To create a Grid Chart of Tonal Values in the Tonal Value/Overprint Grid Charts tab, proceed as follows.

1. Select the Color > Color Books & Grid Charts menu item.
2. Select the Tonal Value/Overprint Grid Chart [1] tab. The list of all Tonal Value and Overprinting Grid Charts is displayed.
3. Start the creation process by clicking Add [2].

Figure 1: The list of all Tonal Value/Overprint Grid Charts of the same-named tab

To create a Grid Chart of Tonal Values in the detail view of a Print Item or Article, proceed as follows:

1. Open the Print Item or an Article in the detail view.
2. In the Spot Colors settings area, select the spot color for which you want to create the Grid Chart of Tonal Values.
3. In the footer of the settings area in the Grid Charts drop-down menu select Create Grid Chart of Tonal Values and start the creation process.

Figure 2: Extract of the detail view of a Print Item with the settings area Spot Colors

In the General step, select the Name and the Spot Color.

1. Enter a Name [3] for the Grid Chart which you want to create.
2. Select the desired Base Spot Color [4]. Depending on where you started, you will be offered either all System-wide, Substrate-specific, Custom, and Spot Colors from a Color Library or just the Spot Colors of the current Print Item.
3. Select Create [5] if you want to create the Grid Chart without sending it to the Printer. This can also be done later in the Color > Color Books & Grid Chartss menu item. Note that this option is only available if an output configuration is already set.
4. Select Next [6] if you want to jump to the next step Output Configuration.

Figure 3: The first step General when creating a Grid Chart of Tonal Values

5. In the Output Configuration step, select on which Printer with which Output Configuration the Grid Chart should be printed.
6. Printer [7] - Select the target printer, thus limiting the selection in the Substrate option already to the assigned Substrates for the Printer.
7. Substrate [8] - Select the Substrate which should be used, thus already limiting the selection in the Color Policy option to the available Color Policies for the Substrate.
8. Color Policy [9] - Select the Color Policy which is to be used. If you already know in advance which Color Policy you want to use to print the Grid Chart, select the Color Policy by entering the ID in the selection menu. This procedure automatically selects the Printer and Substrate accordingly in the preceding options. With how many colors the Grid Chart will be printed is shown to the user by the visualization of the Color Channels [10].
9. Destination directory [11] - Select the folder to which the Grid Chart will be rendered to the Printer.
10. Select Create [12] if you want to create the Grid Chart without sending it to the Printer. This can also be done later in the Color > Color Books & Grid Charts menu item.
11. Select Next [13] to enter the Layout tab.

Figure 4: The second step Output Configuration when creating a Grid Chart of Tonal Values

8. In the Layout step, determine how the Grid Charts are to be arranged and output to the Printer.
   • Impose Sheet Size [14] - 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 [15] - Select a desired Substrate Definition. This selection is only available if the Use Substrate Definition option is selected.
   • Width and Height [16] - Define the size of the Impose Sheet. These options are available only if the Custom option is selected.
   • Alignment [17] - Define whether the Grid of the Grid Charts should be aligned horizontally or vertically on the Impose sheet.
   • Grid Settings [18] - Define the Grid in which the Grid Charts will be imposed and printed by specifying Columns and Rows.
   • Spacing [19] - Define the horizontal and vertical spacing between the individual Grid Charts.
   • Rotate [20] - Define the rotation degree of the Grid Charts.
   • Additional color (White, Varnish, etc.) [21] - Select whether an additional color such as White or Varnish should be printed. You can specify the tonal value [23] and whether this color should be overprinted [22].
9. Select Create [24] if you want to create the Grid Chart without sending it to the Printer. This can also be done later in the menu item Color > Color Books & Grid Charts.
10. Select Create and Send to Printer [25] to complete the creation process and output the Grid Chart to the Printer.

Figure 5: The third step Layout when creating a Grid Chart of Tonal Values