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SPOT_Color_Manager

User's Guide

Installation and general using rules: .................................................................................. 2

Using SPOT_Color_Manager application: .......................................................................... 2

Computing spot colors optimal print density: .................................................................................................... 2

Using SPOT_Color_Manager with D50 2° Lab or XYZ only specified target:....................................................... 8

Using Colorsource programs for multicolor printing with or without a CMYK base: ........... 9

Troubleshooting and FAQS: ............................................................................................. 10

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SPOT_Color_Manager allows you controlling all your inks formulation quality, and computing their ideal print

densities, for any special ink such as PANTONE or SUN or any CUSTOM ink of your Customers. The target

reference color can be a physical sample you have measured, or a reference spectral reflectance in a tint’s library,

or a mere Lab D50 2° apparent color specified by Lab or XYZ reference values.

In order to save a lot of time and money, you should control any ink AT RECEPTION by measuring it on a piece

of stock paper, BEFORE you install this ink on your press.

You can easily test SPOT_Color_Manager by measuring a few tints on a classical PANTONE Coated swatch book.

SPOT_Color_Manager allows you comparing each measured sample with its reference "ideal" spectral

reflectance held in memory:

Thanks to SPOT_Color_Manager, you will find that:

1. Some PANTONE references on your swatch book are well formulated (Low metamerism) and printed

with the appropriate density (Low ΔE visual distance): OK! ;-)

2. Some PANTONE references on your swatch book are well formulated (Low metamerism) but printed

with wrong density (High ΔE) ;-(

3. Some PANTONE references on your swatch book are poorly formulated (High metamerism),

so that even if printed at optimal density, they will only match their reference color with required

tolerance under D50 light ;-( (

4. Some PANTONE references on your swatch book are so poorly formulated (High metamerism) that

even if printed at optimal density, they will not match their reference color under D50 light with

required tolerance ;-( ((

This information is crucial when you are using special inks such as PANTONE, SUN or else. You should detect that

your ink has a problem and it will not match your target color at any density BEFORE the press-setting step.

In any circumstance, SPOT_Color_Manager will compute your ideal print densities, and the corrections you should

make in terms of ink thickness or pigment concentration. Or show that you should send back your ink to its

Vendor!

Installation and general using rules: Please read carefully the "Software installation and brief description Guide".

Using SPOT_Color_Manager application:

Computing spot colors optimal print density:

The Medias tab allows you pasting the spectral measurements of the paper(s) on which you are going to measure

your special inks. You can memorize up to 50 spectral reflectance of 50 print medias:

Line 1 is write-protected: it stores the ideally white paper spectral reflectance that is used by default if you work

on an ink with known spectral reflectance but unknown substrate spectral reflectance.

Each measured paper should be named to allow being associated to eack ink measured on this substrate in "Measures" tab

With your present Excel preferences the decimal separator of your data should be a dot.

▼ Your spectral measurements of papers should be present between lines 2 and 51

MEASURED MEDIAS NAMES 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 580 590 600 610 620 630 640 650 660 670 680 690 700 710 720 730

1 IDEAL WHITE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

2 papier 0123 0.3291 0.3806 0.4574 0.6197 0.7892 0.8496 0.8678 0.8648 0.8538 0.8447 0.836 0.8305 0.8255 0.8192 0.8123 0.8025 0.7953 0.7904 0.7854 0.7854 0.7806 0.7772 0.7777 0.786 0.7989 0.8104 0.8202 0.826 0.8299 0.8298 0.8292 0.8277 0.8281 0.8293 0.8285 0.8327

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6 paper SC 0.45241 0.50376 0.55332 0.61632 0.66965 0.70086 0.72383 0.74124 0.75867 0.77303 0.78 0.79535 0.80393 0.81046 0.81422 0.81727 0.82666 0.83852 0.84581 0.85185 0.85626 0.86799 0.87464 0.87861 0.88145 0.88306 0.88751 0.89304 0.89717 0.89794 0.89813 0.89813 0.8996 0.90105 0.90128 0.9037

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13 papier-pg 0.41529 0.46389 0.54011 0.70368 0.88193 0.96164 0.9798 0.97272 0.96299 0.9555 0.94868 0.94443 0.9411 0.9382 0.93601 0.93177 0.9291 0.92642 0.92228 0.92285 0.92082 0.92163 0.92329 0.92809 0.93503 0.9417 0.94972 0.95777 0.96277 0.96602 0.96858 0.96968 0.97175 0.9743 0.97493 0.97735

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Of course, for best possible results, you should always measure not only your solid inks spectral reflectance, but

also the substrate(s) of your inks. Because the substrate may have a big influence on printed colors and on the

optimal print densities you should use for matching your target colors.

Your data decimal separator should be a dot. Erroneous data will display as red. If needed, see the Software

installation and brief description guide on page 10 for configuring SPOT_Color_Manager decimal separator.

With SPOT_Color_Manager, you do not need measuring test charts. You just need measuring your special inks

one by one, and the associated paper(s), so that using free Eye-One Share software is quite convenient with

Eye-One Pro. You can also use MeasureTool with Eye-One Pro 1 or 2 or i1Profiler with Eye-One Pro 1, 2 or 3.

If using MeasureTool or i1Profiler, you can measure your inks one by one, by measuring a custom chart in patch

mode. E.g., your custom chart can be 1 line x 16 rows, if you want to measure 15 different spot colors plus their

substrate.

The Measures tab allows pasting the spectral measurements of the inks you want to check. For pasting one or

more inks measurements, select one or more lines of your spectral measurements (Name_of_your_tint, then 36

spectral values), copy your selection (Ctrl C), and then select a cell in the "MEASURED TINT NAME" column and

paste your data (Ctrl V):

When you have pasted your tints, declare for each ink, by using the pull-down menus in the "MEDIA NAMES"

column, the paper on which you have measured this ink. Each pull-down menu facing each ink name allows you

listing all papers or other print medias found in the Medias tab.

The Custom_Lib tab allows you pasting the spectral measurements of your custom target spot colors to be

matched. (Special Customers inks you receive as physical samples or by mail in the form of a CxF or another file

type):

This tab can allow you pasting all the special inks you are using for a specific job for a specific Customer, which

may avoid you navigating through the thousand’s inks if your standard inks spectral libraries, that are of no

interest for the order you are working on.

