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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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<meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="content-type">
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<title>printtarg</title>
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<meta name="author" content="Graeme Gill">
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<h2><b>target/printtarg</b></h2>
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<h3>Summary</h3>
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Create a PostScript (PS), Embedded PostScript (EPS) or Tagged Image File
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Format (TIFF) file containing profile test patch values, ready for printing.<br>
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<h3>Usage Summary</h3>
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<span style="font-family: monospace;">printtarg [options] <i>basename</i><br>
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<a href="#v">-v</a>
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Verbose mode<br>
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<a href="#u">-u</a> Emit JSON manifest of generated target pages on stdout<br>
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<a href="#i">-i 20 | 22 | 41 | 51 | SS | i1 | p3 | CM</a> Select
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target instrument (default i1)<br>
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i1 = i1Pro, 3p = i1Pro3+, CM = ColorMunki<br>
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20
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=
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DTP20,
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22
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DTP22, 41 = DTP41, 51 = DTP51, SS = SpectroScan,<br>
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<a href="#a">-a scale</a>
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Scale
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patch
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and
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spacer
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size
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by factor (e.g. 0.857 or 1.5 etc.)<br>
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<a href="#A">-A scale</a>
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Scale
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spacer
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size
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by
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additional
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factor (e.g. 0.857 or 1.5 etc.)<br>
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<a href="#h">-h</a>
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Use hexagon patches for SS, double density for CM<br>
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<a href="#r">-r</a>
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Don't randomize patch location<br>
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<a href="#s">-s</a>
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Create
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a
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scan
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image
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recognition
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(.cht) file<br>
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<a href="#S">-S</a>
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Same
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as
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-s,
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but
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don't
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generate wide orientation strip.<br>
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<a href="#c">-c</a>
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Force colored spacers<br>
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<a href="#b">-b</a>
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Force B&W spacers<br>
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<a href="#n">-n</a>
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Force no spacers<br>
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<a href="#f">-f</a>
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Create
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PostScript DeviceN Color fallback<br>
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<a href="#w">-w g|r|s|n</a>
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White colorspace encoding DeviceGray (def), DeviceRGB, Separation or
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DeviceN<br>
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<a href="#k">-k g|c|s|n</a>
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Black colorspace encoding DeviceGray (def), DeviceCMYK, Separation or
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DeviceN<br>
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<a href="#o">-o k|n</a>
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CMY
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colorspace encoding DefiveCMYK (def), inverted DeviceRGB or DeviceN<br>
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<a href="#e">-e</a>
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Output EPS compatible file<br>
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<a href="#t">-t [res]</a>
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Output
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8
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TIFF
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raster
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file, optional res DPI (default 200)<br>
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<a href="#T">-T [res]</a>
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Output
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16
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TIFF
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raster
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file, optional res DPI (default 200)<br>
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<a href="#C">-C</a>
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Don't
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use TIFF compression<br>
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<a href="#N">-N</a>
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Use
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TIFF
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alpha
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N
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channels
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more than 4<br>
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<a href="#D">-D</a>
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Dither 8 bit TIFF values down from 16 bit<br>
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<a href="#d">-d "string"</a> Custom target label string, or "" to omit labelling<br>
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<a href="#Q">-Q nbits</a>
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Quantize
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test
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values
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to
