Creating manual correlation entries for inks

To make manual correlations for highlight color inks, create a tab.mkt file in the appropriate metrics directory. In the table, you can correlate a highlight color ink name to CIELAB values. The syntax for entries in the tab.mkt and tab.skt ink correlation table source files is:

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0 
K cccccc pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii TV LLL.LL aaaa.aa bbbb.bb

Table 1 describes the syntax entries in the ink correlation table source files.

Table 1. Syntax for entries in ink correlation table source files
Value	Position	Description
K	1	Ink correlation table entry identifier
c	3 – 8	Ink catalog name: 6 bytes
p	10 – 41	Palette name: 32 bytes
i	42 – 74	Ink name: 32 bytes
T	76	Interpretation control: H=solid color; K=black (device presentation default); S=specified shaded ink
V	77	Values type: C = CIELAB; G = grayscale percent of coverage
L	79 – 84	When values type = C, CIELAB `L* value` (0.00 through 100.00); when values type = G, grayscale percent of coverage value (0.00 through 100.00)
a	86 – 92	Values type = C, CIELAB `a* valu`e (-128.00 through 127.00); otherwise blank
b	94 – 100	When values type = C, CIELAB `b* value` (-128.00 through 127.00); otherwise blank

Catalog names, palette names and ink names must be alphanumeric, and must not contain any special characters.

For solid color entries, the catalog name must be SOLID and the palette name must be SIMPLE. For example,

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0

K SOLID  SIMPLE                           MIDNIGHT                         HC  15.00  -50.00  -65.00
K SOLID  SIMPLE                           TURQUOISE                        HC  65.00  -30.00  -40.00
K SOLID  SIMPLE                           OLIVE                            HC  35.00  -14.00    2.00
K SOLID  SIMPLE                           ORANGE                           HC  64.00   49.00   64.00
K SOLID  SIMPLE                           CHARCOAL                         KG  55.00

The interpretation control character indicates how Infoprint XT should interpret the color when it is specified for presenting text or for converting highlight color IMG files. H indicates that Infoprint XT uses the related solid color. K indicates that Infoprint XT uses black. S indicates that Infoprint XT uses the specified shaded ink. For example,

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0

K XEROX1 CARDINAL                         H49K1                            SC  75.96   35.28    8.47
K XEROX1 CARDINAL                         H4K1                             HC  96.15    3.57    0.21
K XEROX1 CARDINAL                         H4K13                            KC  85.62    2.90    0.57

The values type character indicates whether the values that follow are CIELAB (C) or grayscale (G).

When converting FRMs, if the interpretation control character is H or S, Infoprint XT uses the specified shaded ink when it processes highlight color shading generated by the FILL parameter of the BOX FSL command.