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iColor Display 3.7
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Page 2: ...ble law you may not copy decompile reverse engineer disassemble modify or create derivative works of the Quatographic Software or any part thereof The use of the software for consultant work is not allowed To obtain a special consultant license get in touch with the Qua tographic representatives in your territory THE QUATOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILIT...

Page 3: ...NY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE QUATOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE HOWEVER CAUSED REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE AND EVEN IF QUATOGRAPHIC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES...

Page 4: ...ent Artwork 2007 2011 Quatographic Tech nology GmbH Use typeface Meta Normal Book and Bold All brand names are mentioned for information only and the rights on these Brands will be respected About the manual ...

Page 5: ...D Page 26 Support Page 32 Technische Daten Page 36 Software Installation iColor Page 60 iColor Display 3 Software Page 48 Basics Page 48 Calibration Page 52 Saving the Profile Page 56 Test Page 57 UDACT Certification Page 57 SWOP Certification Page 58 Gamut Viewer Page 59 Profile Selection Page 60 Whitepoint Editor Page 60 Spotcolor Page 61 Lightbox Page 61 ...

Page 6: ...duction between all parts of the workflow That is the only way to ensure a consistent color transformation from the creative professionals to the final print or product The heart of this workflow is of course the monitor that acts as a creative tool on the one hand and as a precise judgement instance on the other hand Photographers need an exact color control in real time prepress professio nals d...

Page 7: ...oblematic issues upon comparing softproofs on a display with prints The tonal response of a print always depends on the light that is used to illu minate the viewing area As lighting is crucial meta meric effects will occur The color rendering and our perception will be different from the original A red could easily tend to be orange or a blue looks much less saturated just because of different li...

Page 8: ...curate Therefore a device correction is needed for displays that differ from the standard like Wide Gamut or White LED RGB LED A spectrophotometer does not need any kind of training Display Basics A display uses an additive color system where the addition of red green and blue results in white So far the theory Unfortunately the real world is diffe rent With printers and the used subtractive syste...

Page 9: ...r 25 of all the colors However the best way is to do all corrections inside the display and also correct the non linear behaviour there This will help to keep the full bandwidth To do so a dedicated interface is needed to communicate with the display This approach is called hardware calibration while the first two ways are called soft ware calibration The hardware calibrated Quato displays either ...

Page 10: ...Display offers some more adaptions like vonKries XYZ scaling or Cat02 LMS These adaption should only be used if you need to comply to special environments Gradation The gradation or tonal response curce TRC is ano ther important part that needs to be adjusted cor rectly Sometimes one can find statements like PC uses Gamma 2 2 and Mac uses Gamma 1 8 and the refore the display has to calibrated to t...

Page 11: ...a luminance range of 120cd m2 to 160cd m2 The darker the environment the lower the brightness has to be within the defined range Keep in mind that driving a display at higher lumi nances than 160cd m2 will result in a fast aging of the backlight The backligth decay is not covered by any warranty Therefore please use the display at the recommended luminance level Profile locations Color profiles ca...

Page 12: ...12 More Info More info about calibration and how to set up the applications can be found in the Softproofing Hand book available on the website of the FOGRA http forschung fogra org index php getlang en ...

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Page 14: ...tion for Windows XP 32 If Windows prompts with a question about automa tic driver search in the internet just ignore this and follow the steps below Now select that you would like to install the software from another source Search the directory see above of the iColor Display application and select the driver folder Windows possibly reports about a missing signature of the driver Just ignore this ...

Page 15: ...10x Please perform the installation of the measurement device drivers in the same way as described above Installation for Windows 7 32 64 If Windows prompts with a question about automa tic driver search in the internet just ignore this and follow the steps below Now select that you would like to install the software from another source Search the directory see above of the iColor Display applicat...

Page 16: ...ystem is requiered You can check the status of the device with the Apple System Profiler About more Info The USB Inter face shows up as CP210x Calibration Processor The measurement devices can be connected to your Mac without installing a driver iColor Display inclu des all necessary device frameworks Only for the Basiccolor Discus measurement device a driver is necessary It could be found in the ...

