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Complete Color Solution for Textile

Color Measurement, Quality Control and Recipe Formulation Software

User Guide

DATA SERVICE TECHNOLOGY LTD.CO. ColorXP User Guide (v.4.1.3, January, 2011) This document is prepared for ColorXP v.4.1.3 . If your software version is different, some informations in this document may not valid for your software or you cannot find enough information. At Data Service, we strive to produce the highest quality documentation and welcome your feedback. Any comments or suggestions about our manuals can be emailed to [email protected] . Please include the following information: • Product name and version number, • Guide version, • Page number, • Brief description of content (inaccurate step-by-step instructions, grammatical errors or spelling errors, information that requires clarification or more details, etc.), • Your suggestion for how to correct/improve documentation. Data Service reserves the right to make additions and/or changes in the product(s) and/or software(s) described in this document at any time. © 2007 The contents of the guide, ColorXP and other Data Service products are the property of Data Service. All Rights Reserved. All trademarks in this guide are registered trademarks of their respective companies. To obtain more information or visit our website at www.dataservis.com.tr. If you need help about ColorXP, you can find contact information below. Tel. : +90 212 618 29 00 GSM : +90 532 420 97 08 [email protected] [email protected] www.dataservis.com.tr

CONTENTS

Introduction to ColorXP......................................................................................................................... 1

System Requirements................................................................................................................... 1

Launching ColorXP ............................................................................................................................... 2

License Activation of the ColorXP................................................................................................... 2

Login to ColorXP .......................................................................................................................... 3

Instrument Selection and Setup............................................................................................................. 5

Program Features................................................................................................................................. 8

ColorXP Desktop .......................................................................................................................... 8

Database..................................................................................................................................... 8

Pass/Fail Tolerances ..................................................................................................................... 9

Instrument Calibration ........................................................................................................................ 10

Measuring Samples............................................................................................................................. 13

Program Setup................................................................................................................................... 16

Program Menus.................................................................................................................................. 18

QUALITY CONTROL MENU .......................................................................................................... 19

Quality Control................................................................................................................... 19

Multiple Quality Control ...................................................................................................... 26

Multiple Quality Control with Low Tolerance ......................................................................... 28

555 Sorting ....................................................................................................................... 28

55 Sorting ......................................................................................................................... 30

Gray Scale Sorting ............................................................................................................. 31

Strength............................................................................................................................ 31

Whiteness Indices .............................................................................................................. 33

Yellowness Indices ............................................................................................................. 34

Metamerism Indice............................................................................................................. 34

Brightness Indice (R457) .................................................................................................... 35

Color Inconstancy .............................................................................................................. 35

Opacity ............................................................................................................................. 36

Gray Scale – Staining Evaluation ......................................................................................... 37

Gray Scale – Color Change Evaluation.................................................................................. 37

RECIPE MENU............................................................................................................................ 39

Recipe Calculation.............................................................................................................. 39

Correction Recipe Calculation .............................................................................................. 42

Addition Recipe Calculation ................................................................................................. 44

Manual Recipe Building....................................................................................................... 46

DYE-GROUPS (DYE-SETS) MENU ................................................................................................. 48

ARCHIVE RECIPES MENU............................................................................................................ 57

FILE OPERATIONS MENU............................................................................................................ 62

Saved Samples .................................................................................................................. 62

Saved Materials ................................................................................................................. 63

Manual Sample Input (to Database) .................................................................................... 64

Import File ........................................................................................................................ 66

Import Reflectance File .............................................................................................. 66

Import Dye-Set File.................................................................................................... 67

Export File......................................................................................................................... 68

Export Reflectance File ............................................................................................... 68

Export Dye-Set File .................................................................................................... 69

User-Defined Illuminants .................................................................................................... 69

About ColorXP Menu .......................................................................................................... 71

PROGRAM SETUP MENU ............................................................................................................. 72

Database........................................................................................................................... 72

Create Empty Database ...................................................................................................... 72

Select Database................................................................................................................. 72

Users ................................................................................................................................ 72

Changing Password of the Current User....................................................................... 73

Program Setup................................................................................................................... 74

EXIT PROGRAM MENU................................................................................................................ 75

Exit Program ..................................................................................................................... 75

Change User...................................................................................................................... 75

1ColorXP – User Guide

Introduction to ColorXP

ColorXP is a powerful color measurement, quality control and recipe calculation system. ColorXP

have a comprehensive color quality control and textile recipe calculation package that includes

complete tolerancing options, color evaluations for almost all color difference equations, plot

options, whiteness, yellowness and staining evaluations among other features also includes the

capability to measure samples.

ColorXP represents convenience in color control and recipe calculation technology, providing you

with a system that is easy to operate, has powerful options to solve color problems, and can be

configured to your specific needs.

ColorXP provides all capabilities in only one program. ColorXP (ColorXP.exe) is a Windows-based

program that is delivered fully configured, and can be used immediately for a wide range of QC,

calculation and archive applications. In addition, the program offers many options that enable

the user to customize both the user authorizations and the database.

To successfully use the program, only basic knowledge of Windows is enough.

System Requirements

The system requirements shown below are the minimum configuration needed to operate the

ColorXP software.

Components Description / Comments

RAM Minimum 256 MB is recommended for generally increased performance

HARD DISK Minimum of 500 MB free disk space is recommended.

PRINTER Windows supported printers: Ink Jet, Laser Printers. Color printers are recommended.

MOUSE Required.

MICROSOFT WINDOWS Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32 bit versions)

NETWORK

ColorXP operates on Networks compatible with the Microsoft Windows operating systems by using the application layer of the network operating system. Databases on different computers can be used via network.

You must set decimal separator as point (.) and thousands separator as comma (,) at the Regional Settings (Start→Settings→Control Panel→Regional Settings).

2 ColorXP – User Guide

Launching ColorXP

License Activation of the ColorXP

You must activate the license of the ColorXP first. If you are not activated the program, you can

use it for 30 days from to installation date. This is the Trial Period.

During the trial period, you will see a message box when you want to launch the program. If the

program is installed by a service, generally it is activated by service.

When you see this message you can continue by clicking to OK button during trial period. You

can see how many days left to end of the trial period.

After trial period you will be see the screen shown below.

If you click to No button, the program will be closed.

When you select About ColorXP menu (from the File Operations menu button on the ColorXP

desktop) in trial period, or by clicking Yes to Activation Required message (after trial period), the

Activation screen appears.


You will see here an Activation Code for your installation. You can obtain the Activation Key for

your Activation Code from us. You must inform us for obtain an Activation Key. You can inform

us with e-mail or phone. When you receive the Activation Key, please write this to related boxes

and click to Activate button. If your Activation Key is accepted, your activation operation will be

done, and the Login screen appears.

Login to ColorXP

The login and passwords provided in this explanation are the defaults that ship with the system.

Your System Administrator may have changed these after installing the program.

For login to ColorXP please do the following:

1. Double-click to ColorXP icon on the desktop

or

Select Start - Programs - ColorXP ColorSolution - ColorXP Xolor Solution menu.

The ColorXP splash screen displays and then the User Login dialog box appears.


2. Enter a User Name and Password.

• In the user name field, enter the user name. The default user name is ColorXP. It

is not case-sensitive.

• In the Password field, enter your password. The default password is colorxp. It is

case-sensitive.

• You can also change the program language at this screen between Turkish and

English. For this you can use the combobox.

3. Click the Login button or press Enter when password field focused. The program opens to

the ColorXP desktop.