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fit
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in nbits<br>
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-<a href="#K">K file.cal</a> Apply
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printer calibration to patch values and include in .ti2<br>
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<a href="#I">-I file.cal</a> Include
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calibration in .ti2 (but don't apply it)</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: monospace;"> <a href="#R">-R rsnum</a>
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Use given random start number<br>
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<a href="#x">-x pattern</a> Use
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given strip indexing pattern (Default = "A-Z, A-Z")<br>
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<a href="#y">-y pattern</a> Use
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given patch indexing pattern (Default = "0-9,@-9,@-9;1-999")<br>
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<a href="#m">-m margin</a>
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Set a page margin in mm (default 6.0 mm)<br>
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<a href="#M">-M margin</a>
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Set a page margin in mm and include it in TIFF<br>
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<a href="#P">-P</a>
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Don't limit strip length<br>
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<a href="#L">-L</a>
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Suppress
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any
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left
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paper
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clip
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border<br>
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<a href="#U">-U</a>
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Suppress CUPS cupsJobTicket: cups-disable-cmm in PS & EPS files<br>
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<a href="#p">-p size</a>
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Select page size from:<br>
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A4
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[210.0 x 297.0 mm]<br>
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A4R
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[297.0 x 210.0 mm]<br>
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A3
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[297.0 x 420.0 mm] (default)<br>
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A2 [420.0 x 594.0 mm]<br>
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Letter
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[215.9 x 279.4 mm]<br>
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LetterR [279.4 x 215.9 mm]<br>
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Legal [215.9 x 355.6 mm]<br>
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4x6 [101.6 x 152.4 mm]<br>
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11x17
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[279.4 x 431.8 mm]<br>
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<a href="#pp">-p WWWxHHH</a>
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Custom size, WWW mm wide by HHH mm high<br>
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<i><a href="#p1">basename</a></i>
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Base name for input(<a href="File_Formats.html#.ti1">.ti1</a>),
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output(<a href="File_Formats.html#.ti2">.ti2</a>) and
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output(.ps/.eps/.tif)</span><br>
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<h3>Usage Details and Discussion</h3>
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<b> printtarg</b> is used to generate a PostScript or TIFF print file from
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device test values in a .ti1 file. It output both a PostScript/EPS/TIFF
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file, and a .ti2 file containing the device test values together with the
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layout information needed to identify the patch location. This module can
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also generate the image recognition templates needed to read the print
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targets in using a scanner.<br>
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<a name="v"></a> The <b>-v</b> flag turns on verbose mode. Prints
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information about how many patches there are in a row, how many patches in a
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set, and how many pages will be generated. Good for figuring out what
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the magic number of patches should be for a particular page size.<br>
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<a name="u"></a> The <b>-u</b> flag emits a structured JSON manifest upon
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completion to <code>stdout</code> detailing the generated files, physical dimensions,
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and patch counts per page.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="i"></a> The <b>-i</b> parameter should be used to tell printtarg
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which instrument it should lay the patches out for. Each instrument has a
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slightly different requirement, and will lead to a different number of
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patches ending up on a particular page size. For a generic type of chart,
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try <span style="font-weight: bold;">SS</span>.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="a"></a><a name="A"></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;">-a, -A: </span>Normally,
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<b>printtarg</b> prints test patches that are the minimum size that can be
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reliably and accurately read by the instrument. For some media, it
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might be desirable to use test patches that are larger than this minimum
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(e.g. if the media has poor registration, gets physically distorted in the
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print production process, or if it has a coarse screen, and there are few
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samples per patch), and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">-a</span> flag
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should be given an argument greater than 1.0 to increase the patch length,
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patch width, and spacer size between patches, if it is appropriate for the
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type of instrument. A value of 1.5 would make the patch 50% larger for
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instance. For the strip reading instruments the patch is made longer, the
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strip spacing remaining the same, while for XY scanning instruments, both
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the width and height will be increased. If a value less than 1.0 is given as
