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Main Screen (Calibration Sheet)

Use the Calibration sheet to execute color calibration for the managed printer and to check the color calibration status.

Note

  • If the printer you want to manage is not displayed, use the Printer Management dialog box to register the printer.

(1) Printer List Area

The managed printers are organized and displayed by color calibration status.

Click the button to update the printer list.

Note

  • A warning related to color calibration has occurred on printers with displayed.

    The error details appear in the guide message area of "(2) Execute Color Calibration Area".

  • Printers that do not support color calibration will not be listed.

In Device Management Console, multiple printers that can print with the same color are called calibration-linked printers.

Calibration-linked printers are grouped with the same calibration group name and displayed.

Important

  • Calibration link is performed for multiple printers that meet the following conditions.

    • The printer belongs to the same series that supports calibration link.

    • The same media type is selected in Calibration sheet > Media Type on the main screen.

      For models for which Media Type cannot be selected, the same media type is loaded in the printer.

    • Color calibration is performed at least once for each printer with the above paper.

Note

  • Move the mouse pointer over Calibration group to display the media type to be grouped.

  • Double-click Calibration group to open and close the Calibration group tree.

(2) Execute Color Calibration Area

Media Type

Select a media type supported by the printer.

Important

  • Depending on the model used, displays only the media type loaded in the printer-.

(2-1) Guide message area

Messages related to color calibration appear.

Calibration button

The Calibration dialog box appears, allowing you to perform color calibration.

Calibration advisability

Displays the advisability for executing color calibration. The progress bar grows until the time when calibration is recommended.

(3) Color Calibration Execution Log Area

The color calibration execution log for each paper appears.

(3-1) Paper list display conditions

From the drop-down list, select the criteria for displaying items in the paper list.

Calibrated

Only color-calibrated paper appears.

All

All paper appears.

Custom Paper

Only custom paper appears.

Custom paper is paper added with Media Configuration Tool.

To execute color calibration with custom paper, the calibration target for that paper must be created.

For details on custom paper and creating a calibration target, search for and refer to the "Media Configuration Tool Guide" from the home page of the Online Manual for your model.

button

Updates the paper list.

(3-2) Paper list

The color calibration execution log for each paper appears.

Note

Media Type

The paper name acquired from the printer appears.

Status

The status and guide messages related to color calibration appears.

Note

  • If you delete or hide the paper used for the color calibration in Media Configuration Tool, that paper will be displayed as Unknown Paper in Status column.

    In such cases, use different paper and carry out the color calibration.

Date and Time of Last Calibration

The date color calibration was last performed appears.

Paper Status button

The Paper Status dialog box appears, allowing you to check the color calibration status of the selected paper.

(4) Scheduled Calibration Notification Area

Icon

Appears when you select a printer in the printer list that has been set to periodically do color calibration.

(5) Color Calibration Progress Status Area

Calibration Monitor button

The Calibration Monitor dialog box appears, allowing you to check the color calibration progress status.

Important

  • You cannot check the progress status for the following color calibration.

    • Color calibration performed from the operation panel of a printer

    • Color calibration of a printer connected by USB (for model that does not support roll paper)