Instrument Selection and Setup

After installation of the ColorXP, you must select and setup your spectrophotometer first. For

this, do the following:

1. Open the Spectrophotometer menu (click to down arrow at the right of menu button)

2. Click to Select Spectrophotometer menu.

3. The Select Spectrophotometer window displays. This screen provides access to the basic

instrument configuration. It includes the selection of instrument type, communications port

and other basic information about the instrument you are using.

4. From the Spectrophotometer dropdown list select your instrument.

5. From the Communication Port dropdown list select COM port connected to the instrument.

6. Select Calibration Interval from the dropdown list. This determines when the instrument

needs to be recalibrated. This can be customized to the needs of the application. The

program will automatically prompt you to recalibrate the instrument when the interval has

elapsed. The default is 4 hours. We recommend 8 hours as the maximum interval to be set.

7. Flash Count, identifies the number of times the light will flash for each measurement. Using

multiple flashes enhances the illumination of the sample, and is typically used when

measuring dark samples. If applicable you can select flash count you want.

8. Test Tile is used to perform a routine check on the instrument during calibration. If you

want to perform test after calibration process you can use Measure Test Tile button. You

must save settings and perform calibraton before using this button. When you measure test


tile once, program will be ask for the test measurement. If you do not want test tile you can

click Delete button appears right of the Measure Test Tile button when measured test tile

exist.

For loading of the test tile, do the followings:

a. Click to Measure Test Tile button

b. Place the test tile to the port and click OK.

c. After succesfull measurement you must see dialog box below.

d. After this click OK button. Now you can see Delete button at the right of the

Measure Test Tile button. If you don’t want to make calibration test you can delete

the loaded test tile values by clicking to this button. When you click to Delete button

you will be prompted.

e. If you select Yes button, the values will be deleted and calibration test will not be

performed.


9. If your instrument is a Datacolor model you will need to install the calibration data. The

calibration data can be found on a diskette or CD included with the calibration tiles. You

must click to Import Absolute White Values button for install the calibration data. When you

done this the Import Absolute White Values window displays.

Please click to search (magnifier icon) button to select the directory of your WHITESI.DAT

and WHITESE.DAT files. If selected directory contains these files you can see path of the file

on the screen, then click Import button. You must see dialog box below.

Imported values will take effect after the next calibration.

If your selection does not include the files you will be prompted with the dialog box below.

If this occur please select correct directory.

If you have received a replacement white tile, a diskette and/or CD will be provided along

with the new tile. It contains the values unique to the new white tile. You must replace the

white tile values stored on the system. Use the installation procedure described above to

install the new white tile data.

10. After you adjust all settings click to Save Settings button. You will back to ColorXP desktop if

program can connect to instrument, else you will prompted.


Program Features

ColorXP Desktop

Desktop of the ColorXP composed of information labels and menu buttons. At the left panel you

can find informations of current date, license owner, current user, selected database, instrument

model and current status of the instrument. At the right panel there are 8 (count may be change

depends on user authorizations) menu butons. If the menu button have sub-menu there is a

down arrow button at the right side for open of dropdown menus.

When you double click to Current User label, Change Password screen will be displayed to

change password of the current user.

When you double click to Selected Database label, Select Database dialog box will be displayed

to change current database.

Database

Data can be stored and retrieved from the database. All samples measured are automatically

saved (depends on the selected options) at the time of measurement. If you exit the program

and turn the off computer, the samples remain in the database, and are available the next time

you open the program. When you open the program, ColorXP first controls the database and


deletes the temporary saved samples after default life time. We recommend that you store

important sample data as permanent in the database. The life time of the temporary saved

samples can be setted at Program Setup. You can work with multiple databases. Every database

file include the Standard and trial measurements and dye-sets. When you change the database

your dye-sets will be changed to contents of the database. If you want copy a dye-set from a

database to another, you can easily export from database and import to another database.

Pass/Fail Tolerances

A pass/fail tolerance sets an acceptability limit on specific colorimetric parameters. The color

difference between the standard and the batch is compared to the acceptability tolerances for

that standard, and the program displays a Pass/Fail report.

ColorXP provides you the ability to establish tolerancing systems based on numeric descriptions

of the color. You typically begin by identifying the color difference equation (e.g., CMC,

CIEL*a*b*, etc.) to be used, and a single tolerance value, DE, to define the acceptability of the

color match. When additional parameters, such as DL*, Da*, Db*, DC*, and DH, are added to

the tolerance, the tolerance becomes more refined, and will yield instrumental pass/fail

evaluations that more closely agree with your visual evaluation of the color. You can define this

values from the Program Setup.


Instrument Calibration

Instrument calibration is a function that you perform on a daily basis. This routine compensates

for any changes to the instrument that can affect the accuracy of the measurement. You must

calibrate the instrument separately for each condition you use. This includes changes to the

aperture size (and also lense), status of specular component, UV adjustment, and

reflectance/transmittance modes. he calibration procedure standardizes the instrument to

compensate for any changes in performance over time. Changes in the environment and the age

of the instrument can affect the measurement data. The calibration routine produces factors

that are applied to the measurement data to adjust the measurement for these changes. This

allows you to compare measurements made at different times during the life of the instrument.

The calibration procedure requires the selection of a series of instrument settings.

Please be sure your decimal separators is setted as point (.) and thousands separators is setted

as comma (,) at Regional Settings of Windows.

To start the calibration :

1. Open the Spectrophotometer menu (click to down arrow at the right of menu button)

2. Click to Calibration menu.

3. The Calibration window displays (You can also reach to Calibration window from the

Measurement window).


4. There are 5 settings possible at this screen. If this is your first calibration you must adjust

these settings. Program will be remember your selections at next calibrations.

a. Measurement Type : Generally instruments uses Reflectance measurement mode.

Some instruments include an option to measure the transmission properties of

transparent and translucent samples. This feature is used to measure the regular

transmittance of transparent solid and liquid samples, as well as the total and

diffuse transmittance of translucent samples. If your ColorXP version support you

can use this option for transmission measurements. Select your choice.

b. Specular : This field determines the position of the specular port. It is either closed

– Specular Included (SCI), or open -- Specular Excluded (SCE). This option is used

to include or exclude the surface effects in the measurement. Select your

preference.

• Specular Component Included (SCI). The specular port is closed and the influence

of the surface is included in the reflectance measurement.

• Specular Component Excluded (SCE) The specular port is open and the influence

of the surface is excluded from the measurement

c. UV : These fields on the calibration screen identify the procedure used to adjust the

UV filter position. This option is only relevant for instruments fitted with UV filters.

There are 5 options possible. For textile industry we recommend UV included

position. Please select suitable option for you.

a. Include : The UV component in the light source is included (fitler off). This is

the condition of instruments that are not fitted with UV filters.

b. Exclude : This is a fixed filter that excludes wavelengths below 400nm. It is the

recommended filter position for the UV-excluded condition, when evaluating the

whiteness of fluorescent samples.

c. Filter-1 : This is a fixed filter that excludes wavelengths below (generally)

420nm.

d. Filter-2 : a This is a fixed filter that excludes wavelengths below (generally)

460nm. This selection can be used to identify molecules that absorb energy in

shorter wavelengths of the visible spectrum (i.e., above 460nm) and re-emit it in

the longer wavelengths (i.e., above 560nm). These wavelengths are associated

with the yellow, orange or red regions of the visible spectrum. It is not used for

whiteness evaluations.

e. % : Identifies the current position of the adjustable UV filter. This is expressed

as a percent of the filter extended into the light source path.

d. Plate : This is a selection of the measurement port opening and lens position. Some

instruments offer multiple apertures sizes while others are have a single, fixed size


and lens position. Your sample must completely cover the aperture size you select.

