User manual

1 • Starting up and general settings

ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro

Settings in the CQscan/CQtiff “Preferences” or “Options” window

This window is used for setting certain overall parameters for CQscan or CQtiff, including cer-

tain aspects of the ScanFlow System. It is called Preferences on a Macintosh and Options on a

PC. The window has the following “tabs” or sections:

General

Temporary Files

The other functions in the General section are for troubleshooting. You will not need to activate

them unless an authorized Purup-Eskofot service technician asks you to:

Diagnostics: Log scanner parameters

Diagnostics: Log error parameters

Status messages: Log status messages

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ICC Profiles (CQscan)

This section shows you which IT8 profiles for transmission and reflection are currently active. By

default, ColorQuartet will use the IT8 calibr

ation you perform or the transmission and reflection

This browser lets you specify where ColorQuartet stores the temporary

files that are needed during scanning.

IMPORTANT: choose a location where there will always be free disk

space corresponding to at least twice the size of the largest scan you

expect to produce.

When this check box is activated, messages sent from the scanner to

ColorQuartet are saved to a log file on disk. The default setting is “not

activated.”

When this check box is activated, error messages generated by CQscan

are saved to a log file on disk. The default setting is “not activated.”

When this check box is activated, all the messages that appear in the

CQscan

or CQtiff window’s Status field are saved to a log file on disk.

The default setting is “not activated.”

Click on this button if you want to choose a different location for stor-

ing the status message log file.