Color Management Software

Dedicated software for ColorEdge calibration

Easy-to-understandHow-to-Use Guide
EIZO’s ColorEdge color management monitor
supports a wide variety of creative work. Thisguidebook provides an introduction to calibration
using ColorNavigator, EIZO's dedicated calibration software.

If you use ColorNavigator 6
with your ColorEdge monitor,
you can achieve accurate display

Retouching

tailored to your purpose.

digitalphotosPrinting

CreatingWeb
content

Viewing

Creatingvideos

microbes

For example, when creating printed material…
Creating on your ColorEdge monitor
RetouchPrinted material

Workingon the sameoutput

Completed

ColorEdge calibrated with

ColorNavigator 6 for correct
display

Apply identicaladjustment values

Being able to check the colors of the completed printed material
on your screen improves work efficiency and product quality!

Creating on a regular monitor
RetouchSmooth interactions
between remote locations

Printed material
Completed
United Statesof America

Incorrect display on an
uncalibrated monitor

2

Japan

It takes time and effort and costs money to correct printed material
when the screen output differs from the actual print.
34 STEPS

Easy!
STEP

1

4STEP

First master the basics

3-step monitor calibration

Preparing the sensor
For the CX and CS series

For the CG series

Launch ColorNavigator 6For Windows

For Mac

Double-click on the butterfly icon

Double-click on the butterfly icon in the Dock

Attach the external calibration sensor to the monitor.

Select your monitor'sbuilt-in sensor orexternal sensor as yourmeasurement device.
For the reference
device select“None”, and click on
the Next > button.

Click on the Proceedbutton.

PCConfirm in advance

Before launching the program,make sure that your monitor
and PC are connected by aUSB cable.

Upstream

When the sensor is placed on the screen, click on theProceed button.

Downstream- Tilting the monitor upward fixes the sensor in place and makes color
measurements easier.
- After turning on the monitor, it is necessary to wait 60 minutes while theadjustment results from the external calibration sensor are saved to the built-in
correction sensor.

STEP

Select the adjustment target that matches
how you use your monitor
Three preset adjustment targets are provided. Each of them has appropriate values preset for the intended use of themonitor.

For digital photo viewing
and retouching

STEP4

Automatic calibration
For the CG series

Select your preferred target value and click on the Adjust ... button.

Target values –Brightness: 100 cd/m2

Color temperature: 5500 K
Gamma value: 2.2

For printed material production

The built-in calibration sensor
adjusts the monitor.

For the CX and CS series

Target values –Brightness: 80 cd/m2

Color temperature: 5000 K
Gamma value: 2.2

For web content production
and web browsing

Target values –Brightness: 80 cd/m2Color temperature: 6500 K

The external
calibration sensor
adjusts the monitor.

The built-in correction sensor* saves
the adjustment values
from that sensor.
*Only available with the CX
Series and CS230.

Calibration completed.

2

After confirming on the adjustment results screen that there
are no major gaps between“Target” and “Result” values,
click on the Finish button.

The display returns to theinitial screen, and theadjustment target name ismarked with a blue circle.
- At this time, the monitor color data andprofiles that are necessary for colormanagement are also created and saved
automatically.

Gamma value: 2.2

All you need to do is follow the steps – a simple job that takes only a few minutes.
Now you know you can rely on the monitor for your work.
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44 STEPSSTEP

Practical application

An additional
steps for moreaccurate color matchings

Compare the colors of your printed output
with the colors displayed on the monitor

3 Do this only when necessary

Fine-tune the Hue andSaturation for each of the6 Colors (RGB, CMY)

Now we’ll show you how to improve the accuracy of colormatching for printed output after calibrating the monitor using
the adjustment target “For printing”.

This function can also be used when you wantto fine-tune the hue or saturation of one
particular color.

STEP

1 Select “Adjust manually” fromThelight blue is
too dark

If the light blue on the monitor is too dark whencompared with the printed output, move the Hue B (Blue)
cursor to the left.
The red is
too vivid.

among the Advanced buttons in theupper right side of the screen
This is a fine-tuning function that adjusts the target values
you have just calibrated. Three types of adjustments can be
performed using Manual Adjustment: “Brightness”,“White point”, and “6 Colors”.