You should always use the largest aperture size available.

General description of the apertures supported by ColorXP below.

XLAV Extra Large Area View.

LAV Large Area View.

MAV Medium Area View.

SAV Small Area View.

USAV, XUSAV Ultra or Extra Ultra Small Area View

e. Lens : This option must set same value with the aperture.

5. Select or control the settings and click the Calibrate button to start the procedure. The

program will prompt you for a measurement of the black trap and white tile (order of the

black trap and white tile can be changed depends on the instrument model).

For example, for the Datacolor instruments, first place the black trap over the measurement

port and click the OK button. When the measurement is completed, you will be prompted

for white tile. Replace the black trap with the white calibration tile and click the OK button

again. If you load the test tile before (from the Select Spectrophotometer menu), when the

measurement is completed, you will be prompted by a dialog box for the calibration test. If

you want to make calibration test, replace the white tile with the test tile and click YES

button. When the measurement is completed program will be displays results of the

comparison with pre-defined measurement. If you don’t want to make calibration test select

NO button. If you didn’t load the test tile before you will not prompted for calibration test.

6. After successful or unsuccessful operation you will be prompted about this.


Measuring Samples

If you want to measure the sample series (for example dye-set samples) you can use directly

measurement menu from the ColorXP desktop. You can also make measurements at the all

modules of the ColorXP.

When you select the Measurement menu, the Measurement window appears.

At this screen, input the sample name, place the standard at the instrument port, and click the

Measurement button or press Enter when cursor focused in the Sample Name field to start the

measurement. If your instrument is uncalibrated, you cannot perform measurement. In this

situation the Measurement button is disabled. You can use Calibration button on this screen for

perform calibration operation.

The sample just measured becomes the current sample. Sample table, reflectance graph and

color simulation fields on the window will be updated to display the data for the sample just

measured. You can make up to 15 measurements. When you make multiple measurements,

program calculate mean averages of the reflectance values. If you want to eliminate one of the

measurements please uncheck the OK box from the sample table. When you done this program

will be recalculated the average values.


You can also input Customer, Material and Description informations for the sample by the using

of the Record Informations tab on this window. If you want to select a material, you must define

it from desktop, File Operations – Saved Materials sub-menu first.

If you want to see measured reflectance values please click to Reflectance Values tab.


There are two additional options on this window: Save to Database and Temporary options. If

you want to save the measurement to database you must check the Save to Database option.

Otherwise program will not save the measurement to database, you can only use the

mesurement momentary at the modules.

If you check the Temporary option, program will be delete the sample after the pre-defined life

time (at the Program Setup), else if you don’t check this option, program never deletes the

sample.

After finishing of the measurement(s) for current sample, you must click to Approve button.

Another way is by pressing the End key from the keyboard. In this situation program will be

want an approval from you. If you pres Enter or click to Yes button the current measurement

will be finished.


Program Setup

To change the some default settings of the program, you must use the Program Setup menu

from the Tools button at the ColorXP desktop.

When you select the Program Setup menu, window below is displayed. When you finished to

adjust the settings, save them by clicking to Save Settings button. Descriptions of the settings

are below.

Program Language: You can change Program Language between Turkish and English from this

drop down box.

License Owner: You must write to this field your company name. This field is using for reports

by the program.

Save to Database as Default: If you check this box, the program saves the measurements to

database all times. You can cancel this option temporarily from the measurement window.

Save Samples as Temporary as Default: If you check this box, all measurements saved to

database as temporary. After default life time the program will be deleted these measurements.

You can cancel this option temporarily from the measurement window.

Show Calibration Warnings: If you check this box, warning messages for calibration will be

shoved during calibration operation.


Temporary Data Lifetime: After this value of days, when you launch the program, the temporary

saved measurement datas will be deleted. If you do not want to delete any datas you must save

them as permanent, for this you can uncheck the Save Samples as Temporary as Default

option.

Logo: If you want to use your logo in the reports., you can select a logo by the click to Select

Logo button. For the best visibility of logo, the logo must be maximum 150x90 pixels. If you do

not want to use of the logo you can delete it by the clicking of the Delete Logo button.

Illuminants and Standard Observer Angle: You can define 3 illuminants as default. Normally the

program will be use them as default, but you can change in modules them as momentary. You

can set default Standard observer angle also, and you can change this in modules as

momentary.

Default Formula: The program will be used as default this formula at the quality control

calculations. Please select the formula from the drop down box, common used in your company.

For example if you use commonly the CIELab formula please select it from the box, and when

one of your customers want CMC 2:1, you can change the formula from the quality control

screens.

Decimal Digits for the Recipes: Please select the decimal digit count from the drop down box.

For example, when you select 4, dye concentrations in recipes will be shown with 4 digits (for

example 0.1234).

Normal Tolerances for Lab Spaces: You can define DL, Da, Db and DE tolerances for Lab

(cartesian) spaces (like CIELab). If you checked the boxes near the DL, Da and DB fields, these

values will be considered for the pass-fail decisions. If not the pass-fail decisions will be done

only with DE value. For example if these boxes unchecked and DE tolerance is 1 and the real DE

value of your comparison is 0.8 and the Da value is 0.5, the decision will be PASS, otherwise if

these boxes are checked and Da tolerance value is 0.4, the decision will be FAIL.

Normal Tolerances for LCH Spaces: You can define DL, DC, DH and DE tolerances for LCH

(angular) spaces (like CMC 2:1).

Low Tolerances for Lab and LCH Spaces: You can define the tolerances for comparisons with

low tolerance values.

555 and 55 Block Settings: You can define the coordinates and the values for the shade sorting

modules.

You can change these default values momentary at the modules all times.


Program Menus

There are 8 main menu options on the desktop. Some of these have sub-menus. The menu tree

is shown below. - Quality Control

i. Quality Control ii. Multiple Quality Control iii. Multiple Quality Control with Low Tolerance iv. Sorting

1. 555 Sorting 2. 55 Sorting 3. Gray Scale Sorting

v. Color Strength vi. Whiteness Indices vii. Yellowness Indices viii. Metamerism Indice ix. Brightness Indice x. Color Inconstancy xi. Opacity xii. Fastness Evaluation

1. Staining Evaluation 2. Color Change Evaluation

- Spectrophotometer i. Measurement ii. Calibration iii. Select Spectrophotometer iv. Spectrophotometer Working Report

- Recipe

i. Recipe Calculation ii. Correction Recipe Calculation iii. Addition Recipe Calculation iv. Manual Recipe Building

- Dye Groups (Dye-Sets) - Archive Recipes - File Operations

i. Saved Samples ii. Saved Materials iii. Manual Sample Input iv. Import File

1. Import Reflectance File 2. Import Dye-Set File

v. Export File 1. Export Reflectance File 2. Export Dye-Set File

vi. User-Defined Illuminants vii. About ColorXP…

- Tools

i. Database 1. Create Empty Database 2. Select Database File

ii. Users iii. Program Setup

- Exit Program

i. Exit Program ii. Change User


QUALITY CONTROL MENU

Quality Control

Quality Control module is the main color comparison module. You can select one Standard and

one Batch to compare. The window is shown below.

To compare two samples, please select or measure the Standard. If your standard is measured

already please click to Select Standard button, the Saved Samples in Database screen appears.


In this screen you can browse samples with Mouse or keyboard. If you know the name of the

Standard, please click to any row of the Sample Name column and write with keyboard. During

input related row will be selected. After select you can pres Enter key or double-click to row or

click to Select button. You will be back to Quality Control window.