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an argument, then the patches will be made smaller. For instance, using the
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SpectroScan instrument it is possible to reduce the test patches to 6mm
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rather than the default 7mm by supplying an argument of 0.857. Note that
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this make lining up of the scan head very critical, and increases the amount
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of bleed through from adjacent squares. For an instrument that needs color
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spacers between patches, <span style="font-weight: bold;">-a scale</span>
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also scales the spacer length. For some situations, this may be
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insufficient, and the <span style="font-weight: bold;"> -A scale</span>
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option can be used to additionally scale the spacer length.<br>
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Note that the for the <span style="font-weight: bold;">DTP20</span> only <span
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style="font-weight: bold;">-a </span>values of 1.0, 1.08, 1.54, 1.92, 2.0
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and that the patch width will be made no smaller than its length.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="h"></a> Normally, <b>printtarg</b> creates a regular grid of test
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patches, but for instruments that support arbitrary X, Y addressing (such as
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the SpectroScan). For the <span style="font-weight: bold;">SpectroScan</span>
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it can also create a chart using regular hexagonal patches, allowing more
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patches to be fitted into a single sheet if the <span style="font-weight: bold;">-h</span>
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flag is used. For the <span style="font-weight: bold;">ColorMunki</span>
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instrument, <span style="font-weight: bold;">-h</span> doubles the normal
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number of patches is printed by halving the row width. The patches are also
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staggered to improve the detection of a poor scan.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="r"></a> Normally, <b>printtarg</b> randomizes the patch locations,
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which helps strip reading instruments detect patch boundaries and the
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direction the strip was read in, as well as being able to detect incorrect
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strips being fed into strip reading instruments, and also assists in
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randomizing any systematic printing errors introduced into the test chart
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due to print engine unevenness, inkjet banding, or printing press ink key
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settings etc. The <b>-r</b> flag turns this off, and lays the test squares
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out in the order the values appear in, in the .ti1 file. Note that if you
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turn this off you probably want to <a href="chartread.html#B">disable
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bi-directional</a> strip reading in instruments such as the i1pro.<br>
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<a name="s"></a> The <b>-s</b> flag does two things. One is that it causes
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printtarg to output a chart recognition file (<a href="File_Formats.html#.cht">.cht</a>)
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so that <a href="scanin.html"> scanin</a> can recognize the chart, and
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convert rasterized patches into patch values, and the second is that is
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expands the size of the leading row of patches by 50%, to help make sure
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that each sheet can be oriented correctly by <a href="scanin.html"> scanin</a>.
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<a name="S"></a>If <b>-S</b> is used rather than <b>-s</b>, then the
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recognition chart will be created, but the leading row will be the same size
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as all the other rows.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="c"></a> For strip reading instruments, the contrast with the
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spacers is important in ensuring that a reading will be successful. Normally
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">printtarg</span> ensures this by printing
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optimally contrasting colored spacers between each measurement patch. The <b>-c</b>
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flag is therefore the default behaviour. <a name="b"></a>If the <b>-b</b>
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flag is used, then contrasting neutral colored spacers will be used, but
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these generally work less reliably than colored spacers. <a name="n"></a>The
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<b>-n</b> flag will cause spacers to be omitted, which may still work with
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smaller numbers of test values when the patch selection is randomized, but
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won't work successfully when a large number of test points is being used
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(>200), or when the patches are not randomized in location.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="f"></a><b>-f</b>: When creating a test chart for more than CMYK
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inks, a PostScript file normally contains color settings that use the
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PostScript level 3 "Device N" color specifications. Such color
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specifications have a "fallback" color, for PostScript interpreters that
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don't handle Device N specifications. Such fallback colors are normally set
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to a grayscale estimate of the patch color, so that it is possible to tell
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if the PostScript interpreter is not rendering the Device N values
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correctly. <a name="f"></a>The <b>-f</b> flag, causes the fallback color
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to be a color estimate of the Device N test patch color, which is useful for
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diagnostic purposes.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="e"></a> The <b>-e</b> flag gives EPS output, rather than
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PostScript, allowing the charts to be included in other applications.