Colorsource software SPOT_COLOR_MANAGER_v1.0

Each solid ink to be controlled should be named to allow being selected in the "Optimal" tab


▼ ▼ Your spectral measurements of the 100% inks to be controlled should be present between lines 1 and 100

MEDIA NAMES MEASURED TINTS NAMES 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 580 590 600 610 620 630 640 650 660 670 680 690 700 710 720 730

IDEAL 1

paper SC 2 yellow 0.1026 0.0969 0.0896 0.0852 0.0754 0.0641 0.0559 0.0555 0.0642 0.0681 0.0762 0.1354 0.3059 0.5505 0.7076 0.7502 0.7566 0.7565 0.7537 0.7553 0.7527 0.7512 0.7524 0.76 0.7719 0.7829 0.7924 0.7985 0.8028 0.8031 0.8024 0.8007 0.8014 0.8028 0.8029 0.8079

IDEAL 3

paper SC 4 021 MESURE 0.03335 0.02712 0.02191 0.01847 0.01607 0.01491 0.01423 0.01403 0.01357 0.01352 0.01382 0.01418 0.01481 0.01599 0.01738 0.01966 0.02827 0.06332 0.16849 0.35512 0.55933 0.71374 0.79862 0.83735 0.85521 0.8649 0.87428 0.88331 0.89032 0.89254 0.89315 0.89442 0.89765 0.90109 0.90314 0.90656

IDEAL 5

IDEAL 6 RHODAMINE RED MESURE 0.19966 0.23641 0.27119 0.31592 0.35614 0.37776 0.36534 0.30992 0.22731 0.14231 0.07673 0.03952 0.02432 0.02024 0.02003 0.01996 0.02017 0.02313 0.03237 0.06333 0.1489 0.30183 0.48264 0.63937 0.74138 0.7935 0.82034 0.8358 0.84554 0.84997 0.85302 0.85517 0.85817 0.86078 0.86164 0.86438

paper AB 7 rouge base 0.03247 0.02876 0.02682 0.02924 0.03225 0.03194 0.03066 0.02752 0.0241 0.02072 0.01795 0.01605 0.01485 0.01423 0.01378 0.01381 0.01434 0.01544 0.01799 0.02399 0.04582 0.13433 0.3232 0.51356 0.62538 0.67593 0.69943 0.71299 0.72184 0.72522 0.72649 0.72768 0.73019 0.73404 0.73794 0.7444

IDEAL 8

IDEAL 9

IDEAL 10 Magenta_2 0.15641 0.15091 0.15038 0.16908 0.1868 0.19864 0.20885 0.20279 0.17766 0.14533 0.11434 0.08925 0.06842 0.05048 0.03625 0.02967 0.0277 0.02518 0.02239 0.02425 0.03943 0.12158 0.32113 0.55042 0.7116 0.79422 0.83455 0.8557 0.86905 0.87546 0.87874 0.87995 0.88197 0.88331 0.88386 0.88792

IDEAL 11 orangetest 0.0449 0.0414 0.0359 0.033 0.03 0.0267 0.0244 0.0231 0.023 0.0239 0.0255 0.0286 0.0347 0.0433 0.0525 0.0672 0.1044 0.192 0.3425 0.5122 0.6342 0.6999 0.7283 0.7443 0.7575 0.7681 0.777 0.7843 0.7891 0.7905 0.7902 0.7896 0.7897 0.7903 0.7909 0.7951

IDEAL 12

IDEAL 13 732m 0.01146 0.01151 0.0109 0.01085 0.00961 0.0094 0.00885 0.00865 0.00858 0.00883 0.00886 0.00928 0.01002 0.01081 0.01179 0.0135 0.01807 0.02913 0.04705 0.06406 0.07432 0.07993 0.08327 0.08598 0.08825 0.09058 0.09276 0.09512 0.09711 0.09892 0.10062 0.1026 0.10435 0.10629 0.10822 0.11033

IDEAL 14 3262 C 0.0367 0.04315 0.057 0.11825 0.23525 0.319 0.3823 0.44005 0.5196 0.62475 0.70215 0.744 0.7441 0.71575 0.66605 0.59875 0.52325 0.43795 0.3455 0.2659 0.2028 0.1507 0.1048 0.07675 0.06665 0.0651 0.066 0.06995 0.0815 0.0992 0.1165 0.1293 0.13315 0.13 0.129 0.14015

IDEAL 15 Red 032 C 0.04225 0.03845 0.0385 0.04955 0.0691 0.0725 0.07135 0.06425 0.05675 0.04825 0.0391 0.03315 0.02815 0.02415 0.0233 0.02455 0.0242 0.02385 0.02795 0.0556 0.1753 0.41985 0.65915 0.7822 0.83475 0.8584 0.8752 0.8877 0.89295 0.8889 0.8879 0.8927 0.90025 0.90745 0.9099 0.9134

IDEAL 16 Black 6 C 0.01035 0.0099 0.0104 0.0128 0.01645 0.0178 0.0188 0.019 0.0189 0.01895 0.01865 0.0184 0.01755 0.0165 0.015 0.0132 0.01165 0.0104 0.00945 0.00875 0.00835 0.0082 0.00805 0.00815 0.0084 0.00855 0.00915 0.00965 0.0105 0.0113 0.0127 0.0139 0.016 0.01785 0.02065 0.02365

IDEAL 17 419m 0.01069 0.01041 0.01103 0.0117 0.01247 0.01293 0.01344 0.01356 0.01425 0.01468 0.01493 0.01524 0.01568 0.01589 0.0163 0.01649 0.01681 0.01698 0.01706 0.01706 0.01701 0.01638 0.01558 0.01488 0.01469 0.01479 0.01513 0.01536 0.01608 0.01719 0.01815 0.01898 0.01964 0.02037 0.02076 0.02108

IDEAL 18

IDEAL 19

Please specify

for each

measured 100%

ink the media

on which it has


Each custom target color should be named to allow being selected in the "Optimal" tab

