Specifications

11 • CxF

CxF

11.1 CxF: General

CxF is a public standard created by X-Rite for color communication, the

main purpose of which is the secure exchange of color information in

digital form. The CxF format contains all the key information, and in par-

ticular the spectral values of the colors are transmitted.

Once colors have been calculated, they can be exported from one

X-Rite application (e.g. EyeOne Share) as a CxF ﬁ le and then imported

into another X-Rite application or – by using the CxF browser – connected

and displayed.

For example, a color can be taken directly from the CxF browser into

InkFormulation as the target color and then the formulation process can

be started. Any difference in ﬁ lter conditions between the CxF target

color and the assortment used for formulation will be compensated for

mathematically as far as possible.

11.2 Formulating with the CxF browser

Procedure:

1. Click on Browse in the CxF menu. The CxF browser window is dis-

played.

2. Select a ﬁ le from the selection list or use the

button to search for the

ﬁ le you need. The target colors (patterns) contained in the CxF ﬁ le are

displayed.

Select the target colors which you want to formulate.

In the ﬁ lter ﬁ eld at the bottom of the window, you can enter one or more

characters which appear in the description of the target color you are

looking for, making it easier to ﬁ nd the one you want.

4. Click on Formulate. Then proceed in exactly the same way as when

formulating a target color (

see Section 5.2 “Formulating a target

color”).