The Filter and Search bar can be used to filter, search and sort the list of Verifications. The following functions are available for the user:

Figure 2: The Filter and Search Bar in the Color > Verifications Menu

Set Filter [6]

By clicking the Set Filter button, various filters can be selected to filter the list of Verifications. The filters can be configured and saved individually and user-defined, so that they are always accessible. The following filters are available:

• Printer – selection list with exclude function
• Created – selection of a date
• Created by –  selection list with exclude function
• Color Policy – selection list with exclude function
• Modified – Selection of a date
• Modified by – Selection list with exclude function
• Substrate – Selection list with exclude function
• Name – Text search
• Status – Selection list with exclude function
• Status Verification Result - Selection list with exclude function
• Type of Verification – Selection list with exclude function

Delete Filter [8]

Currently active filters can be removed all together by pressing the button. Removing a single filter criterion can be done by clicking the "X " [7]  in the respective filter criterion.

Refresh list [9]

By pressing the Refresh button, the list view is updated. This is necessary in some cases, for example if another user or you yourself have created a new Verification in a duplicated tab.

Figure 3: The Filter and Search Bar in the Color > Verifications Menu

Sort [11] – By selecting an entry in the list, you can select the field on the basis of which the list is to be sorted. By pressing the button [10]  the list can be sorted in descending or ascending order. The following sorting criteria are available:

• Printer Name
• Created
• Created by
• Color Policy
• Modified
• Modified by
• Substrate ID
• Substrate name
• Name
• Status
• Verification Type

Full text search [12] - The full text search can be used to filter entries. The definition in which fields can be searched can be determined in the display options.

Search function settings [13] - Full text search can be parameterized with the settings. You can choose between Standard and Exact.

• Standard: The entered text characters are searched for, regardless of whether there is another character before or after them.  
• Exact: The entered text characters are searched for, whereby no further character may be located before or after them. Furthermore, characters like "%" and "_" can be used to search even more specifically.

Figure 4: The Settings Search Function dialog

The action bar contains the actions that can be applied to selected list entries and to create a new list entry. Some of them can also be applied to several selected entries. The following actions are available:

Figure 5: The Action Bar and Pagination in the Color > Verifications menu

Add [14] – Create a new Verification Job. How to proceed can be read below in Perform Verification.

Edit [15] – Edit a selected Verification Job. Only Verifications that have not yet been measured can be edited. It is not possible to edit several Verification Jobs at the same time.

Delete [16] –  Delete the selected Verification Job or jobs. This action cannot be undone.

Print [17] – After a Verification Job has been created, it can be sent to the Printer so that the Media Wedge can be calibrated for the selected printing condition.

Duplicate [18] – Duplicate the selected Verification Job. When duplicating, all Verification results are deleted and the status of the Verification Job is set to "Measured". If you select the Reset the Status to "Printed" option, the measurement data will also be deleted and the status of the Verification Job will be set to "Printed".

Measure [19] – Measure a Media Wedge or upload a measurement dataset that you created with an external application, e.g. iOne Profiler. Please note, however, that the measurement data set must have a predefined structure.

Check Compliance [20] – Check the conformity of the measurement data to the selected standard by selecting the Verification Method.

Select All / Clear Selection [21] – Activating this action selects or deselects all entries in the list.

In addition, the bar can also be used to configure the display of the list in a user-defined way.

Figure 6: The Action bar and Pagination in the Color > Verifications menu

Display options [22] – The list view can be configured in the Display Options. Thereby Filter and Search bar options, Search Options and Detail Views can be configured.  The options available in the Display Options are described below.

• Create Reference from Verification - Save the selected Verification as a reference.
• Reset Verification to State "Measured" - Delete all Verification results of the selected Verification while keeping the measurement file.
• Display Options - This allows to configure the list view. Filter and Search Bar Options, Search Options and Detail Views can be configured.  The options available in the Display Options are described below.

In this area of the action bar, you can switch between the individual pages of the display [25] and set how many Verifications are to be displayed in the list per page [26]. The total number of Verifications for the filtered area can be read out in the last entry [27].

Figure 10: The Action Bar and Pagination in the Color > Verifications menu

For each Verification, an entry is created in the list. The entries can be filtered, sorted and searched as described above. Which entries are displayed in the list thus always depends on what is set in the filter and search bar.

Figure 11: The list view of existing Verifications in the Workflow

The following information can be displayed in the list:

Preview [29] - A preview of the used Media Wedge is displayed. The size of the preview can be configured in the display options.

