I am not 100% sure which options the presses have installed on them. In Prepress, we are using Pressroom Manager to process the ink data files we generate from our Agfa workflow. Prepress has no direct connection to the CP2000 consoles.
As far as the port speed discussion, as rbailleu pointed out, it may just be the particular network switch our presses are plugged into. Replacing the switch could very well solve the problem altogether allowing the speed to be 100baseT or auto-negotiated.
Heidelberg service department came and made some reinstallations and now we have connection.
Exactly where the problem was, I don't know and they did'nt tell either.
Now it comes to the next question...
With the ppf in place, how do you optimize this the best way.
In my previous experience the printers did'nt like this ppf-stuff at first...
but now they can't live without it :-)
What is the right way to set up the compensationcurves?
Try & error, or is there a "smart" way to do it?
In this area I'm lost and need all the help I can get,
and in my opinion PrintPlanet is one of the best way's to get it
Just to get this clear, as it could be misunderstood, you are talking of optimizing the ppf or compensation curves.
Well there is a set of compensation curves already in CP2000 for basic characteristics.
Or do you mean "how can I do this so I dont have to always adjust a colour channel" or sparkies magic piano.
That is what ColorAssistant can do, spots the operators trend and adjusts to it, when defined. If you do not have ColorAssistant, I have notes and a press sheet I can upload - is it a 74 or 102? A way to think of this workaround is that in effect you are adjusting the press to the workflow. Do not be complacent it works well but its not a 100% way forward.
Then there is PCM, Press Colour Management. This is a far better way, it takes time but when it is complete it can be managed. Optimize your press working environment, then ensure your prepress workflow and platesetter are in good shape (mid bath life is better than fresh or on the way out). Print linear straight line curve plates of a standard test form. Armed with your spectophotometer and or densitometer read and adjust your values and build the curve (s) as required. Repeating this process you can build a curve for each paper type, ink type and so on.
* Remember to have the right ICC profiles in the workflow or screening engine - a key part to what you want as a standard closed loop *
Once calibrated, and if you have it, with ColorAssistant you will be able to refine you print output further... and further... and get better... and better...
I hope this might be of some help to you, it is not a full how to do it but I hope it offers an outline of what you are trying to, and might need to do. I will upload the notes I have later if required?
Since we use Prinergy for creating the ppf, we're stuck to using and optimizing the compensation curves in CP2000. My thought was to start with the Heidelberg default, and try to optimize this manually, but we don't know how to do this the best way.
I would wery much appreciate you're notes and the pressheet and it's an 102 machine.
What! using Prinergy does not mean you are stuck, no, no, no! I hope my notes can help, you might do better at a later date looking into a full Print Colour Management calibration of the press(s).
Anyhow I have attached two pdf files, one is from the PMA and is an indepth guide to ColorAssistant. The second is an evaluation of that I have written more for the pressman, and guidlines of what to do if you do not have ColorAssistant.
I have been trying to add these three press sheets as a zip as well...
PCM Easy
PCM Balance
and the PCM Calibartion Sheet
I may have add them to another post or find an ftp site
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