In the "Optimal" tab, the target color is searched in bellow Custom colors AND in the active library of standard colors ("Standard_Lib_" tabs)

▼ Your spectral (preferably) or Lab D50 2° measurements of Custom target colors should be present between lines 1 and 100

TARGET TINTS NAMES380

or L

390

or a

400

or b410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 580 590 600 610 620 630 640 650 660 670 680 690 700 710 720 730

1 Maroon 0.06877 0.06877 0.07506 0.07942 0.08216 0.08222 0.08203 0.08058 0.07981 0.0799 0.08029 0.0812 0.08233 0.08364 0.08537 0.08801 0.0924 0.09924 0.10819 0.11879 0.13137 0.13952 0.14319 0.14587 0.1485 0.15081 0.15318 0.15552 0.15768 0.15958 0.16094 0.16236 0.16391 0.16547 0.16708 0.16897

2 rheo 0.0275 0.0247 0.0253 0.0402 0.06465 0.0726 0.0732 0.06225 0.045 0.03015 0.0208 0.0152 0.01285 0.01215 0.0122 0.01235 0.0133 0.01595 0.02305 0.0387 0.09645 0.2931 0.5415 0.7082 0.78905 0.8257 0.84695 0.861 0.86765 0.8656 0.8654 0.8705 0.8781 0.88565 0.8912 0.89805

3 Valeur Lab 1 pour test 95 -75.5 114.5

4 Magenta_3 0.15641 0.15091 0.15038 0.16908 0.1868 0.19864 0.20885 0.20279 0.17766 0.14533 0.11434 0.08925 0.06842 0.05048 0.03625 0.02967 0.0277 0.02518 0.02239 0.02425 0.03943 0.12158 0.32113 0.55042 0.7116 0.79422 0.83455 0.8557 0.86905 0.87546 0.87874 0.87995 0.88197 0.88331 0.88386 0.88792

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6 PANTONE Process Yellow C 0.026 0.02335 0.022 0.02735 0.0335 0.0333 0.03355 0.03565 0.04055 0.04645 0.06255 0.1266 0.30305 0.5565 0.7364 0.8117 0.8416 0.85665 0.85865 0.8602 0.85985 0.8618 0.86145 0.8618 0.86435 0.8695 0.87875 0.88765 0.89115 0.8871 0.8858 0.8908 0.899 0.9065 0.91135 0.91625

7 violette 0.05838 0.06787 0.07916 0.11328 0.14301 0.15023 0.15264 0.1518 0.15116 0.13477 0.10575 0.07762 0.05306 0.03484 0.02388 0.01794 0.01559 0.01487 0.01466 0.01469 0.01635 0.02108 0.02514 0.02947 0.03541 0.04525 0.06154 0.0901 0.14106 0.22032 0.32082 0.42679 0.53765 0.73105 0.88988 0.92391

8 Magenta_2 0.15641 0.15091 0.15038 0.16908 0.1868 0.19864 0.20885 0.20279 0.17766 0.14533 0.11434 0.08925 0.06842 0.05048 0.03625 0.02967 0.0277 0.02518 0.02239 0.02425 0.03943 0.12158 0.32113 0.55042 0.7116 0.79422 0.83455 0.8557 0.86905 0.87546 0.87874 0.87995 0.88197 0.88331 0.88386 0.88792

9 ORANGE 1472 0.04739 0.04846 0.04549 0.0378 0.03053 0.02671 0.02514 0.02492 0.0264 0.03022 0.03315 0.03607 0.04371 0.05634 0.0697 0.08631 0.12648 0.22803 0.42149 0.6453 0.78463 0.84077 0.8582 0.86339 0.86525 0.86754 0.87382 0.8809 0.88579 0.88786 0.88974 0.89242 0.89758 0.90468 0.90973 0.91538

10 RBASE 43.2 70.3 43.6

11 3262_ 66.98 -55.95 -12.15

12 032C 53.6 73.73 45.48

13 BLACK6 9.38 -2.74 -7.43

14 PANTONE 204 C 0.07735 0.08325 0.10035 0.19415 0.357 0.4273 0.4475 0.4377 0.4184 0.3947 0.36965 0.35625 0.3405 0.30545 0.2604 0.2318 0.2233 0.20615 0.16905 0.13715 0.2013 0.4325 0.662 0.7797 0.8263 0.84735 0.86285 0.87515 0.88065 0.87795 0.8766 0.88075 0.88795 0.8956 0.90165 0.9074

15 PANTONE 205 C 0.05575 0.05795 0.0656 0.1196 0.20655 0.24095 0.2511 0.24455 0.23055 0.21075 0.1908 0.18085 0.1689 0.1417 0.10895 0.08995 0.0846 0.0738 0.05345 0.03925 0.0753 0.2627 0.52385 0.70315 0.7885 0.82615 0.8481 0.8632 0.8702 0.8684 0.86755 0.872 0.8794 0.887 0.8933 0.8999

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17 SUN 0016 C 0.02103 0.0419 0.07557 0.12593 0.1729 0.20733 0.23717 0.25313 0.24533 0.22363 0.18823 0.14107 0.09547 0.06093 0.03653 0.0239 0.0197 0.01707 0.01373 0.01177 0.0113 0.01123 0.01073 0.0099 0.00933 0.0094 0.01027 0.01223 0.01577 0.01883 0.01917 0.0176 0.01483 0.0132 0.0146 0.02027

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In Custom_Lib tab, you can also specify a target color by its C.I.E. Lab D50 2° apparent color, if you have no way

to get its spectral reflectance. Of course, in this case SPOT_Color_Manager will not be able to control your ink

formulation metamerism. Of course, using colorimetric values is only possible for specifying target colors:

The measured inks and their print medias have to be spectral data.

The Standard_Lib tab allows you opening all your “standard" target spot colors libraries, for using them as your

reference standard target colors with SPOT_Color_Manager application.

For example, the Eye-One Share Coated, Uncoated and Matte 2004 PANTONE libraries can be exported to Excel

and then to text, and then be opened into Standard_Lib and saved with SPOT_Color_Manager.