Status [30] - Each Verification always has a status, which is automatically set by the Workflow depending on the performed activity. The following statuses are available:

• Created - A Verification Job has been created by the user.
• Printed - The Verification Job has already been sent to the printer.
• Measured - Measurement data is already available for the Verification Job.
• Verified - At least one Verification of a conformance has been calculated. However, the status says nothing about whether the Verification was successful or failed.

Download Measurement Data [31] - Verifications with status "Measured" or "Verified" offer the possibility to download the measurement data via this button.

Information and metadata [28] - Information and metadata are displayed for each verification. Which information is displayed can be configured in the display options under the "Detail view" tab.

Action bar for a Verification [38] - For each Verification, the available actions are again available separately and in this case only affect the respective Verification. This bar is only displayed with a mouse hover. Depending on the status, only certain actions can be called.

Verification Results [32] - In this area all performed conformity checks are listed with their results. If the conformance check was successful, this is visualized by a green check mark [34]. If the conformity check failed, this is indicated to the user by a red X [36].

Generate Report [33] - By pressing the button, a Verification report is created and loaded. The page orientation and the paper format can be specified in the Verification Report dialog.

Show Verification Result [35] - Pressing the button reopens the Verification result and analyzes the evaluation.

Delete Verification Result [37] - By pressing the button, a conformity check can be deleted. This action cannot be undone.

To create a Verification Job proceed as follows

1. Switch to the menu Color > Verification.
2. Click the Add button in the action bar.
3. The Create Verification Job dialog opens. The dialog contains the three steps which must be carried out - General, Layout and Caption.

Figure 12: The step General of the Add Verification Job dialog

4. Select the desired settings in the General step.
   • Verification Type [39] - Use this to select the type of Verification. You can select Fogra, G7 and Compare. Depending on the selected Verification Type, the following dialogs may differ slightly in terms of selection options and functions.
   • Media Wedge [40] - Based on the selected Verification Type, you need to select a Media Wedge that is available for Verification and the used measuring device. Which Media Wedge can be selected is described in more detail in the articles, where the respective options for the Verification Type are described.
   • Name [42] - Determine a Name for the Verification Job which is to be created. The entered Name will be automatically completed by the specification of the Printer, Resolution, Substrate, Color, as well as today's date.
   • Printer - Select the Printer on which the Media Wedge will be printed. The selection of the Printer serves in the user interface only to cause an appropriate pre-filtering of the available Color Policies.
   • Color Policy [43] - Select the Color Policy which is to be used. Note that the selected Color Policy must match the selected Media Wedge, because not all Color Policies can be used for a successful Verification of the respective Verification Type.
   • Destinations [44] - Select the desired Destination for the Printer to which the rendered data will be transferred.
   • Substrate - This field serves only as information on which Substrate the Color Policy is associated with.
5. Press Next [44] to proceed to the next step.

5. You have now arrived at step 2 - Layout. Therein, determine how often and in which orientation the Media Wedge should be printed on the underlying Substrate.

Figure 13: The Layout step of the Add Verification Job dialog

6. Determine in this step how the Media Wedge will be output to the printer.
   • Impose Seet Size [46] - Select the size of the Imposition which is to be created by either selecting the desired Substrate Definition or entering a Custom Impose Sheet Size.
     • Substrate Definition - select an available Substrate Definition. This option is only accessible when the Use Substrate Definition option is selected.
     • Width and Height - define the size of the Impose Sheet. Both options are only available when the Custom option is selected. The Trim option automatically adjusts the size of the Impose Sheet to the required space for the layout which is to be created.
   • Alignment [47] - Determine how the Media Wedge should be aligned horizontally and vertically on the Imposition sheet.
   • Grid Settings [48] - Determine the number of columns and rows with which the Media Wedge will be imposed on the Imposition Sheet in the corresponding grid.
   • Spacing [49] - Determine the horizontal and vertical spacing between the Media Wedges
   • Rotate [50] - Set the rotation of the Media Wedges on the Imposition sheet.
   • Additional Color (White, Varnish, etc.) [51] - Optionally select the to be used Spot Color for overprinting - e.g. White, Primer or Varnish. For example, if the original Color Policy was profiled with "White", then Verification must also be done with "White".
   • Overprint [52] -  (below the option Additional Color (White, Varnish, etc.) -  activate the Overprint option if you want to print Media Wedges with a white background.
7. Press Next [43] to proceed to the next step.

8. You have now arrived in Step 3 - Captions. In this step, specify the captions with which you want to print the Media Wedges.

