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Re: using QTR-Linearize-Quad to create a new .quad file (solved)

Re: using QTR-Linearize-Quad to create a new .quad file (solved)

2015-10-03 by David Lykes Keenan

I discovered what I was doing wrong... don't drag just the .exe file to your desktop.

The program needs some unspecified components in its installation folder to operate properly. Unfortunately the program lacks any sort of useful UI including the display of error messages.

I am using the 51-step chart (rather than the 21x4 chart) at the recommendation of Jon Cone.
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Re: using QTR-Linearize-Quad to create a new .quad file (solved)

2015-10-06 by David Lykes Keenan

Thanks for chiming in Roy.

Regarding the 51-step chart (which was recommended to me by those at Piezography HQ who read a 256-step target for their proprietary .quad file creation procedure) and the latest version of i1Profiler software and the i1PRO device --

The x-rite documentation states that the measurement data includes many readings of each spot which are averaged as the device is slid across the target. There is also a dual pass mode where each strip is read twice and averaged.

Given that, it seems to me that if QTR-Linearize-Quad does accept the measurement file from a 51-step target (it has for six out of the seven papers I have been testing with) wouldn't it be better to use those measurements rather than the 21x4 target?
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