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Re: [colorvision_group] White Calib / Black Calib
2006-03-10 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 3/10/06 3:04:06 PM, ttrostel@... writes:
What was the purpose of having a black calibration? I read somewhere
earlier that for some spectrophotometers the tile was "married" to the
spectro in the factory. I'm assuming this isn't the case here.
Actually it is. There are master black and white tiles at the factory, and there are device tiles that ship with the unit, which are serialized to match each unit. So don't go having Spectro slumber parties, and ending up with someone else's base... Not that there is going to be much variation between different white tiles, but you might as well have the one your unit was calibrated to.
Black calibration is not a factor for the DC 1005. If you run the black calibration function in the software (not used in the wizard workflow) it does nothing but run a check. The black calibration call, and the black tile, will both disappear from future versions of the software/hardware. It doesn't effect accuracy, and we're trying to simplify things as much as possible...
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@colorvision.com
www.colorvision.com