Colorsource free CxF3_to_CGATS application allows you as well importing and using all modern up-to date

PANTONE digital libraries from Pantone Color Manager and Ink Formulation applications; and saving them as

CGATS text file format PANTONE libraries that you can import at any moment in the Standard_Lib tab.

This allows you using the right spectral reflectance as your reference target, for controlling any PANTONE ink

reference you buy today. SPOT_Color_Manager application is supplied with the few free 2004 PANTONE

reference spectral reflectance that are supplied on the web with free version of Eye-One Share software:

For matters of intellectual property, you have to download and use our free CxF3_to_CGATS application for

getting all up-to-date PANTONE color libraries and use them with SPOT_Color_Manager. Of course, not

everybody is using PANTONE and you can use any other spectral library of any other swatch book such as SUN,

HKS, and RAL etc.

You should always specify your target colors by spectral data if possible: Almost all standard market swatch books

are available as reference spectral data. Swatch books only available as colorimetric data are not very

professional, because they specify their tints only very partially.

If you really want to use one of these non-spectral swatch books, SPOT_Color_Manager application allows you

pasting the XYZ D50 2° apparent colors of your swatch book in the Standard_Lib tab. If needed, ask us for a utility

for converting Lab D50 2° to XYZ D50 2°.

The Preferences tab allows you choosing the application language (English or French) and a number of useful

Internet links. If you change the language, you have to save the application (Ctrl s).

Standard library: Description:

Access path:

Creator: Geometry: Filter:

Last edited: Specification: "Standard":

STANDARD COLOR NAME380

or X

390

or Y

400

or Z410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 580 590 600 610 620 630 640 650 660 670 680 690 700 710 720 730

1 PANTONE 100 C 0.132 0.137 0.144 0.156 0.181 0.186 0.178 0.175 0.181 0.186 0.206 0.292 0.495 0.726 0.825 0.84 0.849 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.859 0.86 0.859 0.86 0.864 0.871 0.882 0.89 0.894 0.889 0.887 0.891 0.901 0.908 0.911 0.917

2 PANTONE 101 C 0.116 0.118 0.121 0.127 0.139 0.14 0.13 0.127 0.131 0.134 0.15 0.225 0.425 0.686 0.817 0.841 0.851 0.861 0.862 0.862 0.86 0.861 0.861 0.861 0.865 0.871 0.882 0.891 0.895 0.889 0.887 0.892 0.902 0.909 0.912 0.918

3 PANTONE 102 C 0.043 0.042 0.041 0.038 0.033 0.029 0.027 0.026 0.026 0.028 0.033 0.064 0.196 0.484 0.737 0.818 0.841 0.855 0.856 0.857 0.856 0.857 0.857 0.857 0.861 0.868 0.878 0.887 0.891 0.885 0.884 0.888 0.898 0.905 0.908 0.914

4 PANTONE Yellow C 0.033 0.032 0.031 0.029 0.024 0.022 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.021 0.023 0.037 0.112 0.343 0.638 0.779 0.822 0.841 0.845 0.848 0.847 0.85 0.85 0.851 0.855 0.862 0.873 0.882 0.886 0.881 0.878 0.884 0.894 0.9 0.904 0.911

5 PANTONE 103 C 0.026 0.026 0.025 0.024 0.022 0.021 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.023 0.036 0.093 0.232 0.364 0.414 0.433 0.446 0.454 0.461 0.466 0.472 0.477 0.482 0.488 0.494 0.503 0.51 0.516 0.518 0.519 0.525 0.533 0.539 0.544 0.55

6 PANTONE 104 C 0.032 0.031 0.03 0.029 0.026 0.024 0.024 0.023 0.024 0.025 0.029 0.046 0.107 0.218 0.295 0.322 0.335 0.345 0.352 0.358 0.362 0.368 0.372 0.376 0.381 0.387 0.393 0.4 0.405 0.406 0.408 0.413 0.419 0.425 0.429 0.434

7 PANTONE 105 C 0.036 0.036 0.036 0.036 0.037 0.036 0.035 0.035 0.036 0.038 0.042 0.061 0.105 0.158 0.185 0.194 0.201 0.206 0.21 0.214 0.217 0.22 0.223 0.226 0.229 0.233 0.237 0.241 0.245 0.247 0.249 0.252 0.256 0.26 0.262 0.267

8 PANTONE 7401 C 0.196 0.216 0.245 0.29 0.366 0.403 0.401 0.402 0.411 0.418 0.44 0.516 0.638 0.717 0.736 0.738 0.738 0.734 0.742 0.792 0.836 0.855 0.86 0.861 0.866 0.872 0.883 0.894 0.897 0.893 0.89 0.895 0.903 0.911 0.914 0.92

9 PANTONE 7402 C 0.18 0.195 0.217 0.25 0.31 0.337 0.334 0.337 0.346 0.354 0.379 0.462 0.598 0.692 0.705 0.693 0.693 0.69 0.664 0.64 0.681 0.773 0.813 0.822 0.829 0.837 0.848 0.858 0.863 0.859 0.858 0.862 0.87 0.878 0.883 0.888

10 PANTONE 7403 C 0.17 0.18 0.193 0.214 0.256 0.27 0.262 0.259 0.264 0.268 0.287 0.366 0.522 0.655 0.682 0.671 0.67 0.665 0.635 0.608 0.659 0.771 0.818 0.828 0.835 0.843 0.854 0.863 0.868 0.864 0.862 0.865 0.876 0.882 0.887 0.893

11 PANTONE 7404 C 0.098 0.099 0.1 0.102 0.108 0.107 0.101 0.102 0.108 0.114 0.134 0.213 0.402 0.626 0.721 0.728 0.731 0.729 0.703 0.678 0.719 0.81 0.849 0.858 0.864 0.871 0.883 0.892 0.897 0.892 0.89 0.894 0.903 0.91 0.914 0.92

12 PANTONE 7405 C 0.052 0.052 0.051 0.05 0.048 0.046 0.043 0.043 0.045 0.047 0.055 0.093 0.217 0.424 0.564 0.606 0.626 0.654 0.688 0.726 0.749 0.76 0.764 0.767 0.772 0.779 0.789 0.798 0.804 0.8 0.8 0.804 0.813 0.82 0.825 0.831