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Because EPS disallows the showpage command, multiple EPS files will result
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for a multi-page test chart, each one having a two digit number sequence in
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it's name, so if the input file name is <span style="font-weight: bold;">chart</span>,
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then file <span style="font-weight: bold;">chart.ti1</span> will be read,
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and file <span style="font-weight: bold;">chart.ti2</span> written,
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together with <span style="font-weight: bold;">chart.eps</span> if there is
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only one page, or <span style="font-weight: bold;">chart_01.eps</span>, <span
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style="font-weight: bold;">chart_02.eps</span>, etc. if there is more than
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one page.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="t"></a><a name="T"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">-t [res],
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-T [res]</span> The <b>-t</b> flag gives TIFF raster output rather than
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PostScript, allowing the charts to be printed to systems that do not accept
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PostScript input. Because few systems understand multi-page TIFF files,
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multiple TIFF files will result for a multi-page test chart, each one having
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a two digit number sequence in it's name, so if the input file name is <span
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style="font-weight: bold;">chart</span>, then file <span style="font-weight: bold;">chart.ti1</span>
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will be read, and file <span style="font-weight: bold;">chart.ti2</span>
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written, together with <span style="font-weight: bold;">chart.tif</span> if
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there is only one page, or <span style="font-weight: bold;">chart_01.tif</span>,
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">chart_02.tif</span>, etc. if there is more
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than one page. By default the resolution of the chart will be 100 Dots Per
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Inch (DPI), but this can be changed by providing an optional DPI argument
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after the <span style="font-weight: bold;">-t</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;">-T</span>
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flag. If the <span style="font-weight: bold;">-t</span> flag is used, then
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an 8 bit per component TIFF file will be created. If the <span style="font-weight: bold;">-T</span>
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flag is used, then a 16 bit per component TIFF file will be created. Note
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that if 8 bit TIFF<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> output is
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selected (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-t</span>) without dithering (no
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">-D) </span>then the values will by default
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be quantized to 8 bits, and that if 16 bit TIFF<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>
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output is selected (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-T</span>) or 8 bit
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TIFF with dithering (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-D)</span>, then the
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values will by default be quantized to 16 bits (see <a href="#Q">-Q</a>
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flag). The raster file will be the page size specified minus the <a href="#m">-m</a>
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margin.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="C"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">-C:</span> Normally the
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TIFF files created will be compressed using LZW compression to save space.
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Some systems may not support this compression, so it can be disabled by
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using the <span style="font-weight: bold;">-C</span> flag.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="N"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">-N:</span> When creating
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TIFF files with more than 4 colorants, the normal Separated mode is used.
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Some systems don't cope well with extra colorants presented in this manner,
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and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">-N</span> flag causes all the
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channels greater than 4 to be labelled as "Alpha" channels, which may be
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more palatable.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="D"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">-D:</span> When creating
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TIFF files with 8 bit output, dither the values to give effective 16 bit
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precision. Note this is applied after any quantization of the test values
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(see <a href="#Q">-Q</a>). Note that this might interfere (i.e. give
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alias/moire patterns) in printed output if the printer uses screening that
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happens to clash. Note also that dithering is effectively linearly
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interpolating between the 8 bit values using spatial averaging, and that
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therefore the device response may also be a linear interpolation between its
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8 bit output values, adding no effective extra precision to the device
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measurement. <br>
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<br>
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<a name="Q"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">-Q:</span> Normally the
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target device values are floating point numbers that may get rounded and
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quantized in the process of printing them or reproducing them on the
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printing or display device. If some of this quantization can be accounted
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for, it may improve the accuracy of the resulting profile, and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Q</span>
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parameter allows this quantization to be specified. The parameter is the
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number of binary digits (bits) that the device values should be quantized
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to. In many systems the right value would be 8 bits. Note that if 8 bit TIFF<span
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style="font-weight: bold;"></span> output is selected (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-t</span>)
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without dithering (no <span style="font-weight: bold;">-D) </span>then the
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values will by default be quantized to 8 bits, and that if 16 bit TIFF<span
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style="font-weight: bold;"></span> output is selected (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-T</span>)
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or 8 bit TIFF with dithering (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-D)</span>,
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then the values will by default be quantized to 16 bits.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="K"></a> The <b>-K file.cal</b> parameter specifies a printer
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calibration file created by <a href="printcal.html">printcal</a>, and the
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supplied calibration curves will be applied to the test patch values. This
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allows profiling of a printing system that doesn't natively support
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calibration. The calibration curves will also be included in the resulting
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.ti2 file, so that they can be passed through to .ti3 file and ICC profile,
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to allow accurate computation of ink limits.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="I"></a> The <b>-I file.cal</b> parameter specifies a printer
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calibration file created by <a href="printcal.html">printcal</a>, and the
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calibration curves will be included in the included in the resulting .ti2
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file, so that they can be passed through to .ti3 file and ICC profile, to
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allow accurate computation of ink limits. The calibration <span style="font-weight: bold;">is
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not applied</span> to the test patch values, but is assumed to be applied
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somewhere else in the printing workflow when printing the profile test
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chart.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="R"></a> The <b>-R</b> parameter allows setting the random layout
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seed. Normally the seed is chosen at random, but sometimes it is useful to
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be able to generate a chart with the same layout, so a specific seed can be
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specified this way. The seed (ID) used to generate a chart is recorded in
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the .ti2 file, and is also in the label printed on the right hand side of
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each chart.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="x"></a> The <b>-x</b> parameter allows specifying the labeling
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sequence used for strips (e.g. the X axis of the chart). By default this
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will be a character sequence A, B, C .. Z. AA, AB, AC .. ZZ, but this can be
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changed by specifying an alternate labeling sequence pattern. The pattern
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specifies the labeling sequence as follows: First comes the definition of
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the symbols for each digit location, least significant to most significant,
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each digit separated by the ',' character. Note that space is a valid
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character. The number of definitions declares the maximum number of digits.