If you want to measure the Standard please click to Measure Standard button. The

measurement window will be shown. Please perform the measurement as described previously.

After selection or the measurement, Standard section of the screen will be filled.

Now, you must select or measure the batch sample. Please click to Select Batch button to

selection from the database or click to Measure Batch to take measurement from the

instrument. After this you will see the results.

After comparison the Color Differences values will be shown in related tab. You will see at this

tab DL, Da, Db, DC, DH, DE values and the pass-fail result of the calculation depends on the

selected settings for 3 illuminants.

You can change momentary the setttings like illuminants, difference formula, Standard observer

angle and pass-fail tolerances.


Please do not forget; the changes you were made are valid momentary for only this time. When

you close the window and open again, the settings will be back to their default values. This is

valid for all modules of the ColorXP.

Details of the color differences notations is shown below.

By change the values at right of the screen, you can change the default settings as momentary.


There are 6 tabs in the screen. The first tab (Color Differences) is decribed above. The second

tab is Colorimetric Values. You can see calculated colorimetric values of the standard and batch

at 3 illuminants.

When you click to Wavelength-%Reflectance Graph tab, you can see the graphs of the

reflectance.


K/S Graph tab contains the K/S graphs of the Standard and batch. You can reach this graph by

clicking to K/S Graph tab.

ColorXP have the detailed CIELab graph. When you click to CIELab Graph tab, you can see the

CIELab graph.


At this screen, on the left side, you can see different settings. With illuminant group, you can

change the graph for the different illuminants.

With the L axis options you can see the L graph together with one of Da or Db axis (two

dimension) or only L axis (one dimension).

If you check the Show Colored box, you can see graphs with colored demonstration (shown

below).

CIELab Graph will be changed if you change the difference formula. For example the image

above for the CIELab (cartesian), and the image for the CMC 2:1 (angular) is shown below.


If you need, you can see the

Chromaticity Diagram for the Standard

and batch at this screen. Please click

to Chromaticity Diagram tab.

Click to Print Report button menu to

print the current report. There are 3

reports as default.

Click one of the reports, you preferred,

to see print preview.


To print the report please click to printer icon at the toolbar. If you want to zoom-in, double-

click with left button of mouse, or to zoom-out double-click with right button of Mouse, or use

(+) (-) buttons at the toolbar. To change orientation of the report please click Landscape or

Portrait buttons.

You can change current QC module by

using of the Other Quality Control

Modules button. When you click to this

button you will see the available QC

modules list. When you clicked one of

the menus you will be redirected to

this module with current Standard and

batch measurements.

Multiple Quality Control

If you want to compare more than one batches against a Standard, you must use the Multiple

Quality Control module.


First, select or measure the Standard by described previously. Then, select or measure the

batch(es). You can use Ctrl or Shift keys at Saved Samples in Database screen to select more

than one batches.

In this screen you can see Color Differences, Colorimetric Values, Reflectance Graphes, K/S

Graphes and CIELab Graph as same as Quality Control Module. Only difference is you can see

values for only one illuminant at same time. You can change the illuminant by browsing of the

Illuminant drop-down list.

By using of the Delete Selected from List button, you can delete selected row from the current

table. By this, the sample is deleted only from the table, not from the database.

You can change the difference formula and tolerance values momentary by using of the related

fields.

With the Other Quality Control Modules menu, you can reach to different QC modules for the

current Standard and batches.

You can see CIELab Graph by clicking of the related tab. In this graph, the program uses

different colors for the Standard and batches.


If you want to change default values of these color definitions click to Edit Color Definitions for

Graph button. The Color Definition for Graphs window appears.

To change a color default, click to row and change Red, Gren and Blue values. When you

finished the settings of the row, click to Change Selected Color button.

Multiple Quality Control with Low Tolerance

Using of this module is exactly same with Multiple Quality Control Module. Only difference is

Default Tolerance Values. You can use this module for useful control of the side-middle-side

color comparisons for fabrics. The other functions of the module is same as Multipel Quality

Control Module.

555 Sorting

Shade sorting is a feature that is useful to applications whose finished product is assembled

from various batches of the same color. It helps to insure color consistency across a finished


product, and is commonly used in textile applications for example, to assemble finished pieces

of wearing apparel. A shirt may be assembled from different lots of fabric that match that

standard. The collar may be cut from one lot and the sleeves from another. The challenge

during assembly is to maintain the consistency of the color across the finished shirt. In this

situation, all of the batches available for use are acceptable matches to the standard. However,

the lots may vary significantly from one to another. One lot may be more yellow than the

standard, while another may be bluer. When these two lots of material are laid side-by-side,

they may appear to be a mismatch.

Shade sorting allows you to sort all of the acceptable batches into boxes. You can then select all

of the batches you need to complete a finished product from the same box, or from adjacent

boxes. This reduces any lot-to-lot variation within the finished product.

You can made shade sorting with ColorXP. There are three possibilities in the program; 555

Sorting, 55 Sorting and Gray Scale Sorting.

The traditional 5-5-5 shade sorting option is based strictly on an instrumental evaluation of the

batches. You define the standard using three colorimetric coordinates; for example, L*, a*, and

b*. You then determine the minimum and maximum value for each coordinate, based on the

batches that are acceptable. From the measurement of these batches, you can manually identify

the lowest and highest values for each of the three coordinates, and these values define the

acceptability range around the standard. The range along each parameter is subdivided equally

into 9 symmetrical boxes, with the standard located in the center box. The Standard is typically

assigned a sort code of 5 for each coordinate, resulting in the code 5-5-5. 555 Sort Tolerances

can be assigned to individual standards, or a single tolerance can be applied to all standards.

Creating/editing 555 Sort Tolerances is included as part of the procedure for creating tolerances.

With 555 Sorting module, you can obtain shade values of the batches against a Standard with

using of 3 axis. You can use Lab or LCH axis.

First, select or measure the Standard by described previously. Then, select or measure the

batch(es). You can use Ctrl or Shift keys at Saved Samples in Database screen to select more

than one batches.

You can see Color Difference and 55 Values at related tab. In this tab, results of the calculations

shown for the selected illuminant, observer and difference formula. You can change these

settings momentary at the screen. You can change the 555 tolerance block values also.


At the CIELab Graph tab you can see layout of the samples in the CIELab graph.

With the Other Quality Control Modules menu, you can reach to different QC modules for the

current Standard and batches.

55 Sorting

This module is exactly same with 555 Sorting module, but this module uses only 2 axis (DL and

Db axis). 55 Sorting is suitable for denim producers especially. Because denim producers prefer

to use only DL and Db axis for the shade sorting. They don’t want to use Da axis.


Gray Scale Sorting

Sometimes, producers or customers prefer to use gray scale for shade sorting. ColorXP contains

a Gray Scale Sorting module for this purpose. ColorXP performs the calculations against ISO

105/A05 Instrumental Evaluation of Color Change Standard.

Using of the module same with other QC modules. When you select and/or measure the

Standard and batches, you can see the results.

In this screen you can see the C/2°, C/10°, D65/2° and D65/10° Gray Scale Color Change

values against the ISO 105/A05 standard.

Strength

In the manufacture of a colored product, it is important to develop a formula that will reproduce

the color accurately and efficiently each time. A production formula is reliable only if the raw

materials used in the formula are consistent from lot to lot. A strength evaluation compares the

current lot of raw material to the master Standard for both tinting strength and color. It

determines if the current batch of colorant is stronger or weaker than the material used in the

original formula, and projects the color difference between the two lots of colorant, when they

are at equal strength. This information helps you to determine if the concentration of colorant(s)

in a formula needs to be adjusted to reflect differences in the raw materials.


