Datacolor SpyderPRINT User manual

User Guide

Introduction: ......................................................................................................3
What’s in the Box:.............................................................................................3
System Requirements:......................................................................................3
Serialization and Activation...............................................................................4
Software layout .................................................................................................6
SpyderPRINT Software.....................................................................................7
Welcome Screen...............................................................................................7
Before You Begin..............................................................................................8
Print Quality Check ...........................................................................................9
Media Settings Check .....................................................................................10
Begin Profiling.................................................................................................11
Profiling –Print Target ....................................................................................12
Printing the Target ..........................................................................................13
Spectro Calibration .........................................................................................15
Profiling –Create Measurement File...............................................................16
SpyderProof View ...........................................................................................22
Advanced Editiing ...........................................................................................23
Save Profile ....................................................................................................24
Process Complete...........................................................................................25
Begin Profiling –Selecting an existing Measurement File ..............................26

Introduction:
Thank you for purchasing your new Spyder®PRINT. This document will offer a
step by step guide for using your SpyderPRINT to get the best possible colors
from your printer.
What’s in the Box:
▪SpyderPRINT Spectrocolorimeter
▪Sensor Base
▪SpyderGuide
▪USB cable
▪Welcome Card - Including serial number, warranty information, and download
instructions
System Requirements:
▪USB Port
▪Windows 7 32/64, Windows 8.0, 8.1 32/64, Windows 10 32/64
▪Mac OS X 10.7 or higher
▪Monitor Resolution 1280x768 or greater, 16-bit video card (24 recommended),
1 GB of available RAM, 500MB of available hard disk space
▪Internet connection for software download

Serialization and Activation
First, download and install the SpyderPRINT software from the Datacolor website
(follow the link included in the package).
Next, make sure that your SpyderPRINT is plugged into a USB port on your
computer; make sure it is a direct port, not on a keyboard, hub, or extension
cable.
Enter your serial number located on the welcome card, or license code from your
email if you have already registered the software on another machine. With the
easy automated activation, please make sure that your computer is connected to
the internet and that no firewall blocks your software from communicating with
the Datacolor activation server.

Save the email with the license code. You will need either this or the original
serial number from the card in the SpyderPRINT package if you want to use the
device on another computer.

Software layout
The software that comes with your SpyderPRINT is a wizard, which will walk you
through the process step by step. We have outlined the steps below to help you
through the process. There are a few differences between the Windows and
Mac versions that will be highlighted when necessary.

SpyderPRINT Software
Welcome Screen
When you run the SpyderPRINT software you will be greeted with the Welcome
Screen. Here you have two choices, to “Learn about Color Management” or to
“Profile Your Printer”. If you are new to Color Management you may want to go
through the “Learn about Color Management” section to learn more about the
process and familiarize yourself with the terms and concepts before getting
started. Once you are confident you can click on the “Profile Your Printer” and
click "Next".

Before You Begin
Printer description and other options:
Here you can enter the name of your printer, type of paper and ink used and any
driver media settings you may be using. This information will be printed
automatically at the bottom of the profiling "target" sheets to help keep track of
the settings that you will eventually use when actually printing the target sheets.
It is not necessary to fill in all of the fields, but can be useful down the road.

Print Quality Check (optional)
Clicking on this will give you a test page to print to ensure that your printer is
functioning properly (all inks working and nozzles not clogged). Enter your
printer name and any note you would like to add; these will be displayed on the
printed page. You can also choose whether to print a full page or just use a
quarter page by selecting the “Full Sheet” check box. Next, click on the “Print
Quality Check Image” box to proceed. A “Page Setup” box will appear. Choose
the printer you wish to use, paper size, and orientation. We recommend using
landscape mode when printing full sheets. Next a "Print" dialogue box will
appear; check your settings and press the “Print” button.

Media Settings Check (optional)
This screen lets you print a "Media Setting Check" image at different driver media
settings (paper type, output resolution, etc.) to assure that the media setting
choice is optimal before printing a full profiling target for the printer. If the choice
is not optimal, then the resulting profile will not have the color range or detail it
would have from an optimal setting, and it's likely that prints with these settings
will have various kinds of cosmetic issues.
The basic idea is to print this image, with color management turned off in the
driver, the same way the target sheets will eventually be printed, so that you can
see how the same kind of color squares will eventually print with one or more
profiling target sheets.
An example of "not optimal" would be using the wrong paper type setting for a
non-standard paper type and getting too much ink on the paper, which can
produce irregular mottling and streaking of printed colors.
More information is available by clicking on the help button at the top of the
screen.