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For example, for a 2 digit numerical sequence: "0123456789, 123456789" would
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define 0..99 with the most significant digit suppressed when it is 0
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(because it uses a space rather than 0). Ranges can be used for brevity:
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"0-9, 1-9". As a special case, the '@' character can be used to instead of
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'0' to indicate suppression of the leading zero: "0-9,@-9". Leading ' '
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characters in the resulting generated sequence are omitted. Optionally
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following this and delimited by a ';' character, are the definitions of
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valid segments of the index sequence. For instance, to define the index
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range to be 1..19, 30..39 one could use the pattern "0-9, 1-9;1-19,30-39".
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Of course most of the time an alphabetic sequence will be wanted, to
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distinguish it from the numerical sequence used to number the patches in a
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strip. For a sequence A, B, C .. AA, AB, AC etc. (the default used in
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Argyll), the following patter would be used: "A-Z, A-Z". For a some ECI2002R
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charts that skip columns Y and Z, and use a leading numeric digits for
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addressing strips over 26, the following might be used: "A-Z,
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2-9;A-X,2A-9Z".<br>
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<br>
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<a name="y"></a> The <b>-y</b> parameter allows specifying the labeling
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sequence used for patches (e.g. the Y axis of the chart). By default this
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will be a number sequence 1, 2, ..10, 11, ... 999, but this can be changed
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|
by specifying an alternate labeling sequence pattern. See the above
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description for the labeling sequence encoding.<br>
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<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE</span> that the pattern chosen for the
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X and Y axes of the chart must be distinguishable, e.g. if they are both
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numbers or both letters then reading the chart will fail.<br>
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<br>
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<a name="w"></a> The <b>-w</b> parameter changes how a white colorspace
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|
test chart (ie. Additive Grey monochrome) will be represented in the
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Postscript or TIFF output. The default is to use the DeviceGray
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representation (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-wg</span>), but Device RGB
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|
can also be used, where the R, G &B values are all set to the same value
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(<span style="font-weight: bold;">-wr</span>), a <span style="font-weight: bold;">White</span>
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separation color can be specified (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-ws</span>),
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or a DeviceN <span style="font-weight: bold;">White</span> color can be
|
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used (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-wn</span>).<br>
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<br>
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<a name="k"></a> The <b>-k</b> parameter changes how a black colorspace
|
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test chart (ie. Subtractive Grey monochrome ) will be represented in the
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Postscript or TIFF output. The default is to use the DeviceGray
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representation (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-kg</span>), but Device
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CMYK can also be used, where the CMY values are zero, and just the K channel
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is used (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-kc</span>), a <span style="font-weight: bold;">Black</span>
|
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separation color can be specified (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-ks</span>),
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or a DeviceN <span style="font-weight: bold;">Black</span> color can be
|
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used (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-kn</span>).<br>
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<br>
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<a name="o"></a> The <b>-o</b> parameter changes how a CMY colorspace test
|
|
chart will be represented in the Postscript or TIFF output. The default is
