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SpectraMagic NX
Color Data Software
Color Quality control like never before:
- Unprecedented ease of use
- Prefixed Templates
- Step by step Navigation help
- Customized Reports including Digital Images
- Includes “ Precise Color Communication” tutorial
Specifications
System Requirements
| OS | Windows® XP Professional 32-bit SP3, 64-bit SP2; Windows® Vista Business 32-bit, 64-bit; Windows® 7 Professional 32-bit, 64-bit (English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Hangul versions) |
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| CPU | Pentium® III 600 MHz or higher (recommended) |
| Memory | 128 MB (256 MB recommended) |
| Hard disk | 450 MB of available disk space (At least 400 MB of available space is required in the system drive.) |
| Display | Display unit capable showing at least 1024 × 768 dots/256 colors |
| Other | DVD-ROM drive (required for installation); one free USB port for protection key; one free port (serial port or additional USB port) for connection to instrument when connecting via cable (or USB port for USB Bluetooth® adapter when using a USB Bluetooth® adapter for performing communication with CM-700d or CM-600d via Bluetooth®); Internet Explorer Ver. 5.01 or later |
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- Support for Windows 2000 is available on SpectraMagic NX Ver. 2.03 or earlier.
Compatible Instruments
CM-3700A; CM-3700d; CM-3600A; CM-3610A; CM-3600d; CM-3610d; CM-3630; CM-5; CM-3500d; CM-700d/600d; CM-2600d/2500d/2500c; CM-512m3A; CM-512m3; CR-400/410, DP-400
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- Support for CM-2002, CM-500 Series, and Chroma Meter CR-300/CR-200 series is available on SpectraMagic NX Ver. 2.03 or earlier. However, the CR-300/200 Series can be used only when the CR-300/CR-200 Series main unit is version 3.0 or later and is connected via RS-232C. The unit cannot be used together with a USB converter.
Features
Underlined: Professional Edition ONLY
| Color space | L*a*b*, L*C*h, XYZ,, Hunter Lab, Yxy, L*u'v', L*u*v*, Lab99, LCh99, and their color differences; Munsell (C, D65) |
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| Index | MI, WI (CIE 1982, ASTM E313-73, ASTM E313-96, Hunter, Berger, Taube, Stensby, Ganz), Tint (CIE 1982, ASTM E313-96, Ganz), YI (ASTM D1925-70, ASTM E313-73, ASTM E313-96, DIN6167), WB (ASTM E313-73), Standard depth (ISO 105.A06), Brightness (TAPPI, ISO2470), Opacity (ISO 2471, TAPPI T425 89% White plate) , Haze (ASTM D1003-97)*, Density (Status A, Status T), Dominant Wavelength, Excitation Purity, RXRYRZ, 8 degree gloss value (CM-3600A, CM-3610A, CM-5, CM-3600d, CM-3610d, CM-2600d/2500d only), user equation, each difference, 555, Ns, Ns Grade, Staining degree (ISO 105.A04E), Staining degree rating (ISO 105.A04E), Grey scale (ISO 105.A05), Grey scale rating (ISO 105.A05), Strength, Pseudo strength, K/S strength (Apparent (ΔE*ab,ΔL*,ΔC*,ΔH*,Δa*,b*) , maximum absorption, total wavelength, user wavelength) NC#, NC Grade, Ns, Ns Grade, Signal color index Only when measurement are taken with CM-5 connected: Gardner, Iodine Color Number, Hazen/ APHA, European Pharmacopoeia, US Pharmacopeia *With some instrument types, the illuminating/light-receiving optical system may not satisfy the definition of haze ASTM D1003-97). However, this should present no problem as long as the haze values are used as relative values. |
| Color difference equation | ΔE*ab (CIE 1976), ΔE*94 (CIE 1994) and each component of lightness, saturation and hue, ΔE00 (CIE DE2000) and each component of lightness, saturation and hue, ΔE99 (DIN99), ΔE (Hunter), CMC (I:c) and each component of lightness, saturation and hue, FMC-2, NBS 100, NBS 200, ΔEc (degree)(DIN 6175-2), ΔEp (degree)(DIN 6175-2) |
| Observer | 2 degree, 10 degree |
| Illuminants | A, C, D50, D55, D65, D75, F2, F6, F7, F8, F10, F11, F12, U50, ID50, ID65, User-defined illuminant 1 to 3 |
| Graph display | Spectral reflectance (transmittance) and its difference, K/S and its difference, Absorbance and its difference, L*a*b* absolute value, ΔL*a*b (2D/3D color difference distribution, MI), Hunter Lab absolute value, Hunter ΔLab (color difference distribution),xy chromaticity diagram, Trend chart and histogram of each color space and color difference equation |
| Image display | Link between measured value and image data (JPEG or BMP format), Insertion of custom images |
| Instrument control | Measurement/calibration Automatic average measurement: 1 to 999 measurements Manual average measurement: Any number of measurements (Standard deviation and average value are displayed in the color space selected during measurement.) Remote measurement (Excluding the CM-3000 Series) Instrument setting Upload of data stored in the instrument (Excluding the CM-3000 Series) List view of data stored in the instrument (Excluding the CM-3000 Series) |
| Target | Registration of several target colors (Automatic target color selection), Manual input and registration of colorimetric data by specifying color space, Target data download to the instrument (Excluding the CM-3000 Series) |
| Data list | List view and editing of target/measured data (delete, sort, averaging, copy & paste, search, file merge), Link between JPEG images, Display of statistic value and pass/fail ratio, Visual judgment result input function, Additional data information inputting/listing function |
| External I/O | Loading/saving data files in original format (Extension: mes) (Several files can be loaded.) Loading/saving template files in original format (Extension: mtp) (Several files can be loaded.) Saving of data in text format (CSV, TXT), saving of data in XML format, Copy of listed data in the clipboard |
| Display languages | English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional) |
| Help function | Navigation display, “Precise Color Communication“ Tutorial, Manual |
Other
| Screen display | Number of files that can be opened simultaneously: 20 Number of data that can be stored in a file: Target data: 5,000, Measurement data: 5,000 Instrument status details window display |
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| Operation | Easy operation including: Operation screen with large buttons, Use of function-assigned keys instead of mouse, Navigation function, Macro function |
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- Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
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- Windows® is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the USA and other countries.
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- Pentium® is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the USA and other countries.
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- The hardware of the computer system to be used must meet or exceed the greater of the recommended system requirements for the compatible OS being used or the listed software system requirements.
