User manual

28 • Here’s How! A QuickGuide for ColorQuartet
ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro
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To IT8-calibrate your scanner
1 • After noting its ID number, place the IT8 transmission target or IT8 reflection target on the
mounting plate or drum.
2 • Preview-scan the whole target.
3 • In the Preview window, draw a crop frame that includes the whole area of color patches.
4 • From ColorQuartet’s Calibration menu, choose Do IT8 Scan.
5 • When the image appears on screen, draw a crop frame that includes only the area with
color patches.
6 • Check that one and only one color patch is visible in each square.
7 • If not, redraw the crop frame and check again.
8 • From ColorQuartet’s Calibration menu, choose IT8 Calibrate.
9 • Find and open the reference data file that has the same ID number as the target you
mounted.
To reestablish ColorQuartet’s default IT8 calibration
1 • In the folder on your hard disk where ColorQuartet is stored, find the folder called cqsc-
drum (for drum scanners) or cqscflat (for flatbed scanners).
2 • From this folder, find and remove the files called it8trsml.icc (transmission) and/or
it8rfsml.icc (reflection).
• IT8 target sets can be purchased from the major film suppliers.
• Transmission and reflection must each be calibrated separately, using the
appropriate target.
• IMPORTANT! Make sure the target is mounted so that it will be shown head
up and right reading (not mirror-image) on the screen, and that it is exactly
parallel to the mounting plate or to the horizontal guideline on the drum.
A set of squares outlined in white will appear.
A standard Open File dialogue will appear.
Calibration will be carried out and a message will appear to tell you
whether it was successful.