13 PANTONE 7406 C 0.046 0.046 0.045 0.044 0.042 0.039 0.037 0.037 0.039 0.041 0.05 0.091 0.213 0.39 0.494 0.524 0.542 0.574 0.623 0.685 0.724 0.743 0.748 0.752 0.757 0.764 0.775 0.784 0.79 0.787 0.786 0.791 0.8 0.807 0.812 0.818

14 PANTONE 7407 C 0.089 0.092 0.095 0.1 0.112 0.114 0.11 0.109 0.112 0.113 0.123 0.161 0.228 0.283 0.305 0.312 0.323 0.347 0.39 0.447 0.486 0.504 0.511 0.516 0.521 0.527 0.536 0.543 0.548 0.548 0.549 0.554 0.561 0.568 0.572 0.578

15 PANTONE 2001 C 0.183 0.2 0.224 0.252 0.305 0.326 0.334 0.356 0.387 0.405 0.436 0.51 0.61 0.683 0.711 0.726 0.761 0.811 0.845 0.859 0.862 0.865 0.865 0.865 0.869 0.876 0.887 0.895 0.898 0.892 0.891 0.898 0.91 0.919 0.924 0.929

16 PANTONE 2002 C 0.142 0.151 0.163 0.178 0.207 0.217 0.223 0.245 0.275 0.294 0.326 0.41 0.532 0.631 0.675 0.697 0.737 0.794 0.834 0.852 0.857 0.861 0.862 0.862 0.866 0.873 0.884 0.893 0.895 0.89 0.888 0.895 0.907 0.916 0.92 0.925

17 PANTONE 2003 C 0.112 0.116 0.123 0.131 0.147 0.152 0.158 0.179 0.208 0.227 0.259 0.35 0.494 0.624 0.685 0.711 0.75 0.802 0.838 0.853 0.857 0.861 0.861 0.862 0.865 0.873 0.884 0.893 0.896 0.889 0.888 0.895 0.908 0.917 0.922 0.927

18 PANTONE 2004 C 0.144 0.151 0.16 0.173 0.2 0.209 0.214 0.234 0.262 0.279 0.308 0.384 0.493 0.581 0.621 0.645 0.694 0.765 0.82 0.846 0.855 0.86 0.861 0.862 0.866 0.873 0.884 0.893 0.895 0.889 0.888 0.896 0.908 0.917 0.922 0.927

19 PANTONE 2005 C 0.157 0.166 0.179 0.195 0.226 0.235 0.239 0.255 0.278 0.293 0.318 0.38 0.465 0.532 0.565 0.59 0.646 0.731 0.803 0.841 0.855 0.861 0.863 0.863 0.867 0.875 0.885 0.894 0.897 0.891 0.89 0.898 0.909 0.919 0.923 0.929

20 PANTONE 2006 C 0.087 0.089 0.092 0.094 0.101 0.101 0.102 0.113 0.129 0.14 0.159 0.21 0.287 0.353 0.387 0.414 0.467 0.548 0.622 0.666 0.684 0.693 0.697 0.699 0.704 0.711 0.721 0.729 0.733 0.73 0.731 0.738 0.749 0.757 0.763 0.768

21 PANTONE 2007 C 0.052 0.052 0.052 0.051 0.05 0.049 0.049 0.055 0.065 0.071 0.083 0.117 0.173 0.224 0.254 0.28 0.332 0.416 0.503 0.56 0.585 0.597 0.603 0.607 0.612 0.619 0.628 0.636 0.64 0.639 0.64 0.647 0.657 0.665 0.67 0.676

22 PANTONE 106 C 0.114 0.116 0.119 0.124 0.136 0.136 0.126 0.123 0.127 0.129 0.144 0.216 0.403 0.642 0.76 0.782 0.796 0.815 0.833 0.85 0.859 0.864 0.863 0.864 0.868 0.874 0.885 0.894 0.898 0.892 0.89 0.894 0.904 0.911 0.916 0.92

23 PANTONE 107 C 0.089 0.09 0.09 0.091 0.095 0.091 0.084 0.081 0.084 0.087 0.099 0.161 0.338 0.587 0.724 0.754 0.77 0.793 0.817 0.844 0.857 0.864 0.864 0.865 0.868 0.875 0.885 0.894 0.898 0.892 0.89 0.895 0.904 0.911 0.916 0.92

24 PANTONE 108 C 0.061 0.061 0.06 0.058 0.056 0.052 0.047 0.046 0.047 0.05 0.058 0.105 0.255 0.502 0.664 0.706 0.727 0.755 0.79 0.829 0.85 0.86 0.861 0.862 0.866 0.872 0.883 0.891 0.895 0.89 0.888 0.892 0.901 0.908 0.913 0.917

25 PANTONE 109 C 0.047 0.046 0.045 0.043 0.039 0.036 0.034 0.034 0.035 0.037 0.042 0.069 0.176 0.392 0.569 0.628 0.656 0.692 0.742 0.8 0.835 0.85 0.853 0.855 0.859 0.866 0.876 0.886 0.889 0.884 0.881 0.886 0.896 0.903 0.908 0.911

26 PANTONE 110 C 0.026 0.025 0.024 0.024 0.022 0.02 0.019 0.019 0.019 0.02 0.022 0.034 0.088 0.218 0.34 0.388 0.412 0.44 0.48 0.526 0.556 0.571 0.577 0.583 0.589 0.596 0.605 0.615 0.619 0.619 0.621 0.626 0.635 0.642 0.648 0.652

27 PANTONE 111 C 0.023 0.023 0.022 0.022 0.02 0.02 0.019 0.019 0.019 0.02 0.023 0.036 0.083 0.168 0.227 0.249 0.262 0.277 0.294 0.312 0.324 0.332 0.338 0.342 0.347 0.353 0.359 0.366 0.37 0.372 0.375 0.379 0.385 0.39 0.394 0.399

28 PANTONE 112 C 0.032 0.032 0.032 0.031 0.029 0.028 0.028 0.028 0.028 0.029 0.033 0.049 0.097 0.167 0.21 0.225 0.235 0.246 0.257 0.269 0.277 0.283 0.287 0.291 0.296 0.3 0.306 0.311 0.316 0.318 0.32 0.325 0.329 0.334 0.338 0.342

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In the "Optimal" tab, the target color is searched in this standard library and/or in your Custom colors ("Custom_Lib" tab)

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The Optimal tab provides all useful practical information for controlling metamerism of a measured tint

compared with the target color and for determining its optimal print density and its visual distance at optimal

density under several different illuminants, in order to assess the quality of its formulation:

You have to specify the name of your Measured ink to be controlled, and the name of your target color.