If the red on the monitor is too vivid when compared withthe printed output, move the Saturation R (Red) cursor tothe left.
When fine-tuning is completed, click on the Next > button.

STEP

2 While comparing your printed output with the display on themonitor, adjust “Brightness” and “White Point”

Adjust the screen luminance (brightness) until it approximates the appearance of the printed output. If the screen
output is darker than the printed output, move the cursor
to the right.

4 Recalibration
Use the calibration sensor to set a new adjustment target that reflects the post-adjustment values.
For the CG series

The built-in calibration sensor
adjusts the monitor.

MonitorFor the CX and CS series

Adjust the screen color tone (whiteness) until it approximates the appearance of the printed output. If the screen
output seems blue, move the pointer away from the blue
spectrum and toward the red end of the spectrum toremove excess blue.

The externalcalibration sensor
adjusts the monitor.

The built-in
correction sensor*.
saves the adjustment
values from that sensor.

Calibration completed.

Printing

STEP

When the adjustment
results are displayed,click on the Next > button.

Create a new target
name and click on theFinish button.

The newadjustment targets
are added to thetarget list.

*Only available with theCX Series and CS230.

Printing

PROFESSIONAL

Practical application for advanced users

ColorNavigator 6 can domuch more
ColorNavigator is equipped with a variety of application
functions to suit many different uses. Here we provide asimple introduction to one of those functions.
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When manual adjustment is correctly performed,
color matching between the printed output and the monitor is further improved.

Monitor

Adjustment targets can be added
You can add new adjustment
targets that suit your needs,
rather than use the preset
adjustment targets.

On the lower left side of themonitor, selectCreate a new target … .

Select the target creation method

To perform “Enter manually”

To make adjustments using numericalvalues that you specify, select “Entermanually”. To match the measurement values of ambient light andprinting paper collected by sensors,
select “Measure a target”. To set thetarget to the existing RGB profile,select “Load a profile”.

Move the “Brightness” and“White point” cursors manually. (Recommended brightness:80-120 cd/m2, recommended
white point: 5000-6500 K)
Values for color gamut, black
luminance, and gamma can also
be set manually.
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Maintaining stable image display with ColorEdge is effortless
Make regular adjustments

RestoreDo this every 200 hours!

With continued use, monitors lose theability to display colors correctly,
becoming darker (the brightness dims)or the hue changes (the color temperature changes). To restore the monitor toits original state, it is necessary to
readjust the settings.

POINT

Correct display

Changes with use over time

Readjusting the monitor

This is convenient!

Leave regular adjustments
to the monitor
Once you set the schedule, monitors with built-in sensors
will automatically calibrate themselves based on thattiming. You can set self-calibration to be performed when
the computer is off or when nobody is using it, meaningthat it won’t get in the way of work.

Select up to 4 target values to be automaticallyadjusted by the built-in sensor.
Selection method- For Mac

While holding down the control key, click
on “Adjustment target”
Select “Set
SelfCalibration/Self Correction target”.

- For Windows

Right click on “Adjustment target”
Select “Set SelfCalibration/SelfCorrection target”.

For the CG series

Calibration using the built-insensor

The same sensor automatically performs regularcalibrations and maintains
the display.

The built-in correction sensor*
saves the calibration resultsof the external sensor.
*Only available with theCX Series and CS230.

Performance settings

Check “Enable SelfCalibration” andyou can set the timing in months,
weeks or elapsed time of use.

SelectSelfCalibration settings

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mark will be displayed on

the selected target value.

For the CX and CS series

Performance settings

Select SelfCalibration schedule from the"Advanced" drop-down menu.

Afrom “Advanced”.

The built-in correction sensor
automatically adjusts
brightness and white point at
regular intervals and maintains the display.

Check “Enable SelfCorrection”
and you can set the timing inelapsed time of use.