KB188220432: PressSync - Workaround when compensation curves for spot colors are not calcluated

Summary

This KB article describes a workaround when compensation curves for spot colors aren't calculated in PressSync 16.0.2. In this particular case, a spot color is any other color than the standard CMYKOGB colors.

Symptoms

• You'll get the following message after measuring a chart with spot colors:
  "Notes form collecting all measurement samples: A solid patch for ink xxx (pms1000c) was not measured. It will not be possible to calculate a curve based on tone measurements for this ink."
• The spot color is missing in the results window (Spot Colors > Tone Measurements > All Inks).

Solution

Solved in the November 2017 release of Esko Software Platform.

Workaround

1. Measure the chart.
2. Save the measurement.
   
3. Open the it8 file with a text editor.
4. Add INKSET 22 below the PROCESSCOLOR_ID               "pms1000c/Violet" line.
5. Save the it8 file.
6. Click the Cancel button.
7. Remove the existing measurement data by selecting it and clicking the Remove button:
   
8. Click the Measured Data… button and load the modified it8 file.