The strength of a colorant is defined only in reference to another colorant that has identical

colorimetric and physical properties. In order for the strength evaluation to be meaningful, you

must prepare your samples in a uniform fashion, keeping in mind the following points:

• The samples are usually finished samples of your product, such as a dyed fabric or a coating

applied to a substrate.

• Colorant strength should only be evaluated using samples that contain a single colorant.

• The samples prepared for a strength evaluation should contain a fixed percentage of the

colorant. For pigments, it is mixed with a standardized white paste. For dyes, the solution used

should be standardized.

• All of the ingredients in both the standard and the batch should come from the same lots of

materials except for the colorant. When this procedure is used, there can be only one source for

the differences between the samples: the different lots of colorant.

There are several methods available in the program for evaluating strength. Some of the

evaluation options use the spectral data of the samples to perform the calculation while others

work from colorimetric data.

% Strength SWL (Single Wavelength) : The strength evaluation is based on the spectral

data for a single wavelength, as default the wavelength of maximum absorption. It is the

wavelength with the lowest %R value (the highest K/S value). This is the area of the spectrum

where the colorant absorbs the most light and is a valid indicator of strength. This is one of the

most common methods used for strength comparisons. The wavelength selection is made by the


program, and is based on the reflectance or transmittance curve of the standard. The user can

determine the wavelength to be used for evaluation also.

% Strength SUM (Average) : This method calculates strength based on the sum of the K/S

values across the visible spectrum.

% Strength WSUM (Weighted) : This method uses K/S weighted at each wavelength by the

integrated Illuminant/Observer data. Separate Integ values are calculated for the standard and

batch. By weighting the K/S values by the Standard Observer functions and the Illuminant, the

results may better correlate with your visual evaluation of the sample than does either SWL or

SUM methods.

Whiteness Indices

Whiteness indices are available in ColorXP, which are used by the textile, paper and plastics

industries to evaluate the following:

• The whiteness of the material

• The presence of optical brighteners

• The effect of optical brighteners on the whiteness of the materials

If you want to add a sample from database please click Add From Database button, else if you

want to measure the sample please click Measure Sample button.

Some of the whiteness indices included in the program (e.g., CIE Whiteness) are used by

multiple industries. However, each industry has selected a Standard procedure to be used for

the evaluation. When using the whiteness evaluations in the program, you should make the

service calibration of instrument carefully to insure that you are performing it correctly. If you do

not, your results will not be valid.


Yellowness Indices

Yellowness Indices are Any of several numerical indices of the degree of departure from a

preferred white reflecting material or colorless transparent material towards yellow. You can

obtain ASTM D1925-70 and ASTM E313-73 Yellowness Indice values of the samples by ColorXP.

Metamerism Indice

Metamerism is a phenomenon exhibited by a pair of colors that only match under one set of

viewing conditions. Each sample has the same tristimulus values for a described set of viewing

conditions (i.e. illuminant, observer, geometry of illumination and viewing), but have different

spectral curves. When any of the viewing conditions (the light source, the observer, the

orientation of the sample) are changed, the samples no longer appear to match, and are said to

be metameric. You can obtain metamerism indice value of a pair of samples by ColorXP.


Brightness Indice (R457)

The diffuse blue reflectance factor (ISO brightness) is calculated from radiance factor data

according to a special set of weighting factors. These weighting factors define a function with an

effective wavelength of 457 nm. You can calculate R457 Brightness value for D65/10° by

ColorXP.

Color Inconstancy

Meamerism is the phenomenon by which the colors of two materials match under some lighting

conditions, but not under other lighting conditions. The metamerism indice was established to

help quantify that difference using instrumental measurements and a simple mathematical

calculation. The larger the metamerism indice calculated for two items, the bigger the color

difference between them under two illuminants of interest.


Whereas metamerism indice is calculated to show difference between two items under two

different lighting conditions, Color Inconstancy Indice is determined for one single item.

Color Inconstancy (sometimes called flare) indicates the degree to which the appearance of a

sample’s color change when the light source (illuminant) changed. Like metamerism indice Color

Inconstancy may be determined by measuring the sample with an instrument under a test

illuminant and then performing mathematical calculations. In this case, a complex chromatic

adaptation transformation is used to predict the color values for a corresponding color that looks

same under a second illuminant. Then if the color values under the two different illuminants are

different, the total color difference between them can be used as a measure of the color

inconstancy for that sample under the two selected illuminants.

You can obtain colorimetric value comparisons of the single sample at different illuminants by

using of this module.

Opacity

The opacity of a material is an indication of how much light passes through the material. The

higher the opacity, the lower the amount of light that can pass through the material. Opacity is

calculated by ColorXP, from reflectance mesurements of the material with a black backing (with

black Standard) and the material with a white backing (with white Standard).


Gray Scale – Staining Evaluation

The transference of color from the test sample to an adjacent sample is evaluated in a manner

very similar to that of gray scale change evaluation. Five Standard pairs are used. One half of

each Standard is white, and the second half ranges from white (no staining) to a gray with the

chroma value of the test sample. A value of 5 corresponds to virtually no staining, whereas 1

indicates poor color-fastness.

Staining evaluation is based on ISO 105-A04, Textiles-Tests for Colour Fastness, Part A04:

Method for the Instrumental Assessment of the Degree of Staining of Adjacent Fabrics. It may

be used in assessing any samples except those which have been treated with fluorescent

whitening agents or fluorescent dyes. The preferred illuminant/observer conditions are D65/10°.

C/2° is also permitted by the test method.

Gray Scale – Color Change Evaluation

The loss of color using the gray change scale is evaluated by comparison of five pairs of gray

standards. One half of each Standard is always of identical chroma to the starting sample. The

second half ranges from the starting chroma (no loss of color) to white (loss of all color). The

amount of contrast between the treated and untreated fabric is related to one of the Standard

pairs to yield the gray scale rating. On this scale 5 indicates that next to no color was lost, and 1

indicates that most color was lost.

Color Change Evaluation is based on ISO 105-A05, Textiles-Tests for Colour Fastness, Part A05:

Instrumental Assessment of Change in Colour for Determination of Gray Scale Rating. It may be


used in assessing any samples except those which have been treated with fluorescent whitening

agents or fluorescent dyes. The preferred illuminant/observer conditions are D65/10°. C/2° and

C/10° are also permitted by the test method.


RECIPE MENU

Recipe Calculation

You can calculate dyeing recipes of standard samples by using this module.

For calculate a recipe for a standard please do the following:

1. If your Standard is already measured, click to Select Standard button, else click to Measure

Standard button to take measurement from the instrument.

2. From 1st Dye-Set drop-down list select dye-set you want to use for calculation. If your

material contains more than one fibre you can write percentage of first fiber at % field. If

you input here lower than 100 the second dye-set row will be appear. Select second dye-set

from the drop-down list. You can calculate for up to 3 fibres as this. After selection you will

see existed dyes of dye-set at right of the screen.


3. From Dyes List select dyes you want to use in calculations. You can use Ctrl and Shift keys

during selection. You can select up to 20 dyes.

4. You can change Max.DE value from the drop-down list. This value indicates which recipes

will be shown. If the DE value of calculated recipe is lower than this value recipe will be

shown, otherwise not shown.

