Chart Information File

Enter the following setting items and setting values in the chart information file.
    Note:
  • You can create a custom chart based on the sample chart information files available under C:\RicohAutoColorAdjuster\ReferenceChart\CMS\SampleChartInfoFiles

Category Setting Item Setting Value
Chart Information CHART_NAME Specifies the chart name enclosed by double quotation marks (") as described below:
  • Encoding: UTF-8
  • Prohibited characters: /:*?<>\|
  • Number of characters: Up to 259 characters including the file path string for the destination folder and four-letter extension

Example: "Measure Sample1"

SHEET_WIDTH

SHEET_HEIGHT

Specifies the width and length (along the sub-scan direction) of the paper:
  • Width: From 21000 through 33000 (210– 330 mm, 8.2–13 inches)
  • Length: From 21000 through 48700 (210– 487 mm, 8.2–19.2 inches)

Example: Width 29700 (297 mm, 11.7 inches), Length 42000 (420 mm, 16.5 inches)

PATCH_WIDTH

PATCH_HEIGHT

Specifies the horizontal and vertical lengths of a color box:
  • Unit: 100 (1 mm, 0.04 inches)
  • Minimum: 600 (7 mm, 0.28 inches)
  • Maximum: 1500 (15 mm, 0.6 inches)

Example: 700 for both the horizontal and vertical lengths

Color box information NUMBER_OF_PATCHES Specifies the total number of color boxes on the color chart

Example: 200

COLOR FORMAT Fixed at CMYK

Enter all lines to END_DATA_FORMAT as shown in the example.

BEGIN_DATA

END_DATA

Specifies the device value in the color space defining the color of the box

Enter the CMYK values of the number of color boxes specified in NUMBER_OF_PATCHES between the BEGIN_DATA and END_DATA lines.

Example: 1 70 40 10 0–200 10 100 30 0 (values for 4–199 are omitted)

Example of Chart Information File

CHART_NAME "Measure Sample1"

SHEET_WIDTH 29700

SHEET_HEIGHT 42000

PATCH_WIDTH 700

PATCH_HEIGHT 700

NUMBER_OF_PATCHES 200

COLOR FORMAT CMYK

BEGIN_DATA_FORMAT

SAMPLE_ID CMYK_C CMYK_M CMYK_Y CMYK_K

END_DATA_FORMAT

BEGIN_DATA

1 70 40 10 0

2 100 20 10 10

3 80 80 100 10

...

200 10 100 30 0

END_DATA