CMYK Color College Sample Syllabus

CMYK Color College On-Site Training Program Sample Syllabus
CMYK Distributors is pleased to announce the availability of the CMYK Color College On-Site Training Program, an on-site training opportunity specifically tailored to your workflow needs.

At CMYK Distributors it is our goal to help customers best utilize their pressroom technology to increase efficiencies and to reduce both waste and costs. The core focus of the CMYK Color College On-Site Training Program is on the importance of measurement based process control versus visual process control and how to better manage various aspects of your workflow from screen to print.

Below, please find a sample syllabus based on a two-day training program. Please note that each CMYK Color College On-Site Training Program is unique and can be altered to fit your specific needs.

Day 1:
Classroom Training (up to 4 hours)
Density and beyond... (COLOR L*a*b* Training)

1. Learn about the various attributes of density and how to use that data to help pressmen troubleshoot problems including:
• Density
• Dot Gain
• Trap
• Print Contrast
2. Learn why it's important to use instrumentation to measure color:
• Drawback's of the human eye
• Color subjectiveness
• How humans perceive color
• Colorblindness?
• Variables in the pressroom
3. Learn "COLOR BY NUMBERS":
• CIELab
• CIELch
4. Learn about 3D color space and pass/fail tolerancing
• Lab tolerancing
• Lch tolerancing
• CMC tolerancing

Pressroom Training (up to 4 hours)
IntelliTrax/EasyTrax Intensive Hands-on Workshop

Master your X-Rite scanning system in instruction based, hands-on workshop. Gain experience with system set-up, job creation, and the establishment of standards and tolerances for your printing facility. Our Color Expert will be happy to answer questions about your specific X-Rite scanning system.

• Defining and Maintaining the Scanning Equipment
• Understanding the Dashboard
• System Configuration Tool Options
• Local Machine Configuration Tool Options
• Setting up a Job

Day 2:
Pressroom Training (Continued)
IntelliTrax/EasyTrax Intensive Hands-on Workshop

• Understanding the ITX Editor Menu
• Creating and Maintaining Your Press Library
• Creating and Maintaining Your Target Library
• Creating and Maintaining Your Targets (Inks and Paper)
• Creating and Maintaining Your Color bar Library
• Creating and Maintaining Your Project Template Library
• Understanding Job Setup Menus
• Screen and Data Interpretation
• Database Administration Tool
• Basic Troubleshooting Recognition
• Understand Job Reports
• ToolCrib
• Press Maintenance, calibration and control
• Control bars
• Plate control
• Ink control
• Visual Assessment
• Press measurement and affects
• How to use special features: projects, jobs, reports
• How to download standards to portable instrument
• How to make data portable
• Advanced standard manipulation
• How to protect your data