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White Dry Ink Performance Caveats

This document is intended

to be used by Xerox Analysts
and Channel Partners to help
set customer expectations.
It may be shared with
customers who are in an
active sales cycle, or who
have already installed their
Iridesse Production Press.
It should not be left behind
without first discussing with
customers.

For best results, also

reference the “Steps for
White Optimization”
Guide on SMART Centre.
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HD EA White Dry Ink is a new Specialty Dry Ink available for Iridesse starting Q4 2018. Its performance can
vary significantly based on stock attributes. This document will help you set expectations and/or troubleshoot
existing issues.

BEST PRACTICES FOR ALL STOCKS

DIALING IN STOCKS
The use of Fleet profiles can often
produce soft (not a lot of color detail)
images over White Dry Ink underlays.
Use a profile built on a very smooth,
light pastel-colored
stock even if you are printing on
a different, darker colored stock.
Profiles created directly on very dark
stocks can have visual defects.
Ensure the stock you choose has
good transfer before creating a Pictorials rendered using provided Pictorials rendered using profile
216 Uncoated profile. created on a light, pastel-colored
profile with it. stock. Gamut is smaller but the
color details are more evident.

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BEST PRACTICES FOR ALL STOCKS

DIALING IN STOCKS
Follow this recommended process during profiling:
1. White underlay MUST be turned on manually at Job Properties at the Command WorkStation.
Color Profiler Suite (CPS) still has a glitch with this. It will send the job with the SDIs off even if you
had turned it on.
2. Profiling MUST be done as a ‘Full page’ White under, otherwise the patches for ‘paper white’ will
measure the color of the stock vs. SDI White, causing skin tones and neutrals to skew.
3. Current profiles need adjustment after. Current profiles may need some TRC adjustment after.
Profiles are very sensitive to the paper used.

The gamut will look half the size of the fleet profiles. This is necessary to get the colors to not look
desaturated and for details to show up. The gamut should follow the same shape, just smaller.

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BEST PRACTICES FOR ALL STOCKS

DIALING IN STOCKS
Set stock to Uncoated for most colored stocks. While Matte Coated may work, results are often more muted.

White may take on a cast against

strong colored stocks (i.e. reds,
oranges, greys). This can affect the
appearance of pictorials printed
over White.
To mitigate the color cast, you
can attempt running a White
underlay first in multi-pass mode.
Pictorials rendered on a neutral, sand- Pictorials rendered on a bright red stock
colored stock over a White underlay. over a White underlay show color cast.

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BEST PRACTICES FOR ALL STOCKS

TRAPPING
Activating trapping for White choking
only works when White is seen edging
out from under CMYK all around.
If the White coming out is larger on
any one side, this is mis-registration
and should not be corrected with
choking. On brighter stocks, this will
result in a visible dark edge.
On darker stocks, this will result in
inadvertently thinned and possible
slightly irregular shaped objects/text. White under Cyan, White under Cyan, White under Cyan, White under Cyan,
no trap trap/choke for White no trap trap/choke for White
White is White is
mis-registered mis-registered

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BEST PRACTICES FOR ALL STOCKS

PLEX
There is always a smoother side to
paper. For 1-pass applications using
CMYK pictorials on a White Dry Ink
underlay, the smoother paper side
has smoother IQ performance.
Flip the paper to test performance.

Smoother side of the sheet. Rougher side of the sheet.

Pictorials come out smoother. Pictorials may look mottled.

Because of the variance in finish from side to side, it is not recommended that pictorials be run duplex
on most uncoated stocks. Only a very few will have good performance on both sides.

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UNCOATED STOCKS

PERMANENCE
On most uncoated stocks (black or
colored), permanence is good.
However, some stocks may benefit
from a fuser temperature change to
boost the quality of CMYK images
printing over White.
See the next page for step-by-step
transfer optimization details…

Pictorials rendered with no fuser Pictorials rendered using -15 degree

temperature change. fuser temperature change. Color is
stronger and smoother overall.

Moisture and temperature can affect transfer. Transfer should

be optimized before a job run and all stock should be
acclimated in the same way.

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UNCOATED STOCKS

OPTIMIZE TRANSFER FOR CMYK+WHITE

(manual)
The transfer adjustment file can be found in E:\Testjob
on the DFE. ‘2nd_xfer_CMYKW.pdf’ is for manual
optimization of CMYK+White under.
• Set the file to print Colorwise Off on the stock you want
to optimize with White Under enabled.
• A good starting point is to print at 100% transfer and
then print at 80% and 120%. This will indicate which
direction to further adjust.
• Lower fuser temp (~-10 degrees) helps to boost CMYK
on White.
• Lower fuser temp also creates a smoother CMYK+White
and White alone.
• Depending on the paper, there may be a lot of noise in
the image.
• Generally no issues with permanence.

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UNCOATED STOCKS

OPTIMIZATION RESULTS:

① Default Settings ② After 2nd Bias Transfer ③ After Applying

Adjustment & Color Profile
Fuser Temperature
Adjustment

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PEARLESCENT STOCKS

OPTIMIZE DOUBLE-HIT WHITE

PERMANENCE
• Set Station 6 White space (under) at the
DFE ImageViewer to be capped at 91%
• Leave Station 1 White (over) at 100%
for double-White to appear solid
• Set fuser at +10 degrees minimum
• Set Side 2 of duplex double-White to
a higher 2nd Bias transfer

Jobs with heavy White coverage on pearlescent stocks may exhibit permanence issues over time. If
possible, conduct a scratch-off test a few days after printing to validate permanence.

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PEARLESCENT STOCKS

OPTIMIZE TRANSFER FOR

CMYK+WHITE
• Fuser temperature should be set
at +10 degrees if there is any
double-White printing in the job.
• Depending on the paper, there may
be a lot of noise in the image.
• There can be lot to lot variation.
Any slight texture detected in a
successful lot may be rougher in
another lot. A different paper lot
may not achieve proper transfer and
match the previous lot.
We suggest optimizing and making one
or two adjustments after seeing
a proof, then continuing production. Too May print well on one paper lot… May not print well on another paper lot,
even with optimized transfer.
many fine-tuning adjustments
can skew too far from the press’s
baseline settings.

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METALLIC STOCKS

OPTIMIZE TRANSFER ON
METALLIC STOCKS
• Use metallic setting for all stocks that fit
into paper trays.
• Metallic setting at Control Center is not meant
for Extra Long Sheet (XLS). Setting was not
tested at launch from lack of available stock.
Set XLS metallic stock to Plain/Gloss/Black.
Black color setting will trigger the proper nip
pressure for metallic stock.
• Double-White: Not tested yet.
• CMYK+White: Set fuser at higher temp
+10 to +30 degrees. Be aware that as
temperature goes higher, you may see Other defects may include “blisters” or “water
“blisters” or “water marks” on the stock. marks.” Performance cannot be guaranteed.

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