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Page 18: ...r acetone Use a cleaner inten ded for use with a screen or display Never spray cleaner directly onto the screen It might drip inside the display and cause damage Even though the display has a power switch on the back the only way to completely disconnect power is to unplug the power cord Disconnect power immediately if the power cord is frayed or damaged if something spilled on the dis play or if ...

Page 19: ...sensor Silver Haze Pro use the velcro sling that is located on the inner top of the hood Make a sling and guide the USB cable through the sling Then fasten the sling and mount it on the velcro in the inner top of the hood as shown on the right side If you use other devices like the EyeOne Display or the Datacolor Spyder 2 3 the velcro sling can also be used If you want to use the EyeOne Pro spectr...

Page 20: ... measurement device only after the software installation Notice Only a digital connection DCI HDMI or Dis playPort will allow a hardware calibration If the dis play is connected via VGA or the VGA part of DVI I no hardware calibration will be performed Basics TFTs need a warmup period Do not calibrate or use the display for color critical work in the first 60 minu tes During this warmup period gam...

Page 21: ...l find the only user control a short click on this button opens the OSD a long click on the button switches the unit on off turning the button up down lets you move through the OSD Clicking the button lets you select a function and again turning will change values Notice The OSD is not often used as control and setup is performed by the iColor Display software Notice When adjusting color values fo...

Page 22: ...22 Intelli Color 190 Intelli Color 201 and 213 Connection Layout ...

Page 23: ...23 Intelli Proof 190 and 201 Intelli Proof 213 and 213 excellence ...

Page 24: ...0 240 Intelli Proof 220 230 240 242 260 262 264 excellence Out In SDI HD CVBS S Video XS Y G Pb B Pr R Component DVI D DVI I USB Out In SDI HD CVBS S Video XS Y G Pb B Pr R Component DVI D DVI I USB Intelli Proof 240 motion and 260 motion excellence ...

Page 25: ...b DVI D DVI I USB Power DisplayPort Calibration Hub DVI D DVI I USB Power DisplayPort Intelli Proof 242 excellence and 240 excellence LED Rückseitige Anschlüsse des Proof View 700 42 und des Intelli Proof 420 excellence ...

Page 26: ...elli Proof 270 excellence Rückseitige Anschlüsse des Intelli Proof 300 excellence USB Downstream USB Upstream 1 USB Upstream 2 DisplayPort DVI 1 DVI 2 USB Downstream USB Upstream 1 USB Upstream 2 DisplayPort 1 DisplayPort 2 DVI 1 DVI 2 ...

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Page 28: ...The Calibration Menu is used to adjust the manual calibration values of the Intelli Color 190 201 and 213 Select the preset that matches your setup clo sest and adjust the RGB values HW calibration Hardware Calibration RGB 1 8 RGB adjustment with Gamma 1 8 RGB 2 2 RGB adjustment with Gamma 2 2 RGB L RGB adjustment with L Gradation D55 1 8 5 500K with Gamma 1 8 Notice Some older displays do not all...

Page 29: ...light brightness Contrast is only available if the display is used in VGA mode Image adjusts position and size of the image in ana logue mode The Color Setup is used to switch between the two calibration modes Hardware Calibration RGB RGB adjustment with Gamma 2 2 For a manual calibration just select RGB and adjust the RGB values accordingly Frequency and phase can be used to finetune an image if ...

Page 30: ...the display is used in VGA mode Image adjusts the position and size of the image in analogue mode The Color Setup is used to switch between the two calibration modes Hardware Calibration RGB RGB adjustment with Gamma 2 2 For a manual calibration just select RGB and adjust the RGB values accordingly Frequency and phase can be used to finetune an image if the Auto Setup results in a suboptimum image...

Page 31: ...caling OSD Position Recall Reset UART Switch for service only Language Upon the first use the display will show an Out of Sync warning because the unit does not search for a signal automatically Therefore please press the button on the right and select an input Auto Setup performs an automatic adjustment when a VGA signal is used Brightness controls the backlight brightness The Color Mode is used ...

Page 32: ...adjustment when a VGA signal is used Brightness controls the backlight brightness Image adjusts the position and size of the image in analogue mode The Image adjustment supports some advanced video related features Contrast default 50 Black Level default 50 Position Clock Phase analogue Reversal 180 rotation Blue Channel displays only the blue channel to check about noise Range Switch toggles betw...

