Easymatch QC Manual for Colorquest XE
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EasyMatch QC 4.70 and Above User’s Manual Hunter Associates Laboratory 11491 Sunset Hills Road Reston, Virginia 20190 USA www.hunterlab.com A60-1012-402 Manual Version 2.2 An ISO 9001 Certified Company EasyMatch QC 4.70 and Above User’s Manual Hunter Associates Laboratory 11491 Sunset Hills Road Reston, Virginia 20190 USA www.hunterlab.com A60-1012-402 Manual Version 2.2 An ISO 9001 Certified Company SOFTWARE VALIDATION STATEMENT HunterLab’s ISO 9001:2008 program details the following requirements for software projects: • Establishment of performance requirements • Creation of a project plan • Development and approval of program requirements • Design • Coding • Design review and approval • Code archival • Test plan development (including requirements verification, general quality and performance verification [color calculation and data management and presentation], and sensor interface and performance verification) • Testing (including requirements verification, general quality and performance verification [color calculation and data management and presentation], and sensor interface and performance verification) • Documentation and production release. EasyMatch QC Version 4.0 satisfied these requirements. Copyrights and Trademarks This documentation contains proprietary information of Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. Its reproduction, in whole or in part, without express written consent of Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. is prohibited. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Duraflect, Spectraflect, and Spectralon are trademarks of Labsphere, Inc. Teflon is a registered trademark of Dupont. Safety Notes For your safety when using your color measurement equipment, you should pay particular attention to the following types of statements in the hardware section of this User’s Manual. Each description is shown in its representative typeface. Notice: General safety instruction that should be observed at all times while operating the instrument. CAUTION Specific safety instruction critical to the type of instrument operation being explained in the area of the manual where the caution appears. Note: Additional clarification of instructions, not safety-related. The following symbol indicates that there may be a danger of electric shock from high voltage if the given instructions are not followed carefully. Table of Contents PART I. SOFTWARE OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION TO EASYMATCH QC ................................................................. 1-1 Organization of the EasyMatch QC User’s Manual ....................................................................... 1-1 What is EasyMatch QC? .................................................................................................................... 1-2 Features ............................................................................................................................................... 1-3 Jobs .................................................................................................................................................... 1-3 Templates .......................................................................................................................................... 1-4 Data Views ........................................................................................................................................ 1-6 Database .......................................................................................................................................... 1-43 Toolbar Buttons ............................................................................................................................... 1-44 LESSONS ........................................................................................................................ 2-1 Lesson 1: Setting Up a Job Template ............................................................................................... 2-2 Lesson 2: Standardizing and Confirming Standardization Using the White Tile ...................... 2-10 Lesson 3: Measuring in a Transmittance Mode ............................................................................ 2-13 Lesson 4: Using a Hitch Standard ................................................................................................... 2-15 Lesson 5: Querying the Database to Recall or Delete Data .......................................................... 2-18 Lesson 6: Using the Autotolerancing Feature ................................................................................ 2-22 Lesson 7: Sharing Data and Setups with a ColorFlex, MiniScan XE Plus, or MiniScan EZ .... 2-26 Lesson 8: Using Custom Data and Formula Fields ....................................................................... 2-32 Lesson 9: Setting Up a Print Job ..................................................................................................... 2-36 Lesson 10: Obtaining Shade Numbers ........................................................................................... 2-45 Lesson 11: Using a Data Series ........................................................................................................ 2-48 Lesson 12: Averaging Readings ...................................................................................................... 2-51 PART II: SOFTWARE MENU COMMANDS THE FILE MENU .......................................................................................................... 3-1 File/New Job ........................................................................................................................................ 3-1 File/Open Job ...................................................................................................................................... 3-2 File/Open Job Template ..................................................................................................................... 3-3 File/Recall Measurement From Database ........................................................................................ 3-4 File/Delete Measurement From Database ........................................................................................ 3-7 File/Close Job .................................................................................................................................... 3-10 File/Save Job ..................................................................................................................................... 3-11 File/Save Job As ................................................................................................................................ 3-12 File/Save Job Template .................................................................................................................... 3-13 File/Save Job Template As ............................................................................................................... 3-14 File/Apply Template to Job ............................................................................................................. 3-15 File/Save Measurement to Database ............................................................................................... 3-16 File/eSignature (-ER Version Only) ................................................................................................ 3-17 File/Configure Company Logo ........................................................................................................ 3-18 File/Header//Footer Setup ................................................................................................................ 3-19 i File/Print Job Setup .......................................................................................................................... 3-20 File/Print Job Preview ...................................................................................................................... 3-22 File/Print Job .................................................................................................................................... 3-23 File/Printer Setup ............................................................................................................................. 3-24 File/Page Setup .................................................................................................................................. 3-25 File/Import QTX Format ................................................................................................................. 3-26 File/Export ......................................................................................................................................... 3-27 QTX Format .................................................................................................................................... 3-27 SLI-Taper ........................................................................................................................................ 3-27 File/E-Mail ......................................................................................................................................... 3-29 File/Time Synchronization (-ER Version Only) ............................................................................ 3-30 File/Database ..................................................................................................................................... 3-31 Backup Database ............................................................................................................................