Create RIP configurations

The installer will install a basic RenderConfig with a simple color setup, for each of the supported resolutions. If others are needed, please follow these instructions.


Launch Navigator Configurations Editor (NCE) via the desktop shortcut. This will launch an index page which will detect your device, configure NCE for your device, and immediately redirect the browser to the RenderConfigs tab. If it finds more than one System Device, it will allow you to pick one before redirecting. There is also a suitable shortcut in User Resources\Xitron Shortcuts. 




In NCE:

  • On the Color Profiles tab:

    • '+' to add a Color Setup.
    • Enter a name for it.
    • Optionally add a description.
    • You can leave the settings at the defaults.
    • To add ICC profiles to the list, put them here C:\Navigator\Navigator\Config\RenderConfig\ICC Profiles


  • On the RenderConfigs tab:

    • '+' to create a RenderConfig definition.
    • Enter a name for it. For a duplex press, you may optionally create separate RenderConfigs for the two stages, in which case the name of the RenderConfig for the rear stage must be the same as the front one, with _S2 appended. Please see the appendix below for more detail.
    • Optionally add a description.
    • Select Calibration '(none)'.
    • Select Color Profile, the one you made above.


  • On the device tab:

    • Select a resolution.
    • Select a screen pattern.
    • Press the checkmark button to save. (The settings on the current tab will also be saved when you select a new tab.)


  • Tone curves tab
  1. Create Tone Curve button: It is possible to create a tone curve by entering values.
  2. Copy Tone Curve button: You can duplicate any manually created tone curve.
  3. Delete Tone Curve button: It is possible to remove tone curves from the list of available tone curves.
  4. Text entry fields: Enter generated measurement values from a third party application, or define your own general changes more specifically than you are able to do within the DFE job editor with the sliders. This will allow you to be specific about what is happening in each color channel in the highlights, midtones and shadows.
  5. Import tone curves.  
  6. During tone curve creation or modification it is possible to select the color with values you wish to copy to other color channels from the channel on the left. 


 


Q. Can I apply different settings to Stage 1 and Stage 2 of a duplex press?  

A. Yes.  Instructions are here