The name of the Measured ink is searched into Measures tab.

The Measured ink can be chosen by the pull-down menu or by typing-in its full name:

The application displays the name of the paper associated to your ink in the Measures tab, and the C.I.E. Lab D50

2° colors of your inks and media.

The name of your target color can be searched into the Custom_Lib and Standard_Lib tabs:

For easy use, you can specify your target color by several different ways:

A) By its name:

1) By the pull-down menu that list first all your Custom_Lib tints and then all your Standard_Lib tints,

2) By typing its name directly: You can type-in your target color full name, whichever prefix and suffix are

present,

3) By typing a swatch book tint number only, if you have entered a prefix and suffix in order to type shorter

names for selecting you target colors. On above example, the prefix is “PANTONE” and the suffix is “C”.

So that if you are looking for “PANTONE 1795 C”, you can still type “PANTONE 1795 C” full name, or type

only “1795”, provided this tint is present somewhere in the Custom_Lib or Standard_Lib tabs.

Densitometric spectral response ►

Standard library:

L a b

PANTONE 86.6 -6.4 80.4 1.12

L a b 0.9 A

Ink: 86.9 -6.9 86.1 1.24 1.2 D50

1.4 F11

Associated media: 97.2 0.6 -1.6 0.01

L a b 0.8 A

87.6 -7.1 83.1 1.16 0.9 D50

91 1.2 F11

L a b 0.9 A

yellow 86.9 -6.9 86.1 1.24 1.2 D50

1.4 F11

All displayed Lab values are D50 2°. Displayed colors are approximate.

Spot color control and formulation check

TARGET COLOR:

MEASURED COLOR:

at 450 nm C

Density ▼

yellow

Encre Custom_Lib la plus proche de la couleur mesurée et ΔE

Density ▼

Paper absolute density ▼

at 450 nm

Tint search: ΔE2000

ΔE2000

604

ΔE2000

at 450 nm

at 450 nm

at 450 nm

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Visual distance formula ►

◄ Tolerance

ΔE2000

papier-pg

Measured color at optimal print density:

Status I (recommended)

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1.01.12 - 1.20

Minimal and maximal authorized concentrations or thicknesses within tolerance 1 ΔE2000 (%) :

Minimal and maximal authorized densities within tolerance 1 ΔE2000 :

87 - 95

Density ▼

ΔE2000OPTIMAL DENSITY OF MEASURED COLOR: Optimal ΔE with target color:

Measured ΔE with target color:

Ink thickness or concentration necessary adjustment:

Density ▼

▼ Optional prefix Optional suffix ▼

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Measured color "yellow

Measured color at optimal

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Paper

L a b 0.9 A

Ink: 86.9 -6.9 86.1 1.24 1.2 D50

1.4 F11

Associated media: 97.2 0.6 -1.6 0.01

MEASURED COLOR:

yellow

Density ▼

Paper absolute density ▼

ΔE2000

at 450 nm

at 450 nmpapier-pg

Measured ΔE with target color:

Densitometric spectral response ►

Standard library:

L a b

PANTONE 86.6 -6.1 88.7 1.30

TARGET COLOR:

at 450 nm C

ΔE2000

AUTO CUSTOM & ACTIVE LIB


Ink of Custom or Standard Lib nearest to measured color : PG0056-OGv2

Status I (recommended)

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B) By automatic target selection depending on each Measured tint you select:

For example, if you work for 7 colors press job, you can store in the Custom_Lib tab your 7 target primary inks

and chose "AUTO CUSTOM" as target color. Each time you will select as MEASURED COLOR one of your

seven press inks, SPOT_Color_Manager will use as target color the nearest target ink present in your Custom_Lib

tab:

1) In "AUTO CUSTOM" mode: Chosen Target color is the nearest to Measured color in Custom_Lib tab,

2) In "AUTO LIBRARY" mode: Chosen Target is the nearest to Measured color in the Standard_Lib tab,

3) In "AUTO CUSTOM & ACTIVE LIB." mode: Chosen Target is the nearest to measured color in the

Custom_Lib and Standard_Lib tabs.

Once you have specified your MEASURED and TARGET COLORS, the Optimal tab displays:

1. Your measured ink apparent color C.I.E. Lab D50 2° and its paper relative print density (1.76 above),

2. The ΔE76 or ΔECMC2:1* or ΔE2000 visual distances between your measured and target colors, under three

reference D50, A and F11 illuminants (i.e., 1.0, 1.8 and 1.5 ΔE2000 on above example), for checking your

measured ink formulation quality by control of metamerism. Of course, visual distances of the measured

color under A and F11 illuminants are only displayed if target color spectral data are available,

3. Your measured ink optimal print density (i.e., 2.00 on above example) that ensures getting minimal D50 2°

ΔE76 or ΔECMC2:1* or ΔE2000 visual distance from your target color, and the minimal and maximal allowed

print densities for within your chosen ΔE tolerance (i.e., 1.91 to 2.11 on above example for

1 ΔE2000 tolerance),

4. The pigment concentration correction you should make if you do not want or cannot play on your

measured ink thickness for correcting you print density (e.g., 117% i.e., x 1.17 on above example),

5. The minimal and maximal allowed pigment concentration if you do not want or cannot play on your

measured ink thickness for correcting you print density (i.e., 111% to 125% on above example for

1 ΔE2000 tolerance),

6. Your measured ink minimal ΔE76 or ΔECMC2:1* or ΔE2000 visual distances under D50, A and F11

illuminants when this inks at the recommended optimal print density (i.e., 0.7, 0.8 and 0.4 ΔE2000 on above

example). Of course, ΔE values of your ink at optimal density under A and F11 illuminants are only displayed

if you specify your target color by spectral data.

