 2 for Microsoft® Windows®

The driver converts all files into HP-GL/2

You can define the colour settings in:

  • The printer driver.

  • Océ Express WebTools, by choosing the printer's default in the driver settings.

  • The application, by choosing the setting [None, managed by application] in the driver

LPR

FTP

Océ Publisher Select

Océ Publisher Express

The documents are sent to the printer without being converted to another file type.

The controller recognises the following file types.

  • HP-GL - .hp, .hpg, .hpgl

  • HP-GL/2 - .hp2

  • HP RTL - .rtl

  • CALS - .cls, .cal

  • NIRS - .nir, .nif

  • CalComp - .cc, .906, .907, .951, .crf, .pci

  • Edmics (C4) - .c4

  • TIFF - .tif

  • PostScript 3 - .ps (licensed)

  • PDF - .pdf (licensed)

  • JPEG - .jpg, .jpeg

Depending on the file type of the job, the default settings of one of the 4 file type paths in Océ Express WebTools is used when there is no embedded colour profile present in the file. Use Océ Express WebTools to adjust the colour settings for the print job.