5. Click to Calculate Recipe button and please wait for the calculation.

6. After calculation is done you will see possible recipes list.

7. You can see combinations, concentrations, DE, MI and Cost values of the recipes at this

table. For ordering table to DE, MI or Cost values, please click to column captions. When

you select a recipe please click to Show Recipe button. Details of Calculated Recipe screen

will be shown.


8. If you planning to make corrections after dyeing, you must save recipe to database by click

to Save Recipe button. When you click to button you will be prompted by a dialog box.

Please define a name for the recipe and click OK button. Now you can calculate the

correction recipe after dyeing.

9. You can see at this screen 6 tabs. At the Selected Recipe tab the selected recipe, DE value,

Metamerism Indice and Cost values are shown.

10. You can check the Color Differences at related tab. You can also change the selected color

difference formula.

11. If you need to see Colorimetric values of the recipe click to Colorimetric Values tab.


12. You can see Reflectance Graph, CIELab Graph and Chromaticity Diagram also by clicking to

related tabs.

13. Now you calculated the recipe…

Correction Recipe Calculation

When you perform dyeing with calculated recipe, if resulted color is not satisfactory, you can

calculate the correction recipe for the laboratory. For this you must save calculated recipe to

database described previously.

For calculate a correction recipe please do the following:

1. When you select the Correction Recipe Calculation menu you will see the Saved Recipes

screen, shown below.


2. In this screen, select the recipe will be corrected from the list and click Show/Correct Recipe

button. You can double-click to row also to perform this. The Correction Recipe Calculation

screen will be shown.

3. Click to Measure Sample button to take measurement for the sample dyed with this recipe.

If you measured the sample already you can select from database also.

4. Now, click to calculate Correction Recipe button. If DE value of the selected sample is lower

or equal to 0.5 this button is inactive, because there is no correction is necessary. After

calculation you will see the corrected recipe.


5. If you click to Save Recipe to Archive button, the dyed recipe will be saved to database as

archive recipe. When a recipe saved to archive, program can be use this recipe for recipe

searching.

Addition Recipe Calculation

If you have a color which is incorrect shade in bulk production, you can use Addition Recipe

module. Please do not forget; for succesful addition recipe, your incorrect color must be lighter

than target color. Generally addition recipe may not succesful when your incorrect color is

darker than target color.

For calculate an addition recipe please do the following:

1. Select or measure your target sample.

2. Select or measure the sample will be over-dyed.


3. Select dye-set from the drop-down list. Then you can select dyes from the list. Use Ctrl or

Shift keys for multi-selection.

4. Now click to Calculate Recipe button and wait. Possible recipes will be shown in table.

5. After calculation you can see details of the recipe by double-click to related row or click to

Show Recipe button. When you select recipe and click to Show Recipe button, the Details

screen will be shown.

6. Now you can use this addition recipe in the laboratory trial or directly in bulk production.


Manual Recipe Building

You can manually build your recipes by using of the ColorXP Manual Recipe Building module. In

summary, you can input a recipe (dyes and concentrations) and see the color.

For build a manual recipe, please do the following:

1. Select or measure a standard (target color).

2. Select Dye-Set

3. Select dyes from related drop-down lists. You can use up to 4 dyes for recipe.

4. Write the concentrations to related fields.

5. Click Calculate Recipe button.


6. Now you can see all colorimetric values, comparison against Standard and predicted

reflectance graph.

7. You can increase (with + option) or decrease (with – option) the concentrations of the dyes

by clicking to %1, %5 and %10 buttons. When you click these buttons, the new recipe will

be automatically calculated. Also you can change directly concentration value at text field.

When you change concentration by keyboard, you need click to Calculate Recipe button.


DYE-GROUPS (DYE-SETS) MENU

You must load dyes first, for recipe calculation. The program need samples dyed with different

concentrations of a dye, to know the dye. Necessary samples are listed below:

• Blind Dyed Sample : This is a sample (for example, a fabric) which is processed with dyeing

conditions without dye.

• Set of Dyeings : These are samples dyed with different concentrations of each dye (for

example 0.01%, 0.02%, 0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, …).

To prepare a dye-set please do the following:

(For example, we have Reactive Dyes for Cotton which are named Yellow Dye, Red Dye and

Blue Dye, and we want to prepare a dye-set on 100% Cotton fabric.)

1. First we must specify the concentrations of the dyeings. A possible series can be like this;

0.001%, 0.005%, 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%.

2. Now, please make 0% dyeing (blind dyeing) on 100% Cotton Fabric. Its mean is a dyeing

under normal dyeing conditions but without any dye. This is necessary for know effect of

the process on color of the fabric. Next, we will call this sample as SUBSTRATE.

3. Please make dyeings of Yellow Dye with specified concentrations (you will be obtain 10

yellow dyed samples for series above).

4. Please make dyeings of Red Dye with specified concentrations (you will be obtain 10 red

dyed samples for series above).

5. Please make dyeings of Blue Dye with specified concentrations (you will be obtain 10 blue

dyed samples for series above).

6. Now you finished the preparation and you have 31 samples. These 3 samples are your dye-

set.

After finishing of the all dyeings, you must create a dye-group, create dyes and load these

dyeings to dye-group. You can load up to 50 dyeings for each dye in ColorXP.

For create and load dye-group, please do the following:

1. Click to Dye-Groups (Dye-Sets) menu button from the ColorXP desktop.

2. Dye-Groups window will be shown.


3. Click New Set button, the window shown below appears.

4. Write Dye-Set Name to related field. Dye-Set Name is a string that identify the dye-group.

For example : 100% COTTON WARM DYES

5. Select Dye-Class from the drop-down list. If the list is empty or you cannot find dye-class in

the list, you can add a new one by clicking to Add New button near the Dye-Class drop-

down list. This option is only for information, if it is wrong the calculations does not

affected.

6. Select Group Hue from the drop-down list. If the list is empty or you cannot find hue in the

list, you can add a new one by clicking to Add New button near the Group Hue drop-down

list. This option is only for information, if it is wrong the calculations does not affected.

7. Select Dyeing Method from the drop-down list one of the options Exhaust (%) or Continuous

(g/L). If you select wrong method, you can see wrong unit in recipes.

8. If your substrate is measured already, please select it from database by clicking to Select

Substrate button, else to take measurement from the instrument click to Measure Substrate.

If you will take measurement do not forget to define a suitable name for the substrate.


9. When the selections is finished you must see screen shown below.

10. If you are sure all informations are correct click to Save button. You will be prompted to

make certain of your choices, if you are sure select Yes button, otherwise select No button

to change informations.

11. When you select Yes button, the Dye-Groups Window is shown as below.

12. If you want to edit informations saved please click to Group Informations button. You

cannot change Dye-Set Name only.

13. Now, please click to Dyes button to define the dyes of the group when related row is

selected. You wil be see the screen shown below.


14. Click to Add New button to create a dye.

- Write the name of the dye to Name field (for example; Yellow Dye)

- Write the price of the dye to Price field. You must use same currency. If you use different

currencies, cost calculations will be wrong.

- Minimum Usage Concentration : The program do not use this dye in the calculated recipes

below than this concentration, if you input here a value greater than zero. If you input zero,

the program will show you all possible concentrations of this dye.

- Maximum Usage Concentration : The program do not use this dye in the calculated recipes

above than this concentration, if you input here a value greater than zero. If you input zero,

the program will show you all possible concentrations of this dye.

- Please select suitable Color Description from the drop-down list. This option using by the

program for the ordering of the dyes in recipes. Default ordering is as: White, Yellow,

Orange, Pink, Red, Bordeaux, Brown, Violet, Blue, Turquoise, Gren, Navy, Gray and Black.