The Optimal tab also allows you typing your ΔE76 or ΔECMC2:1* or ΔE2000 tolerance and displays the minimal

and maximal authorized print densities for matching your target color within this tolerance.

If SPOT_Color_Manager application foresees a too large visual distance under one or more of the D50, A or F11

illuminants, this may mean that your ink was badly formulated, or was formulated on some substrate significantly

different from your stock paper, or that may be your press ink pot is polluted and a press wash is required. Do

not waste time and paper to try to set properly your density!

(*) Please note that as for all other Colorsource software ΔECMC2:1 visual distance is computed with a symmetrized formula, because

otherwise the visual distance between two A and B colors could be different from the visual distance between same B and A colors!

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Please note that depending on the visual distance formula you are using, the computed optimal print density

(and concentration correction) will change. For example, if we consider above example:

With ΔE76:

With ΔECMC2:1:

You should generally use the most recent and reliable ΔE2000 visual distance. The other color distance formulae

are only offered for compatibility with existing habits and old standards such as ISO12647-x or IDEAlliance that

specify using ΔE76.

On the same subject, we recommend using the universal Status I densitometry spectral response because it

works with all inks, and not only for CMYK. The DIN (Status E) and ANSI T (Status T) are only offered for

compatibility with pressroom CMYK densitometers when you print CMYK inks.

For density setting of your presses with CMYK inks, you should rather use Colorsource MagicPress application

that is more convenient for CMYK, and do not need displaying metamerism because ISO12647-x and IDEAlliance

CMYK print standards do not specify their target colors by spectral data but by colorimetric data only.

Nevertheless, the advanced CMYK Print House should use SPOT_Color_Manager for checking their CMYK inks

formulation quality and frequent formulation changes that can create undesirable metamerism effects.

L a b Density:

PANTONE C 80.1 28.4 73.9 0.95

ΔE with target color:

C.I.E. L*a*b* 2° L a b Density: 24.7 A

Ink: 46.8 90.0 1.47 25.6 D50

Paper absolute density: 24.8 F11

Associated media: paper SC 1.2 7.4 0.13

L a b Density: 5.1 A

Measured color at optimal print density: 77.3 35.9 69.2 0.94 9.3 D50

Ink thickness or concentration necessary adjustment: 57 10.2 F11


PANTONE UNCOATED

Choose the active standard library ►

PANTONE 123 U : Standard active lib. ink nearest to measured color


TARGET COLOR:

MEASURED COLOR:

at 430 nm

◄ tolerance ΔE76Maximal authorized density and ΔE within tolerance: (ΔE76) :

0.93

0.94 9.3

Standard_Lib_2 ΔE76

AUTO LIBRARY

ORANGE 1472

ΔE76

OPTIMAL DENSITY OF MEASURED COLOR:

93.6

72.6 at 450 nm

at 450 nm

at 450 nm

%

3.09.3Minimal authorized density and ΔE within tolerance: (ΔE76) :

L a b Density:

PANTONE C 76.5 36.7 65.5 0.91


C.I.E. L*a*b* 2° L a b Density: 9.3 A

Ink: 46.8 90.0 1.47 9.1 D50

Paper absolute density: 7.8 F11

Associated media: paper SC 1.2 7.4 0.13

L a b Density: 3.3 A


Ink thickness or concentration necessary adjustment: 54 2.7 F11


PANTONE UNCOATED


PANTONE 137 U : Standard active lib. ink nearest to measured color


TARGET COLOR:

MEASURED COLOR:

at 440 nm

◄ tolerance

ΔECMC2:1Maximal authorized density and ΔE within tolerance: (ΔECMC2:1) :

0.78

1.02 3.0

Standard_Lib_2 ΔECMC2:1

AUTO LIBRARY

ORANGE 1472

ΔECMC2:1


93.6

72.6 at 450 nm

at 450 nm

at 450 nm

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3.03.2Minimal authorized density and ΔE within tolerance: (ΔECMC2:1) :

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Using SPOT_Color_Manager with D50 2° Lab or XYZ only specified target:

You can use SPOT_Color_Manager for controlling any existing special ink on a print versus its target

C.I.E. Lab D50 2° apparent color. In this case, the application Optimal tab only displays the results which are

physically possible to know, because your target color is known ONLY under D50 light, i.e.:

1. C.I.E. Lab D50 2° apparent color of your measured ink, and its paper relative density,

2. Its ΔE76 or ΔE CMC 2:1* or ΔE2000 visual distance from the specified target color at current print

density, under D50 illuminant only,

3. Its optimal print density that ensures getting minimal D50 ΔE visual distance from the specified

target color, and minimal and maximal allowed densities within your specified ΔE tolerance.

4. The minimal ΔE76 or ΔE CMC 2:1* or ΔE2000 visual distances under D50 illuminant only that you

will get when printing your measured ink at recommended optimal print density.

If SPOT_Color_Manager application foresees a too large D50 visual distance, this may mean that your ink was

badly formulated, or was formulated on some substrate significantly different from your stock paper, or that

may be your press inkpot is polluted and a press wash is required.

(*) Please note that as for all other Colorsource software ΔECMC2:1 visual distance is computed with a symmetrized formula, because

otherwise the visual distance between two A and B colors could be different from the visual distance between same B and A colors!

SPOT_Color_Manager Optimal tab also offers powerful Tint Search functions. When you have specified your

measured ink and target color, Tint search pull-down menu allows you finding:

1. The measured ink nearest to your target, and its D50, A and F11 ΔE to this target.

2. The active standard library ink nearest to your measured ink, and its D50, A and F11 ΔE to your

measured ink.

3. The Custom ink nearest to your measured ink, and its D50, A and F11 ΔE to your measured ink.

4. The Custom or active standard library ink nearest to your measured ink, and its D50, A and F11 ΔE to

your measured ink.

5. If your target is a Custom color, you can also look for the ink in your active standard ink’s library

nearest to your Custom target, and its D50, A and F11 ΔE to your Custom target.

This is quite useful when you are working on finalizing specific ink formulations for a specific job, because it

allows you best possible use of all existing Measured, Custom, and Standard inks you have stored in your

application when doing other jobs.