Page 33: ...ge the OSD position the scaling and to reset the whole unit The Stabilisation feature is used to toggle between a stabilized mode or unstabilized mode whitepoint luminance The PIP feature allows you to display a second video source in a moveable and sizeable window Only one data and video connection can be active during PIP It is not possible to mix two data or two video con nections ...

Page 34: ... das OSD Untermenü Schließt das OSD Steuerungsmenü 6 LINKS RECHTS Navigiert im OSD Steuerungsmenü nach LINKS bzw RECHTS Sie können die Helligkeit direkt anpassen während das OSD Menü aus ist 7 AUF AB Navigiert im OSD Steuerungsmenü nach oben bzw unten Zeigt das Menü Bildmodus an wenn das OSD Steuerungsme nü nicht aktiv ist 8 RESET PIP Setzt das OSD Steuerungsmenü zurück auf die Werkseinstel lungen...

Page 35: ...und das Sekun därbild durch Drücken der Tasten LINKS RECHTS unabhängig voneinander ausgewählt werden Menü BIB MODUS Drücken Sie die Tasten AUF AB um das Sekundärbild zu aktivieren deaktiv ieren Drücken Sie die Tasten LINKS RECHTS um das Haupt und das Sekun därbild zu tauschen Die Funktionalität der Tasten LINKS RECHTS und AUF AB ist je nach Darstel lung Querformat Hochformat Des OSD Menüs austausc...

Page 36: ...ad the profile again with the iColor Display Software After years of usage the backlight will age This is typical for TFT displays and not covered by the warranty If the screen is non uniform Perform a UDACT uniformity measurement If the values are within 10 and 4 C the display is within the specs for a ISO 12646 compliant display For ADC equipped Intelli Proof excellence and LE displays Quato off...

Page 37: ...ff dark With the millions of subpixels on a display it is quite possible to have a low number of faulty transistors on an LCD The refore a certain number of subpixel anomalies is considered acceptable Rejecting all but perfect LCD panels would significantly increase the retail price for products using LCD displays These factors apply to all manufacturers using LCD technology ISO standard 13406 def...

Page 38: ... can prevent image persistence by using the Screen Saver to make sure that a static image isn ot on the display for long periods of time Do not use the Energy Saver sleep feature because you need to warm up the display after sleep again for at least 60 minutes Service and Hotline Quato displays are manufactured at very high stan dards If in any event the display should neverthe less show a problem...

Page 39: ...ato partner first You can also send the unit on your behalf and cost to Quato Quato will return the unit after repair or replace it The decision regarding repair or replacement is up to Quato and the end user has no legal rights to expect or demand a new unit in exchange of a used unit The warranty period is not extended by any kind of repair Notice Quato services displays only in the country wher...

Page 40: ... LCD Linearity 1 5 Interface USB 1 1 Power via USB Size 64 x 89 x 41mm Weight 120gr Temperature range 10 to 35 C Storage 0 to 45 C Environment 30 to 60 relative humidity non condensing To measure larger gamuts or different spectra correctly a correction for the device is necessary iColor Display offers corrections for all Quato wide gamut displays generic PVA IPS wide gamut displays and displays w...

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Page 42: ...d v1 0 Sync Signal Separate Sync TTL Level Sync on Green Composite Sync TTL Level Scaling 1 1 or full screen The display always needs the native resolution dur ing start up Plug Play VESA DDC2B compatible Energy management VGA based on DPMS DVI based on DMPM Connections 1x 19 pol DVI D digital DVI 1x 15 pol VGA USB 1 1 calibration port with Intelli Proof 190 bus powered USB 1 1 2 port hub Intelli ...

Page 43: ...c Signal Separate Sync TTL Level Sync on Green Composite Sync TTL Level Scaling 1 1 or full screen The display always needs the native resolution dur ing start up Plug Play VESA DDC2B compatible Energy management VGA based on DPMS DVI based on DMPM Connections 1x 19 pol DVI D digital DVI 1x 15 pol VGA USB 1 1 calibration port with Intelli Proof 201 bus powered USB 1 1 2 port hub Intelli Color Ergo...