Now, click to Save button and confirm the question. The Yellow Dye will be saved.


15. Replicate step 14, for the Red Dye and Blue Dye. After all 3 dyes are saved you must see

this screen:

16. If you want to edit dye informations saved please click to Informations button. You can

change all informations about dye.

17. Select the Yellow Dye from the list by mouse and click to Calibration Dyeings button.


18. Now you will add measurements of samples, dyed with Yellow Dye. If you are already

measured the samples you can add them by clicking Add Dyeing from Database button.

When you click this button, list of available samples will be shown.

If you plan measure the samples before than creating dye-set, please write

concentration after name with a space character, like Yellow Dye 0.05

Please select the related measurements from the list.You can use Ctrl and Shift keys while

selecting.

After selection is finished click to Select button. When you made this the program will be ask

to you concentration value of the dyeing.

If you define the concentration value of the dyeing at the last of the name, the program

suggest you this value automatically as above, otherwise you must input the cncentration

value. The program ask you the concentration value for each selected measurement.

If you need to measure the samples please follow to step 19.


19. Click to Measure Calibration Dyeing button, measure the sample, input concentration value

to related field and approve the measurement. Replicate this step for each sample.

20. After all calibration dyeings are selected and/or measured you must see the screen shown

below.

In the table you can see (!) or (?) characters. Its mean is these dyeings have a little problem

for the curve fitting, these characters shown depends on some mathematical calculations for

the best fitting. If Concentration vs K/S Graph is good please do not take in he consideration

these characters.

21. Now you can check Wavelengh-%Reflectance, Wavelength-K/S and Concentration-K/S

graphs by clicking to related tab.

22. The most important tab is Concentration vs K/S Graph.


On principle, you must see a lineer line, but beacuse the limitations of the theory, generally

it is not possible for darker shades. However, you must see a regular curve, otherwise result

of recipe calculations will not be accurate. Regular and irregular curve samples are shown

below.

If any of the dyeings is not suitable please select it from the list at Calibration Dyeings tab

and click to Delete Selected from Table button to remove it from the calibration series.

23. If the curve is fitted click to Save Dyeings button, if you sure to save click to Yes button in

the message box.

24. Now you can see the color of the Yellow Dye in the list.

25. Please replicate steps 17-24 for Red and Blue Dyes. After load all dyeings you must see the

screen like shown below.


26. You are complete of the creating dye-group now.

27. If you want to delete one of the dyes, select its row and click to Delete button. Are you sure

to delete please select Yes at the message box. If there is any recipe saved with this dye

you cannot delete the dye.

28. Sample Concentration-K/S Graphs for Red and Blue Dyes are shown below.


ARCHIVE RECIPES MENU

If you were saved recipes to database you can search or view your recipe archive for a target

color. You can input your existed recipes also. For this you can use the Archive Recipes module.

To input an existing recipe, view a saved recipe or perform searching from the archive, please

click to Archive Recipes menu button at the ColorXP desktop.

When you click this button the Saved Recipes in Archive screen apperars.

Inputting an Existing Recipe

1. Click to New Archive Recipe button (Archive Recipe Input screen appears).


2. Select or measure the color of the recipe.

3. Select the dye-set of the recipe from the 1st drop-down list. If your material contains more

than 1 fibre please input percentage of the 1st fibre to related field. When you input 1st

percentage below then 100, 2nd row will be appears. You can use this feature up to 3

fibres. Depends o the fibre count you can see recipe rows below the window.

4. In the name of the Archive Recipe text field please define a name for the recipe.

5. If you want, from Material drop-down list select name of the material (for selection you

must be defined the materials before).

6. Select your dyes from related drop-down lists and write the concentrations of the related

dyes to fields. After these data were input you must see acreen likes below.

7. Now, please click to Save Recipe button to save the recipe to database. You will be

prompted with this dialog box.

8. Click OK, you are finished the saving of the recipe now.


Viewing of Saved Recipe

1. Easily double-click to table, or click to Show Recipe button after the selection of related row

at the Saved Recipes in Archive screen. Details of Archive Recipe window will be appeared.

You can see Wavelength-%Reflectance Graph and Colorimetric Values of the archive color

by clicking to related tabs. You can save reflectance values of the recipe color as sample to

database by clicking to Save as Sample button at WL-%R Graph tab.


Searching in the Archive

1. Click to Search Archive button after the selection of related row at the Saved Recipes in

Archive screen. Color Search in Archive window will be appeared.

2. Select or measure the target sample first.

Color Difference Formula : Select difference formula for the calculation, the DE value

between target and archive colors.

Illuminant : Select main illuminant for the DE calculation

Met.Illuminant : Select metamerism illuminant for the calculation of the Metamerism Index

between target and archive colors.

Observer : Standard obsever angle for the using in difference calculations.

Material : If you want you can be specified your search for a material. If –All Materials-

selected, serach will performd for all type of materials.

Max.DE : You must define the maximum DE difference for the searching. For example, if you

define 5 value for this option, the program will be search the archive and shows you recipes

have DE value below 5.


3. Now click to Start Search button. After searching is finished, the program will be show you

the screen likes shown below.

4. Click to OK button. Now you can see the suitable recipes in your archive against your search

settings. There are 2 recipes in the archive above sample.

5. If you double-click to a table row, you can reach to recipe of this row.

6. If you select a row from the table and click to Show Quality Control button you can see color

differences between target and archive colors (Quality Control Module) as like as shown

below.


FILE OPERATIONS MENU

Saved Samples

You can manage your measured and saved samples with this module. When you click to this

menu the Saved Samples screen will be shown.

In the table, Temporary column shows the status of the record. Meaning of N (No) character is

record is not temporary (it is permanent), and meaning of Y (Yes) is record is temporary, in this

column. Permanent records never will be deleted, but the temporary records will be deleted en

of the life-time defined in Program Setup.

If you want to delete any of records, please select row(s) and click to Delete Selected from List

button to delete from the current database. You can select one or more rows to delete. If you

want to select more than one rows please use Shift or Ctrl key.

If you want to see and/or print informations (such as reflectance values and graph) you can

double-click to related row or click to Show Card button after selecting of row. With this way you

will be see the Measurement Card of the sample.


In this window, you can change the record status of the sample. If you want to mark the sample

as permanent please uncheck the Temporary checkbox. If you want to mark the sample as

temporary please check the temporary checkbox.

You can print the measurement card also by click to Print Card button.

Saved Materials

You must save your materials, if you want to use in the recipe archive for example. The main

appearance of the window is shown below.

For adding of the material, please click to Add New button, then write the name or style name

or code of the material to text field, select the Active option and click to Save button. When you


select Yes at the message box, the material will be saved and you can see it in the Saved

Materials table.

You cannot delete a saved material but you can hide in the program at drop-down lists by

change its Usage Status to Passive. By this way, the material will not be deleted but you never

see in drop-down selection lists. You can see the usage status of the material in In Usage

column. Meaning of Y is: the material will be showed, and the N is: the material will not be

showed in the drop-down lists.

For editing of a material please double-click to its row, then you will be see the name and the

usage status of it in the related fields. Then change any information what you want, click to

Update button.

Manual Sample Input (to Database)

You can input a sample to database manually by using of reflectance values, tristimulus values

(XYZ) or CIE values (Lab or LCh). There are 4 types of Manual Sample Input.