L a b Density:

PANTONE C 53.6 73.7 45.5 ?


C.I.E. L*a*b* 2° L a b Density: ? A

Ink: 74.4 44.5 1.54 0.9 D50

Paper absolute density: ? F11

Associated media: paper AB 0.5 -3.5 0.09

L a b Density: ? A


Ink thickness or concentration necessary adjustment: 105 ? F11


PANTONE COATED PARTIAL



TARGET COLOR:

MEASURED COLOR:

?

◄ tolerance ΔE2000Maximal authorized density and ΔE within tolerance: (ΔE2000) :

1.40

1.85 2.9

Standard_Lib_1 ΔE2000

032C

Red 032 C_1_try

ΔE2000


91.5

54.3 at 520 nm

at 520 nm

at 520 nm

%

No spectral data

3.02.7Minimal authorized density and ΔE within tolerance: (ΔE2000) :

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The Spectra tab displays all useful spectral data of your attempt to match your measured ink to its target color:

Using Colorsource programs for multicolor printing

with or without a CMYK base:

SPOT_Color_Manager for ink quality control at reception, coupled with MagicPress and MagicPrepress

applications, allows excellent 7 colors prints with CMYK + Orange + Green + Blue, with offset, gravure or

flexographic print technologies, and CMYK press settings with spot colors matching ISO 12647-2-3-4-6 or

IDEAlliance or your own CUSTOM standards.

One last advice for avoiding wasting time and money:

When a Customer gives you a sample printed spot color, saying “This is Pantone n°3012 and I want the same",

you always should measure this Customer's sample tint and check it with SPOT_Color_Manager: You will very

often find that your Customer’s required color is NOT a Pantone N°3012!

This is quite true as well when the sample color is printed on a “Pantone swatch book", the latter having too

often contained in the past some involuntary - or maybe sometimes deliberate - print errors!

A very good exercise: Check your own PANTONE swatch book:

1. Which inks are well formulated and printed at appropriate thickness?

2. Which inks are well formulated but not printed at appropriate thickness?

3. Which inks are badly formulated and cannot match their reference color at any density and/or show

bad metamerism even if printed at optimal ink thickness?

Only the digital spectral reflectance of a tint can be a reliable and complete data.

Only trust spectral MEASURES and you will save a lot of time and money!

Colorsource.

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Troubleshooting and FAQS:

The application does not launch:

Colorsource applications are using Microsoft Excel for computing engine. Use Microsoft Excel 2007, Excel 2010

or Excel 2013, 2016, 365 or later.

Please note that Excel (or Microsoft Office) should be installed with appropriate Microsoft Office components

including Visual Basic, otherwise the application will not launch.

Sometimes optional components of Microsoft Excel (depending on your Excel version and installation kit) MUST

be installed. If needed go to Windows Control Panel, in the program’s installation menu:

Right click on 2007 or 2010 or 2013 or 2016 or later Microsoft Office

System and ask to modify the existing installation:

Shared office components such as fonts and Visual Basic for

Applications have to be installed.

Then launch Excel and go to Excel Options, Confidentiality

management center, and then press the Parameters button:

You HAVE TO approve the access to object model of VBA project:

Check your Excel version is installed with

all most recent Microsoft updates.

For checking Excel is up to date,

go to Excel/Options/Resources (Excel

2007), or go to Excel/File/Help or to

Excel/File/Account and then press the

« Search for updates » button.

Finally, if the application does not launch, disable your antivirus: There are no problems with most of the serious

antivirus applications (including Windows native protection systems, free antivirus like Avira, AVG etc.) but some

rare antivirus applications may prevent the application launching.

Make a test by disabling your antivirus and if necessary, change of antivirus program if your present application

is the problem.

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I cannot paste or import my measurement data in application tabs:

The program says it is “The cell is write protected”.

Please note before pasting your spectral measurement text file to Measure tab, you need first select cell "Paste

here!" with your mouse, or select a cell in the relevant "Tint names" column when using SPOT_Color_Manager,

in order to paste your data at the right location.

If you don’t select the right cell, you may get a “write protected message”: This does not mean the useful cells

are write protected: This means that your text measurement file tries to write not only the allowed cells but also

one or more write protected cell(s) around.

This can happen for example if you add many blanks (and invisible!) lines at the end of the text measurement

file after the last data line “END_DATA”, or if blank data are present at the end of each line.

The application shows error messages such as “#####” or strange curves in the

result display tabs once I have pasted my data:

Check your measurement data decimal separator is a dot. If needed see the details in the Software installation and

brief description Guide on page 11.

Check you have pasted your measurement data at the right location(s) in your Colorsource application.

i1Profiler refuses to measure my PLATE chart in scan mode, telling measured

colors do not match the reference file:

See the “Software installation and brief description Guide”

Eye-One Share application does not see my Eye-one Pro 1 or 2:

Please see Eye-One Share installation procedure for Windows 64 bits versions on page 11 of the “Software

installation and brief description Guide”.

I cannot find all Pantone 2004 tints in my Eye-One Share Pantone libraries:

You need to use X-Rite installation CD-ROM as on aside

monitor copy: Press Color Guides.

But in order to use i1Share with the latest PANTONE

digital libraries, you can use Colorsource FREE

CxF3_to_CGATS application that allows you extracting all

modern PANTONE digital libraries from Pantone Color

Manager and InkFormulation applications, and convert

them into CGATS format for use with ColorPicker,

MeasureTool, SPOT_Color_Manager and Eye-One

Share.

Results tabs display too small or too large on my monitor:

Press “Ctrl” key and use the mouse wheel for zooming in or out, and then save your application (“Ctrl s”).

You can mask Excel ribbon (Point the ribbon with your mouse and use the mouse right button menu).

You can as well use Excel FULL SCREEN display (menu display … Full screen) because you do not need Excel

menus for making full use of Colorsource software. The Escape key allows switching back to normal Excel display

mode.

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Colorsource software search for the language at each start:

Each Colorsource application detects your keyboard language and configures the appropriate language at first

launch. You have to save your application ("Ctrl s" or File/Save) for avoiding the application searching the

language at each following launch.

Any other question or suggestions? [email protected]

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