Page 44: ...p 75 Ohm Digital Based on DVI Standard v1 0 Sync Signal Separate Sync TTL Level Sync on Green Composite Sync TTL Level Scaling 1 1 or full screen The display always needs the native resolution dur ing start up Plug Play VESA DDC2B compatible Energy management VGA based on DPMS DVI based on DMPM Connections 1x 19 pol DVI D digital DVI 1x 15 pol VGA USB 1 1 calibration port IP only USB 1 1 2 port hu...

Page 45: ...igital Based on DVI Standard v1 0 Sync Signal Separate Sync TTL Level Sync on Green Composite Sync TTL Level Scaling 1 1 or full screen The display always needs the native resolution dur ing start up Plug Play VESA DDC2B compatible Energy management VGA based on DPMS DVI based on DMPM Connections 1x 19 pol DVI D digital DVI 1x 15 pol VGA 2 port hub self powered calibration via USB Ergonomics Heigh...

Page 46: ...d on DVI Standard v1 0 Sync Signal Separate Sync TTL Level Sync on Green Composite Sync TTL Level Scaling 1 1 or full screen The display always needs the native resolution dur ing start up Plug Play VESA DDC2B compatible Energy management VGA based on DPMS DVI based on DMPM Connections 1x 19 pol DVI D digital DVI 1x 15 pol VGA USB 2 0 calibration port with 2 port hub self powered Ergonomics Height...

Page 47: ... Vp p 75 Ohm Digital Based on DVI Standard v1 0 Sync Signal Separate Sync TTL Level Sync on Green Composite Sync TTL Level Scaling 1 1 or full screen The display always needs the native resolution dur ing start up Plug Play VESA DDC2B compatible Energy management VGA based on DPMS DVI based on DMPM Connections 1x 19 pol DVI D 1x 15 pol VGA USB 2 0 calibration port with 2 port hub self powered Ergo...

Page 48: ...RGB 0 7 Vp p 75 Ohm Digital Based on DVI Standard v1 0 Sync Signal Separate Sync TTL Level Sync on Green Composite Sync TTL Level Scaling 1 1 or full screen The display always needs the native resolution dur ing start up Plug Play VESA DDC2B compatible Energy management VGA based on DPMS DVI based on DMPM Connections 1x 19 pol DVI D 1x 15 pol VGA USB 2 0 calibration port with 2 port hub self power...

Page 49: ...178 1 10 Video Signal Analogue RGB 0 7 Vp p 75 Ohm Digital Based on DVI Standard v1 0 Sync Signal Separate Sync TTL Level Sync on Green Composite Sync TTL Level Scaling 1 1 or full screen The display always needs the native resolution dur ing start up Plug Play VESA DDC2B compatible Energy management VGA based on DPMS DVI based on DMPM Connections 1x 19 pol DVI D 1x 15 pol VGA USB 2 0 calibration ...

Page 50: ...ital Based on DVI Standard v1 0 Sync Signal Separate Sync TTL Level Sync on Green Composite Sync TTL Level Scaling 1 1 or full screen The display always needs the native resolution dur ing start up Plug Play VESA DDC2B compatible Energy management VGA based on DPMS DVI based on DMPM Connections 1x 19 pol DVI D 1x 23 pol DVI I DisplayPort 10bit USB 2 0 calibration port with 2 port hub self powered ...

Page 51: ...l Analogue RGB 0 7 Vp p 75 Ohm Digital Based on DVI Standard v1 0 SDI Single Link HD SDI Sync Signal Separate Sync TTL Level Sync on Green Composite Sync TTL Level Scaling 1 1 or full screen The display always needs the native resolution dur ing start up Plug Play VESA DDC2B compatible Energy management VGA based on DPMS DVI based on DMPM Connections 1x 19 pol DVI D 1x 23 pol DVI I USB calibration...

Page 52: ...to Intelli Proof Displays Notice iColor Display needs administrator rights to save and load the profiles It is also possible to enable admin rights on the profiles folder only Licensing Upon the startup of iColor Display the software sear ches for a connected Quato Display and enables the features in accordance to the detected display If no Quato display is used you have to manually load the licen...