Figure 14: The Captions step of the Add Verification Job dialog

6. Determine in this step which labels are to be output for the Media Wedges.
   • Reference Point [52] - Select on which sides of the Media Wedge the labeling is to be made.
   • Horizontal Alignment [53] - Use this to determine whether the label should be aligned to the left, center or right of the selected edges.
     • Indent - Determine how far the labels should be indented from the selected horizontal alignment. The option is available only when Left or Right Alignment is selected in Horizontal Alignment.
     • Offset - Determine the offset with which the labels are shifted outward or inward from the color control strip.
   • Rotate with Print Item [54] - Determine whether the labels should be rotated with the Media Wedge. This option should always be activated.
   • Rotate [55] - Determine the rotation of the labels to the Media Wedge.
   • Insert Placeholder [57] - Add the desired labels by pressing the button and complete the label with additional text in the input field [56].  The user is provided with a list of placeholders in the Select Caption Placeholder dialog, which will be filled in with the appropriate content during rendering.
   • Update [61] - Pressing the button updates the labels in the preview.

Figure 15: The list of available placeholders of the Select Caption Placeholder dialog, which can be printed for a Verification Job as well

7. Select the Font and Color in which the label is to be created.
   • Fonts [59] - Open the settings area and specify the Font Family, the Typeface and the Font Size. The option of uploading a company font is also offered here via the Open Font Manager button.
   • Color Settings [60] - Open the settings area and select the color value for the caption. You can choose between CMYK values and the selection of a system-wide Spot Color. In addition, you can add a white outline to the label or set it to overprint.
8. To create the Verification Job, you now only need to press Create [61]. The Verification Job will be created in a few seconds. The list of Verifications will then appear as shown in the figure below. The status of the Verification Job is "Created" [63].

Figure 16: The list of Verifications after creating a Verification Job

After you have created the Verification Job, it must be sent to the printer and printed on the corresponding Substrate. Proceed as follows:

1. Select the Verification which is to be printed in the list of all Verifications by mouse click.
2. Click the Send to Printer [64] button in the action bar.
3. Confirm the dialog by pressing OK.

Figure 17: The Send to Printer dialog of a Verification Job

4. Make sure that the Print Job was sent to the Destination Directory that was selected when creating the Verification.
5. Print the Verification Job on the Printer.
6. After the Verification Job has been sent to the Printer, the list of Verifications will be displayed as shown in the figure below. The status of the Verification Job is "Printed" [65].

Figure 18: The list of Verifications after printing a Verification Job

Once the Verification Job has been printed and the Media Wedge has been cut out, the Verification can be measured. Whether you want to measure the Media Wedge in the Workflow or using an external application is up to you. In both cases, you must first select the Verification Job in the list of verifications and execute the Measure [66] function in the action bar.

If the Verification was measured successfully, the Verification can be checked for conformity. Proceed as follows:

1. Select the Verification that you have measured in the list of Verifications.
2. Execute the Check Compliance [75] function in the action bar.
3. Select the desired Reference [77] and Verification Method [78] in the Check Compliance dialog. Which Reference and Verification Method are available in the selection menus depends on the selected Verification Type - Fogra, G7 or Compare. If the measurement condition of the measurement data does not match the measurement condition of the Reference, the user will be alerted by the displayed warning message.

Figure 25: Top: The Check Compliance dialog after selecting a reference and a verification method Bottom: Display of a warning if the measurement condition of the reference does not match the measurement condition of the measurement data.

5. To start the calculation, press Check Compliance [79].
6. After a short calculation, the result is displayed to the user.

Figure 26: The Check Compliance dialog after successful calculation

7. Check the results and close the dialog by clicking Close.
8. After the Verification Job has been checked, the list of Verifications appears as shown in the figure below. The status of the Verification Job is "Verified" [80], the achieved Verification Result is displayed in the Verification Results area [81].

Figure 27: The list of Verifications after checking the Compliance of a Verification Job

After the Verification was checked, a report can be generated for the Verification. The Verification Report is generated as a multi-page PDF report and downloaded locally after creation. Proceed as follows:

1. Select the desired Verification in the list.
2. To create the report, press Generate Report [82] in the respective Verification result.
3. Select the desired settings in the dialog:

• Report Name - define the name that will be created for the PDF document.
• Paper Size - define the format of the report. Currently you can choose between A4 and Letter.
• Page Orientation - define whether the report should be created in portrait or landscape format.
• Layout - select the layout to be used for the report.
• Comment - optionally enter a comment. It will be displayed in the PDF report.

Figure 28: The Generate Verification Report - dialog

5. To start the report creation, press Generate Report [83]. This generates a multi-page PDF report and then downloads it automatically. The report contains all the necessary information for Verification and evaluation. All measured color values and their references are also displayed or listed on the following pages.

Figure 29: Multi-page PDF report with a Verification