|
|
to use the DeviceCMYK representation (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-ok</span>)
|
|
where the K value is always zero, or inverted Device RGB (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-or</span>),
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or as a 3 channel DeviceN colorsoace can be used (<span style="font-weight: bold;">-on</span>).<br>
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<br>
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<a name="m"></a> The <b>-m</b> parameter sets the page margin for all
|
|
sides. If the printer has print margins larger than the default assumed by <span
|
|
style="font-weight: bold;">printtarg,</span> then critical parts of the
|
|
test chart may be cropped or scaled, and not printed properly.<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>
|
|
Increasing the margin from the default of 6 mm to 10 or 15 mm, may alleviate
|
|
this problem. (Note that the number of patches per page may be reduced as a
|
|
consequence.) Decreasing the margin below 6 mm may be possible for printers
|
|
that have smaller or no margins, increasing the number of patches possible
|
|
on each page. A TIFF chart raster will be the size of the paper minus the
|
|
margin, so that it can be placed on a page that size without cropping or
|
|
inadvertent scaling.<br>
|
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<br>
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<a name="M"></a> The <b>-M</b> parameter sets the page margin for all sides
|
|
the same as <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-m</span></span>,
|
|
but for a TIFF chart the margin will be <span style="font-weight: bold;">included</span>
|
|
in the raster, meaning that the TIFF will have to be printed right to the
|
|
edge of the paper, or on paper larger than the raster size. (Having the
|
|
raster be the full page size may be useful in certain situations.)<br>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<a name="P"></a> The <b>-P</b> flag disables any normal limiting of strip
|
|
length that would normally be imposed due to guide or instrument
|
|
limitations. There is still an upper limit of around 500 patches or 2 Meters
|
|
though. Note that if you generate a strip larger than the instrument can
|
|
cope with, it may be unable to read the strip.<br>
|
|
<br>
|
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<a name="L"></a> The <b>-L</b> flag suppresses the left margin that is
|
|
added for instruments that have a paper holder that has a clip to hold the
|
|
chart in place, while it is being read. (Currently this is only the Eye-One
|
|
Pro).<br>
|
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<br>
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<a name="U"></a> The <b>-U</b> flag suppresses the CUPS %cupsJobTicket:
|
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cups-disable-cmm in PS and EPS files. By default this ensures that the
|
|
resulting files doesn't have color management applied to it. If you are
|
|
creating a test chart that should be color managed (perhaps because you want
|
|
to use it to verify the overall operation of the printing system), then you
|
|
can use the <b>-U</b> flag to disable this.<br>
|
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<br>
|
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<a name="d"></a> The <b>-d</b> parameter allows specifying a custom
|
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chart description/label string to be printed along the page/strip borders on
|
|
generated test target files (TIFF, PostScript, EPS), replacing the default
|
|
generated chart identifier. If an empty string is provided (<b>-d ""</b>),
|
|
chart labelling along the page borders is suppressed entirely.<br>
|
|
<br>
|
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<a name="p"></a> The <b>-p</b> parameter specifies the paper size. The size
|
|
can either be one of the default sizes, <a name="pp"></a>or can be
|
|
specified in millimeters. Limitations of the instrument may limit the
|
|
maximum number of patches in a strip. For SpectroScan, a size of A4 or
|
|
Letter (or smaller) should be used. Useful combinations of number of patches
|
|
and paper size are listed <a href="targen.html#Table">here</a>. The printed
|
|
parts of the chart will be the size of paper minus the page margin. A TIFF
|
|
chart will be the size of the paper minus the margin, so that it can be
|
|
placed on a page that size without cropping or inadvertent scaling, but also
|
|
see the <span style="font-weight: bold;">-M</span> flag.<br>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<a name="p1"></a><i>basename</i> is the base file name of the <a href="File_Formats.html#.ti1">.ti1</a>
|
|
file that contains the device values to be put on the test chart. <b>printtarg</b>
|
|
will output a <i>basename.ps</i> or one or more <i>basename_NN.eps</i> or
|
|
<i>basename_NN.tif </i>files files that should be printed on the devices,
|
|
as well as a <i>basename.ti2</i> file that contains both the device test
|
|
point values, and the location of the corresponding patch on the test chart.
|
|
If the <b>-s</b> or <b>-S</b> flag was specified, then one or more <i>basename_NN.cht</i>
|
|
files will also be generated.<br>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<a href="http://www.ghostgum.com.au/">GSview</a> or <a href="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/%7Eghost/gv/index.htm">GhostView</a>
|
|
are good programs to use to check what the PostScript or EPS file will look
|
|
like, without actually printing it out. Alternatively, use the TIFF raster
|
|
output for non-PostScript printers.<br>
|
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