• Device Profiles
  • CMYK Output Device
  • RGB Output Device
  • Grey Output Device (available as an update to come later)
  • Multicolor Output Device
• DeviceLink Profiles
  • CMYK - CMYK
  • RGB - CMYK

MYIROtools Basic offers preconfigured sets of parameters which create highest quality ICC-profiles without expert knowledge.

MYIROtools Advanced allows you to influence the profiling parameters such as Black Generation and Gamut Mapping. 

First double-click a folder to select the type of profile you want to create.

• Production
  • Recommended Standard Setting
• Production K-Plus
  • Increases the usage of black ink
• Production Vivid
  • Like "Production" but more vivid results during RGB to CMYK conversion
• Production Vivid K-Plus
  • Like "Production Vivid"
• Increases the usage of black ink
  • Inkjet Proof
  • Optimal settings for inkjet based proof printers
• Office K - Plus
  • Optimal setting for non-uniform printers
    • Applies heavy data smoothing
    • Increases the usage of black ink
• Neutralize OBA
  • The perceptual rendering of this preset creates a neutral appearance on papers with OBAs

Select the setting for your application

Select the measurement file

Choose a name for your profile 

Choose where the profile should be saved

Click "Start"

Please load the measurement file of your characterization chart at "Destination/Printer".
This file characterizes the color output of your "Printer".

In case of a DeviceLink Profile please load the ICC Profile of your output device. It is the "Destination" of the color conversion.

• Inkjet FineArt
  • Suitable for high quality inkjet printers
• Inkjet FineArt Vivid
  • More vivid results during data conversion

Select the setting for your application

Select the measurement file

Choose a name for your profile 

Choose where the profile should be saved

Click "Start"

• Multicolor Standard
  • Good results for most multicolor processes
• Multicolor Vivid
  • The profiler will make the results as vivid as possible
• Multicolor Minimize Inks
  • This setting avoids mixing of primary inks wherever possible to minimize ink consumption.
    Magenta and Yellow should not be mixed with Red or Orange for example.
  • Note: It is not possible to influence the GCR level in Advanced mode.
    The Blackpoint and gamut mapping parameters can be influenced.
• Multicolor CMY
  • Calculates a CMY only profile.
    Can be useful for processes where every channel is charged separately.
  • Note: It is not possible to influence the Blackpoint or GCR level in Advanced mode.
    The gamut mapping parameters can be influenced.

Select the setting for your application

Select the measurement file

Choose a name for your profile 

Choose where the profile should be saved

Click "Start"

• DL - Standard
  • CMYK to CMYK
  • Keeps primaries and secondaries pure
  • Preserves colors of the source profile as much as possible
  • Used for general production printing
• DL - Simulation
  • CMYK to CMYK
  • Minimizes the color difference between source and destination
  • Used for proofing only
• DL - RGB Production
  • RGB to CMYK
  • Optimizes the color reproduction for photos
• DL - Office Print
  • RGB to CMYK
  • Keeps primaries and secondaries pure
  • Keeps colors as vivid as possible

Select the setting for your application

Select the source profile

Select the destination profile

Choose a name for your profile 

Choose where the profile should be saved

Click "Start"

After having selected a preset you can edit the exceptions in the section "Pure Ink".
These are called exceptions as a conversion of e.g. 100% Cyan should not be handled in a colorimetrically correct way but should be handled as an exception and be kept pure cyan.
In other words: We accept a color deviation but preserve pure inks.

By clicking a checkbox in the row "Channels" the resulting profile will keep a complete channel from 0%...100% pure.
Clicking a checkbox in the row "Solids" will only keep the 100% tone value pure.
Please note that the solid primaries CMY and the solid secondaries RGB can only be kept pure as groups.

After having chosen a name for your ICC Profile you can define the location where the profile should be saved.

There are two presets:

• Desktop
• Next to file in "Destination/Printer": This setting will save the profile next to the measurement file which was used to calculate the profile.

You can choose up to two locations where the profile should be saved.
This can be very useful if you want to save one copy to the operating systems profile folder and a copy to your desktop for further analysis.

• G7 Linearization

This linearization creates a correction to bring the printing machine in line with the G7 specification.

Please use either the P2P51 or the TC1617 for this type of linearization.

Gray correction limit

This parameter influences the tone value where the correction starts to "feather off" to the solid.

Its default value is 75 and usually creates results which are perfectly in tolerance.

Output format

DeviceLink

This option creates an ICC DeviceLink profile which contains the linearization curve.

It can be applied in any RIP/DFE that can use DeviceLink Profiles.

CSV

This option writes the correction values into a csv file.

It can be used to manually apply the correction in a RIP/DFE that does not support DeviceLink profiles.

Refer to this article to get more background information about the concept of linearizations.