• Reflectance values

• X, Y and Z tristimulus values

• CIE Lab values

• CIE LCh values

Write a name for the sample to Sample Name field. If you want you can write Customer or

Description informations to related fields. If you know the measurement status of the values,

please select suitable option from Specular, UV and Plate/Lens drop-down lists, if you do not

know the status please select X-Unknown options. If you want to save as temporary check the

Save as Temporary checkbox, if not uncheck.

Manual Sample Input by using of Reflectance Values: Click to Reflectance Values option from the Type of the Values group.


Select suitable option for the your wavelength range from the Checksum group. When you make

selection, suitable text fields will be shown. Please write you reflectance values to related fields.

You can see the Checksum value of your input at the Checksum label for the control of input.

Click Save button to save sample to database. Now, you can use this sample in the program.

Manual Sample Input by using of XYZ (Tristimulus) Values: Click to Tristimulus Values (XYZ) option from the Type of the Values group.

Select suitable illuminant and observer conditions of your XYZ values and write the X, Y and Z

values to related text fields. Click Save button to save sample to database. Now, you can use

this sample in the program.

Manual Sample Input by using of CIE Lab Values: Click to CIE Values (L*a*b*) option from the Type of the Values group.


Select suitable illuminant and observer conditions of your L*a*b* values and write the L*, a*

and b* values to related text fields. Click Save button to save sample to database. Now, you can

use this sample in the program.

Manual Sample Input by using of CIE LCh Values: Click to CIE Values (L*C*h°) option from the Type of the Values group.

Select suitable illuminant and observer conditions of your L*C*h° values and write the L*, C*

and h° values to related text fields. Click Save button to save sample to database. Now, you can

use this sample in the program.

Import File

Import Reflectance File

This option allows you to import a sample (or samples) by using its (their) reflectance data.


Please select your file location by clicking to button with magnifier icon. You can import files

have .exp, .dat and .qtx extensions. If the selected file have correct structure you will see the

contents of the file in the Samples list. If you import all contents of the file you can select the

Select All button. You can use Shift or Ctrl keys for special selection.

Now you can click Import button to save all selected samples to database. You will see the

progress bar during process, on the File to be Imported label.

Import Dye-Set File

This option allows you to import a dye-set, if the file have suitable structure. The file must be

contains, minimum 1 substrate and reflectance series of the minimum 1 dye. Name format for

the series must be like: Yellow Dye 0.01, Yellow Dye 0.05, … Please select your file location by

clicking to button with magnifier icon. You can import files have .exp, .dat and .qtx extensions.

If the selected file have correct structure you will see the contents of the file separated to

Substrates and Dyes lists. If you import all contents of the file you can select the Select All

button. If you are creating a new dye-set, you must select 1 substrate and 1 dye at least.


You can use Shift or Ctrl keys for special selection of the dyes.

If you are creating a new dye-set, write a name to identify the imported dye-set to Dye-Set

Name field, otherwise if you want to import the dyes to an existing dye-set please check the

Add to Existing Dye-Set checkbox, then select existing dye-set from the drop-down list.

Select Dyeing Method from he Dyeing Method drop-down list, one of the Continuous or Exhaust.

Select Dye-Class from the Dye Class drop-down list. If you cannot find the class you want, you

can save it by clicking to Add New button below of the Dye-Class drop-down list.

Select Group Hue from the Group Hue drop-down list. If you cannot find the hue you want, you

can save it by clicking to Add New button below of the Group Hue drop-down list.

If there is any characters to be omitted in the file, you can write them to related field.

Now you can click Import button to create a dye-set or add dyes to existing dye-set with all

selected substrate and dyes. You will see the progress bar during process, on the File to be

Imported label. You must define the Color Descriptions of the dyes (such as Yellow, Red, Blue)

for ordering at Dye-Groups menu button at ColorXP desktop, after the import operation. If you

omit this, dyes will be random ordered in the lists.

Export File

Export Reflectance File

This option allows you to export a sample (or samples) by using its (their) reflectance data.

Please select directory for exported file by clicking to button with magnifier icon. You can export

the file with .exp, .dat or .qtx extensions (with their own structures). Please select one of these


options from the Export Type group, you want. Write a name for the exported file and click to

Export button. You will see the progress bar during process, on the Path of the Exported File

label.

Now you can use and/or send your exported files which are created at the selected directory.

Export Dye-Set File

This option allows you to export a dye-set.

Please select directory for exported file by clicking to button with magnifier icon. You can export

the file with .exp, .dat or .qtx extensions (with their own structures). Please select one of these

options from the Export Type group, you want. Write a name for the exported file.

Select a Dye-Set from the Saved Dye-Sets list, then select the dyes from the Dyes list which you

want to export. If you plan to export all dyes in the list, click to Select All button.

Please click to Export button. You will see the progress bar during process, on the Path of the

Exported File label. Now you can use and/or send your exported files which are created at the

selected directory.

User-Defined Illuminants

You can create new iluminants with ColorXP by using of this menu.

You must know some informations about the illuminant to add it to database.

• 2° Color Matching Functions ( zyx ,, ) of the Illuminant (360 to 750 nm with 10 nm interval)

• 10° Color Matching Functions ( zyx ,, ) of the Illuminant (360 to 750 nm with 10 nm

interval)

• Hunter Ka and Kb values of the illuminant for 2° and 10° observer angles.


When you select this menu the User-Defined Illuminants screen will be shown.

If you create illuminants before, you can see them in the list, otherwise the list is empty.

Click to Add New button to create a new illuminant.

Easily, write a name for the illuminant (we suggest maximum 8 characters) to related field, and

write the values to related fields, and click to Save button to save the illuminant to database.

You can use this illuminant in the color evaluations now.


About ColorXP Menu

When you click to this menu you can see the status of the program and contact information of

us.

About ColorXP screen of the unactivated program is shown below.

Click to Activate button to view the Activation module and apply activation procedure as

described before.

About ColorXP screen of the activated program is shown below.

When the program is activated, you cannot see the Activate button, because the program is

activated. You can see your license code.


PROGRAM SETUP MENU

Database

Create Empty Database

You can work with many different databases. You can create new and empty databases by

using of this menu. When you select this menu the Save As dialog box of Windows will be

shown. Please select the path and define a name for the new database and click to Save button.

The new database is created and marked as current database.

Select Database

You can change your current database by using of this menu. When you click this menu, the

Open dialog box of Windows will be shown. Easily find your database and click to Open button.

You can change current database by double-clicking to database label on the ColorXP desktop.

Users

You can define different users with different authorizations. When select the Users menu the

Users screen will be shown.


Click to New button for define new user. The New User screen will be shown.

Write the User Name and the password to related text fields. Select one of the user type

between Administrator and User. If you select Administrator option all of authorizations will be

selected. If you select User option all of authorizations will be cleared. Check or uncheck

checkbox of authorizations what you want. If you select User option some of authorizations will

be disabled to selection.

When you finish checking of authorizations click to Save button. You are created new user.

For edit a user, click to Edit button at the Users screen. Informations of the user will be shown.

Make changes and click to Update button.

You must define a user as administrator and have all authorizations. So, we suggest that please do not change or delete the ColorXP user. If you want to create limitations to a user please create a new user with limited authorizations.

Changing Password of the Current User

For change password of the current user please double-click to User label on the ColorXP

desktop.


When you double-clicked to label, the Change Password screen will be shown.

Write necessary informations to relaed fields and click to Update button to change password of

the current user.

Program Setup

The Program Setup of the ColorXP described before. Please check involved section.


EXIT PROGRAM MENU

Exit Program

Click this menu for close the program.

Change User

Click this menu for change current user. When you select this menu the Login screen appears.

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