Page 53: ...le Cinema 24 Display or the iMac 21 5 27 is used in conjunction with a colorimeter not used with spectro photometers Calibration Settings To meet the demands of novice users as well as professional or corporate users iColor Display offers three setup options Easy Mode The Easy Mode is targeted to novice users or cor porate users that use specific corporate wide pre sets Simply select the working c...

Page 54: ...ons If you want to gain full access to all features of the software the LE version can easily be upgraded to a full version Advanced Mode In the Advanced Mode the user has access to all advanced parameters for the calibration Here the whitepoint can be defined in Kelvin in CIExy in CIE XYZ or with a measured paper white in CIELAB D50 Both the white and the black point are individually configurable...

Page 55: ... Quato monitors can be matched exactly to each other even remote Just define one display as reference and publish the profile so that all the other users will have access to it All users simply select the published profile by ope ning it and the exact setting of the reference display will be used for calibration This includes the white point s xy values not Kelvin the luminance and gradation chara...

Page 56: ...ion itself lasts between 12 15 minutes depending on how many iterations the software has to perform to match the target Software Calibration For a software calibration white point gamma contrast and luminance must be manually adjusted prior to the calibration to adjust the screen as much as possible to the calibration target Intelli Color factory calibration At first adjust the Whitepoint The soft...

Page 57: ...tware has to perform to match the target The Finetuning feature allows you to check the correction curves that are stored in the Videocard Gamma Table VCGT often called graphic card LUT It is possible to finetune the curves by either adust ing them all together or one by one However this is only a finetuning function Greater deviations bet ween display and expectation should be corrected by adjust...

Page 58: ...art button the measurement will start Next to the measurement window iColor Dis play shows the target values for your information All measured values are also displayed in the color cal culator widget on the right bottom of the iColor Dis play window During calibration the remaining de viations will be corrected in the Video Card Gamma Table VCGT of the graphics card The stronger the correction th...

Page 59: ...o the tar get the software will automatically stop the mea surement If it is not possible to get the indicators close to the center position the measurement has to be terminated by the user Next press the Calibration button on the left After pressing the Start button the measurement will start Next to the measurement window iColor Display shows the target values for your information All measured v...

Page 60: ...ack calibration Follow the instructions on the screen and then place the sensor on the measurement window During profiling only the color characteristics will me measured No correction or adjustment to a speci fic target whitepoint or luminance will take place However as the display is now precisely described colormanagement applications are able to transform color correctly Next went on to save t...

Page 61: ...ndividual and objective certification of softproofing and color displays Backed up by the reputation of the Swiss Center of Competence for Media and Printing Technology the UDACT is the first institutional approach for the certification of soft proofing displays In today s media landscape an objective certifica tion of the calibration precision like the ugra fogra MediaWedge for contract proofing ...

Page 62: ... profile To perform the certification the Quato SWOP ADS application data sheet has to be followed The complete ADS and necessary files can be found on the Quato website and on the Quato CD At first calibrate the display by using the following parameters Gamma 2 3 Whitepoint 5 000K LUT profile It is also possible to use a different setup but the certification will not be based on the ADS Then you ...

Page 63: ...oto shop to the center of the screen and measure each patch in the order instructed The Delta E values should remain less than 3 0 E maximum 2 E average for a SWOP Certified display system in Photoshop If the systems passed certification a SWOP logo will appear and a report of the validation process can be saved and printed Gamut Viewer The Gamut Viewer offers the ability to display up to three IC...

Page 64: ...displays to each other while the white background is best suited to match a display to a viewing booth To match it to a viewing booth the paper for which the adjustment should be done must be inside the booth Keep in mind that display s and viewing booth need to have a quite similar luminance To adjust the whitepoint simply move the Kelvin slider Doing so will move the whitepoint exactly up down o...

Page 65: ...ment and press Measure You can either define a color in iColor Display mea sure it here define the same color in another appli cation and perform a second measurement You can also measure any color in an application Define the color in one application like Photoshop and measure the reference there Then define the color in the second application and measure the sample Make sure that the position of...

Page 66: ...ance to the paper inside the booth as shown in the illustration on the left Then press Measure and calibrate the display to the measured whitepoint The tonal response of the initial profile will be used You can later use the whitepoint editor to finetune the visual match Notice It is necessary to perform an initial calibra tion because iColor Display needs a basis for the calculations Color Calcul...

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